WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 16, 2014

Listener comments!
	9:02am DCE: morning, Joe!
	9:03am Guido (Cologne): hi Joe!
	9:03am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe. Good morning.
	9:03am Dr. Goot: Guten Morgen!
	👻 9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: Boing boing...summing Cheri Pi, your gif was just playing.
	9:06am northguineahills: That Deford Bailey sounded a lot like Sonny Terry. Morning!
	9:11am David L.B. is RRN63: Hey! Joe! - I don't hafta werk - don't hafta go...
	9:12am Joe McG: G'mornin', everybody! Hope you're all feelin' salty.
	9:13am northguineahills: When I was in 5th grade chorus, I remember singing a lyric, "If you want to be my candy man, you got to be my salty dog". The context and meaning of those lyrics really seem different in hindsight.
	9:15am dale: unky dave macon sounds like bascom lamar lunsford. some un pc sounds from salty dog - i like it!
	👻 9:19am Ken From Hyde Park: Is this for real? "World's largest vinyl record visible from the air" - www.today.com...
	9:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - no one play ♪ the bloo az fine - as muh ♫ sodeeum caynine - how um ah ♭ this mornin' - jes fine ♩ & kazoo - ??... - banJoe tired muh commentin' - an' I gotta lettit go...
	9:22am Michele: Hi Joe!!!!
	9:22am dale: loved when r. crumb was on the antique phonograph hour - he was HORRIFIED that mac used vintage equipment.
	9:23am Sem Chumbo: This has it all, down to the saw. Old timey is good.
	👻 9:23am tim from champaign: Hey Joe and fellow McGaskovits!
	9:23am Joe McG: Hey, Michele!! @dale: I know! Wasn't that great?
	9:29am KP: Good morning, Joe
	9:32am braveness23: B23 here! Hello Joe and friends!
	9:34am northguineahills: Transmitter day is Friday.
	9:34am Guido (Cologne): No, tomorrow is transmitter work!
	9:34am Meghan: I hear you loud and clear in my car!
	9:34am Skirkie: I can hear you on the radio. Watch your language still.
	9:35am cee dubbles: i hear you on 91.1 fm static here in downtown JC
	9:36am monodons: Good afternoon from Blightey
	9:36am dale: never hear smiths anymore.
	9:36am SeanG: NICE
	👻 9:37am tim from champaign: I love the Smiths. Johnny Marr is one of the greatest unsung guitar heroes.
	9:37am braveness23: This is the first time I have ever heard Morrissey's voice on WFMU.
	9:37am Roberto: Roberto hates not.
	9:37am Fernando M P: I was hoping for some synthpop, but The Smiths is almost there.
	9:37am braveness23: I'm just finishing up his autobiography. What a cry baby. I love him though
	9:37am Joe McG: Thanks for the update, folks! Glad some of you aren't Smiths haters.
	9:38am Marcel M: Its a love hate thing for me
	9:38am dale: last month or two of johnny carson he had morrisey as musical guest. he and bill cosby acted so excited, but they kept calling him 'MORE-see'
	9:39am Alessia: It's rather Morrisey hating us.
	9:39am monodons: Got his autobiography for xmas, still can't bring myself to open it. Has anyone read it?
	9:39am KP: If you find you like the Smiths you might appreciate Echo
	9:40am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah - it's popular to bash them - but several great tracks...
	9:41am Joe McG: I try to separate the artist from the art as much as I can since the artists as people are often so disappointing.
	9:41am ach: Jangly guitar in this reminds me of one Slovak indie song www.youtube.com...
	9:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Art is better than Life - which is why we have it & I'm sitting staring @ this screen all the time...
	9:43am braveness23: @monodons I'm nearly done with his autobiography. Parts of it were great and some are kind of dull. Listening to Morrissey talk about his youth in a writing style that I can only describe as pure Morrissey was really interesting to me. Reading about his discovery of music, especially glam was exciting. Reading about his court case being sued by Joyce was painfully dull .
	9:44am northguineahills: Hey, I actually really like the Smiths. I was wearing a Smiths shirt when I had my bike accident 10 years ago. Tore it to shreds and left some gnarly blood stains. Kept it as a badge of honor until my gf made get rid of it.
	9:44am Joe McG: Thanks, ach, sounds good!
	9:44am monodons: @Braveness23 Ha! What are his glam influences?
	9:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mo was Pres. of the NYDolls fanclub right?
	9:46am Joe McG: @RR: Yes, he was! Whenever he talks about his musical loves, he does seem to glow, brav23.
	9:46am braveness23: One thing for sure, if I had become a successful musician I would have wanted to be like Morrissey - either LOVED or DESPISED with very little in between.
	9:47am Guido (Cologne): Smiths, Woodentops, Atztec Camera ... ... that's when Rhough Trade went petty pop ... (stone me if you want) ... ... OK, not everything must be for me .... mayby my perception is because there was too much of that at the time and almost no escape ... I don't damn prettyness in general.
	9:47am LovecraftDude888: yep Morrisey major NY Dolls fanatic fan #1 basically. helped get the reunion thing going, too, or hosted it the first one at ATP fest, or something. He was into all that music, of course, and so was Marr I'm assuming, what those two guys bonded over. I might read Mozzers book... I haven't been a major fan for years but I was in HS and such, major Smiths nut then.
	👻 9:47am tim from champaign: That's a great story, ngh. Were you on Duane's show yesterday when I mentioned my latest bike escapade?
	9:48am braveness23: Moz was turned on by NY Dolls, Ramones, T. Rex, David Bowie, Patty Smith, Righteous Bros, Velvet Underground...
	9:49am northguineahills: I missed Duane's show yesterday as I've gone 5 weeks missing Amanda's show. D'oh!
	9:50am northguineahills: Wait, St Etienne put an album out in 2005? I thought they threw the towel in the 90s?
	👻 9:50am tim from champaign: Well, ngh, I was riding my bike in fresh snow on new years day, took a spill and broke my leg in 2 places.
	9:51am Joe McG: @ngh: As far as I know, they still exist!
	👻 9:51am Ken From Hyde Park: Right around this date in 1994 was the coldest day I rode bike to work (about 6 miles). It was 12° F. I remember I had to go slower than usual because faster would mean breathing harder and my nose would freeze up inside.
	9:51am dale: any ed kuepper or saints fans here?
	9:51am DCE: geez, TfC, bad break...um...sorry
	9:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - geez tim ! Happy Healing !
	9:52am LovecraftDude888: I'm a St. Etienne fan for sure I own that double best of CD somewhere here. They took a break and then did a new LP in 2005 or so...haven't heard much of it
	9:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: dale - what is good Saints beyond 1st album ?
	9:53am LovecraftDude888: sorry 2010!
	9:53am earrie: Yeah, yikes, Tim. Riding in snow is fun until you fall.
