WFMU: Midnight in the Guest Room with Eric: Playlist from July 1, 2025

Listener comments!
	♥ 12:02am HyperDose: Welcome, Eric! Pleased to be making myself at home in the Guest Room 🛋️📻🎶
	♥ 12:02am Sara Clemens: Hi Eric! Good luck with your first show!
	12:03am laurapanic: hello! I like all the things!
	12:05am Mister Nobody: Lovely start, Eric!
	12:05am DJ Time Traveler: Fire 🔥 have a great show
	♥ 12:06am muckgeist: I have positive feelings for this selection. You have positively feeled me.
	12:06am foreigner_listener_k: Theme for a great radio show
	♥ 12:07am Dr. Beam: ↳ Song: "Theme for Great Cities" by "Simple Minds" No idea this existed. Love it!
	♥ 12:09am spodiodi: Sounding good 👍
	♥ 12:11am coelacanth∅: i'm here for the scuzz
	12:17am MITGR: Hey everybody. Thanks for the welcome!
	♥ 12:18am Sarah J: Sounding great!
	♥ 12:19am Sara Clemens: Awesome first set
	12:20am DJ Time Traveler: Life on Mars Dexter Wansel
	12:21am julia imbruglia: diggin this
	12:22am DJ Time Traveler: R.I.P. Walter Scott of The Legendary Whispers
	♥ 12:23am Eric the Hat: ↳ MITGR @12:17 Hells yeah man. Morning and welcome Eric. Super cool to catch yr debut.
	12:23am DJ Time Traveler: You’re Welcome Eric this was about time I was taking you home on PATH Train 🚂 lol 😂
	12:25am pp: California taking a hit with the recent passing of musical legends.
	12:30am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:11 we were both right, Mannix had a lot of cars that I didn't know about, but the main one was a green convertible Barracuda, starting with a 1970 model
	12:33am Blissland: evening
	♥ 12:33am coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Fancy Pants" by "Jackie Mittoo" yes. scuzz, and Jackie Mittoo. that's what i'm here for! ...and feedback. -and soul and jazz and psych... and a proper Welcome to the air, Eric!
	♥ 12:33am coelacanth∅: and Gil Scott-Heron covers...
	♥ 12:38am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:30 yes i saw that, a 'cuda. and apparently a ford maverick?! he was just looking for trouble! ...i didn't think the general population of commenters found the conversation that interesting! i personally had no clue. i think i watched maybe 5 minutes of 1 or 2 mannix episodes at some point in the 60s, when my mother was watching it.
	♥ 12:39am coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "California Dreaming" by "Lee Moses" by far the best version of this song!
	12:43am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:38 I was obsessed with that show for a while
	12:44am Blissland: not everybody is that into cars
	♥ 12:46am Eric the Hat: ↳ Song: "Greedy G" by "Brentford All Stars" Dope
	♥ 12:47am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:44 no; but also that comments board moves very quickly. by the time i saw that 'cuda there were 40 posts since that subject!
	12:48am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:47 I like the fast pace. Otherwise I get restless and have to do other things
	12:49am Blissland: Everyone in BPN is very much into the records though
	♥ 12:50am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:43 i was never very into television. there were some shows; but i never looked for something to watch. when i was really little our family watched certain things together; and each of my sisters had their shows; and my mother had mannix, and jeopardy!.
	12:53am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:50 When I was around 10 my mother and I liked the same shows. Mannix, and the cbs saturday night lineup starting with All In The Family, MASH, and Mary Tyler Moore
	12:59am Blissland: weird is good
	♥ 12:59am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:53 we definitely watched all in the family and mash - but not the whole family. i don't remember who wasn't there, besides my father... my younger sister watched Mary Tyler Moore so i watched it pretty often. i remember drawing while everyone was gathered around the tv - so i guess i often was listening to the tv!
	1:00am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:59 that's cool. My family was a lot more compact than yours
	1:01am MITGR: ↳ Blissland @12:59 That's what I like to hear
	♥ 1:01am coelacanth∅: when i was very little we all, including both parents, watched "wild kingdom", the Smothers brothers, and laugh-in. ...and the kids all watched gilligan's island, jeanie, bewitched...all that crap!
	1:01am MITGR: ↳ Eric the Hat @12:46 Yeah- love this cut
	1:02am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:01 I never liked that crap much. Still don't. Smothers Brothers were great though
	1:04am Blissland: some of my old groups used to do stuff like that Excursion. Without the same level of skill though
	♥ 1:05am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:02 yeah, my parents were the definition of self-contained contradiction. always voted republican yet we all watched Smothers brothers together! (and many other examples)
	♥ 1:05am Gnomon (Knight of Petrichor): ↳ Song: "Naked Lunch" by "Howard Shore/Ornette Coleman" Ok I had to hop in to give props on the Naked Lunch soundtrack. Good choice on this one.
