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Favoriting January 10, 2022: Oua Oua

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Les Paul and Mary Ford  Pacific Breeze   Favoriting Lovers' Luau  Columbia  1959  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Roy Smeck  Over the Rainbow   Favoriting The Haunting Hawaiian Guitar  ABC-Paramount  1960  LP      0:04:51 (Pop-up)
Terorotua and his Tahitians  Paoa   Favoriting Adventures in Paradise  ABC-Paramount  1960  LP      0:07:39 (Pop-up)
The Polynesians  Tanga Tika   Favoriting The Music of Hawaii - Tahiti - Samoa  Crown  1959  LP      0:09:25 (Pop-up)
The 30 Guitars of Tommy Garrett  Enchanted Island   Favoriting 3 Taboos and Other Exotic Motifs: Explorers Room 2018 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2018  CD-R  From 1965    0:11:59 (Pop-up)
Kanui and Lula  Oua Oua   Favoriting Hawai'i Authentic: The Pre-War Era Vol. 1 (1925-1936)  Asherah  2016  LP  From 1933    0:15:10 (Pop-up)
Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders  Tiger Rag   Favoriting Evergreens-Hawaiian Style  EMI  1980  LP  From 1940    0:17:39 (Pop-up)
Sol Hoopii Quartet  Hula Girl   Favoriting Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics - Vol. 2 (1927-1934)  Folklyric  1981  LP  From 1934    0:19:50 (Pop-up)
Tau Moe and His Original Hawaiians  Hawaiian War Chant   Favoriting The Radio Thrift Shop Presents "Aloha Y'All": Laura Cantrell's 2003 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2003  CD-R      0:22:50 (Pop-up)
bonus cut on Laura's CD on same track! :)                0:27:39 (Pop-up)
George Ku Trio  Na Ali'i   Favoriting Vintage Hawaiian Music: Steel Guitar Masters 1928-1934  Rounder  1989  LP  From 1932    0:28:39 (Pop-up)
Pat Patterson and His Champion Rep Riders  The Cat's Whiskers   Favoriting Hula Blues  Rounder  1974  LP  From 1930    0:31:54 (Pop-up)
 
David Byrne & Yo La Tengo  Who Has Seen the Wind?   Favoriting Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono  Atlantic  2022  MP3    *   0:50:02 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  Toyboat   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1984  MP3  From a demo of a bunch of Yoko songs he recorded in '84    0:52:02 (Pop-up)
Galaxie 500  Listen, The Snow Is Falling   Favoriting Copenhagen  Rykodisc  1997  CD  live 12/1/90 in Copenhagen    0:56:33 (Pop-up)
Brian Eno  I'm Set Free   Favoriting The Ship  Opal  2015  CD      1:03:34 (Pop-up)
Colin Blunstone  Are You Ready   Favoriting One Year - 50th Anniversary Edition  Sundazed  2021  CD  From 1971    1:09:23 (Pop-up)
Natallie Jane Hill  If I Were a Willow   Favoriting Solely  Dear Life  2021  CD      1:11:34 (Pop-up)
Andy Shauf  Spanish on the Beach   Favoriting Wilds  Anti-  2021  MP3    *   1:13:46 (Pop-up)
Constant Smiles  The Things I Miss   Favoriting Paragons  Sacred Bones  2021  LP    *   1:16:19 (Pop-up)
Miracle Legion  Butterflies   Favoriting The Backyard  Incas  1984  EP      1:19:52 (Pop-up)
Jose Feliciano  Sleep Late, My Lady Friend   Favoriting Gotta Get Up! The Songs of Harry Nilsson 1965-1972  Ace  2017  CD  From 1968    1:24:29 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: some 45s from my collection played all in a row for a spell
Steve Alaimo  Every Day I Have to Cry   Favoriting single  Checker  1962  45      1:34:54 (Pop-up)
Pacific Gas & Electric  Death Row #172   Favoriting single  Columbia  1971  45      1:37:20 (Pop-up)
Red Simpson  Where Love Used to Be   Favoriting single  Capitol  1971  45      1:40:16 (Pop-up)
Screen Idols  Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart   Favoriting single  Parlophone  1980  45      1:43:11 (Pop-up)
Durutti Column  Four Excerpts from "The Guitar and Other Machines"   Favoriting single  Factory  1987  Other  flexidisc!    1:47:17 (Pop-up)
Citizens Band  Daily News   Favoriting single  Claridge  1975  45      1:51:54 (Pop-up)
Bette Davis  Single   Favoriting single  Mercury  1965  45      1:54:58 (Pop-up)
The Meditation Singers with James Cleveland  My Soul Looks Back and Wonders   Favoriting single  Specialty  1959  45      1:58:09 (Pop-up)
 