	9:54am Joe McG: They've also been doing music comps. Have you heard "Songs for the Duck and Dog"? There's a new one we don't have yet called "Music for a Central Park Picnic." Of course their taste is exquisite.
	9:55am dale: i don't really know much other than a few songs - have an ed kuepper 'best of' that has some good stuff.
	9:55am dale: hearing smiths made me think of it. no idea why.
	9:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Beatles toured w/ - prob. opened for - Helen Shapiro in early days...
	👻 9:57am tim from champaign: Exactly, earrie. Thanks DCE and RRN. @Ken from Hyde Park - to this day I remember how brutal Jan and Feb of 1994 were. And I'm a winter person.
	👻 9:59am tim from champaign: @RRN - The 2nd Saints album "Eternally Yours" is as solid as (I'm) Stranded. So good.
	9:59am Guido (Cologne): Beatles were support-band for Helen Shapiro in Scandinavia just as Please please me hit, then in the middle of the tour it was vica-versa. Intersting voice by the way ... and .. yey. dig the The Sapphires !
	10:00am Chop Scott: JOE! Greetings from snowy Indiana--UGH!
	10:01am Joe McG: Chop Scott! Great seeing you the other day! Don't get lost in the rolling hills of Indiana.
	10:01am northguineahills: Holy jeepers time! that royally sucks. Glad you're otherwise ok. I've been ok except for last winter, when I made a complete stop in a pot hole (saw it, braked, came to a complete stop), and fell on my face. Alcohol probably kept me from extending my hands in a timely matter. The accident 10 years ago, was quite a bit worse, mostly head and jaw trauma (while wearing a helmet). Hope you can get around otherwise while you heal. Hope it's a quick heal!
	10:02am f in macc: " This Perfect Day " , absolutely top Saints track
	10:02am Chop Scott: It's pretty damn flat here, my friend!
	10:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - great set ! ...Watched 'American Masters' '1964' last night ; thot 'what more could there be to say' - but that was my 1st year in the world & - Beatles; even now was pounding my armrest over some of the Civil Rights stuff...
	10:03am Joe McG: @CS: And snow buries all!
	10:03am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& it's relevant how Goldwater started contempo. Republicanism...
	10:05am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...'American Experience' I mean...
	10:07am Sem Chumbo: @REVRAB: you mean re: Goldwater, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice?"
	10:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah - & Mississippi & Berkley - it really did all happen in one year...
	10:08am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Tuning in to Wall of Voodoo. Thank you Joe!
	10:08am Greg from Bloomfield: Wall Of Voodoo had a SECOND song?!
	👻 10:09am tim from champaign: @ngh - I'm getting around pretty good with a walker. I'm able to take care of most things at this point (bathing, getting food, etc). I've sworn off riding after beersies. I've also sworn off beersies for a long, long time.
	10:10am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Berkeley - lotsa 'e's...anyhow...
	10:10am Marcel M: Celtic Frost shoulda covered this one too
	10:11am Cheri Pi: This is unacceptable to be tuning iin so late. My apologies.
	10:11am Brendan: Stan Ridgeway has a good voice for a nuclear alert system. Or something like that. Hi Joe.
	10:12am Cheri Pi: Damnit, I missed my beloved Wall of Voodooo...
	10:12am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: How could I be mad at you.
	10:13am Cheri Pi: *swoon
	10:13am northguineahills: I like Marcel's idea.... Gotta run some errands. Will be back soon!
	10:14am Marcel M: hehe bye north!
	10:14am earrie: @Tim Luckily bones heal. (Ligaments, too, though they tend to take longer.) Happy healing.
	👻 10:14am tim from champaign: Wow, digging this Come On!
	10:15am Andy in Berlin: I always loved that Come On song! Thanks for playing it!
	10:15am Marcel M: Me too Tim! I've never heard of them before, thanks Joe
	10:16am Joe McG: Come On is kind of forgotten, but they were cool in a THeads sort of manner.
	10:17am Guido (Cologne): star-tagged "Come On"
	10:18am Cheri Pi: Clicky on Gutteridge as well.
	10:20am Brendan: Beautiful song. Now imagine 10000 maniacs chasing 100000 butterflies
	10:21am Guido (Cologne): go for 100,000 Fireflies
	10:22am Brendan: Both can be hard to catch.
	10:24am DCE: hearing a bit of Stereolab in this...very nice!
	10:25am Joe McG: @DCE: Produced by Jim O'Rourke. Can hear it!
	10:25am maestroso: Nice indeed. Ken played some of this yesterday. Another one to search for on CDJapan.
	10:26am Brendan: I like june thats like the only month fireflies come out here in Maryland. A few stragglers in July but June is an explosion.
	10:26am maestroso: Oh, it's on Drag City. Probably available here then.
	10:28am Joe McG: @maestro: Yes indeedy. Hey, Brendan!
	10:31am Brendan: Hey Joe sorry im late i got a note though.
	10:32am Brendan: Its signed BrEnDans MoM
	10:36am earrie: Traveling @ a flight speed of 45rpm.
	👻 10:36am 12539: More voodoo!
	10:38am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Am I sensing a voodoo theme? In that case, you should play something from the soundtrack Angel Heart.
	10:38am Joe McG: Quiz: Can you remember who did the original version of this song?
	10:39am Cecile: Tuned in to a great cheeztastic song. Love this, sounds like American Boney M.
	10:40am Joe McG: @Cecile: It DOES sound like Boney M!
	10:41am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: "Beat my head outta shape but gimme that grape"
	10:42am Cecile: Their command of English is somewhat better, though. They are obviously not singing phonetically.
	10:42am Cheri Pi: Im gonna like this song.
	10:43am Joe McG: Note to Garland Green's girlfriend: Don't let him in.
	10:43am Cecile: This is an episode of "Wives with Knives" ready to happen.
	10:45am Cecile: and the cycle repeats. Where's Gloria Allred when you need her?
	10:45am Joe McG: Is there really a show called "Wives with Knives"? I think you're making that up.
	10:45am Guido (Cologne): TUXEDOMOON!!!
	10:45am Cecile: I am not!
	10:46am steve: hey all. alright, i have to google "Wives with Knives".
	10:46am Cecile: It is an ID TV classic along with: Who the $?$? did I Marry? Evil Kin Elder Skelter Blood Relatives etc etc
	10:47am Joe McG: I just looked it up. She's NOT kidding!
	10:47am steve: yes Joe, if Wikipedia is to believed, its a real show! about wives! some or all of whom have knives!
	10:48am steve: guess its too late to become a band name.
	👻 10:49am 12539: Sample episode title: "When a Biker Comes to Bible Study"
	10:49am SeanG: love this tune
	10:50am Cecile: I can't make this shit up.
	10:50am Joe McG: @12539: Ha ha ha! Must see this.