	1:05am Blissland: I love Ornette and I love Cronenberg. The music always works in his pictures
	1:06am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:05 that's strange. And All In The Family ... although I guess a lot of viewers identified with Archie
	1:07am Blissland: love Eno too especially early Eno
	1:08am MITGR: ↳ Blissland @1:05 The Howard Shore/Ornette collab was so perfect for this subject
	1:10am Blissland: ↳ MITGR @1:08 Yes. That's one of my favorites of Cronenberg. And Dead Ringers and Videodrome
	♥ 1:11am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:06 i never considered the possibility until in the mid-80s i dated someone who's father liked all in the family because he liked archie bunker. i didn't believe her when she first told me this!
	♥ 1:11am Drunken Creep: ↳ Song: "Under" by "Brian Eno" Some nice drumming there, gracias DJ
	1:12am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:11 I know, it used to be weird. Now we have nazis everywhere
	1:12am MITGR: ↳ Blissland @1:10 I'm literally wearing my Videodrome hat right now
	1:14am Blissland: ↳ MITGR @1:12 oh wow, cool. I didn't know such a thing existed
	♥ 1:14am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:11 maga didn't just appear out of nowhere, nice Ovlov, haven't seen one like that
	1:15am Blissland: I have a Videodrome poster on the wall behind me, with a big Debbie Harry's face on the tv screen. I adore her
	1:18am Blissland: actually I'm surrounded by her
	♥ 1:19am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @1:14 it's a volvo-bmw. they put a bmw v8 inside, and a bmw chassis that's known for extreme stability. the volvo 164 didn't come in a 2-door model, so they clearly made major body mods! would be a '69 or '70 164.
	1:20am Blissland: so the volvo part is the grille
	♥ 1:22am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:19 Love it.
	♥ 1:23am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:20 no. it looks like a 164, front to back, except it's shorter and has only 2 doors; so the rear side windows would be from something else. (and maybe the rear window, but i doubt it)
	1:23am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:23 it's got a nice stance
	1:25am Blissland: my 300zx is finally dead. A week ago. But it had a good run. 37 years
	1:26am Blissland: that's longer than a lot of rock stars live
	♥ 1:30am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @1:22 i Love it too! -i had a '69 164, and a '73 (which had an ugly straight-across bumper) ...i always fantasized about modifying the '69 - fairly subtly...chop the roof ~2"; lengthen the front ~6-7"; put very slight, long fins on it (i had the car picked out but now don't remember) - and citröen rear directionals on the roof! drop the whole thing down, but not quite "low rider". dreams.
	♥ 1:31am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:25 i thought it was in the shop! it couldn't be saved?
	♥ 1:33am HyperDose: ↳ Blissland @1:25 sweet looking ride!
	1:33am Blissland: ↳ HyperDose @1:33 it was yeah
	♥ 1:35am HyperDose: Bringing back fond memories of my 93 Geo Storm GSI. RIP
	1:35am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:31 No last week it spewed coolant everywhere and overheated when I parked it in the driveway. I thought it might be the radiator cap so I got another one and more coolant but then everything I added leaked out again. From below the engine.
	1:36am Blissland: ↳ Blissland @1:35 if everything else was good I'd pay to replace the head gasket, but it was already on its last leg for a while
	♥ 1:42am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:36 right on. rest in pieces! i guess that's my best justification for junking my >400k '96 audi last november. but really it was only about not being able to afford towing back home to work on it. it certainly was not dying, and i'd put a lot into it recently. but i have to rationalize it somehow; so...400k.
	1:44am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:42 wow that sucks. What model?
	1:47am blissland2: I like what I'm hearing
	♥ 1:55am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:44 a4. (2nd year?) front wheel drive, 5-speed. i'd NEVER want a newer audi; but this car was great. oh well. (external-content.duckduckgo.com...)the guy who bought the car new saw me in town (1 owner in-between - his mechanic) and told me that that car was the poster car in this ad!
	♥ 1:57am coelacanth∅: ...i don't personally think it's a good-looking car, compared to all the vintage cars i drool over; but not too bad for the era.
	♥ 1:57am HyperDose: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:55 reminds me of my red 96 Camry LE. ah, the hot dog days
	1:58am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:55 well I'm sorry you lost it. Personally I swore off german cars after owning a bmw and I swore off fwd after owning a maxima
	♥ 1:59am Eric the Hat: There it is
	♥ 2:00am coelacanth∅: ↳ HyperDose @1:57 pretty similar... i guess most cars looked like that at the time!
