WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 23, 2012

Listener comments!
	12:08am Holly in NC: Happy happy, Joe!
	♥ 12:09am Joe McG: Hey, Holly! The woman with the perfect name for the season.
	12:10am Lopez: this Sexopolis track is fantastic
	12:12am Looms: Hello there! Happy to be here.
	♥ 12:13am Joe McG: Hey, Lopez! Hey, Looms! Best to you!
	12:15am Holly in NC: I am a Dec baby. Was supposed to be Feb, and 'Heidi'. Oddly, people often call me Heidi. Much prefer Holly!
	12:17am sweet cheri: hey joe & holly seasons greetings and happy new year!!! great start,joe.
	♥ 12:19am Joe McG: @Holly: Better to arrive too early than too late! Santa baby!
	12:19am Uncle Michael: Happy to see the name of Piero Piccioni. Really, All I'm familiar with is the OST to Fumo di Londra.
	12:20am Lopez: Hello everybody, and yes this show is setting a great mood. Thanks Joe McG
	12:21am T-Zero: Was that a theremin or a musical saw?
	12:22am Looms: Sounded like a musical saw to me, TZ.
	♥ 12:23am Joe McG: @Lopez: Thanks! @T-Zero: Saw, I b'lieve!
	12:23am Holly in NC: Woa, I was listening to 3 suites earlier today. Great minds!
	12:23am sweet cheri: joe, holly do you celebrate the holidays?
	12:25am T-Zero: Me too, Looms, wasn't sure though. Joe McG! Looms :D Happy holidays.
	12:25am G: My, quite the crosstalk party here already! Back to final presleep prep for 6:45AM ignition key insertion :(
	12:26am Holly in NC: Cheri, every day is a Hollyday ;-)
	12:26am Looms: Thanks TZ! Back to you!
	12:27am KP: Hello from no. Va.
	12:27am Richard D.: @Holly: Good answer!!!
	♥ 12:27am Joe McG: @Holly: Big :)!
	12:29am KP: Was just watching Charlie is my Darling. Fantastic but did not see whole thing in case someone wants to get it for me.
	12:31am T-Zero: Holly, just stay jolly and don't deck Hall. (ok. that was lame, I admit. Never was much of a wit)
	12:31am sweet cheri: joe & holly i hope you get everything you want for christmas.
	♥ 12:33am Joe McG: @Holly: Be glad your names rhymes with "jolly" instead of "fiasco."
	12:37am Destroit: Hello everyone. Glad to be here.
	12:40am Droll: I had to go to an online rhyming dictionary to find anything that rhymed with "fiasco": Commando, Avocado, sourdough... Pretty slim pickins.
	12:44am Holly in NC: @droll - Ono? Burl Ives made my early adolescence a living hell. OK, not really, but still.
	12:45am sweet cheri: joe, i'm here too,,i know i may be boring but don't i count as a commenteer?
	12:46am Lopez: Best Fleetwood Mac cover I've ever heard!
	♥ 12:46am Joe McG: @Droll: I like avocado! Nice one! @cheri: Thanks for the compliments, I hope you have a nice holiday!
	12:46am fred von helsing: yeah excellent cover wow
	12:49am KP: Ryan Adams does a great Dreams. Live crowd going nuts.
	12:58am The Fat Man: cheri, you are the only commenter on the station that does nothing but embarrass the nice DJs by never doing anything except to appear and demand that they all answer the same pointless question every single show for a month at a time. -- lump of coal for you on my list, babee!
	1:01am fred von helsing: waiting for a friend to come aboard
	1:02am fred von helsing: cheri don't be shy we're all just bozos on this bus
	1:03am The Fat Man: dont be shy, just ask more than one thing and then badger people if they dont answer it yet again
	1:05am KP: Quick, a list of Dylan song titles that have nothing to do with the song.
	1:06am Lopez: I'm just digging these fine tunes and enjoying emptying out this late bottle of wine
	1:06am KP: Her mouth was watery AND wet.
	1:08am The Fat Man: Lindi O.: " her voice has been described as a blend of Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Emmylou Harris"
	♥ 1:10am Joe McG: @FatMan: I kinda like that gal!
	1:11am Matt from Springfield: Have a Holly (in NC) Jolly Christmas! Hi Joe! Hi Saturday night comment partiers!
	1:11am fred von helsing: never heard of the stanley bros but it woyks !
	1:12am T-Zero: Merry Christmas, Matt
	1:12am Matt from Springfield: Hi FvH! Hear the Stanley Bros more! They're great!
	1:13am Liis: Here i am!
	1:13am KP: Matt! This is KP in Alexandria!
	1:13am Matt from Springfield: Merry Christmas TZ, KP, Lopez, and the Fat Man himself!
	1:14am fred von helsing: where's the bluegress version of adeste fidelis ?
	1:14am The Fat Man: re Linidi, quoth the internet: "She has been described as "Toronto's best kept secret" and nicknamed "Indie Lindi".
	1:15am fred von helsing: liis has joined the conversation.
	1:16am G: Saddle Buddies, is that an early forebear of Brokeback Mt.? j/k
	1:16am Matt from Springfield: @FVH: You're looking at it! Grab your banjo, I'll grab mine! Anyone here play the mandolin??
	1:16am G: @fred: That's the liis of our problems.
	1:16am KP: The day Marty Robbins died.
	1:17am G: what, no pedal steel?
	1:17am KP: I have an acoustic bass guitar for just such occasions.
	1:18am fred von helsing: I have a bass no mandolin. But not having a mandolin is the Liis of my problems.
	1:18am Matt from Springfield: KP on King Penguin Street!--hello, shouting-distance listener! Hi Liis! Indeed you are! And G, howdy!
	1:18am KP: Dobro not pedal in bluegrass
	1:18am fred von helsing: @KP you mean a double bass, a stand-up ? or is there something else ?
