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Favoriting February 1, 2021: February Snow

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Nick Drake  Introduction   Favoriting Fruit Tree  Hannibal  1986  LP  From 1971    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Molly Drake  How Wild the Wind Blows   Favoriting Molly Drake  Squirrel Thing  2013  CD  From the '50s    0:03:39 (Pop-up)
The Lyttle Folk  A' Soalin'   Favoriting Classroom Projects: Incredible Music Made by Children in Schools  Trunk  2013  CD  '60s sometime in the UK    0:04:56 (Pop-up)
Silica Gel  Judy   Favoriting May Day  Sweet Wreath  2020  LP      0:07:48 (Pop-up)
Luboš Fišer  The Magic Yard (excerpt)   Favoriting Valerie and Her Week of Wonders  Finders Keepers  2006  CD  From 1970    0:09:21 (Pop-up)
T. Vinkovsky / I. Sklyarov  Cuckoo   Favoriting Fragile Contains Glass: 2004 Stochastic Hit Parade Marathon Premium  WFMU  2004  CD-R  Timofey and Igor! From 2002    0:11:31 (Pop-up)
Nailah Hunter  Soil: Song from Silence   Favoriting Spells  Leaving  2020  LP    *   0:13:42 (Pop-up)
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger  This Woman's Work   Favoriting Force Majeure  International Anthem  2020  MP3    *   0:14:51 (Pop-up)
Kate Bush  50 Words for Snow   Favoriting 50 Words for Snow  Fish People/Anti-  2011  CD  51st: "The Cold Scourge"    0:19:22 (Pop-up)
Värttinä  The Village Awaits the New Moon   Favoriting Nordic Roots 2  Northside  1999  CD      0:27:42 (Pop-up)
The Notwist  Into Love Again   Favoriting Vertigo Days  Morr Music  2021  MP3    *   0:32:32 (Pop-up)
Bill Fay  The Healing Day   Favoriting Life Is People  Dead Oceans  2012  CD      0:37:35 (Pop-up)
 
The Cardigans  Losers (First Try)   Favoriting Best of the Cardigans  Universal Music AB  2008  CD  From 1996    0:56:03 (Pop-up)
Ibibio Sound Machine  Guess We Found a Way   Favoriting Doko Mien  Merge  2019  CD      0:59:51 (Pop-up)
Arlo Parks  Caroline   Favoriting Collapsed In Sunbeams  Transgressive  2021  MP3    *   1:03:00 (Pop-up)
CHAI  Donuts Mind If I Do   Favoriting single  Sub Pop  2020  45    *   1:07:00 (Pop-up)
The Style Council  You're the Best Thing   Favoriting My Ever Changing Moods  Geffen  1984  LP      1:10:11 (Pop-up)
George Barnes and His Octet  A Blues Serenade   Favoriting Guitar in Velvet  Modern Harmonic  2020  LP  From 1957    1:16:01 (Pop-up)
Jo Stafford  It's Monday Every Day   Favoriting The Capitol Rarities 1943-1950  DRG  2009  MP3  Thanks, Sheila B.! You're the best thing!    1:18:26 (Pop-up)
Steve Carlisle  WKRP in Cincinnati (Main Theme)   Favoriting Tube Tunes Volume Three: The '80s  Rhino  1995  CD  From 1981    1:21:18 (Pop-up)
Hailu Mergia  Yene Mircha (My Choice)   Favoriting Yene Mircha  Awesome Tapes from Africa  2020  CD    *   1:24:55 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
Lucky Thompson  The Scene Is Clean   Favoriting single  Decca  1953  45      1:37:47 (Pop-up)
Tex Ritter  Fort Worth Jail   Favoriting single  Capitol  1947  45      1:40:17 (Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder  Master Blaster (Dub)   Favoriting single  Tamla  1980  45      1:43:23 (Pop-up)
Tasha Thomas  The Unexpected Experience of Michael D. Tippet in an Unspecified Part of San Francisco Last July (Michael, Michael, Michael)   Favoriting single  Roulette  1969  45      1:49:50 (Pop-up)
Alexandra  Mein Freund, der Baum   Favoriting single  Philips  1968  45      1:52:17 (Pop-up)
Lene Lovich  New Toy   Favoriting single  Stiff  1981  45      1:55:55 (Pop-up)
John Lennon  #9 Dream   Favoriting single  EMI Odeon  1974  45      1:59:07 (Pop-up)
 
Jim Lauderdale and Roland White  February Snow   Favoriting Jim Lauderdale and Roland White  Yep Roc  2018  MP3  From 1979    2:11:47 (Pop-up)
Jim Thompson and the Colts  Since Daddy's Not Around   Favoriting Garland Records Pacific Northwest Snuff Box  Beat Rocket  2020  LP  From 1970  *   2:14:40 (Pop-up)
Little Gold  Swap Meet   Favoriting Wake Up & Die Right  Sophomore Lounge  2020  LP    *   2:17:16 (Pop-up)
Bill Callahan and Bonnie "Prince" Billy  Night Rider's Lament   Favoriting single  Drag City  2021  MP3  featuring Cory Hanson  *   2:21:15 (Pop-up)
Jane Getz  I Wanna Ride   Favoriting No Ordinary Child  RCA  1973  LP      2:26:04 (Pop-up)
Herb Pedersen  The Hey Boys   Favoriting Southwest  Epic  1976  LP      2:29:07 (Pop-up)
Neil Young  If You Could Read My Mind   Favoriting A Letter Home  Third Man  2014  LP      2:32:38 (Pop-up)
Sturgill Simpson  Water in a Well   Favoriting Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions  High Top Mountain  2020  CD    *   2:36:35 (Pop-up)
Emma Swift  Simple Twist of Fate   Favoriting Blonde on the Tracks  Tiny Ghost  2020  CD    *   2:40:31 (Pop-up)
Billy Walker  The Record   Favoriting The World Is a Monster: Columbia Hillbilly 1948-1958  The Omni Recording Corporation  2010  CD  From 1955    2:44:38 (Pop-up)
Cut Worms  Castle in the Clouds   Favoriting Nobody Lives Here Anymore  Jagjaguwar  2020  CD      2:47:54 (Pop-up)
 