	2:01am Blissland: my first car was a 88 maxima, then I got a 88 conquest TSi and never looked back. Unfortunately that got wrecked
	♥ 2:04am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:58 bmws drive great, but apparently have lots of issues. but why not fwd? ...i mean, i prefer rear-wheel drive, but front's good too. i never got stuck in snow or ice with a fwd car, even with fairly cheap all-season tires. (i just don't want "all-wheel drive")
	2:07am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:04 I don't like the way fwd handles. It could be the wheel hop, the torque steer, the demands on the front end. I really can't say specifically, I just know that I'm infinitely more comfortable with rwd
	♥ 2:08am spodiodi: ↳ Song: "2021-04-28" by "Jeff Parker" ⭐️
	2:08am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:04 the beamer had nothing but issues, and they were all related to the stupid sensors. I was just mad at it the whole time that I owned it
	♥ 2:08am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:55 Had one of these for kid transport in the noughts, great car, $$ to repair. www.google.com...
	2:08am MITGR: ↳ DJ Time Traveler @12:23 A legendary DJ and a legendary conductor
	2:09am Blissland: ↳ Blissland @2:08 plus, I don't like the ride. The bmw I had just had so much body roll. I like cars that stay flat
	♥ 2:10am Eric the Hat: ↳ Song: "2021-04-28" by "Jeff Parker" Outlandishly fantastic
	♥ 2:13am Spikey BXL: Good morning Erics, all
	♥ 2:16am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @2:07 i had 9 rwd volvos, an old nova and some other rwd cars. i learned on a '70 cadillac, and drove a '67 bel air. fwd definitely felt weird at first...but i got used to it pretty fast.
	♥ 2:17am Eric the Hat: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:13 tup of the mo
	2:18am Tim: with you
	♥ 2:18am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @2:08 it's not letting me go anywhere. maybe it knows i hate google!
	♥ 2:19am coelacanth∅: hey Spikey!
	2:19am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:16 I like those old gm's. My aunt had a Nova, it might have been 67 or 68. My cousin had a 68 cutlass supreme. My other aunt had a buick special
	♥ 2:19am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:18 Audi 80 V6, one before yours
	2:20am MITGR: ↳ Eric the Hat @2:10 Just awesome.
	2:20am pp: so many covers of this Mats song
	♥ 2:21am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @2:19 yes! i grew up in a '55 bel air! (and a ~'61 chrysler) and later my father had 2 skylarks. i drove one for a while. solid, dependable.
	♥ 2:22am Spikey BXL: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:19 C-Lo!!!
	♥ 2:23am Eric the Hat: Tim in the place
	♥ 2:24am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @2:19 right on. barely ever saw those where i lived then. (or since)
	2:24am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:21 the gm 350 v8 was maybe the most dependable engine of all time. One of them anyway
	♥ 2:25am spodiodi: much love for the 350
	♥ 2:27am coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Armagideon Time" by "The Clash" in 1979 a friend got the armagideon time 12". fucking fantastic! to this day they've never reissued the entirety of what was on that record.
	♥ 2:27am Spikey BXL: Cut my teeth on my parents' BMW 3-series myself. Was particularly found of a bright orange old 323i we got second hand. That engine was a monster.
	♥ 2:27am Spikey BXL: fond* (need coffee stat)
	2:29am Blissland: I had a '93 328i with all the infernal sensors and body roll
	♥ 2:29am spodiodi: had an Audi 80 4cyl; a V6 til tonight
	♥ 2:30am spodiodi: didn't know of*
	♥ 2:30am Spikey BXL: ↳ Blissland @2:29 Bit of quick research points towards the famed E21 from the early eighties
	2:31am blissland2: pacer
	2:32am Blissland: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:30 is that what you had?
	♥ 2:32am spodiodi: my aunt had one, was in it plenty as a kid... in white
	♥ 2:32am Spikey BXL: ↳ Blissland @2:32 Yes, bought after a crash with the family work horse, a diesel. This was what was available immediately. I had so much fun driving that monster.
	2:34am Blissland: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:32 sadly I had little fun with mine
	♥ 2:35am coelacanth∅: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:27 i was with someone 1990-91 had a beamer, i think the smallest model -probably an '89. 6 cylinders, 2 batteries the size of truck batteries. when that car was in working order - maybe 80% of the time, it was a beast, in the best sense! ...but then, even if it seemed okay that day, in the middle of the night the theft alarms would engage for no reason. over and over ... it was at the dealer repair shop so often they did not ever charge her. (because they SHOULD HAVE given her a new car.)
	2:35am Blissland: The one I loved most was the TSi, but the best one I had was the 300zx that just died
	2:36am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:35 they're not forgiving
	2:38am Tim: I love this
	♥ 2:38am coelacanth∅: i've got to go. Thanks Eric! don't be a stranger! tchau
	2:42am MITGR: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:38 Thanks for sticking around!
	♥ 2:42am Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150): ↳ Song: "Swingin Party" by "Kindness" This is probably my favourite Replacements cover even though I like Joan Jet's cover of "Androgynous".