	1:18am sweet cheri: if the the fat man is'nt nice he gets NO milk & cookies xmas eve
	1:19am KP: I almost am on king.
	1:19am G: Hey Matt (and all), best for the holidays. I'll be gone soon -- alarm at 6:00AM, key into ignition at 6:45...
	1:19am Liis: :D
	1:20am fred von helsing: Liis is shy
	1:20am Matt from Springfield: I used to play the viol--er, fiddle. I haven't played a mandolin but I know that the notes are the same as a violin's, but doubled up.
	1:20am The Fat Man: i give good advice, ignore it if you like. and i could go without more junk food. my scale groans when i come down the hall toward the bathroom.
	1:20am Lopez: Hello and glad tidings to all who are recent arrivals. This has been one heck of a second set so far; keeping me from getting some shut-eye
	1:21am Droll: Fred, There's the tub with stick and string they play in that style when there's no upright/double bass. I don't know what it's called.
	1:22am fred von helsing: shuteye? it's 820 in hellsinki and the sun is trying hard to climb the horizon
	1:22am Holly in NC: Hi Matt! Joe, loved the Marty Robbins. Will be quiet for a bit as when reaching for my FM cover cd spilled ~20 oz cold h2o all over myself, my pillows, my comforter, my evening's reading material...so regrouping is taking a while & I'm quite chilly. erf.
	1:22am Matt from Springfield: "Cut My Friend Down"!! I loved this the first time I heard it--Mr. Schaubroeck is due for a revival.
	1:24am fred von helsing: @droll jeez I have no idea either
	1:24am Matt from Springfield: @Droll: It's called: Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas! "Ain't No Hole In The Washtub"! Hi Holly! Sounds rough, hope you can get dried and settled before bedtime.
	1:24am Liis: and i can do it Fred!
	♥ 1:26am Joe McG: @Holly: Oh, no! Figurative towel sent your way... @Matt: Hey, Matt! Yes, this is the most downbeat Xmas song of all time!
	1:26am fred von helsing: oh baby I am so proud
	1:26am Holly in NC: @matt - LOVE Emmitt Otter!
	1:27am Looms: Is it the CD skipping or my connection going mad?
	1:27am fred von helsing: LIIS now what do you think of bluegrass
	1:27am Droll: Holly needs a 20oz sippy cup. I think they're called "Sports Bottles".
	1:28am T-Zero: @Looms, I wasn't sure if it was skipping or supposed to sound like that
	♥ 1:28am Joe McG: @Looms: Yep, got a skipper from the FMU library. Luckily, I had my copy of "The Future Is Unwritten" handy...
	1:30am Liis: i have to say i have allways loved it. sadly estonians doesnt do that kind of music much... they should
	1:31am Looms: That reminds me that I enjoyed Global A Gogo when it came out. Will clean the dust from my copy later, thanks!
	1:31am David Knight: Acknowledging Strummer's passing...sweet.
	1:32am fred von helsing: is there any kind of folk festival in eesti. there has to be.
	1:32am Looms: A film about Joe Strummer?!?
	1:33am Holly in NC: @droll, oh, have 3 of those - 1 in car, 2 in sink. What's horrible is that I NEVER keep open drinkware near bed after that spider-drinking experience, but spiders are dead/sleeping/whatever they do when it's cold, so figured OK. Foegot about my inate klutziness.
	1:34am G: Here's some info about Joe Strummer's radio show: http://www.prx.org/series/27024-joe-strummer-s-london-calling
	1:34am Liis: ofcourse we have big folk festivals, but thats different..
	1:35am Matt from Springfield: DJ Julie has played Darkwave from Lithuania or Latvia, and a very strange and wonderful acoustic piece by Lau Nau from Finland--Eesti folk would go well after that.
	1:36am Matt from Springfield: Woooo! SF! The threatened 45s WILL transpire! :)
	1:36am G: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/joe-strummer-london-calling/id285877923 it says free; there seem to be other free strummer radio show sites
	1:37am Droll: Holly, Spider-drinking experience? Thanks, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyhow. Speaking of which, why is G still here? Ahhh, the "5 hours to go, how can I be late?" approach.
	1:37am fred von helsing: YEAH BABY
	♥ 1:37am Joe McG: @G: Excellent, thanks! Merry Clashmas to me!
	1:37am Looms: Thanks G.
	1:37am Holly in NC: Minnie!
	1:38am KP: Matt went to Arlington today to get a new iPhone. What do you think of it?
	1:38am fred von helsing: But Julie knows everything :)
	1:38am G: yes, i sleep derive myself to make the empty 7AM Sunday road a little more of a surreal experience. caffeine and nicotine will help too
	1:39am KP: This is Rotary Connection?
	1:39am Holly in NC: @droll - to paraphrase Katy Perry, I swallowed a spider and I did NOT like it. Never, ever, ever drink out of an opem cup in the dark!!!!!!!
	1:39am Looms: Got it, "The Future Is Unwritten". Completly missed it :(
	1:40am G: i'll log off after my cloud file backup is done in a bit. i swear.
	♥ 1:40am Joe McG: @KP: Yep! It's the single from their Xmas LP, "Peace." A classic!
	♥ 1:40am Joe McG: @Looms: Check it out, it's a really good film.
	1:40am G: Thanks g-d it wasnt a Honking Palmetto Bug
	1:41am Matt from Springfield: @KP: Arlington is good for bars on the weekends and some restaurants--also dense and hard to drive around/park in.
	1:41am sweet cheri: joe you're off to a great start on the christmas single file,, i'm loving it!! merry christmas joe!
	1:41am Looms: @Joe McG: be sure I will.
	1:42am fred von helsing: I think WFMU has more bizarre Christmas music than everyone else combined ('cept maybe soma.fm)
	1:43am Droll: Holly, Message received loud and clear. I'm mentally archiving that next to the Texan who told me to always, always, always shake out your boots before putting them on.