	10:50am Cecile: Another great one is :"I Almost Got Away With It."
	10:51am Joe McG: @SeanG: Me, too.
	10:52am earrie: I didn't look it up, though the title suggests that there are wives who are without knives. Probably not even butter knives.
	10:53am Mike Noble: good morning mr. mcgasko, and belated happy birthday.
	10:54am Cecile: Steve, about our Skrillex dreams. I was afraid he was running around our dreamland preparing to create a terrifying Freddy-Krueger-esque purgatory in the real world, but then I realized that he was too lame to do that.
	10:54am Joe McG: Why thanks, Mike. That's why I played "Old Joe" at the start of the show!
	10:55am Mike Noble: the bowie b-side made me think of this newer band a sunny day in glasgow. probably because of the poppy distorted synth hooks.
	10:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - no earrie, that's just a rumor they're - spreading... - 'Elder Skelter' - hehehe...
	10:55am Mike Noble: I almost typed sunny day in gasko
	10:55am Cecile: it's the best show, revrab. Shows that some people don't grow out of evil.
	10:56am Joe McG: "Sunny Day in Gasko" may turn out to be the name of this episode. Thanks, Mike!
	10:56am Jeff: @Cecile: don't forget another ID classic, "Deadly Sins". My sweetie is post supervisor for that very special program. I was actually at the season launch party a few days ago, as their Jodi Arias rehash aired. No joke. Did you ever see the South Park episode "Informative Murder Porn"?
	10:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Juliete was Miles Davis' friend...
	10:56am Mike Noble: anyway, no one on wfmu has played their first new track in 3 years yet. (Joe has played them at least once in the past): asunnydayinglasgow.bandcamp.com...
	10:57am Mike Noble: and now I sound like a shill for an unsigned band.
	10:57am Cecile: Oh, yeah! Deadly Sins! And that show with Susan Lucci, Deadly Affairs I think. It is hilarious.
	10:58am Cecile: that's Lisa Frank's presidential platform.
	10:58am Jeff: For later enjoyment, I give you.... Informative Murder Porn: www.southparkstudios.com...
	11:00am Cecile: Deadly Affairs usually has some hunk that Lucci is bossing around, and everyone is shot with their hair blowing in the wind. They re-enact the stories like a soap opera. It is actually very sensitive to the victims, but the perps look like huge buffoon.s
	11:01am Cecile: Thanks, Jeff!
	11:01am Cheri Pi: Don't Change!
	11:01am Cecile: I love this song. I have a 45 of it.
	11:01am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Oh wow, INXS after the pony song. You are killin' it.
	11:01am SeanG: GONNA TURN THIS WAY UP
	11:02am AWS in MP: wow, my favorite INXS song - nice surprise, Joe
	11:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - I would not have remembered this was INXS.
	11:02am Cheri Pi: this sounds so fresh, as it did 30 years ago
	11:02am listener james from westwood: inxs gets the star. as do any chunks of my musical teens. well done!
	11:03am SeanG: remember when this song closes the movie, Adventureland? chills
	11:03am Cecile: time to do the hedghog dance (dance stepping side to side, holding hands as not to dislodge invisible hedgehog)
	11:04am Joe McG: Shabooh Shoobah!
	11:05am Cecile: postpunk UK style pop with Aussie muscle and chops
	11:05am DCE: wow, I totally forgot about this song
	11:05am Cecile: I'm choked up. seriously.
	11:06am AWS in MP: saw them in SF in '88 - early stuff the best, same as with Simple Minds -
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...ther later megahits & his sad demise eclipsed this...
	11:07am Cheri Pi: Exactly, exactly Cecile. Cecile!
	11:07am Cecile: They were always a solid band.
	11:08am earrie: Under the dead tree.
	👻 11:08am 12539: "on the dead tree," I think.
	11:08am Cecile: Pi!
	11:08am Jeff: Anyway, Joe - going back to what you have listed as "Witch Queen": That's I guess one of that whole swath of Marie Laveau songs people have made. The one you played sounds a lot like something Vin Scelsa said was a big WFMU hit around 1967-68 or so. I think. I'm missing references. But I think the one he was talking about pronounced Laveau more like Lebeau, and may have been played by some group involving a Zaloom and a bear.
	👻 11:09am 12539: "abre" should be "arbre," no?
	11:10am Cheri Pi: it must translate to "On the dead tree [birds live]"
	11:10am Mike Noble: sound and vision, according to wikipedia: #3 UK chart
	11:10am Mike Noble: #69 US hot 100
	11:11am ?: sur l'arbre mort = on the dead tree
	11:11am Mike Noble: 15 in austria, 6 in germany, 2 in netherlands
	11:11am Cheri Pi: Oui @12539:
	11:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - I have wondered if Marie Laveau's grave in N'Orleans was spared being submerged...
	11:11am earrie: Sous - under Sur - over, on 'l'arbe' - what 12539 noticed and said
	11:11am Mike Noble: thank you for not saying anything about that terrible beck version of sound and vision
	11:12am KP: Song off Scared to Get Happy sounded great. i think i have a reason to go out today, or is that overreacting?
	11:16am Cecile: not at all, KP It could be "MY-not" like the South Dakota town.
	11:16am Joe McG: @KP: Not at all! I try not to drive people out of their houses, but it's probably a good thing!
	11:17am Joe McG: Thanks, earrie and the question mark person and everyone for helping with my non-existent French.
	11:17am Cheri Pi: Clicky on this Minot, 30 seconds in.
	👻 11:18am 12539: Joe, she was singing a few variations about living birds on a dead tree: her lost love has gone away, but she still loves him.
	11:18am DCE: they seriously say "MY-not" for Minot SD? they need help.
	11:18am bibi: the tree is dead, yet birds keep singing on it... more or less.
	11:19am DCE: oops, it's actually ND. I need help.
	👻 11:19am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Just about to utilise a Christmas present and make some mozarella cheese. Here goes.
	11:20am Cecile: It is North Dakota, i get those Dakotas mixed up. And yes.
	11:20am Cecile: someone gave you rennet? nice.
	11:21am earrie: Sure, yeah. Bien sûr. I mistakenly went directly to 'sous' with the tree.
	11:21am Joe McG: Thanks, bibi! @brian: Good luck with the cheese!
	11:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - liked the sound of Minot immediately - which reminds me of things in 'This is Your Brain on Music' about the brain/mind proecessing music info - everyone should read that ...Why not My-Not - if in Merica we don't say St. Louis 'Sahn loo-Eee'...I just hope I don't pronounce siren 'sigh-reen' in a bad moment...
	11:24am KP: Im going out to look for it. It's what i do.
	👻 11:25am Brian in UK: I saw Yes playing at the National Jazz & Blues Festival near Brighton in 1969. Jon Hendricks came on stage and was scat singing with Jon Anderson. This was just after their first album before the prog years and two weeks afore Woodstock. Anderson kept up. That was their peak for me.