	2:43am MITGR: ↳ Tim @2:38 secret classic
	2:46am Avspuk: Nice lil show, with some lovely gems. Really fitting my untroubled insomnia mood
	2:48am MITGR: ↳ Avspuk @2:46 I'm gonna use this quote for all future promotional material
	2:49am ryansterlingvirtue: Oh damn checking the setlist. I should have tuned in earlier. Lana crushed it in Dublin last night. Tonight fly back to Belgium.
	♥ 2:49am Eric the Hat: Gotta crash out. Thanks and see you next time Eric. Night all
	♥ 2:52am Spikey BXL: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @2:49 Safe travels Ryan, prepare for scorching heat
	♥ 2:54am spodiodi: Thanks, Eric. great show
	2:54am MITGR: ↳ spodiodi @2:54 Thanks so much for listening!
	♥ 2:54am Spikey BXL: Really enjoyed the part I caught. My first time in the guest room. Will return! Cheers Eric
	2:56am Blissland: nice tunes. pleasant dreams
	3:01am ryansterlingvirtue: Thanks! I know Spikey. It’s nice and cool and stormy here. Not looking forward to 40 degrees
	♥ 3:01am Sara Clemens: Thanks for an awesome show, Eric!
	3:33am Avspuk: ↳ MITGR @2:48 👍😉
	8:14pm Dad P: Welcome back on the airwaves. Good first show on WFMU. Didn't stay up, but family had you tuned in by pool this afternoon. Enjoyed!

Midnight in the Guest Room with Eric: Playlist from July 1, 2025

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Join Eric in the Guest Room while he spins his usual mix of elegantly controlled chaos: ambient, soul, jazz, old film scores, psych, 70s reggae, 90s hip hop, new wave deep cuts, indie fuzz and New York scuzz. There will be synths, there will be feedback, and there will probably be New Order. Or Jackie Mittoo. Or both. All rhythm, no algorithms.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Kyle Murdock	Super Nighttime Music (MITGR theme)			2025			0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Simple Minds	Theme for Great Cities	Fantastic Voyage: New Sounds for the European Canon, 1977-81	ace records	2024	LP	Absolutely sick comp. MITGR recommends. "Sequel" comp to Cafe Exil, also curated by Bob Stanley and Jason Wood.	0:05:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Total Blue	Corsair "Corsair" by "Total Blue"	Total Blue					0:08:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Operators	Blue Wave "Blue Wave" by "Operators"	Blue Wave	Last Gang Records	2016	LP	Goth Springsteen	0:11:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dexter Wansel	Life on Mars "Life on Mars" by "Dexter Wansel"	Life on Mars	Philadelphia International Records	1977	LP	Music on Vinyl 2023 repress	0:18:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Hiroshi Kamayatsu	Have You Smoked Gauloise?	Nippon Psychedelic Soul 1970-1979	Time Capsule	2024	LP		0:23:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants "Fancy Pants" by "Jackie Mittoo"	Macka Fat	Studio One	1971	LP	2024 repress	0:27:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brother to Brother	In The Bottle "In The Bottle" by "Brother to Brother"	Paul Weller presents That Sweet Sweet Music	ace records	2025	LP	This comp can soundtrack like nine different kinds of parties	0:31:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Billy Preston	Struttin' "Struttin'" by "Billy Preston"	The Kids & Me	A&M Records	1974	LP		0:34:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lee Moses	California Dreaming "California Dreaming" by "Lee Moses"	Time and Place	Maple Records	1971	LP	(The Mamas & the Papas cover) 2016 Future Days repress	0:37:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	One Step Ahead "One Step Ahead" by "Aretha Franklin"		Be With Records	1965	45	2017 Be With Records 7" repress	0:41:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brentford All Stars	Greedy G "Greedy G" by "Brentford All Stars"		Studio One		12"	SJR 12" repress	0:43:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tim Maia	O Caminho Do Bem "O Caminho Do Bem" by "Tim Maia"	Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia	Luaka Bop	2012	LP		0:46:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Charles Stepney	Daddy's Diddies "Daddy's Diddies" by "Charles Stepney"	Step on Step	International Anthem	2022	LP	This collection is an absolute revelation. MITGR recommends.	0:51:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sault	Why Why Why Why Why "Why Why Why Why Why" by "Sault"	Five	Forever Living Originals	2019	LP		0:52:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Bennie Maupin	Excursion "Excursion" by "Bennie Maupin"	The Jewel In The Lotus	ECM Records	1981	LP	2025 repress. MITGR recommends.	