	1:43am fred von helsing: oh BARF
	1:44am KP: It had nice little area where the apple store was. I wanted to hit dc but Mrs. KP was not up for if and she was buying.
	1:44am Holly in NC: @G indeed. In fact, you just put tonight in perspective - thank you very much, really!
	1:45am KP: I enjoy every fmu Christmas.
	1:46am G: as I sometimes say, there's no end the good you can do, as long as you accept that you'll never realize when you're doing it :)
	1:46am Holly in NC: @fred - exactly. Yes.
	1:47am fred von helsing: is he saying "Mud" or "(BRAAAP)"
	1:47am sweet cheri: kp,,i do as well!! it's fun.
	1:47am Matt from Springfield: @Droll: Same way in the Amazon and remote African areas--never put your shoes on before looking into them!
	1:48am Looms: This is excellent!
	1:48am fred von helsing: ROCK!
	1:49am Matt from Springfield: Long live WFMU Xmas!
	1:50am Holly in NC: Joe, I beyond adore the Celibate Rifles, so underappteciated, thank you for playing
	1:51am KP: That's right, Cheri. And sometimes these hard bitten cynical bereted Djs get a little emotional. sometimes.
	♥ 1:51am Joe McG: @Holly: Australia's finest!
	1:51am sweet cheri: well joe & holly, going to bed now,sorry joe =( happy hollydays
	1:52am KP: Fight the war on WMU Christmas!
	1:53am G: Holy crapola, a Jimmy Castor Bunch xmas 45!!!!
	1:53am KP: Cheri, sweet dreams and have a wonderful Christmas if I don't see ya.
	1:53am fred von helsing: This song makes me have to take a giant crap. It's just that kind of song.
	♥ 1:54am Joe McG: @G: With SNL-style sax solo and all!
	1:54am G: an artefact of its era...
	1:55am sweet cheri: thank you kp i hope you do too!
	1:55am fred von helsing: @G Yes!
	1:55am G: Just think, in 40 years someone will be saying -- holy crap, remember AUTOTUNE?!?!?!?!
	1:56am Lopez: Absolutely SNL style sax! Such great 70s ambrosial schlock
	1:56am sweet cheri: happy new year to all!!!
	1:56am Holly in NC: Good grief! Anothet unerappteciated wonderfyl artist, Joe, you rock. BTW y,all can dl a Spanish language version of 'Bertha Butt Boogie' from Oliver Wang @ Soulsides, if you're interested....
	1:57am Matt from Springfield: W00t! "Stop The Cavalry"! Gotta include a Stiff in this bunch! :)
	1:58am sweet cheri: see you soon holly
	1:58am Holly in NC: Apparently hypothermia kills spelling brain cells, sorry
	1:58am KP: Jona Lewie! This is awesome
	♥ 1:58am Joe McG: @Holly: I'm very interested! Send me a link!
	2:00am KP: Matt im going to that new waterfront area where they have concerts. Anything over there?
	2:00am Holly in NC: Joe, will do in am, still have trouble navigating phone (obviously)
	♥ 2:02am Joe McG: @Holly: Thanks, Holly. I know you're dealing with a flood situation right now.
	2:02am sweet cheri: ohh kp & holly i really hope you get everything you want for christmas!
	2:02am G: Mary Margaret O'Hara, like Lindi from Toronto. She put out a whole Xmas EP in 91.
	2:03am T-Zero: G'night! Happy holidays all...
	2:03am KP: I already got anew iPhone! Beyond that I can only hope for more important things. Thanks, Cheri.
	2:04am KP: See ya T!
	2:04am Droll: G, Autotune is here to stay, along with sampling, drum machines, etc. In 40 years musicians won't need to practice at all. You won't even recognize it.
	2:05am Liis: fred is an evil scientist, be careful
	2:05am Matt from Springfield: YO - KO! YO - KO! @KP: By the Torpedo Factory? Or somewhere else? There's generally a lot of good places by the Alexandria waterfront.
	2:06am Matt from Springfield: Have a great holiday, TZ!
	2:06am slugluv1313: aw, always loved this Yoko :)
	2:08am KP: Torpedo factory is cool. But this across harbor where they have fairly big and crappy concerts,
	2:08am G: @Droll: I'd guess that yes, electronic music making will be even way huger than now, but Autotune will be "warm" sounding nostalgia, like 80s computer effects seem to many people now. Someone on an FMU stream will be curating a show of autotone artistry done in that oldskool early-century way...
	2:08am Holly in NC: Never mind, I got my cold lazy butt out of bed, here's link: http://soul-sides.com/2012/12/in-the-jungle-babe/ Look for Orquesta Casino: El Boogie De Bertha
	2:09am KP: Yeah I'll hit torpedo factory area too. Real nice here.
	2:10am G: I'll be on the Alexandria waterfront on the 24th, if I can just see this backup end so I can get to bed...
	2:13am Richard from Venezuela: Greetings Joe and all the listeners.
	2:13am sweet cheri: holly i hope you have a great christmas and a wonderful new year.
	2:15am The Fat Man: Who let Hallmark Cards in here? :)
	♥ 2:17am Joe McG: Thanks, Holly! Hey, Richard, welcome!
	2:18am Holly in NC: Best to you also, Cheri (and everyone else in the Surface Noise family)
	2:19am Droll: G, I hope you're wrong. I think that sort of signature overkill is rejected over time and not every fad is remembered after 40 years. Autotune is likely to be remembered like crooning is thought of today: a way to sound silly and dated. Volume wars (Wall-to-wall limiting) will also be remembered without affection as the sound of the early 21st century. I doubt collectors will archive the 297 overloads-per-second MP3s for the sound.
