WFMU: Tony Coulter: Playlist from January 31, 2012

Listener comments!
	11:24am iker: hi Tony! looking forward to today's show, here!
	11:54am Alf from Upstate: Welcome back Tony!
	11:55am tonyc: Hello there, Iker and Alf! And everybody else too. See ya in 5 minutes....
	12:00pm tonyc: And we're off....
	12:03pm annie: nice.. nice!!
	12:03pm tonyc: Vocals here by Sara of Amos & Sara....
	12:03pm Ricardo Montalban: Greetin's, Tony!
	12:03pm Carmichael: Tony Toni Tone!!
	12:03pm tonyc: Hiya, Annie!
	12:04pm tonyc: Carmichael!!!
	12:04pm tonyc: ... and Senor M too! Greetings all...
	12:06pm tonyc: For beauty we will pay....
	12:09pm Doug S.: Greetings greetings greetings Tony Tony Tony!!!
	12:09pm tonyc: Doug Doug Doug!!!
	12:14pm charlie: I think that Gogi Grant was the definitive version.
	12:14pm tonyc: I've never met an earth girl, I've never been that far....
	12:14pm tonyc: Heya Charlie!!
	12:17pm charlie: Does compute.
	12:17pm Mike VL: "My circuits are overheating, they never programmed me to cry." Oh this is good
	12:18pm Ricardo Montalban: SPACE.LOVE.HURTS/
	12:19pm tonyc: Welcome aboard, Mike!
	12:29pm tonyc: Marc Hollander is the keyboard player on this By Chance track....
	12:29pm Kay: Happy Leap Year!
	12:29pm annie: oh crap i have to leave.. don't play anything good.. until..oh... 1:30...
	12:29pm tonyc: Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and the Honeymoon Killers, that is....
	12:30pm Mike VL: Glad to be here...excellent as always Tony!
	12:31pm tonyc: Hey there, Kay! Annie: OK, I'll play the worst crap I have until 1:30 Mike: Thanks!!
	12:38pm tonyc: Realized yesterday that for the entire 20 years I've been on FMU, I've never played anything by XTC. What one track should I play by them? (Not today, but on a future show.)
	12:39pm Jeremy: afternoon Tony! grokking the android grooves...
	12:40pm tonyc: Hey there, Jeremy!
	12:40pm Ricardo Montalban: I love anything from Black Sea or Drums and Wires. Also, early single B-sides are fabo
	12:41pm Ricardo Montalban: I only just recently learned that XTC seldom performed live, due to Andy Partridge having bouts of stage fright.
	12:41pm tonyc: Thanks, Ricardo M. XTC are such an FMU staple, I feel obligated to play at least one track.
	12:41pm Ike: Ugh, the worst sound in the world: A screaming baby. What was Pseudo Code thinking? Other than that, great show, Tony!
	12:42pm conrad: XTC? "Dear God" is the classic, but everyone probably knows that one. How 'bout either "Meccanik Dancing" or "Helicopter" for the Beefheart/Devo-ish New Wave discos, of "Complicated game" for the angst-ridden doom drone sound.
	12:42pm Jeremy: I remember especially liking Looking for Footprints, but googling it seems it only came out on a flexi from Flexipop! magazine. I like that Mr Partridge album.
	12:42pm tonyc: Thanks, Ike! Even if you are a baby hater....
	12:43pm Ricardo Montalban: I just bought a horrible 80's rap 12" called Funky Baby with manipulated baby samples, that sound like they came from one of those diagnose baby ailments by their cry LPs.
	12:44pm tonyc: Jeremy: I have played the Mr. Partridge album ... but will check out "Looking for Footprints." Thanks!
	12:44pm Jeremy: I love the whole infant Distress genre!
	12:46pm Ike: Baby hater, guilty as charged! Lock me up. As long as I can still listen to FMU from my cell.
	12:46pm tonyc: RE Infant Music genres: Don't forget their Swimming Behavior.....
	12:48pm conrad: Oops, I meant: 'OR "Complicated Game" ' But you knew that.
	12:48pm Caveat Emptor: Dear Ricardo. Ha ha.
	12:50pm Dervish: 4 out of 5 Belgian dentists agree, Tony is the best.
	12:50pm tonyc: Conrad: Thanks for the suggestions! Don't know any of those ... will investigate.
	12:57pm glenn: jeeeez. i saw xtc in toronto in '81? maybe '82.
	12:58pm tonyc: XTC have always been a blank spot for me, somehow. Never bought any of their records....
	1:00pm tonyc: (Heya, Glenn!)