0:58:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Howard Shore/Ornette Coleman	Naked Lunch	Naked Lunch (Complete Original Soundtrack)	Mondo	2014	LP	Bug powder	1:02:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brian Eno	Under "Under" by "Brian Eno"	Film Music 1976-2020	UMC	2020	LP		1:05:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Claude Cooper	Tangerine Dreams "Tangerine Dreams" by "Claude Cooper"	Tangerine Dreams	Friendly Recordings	2022	LP		1:10:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Digable Planets	Where I'm From (Ohridgnal Novox Mix)		Pendulum/Elektra	1993	12"		1:13:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brown Spirits	Mindrocker "Mindrocker" by "Brown Spirits"		Soul Jazz Records	2024	45		1:15:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sensations' Fix	Barnhouse Effect "Barnhouse Effect" by "Sensations' Fix"	Music is Painting in the Air (1974-1977)	RVNG Intl	2012	LP		1:19:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Spiritualized	Run "Run" by "Spiritualized"	Lazer Guided Melodies	Plain Recordings	1992	LP	2010 repress	1:24:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Loop	Arc-Lite (Radiated) "Arc-Lite (Radiated)" by "Loop"	Twelves	Reactor	2025	LP		1:28:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cindy Lee	Glitz "Glitz" by "Cindy Lee"	Diamond Jubilee	W. 25th	2024	LP		1:31:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Notwist	This Room "This Room" by "The Notwist"	Neon Golden	City Slang	2010	LP	2010 repress	1:34:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Stereolab	Rainbo Conversation "Rainbo Conversation" by "Stereolab"	Dots And Loops [Expanded Edition]	Duophonic UHF / Warp Records	2019	LP		1:39:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Maston	New Danger "New Danger" by "Maston"	Tulips	Phonoscope	2017	LP		1:44:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Out of the Pool "Out of the Pool" by "Yo La Tengo"	There's a Riot Going On	Matador Records	2018	LP		1:46:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Francis Bebey	Africa Sanza "Africa Sanza" by "Francis Bebey"	Psychedelic Sanza 1982 - 1984	Born Bad Records	2014	LP		1:48:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jeff Parker	2021-04-28 "2021-04-28" by "Jeff Parker"	Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy	Eremite Records	2022	LP	...and the tide was way out.	1:55:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Kindness	Swingin Party "Swingin Party" by "Kindness"		Moshi Moshi Records	2009	45	(Replacements cover)	2:16:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Margo Price	He Made A Woman Out Of Me		Loma Vista	2020	45	(Bobbie Gentry cover)	2:20:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Clash	Armagideon Time "Armagideon Time" by "The Clash"		Sony BMG	1979	45	(Willie Williams cover) from the The Clash: The Singles 7-inch box set	2:23:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Feelies	What Goes On "What Goes On" by "The Feelies"	Some Kinda Love: Performing The Music Of The Velvet Underground	Bar None Records	2023	LP	(VU cover)	2:26:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Thurston Moore	Leave Me Alone "Leave Me Alone" by "Thurston Moore"		Daydream Library Series	2019	45	(New Order cover) b-side of 'Pollination" 7-inch	2:30:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart	Falling Over	Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010	Slumberland Records	2025	LP		2:37:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Charlie Megira	Dunkel Party "Dunkel Party" by "Charlie Megira"	Tomorrow's Gone	Numero Group	2019	LP		2:39:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Califone	Vampiring Again "Vampiring Again" by "Califone"	Quicksand/Cradlesnakes	Dead Oceans	2003	LP	2017 repress	2:44:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
(Smog)	I Break Horses "I Break Horses" by "(Smog)"	Accumulation: None	Domino Recording Co	2002	LP		2:48:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Jackie Mittoo	Oboe "Oboe" by "Jackie Mittoo"		Studio One		12"	SJR repress	2:54:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 12:02am HyperDose: Welcome, Eric! Pleased to be making myself at home in the Guest Room 🛋️📻🎶
	♥ 12:02am Sara Clemens: Hi Eric! Good luck with your first show!
	12:03am laurapanic: hello! I like all the things!
	12:05am Mister Nobody: Lovely start, Eric!
	12:05am DJ Time Traveler: Fire 🔥 have a great show
	♥ 12:06am muckgeist: I have positive feelings for this selection. You have positively feeled me.
	12:06am foreigner_listener_k: Theme for a great radio show
	♥ 12:07am Dr. Beam: ↳ Song: "Theme for Great Cities" by "Simple Minds" No idea this existed. Love it!
	♥ 12:09am spodiodi: Sounding good 👍
	♥ 12:11am coelacanth∅: i'm here for the scuzz
	12:17am MITGR: Hey everybody. Thanks for the welcome!
	♥ 12:18am Sarah J: Sounding great!
	♥ 12:19am Sara Clemens: Awesome first set
	12:20am DJ Time Traveler: Life on Mars Dexter Wansel
	12:21am julia imbruglia: diggin this
	12:22am DJ Time Traveler: R.I.P. Walter Scott of The Legendary Whispers
	♥ 12:23am Eric the Hat: ↳ MITGR @12:17 Hells yeah man. Morning and welcome Eric. Super cool to catch yr debut.