	2:20am Matt from Springfield: I've got a somewhat early start tomorrow, so off to bed now! Thanks Joe for an excellent Christmas show! And since this is the last live playlist I expect to have fun on for the next days, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a happy and safe holiday time! Enjoy yourselves in Alexandria VA, KP and G!
	♥ 2:21am Joe McG: Have a great holiday, Matt!
	2:21am Looms: I confess I'd be happy to come abroad and attend the Arrington de Dionyso WFMU support gig if I had the money (and the visa). Will we Europeans enjoy it live online?
	2:21am Holly in NC: I like this, new to me, but sounds old, yes?
	2:22am G: Here's the thing. It's part of cultural history, and with the passage of time people therefore tend to just let it be what it was rather than rooting against it, as we are likely to do in our current context. When a given world series or super bowl is over, people just let it be what it was, and don't bother rooting for something that can't be changed any more.
	♥ 2:23am Joe McG: @Looms: No, I'm sorry, we're not broadcasting it. We want people to come out and buy tickets! We may record it and broadcast it later, though. I hope we do.
	2:24am Matt from Springfield: You as well, Joe! Good night!
	2:24am Looms: I hear you, Joe.
	2:25am sweet cheri: joe, i'll see you in 2013 also that was a great christmas set!!
	♥ 2:26am Joe McG: Thanks, Cheri, good night now.
	2:37am Brian in UK: Seasons greetings Master McGasko. Sneeking that Anne Briggs into class agsin.
	♥ 2:38am Joe McG: Man, I'd take Anne Briggs anywhere she wanted to go. Hi, Brian!
	2:44am Brian in UK: You don't get many Pickwick records on this station. Looks like a belting mix. Have a fab Christmas one & all whoevers left standing.
	2:46am Looms: You mean still standing, Brian? ;) Happy Christmas back to you!
	♥ 2:46am Joe McG: @Brian: I killed 'em all off with that morose British folk rock set. No offense!
	2:46am Droll: I'm glad I stayed up for Medicine! Thanks for (my) wonderful closer.
	♥ 2:48am Joe McG: No problem, Droll. Thanks for dropping in and happy holidays to you!
	2:50am Brian in UK: @Looms I need a Frenchman to correct my English. Thanks Looms. Good times.
	2:52am Brian in UK: Joe we are smiling inwardly. Ha ha.
	2:54am Looms: Official statement: I listened to Joe's whole show live for the time in my life! And I loved it. Happy Chrismas! @Brian: you're too kind, you know how I'm able to hurt your mothertongue, Sir!
	2:58am amEdeo: Happy Holidays Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 23, 2012

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Piero Piccioni	Sognando la Tua Voce	Another Reel World: Charlie Lewis' 2012 Marathon Premium	WFMU	2012	CD-R		*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jean-Pierre Mirouze	Sexopolis "Sexopolis" by "Jean-Pierre Mirouze"	Le Mariage Collectif Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Born Bad	2012	CD	From 1971	*	0:05:55 (Pop-up)
Alessandro Alessandroni	Personale	Prisma Sonoro	Roundtable/The Omni Recording Corporation	2012	LP	From 1972	*	0:10:38 (Pop-up)
Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits	Enchanted Farm	Gift From Noahlewis' Mahlon Taits	Em	2012	LP		*	0:13:54 (Pop-up)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	Sweet Plum Cherry	The Nutcracker Suite	Columbia	1960	LP			0:18:14 (Pop-up)
Dom Bédos de Celles	Balbastre's "Romance"	Pictures of Sound: One Thousand Years of Educed Audio 980-1980	Dust-to-Digital	2012	CD		*	0:21:35 (Pop-up)
Douglas Leedy	The Coventry Carol "The Coventry Carol" by "Douglas Leedy"	A Very Merry Electric Christmas to You!	Capitol	1969	LP			0:23:58 (Pop-up)
Altres	Rise "Rise" by "Altres"	Archives	Dark Entries	2012	LP	From 1984	*	0:28:44 (Pop-up)
Sy Mann	Christmas Bells "Christmas Bells" by "Sy Mann"	Switched On Santa! The Merriest Moog Synthesizer Plays Christmas Favorites	Pickwick	1969	LP			0:32:47 (Pop-up)

Pure Bathing Culture	Dreams "Dreams" by "Pure Bathing Culture"	Rumours Revisited	MOJO	2012	CD		*	0:41:54 (Pop-up)
Belle and Sebastian	Winter Wooskie	Legal Man	Jeepster	2000	CD			0:46:23 (Pop-up)
Stevie Jackson	Santa Claus "Santa Claus" by "Stevie Jackson"	WFMU's War on Christmas	WFMU	2012	CD-R		*	0:49:04 (Pop-up)
The School	Kiss You in the Snow "Kiss You in the Snow" by "The School"	Yo También Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Elefant Spain	2009	CD			0:51:15 (Pop-up)
The Jam	Shopping "Shopping" by "The Jam"	The Gift - Deluxe Edition	Polydor/Universal	2012	CD	From 1982	*	0:53:31 (Pop-up)
Silvana Kane	Duerme Negrito "Duerme Negrito" by "Silvana Kane"	La Jardinera	Six Degrees	2012	CD		*	0:56:48 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan	I Don't Believe You "I Don't Believe You" by "Bob Dylan"	Another Side of Bob Dylan	Columbia	1990	CD	From 1964		0:59:40 (Pop-up)