	1:03pm tonyc: "It would be sad if you lost your mind, unless it was lost where I found mine." (The Maze)
	1:09pm Jack: Hi Tony; it's always great to hear you. I'm the same way with XTC; I have some of their music, but I just can't get into them. I'm like that with a lot of music; sometimes I have to be in the right receptive mood before they'll register.
	1:10pm Jack: ( oh, now that's funny; I just recently discovered Amom-Duul ( Hi-Jack) ! I'm going through a Krautrock phase.
	1:11pm tonyc: Thanks, Jack, and ... Hi-Jack!
	1:11pm BSI: Late to the party as usual. Too much to react to. I'll just sit here and blow bubbles across the canyons of my mind. Or something.
	1:14pm conrad: To be honest, I never bought much of their stuff either. Those songs I suggested really stood out for me - XTC for non-XTC fans.
	1:14pm BSI: Also a baby hater, but very big on certain "infant genres"...!
	1:15pm tonyc: Greetings, BSI!
	1:17pm BSI: Great stuff TonyC! Oh, and Jack: I've been going through a krautrock phase of my own, for about 35 years so far. Some phases are more like chronic illnesses, thank god.
	1:20pm glenn: krautrock rocks! and probably also krauts.
	1:20pm SLJones: Hey Tony - thanks again for playing a Folks On Fire tune! The fanbase is growing and gaining listeners...we are really grateful for the airtime (and none of us yet 50, so a reunion may still happen). Your show is always a great breath of fresh air.
	1:21pm tonyc: Thank yee, BSI! I've been krauting myself for 'round 35 years....
	1:21pm tonyc: Hey Steven! Glad to know you're listening!!
	1:24pm tonyc: And here's hoping a reunion does happen!
	1:26pm Daniel: So grateful I tuned in. Lovely show today, Tony.
	1:27pm Ricardo Montalban: All by myself in my side of the building at work today! <cranks it up>
	1:28pm tonyc: Daniel: Thanks much! Glad you're enjoying it....
	1:28pm tonyc: No more scooter rides in the cemetery....
	1:31pm nickel seats: Prefer 70's XTC with Barry Andrews-Drums & Wires a favorite.
	1:31pm Daniel: Rush, seriously? After the scooter-in-the-cemetery line, and the utterly charming Sunshine Singers? Tony, you're a genius!! Sound and fury drowns my heart. . .
	1:34pm tonyc: The Sunshine Singers were from Portland, by the way. (And thanks, Daniel ... and Nickel Seats too.)
	1:36pm Martha: Only Tony could pull this off. I agree with Daniel.
	1:36pm BSI: There were a few years where I totally "got" XTC, bought a ton of their material. Then just as suddenly, I "un-got" them. It's weird. I still dig SOME the Dukes of Stratosphear stuff but it's strange. I never stop liking something, but that's an exception.
	1:36pm Jack: @BSI - I never realized that "Krautrock" was such a wide and diverse "genre". I've just discovered Popul Vuh (through Werner Herzogs movies)
	1:38pm BSI: @Jack: I guess my message was more of a warning. For me it's been an expensive obsession for a long time. [silently salutes wife, who bravely endures weekends with me & the stereo].
	1:43pm Jack: Thanks for the warning! Another f'instance; my wife has been listening to the Decemberists for years, and only recently have I finally "got them" and like them. In fact I hated a lot of music when I had first heard it, only to completely change my mind 180 degrees a few months later: Led Zeppelin, the Police, etc. more...
	1:47pm tonyc: Looking at it from the reverse angle, there are very few things I liked when I was younger that I now dislike. George Duke is one of the few I can think of -- perhaps it's time to give him another chance!
	1:52pm Holly in NC: I cannot BELIEVE I missed Cygnus X-1. Oh, thank goodness for archives!
	1:52pm Ike: I dig that Asmus Tietchens. Also, "Asmus Tietchens" is fun to say.
	1:52pm SLJones: Still think Skylarking is a lovely album. All other XTC records are mixed for this listener. Egos in that band are so intense I think they benefited from an equally arrogant producer like Todd Rundgren, who really gave that record shape...
	1:53pm tonyc: Hey there, Holly in NC!
	1:57pm Kay: Perhaps XTC's cover of All Along the Watchtower on a cover's only show.
	1:58pm Jeremy: I also dig Tietchens, but not Asmus as Love-ins...
	1:58pm Jack: "...equally arrogant producer like Todd Rundgren..." So very true, and yet one of the main reasons he is a great producer.
	2:04pm Kay: "XTC have only ever recorded one cover version — a frenetic rendition of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower (White Music, 1977). Partridge's vocal delivery is stutteringly pneumatic and Barry Andrews' cheap organ sound throws a legato blanket over the whole affair."
