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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Tony Murena et Son Ensemble Swing  Christopher Columbus   Favoriting Squeeze Me: The Jazz and Swing Accordion Story  Proper  2006  CD  From 1942; hero or villain?    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Ink Spots  Christopher Columbus   Favoriting Instant Classics  él  2006  CD  From 1936    0:04:29 (Pop-up)
June Christy and the Stan Kenton Orchestra  June Christy   Favoriting June Christy and the Stan Kenton Orchestra  Collector's Choice Music  1994  CD  From 1950; June and Stan    0:07:36 (Pop-up)
Macbeth the Great  Cab Calloway   Favoriting Calypso Holiday  Time  1963  MP3  From mid-'50s; hep hep    0:11:46 (Pop-up)
Mighty Sparrow  Martin Luther King   Favoriting More Sparrow More!!  Ra  1969  LP  The King    0:14:55 (Pop-up)
Dennis Brown  Malcolm X   Favoriting Visions  Shanachie  1989  CD  From 1978; going straight to the root    0:19:16 (Pop-up)
Burning Spear  Marcus Garvey   Favoriting Marcus Garvey  Island  1975  LP  black star    0:22:30 (Pop-up)
Dennis Alcapone  Cassius Clay   Favoriting single  Jackpot  1973  MP3  poet    0:25:56 (Pop-up)
Jr. Thomas and the Volcanos  Brian Wilson   Favoriting Rockstone  Colemine  2018  MP3  God is in the music  *   0:29:22 (Pop-up)
 
The Clash  Janie Jones   Favoriting The Clash  CBS  1977  LP  Oh, Marion    0:41:56 (Pop-up)
Gl*xo Babies  Christine Keeler   Favoriting Dreams Interrupted: The Bewilderbeat Years 1978-1980  Cherry Red  2006  CD  foreign affair    0:43:42 (Pop-up)
Deep Freeze Mice  Émile Zola   Favoriting My Geraniums Are Bulletproof  Madagascar  1991  CD  From 1979; too real    0:47:17 (Pop-up)
Gymslips  Barbara Cartland   Favoriting WriterSongs: Irwin's 2018 Marathon Premium CD  WFMU  2018  CD-R  From 1983. the world of pure romance  *   0:50:43 (Pop-up)
The Mekons  John Barry   Favoriting The Mekons  Red Rhino  1980  MP3  goldfingers    0:53:22 (Pop-up)
The Godfathers  John Barry   Favoriting Hit by Hit  Link  1986  LP      0:56:10 (Pop-up)
Joey Ramone  Maria Bartiromo   Favoriting Don't Worry About Me  Sanctuary  2002  CD  "journalist"    0:58:43 (Pop-up)
Simon Love  Joey Ramone   Favoriting Sincerely, S. Love x  Tapete  2018  CD  hates guitar players  *   1:02:34 (Pop-up)
Lemuria  Christine Perfect   Favoriting Recreational Hate  Turbo Worldwide  2017  CD  The Not Nicks    1:05:22 (Pop-up)
Bikini Kill  Tony Randall   Favoriting Reject All American  Kill Rock Stars  1996  CD  Randall the Great    1:07:35 (Pop-up)
Mission of Burma  Max Ernst   Favoriting single  Ace of Hearts  1980  MP3  maximum ernst    1:09:56 (Pop-up)
Rentals  Gertrude Stein   Favoriting Homework No. 2: D.I.Y. Punk & Punkwave Singles R-to-U  Hyped 2 Death  ?  CD  From 1979; no relation to Seymour    1:12:53 (Pop-up)
Black Randy & the Metrosquad  Marlon Brando   Favoriting Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie  Vinyl Countdown  2009  LP  From 1979; coulda been a contendah    1:16:03 (Pop-up)
Peter Laughner  Sylvia Plath   Favoriting Take the Guitar Player for a Ride  Tim/Kerr  1993  CD  From 1982; 1 + 1 = 0    1:17:48 (Pop-up)
Public Image Ltd.  Lou Reed   Favoriting Commercial Zone  No Label  1982  MP3  from unreleased album; high on life    1:21:35 (Pop-up)
John Cale  Graham Greene   Favoriting Paris 1919  Reprise  1973  LP  heart of the matter    1:25:26 (Pop-up)
 