The Chills  February   Favoriting Somewhere Beautiful  Fire  2013  CD  Happy 1st!    2:57:14 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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12539:

Yippy Yippy Boing Boing!
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YETI BOB:

is it YIP time? it is!
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Marley P. Dogg:

Do the yips get a snow day today!?
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Threemoons:

Morning Joe, fellow YipYips...
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Handy Haversack:

Yip and tuck, Joe and all!
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David (in London):

Hello Yippers. Greetings Joe.
  9:02am
KWilde:

Hey Joe. Good Monday all
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northguineahills:

damn yippies, I love ya!
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Dances with Moomins:

Snow Radio!
stay warm, stay cool ! Morning Mr. McG and all noise surfers
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LW Rhino:

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it Joe! let it Joe! let it Joe!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Yips report the weather: youtu.be... Boing boing!
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TDK60:

Good morning Jersey Joe. Beautiful snow storm (outside, I mean).
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common:

ello, joe, all
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Son Of Pantz:

I heard you guys were gonna get a foot+ of snow today. Be careful out there Jersey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
dale:

unmistakable voice. and his sister was on the space series with green hair and a silver bikini.
  9:06am
seedfriend:

Joy! I made a calendar invite to myself for the show today. Not missing it again this week.
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Creature Boy:

Ran out of Wake comment time so ill share this here instead Was just thinking about Louie louie (mentioned during W&B). The vocals were sung into a microphone directly above the singers head for some reason so he had to sing that entire song with his head & face pointed upward . Might account for the bizarre performance
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queems:

we used to sing this at girl scout camp!
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YETI BOB:

Pantz: I'm looking out the window at a foot of snow, here in Chicago. I wish I were more excited about it. I feel old.
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northguineahills:

hilarious, Ken!
  9:07am
MplsCoco:

Good morning Joe! Beautiful soundtrack to match the beautiful weather. Be safe today!
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The Oscar:

Mornin'! They had us sing "A Soalin'" in music class in grade school. I had a weird education.
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queems:

so cozy
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Son Of Pantz:

This music reminds of the original Wicker Man. I finally got around to watching it this weekend. How haunting.
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Krys O.:

Greetings!
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melinda:

Morning Joe and all! I love folkie Mondays.
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northguineahills:

Down south in FLA, we got some rain last night, have a forecasted freeze here in Orlando tonight. (so, FL cold)
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mariano:

Good morning, Joe McG, everyone.
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northguineahills:

what Son of Pan said....
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Handy Haversack:

When BK was supposed to get like 20" I was excited. Now that it's more like 11", eh. Whatevs.

@The Oscar, us too!
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YETI BOB:

@ngh: if it weren't for COVID I think I'd be in Miami right now
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Creature Boy:

I came to Wicker Man late in life too. Yeah cool music. Movie too
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waters7:

Stellar beginning--thanks, Joe!
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northguineahills:

wait, not a freeze, a frost...
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YETI BOB:

had enough of this winter already!
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The Oscar:

Ooooh, I'd know those Week of Wonders chimes anywhere!
  9:10am
Listener Bop Monroe:

greetings from breif respite in the storm Tannersville Mr. J McG!
this is a week of wonders already
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TDK60:

I'm so glad it's snowing. Got any smash hits about mittenth?
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northguineahills:

I wish I had winter....
  9:11am
morphe':

Hey Joe ... where you going with that shovel in yer hand.....
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melinda:

Storm is yet to hit Maine, I have to remember to boil eggs and make tea in preparation for a power outage.
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northguineahills:

One of best friends and I bonded over watching Wicker Man (and Holy Mountain). She now runs the Alamo Cinema House in Brooklyn.
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David (in London):

Handy, Mariano, Yeti Bob, Threemoons, NGH, common, TDK, Krys, Melinda, morphester et al. Hello groovy pals.
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YETI BOB:

@ngh: Trade places?
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YETI BOB:

(not sure how my wife and cats would be with that)
  9:13am
morphe':

NorthGuinea - you mean the Original Wickerman .... The new has a Hollywood ending...
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Rick from SC:

Good morning Joe, and all yipsters
  9:13am
Sarah:

I love this song have been trying to find it. It’s a pipe organ tune
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Handy Haversack:

@ngh, oddly, the only thing I have seen there is One More Time with Feeling.

David, YB, morph, TDK60 (\\ //), melinda, Listener Bop M, Mariano, Krys, queems, Threemoons, common, all upthread friends: hello! Polishing up the boots here.
  9:14am
Sarah:

Good morning Joe and all
  9:14am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Joe, this is so magical! Thank you!!! <3
  9:14am
YRUdoinths2me:

what is this song and why it no exist on my xxvideo search?
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mariano:

There's this old guy who plays a glass harp (made of crystal snifters filled with varying amounts of water) in Jackson Sq. in the French Quarter sometimes. I need to find the vids I've taken of him. It's so nice at night, he has his setup all candlelit.

Heya David, Handy.
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David (in London):

I once worked on a shoot with Seamus Flannery, who was the art director on The Wicker Man. He was a real card. Top man.
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Joe McG:

Good snowy morning to you all! Hope you're safe and cozy.
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Son Of Pantz:

@David He deserves an Oscar for that art direction.
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Steve from Dunwoody:

The Wicker Man! Fab!
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northguineahills:

@morphe: I refuse to see the Cage version.

@David: I could use some kitties at least, now....
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Dances with Moomins:

We only have fat lazy flakes falling in Turku today.....adding to the 30" already on the ground Stay safe, stay warm ( stay cool!) lovely sounds today Thanks Mr. McG!
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TDK60:

Hi David in London, Handy in Brooklyn, Morphe in that lower east area, Melinda in Maine, et allz.
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northguineahills:

@Dances: You get plenty of snow up there in Turku anyways!
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fred:

Nice Kate Bush cover!
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βrian:

It was 16℉ when I got up. They say we'll have a high of 4℉ next Sunday, dear me.
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Handy Haversack:

Gonna go shovel some out for the dog. Back soon!
  9:23am
Listener Bop Monroe:

i'm running up that building
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David (in London):

Not often one hears Stephen Fry on FMU.
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northguineahills:

18C/64F o'er here. I miss shoveling snow (although I rarely had to do it. Never had to shovel or drive in the snow in NYC).
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steveo:

Good morning Joe! I'm enjoying the show.