	11:26am northguineahills: I suppose eX is different from the ex, or the X or....
	11:27am Carmichael: Heya there, Joe. Hi to others. Huge AF base in Minot, close to Canada. Why not Minot? Freezin's the reason ...
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @ngh: I always hope acts like that will tour together...
	👻 11:28am Brian in UK: @ngh SeX?
	11:28am Joe McG: @ngh: Yeah, different! They're an early music ensemble from Ireland, I think.
	11:29am Joe McG: Actually, I may play another one from that CD since we didn't get to hear their lovely singing voices.
	11:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...for the potential poster typography if nothing else...
	11:32am Joe McG: OK, Frenchies, what the hell is this song about?
	11:33am bibi: guess what. birds again...
	👻 11:33am 12539: Joe, more death and birds: lyricstranslate.com...
	11:33am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The School Assassin ? - 1976...I'm surprised 'I Don't Like Mondays' never got trotted out - that's great...
	11:34am Joe McG: Birds and murder! Thanks, guys!
	11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Murder Ballad...motive never provided - just gory detail...
	11:35am SeanG: a murder of crows
	11:35am DCE: very cool tune, long live prog!
	👻 11:36am 12539: A kid's mom asks him to kill his girlfriend, so he does. Then the mom doesn't believe him. I see potential for a TV series.
	11:37am maestroso: Ah, I was hoping...more eX with vox this time. Thx Joe!
	11:38am earrie: rossingnol = nightingale. Pretty word. I thought it was a winter word from the skis..
	11:40am northguineahills: Ninja Tune recs?????...ok....
	11:41am Joe McG: @ngh: This is the Captain (of Tennille fame) with his brothers making weird music.
	11:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - he was a BeachBoy sideman/session guy if I recall...
	👻 11:43am 12539: Daryl Dragon!
	11:44am Cheri Pi: Woah Captain! I was noticing how pissed he looked on his album cover "Come in from the rain" at the thrift store last weekend. He looks like he's had one too many rainy days in with you know who. upload.wikimedia.org...
	11:45am bibi: so think the dogs as well...
	11:48am Cecile: this is a DARK song.
	11:49am braveness23: @CP, yeah he looks like he's had enough of her shit
	11:51am Guido (Cologne): WCPAEB ?!?!
	11:52am northguineahills: I'm really bad at hearing lyrics, I thought it was just the usual 'I broke your heart song'. (this is why I've dug foreign language songs and instrumental music since I was a wee one.)
	11:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Thx Monica...
	11:54am Cheri Pi: Dark doowop
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting everybody. Had a nice time today!
	11:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...must be a bad streetlamp CPi...
	11:54am Cecile: damn
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thank You Joe ! - Glad to have another Thur. off to listen! ☆ed myself silly...
	11:56am earrie: Belated happy birthday wishes to you, Joe. 'Rossignol.'
	👻 11:56am 12539: Merci, Joe.
	11:56am Joe McG: Thanks, earrie!
	👻 11:57am James in ATL: Fun show - thanks Joe!
	11:58am Parq: Great show, and this doo-wop "Unchained" is the perfect kiss-off.
	👻 11:58am 12539: ...et bon anniversaire!
	11:59am Guido (Cologne): Great show, thanks, CU!
	12:00pm Greg from Bloomfield: Thanks Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 16, 2014

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January 16, 2014: Old Joe

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Deford Bailey	Pan American Blues "Pan American Blues" by "Deford Bailey"	Nashville: The Early String Bands, Volume 2	County	1976	LP	From 1927	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Robinette & Moore	That Old Tiger Rag	Old-Time Music From Southwest Virginia	County	2001	CD	From 1929	0:05:31 (Pop-up)
Grant Brothers and Their Music	Tell It to Me	Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937	Old Hat	2005	CD	From 1928	0:08:02 (Pop-up)
The Allen Brothers	A New Salty Dog	Early Rural String Bands	RCA Victor	1968	LP	From 1930	0:10:57 (Pop-up)
Uncle Dave Macon	Susie Lee "Susie Lee" by "Uncle Dave Macon"	Bluegrass Bonanza: Classic Bluegrass 1946-50	Proper	2001	CD	From 1929	0:13:35 (Pop-up)
Macon Ed and Tampa Joe	Warm Wipe Stomp	Chimpin' the Blues with Jerry Zolten and R. Crumb	East River	2013	CD	From 1930	0:16:20 (Pop-up)
South Georgia Highballers	Mr. Johnson Turn Me Loose	Turn Me Loose: Outsiders of Old Time Music	Tompkins Square	2013	CD	From 1927	0:20:06 (Pop-up)
Sid Harkreader & Grady Moore	Old Joe	Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Volume 2	Yazoo	1997	CD	From 1927	0:22:59 (Pop-up)
Crook Brothers' String Band	My Wife Died Friday Night	Black & White Hillbilly Music: Early Harmonica Recordings from the 1920s & 1930s	Trikont	1996	CD	From 1928	0:25:51 (Pop-up)

The Smiths	You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby	The World Won't Listen	Rough Trade	1986	LP		0:35:59 (Pop-up)
The Siddeleys	My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon	Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie Pop 1980-1989	Cherry Red	2013	CD	From 1987	0:39:18 (Pop-up)
Saint Etienne	Teenage Winter "Teenage Winter" by "Saint Etienne"	Tales from Turnpike House	Sanctuary	2005	CD		0:42:58 (Pop-up)
The Lucksmiths	Untidy Towns "Untidy Towns" by "The Lucksmiths"	Happy Secret	Drive-In	1999	CD		0:48:01 (Pop-up)
Prominence	Lengths "Lengths" by "Prominence"	Heavenly Beat	Captured Tracks	2013	CD		0:50:55 (Pop-up)
Helen Shapiro	He Knows How to Love Me	Reflections: 22 Brit Girl Classics from the 60s	RPM	2001	CD	From 1964	0:54:56 (Pop-up)
The Sapphires	Let's Break Up for a While	Slow Fizz: The Jerry Ross Girl Groups	Sequel	1998	CD	From 1964	0:57:47 (Pop-up)
The Rock Flowers	See No Evil "See No Evil" by "The Rock Flowers"	Naturally	Wheel	1972	LP		1:00:42 (Pop-up)
Animals & Men	I Never Worry "I Never Worry" by "Animals & Men"	To Live & Die in the West Country	Radstock	2013	EP		1:03:58 (Pop-up)