	2:06pm tonyc: I'll have to give that a listen, Kay! (Didn't they also cover a Beefheart song?)
	2:06pm tonyc: On a Beefheart tribute LP....
	2:07pm Michael: From a great XTC fan: there are some real gems on all their albums, especially the run from Drums and Wires, Black Sea, English Settlement, Mummer, Big Express and Skylarking. Also the Dukes discs were fun homages to the ‘60s as well.
	2:07pm Holly in NC: Re XTC - 1 vote for 'Making Plans for Nigel'. Dukes of the Stratosphear's 'Vanishing Girl' is a power pop classic, but perhaps overplayed
	2:08pm Doug S.: Have moved my base of operations to the public library. Have the stream via the iPhone app and the playlist on the library computer. It feels kinda naughty. Hi Holly!
	2:08pm Kay: I didn't write or research above statement (pulled from a quote on their Chalkhills website), but you're right, they covered Ella Guru.
	2:14pm Holly in NC: Hi Doug - After my mediafire scare, I need a drink. Is 2:13 pm too early? Yes. Yes, it is.
	2:15pm BSI: Neh, it isn't.
	2:15pm Kay: (Perhaps XTC's only cover on one of THEIR albums.)
	2:16pm Jack: Holly, what happened with Mediafire, if I may ask? (I'm donloading something even as we speak.)
	2:17pm tonyc: Kay: Yep, that must be it. As I remember their cover of "Ella Guru" was extremely faithful and accurate.
	2:20pm Holly in NC: @Jack - MF was temporarily down in my neck of the woods - about 20 minutes, enough to make me worry. Now all is well, my files are are fine, everyone else's files are fine, everything is accessible & downloadable, phew!
	2:22pm Jack: Holly, can't blame you for worrying, in this post-megaupload environment. Hey Doug S. in the Public Library!
	2:23pm Doug S.: Protecting Mediafire is the new Bastille Day. To the ramparts! Seriously though, these are freaky times. A nice piece about the demise of Holy Warbles (and the post-Megaupload meltdown) is coming out in the Brooklyn Rail penned by Gary from Bodega Pop. Greetings Jack!
	2:25pm tonyc: Here's another baby song for you, Ike.
	2:26pm Alf from Upstate: I remember Epic Soundtrack's live set on WFMU. Played an old out-of-tune piano if I remember correctly.
	2:28pm tonyc: Alf: I remember that too! Was at the station that day.
	2:28pm tonyc: And yes, you do remember correctly!
	2:28pm Ricardo Montalban: Oh Man! Not Holy Warbles! So sad.
	2:28pm Ike: I wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics but doubt that was infant-related. "Jelly babies" are some sort of British candy, made famous internationally by Dr. Who. I presume the comma was a gag or pun. I'm not too keen on R. Wyatt's voice but at least no babies screamed or screeched.
	2:31pm tonyc: Ike: There was a line about throwing babies up in the air I though you might appreciate. And for not liking Wyatt you really should serve some time in lock-up, until you see reason.
	2:35pm Doug S.: I was at the station that day, too, Tony. Good old Springdale Avenue. I loved that house!
	2:40pm Ike: I loved that house too!
	2:41pm bennett4senate: hey Tony, enjoying the show out here in Los Angeles, thanks.
	2:44pm tonyc: Glad you're enjoying the show, Bennett! Thanks for listening.....
	2:45pm tonyc: Thanks fur tuning in, ev'body! Be sure to catch Doug's show at 6:00....
	2:46pm Doug S.: If memory serves, the old house that WFMU moved into on Springdale Avenue was called Avatar House. It was used as a sort of alternative school run by Upsala College. The tiled bathroom on the second floor was a marvel. The Alan Watts Rejuvination Chamber was kinda scary. Tonight at 6pm, an hour of recently download Japanese tracks. Very diggable!
	2:47pm Jeremy: Great show Tony!
	2:48pm tonyc: Thanks, Jeremy!! There's about another 17 minutes of Algarnas Tradgard to go, by the way.....
	2:50pm tonyc: They were kind of Swedish krautrock....
	2:52pm BSI: Curse meetings! Federal Duck? Any relation to Fuzzy?
	2:54pm tonyc: BSI: Nope. The U.S. Duck may have been Federal, but they weren't Fuzzy.
	2:58pm tonyc: Cheers, everyone -- thanks for attending. See you in 2 weeks! Keep it tuned to the stream, and don't forget Doug's show at 6:00!