	12:23am DJ Time Traveler: You’re Welcome Eric this was about time I was taking you home on PATH Train 🚂 lol 😂
	12:25am pp: California taking a hit with the recent passing of musical legends.
	12:30am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:11 we were both right, Mannix had a lot of cars that I didn't know about, but the main one was a green convertible Barracuda, starting with a 1970 model
	12:33am Blissland: evening
	♥ 12:33am coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Fancy Pants" by "Jackie Mittoo" yes. scuzz, and Jackie Mittoo. that's what i'm here for! ...and feedback. -and soul and jazz and psych... and a proper Welcome to the air, Eric!
	♥ 12:33am coelacanth∅: and Gil Scott-Heron covers...
	♥ 12:38am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:30 yes i saw that, a 'cuda. and apparently a ford maverick?! he was just looking for trouble! ...i didn't think the general population of commenters found the conversation that interesting! i personally had no clue. i think i watched maybe 5 minutes of 1 or 2 mannix episodes at some point in the 60s, when my mother was watching it.
	♥ 12:39am coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "California Dreaming" by "Lee Moses" by far the best version of this song!
	12:43am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:38 I was obsessed with that show for a while
	12:44am Blissland: not everybody is that into cars
	♥ 12:46am Eric the Hat: ↳ Song: "Greedy G" by "Brentford All Stars" Dope
	♥ 12:47am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:44 no; but also that comments board moves very quickly. by the time i saw that 'cuda there were 40 posts since that subject!
	12:48am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:47 I like the fast pace. Otherwise I get restless and have to do other things
	12:49am Blissland: Everyone in BPN is very much into the records though
	♥ 12:50am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:43 i was never very into television. there were some shows; but i never looked for something to watch. when i was really little our family watched certain things together; and each of my sisters had their shows; and my mother had mannix, and jeopardy!.
	12:53am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:50 When I was around 10 my mother and I liked the same shows. Mannix, and the cbs saturday night lineup starting with All In The Family, MASH, and Mary Tyler Moore
	12:59am Blissland: weird is good
	♥ 12:59am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @12:53 we definitely watched all in the family and mash - but not the whole family. i don't remember who wasn't there, besides my father... my younger sister watched Mary Tyler Moore so i watched it pretty often. i remember drawing while everyone was gathered around the tv - so i guess i often was listening to the tv!
	1:00am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @12:59 that's cool. My family was a lot more compact than yours
	1:01am MITGR: ↳ Blissland @12:59 That's what I like to hear
	♥ 1:01am coelacanth∅: when i was very little we all, including both parents, watched "wild kingdom", the Smothers brothers, and laugh-in. ...and the kids all watched gilligan's island, jeanie, bewitched...all that crap!
	1:01am MITGR: ↳ Eric the Hat @12:46 Yeah- love this cut
	1:02am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:01 I never liked that crap much. Still don't. Smothers Brothers were great though
	1:04am Blissland: some of my old groups used to do stuff like that Excursion. Without the same level of skill though
	♥ 1:05am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:02 yeah, my parents were the definition of self-contained contradiction. always voted republican yet we all watched Smothers brothers together! (and many other examples)
	♥ 1:05am Gnomon (Knight of Petrichor): ↳ Song: "Naked Lunch" by "Howard Shore/Ornette Coleman" Ok I had to hop in to give props on the Naked Lunch soundtrack. Good choice on this one.
	1:05am Blissland: I love Ornette and I love Cronenberg. The music always works in his pictures
	1:06am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:05 that's strange. And All In The Family ... although I guess a lot of viewers identified with Archie
	1:07am Blissland: love Eno too especially early Eno
	1:08am MITGR: ↳ Blissland @1:05 The Howard Shore/Ornette collab was so perfect for this subject
	1:10am Blissland: ↳ MITGR @1:08 Yes. That's one of my favorites of Cronenberg. And Dead Ringers and Videodrome
	♥ 1:11am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:06 i never considered the possibility until in the mid-80s i dated someone who's father liked all in the family because he liked archie bunker. i didn't believe her when she first told me this!
	♥ 1:11am Drunken Creep: ↳ Song: "Under" by "Brian Eno" Some nice drumming there, gracias DJ
	1:12am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:11 I know, it used to be weird. Now we have nazis everywhere
	1:12am MITGR: ↳ Blissland @1:10 I'm literally wearing my Videodrome hat right now
	1:14am Blissland: ↳ MITGR @1:12 oh wow, cool. I didn't know such a thing existed
	♥ 1:14am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:11 maga didn't just appear out of nowhere, nice Ovlov, haven't seen one like that
	1:15am Blissland: I have a Videodrome poster on the wall behind me, with a big Debbie Harry's face on the tv screen. I adore her
	1:18am Blissland: actually I'm surrounded by her
	♥ 1:19am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @1:14 it's a volvo-bmw. they put a bmw v8 inside, and a bmw chassis that's known for extreme stability. the volvo 164 didn't come in a 2-door model, so they clearly made major body mods! would be a '69 or '70 164.