Did you bring your sleeping bag in case it snows 4 feet while you're on the air?
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βrian:

After our last dumping, I saw the neighbor shoveling a circuit in his lawn. I was perplexed until I noticed the dog happily running in circles.
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river:

phlegm-de-neige
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Deborah:

Radio Radio!!
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Joe McG:

Kate keeps addressing me in this song, so I had to play it.
  9:25am
YRUdoinths2me:

these two vocalists are straight out of a soap opera or soft core erotica
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βrian:

Has nobody done "50 Words for No?"
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PaulRobeson1920:

I love WFMU! Yip yip
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David (in London):

I think she's always had a secret crush on you Joe.
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Robbie Darling:

Me too! Morning Joe!
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Joe McG:

@David: Ha! She could do worse. :)
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Henry & Natalie:

boingboingboing
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northguineahills:

The Inuit and Yupik people do, in fact, have 50 words for snow. The Sami in north Nordic region (Finalnad/Sweden/Norway.) have 180 words for snow....
  9:28am
Listener Bop Monroe:

...that was only 49. i counted.
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Dances with Moomins:

HI ngh, actually here on the SW coast we get less than the rest of Finland. Without snow the dark days are really a drag, with it plenty of smiles ....driving is a challenge even for folks used to it. Cheers !
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Dances with Moomins:

Värttinä! Hyvää Suomi!
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Joe McG:

@Bop: Ha! @Moomins: So chuffed that someone from Finland is listening while I play this song.
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βrian:

"Sorbet de luge" does sound appealing.
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Dances with Moomins:

I saw them at the Bottom Line (before I moved here in 1996)
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Yes:

morning everyone
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northguineahills:

speaking of the devil, Joe, McG!
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Joe McG:

@Moomins: Lucky! I saw several Northside acts but never the queens of the scene.
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mariano:

ngh: Reminds me of a Simpsons bit, with Kent Brockman giving a report: "The polar ice cap is melting. Soon the Eskimo will have 115 different words for nothing."
  9:33am
Pekka:

Hyvä Suomi! Erittäin kova, Suomi edustaa kovaa!
Regards Pekka
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queems:

i need to get this notwist record
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northguineahills:

@mariano: jejeje

@Dances: I've seen many Finnish free folk groups, and some rock groups, but not traditional folk live....
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Marley P. Dogg:

Joe McG - thanks for the lovely snow day tunes this morning
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Joe McG:

Finland strong in the house this morning! Hyvää huomenta! @Marley: My pleasure.
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northguineahills:

Outside of proper nouns, I think perkele is the only other Finnish word I know (for some reason).
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Nate K.:

This Notwist is really nice. Hi, Joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Joe McG:

Hey Nate!
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northguineahills:

(Finnish is a hard language to learn).
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Ken From Hyde Park:

The Farmers' Almanac points out that Wednesday, February 3rd at 4:49 PM EST is the exact mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Progress!
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Good morning Joe McGasko! Morning friends. The Notwist was jam when I lived in NYC. Neon Golden. I could never get sick of that album.
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Dances with Moomins:

Värttinä were something special, not a sound we hear here often. I guess the long winter nights produce so many musicians because...what else you gonna do? ( and so many types of music) Perkele is a good one to start with NGH.
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Cal Zone!:

Good Morigning JMCG and McGaskers!
  9:40am
dano59:

Be not so fearful ... <3 Bill
Fay
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David (in London):

Hey Buddha.
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northguineahills:

@Dances: I often start w/ curse words when learning another language (w/ my juvenile self). Indo-European languages are easy, I even learned Japanese, But Finnic-Uralic languages elude me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41am
Yes:

are there two versions of bill fay's debut? one with orchestration and one without?
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Buddha of Suburbia:

Good morning David in London!
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northguineahills:

Bill Fay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Kevin-san:

Lovely snow sound track today, Joe. Enjoying being inside looking out, but I will have to shovel a track around the lawn for the doggo later
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David (in London):

"Well they told me the budgerigar, committed suicide, but it was you, I saw you put that gin in its water, I was standing by your side."

A truly world-class lyric from Bill Fay, there.
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Dances with Moomins:

I thought I'd learn Finnish with a little work. Hear it and use it everyday and still work at it ( many Finns speak English so well that they are happy to practice ...) My kids laugh uproariously when I speak Finnish!
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Handy Haversack:

Pretty powdery so far. That was easy shovelin'. We'll see what later brings.
  9:47am
egould310:

Raining here in Seattle. Time for a run. Play some more good music, Joe.
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northguineahills:

No cocktail, but sunny, (yet mild, not warm).
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Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. Pinch punch first of the month.
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Handy Haversack:

(Not that that endeared it to the dog at all. He was not amused.)
  9:51am
dano59:

@Moomins - I'd heard Finnish and Danish are not too difficult to pick up. I have a friend who was knighted by Finland; i hope to visit him when it's safer
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wizard frog:

Hit It Joe! www.youtube.com... (American Fotoplayer Guy)
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Phillippe Bastille:

Grey day but not snowing anymore in Annapolis, just freezing rain. Big chunk of tree down in the yard.

Hey Handy, DiL, ngh, mariano, boods, kfhp, steveo et al
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Fernando P:

Hi Joe and everybody! I hope you all keeping warm. Its summery down here in the Mantiqueira mountains.
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northguineahills:

@Phillippe: Hope the tree didn't hit anything. (Annapolis is fave town of mine, and many of good times there).
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@ngh - Remember Mayuko's show where she celebrated 101 years of Finnish-Japanese friendship? It was just over a year ago.
  9:54am
dano59:

I have about 50 curse words for snow
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iiibeat:

Happy Imbolc
  9:55am
Will:

I saw Varttina play live twice. First time was in 1993 at the Backstage in Seattle the day our baby was born and tears streamed down my face. (50% the newborn, 50% Varttina.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Rob W:

Technically Northside, run by Rob Simonds (a founder of RYKOdisc) still exists although I think the only band Rob is still releasing is the Swedish nyckelharpa-guitar-fiddle trio Vasen. Their 2019 album Rule of 3 is on Northside in the US: www.discogs.com...
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Dances with Moomins:

Hi Dano, Finnish is crazy difficult. They don't pre position ( as 'in' the house) they change the ending of words , even proper names instead...so you need to know dozens of ways to say one word. That makes understanding what you are hearing very difficult. FUNNY the 50 curse words for snow!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Phillippe!
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Brian in UK:

Joe you have put on the Cardigans; so have I. A bit chilly over here!
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Joe McG:

Thanks for the info, Rob! I'm glad they're hanging on a bit. I like Vasen, didn't know they had a newish one.
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mariano:

Thought it was gonna be "Iron Man."