	3:15pm Kay: Wyatting (from Urban Dictionary): Very recently the practice of deliberately selecting annoying or extreme music on an mp3 jukebox to cause irritation to others has become known as Wyatting. This is a reference to prog/artrock musician Robert Wyatt and his 'Dondestan' album, typical of the kind of record a Wyatter would choose. It is generally agreed that the most effective music for Wyatting is that of US avant-garde quasi-operatic vocalist Diamanda Galas. Other common choices include the most well known exponents of free-jazz, improv/noise music and euro-prog-metal, though the latter is chosen because it is considered naff, uncool and embarassing, not because it has the effect normally required of music regarded as good for Wyatting. As in "Some idiot's Wyatting, this is the second no-wave record in a row."
	3:17pm Kay: No comment on your show's selections. (By the way, I love Robert Wyatt.)
	3:20pm tonyc: As far as I'm concerned, all Wyatt-haters should be locked up, and perhaps even sterilized.
	3:22pm tonyc: Except for Ike, of course.

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January 31, 2012: Angels in Scarlet Boxes

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
THE IN-THEME	"THE IN-THEME"				0:00:00 (Pop-up)
THE TESCO BOMBERS	Hernando's Hideaway	7"	Y Records	1982	0:01:35 (Pop-up)
SNAKEFINGER	The Model "The Model" by "SNAKEFINGER"	7"	Ralph	1980	0:04:26 (Pop-up)
STAN FREBERG	The Electronic Dress	More Here Than Meets the Ear	Radio Advertising Bureau	196?	0:08:06 (Pop-up)
GOGI GRANT	Somebody to Love "Somebody to Love" by "GOGI GRANT"	Gogi Grant	Records by Pete	1972	0:10:21 (Pop-up)
ECLIPSE	Space Love "Space Love" by "ECLIPSE"	Night and Day	Casablanca	1978	0:12:51 (Pop-up)
FRED WEINBERG	Ode to Billy Joe "Ode to Billy Joe" by "FRED WEINBERG"	The Weinberg Method of Non-Synthetic Electronic Rock	Anvil	1970	0:17:03 (Pop-up)

ALTAR BOYS	Where's It Gonna Lead You	V.A.: Back to the Rock #2	A&S	1983	0:24:18 (Pop-up)
BY CHANCE	Revenge "Revenge" by "BY CHANCE"	7"	Crammed Discs	1981	0:26:41 (Pop-up)
SIC	Never Talk About Romance "Never Talk About Romance" by "SIC"	7"	Artibano	1980	0:31:18 (Pop-up)
PSEUDO CODE	Baby Burn Out (1981) "Baby Burn Out (1981)" by "PSEUDO CODE"	The Third EP (7" EP)	EE Tapes	2011	0:34:41 (Pop-up)
SNOWY RED	Lies in Your Eyes "Lies in Your Eyes" by "SNOWY RED"	The Right to Die	Dirty Dance	1982	0:39:01 (Pop-up)

THE REFLECTIONS	4 Countries "4 Countries" by "THE REFLECTIONS"	7"	Cherry Red	1982	0:49:13 (Pop-up)
THE WILD STARES	The Moon Is Down "The Moon Is Down" by "THE WILD STARES"	7"	Propeller	1981	0:51:12 (Pop-up)
FOLKS ON FIRE	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe	Folks on Fire	no label	1984	0:53:02 (Pop-up)
FINCHLEY BOYS	Once I Was a Boy "Once I Was a Boy" by "FINCHLEY BOYS"	Everlasting Tributes	RE: World Psychedelia	1972	0:56:37 (Pop-up)
THE MAZE	Dejected Soul "Dejected Soul" by "THE MAZE"	Armageddon	MTS/ RE: Sundazed	1968	1:01:09 (Pop-up)
LMNOP	Kaleidoscope "Kaleidoscope" by "LMNOP"	Elemen Opee Elpee	Baby Sue	1986	1:03:37 (Pop-up)
AMON DUUL II	Traveller "Traveller" by "AMON DUUL II"	Hi-Jack	Atco	1974	1:04:52 (Pop-up)
HUMAN DANCE	The Desert Call (198?)	V.A.: The (Almost) Insanely Happy EP (7")	EE Tapes	2011	1:09:15 (Pop-up)