	1:20am Blissland: so the volvo part is the grille
	♥ 1:22am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:19 Love it.
	♥ 1:23am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:20 no. it looks like a 164, front to back, except it's shorter and has only 2 doors; so the rear side windows would be from something else. (and maybe the rear window, but i doubt it)
	1:23am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:23 it's got a nice stance
	1:25am Blissland: my 300zx is finally dead. A week ago. But it had a good run. 37 years
	1:26am Blissland: that's longer than a lot of rock stars live
	♥ 1:30am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @1:22 i Love it too! -i had a '69 164, and a '73 (which had an ugly straight-across bumper) ...i always fantasized about modifying the '69 - fairly subtly...chop the roof ~2"; lengthen the front ~6-7"; put very slight, long fins on it (i had the car picked out but now don't remember) - and citröen rear directionals on the roof! drop the whole thing down, but not quite "low rider". dreams.
	♥ 1:31am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:25 i thought it was in the shop! it couldn't be saved?
	♥ 1:33am HyperDose: ↳ Blissland @1:25 sweet looking ride!
	1:33am Blissland: ↳ HyperDose @1:33 it was yeah
	♥ 1:35am HyperDose: Bringing back fond memories of my 93 Geo Storm GSI. RIP
	1:35am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:31 No last week it spewed coolant everywhere and overheated when I parked it in the driveway. I thought it might be the radiator cap so I got another one and more coolant but then everything I added leaked out again. From below the engine.
	1:36am Blissland: ↳ Blissland @1:35 if everything else was good I'd pay to replace the head gasket, but it was already on its last leg for a while
	♥ 1:42am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:36 right on. rest in pieces! i guess that's my best justification for junking my >400k '96 audi last november. but really it was only about not being able to afford towing back home to work on it. it certainly was not dying, and i'd put a lot into it recently. but i have to rationalize it somehow; so...400k.
	1:44am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:42 wow that sucks. What model?
	1:47am blissland2: I like what I'm hearing
	♥ 1:55am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:44 a4. (2nd year?) front wheel drive, 5-speed. i'd NEVER want a newer audi; but this car was great. oh well. (external-content.duckduckgo.com...)the guy who bought the car new saw me in town (1 owner in-between - his mechanic) and told me that that car was the poster car in this ad!
	♥ 1:57am coelacanth∅: ...i don't personally think it's a good-looking car, compared to all the vintage cars i drool over; but not too bad for the era.
	♥ 1:57am HyperDose: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:55 reminds me of my red 96 Camry LE. ah, the hot dog days
	1:58am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:55 well I'm sorry you lost it. Personally I swore off german cars after owning a bmw and I swore off fwd after owning a maxima
	♥ 1:59am Eric the Hat: There it is
	♥ 2:00am coelacanth∅: ↳ HyperDose @1:57 pretty similar... i guess most cars looked like that at the time!
	2:01am Blissland: my first car was a 88 maxima, then I got a 88 conquest TSi and never looked back. Unfortunately that got wrecked
	♥ 2:04am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @1:58 bmws drive great, but apparently have lots of issues. but why not fwd? ...i mean, i prefer rear-wheel drive, but front's good too. i never got stuck in snow or ice with a fwd car, even with fairly cheap all-season tires. (i just don't want "all-wheel drive")
	2:07am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:04 I don't like the way fwd handles. It could be the wheel hop, the torque steer, the demands on the front end. I really can't say specifically, I just know that I'm infinitely more comfortable with rwd
	♥ 2:08am spodiodi: ↳ Song: "2021-04-28" by "Jeff Parker" ⭐️
	2:08am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:04 the beamer had nothing but issues, and they were all related to the stupid sensors. I was just mad at it the whole time that I owned it
	♥ 2:08am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:55 Had one of these for kid transport in the noughts, great car, $$ to repair. www.google.com...
	2:08am MITGR: ↳ DJ Time Traveler @12:23 A legendary DJ and a legendary conductor
	2:09am Blissland: ↳ Blissland @2:08 plus, I don't like the ride. The bmw I had just had so much body roll. I like cars that stay flat
	♥ 2:10am Eric the Hat: ↳ Song: "2021-04-28" by "Jeff Parker" Outlandishly fantastic
	♥ 2:13am Spikey BXL: Good morning Erics, all
	♥ 2:16am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @2:07 i had 9 rwd volvos, an old nova and some other rwd cars. i learned on a '70 cadillac, and drove a '67 bel air. fwd definitely felt weird at first...but i got used to it pretty fast.
	♥ 2:17am Eric the Hat: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:13 tup of the mo
	2:18am Tim: with you
	♥ 2:18am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @2:08 it's not letting me go anywhere. maybe it knows i hate google!