David Peel & The Lower East Side  The Lower East Side   Favoriting The American Revolution  Elektra  1970  LP      2:10:16 (Pop-up)
Elliott Murphy  Hangin' Out   Favoriting Aquashow  Polydor  1973  LP      2:12:53 (Pop-up)
Randy & the Goats  N.Y. Survivor   Favoriting On the Lam  Broken  1981  LP      2:17:07 (Pop-up)
Mink DeVille  Venus of Avenue D   Favoriting Cabretta  Capitol  1977  LP      2:20:58 (Pop-up)
Blondie  In the Flesh   Favoriting No album  No Label  1975  MP3  live at CBGB, 7/18/75    2:25:51 (Pop-up)
The Miamis  Dancin' Together   Favoriting The Miamis  The Miamis  2009  CD  From 1977    2:28:24 (Pop-up)
Radio City  Downtown   Favoriting Class of '77  Radio Heartbeat  2009  LP  From 1978    2:31:23 (Pop-up)
Startoon  Rockin' on the Bowery   Favoriting Lenny Kaye Presents Lightning Striking  Ace  2021  CD  From 1977  *   2:34:26 (Pop-up)
Neon Boys  Love Comes in Spurts   Favoriting Shake to Date  Albion  1980  LP  From 1974    2:36:04 (Pop-up)
Television  I Don't Care   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1974  MP3  live at the Ork rehearsal loft    2:39:05 (Pop-up)
Heartbreakers  Love Comes in Spurts   Favoriting Time  Matador  2002  CD  From 1975    2:41:45 (Pop-up)
Cherry Vanilla and Her Staten Island Band  Shake Your Ashes   Favoriting Max's Kansas City 1976  ROIR  1996  CD      2:44:18 (Pop-up)
New York Dolls  Subway Train   Favoriting A Hard Night's Day  Norton  2000  CD  1973 demo version    2:48:23 (Pop-up)
The Jim Carroll Band  Catholic Boy   Favoriting Catholic Boy  Atco  1980  LP      2:53:11 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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12539:

Yiparooni!
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Handy Haversack:

9 AM is Joe time! Morning, Joe and everyone. Yippin' on in.
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steveo:

ray dee ohhh
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Creature Boy:

Yip yip
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annie:

they crack me up!!
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Marley P. Dogg:

Good morning Joe McG, Handy and fellow yip enthusiasts
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listener james from westwood:

Hoo boy do I need 9 hours of mood-fixing anti-Monday music today! Starting with Joe oughta get the ball rollin'!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Strandlund:

Aloha Joe!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
common:

Hey, joe. All
Avatar 9:04am
annie:

rest in peace, dwayne hickman
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Creature Boy:

I don't think I have Lovers Luao
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waters7:

I'm so happy to be her. Thanks, Joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Handy Haversack:

Morning, Marley!
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Will the Sound Guy:

Good morning Joe McG and all!!!
  9:05am
Colleen:

So fun Joe!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe from a wet & miserable UK. Demotivating weather.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:08am
LastWhiteRhino:

Hey, it's Joe McGasko...king of the polka show fill-in's. Good morning Joe.
  9:09am
queems:

i like where this is going
  9:10am
queems:

a lot
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:10am
Hughie Considine:

This is delightful.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:10am
DjLorraine:

Joe, working his magic - makes the world a better place
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:10am
LastWhiteRhino:

Is this opening set the soundtrack to Roger Sayre's vacation??
  9:11am
Mike W.:

Happy new year!
[looks around, tears flying]
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Hughie Considine:

Mr. Monday Morning
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Creature Boy:

He's a gosh darn magician 🎩
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waters7:

I can't remember whether it was Michael Shelley or David Garland, who gave away certificates for listening to 100 versions of the Hawaiian war chant.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
MD:

Back to Monday! Good morning Nation!!!
  9:14am
Tootie:

Thank you for the Hawaii, Joe.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Joe. Much rather drift along with the island music than toil on TPS reports on a day like this.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Brian in UK:

Joe, last weeks photograph had thirty guitars, were they all Tommy Garrett's?
Avatar 9:15am
Lixiviated Life:

Yip Yip Yip
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Stashu:

:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Strandlund:

Hawaii you doing, Joe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Joe McG:

Aloha, radio friends. Oua oua!
  9:18am
KWilde:

Aloha!
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Beast of Boonton:

"Whats that - Hawaiian noises?"
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Ken From Hyde Park:

"That's the way you do it!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Joe McG:

@Brian: You counted! :)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Brian in UK:

Joe, sad to say, I did. When did Hawaii become the 50th state?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
JeremyB:

It's the most handsome man at WFMU! JOE MCG!!!
  9:23am
tullius:

nice island set, very enjoyable
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
JeremyB:

As I was making french toast (like grandma made) this morning and listening to your show, I couldn't stop thinking about Jewish aerobics
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
comeherefrancine:

This set is bringing me calm and joy this morning
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Brainiac from Neuron 3:

No wonder Elvis loved Hawaii so much!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Around the time the Les Paul Mary Ford album came out! @Jeremy: You're very kind, but possibly in need of new glasses. :) @Stashu: STASHU!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
MD:

And to think...this music kinda gave us the Electric Guitar!!!! Weird!!!
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Glorious Estephonic:

<3 <3 <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Kotzwinkled:

Great vibes. Joe you heard of Sonny Chillingworth? My favorite Hawaiian jams.
  9:26am
Jack:

I miss Laura Cantrell.
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Stashu:

@Joe, JOE!!! This island mood is perfect for the wintertime people dreaming of sunny beaches. I gotta say- THANK YOU! FOR BRINGING THE SUNSHINE. AGAIN! And also thank you for taking care of The DWMS Castle of Dreams while I was away- the place looks spotless! Time to make a mess now!
  9:27am
Mike W.:

damn froze out in the Field today
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Strandlund:

Damn...I just threw out my hip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Joe McG:

@Stashu: YEEEE-HAW, rope those steers!
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duke:

Learn to Speak Hawaiian
blog.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
JG:

I went to Hawaii once. Oahu and Maui. Wonderful. Will go back one day. Live in a grass hut. Who else has been?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Baja Joe:

I sense a theme.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Kotzwinkled:

Went to Kauai for our honeymoon. Paradise on Earth.
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Webhamster Henry:

When it's 25Β° out, it's nice to be in Hawaii.
  9:32am
Roger:

Aloha, Joe!
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Brian in UK:

Was it in Neil Young's autobiography he described spending time in Costco on the island? Oh these stars what a life they live.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Baja Joe:

Hey Roger!
  👻 Swag For Life Member 9:33am
captain beef fart:

I want to go hang with Willie, Woody and Matthew
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Webhamster Henry:

I have that Ukelele Lady 78 that was a plot point in Cider House Rules (1999)
  9:35am
Roger:

@LastWhiteRhino
I just flew back from
Kauai and boy are my arms tired
From all that hula!
  9:36am
Tootie:

Some mornings I wake up and stare at the ceiling and fantasize about a cataclysmic disaster on the Eastern seaboard. I'd pile my family and all my belongings into a stolen 18 wheeler and drive across the US until I reach the west coast, where I'd hijack an ocean liner and make a straight shot to the Hawaiian islands. Once there, I'd settle in and live out my remaining days on the isle of Kauai, basking in the sun and picking coffee berries. Anybody with me?
  9:38am
Tootie:

::crickets::
  9:38am
Mike W.:

Joe Matt?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

Five below here tonight. Woo! I'm excited.
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MD:

MAHALO JOE! MAHALO!!!
  9:39am
Mike W.:

Tootie, I’m banned from entering islands. All of them.
  9:41am
Tootie:

@ Mike W, alas, me too, hence all the stealing to get there!
  9:41am
tullius:

Don't just dream Tootie, do it
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yerfriendpaul:

Good morning Joe, everyone!
  9:42am
Mike W.:

Awright Tootie I’m in. If my dog can come too.
  9:42am
Tootie:

@ tullius I am diligently preparing for the cataclysm! πŸ‘πŸ‘
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Brian in UK:

Is there what you might call a Hawaiian cuisine or has it been subsumed by the mainland?
  9:43am
Roger:

Joe,
I can’t offer you an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii, but if you have a hankerin’ for some poi β€˜n’ spam, lmk.
  9:43am
Mike W.:

Really in search of Logan’s Run’s Sanctuary tbh
  9:43am
daniel d rough:

hi all, and Joe - loving the set, but what's the bed we're hearing there?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
patrick321:

Good morning Joe and all
  9:44am
Tootie:

@ Mike W of course you can bring your dog, Mike
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yerfriendpaul:

Roy Smeck is so great!
  9:46am
Sam:

Mendelssohn was a German Jew actually. His English was very good, I think he lived in England for a while and wrote some stuff in English.
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Qibote:

Hi AGAIN....with my new Avatar :-)
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Andrew Hollywood:

πŸ«–πŸ΅ my eternal love to yoko ono
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river:

i think i heard it yesterday on fmu, but it might have been wfuv. its good!
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luka:

Joe, i am currently looking at a very good quality LP of Kim Carnes' Mistaken Identity that i found used yesterday. thought you should know.
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Phillippe:

good morning
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Handy Haversack:

Nice, Qibote. One of us! One of us!