THE DURUTTI COLUMN	Danny "Danny" by "THE DURUTTI COLUMN"	7"	Sordide Sentimental	1981	1:14:22 (Pop-up)
ALAN MUNSON	A Visit from a Friend	First Light	RE: Guerssen	1979	1:17:57 (Pop-up)
SUNSHINE SINGERS	Life Is a Mystery	How to Be a Sunshine Singer	Nebula Circle	197?	1:22:13 (Pop-up)
ROBERT SEIDLER	Christian Boy "Christian Boy" by "ROBERT SEIDLER"	V.A.: The Rock of '84	Starstream	1983	1:25:06 (Pop-up)
RUSH	Cygnus X-1 "Cygnus X-1" by "RUSH"	A Farewell to Kings	Mercury	1977	1:29:10 (Pop-up)

CARTOON	Bedlam "Bedlam" by "CARTOON"	Music from Left Field	Twelve Tone	1983	1:42:03 (Pop-up)
ASMUS TIETCHENS	Drei Beisetzungen in Wien	Notturno	RE: Barooni	1986	1:46:42 (Pop-up)
SUBJECT	L'Ultima Storia (198?) "L'Ultima Storia (198?)" by "SUBJECT"	V.A.: The (Almost) Insanely Happy EP (7")	EE Tapes	2011	1:51:25 (Pop-up)
RED ASPHALT	Phone Call from God "Phone Call from God" by "RED ASPHALT"	7"	Egg & Anvil	1981	1:54:41 (Pop-up)
TED SMITH	The Good I Would Be "The Good I Would Be" by "TED SMITH"	Smash & Grab World	Word	1969?	1:56:31 (Pop-up)
THE MASTERS OF DECEIT	Boxes "Boxes" by "THE MASTERS OF DECEIT"	Hensley's Electric Jazz Band and Synthetic Symphonette	Vanguard	1969	1:59:39 (Pop-up)
FLYING ISLAND	Flying Island "Flying Island" by "FLYING ISLAND"	Flying Island	Vanguard	1975	2:04:29 (Pop-up)

HANS REICHEL	Dating at the Upper Larum	Lower Lurum	Rastascan	1995	2:11:10 (Pop-up)
KLAUS FLOURIDE	Scarlet Ribbons "Scarlet Ribbons" by "KLAUS FLOURIDE"	The Light Is Flickering	Alternative Tentacles	1991	2:12:59 (Pop-up)
CORTEX	Cortex AC (197?) "Cortex AC (197?)" by "CORTEX"	The Whole Story	Plinkity Plonk	2011	2:15:18 (Pop-up)
TINA & DAVID MELTZER	The Angel (1969)	Green Morning	RD	2001	2:16:39 (Pop-up)
CORTEX	Cortex AD (197?) "Cortex AD (197?)" by "CORTEX"	The Whole Story	Plinkity Plonk	2011	2:19:24 (Pop-up)
ANT TRIP CEREMONY	Going Down to the River	24 Hours	RE: Anthology	1968	2:20:37 (Pop-up)
EPIC SOUNDTRACKS (w/ ROBERT WYATT)	Jelly, Babies	Popular Classical (7" EP)	Rough Trade	1981	2:22:10 (Pop-up)
FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY	Last Beach Crusade (196?)	The Songs of Ted Munda	Get Hip	1993	2:25:14 (Pop-up)
FEDERAL DUCK	Tomorrow Waits for Today	Federal Duck	Musicor	1968	2:28:38 (Pop-up)
THE RISING STORM	The Rain Falls Down	Calm Before....	RE: Arf! Arf!	1967	2:31:45 (Pop-up)
DANDO SHAFT	Is It Me? "Is It Me?" by "DANDO SHAFT"	Lantaloon	RE: Guerssen	1972	2:35:13 (Pop-up)

ALGARNAS TRADGARD	Two Hours Over Two Blue Mountains..../There Is a Time....	Framtiden ar ett Svavande Skepp, Forankrat i Forntiden	Silence	1972	2:43:43 (Pop-up)
CURD DUCA	Wind "Wind" by "CURD DUCA"				3:03:05 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:24am iker: hi Tony! looking forward to today's show, here!
	11:54am Alf from Upstate: Welcome back Tony!
	11:55am tonyc: Hello there, Iker and Alf! And everybody else too. See ya in 5 minutes....
	12:00pm tonyc: And we're off....
	12:03pm annie: nice.. nice!!
	12:03pm tonyc: Vocals here by Sara of Amos & Sara....
	12:03pm Ricardo Montalban: Greetin's, Tony!
	12:03pm Carmichael: Tony Toni Tone!!
	12:03pm tonyc: Hiya, Annie!
	12:04pm tonyc: Carmichael!!!
	12:04pm tonyc: ... and Senor M too! Greetings all...
	12:06pm tonyc: For beauty we will pay....
	12:09pm Doug S.: Greetings greetings greetings Tony Tony Tony!!!
	12:09pm tonyc: Doug Doug Doug!!!