Wall of Voodoo	Can't Make Love "Can't Make Love" by "Wall of Voodoo"	Illegal Greatest Hits	Illegal	1981	LP		1:07:12 (Pop-up)
Come On	Don't Walk on the Kitchen Floor		Come On Music	1978	45		1:11:06 (Pop-up)
Peter Gutteridge	Chinese Garden "Chinese Garden" by "Peter Gutteridge"	Pure	540 / Xpressway	2013	LP	mid-80s demo	1:14:21 (Pop-up)
Magnetic Fields	100,000 Fireflies		Harriet	1989	45	vocal: Susan Anway	1:17:35 (Pop-up)
Eiko Ishibashi	Written in the Wind	Imitation of Life	Drag City	2013	LP		1:21:16 (Pop-up)
Múm	Winter (What We Never Were After All)	Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy	Fatcat	2007	CD		1:26:47 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of random 45s played in a row
Witch Queen	Witch Queen "Witch Queen" by "Witch Queen"		Roadshow	1979	45		1:35:47 (Pop-up)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	Gimme That Wine		Columbia	1962	45		1:39:06 (Pop-up)
Garland Green	Don't Think That I'm a Violent Guy		Uni	1969	45		1:42:01 (Pop-up)
Tuxedomoon	What Use? "What Use?" by "Tuxedomoon"		Ralph	1980	45		1:44:54 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	A New Career in a New Town		RCA	1977	45		1:48:45 (Pop-up)
Josh Noland	Rhapsody in Blue "Rhapsody in Blue" by "Josh Noland"		Plantation	1973	45		1:51:35 (Pop-up)
Juliette Gréco	Sur l'arbre mort "Sur l'arbre mort" by "Juliette Gréco"		Philips	1963	45	"Under a Dead Tree"	1:54:22 (Pop-up)
Backalley Bandits	Rainbow and a Pony		London	1978	45		1:57:06 (Pop-up)
INXS	Don't Change "Don't Change" by "INXS"		Atco	1983	45		2:00:42 (Pop-up)

MINѺT	The Ringing Silence Between Your Ears		The Mylene Sheath	2013	7"		2:16:11 (Pop-up)
Riley Walker	A Home for Me "A Home for Me" by "Riley Walker"		Tompkins Square	2013	12"		2:20:41 (Pop-up)
eX	Canarios/Vassi d'lansan "Canarios/Vassi d'lansan" by "eX"	Possessed	Heresy	2013	CD		2:24:37 (Pop-up)
Malicorne	L'ecolier assassin "L'ecolier assassin" by "Malicorne"	Almanach	Hexagone	1976	LP		2:27:56 (Pop-up)
eX	Psalm 121 "Psalm 121" by "eX"	Possessed	Heresy	2013	CD	It's an eX sandwich	2:35:41 (Pop-up)
The Dragons	Mercy Call "Mercy Call" by "The Dragons"	BFI	Ninja Tune	2007	CD	ca. 1970	2:37:52 (Pop-up)
Clive Sands	Marie "Marie" by "Clive Sands"	Sunday Sunshine: The World of SNB Records	RPM	2008	CD	From 1969	2:42:33 (Pop-up)
Brigadune	I'll Cry Out from My Grave (I'm Sorry)	Soft Sounds for Gentle People	Pet	2003	CD	From 1971	2:45:53 (Pop-up)

The Supremes	Tonight "Tonight" by "The Supremes"	Brdige of Sighs: Monica's 2010 Marathon Premium	WFMU	2010	CD-R	From 1956	2:52:37 (Pop-up)
The Dappers	My Sweet Baby "My Sweet Baby" by "The Dappers"	The Golden Groups: The Best of Norton Records Volume One	Norton	2013	LP	From 1959	2:54:18 (Pop-up)
Vito and the Salutations	Unchained Melody	The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll	Rhino	1993	CD	From 1963	2:57:14 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am DCE: morning, Joe!
	9:03am Guido (Cologne): hi Joe!
	9:03am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe. Good morning.
	9:03am Dr. Goot: Guten Morgen!
	👻 9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: Boing boing...summing Cheri Pi, your gif was just playing.
	9:06am northguineahills: That Deford Bailey sounded a lot like Sonny Terry. Morning!
	9:11am David L.B. is RRN63: Hey! Joe! - I don't hafta werk - don't hafta go...
	9:12am Joe McG: G'mornin', everybody! Hope you're all feelin' salty.
	9:13am northguineahills: When I was in 5th grade chorus, I remember singing a lyric, "If you want to be my candy man, you got to be my salty dog". The context and meaning of those lyrics really seem different in hindsight.
	9:15am dale: unky dave macon sounds like bascom lamar lunsford. some un pc sounds from salty dog - i like it!
	👻 9:19am Ken From Hyde Park: Is this for real? "World's largest vinyl record visible from the air" - www.today.com...
	9:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - no one play ♪ the bloo az fine - as muh ♫ sodeeum caynine - how um ah ♭ this mornin' - jes fine ♩ & kazoo - ??... - banJoe tired muh commentin' - an' I gotta lettit go...
	9:22am Michele: Hi Joe!!!!
	9:22am dale: loved when r. crumb was on the antique phonograph hour - he was HORRIFIED that mac used vintage equipment.
	9:23am Sem Chumbo: This has it all, down to the saw. Old timey is good.
	👻 9:23am tim from champaign: Hey Joe and fellow McGaskovits!
	9:23am Joe McG: Hey, Michele!! @dale: I know! Wasn't that great?
	9:29am KP: Good morning, Joe
	9:32am braveness23: B23 here! Hello Joe and friends!
	9:34am northguineahills: Transmitter day is Friday.
	9:34am Guido (Cologne): No, tomorrow is transmitter work!
	9:34am Meghan: I hear you loud and clear in my car!
	9:34am Skirkie: I can hear you on the radio. Watch your language still.
	9:35am cee dubbles: i hear you on 91.1 fm static here in downtown JC
	9:36am monodons: Good afternoon from Blightey
	9:36am dale: never hear smiths anymore.
	9:36am SeanG: NICE
	👻 9:37am tim from champaign: I love the Smiths. Johnny Marr is one of the greatest unsung guitar heroes.
	9:37am braveness23: This is the first time I have ever heard Morrissey's voice on WFMU.
	9:37am Roberto: Roberto hates not.
	9:37am Fernando M P: I was hoping for some synthpop, but The Smiths is almost there.
	9:37am braveness23: I'm just finishing up his autobiography. What a cry baby. I love him though
	9:37am Joe McG: Thanks for the update, folks! Glad some of you aren't Smiths haters.
	9:38am Marcel M: Its a love hate thing for me
	9:38am dale: last month or two of johnny carson he had morrisey as musical guest. he and bill cosby acted so excited, but they kept calling him 'MORE-see'
	9:39am Alessia: It's rather Morrisey hating us.
	9:39am monodons: Got his autobiography for xmas, still can't bring myself to open it. Has anyone read it?
	9:39am KP: If you find you like the Smiths you might appreciate Echo
	9:40am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah - it's popular to bash them - but several great tracks...