Morning, Phillippe!
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Webhamster Henry:

More island-y goodness is heard on the Sheena Jungle Room show Maraschino Melodrama with DJ Shangri-La www.wfmu.org...
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Joe McG:

@Luka: Thanks! :)
  9:50am
Sam:

Yoko la tengo
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luka:

i also found a sealed cassette of Curve's Doppelganger for $4. it was a big day.
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Qibote:

I guess so Handy
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Webhamster Henry:

Who Has Seen the Wind is the B-side of Instant Karma.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@luka: Sure, but I bet you don't have a copy of Barbara Streisand's Superman on 8-track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
Joe McG:

The song is actually from a benefit LP, so look out for that. @Henry: Oh good, my memory is right. @Sam: Thanks!
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The Oscar:

Mornin' all! Learning my first week at the record store that Yoko is actually awesome was my own personal Matrix moment.
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luka:

@Woods, no, but now i have a mission.
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Marley P. Dogg:

Qibote - cool!!!
  9:56am
P-90:

That was a gorgeous first set, btw
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Joe McG:

Glad you enjoyed, P-90!
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DJ Guin:

has Yoko kicked the bucket, Joe? ::fingers xrossed
::
  9:57am
tullius:

Yoko was annoying and undertalented. So were the Beatles. Flame away
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DJ Guin:

Dwayne Hickman?!? c'mon, Joe!
  10:00am
Chris in Copenhagen:

Hey! I was attending this Galaxie 500 gig. You might even hear when the song ends :)
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holland oats:

good ol' rykodisc
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Joe McG:

@Chris: Wow, cool! :)
  10:01am
Chris in Copenhagen:

Well, should've been 'hear me' above. Yes, was a fabulous show, on my top ten of live gigs. Snall venua, perfect.
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DJ Guin:

if you could play Yoko's
"Shut the Hell Up, Kyoko, It's Only Mommy Trying to Pick This Guy's Pocket In The Snow" -- i could really not care less, thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Handy Haversack:

The sound of a crowd clicky-starring ...
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Joe McG:

@Chris: It's pretty cool to have a CD document of a show you went to!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Matt Fiveash:

Hi Joe, enjoying the show, have a good clear eff um signal today.
  10:05am
Glistener MW:

Galaxie 500! ❄️ oh man, remember when some terrible new band in Quebec named themselves the same thing in the 2000s without having done even a few seconds of Googling beforehand, and lots of people actually attended their debut gig thinking it was a reunion of the original??? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Joe McG:

Hey Matt, nice to see you, hope you're good!
  10:06am
Chris in Copenhagen:

Was also pretty surprised when the cd was released. Thanks for the great show.
  10:08am
Glistener MW:

You were at the Copenhagen gig, Chris! So jealous!!!
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Stanley:

Listeners - I have for some years now, had a small but honourable sub-group of commenters certain in their dislike of Yoko Ono. We provide support and assurance to those of a similar inclination.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
steveo:

Thank you Stanley. I do not like seashells that have orange patterns on them, but I have never had the courage to declare my true feelings on the comment boards until now.
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Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ:

Greets all! Bathed, dressed, and here for it...very cold this AM in Astoria.
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Son Of Pantz:

I passionately dislike cole slaw
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drr:

@Son Of Pantz: you should start a fanzine! Share your disinterests!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Son Of Pantz:

I'm gonna do it! Don't get me started on yellow mustard. That's page one!!!
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PMD:

Loving all of this. From the west coast now.
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annie:

most cole slaw is way too mayonnaisey, i prefer mine made with a slap of horseradish and zero mayo. why must everything be sweet!!??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Stanley:

Hi steveo - I applaud your honesty and courage.
I must admit, though, I've never heard a record by them, myself.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Ryansterlingvirtue:

this is nice
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Hughie Considine:

Super dreamy Miracle Legion song. Thom Yorke cites Mark Mulcahy as a big influence.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
drr:

I love cole slaw, and I've also really come around to yellow mustard.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Son Of Pantz:

@drr you could be the Siskel to my Ebert.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
steveo:

Hmm, I'll have to create a soundcloud
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