	12:14pm charlie: I think that Gogi Grant was the definitive version.
	12:14pm tonyc: I've never met an earth girl, I've never been that far....
	12:14pm tonyc: Heya Charlie!!
	12:17pm charlie: Does compute.
	12:17pm Mike VL: "My circuits are overheating, they never programmed me to cry." Oh this is good
	12:18pm Ricardo Montalban: SPACE.LOVE.HURTS/
	12:19pm tonyc: Welcome aboard, Mike!
	12:29pm tonyc: Marc Hollander is the keyboard player on this By Chance track....
	12:29pm Kay: Happy Leap Year!
	12:29pm annie: oh crap i have to leave.. don't play anything good.. until..oh... 1:30...
	12:29pm tonyc: Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and the Honeymoon Killers, that is....
	12:30pm Mike VL: Glad to be here...excellent as always Tony!
	12:31pm tonyc: Hey there, Kay! Annie: OK, I'll play the worst crap I have until 1:30 Mike: Thanks!!
	12:38pm tonyc: Realized yesterday that for the entire 20 years I've been on FMU, I've never played anything by XTC. What one track should I play by them? (Not today, but on a future show.)
	12:39pm Jeremy: afternoon Tony! grokking the android grooves...
	12:40pm tonyc: Hey there, Jeremy!
	12:40pm Ricardo Montalban: I love anything from Black Sea or Drums and Wires. Also, early single B-sides are fabo
	12:41pm Ricardo Montalban: I only just recently learned that XTC seldom performed live, due to Andy Partridge having bouts of stage fright.
	12:41pm tonyc: Thanks, Ricardo M. XTC are such an FMU staple, I feel obligated to play at least one track.
	12:41pm Ike: Ugh, the worst sound in the world: A screaming baby. What was Pseudo Code thinking? Other than that, great show, Tony!
	12:42pm conrad: XTC? "Dear God" is the classic, but everyone probably knows that one. How 'bout either "Meccanik Dancing" or "Helicopter" for the Beefheart/Devo-ish New Wave discos, of "Complicated game" for the angst-ridden doom drone sound.
	12:42pm Jeremy: I remember especially liking Looking for Footprints, but googling it seems it only came out on a flexi from Flexipop! magazine. I like that Mr Partridge album.
	12:42pm tonyc: Thanks, Ike! Even if you are a baby hater....
	12:43pm Ricardo Montalban: I just bought a horrible 80's rap 12" called Funky Baby with manipulated baby samples, that sound like they came from one of those diagnose baby ailments by their cry LPs.
	12:44pm tonyc: Jeremy: I have played the Mr. Partridge album ... but will check out "Looking for Footprints." Thanks!
	12:44pm Jeremy: I love the whole infant Distress genre!
	12:46pm Ike: Baby hater, guilty as charged! Lock me up. As long as I can still listen to FMU from my cell.
	12:46pm tonyc: RE Infant Music genres: Don't forget their Swimming Behavior.....
	12:48pm conrad: Oops, I meant: 'OR "Complicated Game" ' But you knew that.
	12:48pm Caveat Emptor: Dear Ricardo. Ha ha.
	12:50pm Dervish: 4 out of 5 Belgian dentists agree, Tony is the best.
	12:50pm tonyc: Conrad: Thanks for the suggestions! Don't know any of those ... will investigate.
	12:57pm glenn: jeeeez. i saw xtc in toronto in '81? maybe '82.
	12:58pm tonyc: XTC have always been a blank spot for me, somehow. Never bought any of their records....
	1:00pm tonyc: (Heya, Glenn!)
	1:03pm tonyc: "It would be sad if you lost your mind, unless it was lost where I found mine." (The Maze)
	1:09pm Jack: Hi Tony; it's always great to hear you. I'm the same way with XTC; I have some of their music, but I just can't get into them. I'm like that with a lot of music; sometimes I have to be in the right receptive mood before they'll register.
	1:10pm Jack: ( oh, now that's funny; I just recently discovered Amom-Duul ( Hi-Jack) ! I'm going through a Krautrock phase.
	1:11pm tonyc: Thanks, Jack, and ... Hi-Jack!
	1:11pm BSI: Late to the party as usual. Too much to react to. I'll just sit here and blow bubbles across the canyons of my mind. Or something.
	1:14pm conrad: To be honest, I never bought much of their stuff either. Those songs I suggested really stood out for me - XTC for non-XTC fans.
	1:14pm BSI: Also a baby hater, but very big on certain "infant genres"...!
	1:15pm tonyc: Greetings, BSI!