Lindi Ortega	The Day You Die "The Day You Die" by "Lindi Ortega"	Cigarettes & Truckstops	Last Gang	2012	CD		*	1:03:38 (Pop-up)
The Stanley Brothers	Christmas Time Is Near	Bluegrass Country Christmas	Gusto	1975	LP	From 1958		1:06:43 (Pop-up)
Marty Robbins	One of You (In Every Size)	Hillbilly Holiday	Rhino	1988	LP	From 1967		1:08:57 (Pop-up)
Jesse Rogers with the Saddle Buddies	Red, White, and Blue Christmas		MGM	1952	78			1:11:14 (Pop-up)
Andy Roberts	Elaine "Elaine" by "Andy Roberts"	Urban Cowboy	Fledg'ling	2012	CD	From 1973	*	1:14:07 (Pop-up)
Armand Schaubroeck	Cut My Friend Down	Alot of People Want to See Armand Schaubroeck...Dead	Mirror	1975	LP			1:17:57 (Pop-up)
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros	Johnny Appleseed	Global a Go-Go	Hellcat	2001	CD			1:24:05 (Pop-up)

Single File Christmas-style this week "Single File Christmas-style this week"
Rotary Connection	Silent Night Chant		Cadet Concept	1968	45			1:33:33 (Pop-up)
Singing Francine	Christmas in the West Indies		Straker's	early 70s?	45			1:36:20 (Pop-up)
Johnny Tillotson	Christmas Country Style		MGM	1964	45			1:39:51 (Pop-up)
Hilly Kristal	Mud "Mud" by "Hilly Kristal"		CGBG & OMFUG	1976	45			1:41:54 (Pop-up)
The Celibate Rifles	Merry Xmas Blues		Black	1986	45	"Away from the Pulsebeat" freebie		1:44:57 (Pop-up)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch	Merry Christmas		Atlantic	1975	45			1:48:40 (Pop-up)
Jona Lewie	Stop the Calvary "Stop the Calvary" by "Jona Lewie"		Stiff	1980	45			1:53:32 (Pop-up)
Mary Margaret O'Hara	Christmas Evermore		Virgin	1991	7"			1:56:29 (Pop-up)
Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band	Listen the Snow Is Falling		Apple	1971	45			2:00:38 (Pop-up)

Steve Ashley	Fire and Wine "Fire and Wine" by "Steve Ashley"	Stroll On	Gull	1975	LP			2:14:23 (Pop-up)
The Pentangle	The Snows "The Snows" by "The Pentangle"	Solomon's Seal	Reprise	1972	LP			2:18:31 (Pop-up)
Anne Briggs	The Snow It Melts the Soonest	A Collection	Topic	1999	CD			2:22:31 (Pop-up)
Rick Hayward	Greensleeves (Sort Of)	Rick Hayward	Sunbeam	2007	CD	From 1971		2:24:33 (Pop-up)
Shirley Collins and Davy Graham	The Cherry Tree Carol	Folk Roots, New Routes	Topic	1999	CD	From 1964		2:26:51 (Pop-up)
Ralph McTell	All Things Change "All Things Change" by "Ralph McTell"	My Side of Your Window	Transatlantic	1969	LP			2:30:30 (Pop-up)
Weehawkwind	Christmas Heat "Christmas Heat" by "Weehawkwind"	WFMU's War on Christmas	WFMU	2012	CD-R		*	2:33:28 (Pop-up)
Medicine	Christmas Song "Christmas Song" by "Medicine"	Shot Forth Self Living	Captured Tracks	2012	CD	From 1992	*	2:39:16 (Pop-up)
John Simon	Joy to the World "Joy to the World" by "John Simon"	Journey	Warner Bros	1973	LP			2:48:00 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:08am Holly in NC: Happy happy, Joe!
	♥ 12:09am Joe McG: Hey, Holly! The woman with the perfect name for the season.
	12:10am Lopez: this Sexopolis track is fantastic
	12:12am Looms: Hello there! Happy to be here.
	♥ 12:13am Joe McG: Hey, Lopez! Hey, Looms! Best to you!
	12:15am Holly in NC: I am a Dec baby. Was supposed to be Feb, and 'Heidi'. Oddly, people often call me Heidi. Much prefer Holly!
	12:17am sweet cheri: hey joe & holly seasons greetings and happy new year!!! great start,joe.
	♥ 12:19am Joe McG: @Holly: Better to arrive too early than too late! Santa baby!
	12:19am Uncle Michael: Happy to see the name of Piero Piccioni. Really, All I'm familiar with is the OST to Fumo di Londra.
	12:20am Lopez: Hello everybody, and yes this show is setting a great mood. Thanks Joe McG
	12:21am T-Zero: Was that a theremin or a musical saw?
	12:22am Looms: Sounded like a musical saw to me, TZ.
	♥ 12:23am Joe McG: @Lopez: Thanks! @T-Zero: Saw, I b'lieve!
	12:23am Holly in NC: Woa, I was listening to 3 suites earlier today. Great minds!
	12:23am sweet cheri: joe, holly do you celebrate the holidays?
	12:25am T-Zero: Me too, Looms, wasn't sure though. Joe McG! Looms :D Happy holidays.
	12:25am G: My, quite the crosstalk party here already! Back to final presleep prep for 6:45AM ignition key insertion :(
	12:26am Holly in NC: Cheri, every day is a Hollyday ;-)
	12:26am Looms: Thanks TZ! Back to you!
	12:27am KP: Hello from no. Va.
	12:27am Richard D.: @Holly: Good answer!!!
	♥ 12:27am Joe McG: @Holly: Big :)!
	12:29am KP: Was just watching Charlie is my Darling. Fantastic but did not see whole thing in case someone wants to get it for me.
	12:31am T-Zero: Holly, just stay jolly and don't deck Hall. (ok. that was lame, I admit. Never was much of a wit)
	12:31am sweet cheri: joe & holly i hope you get everything you want for christmas.
	♥ 12:33am Joe McG: @Holly: Be glad your names rhymes with "jolly" instead of "fiasco."
	12:37am Destroit: Hello everyone. Glad to be here.
	12:40am Droll: I had to go to an online rhyming dictionary to find anything that rhymed with "fiasco": Commando, Avocado, sourdough... Pretty slim pickins.