	9:41am Joe McG: I try to separate the artist from the art as much as I can since the artists as people are often so disappointing.
	9:41am ach: Jangly guitar in this reminds me of one Slovak indie song www.youtube.com...
	9:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Art is better than Life - which is why we have it & I'm sitting staring @ this screen all the time...
	9:43am braveness23: @monodons I'm nearly done with his autobiography. Parts of it were great and some are kind of dull. Listening to Morrissey talk about his youth in a writing style that I can only describe as pure Morrissey was really interesting to me. Reading about his discovery of music, especially glam was exciting. Reading about his court case being sued by Joyce was painfully dull .
	9:44am northguineahills: Hey, I actually really like the Smiths. I was wearing a Smiths shirt when I had my bike accident 10 years ago. Tore it to shreds and left some gnarly blood stains. Kept it as a badge of honor until my gf made get rid of it.
	9:44am Joe McG: Thanks, ach, sounds good!
	9:44am monodons: @Braveness23 Ha! What are his glam influences?
	9:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mo was Pres. of the NYDolls fanclub right?
	9:46am Joe McG: @RR: Yes, he was! Whenever he talks about his musical loves, he does seem to glow, brav23.
	9:46am braveness23: One thing for sure, if I had become a successful musician I would have wanted to be like Morrissey - either LOVED or DESPISED with very little in between.
	9:47am Guido (Cologne): Smiths, Woodentops, Atztec Camera ... ... that's when Rhough Trade went petty pop ... (stone me if you want) ... ... OK, not everything must be for me .... mayby my perception is because there was too much of that at the time and almost no escape ... I don't damn prettyness in general.
	9:47am LovecraftDude888: yep Morrisey major NY Dolls fanatic fan #1 basically. helped get the reunion thing going, too, or hosted it the first one at ATP fest, or something. He was into all that music, of course, and so was Marr I'm assuming, what those two guys bonded over. I might read Mozzers book... I haven't been a major fan for years but I was in HS and such, major Smiths nut then.
	👻 9:47am tim from champaign: That's a great story, ngh. Were you on Duane's show yesterday when I mentioned my latest bike escapade?
	9:48am braveness23: Moz was turned on by NY Dolls, Ramones, T. Rex, David Bowie, Patty Smith, Righteous Bros, Velvet Underground...
	9:49am northguineahills: I missed Duane's show yesterday as I've gone 5 weeks missing Amanda's show. D'oh!
	9:50am northguineahills: Wait, St Etienne put an album out in 2005? I thought they threw the towel in the 90s?
	👻 9:50am tim from champaign: Well, ngh, I was riding my bike in fresh snow on new years day, took a spill and broke my leg in 2 places.
	9:51am Joe McG: @ngh: As far as I know, they still exist!
	👻 9:51am Ken From Hyde Park: Right around this date in 1994 was the coldest day I rode bike to work (about 6 miles). It was 12° F. I remember I had to go slower than usual because faster would mean breathing harder and my nose would freeze up inside.
	9:51am dale: any ed kuepper or saints fans here?
	9:51am DCE: geez, TfC, bad break...um...sorry
	9:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - geez tim ! Happy Healing !
	9:52am LovecraftDude888: I'm a St. Etienne fan for sure I own that double best of CD somewhere here. They took a break and then did a new LP in 2005 or so...haven't heard much of it
	9:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: dale - what is good Saints beyond 1st album ?
	9:53am LovecraftDude888: sorry 2010!
	9:53am earrie: Yeah, yikes, Tim. Riding in snow is fun until you fall.
	9:54am Joe McG: They've also been doing music comps. Have you heard "Songs for the Duck and Dog"? There's a new one we don't have yet called "Music for a Central Park Picnic." Of course their taste is exquisite.
	9:55am dale: i don't really know much other than a few songs - have an ed kuepper 'best of' that has some good stuff.
	9:55am dale: hearing smiths made me think of it. no idea why.
	9:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Beatles toured w/ - prob. opened for - Helen Shapiro in early days...
	👻 9:57am tim from champaign: Exactly, earrie. Thanks DCE and RRN. @Ken from Hyde Park - to this day I remember how brutal Jan and Feb of 1994 were. And I'm a winter person.
	👻 9:59am tim from champaign: @RRN - The 2nd Saints album "Eternally Yours" is as solid as (I'm) Stranded. So good.
	9:59am Guido (Cologne): Beatles were support-band for Helen Shapiro in Scandinavia just as Please please me hit, then in the middle of the tour it was vica-versa. Intersting voice by the way ... and .. yey. dig the The Sapphires !
	10:00am Chop Scott: JOE! Greetings from snowy Indiana--UGH!
	10:01am Joe McG: Chop Scott! Great seeing you the other day! Don't get lost in the rolling hills of Indiana.
	10:01am northguineahills: Holy jeepers time! that royally sucks. Glad you're otherwise ok. I've been ok except for last winter, when I made a complete stop in a pot hole (saw it, braked, came to a complete stop), and fell on my face. Alcohol probably kept me from extending my hands in a timely matter. The accident 10 years ago, was quite a bit worse, mostly head and jaw trauma (while wearing a helmet). Hope you can get around otherwise while you heal. Hope it's a quick heal!
	10:02am f in macc: " This Perfect Day " , absolutely top Saints track
	10:02am Chop Scott: It's pretty damn flat here, my friend!
	10:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - great set ! ...Watched 'American Masters' '1964' last night ; thot 'what more could there be to say' - but that was my 1st year in the world & - Beatles; even now was pounding my armrest over some of the Civil Rights stuff...
	10:03am Joe McG: @CS: And snow buries all!
	10:03am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& it's relevant how Goldwater started contempo. Republicanism...
	10:05am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...'American Experience' I mean...
	10:07am Sem Chumbo: @REVRAB: you mean re: Goldwater, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice?"
	10:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah - & Mississippi & Berkley - it really did all happen in one year...
	10:08am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Tuning in to Wall of Voodoo. Thank you Joe!
	10:08am Greg from Bloomfield: Wall Of Voodoo had a SECOND song?!
	👻 10:09am tim from champaign: @ngh - I'm getting around pretty good with a walker. I'm able to take care of most things at this point (bathing, getting food, etc). I've sworn off riding after beersies. I've also sworn off beersies for a long, long time.
	10:10am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Berkeley - lotsa 'e's...anyhow...
	10:10am Marcel M: Celtic Frost shoulda covered this one too
	10:11am Cheri Pi: This is unacceptable to be tuning iin so late. My apologies.
	10:11am Brendan: Stan Ridgeway has a good voice for a nuclear alert system. Or something like that. Hi Joe.
	10:12am Cheri Pi: Damnit, I missed my beloved Wall of Voodooo...
	10:12am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: How could I be mad at you.
	10:13am Cheri Pi: *swoon
	10:13am northguineahills: I like Marcel's idea.... Gotta run some errands. Will be back soon!