	1:17pm BSI: Great stuff TonyC! Oh, and Jack: I've been going through a krautrock phase of my own, for about 35 years so far. Some phases are more like chronic illnesses, thank god.
	1:20pm glenn: krautrock rocks! and probably also krauts.
	1:20pm SLJones: Hey Tony - thanks again for playing a Folks On Fire tune! The fanbase is growing and gaining listeners...we are really grateful for the airtime (and none of us yet 50, so a reunion may still happen). Your show is always a great breath of fresh air.
	1:21pm tonyc: Thank yee, BSI! I've been krauting myself for 'round 35 years....
	1:21pm tonyc: Hey Steven! Glad to know you're listening!!
	1:24pm tonyc: And here's hoping a reunion does happen!
	1:26pm Daniel: So grateful I tuned in. Lovely show today, Tony.
	1:27pm Ricardo Montalban: All by myself in my side of the building at work today! <cranks it up>
	1:28pm tonyc: Daniel: Thanks much! Glad you're enjoying it....
	1:28pm tonyc: No more scooter rides in the cemetery....
	1:31pm nickel seats: Prefer 70's XTC with Barry Andrews-Drums & Wires a favorite.
	1:31pm Daniel: Rush, seriously? After the scooter-in-the-cemetery line, and the utterly charming Sunshine Singers? Tony, you're a genius!! Sound and fury drowns my heart. . .
	1:34pm tonyc: The Sunshine Singers were from Portland, by the way. (And thanks, Daniel ... and Nickel Seats too.)
	1:36pm Martha: Only Tony could pull this off. I agree with Daniel.
	1:36pm BSI: There were a few years where I totally "got" XTC, bought a ton of their material. Then just as suddenly, I "un-got" them. It's weird. I still dig SOME the Dukes of Stratosphear stuff but it's strange. I never stop liking something, but that's an exception.
	1:36pm Jack: @BSI - I never realized that "Krautrock" was such a wide and diverse "genre". I've just discovered Popul Vuh (through Werner Herzogs movies)
	1:38pm BSI: @Jack: I guess my message was more of a warning. For me it's been an expensive obsession for a long time. [silently salutes wife, who bravely endures weekends with me & the stereo].
	1:43pm Jack: Thanks for the warning! Another f'instance; my wife has been listening to the Decemberists for years, and only recently have I finally "got them" and like them. In fact I hated a lot of music when I had first heard it, only to completely change my mind 180 degrees a few months later: Led Zeppelin, the Police, etc. more...
	1:47pm tonyc: Looking at it from the reverse angle, there are very few things I liked when I was younger that I now dislike. George Duke is one of the few I can think of -- perhaps it's time to give him another chance!
	1:52pm Holly in NC: I cannot BELIEVE I missed Cygnus X-1. Oh, thank goodness for archives!
	1:52pm Ike: I dig that Asmus Tietchens. Also, "Asmus Tietchens" is fun to say.
	1:52pm SLJones: Still think Skylarking is a lovely album. All other XTC records are mixed for this listener. Egos in that band are so intense I think they benefited from an equally arrogant producer like Todd Rundgren, who really gave that record shape...
	1:53pm tonyc: Hey there, Holly in NC!
	1:57pm Kay: Perhaps XTC's cover of All Along the Watchtower on a cover's only show.
	1:58pm Jeremy: I also dig Tietchens, but not Asmus as Love-ins...
	1:58pm Jack: "...equally arrogant producer like Todd Rundgren..." So very true, and yet one of the main reasons he is a great producer.
	2:04pm Kay: "XTC have only ever recorded one cover version — a frenetic rendition of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower (White Music, 1977). Partridge's vocal delivery is stutteringly pneumatic and Barry Andrews' cheap organ sound throws a legato blanket over the whole affair."
	2:06pm tonyc: I'll have to give that a listen, Kay! (Didn't they also cover a Beefheart song?)
	2:06pm tonyc: On a Beefheart tribute LP....
	2:07pm Michael: From a great XTC fan: there are some real gems on all their albums, especially the run from Drums and Wires, Black Sea, English Settlement, Mummer, Big Express and Skylarking. Also the Dukes discs were fun homages to the ‘60s as well.
	2:07pm Holly in NC: Re XTC - 1 vote for 'Making Plans for Nigel'. Dukes of the Stratosphear's 'Vanishing Girl' is a power pop classic, but perhaps overplayed
	2:08pm Doug S.: Have moved my base of operations to the public library. Have the stream via the iPhone app and the playlist on the library computer. It feels kinda naughty. Hi Holly!
	2:08pm Kay: I didn't write or research above statement (pulled from a quote on their Chalkhills website), but you're right, they covered Ella Guru.