	12:44am Holly in NC: @droll - Ono? Burl Ives made my early adolescence a living hell. OK, not really, but still.
	12:45am sweet cheri: joe, i'm here too,,i know i may be boring but don't i count as a commenteer?
	12:46am Lopez: Best Fleetwood Mac cover I've ever heard!
	♥ 12:46am Joe McG: @Droll: I like avocado! Nice one! @cheri: Thanks for the compliments, I hope you have a nice holiday!
	12:46am fred von helsing: yeah excellent cover wow
	12:49am KP: Ryan Adams does a great Dreams. Live crowd going nuts.
	12:58am The Fat Man: cheri, you are the only commenter on the station that does nothing but embarrass the nice DJs by never doing anything except to appear and demand that they all answer the same pointless question every single show for a month at a time. -- lump of coal for you on my list, babee!
	1:01am fred von helsing: waiting for a friend to come aboard
	1:02am fred von helsing: cheri don't be shy we're all just bozos on this bus
	1:03am The Fat Man: dont be shy, just ask more than one thing and then badger people if they dont answer it yet again
	1:05am KP: Quick, a list of Dylan song titles that have nothing to do with the song.
	1:06am Lopez: I'm just digging these fine tunes and enjoying emptying out this late bottle of wine
	1:06am KP: Her mouth was watery AND wet.
	1:08am The Fat Man: Lindi O.: " her voice has been described as a blend of Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Emmylou Harris"
	♥ 1:10am Joe McG: @FatMan: I kinda like that gal!
	1:11am Matt from Springfield: Have a Holly (in NC) Jolly Christmas! Hi Joe! Hi Saturday night comment partiers!
	1:11am fred von helsing: never heard of the stanley bros but it woyks !
	1:12am T-Zero: Merry Christmas, Matt
	1:12am Matt from Springfield: Hi FvH! Hear the Stanley Bros more! They're great!
	1:13am Liis: Here i am!
	1:13am KP: Matt! This is KP in Alexandria!
	1:13am Matt from Springfield: Merry Christmas TZ, KP, Lopez, and the Fat Man himself!
	1:14am fred von helsing: where's the bluegress version of adeste fidelis ?
	1:14am The Fat Man: re Linidi, quoth the internet: "She has been described as "Toronto's best kept secret" and nicknamed "Indie Lindi".
	1:15am fred von helsing: liis has joined the conversation.
	1:16am G: Saddle Buddies, is that an early forebear of Brokeback Mt.? j/k
	1:16am Matt from Springfield: @FVH: You're looking at it! Grab your banjo, I'll grab mine! Anyone here play the mandolin??
	1:16am G: @fred: That's the liis of our problems.
	1:16am KP: The day Marty Robbins died.
	1:17am G: what, no pedal steel?
	1:17am KP: I have an acoustic bass guitar for just such occasions.
	1:18am fred von helsing: I have a bass no mandolin. But not having a mandolin is the Liis of my problems.
	1:18am Matt from Springfield: KP on King Penguin Street!--hello, shouting-distance listener! Hi Liis! Indeed you are! And G, howdy!
	1:18am KP: Dobro not pedal in bluegrass
	1:18am fred von helsing: @KP you mean a double bass, a stand-up ? or is there something else ?
	1:18am sweet cheri: if the the fat man is'nt nice he gets NO milk & cookies xmas eve
	1:19am KP: I almost am on king.
	1:19am G: Hey Matt (and all), best for the holidays. I'll be gone soon -- alarm at 6:00AM, key into ignition at 6:45...
	1:19am Liis: :D
	1:20am fred von helsing: Liis is shy
	1:20am Matt from Springfield: I used to play the viol--er, fiddle. I haven't played a mandolin but I know that the notes are the same as a violin's, but doubled up.
	1:20am The Fat Man: i give good advice, ignore it if you like. and i could go without more junk food. my scale groans when i come down the hall toward the bathroom.
	1:20am Lopez: Hello and glad tidings to all who are recent arrivals. This has been one heck of a second set so far; keeping me from getting some shut-eye
	1:21am Droll: Fred, There's the tub with stick and string they play in that style when there's no upright/double bass. I don't know what it's called.
	1:22am fred von helsing: shuteye? it's 820 in hellsinki and the sun is trying hard to climb the horizon
	1:22am Holly in NC: Hi Matt! Joe, loved the Marty Robbins. Will be quiet for a bit as when reaching for my FM cover cd spilled ~20 oz cold h2o all over myself, my pillows, my comforter, my evening's reading material...so regrouping is taking a while & I'm quite chilly. erf.
	1:22am Matt from Springfield: "Cut My Friend Down"!! I loved this the first time I heard it--Mr. Schaubroeck is due for a revival.
	1:24am fred von helsing: @droll jeez I have no idea either
	1:24am Matt from Springfield: @Droll: It's called: Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas! "Ain't No Hole In The Washtub"! Hi Holly! Sounds rough, hope you can get dried and settled before bedtime.
	1:24am Liis: and i can do it Fred!
	♥ 1:26am Joe McG: @Holly: Oh, no! Figurative towel sent your way... @Matt: Hey, Matt! Yes, this is the most downbeat Xmas song of all time!
	1:26am fred von helsing: oh baby I am so proud
	1:26am Holly in NC: @matt - LOVE Emmitt Otter!
	1:27am Looms: Is it the CD skipping or my connection going mad?
	1:27am fred von helsing: LIIS now what do you think of bluegrass
	1:27am Droll: Holly needs a 20oz sippy cup. I think they're called "Sports Bottles".
	1:28am T-Zero: @Looms, I wasn't sure if it was skipping or supposed to sound like that
	♥ 1:28am Joe McG: @Looms: Yep, got a skipper from the FMU library. Luckily, I had my copy of "The Future Is Unwritten" handy...