	10:14am Marcel M: hehe bye north!
	10:14am earrie: @Tim Luckily bones heal. (Ligaments, too, though they tend to take longer.) Happy healing.
	👻 10:14am tim from champaign: Wow, digging this Come On!
	10:15am Andy in Berlin: I always loved that Come On song! Thanks for playing it!
	10:15am Marcel M: Me too Tim! I've never heard of them before, thanks Joe
	10:16am Joe McG: Come On is kind of forgotten, but they were cool in a THeads sort of manner.
	10:17am Guido (Cologne): star-tagged "Come On"
	10:18am Cheri Pi: Clicky on Gutteridge as well.
	10:20am Brendan: Beautiful song. Now imagine 10000 maniacs chasing 100000 butterflies
	10:21am Guido (Cologne): go for 100,000 Fireflies
	10:22am Brendan: Both can be hard to catch.
	10:24am DCE: hearing a bit of Stereolab in this...very nice!
	10:25am Joe McG: @DCE: Produced by Jim O'Rourke. Can hear it!
	10:25am maestroso: Nice indeed. Ken played some of this yesterday. Another one to search for on CDJapan.
	10:26am Brendan: I like june thats like the only month fireflies come out here in Maryland. A few stragglers in July but June is an explosion.
	10:26am maestroso: Oh, it's on Drag City. Probably available here then.
	10:28am Joe McG: @maestro: Yes indeedy. Hey, Brendan!
	10:31am Brendan: Hey Joe sorry im late i got a note though.
	10:32am Brendan: Its signed BrEnDans MoM
	10:36am earrie: Traveling @ a flight speed of 45rpm.
	👻 10:36am 12539: More voodoo!
	10:38am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Am I sensing a voodoo theme? In that case, you should play something from the soundtrack Angel Heart.
	10:38am Joe McG: Quiz: Can you remember who did the original version of this song?
	10:39am Cecile: Tuned in to a great cheeztastic song. Love this, sounds like American Boney M.
	10:40am Joe McG: @Cecile: It DOES sound like Boney M!
	10:41am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: "Beat my head outta shape but gimme that grape"
	10:42am Cecile: Their command of English is somewhat better, though. They are obviously not singing phonetically.
	10:42am Cheri Pi: Im gonna like this song.
	10:43am Joe McG: Note to Garland Green's girlfriend: Don't let him in.
	10:43am Cecile: This is an episode of "Wives with Knives" ready to happen.
	10:45am Cecile: and the cycle repeats. Where's Gloria Allred when you need her?
	10:45am Joe McG: Is there really a show called "Wives with Knives"? I think you're making that up.
	10:45am Guido (Cologne): TUXEDOMOON!!!
	10:45am Cecile: I am not!
	10:46am steve: hey all. alright, i have to google "Wives with Knives".
	10:46am Cecile: It is an ID TV classic along with: Who the $?$? did I Marry? Evil Kin Elder Skelter Blood Relatives etc etc
	10:47am Joe McG: I just looked it up. She's NOT kidding!
	10:47am steve: yes Joe, if Wikipedia is to believed, its a real show! about wives! some or all of whom have knives!
	10:48am steve: guess its too late to become a band name.
	👻 10:49am 12539: Sample episode title: "When a Biker Comes to Bible Study"
	10:49am SeanG: love this tune
	10:50am Cecile: I can't make this shit up.
	10:50am Joe McG: @12539: Ha ha ha! Must see this.
	10:50am Cecile: Another great one is :"I Almost Got Away With It."
	10:51am Joe McG: @SeanG: Me, too.
	10:52am earrie: I didn't look it up, though the title suggests that there are wives who are without knives. Probably not even butter knives.
	10:53am Mike Noble: good morning mr. mcgasko, and belated happy birthday.
	10:54am Cecile: Steve, about our Skrillex dreams. I was afraid he was running around our dreamland preparing to create a terrifying Freddy-Krueger-esque purgatory in the real world, but then I realized that he was too lame to do that.
	10:54am Joe McG: Why thanks, Mike. That's why I played "Old Joe" at the start of the show!
	10:55am Mike Noble: the bowie b-side made me think of this newer band a sunny day in glasgow. probably because of the poppy distorted synth hooks.
	10:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - no earrie, that's just a rumor they're - spreading... - 'Elder Skelter' - hehehe...
	10:55am Mike Noble: I almost typed sunny day in gasko
	10:55am Cecile: it's the best show, revrab. Shows that some people don't grow out of evil.
	10:56am Joe McG: "Sunny Day in Gasko" may turn out to be the name of this episode. Thanks, Mike!
	10:56am Jeff: @Cecile: don't forget another ID classic, "Deadly Sins". My sweetie is post supervisor for that very special program. I was actually at the season launch party a few days ago, as their Jodi Arias rehash aired. No joke. Did you ever see the South Park episode "Informative Murder Porn"?
	10:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Juliete was Miles Davis' friend...
	10:56am Mike Noble: anyway, no one on wfmu has played their first new track in 3 years yet. (Joe has played them at least once in the past): asunnydayinglasgow.bandcamp.com...
	10:57am Mike Noble: and now I sound like a shill for an unsigned band.
	10:57am Cecile: Oh, yeah! Deadly Sins! And that show with Susan Lucci, Deadly Affairs I think. It is hilarious.
	10:58am Cecile: that's Lisa Frank's presidential platform.
	10:58am Jeff: For later enjoyment, I give you.... Informative Murder Porn: www.southparkstudios.com...
	11:00am Cecile: Deadly Affairs usually has some hunk that Lucci is bossing around, and everyone is shot with their hair blowing in the wind. They re-enact the stories like a soap opera. It is actually very sensitive to the victims, but the perps look like huge buffoon.s
	11:01am Cecile: Thanks, Jeff!
	11:01am Cheri Pi: Don't Change!
	11:01am Cecile: I love this song. I have a 45 of it.
	11:01am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Oh wow, INXS after the pony song. You are killin' it.
	11:01am SeanG: GONNA TURN THIS WAY UP
	11:02am AWS in MP: wow, my favorite INXS song - nice surprise, Joe
	11:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - I would not have remembered this was INXS.
	11:02am Cheri Pi: this sounds so fresh, as it did 30 years ago
	11:02am listener james from westwood: inxs gets the star. as do any chunks of my musical teens. well done!
	11:03am SeanG: remember when this song closes the movie, Adventureland? chills
	11:03am Cecile: time to do the hedghog dance (dance stepping side to side, holding hands as not to dislodge invisible hedgehog)
	11:04am Joe McG: Shabooh Shoobah!
	11:05am Cecile: postpunk UK style pop with Aussie muscle and chops
	11:05am DCE: wow, I totally forgot about this song
	11:05am Cecile: I'm choked up. seriously.