Our favorite seafood place up here makes cole slaw with grained mustard, apple cider vinegar, and a little brown sugar. Very refreshing and not sweet at all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
drr:

πŸ‘
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jdaAndAnoukFromKΓΆln:

i add some pepper flakes like in kimchi…
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:26am
Brian in UK:

Come to appreciate claw slaw & pesto recently, if homemade.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
Stanley:

Ah Brian - but where you stand on the Yoko Ono question?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:27am
Webhamster Henry:

Jose should sing more Nilsson tunes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@Son of Pantz: Thoughts on Marmite?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Son Of Pantz:

@WoodsofNH never tried it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Polly.:

Personally i eschew catsup in favor of Kelchner's horseradish mustard.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Webhamster Henry:

jda...KΓΆln: Skip the cole slaw and go directly to kimchi.
  10:29am
Night Al Potter:

Here in the SW desert. My main purpose in life is to feed a colony of feral cats the people before me have abandoned. There's a beauty to the desolation when the sunlight is just right and the music sets the mood. I'm learning to like lonely. Maybe not lonely, just being alone. With an occasional cat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
steveo:

kinda funny that "sleep late" is on "gotta get up"
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Brian in UK:

Stanley, worse than for or against. Not interested.
  10:31am
P-90:

Will today’s Single File be dedicated to the memory of Bob Saget?
  10:32am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

! When is your birthday Joe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Stanley:

Brian - that's what I thought.
Avatar 10:32am
herb.nyc:

Jose? I alerted Ken that jose absolutely does not care about the new expensive space telescope. Because he’s blind! (Oops. Did I make non pc joke)

Re Hawaiian music. Well, I don’t miss it. Sorry.But more Miracle Legion plz.
  10:33am
dano59:

Funny, Nilsson also recorded "Listen, The Snow is Falling"
WHAT Yoko Ono question??
  10:35am
dano59:

"Listen..." came out on the Losst
  10:35am
P-90:

β€œβ€¦a great friend of the Lennon’s” sounds a little odd somehow
  10:35am
dano59:

Losst and Founnd album
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Joe McG:

@RBR: This Friday! :)
  10:37am
Robm:

@Stanley since people are being honest about not liking artists or groups, whenever i hear the Beatles, i just switch the radio off, because all their songs have been played too death
  10:37am
tullius:

@ Stanley, I will support that group :)
  👻 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
12539:

(Happy Birthday in advance, Joe!)
  10:37am
rx scabin:

Good morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
Joe McG:

@12539: (Why, thank you!)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:39am
Brian in UK:

Stanley, not convinced by the idea that she broke up the Beatles. She worked hard to snare Lennon but he must also have been ready to be snared. Most bands have a finite lifespan.
  10:39am
Sam:

I’m the opposite, I love hearing Beatles on the radio, because you can’t usually get their stuff on YouTube. I feel like I hardly ever hear Beatles anymore.
  10:40am
Robm:

@Sam that is your choice with the Beatles
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Ξ²rian:

3Β°F this morning. Ugh.
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drr:

Oldies radio here plays "There's A Place" a lot, I like that one.
  10:42am
Sam:

What broke up the band was not Yoko, it was the stress of keeping Paul’s death a secret and carrying on every day with the fake Paul. That takes a toll.
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drr:

That and a bowl of cole slaw and I'm good.
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Brian in UK:

The Beatles are as ubiguitous as they ever were. We are talking about them now.
'There is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about'.
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Stanley:

Brian - it's her 'art'!

Rob and Sam - it started as a joke on the Bill Mac show a few years ago. He used to give me prior warning to hit the mute button.
  10:43am
John in Bklyn:

Maybe Lennon broke up Fluxus. Why doesn't anyone ever talk about that??
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yerfriendpaul:

Feeling scatterbrained today but your show is giving me some sort of solid base to get my footing! Thank you Joe!
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drr:

What you really don't hear any more is Jimi Hendrix. Just disappeared.
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sinner:

Joe is my friend.
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YETI BOB:

If anyone's counting votes, put me down as pro-cole-slaw. Also pro-kimchi. And pro stuffed cabbage. Kapusta!
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dale:

i miss gene pitney. herro dere.
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Brian in UK:

Stanley, same with Georgy & me when she plays a progessive rock track.
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Son Of Pantz:

You really don't hear enough Perry Como anymore. What ever happened to that guy? Did he get cancelled?
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Joe McG:

@sinner: And you are mine, sir.
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common:

Good to see you up there, Kevin
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Brian in UK:

Cole Slaw, the only one of the Slaw Brothers they could not hang.
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chresti:

Morning Joe and listeningers!
  10:48am
rx scabin:

Team Cabbage!
  10:48am
John in Bklyn:

Como never got his due. Too Italian for the whitebreads and too whitebread for Italian-Americans.
  10:49am
dano59:

Some are partial to Merle or George or that other Red S., but Red Simpson tearjerkers are the best.
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chresti:

Listening from the kitchen and making coffee...
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drr:

The main character in Daniel Clowes' Ghost World is named Enid Coleslaw. Is that an endorsement?
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TDK60:

Hi Joe! I'm still mathked. Don't worry.
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Joe McG:

@chresti: A break from the tennis booth!
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Handy Haversack:

You're a pro, Yeti Bob!
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Lewis:

It's pretty weird to watch the comments while listening to the Moody Blues on the turn table...
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chresti:

@San Gabriel, CA, I have an eye appt today, woo-hoo!
  10:51am
dano59:

Eugene Levy's Perry Como is iconic though. (My grandparents were more into Mario Lanza, and Dad loved Dean Martin)
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Son Of Pantz:

@drr now don't go and ruin Clowes for me.
  10:51am
John in Bklyn:

btw: Belated Happy New Year, Joe and Noisers!
Nice to hear the show live for a change.
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Polly.:

golabki!
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Ryansterlingvirtue:

There is a 100% chance that if I hear something I like on the radio, and look on the playlist, it's Durutti column.
  10:53am
dano59:

Pro-sauerkraut here. And the occasional coleslaw, transmuted to a condiment on southern barbecue.
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drr:

@dano59: "Celebrate good times.....come onnnnnn"
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dale:

cledus maggard and the citizen's band?
  10:54am
John in Bklyn:

@dano59: Still Alive on SCTV. A classic!
  10:54am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Yes happy early birthday Joe! Hope it’s a great year foe you- you deserve it!
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Polly.:

yay Bette. Happy Polka Birthday Joe!
  10:56am
P-90:

tell β€˜em Bette
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Webhamster Henry:

Sing along with Bette!
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yerfriendpaul:

Hang on, this song is going to be a bumpy ride!
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nathan:

yeah, we know it's a single, but what's the song title? [rimshot]
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Son Of Pantz:

But you ahh, Blanche! You ahh in that wheelchair!
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Joe McG:

@RBR/Polly: Thank ye!
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sinner:

Halellujah!
  11:00am
P-90:

the inexpressible thrill when you spot a Bette Davis 45 at a garage sale
  11:00am
Sam:

Cole slaw is only acceptable to me if it’s home made and mayonnaise-free.
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Lewis:

on the coleslaw front a nice non-mayo direction includes lime and cilantro...
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Officer Pupp:

I think I've got that Durutti Column flexi ...
  11:06am
Zeke:

β€œThe Guitar and Other Marketing Devices”!!
Much appreciated!
  11:06am
maria:

Nick Cave did a beautiful rendition of that song somethings got a hold of my heart. The favorite one I've heard😍
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Listener Baby:

Hi Joe! Hi folks.
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Roberto:

Leonard?
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Son Of Pantz:

It's about climate change
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Murphy's Law: Whatever can go wrong will.
Cole's Law: Chopped cabbage.
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Handy Haversack:

Peaked with Glibert Grape.
  11:09am
P-90:

must say β€œDamon vs DiCaprio” is not a typical Techtonic topic
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Roberto:

Next you'll be talking about Lenny DaVinci.
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YETI BOB:

Not only did Toussant get his name on a boulevard, Robert E. Lee got his taken off the same one!!
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TDK60:

Yeah, get that Lee name outta there.
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yerfriendpaul:

Joe, are you a fan of Peter Bogdanovich's movies? We watched What's Up Doc and Paper Moon this weekend
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drr:

There's also a Fats Domino Boulevard, right here in my neighborhood. (It was Caffin Avenue, where Fats' house with the Fats Domino sign on it still stands.
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Roberto:

Damon v DiCaprio could be bigger than Predator v Alien.
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drr:

@yerfriendpaul: We saw PB's Targets.
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Joe McG:

@paul: Sure am! I rewatched "What's Up Doc?" over the pandemic and it really cheered me up. "Picture Show" and "Paper Moon" are perennial faves.
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Polly.:

david peel has such a great accent!
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Wenzo Toad:

David Peel hung out at OWS a lot, I remember him singing β€œI like Marijuana” a lot... super nice guy
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Polly.:

and his up against a wall is epic
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yerfriendpaul:

drr - I haven't seen that one yet. Gotta check it out
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chresti:

I like I like Marijuana.
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drr:

It conflates the stories of Charles Whitman and Boris Karloff...don't know if that sounds like a recipe for success but I liked it.
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herb.nyc:

Lower east side? I p-t work for Lower East Side Ecology Center. (I’ve posted that so many times on wfmu over the years. Sorry). Mark hurst knows of our e-waste work (to resume in March)
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Mike Sin:

Hi Joe! Catching it live and loud this morning!
re: "What's Up Doc"
I thought it funny as hell when I was a kid and still think it hilarious in middle age. Babs is fantastic. For some reason when that kid goes in front of the judge and shouts, "I want my bike back!" and the judge replies, "Sit down or I'll give you a broken back!"... Too much. I've been falling off my chair over that one for 50 years now!
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Joe McG:

@Mike Sin: Ha ha, Mike, so many great scenes!
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yerfriendpaul:

So many great actors in What's Up Doc but an unsung hero of mine is Austin Pendelton. I love him in everything he's in.
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TDK60:

herbnyc: Oh, you're the folks who set up food scrap recycle tents? Good works. I see y'all down at Union Square (never know what you'll find down there).
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Therese:

The vocals on this Randy & the Goats track triggered my Jesus & Mary Chain alarm...
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Qibote:

Due to the lockdown in Holland i got shitloadatime to listen to WFMU. Thank the gawddogs i found this station :-)
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Handy Haversack:

Good to see you at the Good Reports Zoom, herb.nyc! Remember: put in a dock at the LESEC!
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drr:

The scene where the hotel detective chases the old rich lady down the hall while trying to trip her is the unsung hero scene of What's Up Doc", for me.
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TDK60:

Ho Handy. How's the zoo, and the rock star?
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Lixiviated Life:

You know something, we should be playing more Mink
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yerfriendpaul:

drr. ha ha! That's a young Boss Hogg! His greatest role, if you ask me!
  11:23am
Johnny Staten Island:

Love Willie D. Can never get enuf Mink. Thanks Joe
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Joe McG:

Think Mink.
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Lixiviated Life:

Joey,
This is exactly what I'm saying
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Qibote:

Roxy Music fits Mink i guess
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PMD:

I now have Betty Davis Eyes in my head. Not Davis' thankfully.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, TDK60. Much basking in our brief moment of sunbeam going on among the brood right now. K8's dealing with going back to a very depressing schoolscape today and is NOT having a good time of it.
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MD:

Vintage!
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MD:

I can smell the place!
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Mister Dobalina:

Good stuff, as always, Joe.
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Webhamster Henry:

More club field recordings!
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annie:

ok, it is NOW way past gin o'clock!!
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Ξ²rian:

When is gin o'clock, anyway?
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TDK60:

Handy, Yes, sunny day! It has been gloomy of late. Say hi to K8; it really is a shituation..
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Ξ²rian:

Little Human is back to in-person petri-dishing today, as well.
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TDK60:

Joe, please don't tell us The Miamis were from Pensacola. K?
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Joe McG:

@TDK: Orlando.
  11:33am
?:

Hey Joe, loving this set. BTW, I loved your fill-in for Stashu--that was fun @)
  11:33am
Marie:

I AM ? !
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Handy Haversack:

Ξ²rian, K8 reports the classes she has gone to today have been at less than 25 percent attendance. Also, it's freezing since the windows have to stay open.
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Lixiviated Life:

Sometimes
I think some bands
just want to show off
their vast knowledge of
local geography
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steveo:

got my son his booster on Kenmare last night... didn't see anyone rockin'
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Handy Haversack:

This set of NYC songs from a more interesting city are definitely helping with the day's troubles, Joe!
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Ξ²rian:

We just warmed up to 4Β°F. I can't imagine the windows are open here.
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Lewis:

and on our way to a sizzling 6 deg F...
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annie:

@ Ξ²rian: technically anytime after breakfast (11:00) or as early as ten if i cheat. i try to have food in my belly; it's the rule i made for myself
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listener 126464:

Item # Shake 1
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listener 126464:

Ira the K wrote this record's liner notes.
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Qibote:

3 degrees Celcius over here. No more "elfstedentocht" in Holland EVER.
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listener 126464:

Hi Joe McG., lovely show.
  11:40am
andy the painter:

hey Joe!
how apropos, this set. am reading James Wolcott’s seventies memoir. currently in the CBGB scene section.
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steveo:

windchill of -2 F tomorrow in Greater Jersey City
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chresti:

71F expected here later today
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Qibote:

Oh well. 200 km of skating on natural ice ain't exactly my cup of tea....
  11:43am
Marie:

I lived in the east village/loidsada in the late 80s/early 90s and it was a blast
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Lixiviated Life:

Heartbreakers
now thats lower eastside cred
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Joe McG:

@andy: Perfect, Andy! Keep "Please Kill Me" cracked open in the other hand.
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Mister Dobalina:

Weather advisory for Northern Queens, sub-zero wind chills late tonight until Tuesday morning. Guess I'm staying in and listen to FMU for the next 24 hours.
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Brian in UK:

Joe, good pacing on the show today.
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JohnEBGood:

Is the Manhattan Brewery still open?
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Hughie Considine:

I interviewed Cherry Vanilla a few years back when she was supporting her autobiography, "Lick Me." She was a blast.
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Alvy Singer:

Only thing missing from this awesome setlist is Harlots of 42nd St.
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Lixiviated Life:

"I'm trying to get this over with"
  11:49am
andy the painter:

@Joe. two very different sides of the same coin, those two books. blurb from Legs McNeil on the back of Wolcott’s (titled Lucking Out)
  11:49am
Marie:

btw, I meant to type "loisada"--not that anyone cares... @)
  11:50am
rx scabin:

Zero here by tonight.
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slugluv1313:

OMG CHERRY VANILLA!!! πŸ’œπŸ’πŸ–€
greetings, Joe, Everyone!
been listening all morning, getting ready to head out -- especially loving this blast from the past -- THANK YOU!!! 😻😻😻
(currently Phil Marcade's "Punk Avenue" -- perfect soundtrack!)
  11:50am
Benjamin Kracauer:

Joe, this is 70's heaven
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Beast of Boonton:

Buster Poindexter
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Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ:

Yup it sure is cold here. I can feel a draft along the floor, which is unusual in this building unless it's REALLY fn cold. I even have to wear slippers at my desk, which is unusual as the radiator for my bedroom/office is right by my feet! It's going to be even colder an hour North by Mom; worried about her getting out late after her infusion today when it's so so so cold.
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Joe McG:

For a change, this show might actually segueway into Three Chord Monte and make sense!
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Mister Dobalina:

There's a Manhattan in Kansas City? Who woulda thunk it.
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Handy Haversack:

This set has been so great. Really lifting the mood, Joe. Much appreciated.
  11:53am
rx scabin:

Thank you, Joe. It always makes sense (to me).
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radioronan:

Been away from nyc for last few weeks..this set has me excited to get back..Thanks Joe. Happy early Birthday!
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annie:

@Mister Dobalina: i've been to that Manhattan several times.. sleepy little town compared to NYC. i liked it, but way too sunny for me, very flat.
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12539:

Thanks, Joe! (Happy Birthday)
  11:54am
Marie:

love this
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@Joe McG: Not if you finish with a Genesis tune.
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Woo:

When I enter a church the feet of statues bleed. Good stuff.
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Joe McG:

Hey folks, thanks for listening and ROCKIN'! Have a great week and I'll see you next week with something totally different.
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Handy Haversack:

Happy birthday, Joe, and thanks for an excellent show!
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Stevel:

Woods: Don't poke the bear!
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@Stevel: Ha!
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Beast of Boonton:

This album features Jim Caroll's parents on cover
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Lixiviated Life:

Love the last 4 of this set
reminds me of my ill spent youth.
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chresti:

Thanks Joe!
  11:56am
Marie:

Happy Birthday, Joe!
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PNX:

Thanks, Joe. It's always a pleasure to tune in when you're on the air.
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chresti:

Happy Birthday, Joe!!
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TonyR:

HB, JMcG!!
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slugluv1313:

Happy Birthday, Joe! thanks so much for a fantastic show!!!
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Mister Dobalina:

Interesting, Annie.
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annie:

i don't often listen to the music this loudly, my neighbor's been out of town... the headphones don't cut it..
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Webhamster Henry:

Well, started in Hawaii and ended up in CBGB's bathroom. Happy Birthday, Joe!
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Mister Dobalina:

Β‘Feliz cumpleaΓ±os, Joe!
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steveo:

thanks Joe, have a great birthday!
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listener 126464:

Thank you Joe McG.
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Threemoons πŸŒ›πŸŒ•πŸŒœ:

Thanks so much for a great set! STAY WARM EVERYONE. It's gross out.
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TonyR:

Lenny's book drops the 11th.
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slugluv1313:

i actually own that Startoon 45 😺
along with a bunch of these other singles -- agreed, 70s Heaven πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€
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TDK60:

Thanks Joe!
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