	1:30am Liis: i have to say i have allways loved it. sadly estonians doesnt do that kind of music much... they should
	1:31am Looms: That reminds me that I enjoyed Global A Gogo when it came out. Will clean the dust from my copy later, thanks!
	1:31am David Knight: Acknowledging Strummer's passing...sweet.
	1:32am fred von helsing: is there any kind of folk festival in eesti. there has to be.
	1:32am Looms: A film about Joe Strummer?!?
	1:33am Holly in NC: @droll, oh, have 3 of those - 1 in car, 2 in sink. What's horrible is that I NEVER keep open drinkware near bed after that spider-drinking experience, but spiders are dead/sleeping/whatever they do when it's cold, so figured OK. Foegot about my inate klutziness.
	1:34am G: Here's some info about Joe Strummer's radio show: http://www.prx.org/series/27024-joe-strummer-s-london-calling
	1:34am Liis: ofcourse we have big folk festivals, but thats different..
	1:35am Matt from Springfield: DJ Julie has played Darkwave from Lithuania or Latvia, and a very strange and wonderful acoustic piece by Lau Nau from Finland--Eesti folk would go well after that.
	1:36am Matt from Springfield: Woooo! SF! The threatened 45s WILL transpire! :)
	1:36am G: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/joe-strummer-london-calling/id285877923 it says free; there seem to be other free strummer radio show sites
	1:37am Droll: Holly, Spider-drinking experience? Thanks, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyhow. Speaking of which, why is G still here? Ahhh, the "5 hours to go, how can I be late?" approach.
	1:37am fred von helsing: YEAH BABY
	♥ 1:37am Joe McG: @G: Excellent, thanks! Merry Clashmas to me!
	1:37am Looms: Thanks G.
	1:37am Holly in NC: Minnie!
	1:38am KP: Matt went to Arlington today to get a new iPhone. What do you think of it?
	1:38am fred von helsing: But Julie knows everything :)
	1:38am G: yes, i sleep derive myself to make the empty 7AM Sunday road a little more of a surreal experience. caffeine and nicotine will help too
	1:39am KP: This is Rotary Connection?
	1:39am Holly in NC: @droll - to paraphrase Katy Perry, I swallowed a spider and I did NOT like it. Never, ever, ever drink out of an opem cup in the dark!!!!!!!
	1:39am Looms: Got it, "The Future Is Unwritten". Completly missed it :(
	1:40am G: i'll log off after my cloud file backup is done in a bit. i swear.
	♥ 1:40am Joe McG: @KP: Yep! It's the single from their Xmas LP, "Peace." A classic!
	♥ 1:40am Joe McG: @Looms: Check it out, it's a really good film.
	1:40am G: Thanks g-d it wasnt a Honking Palmetto Bug
	1:41am Matt from Springfield: @KP: Arlington is good for bars on the weekends and some restaurants--also dense and hard to drive around/park in.
	1:41am sweet cheri: joe you're off to a great start on the christmas single file,, i'm loving it!! merry christmas joe!
	1:41am Looms: @Joe McG: be sure I will.
	1:42am fred von helsing: I think WFMU has more bizarre Christmas music than everyone else combined ('cept maybe soma.fm)
	1:43am Droll: Holly, Message received loud and clear. I'm mentally archiving that next to the Texan who told me to always, always, always shake out your boots before putting them on.
	1:43am fred von helsing: oh BARF
	1:44am KP: It had nice little area where the apple store was. I wanted to hit dc but Mrs. KP was not up for if and she was buying.
	1:44am Holly in NC: @G indeed. In fact, you just put tonight in perspective - thank you very much, really!
	1:45am KP: I enjoy every fmu Christmas.
	1:46am G: as I sometimes say, there's no end the good you can do, as long as you accept that you'll never realize when you're doing it :)
	1:46am Holly in NC: @fred - exactly. Yes.
	1:47am fred von helsing: is he saying "Mud" or "(BRAAAP)"
	1:47am sweet cheri: kp,,i do as well!! it's fun.
	1:47am Matt from Springfield: @Droll: Same way in the Amazon and remote African areas--never put your shoes on before looking into them!
	1:48am Looms: This is excellent!
	1:48am fred von helsing: ROCK!
	1:49am Matt from Springfield: Long live WFMU Xmas!
	1:50am Holly in NC: Joe, I beyond adore the Celibate Rifles, so underappteciated, thank you for playing
	1:51am KP: That's right, Cheri. And sometimes these hard bitten cynical bereted Djs get a little emotional. sometimes.
	♥ 1:51am Joe McG: @Holly: Australia's finest!
	1:51am sweet cheri: well joe & holly, going to bed now,sorry joe =( happy hollydays
	1:52am KP: Fight the war on WMU Christmas!
	1:53am G: Holy crapola, a Jimmy Castor Bunch xmas 45!!!!
	1:53am KP: Cheri, sweet dreams and have a wonderful Christmas if I don't see ya.
	1:53am fred von helsing: This song makes me have to take a giant crap. It's just that kind of song.
	♥ 1:54am Joe McG: @G: With SNL-style sax solo and all!
	1:54am G: an artefact of its era...
	1:55am sweet cheri: thank you kp i hope you do too!
	1:55am fred von helsing: @G Yes!
	1:55am G: Just think, in 40 years someone will be saying -- holy crap, remember AUTOTUNE?!?!?!?!
	1:56am Lopez: Absolutely SNL style sax! Such great 70s ambrosial schlock
	1:56am sweet cheri: happy new year to all!!!
	1:56am Holly in NC: Good grief! Anothet unerappteciated wonderfyl artist, Joe, you rock. BTW y,all can dl a Spanish language version of 'Bertha Butt Boogie' from Oliver Wang @ Soulsides, if you're interested....