	11:06am AWS in MP: saw them in SF in '88 - early stuff the best, same as with Simple Minds -
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...ther later megahits & his sad demise eclipsed this...
	11:07am Cheri Pi: Exactly, exactly Cecile. Cecile!
	11:07am Cecile: They were always a solid band.
	11:08am earrie: Under the dead tree.
	👻 11:08am 12539: "on the dead tree," I think.
	11:08am Cecile: Pi!
	11:08am Jeff: Anyway, Joe - going back to what you have listed as "Witch Queen": That's I guess one of that whole swath of Marie Laveau songs people have made. The one you played sounds a lot like something Vin Scelsa said was a big WFMU hit around 1967-68 or so. I think. I'm missing references. But I think the one he was talking about pronounced Laveau more like Lebeau, and may have been played by some group involving a Zaloom and a bear.
	👻 11:09am 12539: "abre" should be "arbre," no?
	11:10am Cheri Pi: it must translate to "On the dead tree [birds live]"
	11:10am Mike Noble: sound and vision, according to wikipedia: #3 UK chart
	11:10am Mike Noble: #69 US hot 100
	11:11am ?: sur l'arbre mort = on the dead tree
	11:11am Mike Noble: 15 in austria, 6 in germany, 2 in netherlands
	11:11am Cheri Pi: Oui @12539:
	11:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - I have wondered if Marie Laveau's grave in N'Orleans was spared being submerged...
	11:11am earrie: Sous - under Sur - over, on 'l'arbe' - what 12539 noticed and said
	11:11am Mike Noble: thank you for not saying anything about that terrible beck version of sound and vision
	11:12am KP: Song off Scared to Get Happy sounded great. i think i have a reason to go out today, or is that overreacting?
	11:16am Cecile: not at all, KP It could be "MY-not" like the South Dakota town.
	11:16am Joe McG: @KP: Not at all! I try not to drive people out of their houses, but it's probably a good thing!
	11:17am Joe McG: Thanks, earrie and the question mark person and everyone for helping with my non-existent French.
	11:17am Cheri Pi: Clicky on this Minot, 30 seconds in.
	👻 11:18am 12539: Joe, she was singing a few variations about living birds on a dead tree: her lost love has gone away, but she still loves him.
	11:18am DCE: they seriously say "MY-not" for Minot SD? they need help.
	11:18am bibi: the tree is dead, yet birds keep singing on it... more or less.
	11:19am DCE: oops, it's actually ND. I need help.
	👻 11:19am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Just about to utilise a Christmas present and make some mozarella cheese. Here goes.
	11:20am Cecile: It is North Dakota, i get those Dakotas mixed up. And yes.
	11:20am Cecile: someone gave you rennet? nice.
	11:21am earrie: Sure, yeah. Bien sûr. I mistakenly went directly to 'sous' with the tree.
	11:21am Joe McG: Thanks, bibi! @brian: Good luck with the cheese!
	11:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - liked the sound of Minot immediately - which reminds me of things in 'This is Your Brain on Music' about the brain/mind proecessing music info - everyone should read that ...Why not My-Not - if in Merica we don't say St. Louis 'Sahn loo-Eee'...I just hope I don't pronounce siren 'sigh-reen' in a bad moment...
	11:24am KP: Im going out to look for it. It's what i do.
	👻 11:25am Brian in UK: I saw Yes playing at the National Jazz & Blues Festival near Brighton in 1969. Jon Hendricks came on stage and was scat singing with Jon Anderson. This was just after their first album before the prog years and two weeks afore Woodstock. Anderson kept up. That was their peak for me.
	11:26am northguineahills: I suppose eX is different from the ex, or the X or....
	11:27am Carmichael: Heya there, Joe. Hi to others. Huge AF base in Minot, close to Canada. Why not Minot? Freezin's the reason ...
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @ngh: I always hope acts like that will tour together...
	👻 11:28am Brian in UK: @ngh SeX?
	11:28am Joe McG: @ngh: Yeah, different! They're an early music ensemble from Ireland, I think.
	11:29am Joe McG: Actually, I may play another one from that CD since we didn't get to hear their lovely singing voices.
	11:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...for the potential poster typography if nothing else...
	11:32am Joe McG: OK, Frenchies, what the hell is this song about?
	11:33am bibi: guess what. birds again...
	👻 11:33am 12539: Joe, more death and birds: lyricstranslate.com...
	11:33am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The School Assassin ? - 1976...I'm surprised 'I Don't Like Mondays' never got trotted out - that's great...
	11:34am Joe McG: Birds and murder! Thanks, guys!
	11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Murder Ballad...motive never provided - just gory detail...
	11:35am SeanG: a murder of crows
	11:35am DCE: very cool tune, long live prog!
	👻 11:36am 12539: A kid's mom asks him to kill his girlfriend, so he does. Then the mom doesn't believe him. I see potential for a TV series.
	11:37am maestroso: Ah, I was hoping...more eX with vox this time. Thx Joe!
	11:38am earrie: rossingnol = nightingale. Pretty word. I thought it was a winter word from the skis..
	11:40am northguineahills: Ninja Tune recs?????...ok....
	11:41am Joe McG: @ngh: This is the Captain (of Tennille fame) with his brothers making weird music.
	11:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - he was a BeachBoy sideman/session guy if I recall...
	👻 11:43am 12539: Daryl Dragon!
	11:44am Cheri Pi: Woah Captain! I was noticing how pissed he looked on his album cover "Come in from the rain" at the thrift store last weekend. He looks like he's had one too many rainy days in with you know who. upload.wikimedia.org...
	11:45am bibi: so think the dogs as well...
	11:48am Cecile: this is a DARK song.
	11:49am braveness23: @CP, yeah he looks like he's had enough of her shit
	11:51am Guido (Cologne): WCPAEB ?!?!
	11:52am northguineahills: I'm really bad at hearing lyrics, I thought it was just the usual 'I broke your heart song'. (this is why I've dug foreign language songs and instrumental music since I was a wee one.)
	11:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Thx Monica...
	11:54am Cheri Pi: Dark doowop
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting everybody. Had a nice time today!
	11:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...must be a bad streetlamp CPi...
	11:54am Cecile: damn
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thank You Joe ! - Glad to have another Thur. off to listen! ☆ed myself silly...
	11:56am earrie: Belated happy birthday wishes to you, Joe. 'Rossignol.'
	👻 11:56am 12539: Merci, Joe.
	11:56am Joe McG: Thanks, earrie!
	👻 11:57am James in ATL: Fun show - thanks Joe!
	11:58am Parq: Great show, and this doo-wop "Unchained" is the perfect kiss-off.
	👻 11:58am 12539: ...et bon anniversaire!
	11:59am Guido (Cologne): Great show, thanks, CU!
	12:00pm Greg from Bloomfield: Thanks Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 16, 2014

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