	♥ 2:19am coelacanth∅: hey Spikey!
	2:19am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:16 I like those old gm's. My aunt had a Nova, it might have been 67 or 68. My cousin had a 68 cutlass supreme. My other aunt had a buick special
	♥ 2:19am Aitch: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:18 Audi 80 V6, one before yours
	2:20am MITGR: ↳ Eric the Hat @2:10 Just awesome.
	2:20am pp: so many covers of this Mats song
	♥ 2:21am coelacanth∅: ↳ Blissland @2:19 yes! i grew up in a '55 bel air! (and a ~'61 chrysler) and later my father had 2 skylarks. i drove one for a while. solid, dependable.
	♥ 2:22am Spikey BXL: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:19 C-Lo!!!
	♥ 2:23am Eric the Hat: Tim in the place
	♥ 2:24am coelacanth∅: ↳ Aitch @2:19 right on. barely ever saw those where i lived then. (or since)
	2:24am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:21 the gm 350 v8 was maybe the most dependable engine of all time. One of them anyway
	♥ 2:25am spodiodi: much love for the 350
	♥ 2:27am coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Armagideon Time" by "The Clash" in 1979 a friend got the armagideon time 12". fucking fantastic! to this day they've never reissued the entirety of what was on that record.
	♥ 2:27am Spikey BXL: Cut my teeth on my parents' BMW 3-series myself. Was particularly found of a bright orange old 323i we got second hand. That engine was a monster.
	♥ 2:27am Spikey BXL: fond* (need coffee stat)
	2:29am Blissland: I had a '93 328i with all the infernal sensors and body roll
	♥ 2:29am spodiodi: had an Audi 80 4cyl; a V6 til tonight
	♥ 2:30am spodiodi: didn't know of*
	♥ 2:30am Spikey BXL: ↳ Blissland @2:29 Bit of quick research points towards the famed E21 from the early eighties
	2:31am blissland2: pacer
	2:32am Blissland: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:30 is that what you had?
	♥ 2:32am spodiodi: my aunt had one, was in it plenty as a kid... in white
	♥ 2:32am Spikey BXL: ↳ Blissland @2:32 Yes, bought after a crash with the family work horse, a diesel. This was what was available immediately. I had so much fun driving that monster.
	2:34am Blissland: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:32 sadly I had little fun with mine
	♥ 2:35am coelacanth∅: ↳ Spikey BXL @2:27 i was with someone 1990-91 had a beamer, i think the smallest model -probably an '89. 6 cylinders, 2 batteries the size of truck batteries. when that car was in working order - maybe 80% of the time, it was a beast, in the best sense! ...but then, even if it seemed okay that day, in the middle of the night the theft alarms would engage for no reason. over and over ... it was at the dealer repair shop so often they did not ever charge her. (because they SHOULD HAVE given her a new car.)
	2:35am Blissland: The one I loved most was the TSi, but the best one I had was the 300zx that just died
	2:36am Blissland: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:35 they're not forgiving
	2:38am Tim: I love this
	♥ 2:38am coelacanth∅: i've got to go. Thanks Eric! don't be a stranger! tchau
	2:42am MITGR: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:38 Thanks for sticking around!
	♥ 2:42am Spatulator (formerly elwyn5150): ↳ Song: "Swingin Party" by "Kindness" This is probably my favourite Replacements cover even though I like Joan Jet's cover of "Androgynous".
	2:43am MITGR: ↳ Tim @2:38 secret classic
	2:46am Avspuk: Nice lil show, with some lovely gems. Really fitting my untroubled insomnia mood
	2:48am MITGR: ↳ Avspuk @2:46 I'm gonna use this quote for all future promotional material
	2:49am ryansterlingvirtue: Oh damn checking the setlist. I should have tuned in earlier. Lana crushed it in Dublin last night. Tonight fly back to Belgium.
	♥ 2:49am Eric the Hat: Gotta crash out. Thanks and see you next time Eric. Night all
	♥ 2:52am Spikey BXL: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @2:49 Safe travels Ryan, prepare for scorching heat
	♥ 2:54am spodiodi: Thanks, Eric. great show
	2:54am MITGR: ↳ spodiodi @2:54 Thanks so much for listening!
	♥ 2:54am Spikey BXL: Really enjoyed the part I caught. My first time in the guest room. Will return! Cheers Eric
	2:56am Blissland: nice tunes. pleasant dreams
	3:01am ryansterlingvirtue: Thanks! I know Spikey. It’s nice and cool and stormy here. Not looking forward to 40 degrees
	♥ 3:01am Sara Clemens: Thanks for an awesome show, Eric!
	3:33am Avspuk: ↳ MITGR @2:48 👍😉
	8:14pm Dad P: Welcome back on the airwaves. Good first show on WFMU. Didn't stay up, but family had you tuned in by pool this afternoon. Enjoyed!

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