	1:57am Matt from Springfield: W00t! "Stop The Cavalry"! Gotta include a Stiff in this bunch! :)
	1:58am sweet cheri: see you soon holly
	1:58am Holly in NC: Apparently hypothermia kills spelling brain cells, sorry
	1:58am KP: Jona Lewie! This is awesome
	♥ 1:58am Joe McG: @Holly: I'm very interested! Send me a link!
	2:00am KP: Matt im going to that new waterfront area where they have concerts. Anything over there?
	2:00am Holly in NC: Joe, will do in am, still have trouble navigating phone (obviously)
	♥ 2:02am Joe McG: @Holly: Thanks, Holly. I know you're dealing with a flood situation right now.
	2:02am sweet cheri: ohh kp & holly i really hope you get everything you want for christmas!
	2:02am G: Mary Margaret O'Hara, like Lindi from Toronto. She put out a whole Xmas EP in 91.
	2:03am T-Zero: G'night! Happy holidays all...
	2:03am KP: I already got anew iPhone! Beyond that I can only hope for more important things. Thanks, Cheri.
	2:04am KP: See ya T!
	2:04am Droll: G, Autotune is here to stay, along with sampling, drum machines, etc. In 40 years musicians won't need to practice at all. You won't even recognize it.
	2:05am Liis: fred is an evil scientist, be careful
	2:05am Matt from Springfield: YO - KO! YO - KO! @KP: By the Torpedo Factory? Or somewhere else? There's generally a lot of good places by the Alexandria waterfront.
	2:06am Matt from Springfield: Have a great holiday, TZ!
	2:06am slugluv1313: aw, always loved this Yoko :)
	2:08am KP: Torpedo factory is cool. But this across harbor where they have fairly big and crappy concerts,
	2:08am G: @Droll: I'd guess that yes, electronic music making will be even way huger than now, but Autotune will be "warm" sounding nostalgia, like 80s computer effects seem to many people now. Someone on an FMU stream will be curating a show of autotone artistry done in that oldskool early-century way...
	2:08am Holly in NC: Never mind, I got my cold lazy butt out of bed, here's link: http://soul-sides.com/2012/12/in-the-jungle-babe/ Look for Orquesta Casino: El Boogie De Bertha
	2:09am KP: Yeah I'll hit torpedo factory area too. Real nice here.
	2:10am G: I'll be on the Alexandria waterfront on the 24th, if I can just see this backup end so I can get to bed...
	2:13am Richard from Venezuela: Greetings Joe and all the listeners.
	2:13am sweet cheri: holly i hope you have a great christmas and a wonderful new year.
	2:15am The Fat Man: Who let Hallmark Cards in here? :)
	♥ 2:17am Joe McG: Thanks, Holly! Hey, Richard, welcome!
	2:18am Holly in NC: Best to you also, Cheri (and everyone else in the Surface Noise family)
	2:19am Droll: G, I hope you're wrong. I think that sort of signature overkill is rejected over time and not every fad is remembered after 40 years. Autotune is likely to be remembered like crooning is thought of today: a way to sound silly and dated. Volume wars (Wall-to-wall limiting) will also be remembered without affection as the sound of the early 21st century. I doubt collectors will archive the 297 overloads-per-second MP3s for the sound.
	2:20am Matt from Springfield: I've got a somewhat early start tomorrow, so off to bed now! Thanks Joe for an excellent Christmas show! And since this is the last live playlist I expect to have fun on for the next days, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a happy and safe holiday time! Enjoy yourselves in Alexandria VA, KP and G!
	♥ 2:21am Joe McG: Have a great holiday, Matt!
	2:21am Looms: I confess I'd be happy to come abroad and attend the Arrington de Dionyso WFMU support gig if I had the money (and the visa). Will we Europeans enjoy it live online?
	2:21am Holly in NC: I like this, new to me, but sounds old, yes?
	2:22am G: Here's the thing. It's part of cultural history, and with the passage of time people therefore tend to just let it be what it was rather than rooting against it, as we are likely to do in our current context. When a given world series or super bowl is over, people just let it be what it was, and don't bother rooting for something that can't be changed any more.
	♥ 2:23am Joe McG: @Looms: No, I'm sorry, we're not broadcasting it. We want people to come out and buy tickets! We may record it and broadcast it later, though. I hope we do.
	2:24am Matt from Springfield: You as well, Joe! Good night!
	2:24am Looms: I hear you, Joe.
	2:25am sweet cheri: joe, i'll see you in 2013 also that was a great christmas set!!
	♥ 2:26am Joe McG: Thanks, Cheri, good night now.
	2:37am Brian in UK: Seasons greetings Master McGasko. Sneeking that Anne Briggs into class agsin.
	♥ 2:38am Joe McG: Man, I'd take Anne Briggs anywhere she wanted to go. Hi, Brian!
	2:44am Brian in UK: You don't get many Pickwick records on this station. Looks like a belting mix. Have a fab Christmas one & all whoevers left standing.
	2:46am Looms: You mean still standing, Brian? ;) Happy Christmas back to you!
	♥ 2:46am Joe McG: @Brian: I killed 'em all off with that morose British folk rock set. No offense!
	2:46am Droll: I'm glad I stayed up for Medicine! Thanks for (my) wonderful closer.
	♥ 2:48am Joe McG: No problem, Droll. Thanks for dropping in and happy holidays to you!
	2:50am Brian in UK: @Looms I need a Frenchman to correct my English. Thanks Looms. Good times.
	2:52am Brian in UK: Joe we are smiling inwardly. Ha ha.
	2:54am Looms: Official statement: I listened to Joe's whole show live for the time in my life! And I loved it. Happy Chrismas! @Brian: you're too kind, you know how I'm able to hurt your mothertongue, Sir!
	2:58am amEdeo: Happy Holidays Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 23, 2012

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