	2:14pm Holly in NC: Hi Doug - After my mediafire scare, I need a drink. Is 2:13 pm too early? Yes. Yes, it is.
	2:15pm BSI: Neh, it isn't.
	2:15pm Kay: (Perhaps XTC's only cover on one of THEIR albums.)
	2:16pm Jack: Holly, what happened with Mediafire, if I may ask? (I'm donloading something even as we speak.)
	2:17pm tonyc: Kay: Yep, that must be it. As I remember their cover of "Ella Guru" was extremely faithful and accurate.
	2:20pm Holly in NC: @Jack - MF was temporarily down in my neck of the woods - about 20 minutes, enough to make me worry. Now all is well, my files are are fine, everyone else's files are fine, everything is accessible & downloadable, phew!
	2:22pm Jack: Holly, can't blame you for worrying, in this post-megaupload environment. Hey Doug S. in the Public Library!
	2:23pm Doug S.: Protecting Mediafire is the new Bastille Day. To the ramparts! Seriously though, these are freaky times. A nice piece about the demise of Holy Warbles (and the post-Megaupload meltdown) is coming out in the Brooklyn Rail penned by Gary from Bodega Pop. Greetings Jack!
	2:25pm tonyc: Here's another baby song for you, Ike.
	2:26pm Alf from Upstate: I remember Epic Soundtrack's live set on WFMU. Played an old out-of-tune piano if I remember correctly.
	2:28pm tonyc: Alf: I remember that too! Was at the station that day.
	2:28pm tonyc: And yes, you do remember correctly!
	2:28pm Ricardo Montalban: Oh Man! Not Holy Warbles! So sad.
	2:28pm Ike: I wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics but doubt that was infant-related. "Jelly babies" are some sort of British candy, made famous internationally by Dr. Who. I presume the comma was a gag or pun. I'm not too keen on R. Wyatt's voice but at least no babies screamed or screeched.
	2:31pm tonyc: Ike: There was a line about throwing babies up in the air I though you might appreciate. And for not liking Wyatt you really should serve some time in lock-up, until you see reason.
	2:35pm Doug S.: I was at the station that day, too, Tony. Good old Springdale Avenue. I loved that house!
	2:40pm Ike: I loved that house too!
	2:41pm bennett4senate: hey Tony, enjoying the show out here in Los Angeles, thanks.
	2:44pm tonyc: Glad you're enjoying the show, Bennett! Thanks for listening.....
	2:45pm tonyc: Thanks fur tuning in, ev'body! Be sure to catch Doug's show at 6:00....
	2:46pm Doug S.: If memory serves, the old house that WFMU moved into on Springdale Avenue was called Avatar House. It was used as a sort of alternative school run by Upsala College. The tiled bathroom on the second floor was a marvel. The Alan Watts Rejuvination Chamber was kinda scary. Tonight at 6pm, an hour of recently download Japanese tracks. Very diggable!
	2:47pm Jeremy: Great show Tony!
	2:48pm tonyc: Thanks, Jeremy!! There's about another 17 minutes of Algarnas Tradgard to go, by the way.....
	2:50pm tonyc: They were kind of Swedish krautrock....
	2:52pm BSI: Curse meetings! Federal Duck? Any relation to Fuzzy?
	2:54pm tonyc: BSI: Nope. The U.S. Duck may have been Federal, but they weren't Fuzzy.
	2:58pm tonyc: Cheers, everyone -- thanks for attending. See you in 2 weeks! Keep it tuned to the stream, and don't forget Doug's show at 6:00!
	3:15pm Kay: Wyatting (from Urban Dictionary): Very recently the practice of deliberately selecting annoying or extreme music on an mp3 jukebox to cause irritation to others has become known as Wyatting. This is a reference to prog/artrock musician Robert Wyatt and his 'Dondestan' album, typical of the kind of record a Wyatter would choose. It is generally agreed that the most effective music for Wyatting is that of US avant-garde quasi-operatic vocalist Diamanda Galas. Other common choices include the most well known exponents of free-jazz, improv/noise music and euro-prog-metal, though the latter is chosen because it is considered naff, uncool and embarassing, not because it has the effect normally required of music regarded as good for Wyatting. As in "Some idiot's Wyatting, this is the second no-wave record in a row."
	3:17pm Kay: No comment on your show's selections. (By the way, I love Robert Wyatt.)
	3:20pm tonyc: As far as I'm concerned, all Wyatt-haters should be locked up, and perhaps even sterilized.
	3:22pm tonyc: Except for Ike, of course.

Tony Coulter: Playlist from January 31, 2012

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