Hey, Phillippe!

Dances with Moomins: Sounds like Latin in that regard. Lots of case endings instead of prepositional phrases, and even the prepositional phrases require case endings anyway.
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The Oscar:

The Cardigans are one of those bands I constantly forget that I like a lot.
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northguineahills:

@Ken: That show was awesome! (isn't she still stuck there?). link it. I'm about to jump.

Will be listening, Joe. if I don't get back, arigato!
  9:58am
Anita:

Good morning :-))
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bukowski.:

SNOW DAY! ☺☺☺
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Handy Haversack:

Sparrows in the snow ... that is what we are ...
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Mayuko's "Radio Torture Chamber" show — www.wfmu.org...
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David (in London):

Yo Phillippe.
Howdy Brian.
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northguineahills:

@mariano: I can at least understand spoken/written Latin (can't speak it)
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Joe McG:

BTW, Mayuko moved away from the FMU area, but she has a new show coming up on Wave Farm radio in upstate NY, so check it out!
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βrian:

Wait, one can move out of the FMU area? How is that feasible, even?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Rob W:

Sure thing Joe! Yes, Vasen are a nice group - we saw them on their 2019 tour. They were guests on my show MANY years ago - possibly pre-archives.
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fred:

Mayuko's new show (starts this Wednesday): wavefarm.org...
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northguineahills:

I know Tom and Galen! I'm old friends of theirs! I've played at the wave farm many times. (knew Tom from the free103point9.org days, actually even when he was still living in Tampa, [friend was dating a violinist in his band])
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Well, maybe just a change of scenery! @Rob: So many great pre-archive live sets lost! Wish we could round them all up from the DJs who still have them for a big FMU live archive.
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βrian:

Well, Ascension Island, maybe ...
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Son Of Pantz:

Love CHAI!
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Rob W:

Yes Mayuko's show is Wed 11 am on Wave Farm's WGXC. Her intriguing show concept: She will only play tracks with solo voice and / or solo stringed instruments! Folks: She's looking for good suggestions for music so let her know if you have ideas!
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northguineahills:

@βrian: I was thinking more of South Georgia Island.....(Antarctic climate would suit them).
  10:12am
Rich K:

Nice seggie
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miniteeny:

Thank you for playing TSC - one of my faves
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djsheilab:

Hey Joe! Just chiming in to say how much I’m enjoying the show this snowy morning. The musical mood is just right!
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Phillippe Bastille:

I always though The Style Council never got its due. Still sounds fresh
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JG:

Morning Joe and Surfers. I'm only half tuned in because of work but the sounds I'm hearing are relaxing and groovy. Abating the stress of really dumb meetings. Thanks Joe
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βrian:

@Rob W: So would that preclude throat-singing, technically?
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Sheila B.! I'm glad it sounds OK out there!
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βrian:

@NGH: There're so damn many Georgias out there.
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sphere:

hullo out there
  10:17am
BillD:

Good morning ! I believe this is Joe M's favorite weather, and a great morning to have Surface Noise on in the wintry 90.1 area.
  10:18am
Miss G:

Wow, I usually can't listen in the AM, I turn on the radio and hear the perfect thing! "Guitar in Velvet" thanks Joe McG!
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DjLorraine:

Lovely show.
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Mike Sin:

There was a while in the late '80s there in which that Style Council song was a wedding favorite! I guess it just didn't have the staying power of "We Are Family" or "YMCA"... oh well. ;)
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steveo:

it's a snow day every day, since, um, today
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Handy Haversack:

Ha, first line of this song got a throaty laugh and a "so true!" from Kate.
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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Handy Haversack:

COVID Calendar: Every night's a Saturday, and every morning's a Monday.
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Threemoons:

Hey lurking while trying to get into my first hour of work on this snowy AM...
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waters7:

Jo Stafford is one of my favorite singers of all time. So sweet. If you haven't, listen to her songs orchestrated by her husband Paul Weston.
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Son Of Pantz:

YES! Can you play the rocking closing song too, Joe?
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Jason from Houston:

HELL YAH
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steveo:

bad legal take: this song nullifies the 10 am station id
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sphere:

The WKRP bass line is pretty damn awesome.
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thriftstoreleather:

♥♥♥
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Asheville Jon:

awww, good old WKRP
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Bill D:

Mike Sin I guess only cooler couples used The Style Council . Prob Celebrate by Kool and the Gang is the wedding king
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Brian in UK:

David (in London) HELLO.
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Krys O.:

WKRP was really good in retrospect.
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Handy Haversack:

I think then the taxes the station doesn't have to pay become Ohio taxes, though, steveo. So ... cool?
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Roberto:

Bailey or Loni whatever-her-name was? Totes Bailey for me.
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Rick A:

One of the best shows from the 70s. Many quotable episodes, such as the turkey drop Thanksgiving promotion and the draft dodger episodes. Maybe the best ensemble acting of any show in the 70s.
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Brian in UK:

Holding out for Harry Chapin.
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Asheville Jon:

Bailey!
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Mr. Palchepo.:

Dry as a bone 70s production is pretty damn awesome too.
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JG:

Who doesn't love WKRP? Show and song
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slugluv1313:

greetings, Joe and Skeletons and Noiseers!
been listening all morning in werk & lurk mode -- finally have a chance to say HELLO to you all -- as someone who has had to go to jobs in weather like this, i hope everyone in this NYC area is enjoying all this SNOW!!! from a safe and warm environment :)
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Brendan:

Dang it . First the dryer broke. Now I tuned in to the WFMU Stream and instead, I’m picking up an old terrestrial signal from WKRP.
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Fiddlesticks:

Doesn’t his voice sound suspiciously like Richard Sanders’ voice? Has anyone seen Carlisle and Sanders in the same room at the same time?
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Mike W:

it’s like the extended theme from Maude, it kinda just kept going
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sphere:

And the WKRP theme is before the Infamous Chorus Plague of the 1980s.
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Rich in Bay Ridge:

I don't recall ever referring to that show by it's full name, "WKRP in Cinncinnatti"....until right now
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PortsmouthJay:

hot chocolate day, JM!
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steveo:

that's right Handy. Cue up the Ohio Players.
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Joe McG:

Baby, if you've ever wondered what became of me, I'm living on the air in Jersey City: WFMU.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I presume the FMU staff have tape on the floor marking their office boundaries the way Les Nessman did.
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Hubig Pie:

"K" stations have never been immortalized in song
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Joe McG:

@Ken: You better knock before you come past my imaginary walls.
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Andy M:

What a great groove today!
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

WKRP: I remember the scene where they were at a 3D porn theater and the audience all move to dodge whatever was coming out of the screen. Hilarious.
  10:28am
nardo:

WKRP was my fave show as a teen. Always think of The Who concert episode and the turkey one of course.
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sphere:

Do you think they made Bailey wear glasses to make Loni Anderson more glamorous?
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Mike W:

everybody gets a WKRP nickname, i’m Dr. Mikey Headache
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Joe McG:

Best thing: Les always has a new bandage on a different place on his person every episode and no one ever acknowledges it or says a word.
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steveo:

@Joe probably should do that with hoof n mouth (@10:26)
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Andy M:

Glasses are very sexy!
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Matt Fiveash:

At this late date I remember the Mad magazine parody "WKRAP in Cincinatti" better than I remember the actual show.
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Dances with Moomins:

groovin on a snowy afternoon, groovin
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Son Of Pantz:

"I'd Walk Over You To See The Who" t-shirts were popular around these parts back then. I had a friend that was at that show. Talk about a clusterfuck.
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steveo:

@matt almost as funny as WMFU
  10:31am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

God bless you!
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DjLorraine:

Bless us
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sphere:

We say "bless you" because it was commonly held in the Germanic tradition that when you sneeze, part of your spirit comes out your nose.
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Krys O.:

Someone told me in the 90s to look up when I needed to sneeze and couldn't. Can't recall if it really worked or my body too care of it.
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miniteeny:

I’ve been watching the Love Boat way too much
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Krys O.:

I binge SCTV on YouTube.
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Red Rua:

I will always remember Bailey Quarters as my first real crush
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Handy Haversack:

The *weak* part, sphere.
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Krys O.:

Ha!
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βrian:

@Krys O: If you were in bright sunlight, the photic sneeze response may kick in.
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Mike Sin:

re: WKRP in Cincinnati
For clarity, were other DJs other than Johnny or Venus ever featured on the show? Or did most of the audience just assume each of them worked a 12-hour shift each day? :)
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The Oscar:

I've said this around here before, but my old college radio station had a sign on a shelf that said "STUDIO HEADPHONES - If you steal me I will never come back." The shelf was empty, and I never saw it otherwise.
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Krys O.:

Got it, Brian. Science!
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βrian:

The saliva test is all well and good, but I really want a sneeze test.
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Roberto:

Ha! That's awesome (about the closing theme)
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bukowski.:

I missed it. Was one of the words prisencolinensinainciusol?
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Son Of Pantz:

The only part I could discern from the closing song was "Said to the bartender. Bartender. wubba-wubba-wub-a-ha. Said it's going good and it's going a lot better!"
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thriftstoreleather:

Joe, I hope your watching the unedited WKRP! With the actual music they played on air. There's a crappy rerelease with Musak overdubbing the music.
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Krys O.:

@Mike Sin: Don't forget Les!
  10:37am
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Alexa can pronounce "prisencolinensinainciusol" perfectly.
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12539:

I set my clocks by Single File.
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Joe McG:

@thrift: I got the Shout Factory DVD box cheap, which has 90% of the original music!
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Mike Sin:

@Krys 0 -- But Les just came in for the news and farm reports, right? He didn't have an actual shift, right?
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thriftstoreleather:

♥♥♥
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bukowski.:

? I guess she's alright
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@thriftstoreleather: Do you know if that's available in digital format? I waited years for them to fix the music licensing issue. I mean, Fever switching to rock & roll and _not_ playing "Queen Of The Forest"??
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JG:

station manager Carlson mistaking cocaine for footpowder episode my favorite. " Travis I'm hooked!" That ever happen there at FMU , Joe?
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Joe McG:

!12539: Your clock must be wacky!
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zopa:

That's one clean scene ya got going over there McG. Thanks!
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Krys O.:

Didn't Les have a call-in show? Or is that wishful thinking.
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12539:

Joe, this week I only had to adjust it by one minute.
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βrian:

Just thinking about that idiom, "Having your clock cleaned." Try esplaining *that* to ESL students.
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Joe McG:

Ha, zopa, keepin' it lean and clean.
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Krys O.:

Clocks have faces like people do.
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Joe McG:

@JG: Almost every day.
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Hubig Pie:

Monday is green bologna day at the Ft Worth Jail
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joe mulligan:

Hi All, rabbit rabbit! happy snowy start to February
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Mark Hurst:

Joe, your show today is a perfect accompaniment to the [glancing out the window] now whiteout conditions in Manhattan. Thanks!
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Joe McG:

@Mike: On the show they often refer to other DJs (Johnny once has to cover for the overnight guy, for instance) but we never see them.
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morphe':

Brain - as a former teacher (with a clean record), I'd suggest leaving sexual allusions/metaphors (whether they be clocks or oysters) out of the lesson plans....
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steveo:

jammin n jammin n jammin n jammin
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JG:

Early musical memory hearing this Stevie Wonder on the radio
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SammyC:

liked that tex ritter joe. Great "country" voice, sent it over to my old man, hes gonna love it
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Mark! @Matt: Give WKRP another shot, very enjoyable show. @Sammy: Nice!
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βrian:

@Krys O.: Our 7YrOld wants analog clocks to just go away.
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pgalub:

Hey Joe and everyone. Happy Snow Dub! ❄
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sphere:

@ Joe McG - have you ever heard the dub version of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"? It's great!
  10:49am
nardo:

I'd lay money that there's probably an episode of WKRP with a poster of Hotter than July displayed somewhere.
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Joe McG:

@sphere: Love it! Never played it, I don't think, though.
  10:49am
chresti in tennis booth:

Hi Joe and noises!
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Joe McG:

@nardo: There IS!
  10:50am
dano59:

MB brings me back to my HS cafeteria for some reason.
  10:51am
chresti in tennis booth:

It's grey and mild here @Griffith Park
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Hey Joe and everybody! That was doozy of a dub!
  10:51am
morphe':

Analog - sometime in the late '90s, my neighbor's teen son came to ask if he could call the phone company because they had a phone problem. I still had a rotary and he did not know how to dial. Also realized students could not read the clock.. Brian, get yer 7year old a SuperHero analog wrist watch .. worked with my Simon..
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Seanbelly:

Holy, I was just thinking about this weird tune!
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

For fun and to confuse the grandkidz, I put my dad's old backwards clock above the regular one: imgur.com...
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The Oscar:

WHOA this one...
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dano59:

A couple pals used to do Stevie vs. MJ dance parties... They ignored my suggestions of both Master Blaster and Doctor My Eyes
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Cal Zone!:

Is Michael Shelley aware of this Tasha Thomas jam?
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Damn, I see I missed the WKRP conversation.What sparked it?
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Handy Haversack:

Don't think I recall hearing this as part of Michael Shelley's intro ...

Hey, chresti!
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βrian:

@morphe': I was just about to follow up. We did buy her a nice little kid's watch, and suddenly she was cooler than Elsa!

So we're hopeful.
  10:53am
morphe':

Woods, for whatever reason, I can never open yer graphics in that link... do send the alt version... thanks...
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tim from champaign (now washington):

My Friend, The Tree. Is this song about WoodsOfNH?
  10:54am
Anita:

Love this Tasha Thomas tune ❤️
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bigkafka:

Seconding that Tasha Thomas tune. Also, that title. Floored.
  10:55am
Miss G:

tim this is an answer song to SNL Chris Redd song "Trees!" (I love that song)
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Joe McG:

@tim: Ha ha! It's about David Costa.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@morphe': Interesting. What happens when you click on the link?
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The Oscar:

LENE!
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Roberto:

Oh jeez, I just looked up Tasha Thomas and she passed away at 39 of cancer. That sux.
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Roberto:

YAS one of my fave tunes of '81! (Sorry Tasha, abrupt change of subject)
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Krys O.:

Best Lene!
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Joe McG:

@Roberto: She also had a great disco hit called "Shoot Me with Your Love."
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Roberto:

My brother's girlfriend at the time was obsessed with this song. She could never figure out that lyric about the freezer or something -- about to put my meat in?
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The Oscar:

Someone needs to make a documentary about Lene Lovich.
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JG:

(sotto voce) John
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Pale Son:

Nhoj.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@morephe': How about this: postimg.cc...
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tim from champaign (now washington):

I always forget how great Dream #9 is. Did Jeff Lynne have a hand in this?
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Christy D:

Good music 4 watching the snow come down.
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Beast of Boonton:

Ah! Bowakawa, pousse pousse
  11:05am
morphe':

Woods - it goes to the link, but the image does not load... Modern MacBook w/all mod cons????
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Mike Sin:

Given the song's structure, if an old wobbly mellotron was used on this recording, it'd probably be the closest Lennon came to revisiting his Beatle days in earnest.
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Robbie Darling:

What is your background music, Joe I like the tune.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@morphe': how about the 2nd one I posted?
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morphe':

Woods - the 2nd one worked...nice one!!!! Thanks...
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Mike Sin:

@Robbie -- Joe's bed music is a Kevin Ayer's track.
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Michele with One "L":

People will only listen to your dreams if you tell them they were in it.
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Robbie Darling:

@Mike Sin Thank you!
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DjLorraine:

I would listen to your dreams
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Robbie Darling:

You are innocent when you dream
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Dean:

Credit on Walls & Bridges is to The Philharmonic Orchestrange.
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Mungerphut:

Best advice I ever got-- never tell anybody about your dreams, cats, or fantasy baseball team. Nobody cares.
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Jeff Golick:

Therapists seem interested in dreams, but then we're paying them to listen.
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Mike Sin:

That string arrangement was originally thrown around when Lennon was working with Nilsson on the "Pussycats" LP -- I can't remember the track that it was originally devised for offhand.
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Brian in UK:

Joe YOU'VE RUN OUT OF 45s?
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SheWolf:

I think dreams are fascinating. I'm always up for listening to them.
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morphe':

Joe - I have some 45s for you .. I'll send the list to yer email ... I'll get them to you somehow ... Hang them on the door handle of Montgomery Street??? Not the post ...
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Dean:

Therapists are interested in their patients' expressions of interest in their dreams.
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Dennis Diken:

go, Joe! hey all!
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Pale Son:

NY Philharmonic Orchestra arranged by Lennon and Ken Asher.
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Dennis Diken:

Flux Fiddlers is what I think John L credited the string section as?
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Planet Tyler:

the strings for #9 were left over from something and JL liked them and wrote the song around them...but i have to check that
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Joe McG:

Yes, Flux Fiddlers! I wonder who did the actual arranging of them. Seems like a duty Paul would have had in the olde group.
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morphe':

It snows in the Southern Appalachian Hollas !!!! Proably last night and now..
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Brian in UK:

I have been missing Clarence White recently. Only forty+ years since he was killed.
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Dennis Diken:

didn't George Martin do the string arrangements for The Beatles?
  11:14am
Dean:

Ken Ascher
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Dean:

https://www.discogs.com/John-Lennon-Walls-And-Bridges/release/611600
  11:15am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Lovin’ this tune Joe!
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Planet Tyler:

The strings were left over from the Pussy Cats record...so...who did those?
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Dean! Hi, RBB!
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Mike Sin:

Re: Lennon / Strings
I can't get to my Wall and Bridges LP right at the moment, but weren't the Flux Fiddlers just on the Imagine LP? Just throwing it out there -- I can't confirm just yet.
  11:16am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Based on the intentionality of your sets I doubt you take requests but I would take either “Four Strong Winds” or “Barstool Blues” by Neil Young too!
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Krys O.:

I rarely recall my dreams and I don't do fantasy baseball, therefore, I go on about my cats.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Hey! This is from my neck of the woods., I'll dig deeper into this.
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Dean:

Repeat comment: credit on W&B is to The Philharmonic Orchestrange.
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Joe McG:

@RBB: Maybe! Let's see.
  11:18am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Joe, you figured out my initials finally lol! hey DD :) Hope everyone is safe and cozy out there!
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Mike Sin:

Joe -- just pulled a Lennon book off the shelf: Ken Ascher did the string arrangement on #9 Dream. It's not easy being a BeatlesGeek... it disrupts work. ;)
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tim from champaign (now washington):

"And I don't do fantasy baseball!" hahahaha.Krys - you're the winner today!
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

Krys O. if I haven’t said this before I’ll say it now: you are a poetic individual <3
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βrian:

I sometimes wake up to the sensation of my cat's warm paw softly pressing against my chin. No matter that she died 17 years ago.
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Planet Tyler:

@Mike for the win!
Did Mark Lewisohn ever do a book on John's recordings?
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Mungerphut:

Let me tell you about Pumpkin and Spice, my tortoiseshell sisters ....
  11:21am
morphe':

Appalacian Snow - 25*f and snowing in Western West Virginia...
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Pale Son:

Hmh.
  11:22am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Mike Sin can you recommend a Beatles book? I was indoctrinated to the Beatles cult by my Beatles geek parents but I have never read any books about them as an adult. Wasn’t sure where to start!
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Handy Haversack:

This set is fantastic, Joe.
  11:23am
Bluesman:

Hey it's Mike "Beatle Fester for Life" Sin!
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TDK60:

Heavily pouring in NYC.
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Joe McG:

Thanks Mike and Dean for the info. Is Ken Ascher known for anything else in particular? His name is not familiar to me.
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David (in London):

Never seen a hawk on the wind...
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Pale Son:

He played clavinet on the album.
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paul:

Rachel, the one by Spitz is great.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

It's pretty remarkable that Bill Callahan and Will Oldham have been making music for approximately 30 years for the same record label and they hadn't worked together until recently.
  11:25am
Dean:

Played keyboards for Woody Herman, etc.
  11:26am
paul:

The Beatles: The Biography
Book by Bob Spitz
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Joe McG:

@Handy: I love the Jerry Jeff version of this song and was playing "Ridin' High" recently so this hit the spot.
  11:26am
morphe':

"Flux Fiddlers" might be a reference the Fluxus Collective ... pure speculation??? Yoko was deeply involved, not sure about John's role within it???
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Dennis Diken:

@Joe - re: Beatles group (not solo) string arrangements, Paul did, I think, suggest ideas but, in actuality, didn't George Martin actually do the arrangements?
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Brendan:

Makes me want to do a trail ride
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DjLorraine:

@Brian 🐾
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TDK60:

Morphe, are the cats checked on in your garden?
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Joe McG:

@Dennis: I'm sure you're right! Paul did his own much later as a solo artist.
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LastWhiteRhino:

I really like this Jane Getz tune.
  11:29am
Dean:

Best Beatles book: Tendenzen der Pop-Musik : dargest. am Beispiel d. Beatles / Eva Diettrich

Not really. Just wanted to post that title.
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morphe':

TDK60 - they have the house so covered ... did not see my neigbor's footprints(she is elderly) this am??? I'll actually go and ask her and bring food if needed.. Thanks for the heads up ...
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fred:

Now that we've run out of made up band names, making up Beatles book titles could be an outlet for all that creativity
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

Paul: just put it in my AbeBooks cart! Thank you sir (Sir Paul if you will)!
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David (in London):

Muchly enjoying this Herb Pedersen.
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Handy Haversack:

@fred: El Año Rigby: Beatlemania in Mexico.
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steveo:

wait this song isn't called Like a Ghost in a Wishing Well???
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Mike W:

man, it feels like you’re right there in the phone booth with him
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Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Beautiful cover by Mr. Young!
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Michele with One "L":

OH MAN THIS SONG
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bigkafka:

john darnielle's voice sounds off on this one
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Dennis Diken:

@Joe - yeah, Geo M was upset that Paul hired Mike Leander to arrange "She's Leaving Home" because GM was booked with something else
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paul:

You welcome, Rachel. Sir Paul works. :)
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TDK60:

Heavy snow. I dusted about 4 inches off my window sills a half hour ago, now almost 2" buildup already.
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Don in Tampere:

Great selection of music! BTW, did I hear correctly (I was running around the kitchen assemling dinner to put in the oven) that you were soliciting people to send you singles? We should have one in about 3 months or so if that was for real. But I missed the address.
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David (in London):

'Abbey Roadblock: Ringo Walks Out on the Beatles'
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Handy Haversack:

When we play the card game "Big 2" (you know it, morphe'? I still [used to] see kids playing it on the subway), if we're three-handed, we always call the dummy hand "Sir Paul."
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Son Of Pantz:

Now I wanna hear Gordon Lightfoot cover "Old Man".
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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paul:

"The Day John Met Paul" is a fun short read. (James O'Donnell)
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

Wow this is so beautiful Joe- never heard it before!! Thank you for my Neil Young dose for this snowy day! He gets to me like none other really...
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Brendan:

Sad song. Hope Gordo is well these days...
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LW Rhino:

Like I once told Young man...it's fun to stay at the YMCA.
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katie:

Oh Canada. He gets the desperation so beautifully.
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Joe McG:

Glad you enjoyed, Rachel! Thanks for the suggestion, although I went with something different!
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slugluv1313:

WOW i thought that was Neil Young -- never heard this version before -- thank you Joe McG.!
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Glorious Estephonic:

<3 <3 <3 thank you for this soothing set Joe
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slugluv1313:

hi Katie!
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TDK60:

Sturgill Simpson sounds just like a country name.
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Handy Haversack:

The Gardening Octopus: With a Little Kelp from My Friends.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

A Letter Home is a really solid Neil album for sure. Play it side by side with Harry Dean Stanton's album from around the same time and the water works will flow.
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bon von:

that neil song has strong hints of "The Greatest Love of All" in the melody
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Son Of Pantz:

Sturgill bringing back that Outlaw Country sound. This is the only style of Country I can stomach.
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slugluv1313:

@tim -- LOVE Harry Dean, will attempt this when i do not have to be *attempting* to focus on other stuff :)
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Planet Tyler:

Joe really does have the best show
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TDK60:

Snowing even heavier than moments ago....
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medson:

Good morning Joe. Late chiming in but loving the show.
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David (in London):

You got your snow shoes on TDK?
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fred:

Scarab-ouchie: a clinical report of mental health fallout from the Beatles breakup
  11:41am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Ok now Waylon... this set has gone to the next level 🙌 sending you hugs Glorious Estephonic <3 <3 <3
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morphe':

Sturgill !!!!! did,t I tell you to bring the water and cut some more wood!!!!
Sounds like a pure Holla name.... Wonder if it is his true birth name??
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katie:

@slugluv hi there. I hope you don't have to out today.
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

Medson Man!!
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Chris S:

No one sings em like Sturgill. Thanks for that one, Joe
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TDK60:

David, I actually am getting on my snow gear for a walk! No show shoes but big rubber snow boots.
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medson:

Hi Rachel
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Rich in Bay Ridge:

I really like this Emma Swift Dylan covers album.
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LW Rhino:

WOW , the snow rate is crazy right now just 13 miles NW of Jersey City.
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Son Of Pantz:

Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift do a free concert every week from their home. I believe you can find it on Youtube.
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bigkafka:

this is lovely.
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Mr_Skynet:

Mr_Skynet doesn't enjoy bookkeeping and taxes, but Mr_McGasko sure does help
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David (in London):

TDK, if you're not back in 24 hours I will send out a search party.
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bigkafka:

It's not April 14th yet is it?
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PeterD:

There is something very Randy VanWarmer-esque about this Emma Swift song.
  11:45am
morphe':

Sturgill - recovered from Corvid - nice article/photo =npr
John Sturgill Simpson
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/16/924343633/sturgill-simpson-new-surprise-bluegrass-album
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Mr_Skynet:

Bigkafka - Trying to get a jumpstart for once in my life haha
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Joe B:

gotta love emma
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Joe McG:

Glad you folks are enjoying on this snowy morning!
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steveo:

How's it looking over there, Joe? You gonna have to do a 24-hour skeleton or what?
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Joe McG:

@steveo: Gittin' scared. If the light rail isn't still running, I'm skunked.
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steveo:

oh, yikes; hope it turns out ok
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Hubig Pie:

This Cut Worms lp is a peach!
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TDK60:

Joe, you could sleep over in the station! Play records from that big library, in an unused studio! Order pizza.
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Joe McG:

@TDK60: Did that last night! Don't much want a repeat!
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bigkafka:

Mr_Sky Such virtue! Good luck!
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Krys O.:

@Rachel: Mark Lewisohn's book about Beatles recording sessions is deep and fascinating.

And I'm an unintentional poet.
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TDK60:

Oh! Hee; still enough records...
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

I could listen to this guy sing all day. Little George Harrison dead ringer
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YETI BOB:

oooh just got back from the doctor and Surface Noise is still on - bonus!
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David (in London):

Rachel, this year it's 20 years since George checked out. *sad face*
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Krys O.:

The whiteout conditions in Bloomfield make it look like bright and sunny.

Thanks, Joe and everyone! Stay safe.
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Planet Tyler:

Mark Lewisohn is great - that's some truly nerd stuff
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Mr_Skynet:

@Joe McG - dedication. Respect!
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YETI BOB:

@Rachel - yeah, I like the Harrison/Lennon vibes too. I would never have checked out a band called "Cut Worms" based on the name!
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David (in London):

Thanks for a great show (as usual) today Joe.
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paul:

Krys....I was about to add that Lewisohn books are a great source for Beatle facts.
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

Krys O. you mean you didn’t even know it? Classic! :D will add that one to my cart too, thanks for the rec!
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Handy Haversack:

Sometimes I feel like covers by female-reading voices is the only way I want to hear Dylan anymore.

That set was just so great! Thanks, Joe, for that and the whole show. Hope you make it home OK! Maybe you can capture one of the wild reindeer of Jersey City and ride it all the way home!

Be well, Yippers.
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Chris S:

@Joe McG good luck gettin home!
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Beast of Boonton:

Joe - Book a room the Hyatt Regency on the Hudson
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12539:

Thanks as always, Joe. Be well everyone. That's an order.
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Miss G:

Oh, Joe McG! Such dedication! We appreciate it. Sending good vibrations for your travels. Post to the boards when you get home! Thanks for such an enjoyable show.
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morphe':

Thanks Joe and all ... be safe and warm ... !!!!!!!!!!!!
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slugluv1313:

Emma Swift <3 <3 <3
her & Robyn's version of "The Ghost in You" is heart-achingly GORGEOUS
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Son Of Pantz:

Great show. Good luck getting home safely, Joe.
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Artie:

Thanks, Joe G. Appreciate the introduction to Little Gold.
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paul:

Happy February, all!
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TDK60:

Gracias, Joe.
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slugluv1313:

wonderful show, Joe -- thanks so much!
have a great day, everyone -- stay warm!
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radioronan:

Thanks Joe..thanks skeletons!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Thanks, Joe! Keep the snowshoes strapped on tight!
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, everyone! See you next week, if I survive the storm! :)
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slugluv1313:

@katie -- thankfully no!
(but i have had to go to jobs in weather like this!)
hope you and Rob and kitties are enjoying the snowstorm from inside too :)
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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Phillippe Bastille:

Thanks Joe
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David (in London):

We got The Chills, they're multiplying...
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TDK60:

I dig this Chills album - it's live from a private partee!
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bigplanetnoise:

Great sounds, Joe! Thank you!
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Strandlund:

Didn't Yip in earlier, but another great show Mr McGasko!!
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