Madness  Michael Caine   Favoriting Keep Moving  Geffen  1984  LP  dueling Caines    1:39:22 (Pop-up)
Saint Etienne  Jack Lemmon   Favoriting The Misadventures of Saint Etienne  L'Appareil-Photo Bis  1999  MP3  magic time    1:42:14 (Pop-up)
The Driscolls  Julie Christie   Favoriting C88  Cherry Red  2017  CD  From 1988; Julie Christie face  *   1:46:37 (Pop-up)
The Haywains  Dusty Springfield   Favoriting A37 Revisited  Cider City  2011  CD  From 1991; Dusty days    1:48:50 (Pop-up)
Camera Obscura  Dory Previn   Favoriting Let's Get Out of This Country  Merge  2006  CD  winner of a Langdon    1:51:08 (Pop-up)
Snapdragon  Matthew Sweet   Favoriting Drinking Watermelon Sugar  Pound  1995  CD  still Sweet    1:55:12 (Pop-up)
Hamish James Hawk  John Cooper Clarke   Favoriting Aznavour  HJH Music  2017  CD  bloody poets    1:58:08 (Pop-up)
Dump  Lucy Grealy   Favoriting Women in Rock EP  Shrimper  1999  CD  facing it    2:01:31 (Pop-up)
Dr. Strangely Strange  Roy Rogers   Favoriting Kip of the Serenes  Island  2004  CD  From 1969; Slye guy    2:06:14 (Pop-up)
Elton John  Roy Rogers   Favoriting Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  MCA  1973  LP      2:11:23 (Pop-up)
 
Robbie Fulks  Jean Arthur   Favoriting The Very Best of Robbie Fulks  Bloodshot  2000  CD  Jean the queen    2:21:11 (Pop-up)
Lydia Loveless  Steve Earle   Favoriting Indestructible Machine  Bloodshot  2011  CD  not THAT Steve Earle, apparently    2:23:26 (Pop-up)
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers  Dwight Yoakam   Favoriting Sidelong  Disarmers  2016  CD  begat and begat    2:27:45 (Pop-up)
The Sir Douglas Band  Juan Mendoza   Favoriting Texas Tornado  Atlantic  1973  LP  ranchera cantante    2:31:17 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bare  Marie Leveau   Favoriting Greatest Hits  RCA  1981  LP  From 1974; witch queen of New Orleans    2:34:13 (Pop-up)
Cash Rivers and The Sinners  Bobby Bare Jr.   Favoriting Blue Balls Lincoln  Jellyfish  2018  LP  That's his name    2:37:24 (Pop-up)
Big Dipper  Robert Pollard   Favoriting Crashes on the Platinum Planet  Almost Ready  2012  CD  Bobby Bare Jr.'s singer    2:38:50 (Pop-up)
The 5 Chinese Brothers  Paul Cezanne   Favoriting Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief  1-800-Prime-CD  1992  CD  a real square    2:42:51 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers  Walter Johnson   Favoriting Rockin' & Romance  Twin/Tone  1985  LP  never detected!    2:45:34 (Pop-up)
Uncle Tupelo  D. Boon   Favoriting Still Feel Gone  Columbia Legacy  2003  CD  From 1991; saint of San Pedro    2:48:12 (Pop-up)
Caetano Veloso  Maria Bethânia   Favoriting Caetano Veloso  Philips  2006  CD  From 1971; please send me a letter    2:50:25 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:02am
annie:

goodmorning joe, sorry to miss last wek, i'lldig into the archives
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pierre:

Bonjour Joe ! :)
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Michele:

I'm here!
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pantz:

Happy Turkey Day, Canucks!
Avatar 9:03am
Rocky Horror:

It's the Sesame Street alians!!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

hey there joe Mac: sorry you got stuck with the crappy task of making sure listeners get their swag!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Krys O.:

Howdy, Joe!
Avatar 9:04am
Rocky Horror:

annie Sattion Manager Ken was on in place of Joe last week
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
TheLoneliestMonk:

manouche guitar?
me likey!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
12539:

Belated Yip!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
The Oscar:

Mornin' Joe and Joites! Back in my record store days, the Ink Spots were my emergency store-play when things got hectic. I could feel my blood pressure drop whenever I put them on.
Avatar 9:08am
annie:

@ Rocky: really?? as luck would have it. O:/
Avatar 9:09am
mb:

Hello Joe. Welcome back!
Avatar 9:09am
Joe McG:

Welcome to the show, everybody, and Happy Columbus Day if you have the day off and even if you don't!
Avatar 9:11am
Colleen:

Lovin this
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pantz:

I've been on replicas of Columbus' boats. Tiny. Hard to believe they sailed so far on them.
  9:11am
Brendan:

Hello from the latter category.
Avatar 9:12am
pierre:

did you get the chance to listen to some of the records Joe ?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
lukavino:

RADIO!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
The Oscar:

Oh, I just got the theme! We're doing this again, yay!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
pantz:

Lay on, McGasko! And damned be he who cries Hold! Enough!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
TheLoneliestMonk:

www.youtube.com...
Avatar 9:16am
Joe McG:

@pierre: Yes, I think I got some good ones! :)
Avatar 9:17am
pierre:

i'm glad
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
The Oscar:

I feel bad for wanting to dance to this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Sem:

Hello, Joe, and good morning, McGaskoes.
Avatar 9:19am
Joe McG:

@Oscar: An unusually serious calypso!
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Roberto:

Serious yet upbeat...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
northguineahills:

Wow, a Mighty Sparrow I haven't heard!
  9:25am
JakeGould:

That Christopher Columbus was something wasn’t he.
Avatar 9:27am
Fredericks:

Burning Spear Marcus Garvey= an old 8-track yet to be replaced with vinyl.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Side theme for today can be about discovering WFMU. How many folks came across the station while seeking something else?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:29am
The Oscar:

I feel like whenever I try to come up with "proper name" songs I just come up with a bunch of Wesley Willis.
  9:30am
Brendan:

I just noticed the MLK song points out a time discrepancy in another song. The singer says he was assassinated on an early evening evening April 4. U2's Pride in the name of love says early morning April 4. Conspiracy theorists have at it.
  9:30am
JakeGould:

I first discovered WFMU back in around 1992 when I moved into my first adult apartment in Park Slope. Then I traded beads and baubles for land and took over a Native American territory.
Avatar 9:32am
Roberto:

I portrayed Marcus Garvey for a presentation for my AP U.S. History class in high school. I remember trying to pick up a Caribbean accent by watching those 7-Up commercials with Geoffrey Holder.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:33am
The Oscar:

I sought it out (which I suppose you have to outside of the NJ/NY area). As a teenager getting into weirdo records in the late '90s, I kept stumbling across the name "Irwin Chusid" in liner notes, and we all know where that rabbit hole leads.
Avatar 9:36am
Roberto:

I'll tell you what's controversial: is it controverSHal or controverSEEal (as Joe just pronounced it)?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:36am
pantz:

I worked with a guy from New Jersey when I lived in Denver. He went on and on about WFMU, so I checked it out. That and his excellent recipe for roasted lamb are the two best things he offered me.
Avatar 9:37am
Eagle Rock Reverie:

Morning ! from the Rock
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pierre:

you're welcome, it was our pleasure :)
  9:38am
JakeGould:

Bono got the time of MLK’s assassination wrong? I’m kinda of stunned a pop music star would get the facts wrong. Geez, Bono!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe.

Good work, pierre.
  9:39am
GListener MW:

LOVE the concept for today's show!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Joe, you could always play "Eleanor Rigby" about forty times. Done and done!
Avatar 9:40am
pierre:

easiest in the world @Brian
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:41am
steveo:

Good morning, Joe! Arbitrary rules are fun!
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annie:

i THINK i first found fmu long ago after a hurricane flooded out democracy now's studios and fmu hosted them for awhile; my memory might have that skewed, maybe it was wwoz flooding. who knows?!! nonetheless, it was maybe '91,'92. i never looked back..
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Brian in UK:

So, will we hear Jimmy Webb's P F Sloan?
  9:42am
Morphe:

Malcom X - No Sellout [TommyBoy]
I never make requests - just an idea... Thanks for spinning..
https://www.google.es/search?q=malcolm+x+-+no+sell+out&oq=malcolm+x+-+no+sell+out&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.9368j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Avatar 9:43am
Wild Neil||Peace All:

My friend turned me onto WFMU in a car by a hayfield in rural NJ in 1985 or so. We were smoking something or other.....WARREN County, VERY VERY hard to pick it up there. The rest is history.
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Larry from Westwood:

FILL ER UP JACKO!
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

I grew up in Warren County, went to NWRHS.
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steveo:

also found wfmu in park slope in a tiny apartment with a window facing directly towards east orange
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Phillippe Bastille:

good morning everyone
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

For a short time I lived in a loft in Park Slope. The not so nice part of Park Slope circa 1989.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Brian in UK:

No mention of Mandy Rice Davis.
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Joe McG:

@Brian: True, oddly!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
The Oscar:

This Gl*xo Babies is great-- never heard them before.
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Rocky Horror:

@annie Democrracy Now's studios were fludded out during Supper Hurrican Sandy and SMK let them use WFMU to broadcast from. During Thier time at WFMU They changed the show name to Democracy Now in Exile. Democracy Now couldn't go back to their studios because of a coo going on there with the station
  9:48am
JakeGould:

@WildNeil: You mean Gowanus near 9th Street?
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tadpoles:

Glaxo Industries forced them to put the * in.
Avatar 9:50am
annie:

yup,sounds about right rocky... was it '92,though?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Brian in UK:

In lieu of nothing. Are Marcy Playground still recording?
  9:54am
JakeGould:

Joe! How about a song for the working men and women who are somehow working today on Columbus Day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
crateslinger:

I was scanning the dial on a battery operated boombox in my squat (no electricity) on E 9th st in like '89 when I heard a girl reading a wierd story about a dog. I was like WTF, and had to hold the antenna just so. It was Bronwyn C, and I have been listening ever since.
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crateslinger:

shit I spelled weird wrong!
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Brian in UK:

BC was a right old trout, wrote romance novels and thought she was the queen.
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tadpoles:

John Peel occasionally played Barbara Cartland.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Brian in UK:

@tadpoles did he win?
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tadpoles:

#BIUK .. both equally formidable!
  10:00am
JakeGould:

Joey loved his Money Honey.
Avatar 10:01am
Joe McG:

I know it's actually Johnny and CJ's birthday today, but have to play Joey!
  10:01am
Morphe:

Crate... etal....
I was scanning the dial early 1980s looking for Evan Funk Davies at WNYU... FMU was having a fundraiser... Whoever was on was threatening to only play "HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
unless the phones started ringing - I knew something special was happening!!! - Is still happening!!
  10:02am
JakeGould:

I think of all of the Ramones’s I care about, CJ is like -1,000,000
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
crateslinger:

Morphe - that's funny, because Matt Warwick was probably not even alive then. Something about them Eagles.
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annie:

ok, it wasn't hurricane sandy, i was moving to NC then. my discovery of fmu was much earlier than that, early 90s...anyway, i'm glad i found it. brain mush...i DO recal tamar's show, doug's show, tom sharpling's show(which i thought was GENIUS, especially philly boyroy and the whole bobblehead thing), yeah,'nem eagles... and bronwyn c did a bookshow.. my brain was so happy.
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Krys O.:

Tan Sleeve covered Maria Bartiromo.
  10:05am
mike:

maria bartiromo is a big time trumphead on Fox Business now. bad stuff but great song from joey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
crateslinger:

I was at Joey Ramone's birthday party at Downtown Beirut in 1990. When he walked in I was like "Holy Shit" to my girlfriend and she was like calm down loser.
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Joe McG:

@mike: Wow, I had no idea! How awful.
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heyitschris:

@Morphe funny you mention Hotel California. On the trail I run on this morning some guy was blaring it on his device instead of using headphones. He was too slow to pass me and this was the only time I've asked someone to please turn their music down.
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Rocky Horror:

@annie: Although WFMU has traditionally eschewed news-oriented programming, the station volunteered its airwaves in September 2001 to become the temporary home in the New York area for Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! program (which was renamed Democracy Now! In Exile), after it was "banished" from WBAI and the Pacifica Radio Network during a highly controversial "coup" of WBAI's station management by Pacifica's national Board of Directors.

In a similar example of its support of community broadcasting, WFMU began voluntarily hosting the webcast of legendary New Orleans jazz station, WWOZ, when its studio and transmitter were destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. WFMU also took online donations on behalf of WWOZ, raising over $300,000 towards the rebuilding of the station. (from Wikipedia)
  10:07am
JakeGould:

At least Joe isn’t playing that solo Joey Ramone track “George Soros (The Guy Who Controls The World)”
  10:08am
mike:

the full account of the money honey's descent into trumpism:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maria-bartiromos-strange-trip-from-money-honey-to-one-of-trumps-top-boosters
  10:08am
@fumanchiuonthis:

@JoeMag hilarious joey Ramona daily double!!!!
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crateslinger:

I actually like the Eagles, although I never need to hear them again in my lifetime. Great guitar solo in Hotel California.
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annie:

so, then i have no idea what it was that led me to fmu....it was early 90s, it's all i know. i do recall thoses events, though, rocky.. brain farts..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
crateslinger:

Sorry if I'm overposting. Bossman insists today is not a holiday, and I am in client management.... so I have nothing at all to do. I brought a toy drone, and I have today's crossword puzzle, but mostly just sitting here...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Devin B.:

A classmate recommended FMU shortly after I moved to NY for grad school in late 2001. He used the old, "If you don't like it, wait 15 minutes" line. I was hooked. Love all the late night shows, especially Stan. Weekends too - Cherry Blossom Clinic, Greasy Kid Stuff, Jeff Sarge, Jonesy. Lost track for a few years when I left the area. Got back on board around 2015 when I finally got sick of NPR.
  10:16am
JakeGould:

The thing is that “If you don't like it, wait 15 minutes…” line doesn’t really work for those atonal “marbles in a blender getting crushed by a dumpster” kinda shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Devin B.:

Wait 15 minutes, unless Bryce is on in which case more like 55?
  10:18am
Neil M:

I love this set and episode so much. Conceptually and musically. Always incredible. Time for all the great bands to record their "Joe McGasko" track.
Avatar 10:19am
Rocky Horror:

@annie: WFMU was still owned by the collage in the early 90's
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Joe McG:

@Neil M: Ha ha ha. Where's that Jokerfan now?
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tadpoles:

#Rocky Horror.... still owned by the great collage of Joe's mixes. Owned by Upsala College ... well that's another matter.
Avatar 10:22am
Roberto:

My college friend idolized Sylvia Plath. A little too much, as it turned out.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I'm sure I've heard a song with title "Jessica Simpson," but no idea who sung it. Internet search for that is fruitless.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Krys O.:

Thanks for playing Deep Freeze Mice!
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Rocky Horror:

Thank for cleverly pointing out my spelling errors tadpoles
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Joe McG:

@Krys: My pleasure! @Roberto: Ooh, Roberto, that's sad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
jmr3:

Will we be hearing Fugazi's Casavetes or were they disqualified for not using his first name?
  10:27am
mrmikestandsir:

hey joe, a suggestion if I may:
Joe Strummer's Midnight Dream by
Chris Harford
  10:27am
heyitschris:

@ken I was at a Sandy benefit concert where Adam Green sang a song about Jessica Simpson. Maybe that's it?
  10:28am
KP in DC:

Hello, Joe from East Coast’s hot spot
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Roberto:

Thanks Joe. It came as a shock, although in retrospect it probably shouldn't have.
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Joe McG:

@jmr3 and mrmike: Yes, sorry, my rules are strict: first name, last name. Nice suggestions, though!
  10:30am
?:

(the FMU archive has a Jessica Simpson by Sam Shalabi)
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, chris and mysterious stranger.
  10:31am
mrmikestandsir:

of course, I wasn't paying attention : (
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The Oscar:

My Robot Friend's "Walt Whitman" is pretty great.
  10:32am
Chapelhillian:

James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants
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crateslinger:

Okay, I'm back. Did the times crossword in 16 minutes. One of the answers is Limp Biskit. Maybe they did Jessica Simpson?
  10:33am
David in London:

Willie Nelson by Miles Davis would have cut the mustard.
Avatar 10:35am
Roberto:

I've always preferred Christine to Stevie. I suppose it's a Ginger-Mary Ann paradigm.
Avatar 10:36am
glenn:

or jennifer / bailey.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
crateslinger:

bizkit*
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
northguineahills:

Miles Davis did "Willie Nelson" I used to mash it up w/ w/ Willie while djing (*hint hint*)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
northguineahills:

I've turned on two randos to WFMU via my Moon Freaker shirt!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Krys O.:

Haven't heard this Madness track in ages!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Krys O.:

Bananarama's Robert DeNiro next?
  10:41am
Listener Alexandra:

Welcome back, Joe! And welcome back The Names Show :-)
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pantz:

@crateslinger double check that Limp Bizkit spelling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
crateslinger:

I have never seen a single person wearing a WFMU shirt and I have lived in every hipster mecca. East Village, Willamsburg, and now Bushwick. I guess hipsters ain't as cool as they think they are (except of course yours truly).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
crateslinger:

Word, pantz. I did it online so if it weren't correct I wouldn't have got the happy chime sound. I did mispell it on the forum, and then corrected it. Not sure how I could get that wrong!
Avatar 10:43am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Alex! Really happy to be here!
Avatar 10:43am
annie:

well,all i know is my son was ten, he was born in 83, i had just moved into a new house and we used the new internet service using dial-up. i had no clue as to who owned the station, i was just enthralled by it.. there was this new thing called "streaming" and i went down that slippery slope of internet radio. ok, off to work to beat new and different dead horse. thanks for the show joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
The Oscar:

I like that we've had songs about both Felix Ungers.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
pantz:

How about Bowie's Andy Warhol @Joe?
  10:45am
Listener Alexandra:

Did you enjoy lots of drinking chocolate and find old Claudine Longet records?
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Fernando P.:

Is Maria Bethania on the roster? Now more than ever I can relate to brazilian songs from the military dictatorial era.
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queems:

great show today, joe! excellent rainy day driving music
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Brian in UK:

Still holding out for Phil Och's Jim Dean of Indiana. Guess the title is too long.
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Hughie Considine:

Loving this, @Joe. Perhaps Julian Cope's "Robert Mitchum"?
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northguineahills:

@crateslinger: until 2017ish, I lived in Bushwick/Williamsburg, and 55% of my shirt wardrobe are WFMU shirts. The only other people I saw wearing them, were my friends, which doesn't count. (As most of them I knew via music/djing/WFMU)
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tadpoles:

Fingers crossed for "Madonna" by Sparks Joe. They have countless songs about the famous making them the Andy Warhols of Pop music IMHO...but I think Madonna is the only one with just the name in the title.
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northguineahills:

My wife makes tank tops out of WFMU shirts for herself.....
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Joe McG:

@Fernando: Just between you and me, yes! @queems: Thanks! @Hughie: Did it last time! :)
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Sem:

Superman's Song, Crash Test Dummies.
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I am the Upsetter:

Great show. Despite only hearing bits and pieces.
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Hughie Considine:

@tadpoles, my admiration for Sparks continues to grow. Style, grace, wit, originality, smarts, and endless hooks. What's not to like?
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Phillippe Bastille:

How about "Alice Long" by Boyce and Hart?
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Joe McG:

@Phillippe: Was she a real person?
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Joe McG:

@Upsetter: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
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tadpoles:

#Hughie..yes..genius really. I wake up in the morning with their songs in my head!
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Paul:

Joe, if you play Andy Warhol don't forget Pablo Picasso.
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jmr3:

I suppose the Drive by Truckers' "Steve McQueen" might not be too FCC friendly...
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Joe McG:

@jmr3: Yeah, I have to be careful. @Paul: I got Picasso last time and I think I'll skip the Bowie since everyone knows it by heart.
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glenn:

how about john deere, a man AND a tractor?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I don't recall my exact moment of WFMU discovery, but it would've been soon after 90.1 (then known as WXHD) was added. In those days, I was constantly scanning the FM dial to find better music and avoid commercials.
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pantz:

How about In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton by fIREHOSE?
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Joe McG:

@pantz: If it were called "Elizabeth Cotton," it would be in.
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pantz:

Rats!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@glenn - Surely, there must be a song for Jethro Tull.
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βrian:

A muggy Monday, mushrooms are sprouting everywhere. Good morning.
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The Oscar:

I'm assuming "Martin Scorsese" by King Missile isn't on the docket ;)
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crateslinger:

@NGH, I hardly even ever spoke to WFMU listeners until this forum. I had one friend who is still listening from Thailand, and I have seen him post once or twice, but otherwise just here and record fairs.
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lukavino:

i know it is not eligible, but the idea of hearing Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira" come on assuming it was about the Mistress of the Dark is making me laugh to myself.
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ChrisB.:

"Johnny Carson," by The Beach Boys?
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David in London:

Joe, would you consider Alex Chilton by The Replacements?
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Vincent Nifigance:

Tom Courtenay by YLT!
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chicago yak:

Too bad Hank, Karen And Elvis by Young Fresh Fellows doesn't qualify. Three-in-one and hilarious to boot.
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Listening Out There:

Just got here. Great stuff, as usual...
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Joe McG:

@Oscar: Yeah, I'd have to edit that like crazy. Too much bother! @Chris and David: I think I played those last time: wfmu.org...
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tim from champaign:

Ooh! I got one...Vasco Da Gama by Felt.
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Joe McG:

@chicago: But I did "Amy Grant" last time! ;)
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Krys O.:

First heard about WFMU in the Upsala College cafeteria back in late 1981. The person who tipped me off to their being a radio station in the basement of the dorm was John Morris who specifically went to Upsala to do a show. Suffice it to say, I started to spend a lot of time there, even working in the office and being paid by the college. Always found it odd that the college never mentioned the radio station when my parents and I visited the school.
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glenn:

i see taylor swift has endorsed a democrat, causing a large portion of her fan base to clutch at their pearls and make for the nearest fainting couch.
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Phillippe Bastille:

That's a secret only Boyce and Hart would know... Giving it a little thought, they may have used Alice Long because a lot of stuff rhymes with long. I guess I'll retract the suggestion so I don't violate the purity of the show...
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Jake Gould-not sure exactly where, lemme check a map, it was not too far from the F train stop and it was near a graveyard in a building with a factory downstairs (sewing) and the artists lofts upstairs. THAT was another street.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM: no 'single file' for us today, joe?
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Joe McG:

@Monk: No, I used up all my "name" 45s last year. :(
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Brendan:

@Joe Great show
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northguineahills:

@crateslinger: Most musicians/djs I know listen to WFMU, but only a few have a comments board presence. My wife included (thank ye gods, she'd curse me in my sleep ;p
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Hughie Considine:

I sure love Elton John's "Roy Rogers."
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David in London:

Johnny Cash did Ned Kelly. Does that one count? I think I’m all out after that.
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the Canterbury wood-elf:

I was just attending a quantum mechanics lecture given by a (real name) Dr. Strange this afternoon. Dr. Stranglely Strange truly were Ireland's Incredible String Band, yet somehow that doesn't diminish their wonderfulness. I've got a friend out in County Kerry who sometimes jams with one of them...
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac: :~(
but that's what the record shows are for!...
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the Canterbury wood-elf:

Presumably someone has mentioned "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements?
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Hughie Considine:

aw...
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steveo:

lots of great songs today; couldn't you find any terrible "name songs"?
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Joe McG:

Hughie, stop reading my notebook! :)
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Joe McG:

@steveo: Ha ha ha. I have to find that "Jessica Simpson" song.
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the Canterbury wood-elf:

"David Bowie" by Phish. Er, no thanks...
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Hughie Considine:

@Steveo, "Tojo" by Hoodoo Gurus is about a terrible person ....
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TheLoneliestMonk:

speaking of the 'mats, there was a good article about their ex roadie/road manager on 'please kill me', think he came out with a book
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L. Maybud from Queens:

What's the policy on Woody Guthrie's "Mister Charlie Lindbergh" which might also just be called "Lindbergh"? Does it fall within the bounds of the arbirtrary rules?
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Hughie Considine:

Sadly, Lucy did not ultimately survive.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM: this was an ornate, highly structured playlist joe, kudos for your efforts!
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steveo:

Tojo is not a first and last name, however.
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Hughie Considine:

Yes, I know, I was just pointing it out.
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glenn:

robbie fulks = automatic clicky star.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

is fulks the dude that calls in to mike shelley's show semi frequently?
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glenn:

yes.
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dave:

i thought he was singing about Bea Arthur!
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elwyn:

hello everyone!
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Rocky Horror:

Hello elwyn
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Brendan:

Reverse celebrity stalker song? Great!
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crateslinger:

@NGH - I'm pretty lame, and don't know any musicians or dj's, but I'd expect to see some FMU t-shirts in NYC over the last 30 years, or have somebody comment about mine! Not once.
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hip:

'Emilio Cao' by Siniestro Total Spanish 80's band, cover of The Jam's 'David Watts'
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pantz:

This is the second song by Lydia that references cocaine. Hmmm.
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Daybreak the Teacher:

I don’t know much about Steve Earle. Is he a proud womanizer? Thinker of women as if they are objects? Or to quote The big Lebowski: does he treat objects like women?
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Joe McG:

@pantz: She also does a song called "Chris Isaak."
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pantz:

I'm thinking I need to party with Lydia.
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Joe McG:

@hip: Hip suggestion! @Daybreak: As far as I know he's happily married to the stunning Alison Moorer, but maybe Lydia's having some fun with him. Or else it's all true!
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hip:

The Jam's 'David Watts' cover of The Kinks (?)
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steveo:

@pantz you can ask steve earle for her number!
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Phillippe Bastille:

Lola Montez by Volbeat?
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glenn:

nope. steve and alison have divorced.
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hip:

Thee Headcoats 'David Crockett'
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pantz:

@steveo Steve won't return my calls ever since the "incident", I'm afraid.
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Joe McG:

@Phillippe and hip: Great suggestions! Might be too late, though.
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glenn:

in 2014. you're way behind on your celebrity gossip, joe.
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Joe McG:

@glenn: ha ha ha
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hip:

@JM. Next time will be ok. Even next time after next :-)
Look for the ST cover. It is worth it (the whole band first years) and in this case Emilio Cao is/was a folk oldie celtic guy ;-)
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paul b:

"This isn't TV - he isn't William Shatner..."
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hip:

Nick Lowe and that Russian lady if I'm not mistaken. And that's it for now. Should be concentrated in work now.
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hip:

Pablo Picasso by J.Ritchman
Sorry, can't stop it!
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pantz:

Nice segue, @Joe!
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northguineahills:

@Crateslinger: In the middle of nowhere (Gainesville, FL; I've had four people recommend WFMU and tell me so based on the shirts I was wearing). Still haven't seen anyone wearing one.)
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The Oscar:

I keep forgetting how badly I need this Cash Rivers album.
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glenn:

i like bobby bare quite a lot.
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Daybreak the Teacher:

The noise on the surface is a breaking wave of country.
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northguineahills:

errr... recognize.....
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glenn:

not as much as i like waylon, but pretty close.
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Daybreak the Teacher:

In face it just broke with Pollard!
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Hughie Considine:

Nice to hear those Big Dipper harmonies again.
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northguineahills:

"Robert Pollard" sounds like Robert Pollard....
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Daybreak the Teacher:

Now this is a country song I can get behind. Even though I’m an English teacher.
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βrian:

I've climbed Cezanne's mountain many a time.
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Daybreak the Teacher:

Or maybe because I’m an English teacher?
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the Canterbury wood-elf:

"Pablo Picasso" by Jonathan Richman... surely someone has thought of that?
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David in London:

Gitanes and Cezanne is an inspired rhyming couplet I must say.
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glenn:

i'm waiting for seymour stein.
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EG_Astro:

This reminds me more of Weird Al
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agillyo:

A little late to the party here, but glad I got to tune in; currently participating in Inktober, a daily drawing challenge for the month of October where artists create 1 ink drawing/day for the month, often according to a theme. My theme is songs about/that tell stories about characters... trying to avoid songs about real folks, but getting some good inspiration here!
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Joe McG:

@agillyo: Very nice! Glad you're enjoying it as inspiration!
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glenn:

and joe throws a curveball with jonathan richman.
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glenn:

or maybe at.
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David in London:

If The Rockingbirds hasn’t muffed up with the title Jonathon, Jonathon, we could have had one about Jonathon Richmond now.
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paul b:

I have to come back and mention I have two nephews and previous to them an ex-girlfriend who went to "Walter Johnson High School"
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David in London:

Richman. Damn that auto correction.
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βrian:

Uncle Tupelo Chain Sex?
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pantz:

I didn't get my fIREHOSE, but a song about D Boon is the next best thing. Thanks, Joe!
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Brendan:

DC thanks you for the Walter Johnson name drop!
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Brian in UK:

Great show as ever, Joe.
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the Canterbury wood-elf:

Ha, cool. I mention Jonathan Richman and seconds later get to hear a really cool song of his that I'd previously overlooked. Thanks Joe!
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crateslinger:

Was Amos Moses a real guy?
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northguineahills:

eu amo caetano veloso. abrigato, Joe!
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Joe McG:

Ending today with a nice tribute from a brother to his sister. Thanks for listening to my "name" show today and for your great suggestions. Volume 3 someday? Maybe! Have a great week everyone, and see you next Monday.
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12539:

Thanks, Joe!
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Michael 98145:

maximum veloso !
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Phillippe Bastille:

Thanks Joe. And Volume 3 is a must!
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David in London:

Great show Joe.
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Brendan:

Great show Joe. Lots of songs and people I didn't know about.
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crateslinger:

haha this is funny. yum yum

Great show. I guess we'll never know what really happened, eh?
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Krys O.:

Such a fun show! Thanks, Joe.
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Rocky Horror:

Great show Joe
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