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Favoriting January 26, 2016: JOE Excursion (Fill-In for MAC)

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Palmer McAbee  McAbee's Railroad Piece   Favoriting The Railroad in Folksong  RCA-Victor  1966  LP  From 1928    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
DeFord Bailey  Pan American Blues   Favoriting Nashville: The Early String Bands, Volume 2  County  1976  LP  From 1928    0:08:20 (Pop-up)
Jimmie Rodgers  The Mystery of Number 5   Favoriting The Singing Brakeman  Country Stars  2000  CD  From 1930    0:10:51 (Pop-up)
Red Gay & Jack Wellman  Flat Wheel Train Blues (Parts 1 and 2)   Favoriting Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923-1936  Tompkins Square  2012  LP  From 1930    0:14:17 (Pop-up)
Frank Hutchison  C&O Excursion   Favoriting Worried Blues  JSP  2005  CD  From 1927    0:20:03 (Pop-up)
 
Sembannarkovil Ramaswamy Pillay  Sowrashtra-mangalam   Favoriting Indian Talking Machine: 78 RPM Record and Gramophone Collecting on the Sub-Continent  Sublime Frequencies  2016  CD  From 1910  *   0:27:41 (Pop-up)
Professor Barkatullah Khan  Indian Guitar Instrumental: Piloo   Favoriting Indian Talking Machine: 78 RPM Record and Gramophone Collecting on the Sub-Continent  Sublime Frequencies  2016  CD  From 1905; the "guitar" is a sitar  *   0:29:48 (Pop-up)
Brahma Sri T. Appadurai Aiyengar  Karaharapriya-Rupakam   Favoriting Indian Talking Machine: 78 RPM Record and Gramophone Collecting on the Sub-Continent  Sublime Frequencies  2016  CD  From 1908; "jalatharangam": water bowls  *   0:32:49 (Pop-up)
Nagamma and Sister  Lakshmi Saraswait samvada (surati)   Favoriting Indian Talking Machine: 78 RPM Record and Gramophone Collecting on the Sub-Continent  Sublime Frequencies  2016  CD  From 1910  *   0:35:27 (Pop-up)
Miss Gauhar Jan  Thoomri, Pahari Junjowti   Favoriting Indian Talking Machine: 78 RPM Record and Gramophone Collecting on the Sub-Continent  Sublime Frequencies  2016  CD  From 1906  *   0:38:22 (Pop-up)
 
Blind Willie Johnson  Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying   Favoriting The Complete Blind Willie Johnson  Columbia Legacy  1993  CD  From 1928; dedicated to Abe Vigoda    0:47:10 (Pop-up)
T.C.I. Womens Four  I Got a Home in That Rock   Favoriting A Warrior on the Battlefield: A Capella 1920s-1940s  Rounder  1997  CD  From 1927    0:49:53 (Pop-up)
Black Billy Sunday  Will You Spend Eternity in Hell?   Favoriting Blues Images Presents 20 Classic Blues from the 1920s - Vol. 13  Blues Images  2015  CD  Ha! A copy of this recently sold for $666!  *   0:52:22 (Pop-up)
Blind Joe Taggart  The Storm Is Passing Over   Favoriting Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long  Mississippi  2008  LP  From 1927    0:55:22 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 8:02pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

BOING!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Boing boing!
  8:03pm
MONEYBAG$:

I have missed those moon monsters every week since the schedule changed
Avatar 8:04pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

…what the BAG$ said.
  8:05pm
JakeGould:

Yip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
common:

i say yip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Joe McG:

Hey folks, hope you're having a nice evening. I'm here filling in for my pal MAC. Hope you'll stick with me as we listen to some country, some Indian sounds, and some blues/gospel.
Avatar 8:10pm
Matt from Springfield:

Old Timey Surface Noise!

Hey Joe! Glad to be listening!
Avatar 8:10pm
Matt from Springfield:

I've heard "Pan American [Blues]" before, this is a legendary harmonica piece from the '20s. I love it!
  8:10pm
JakeGould:

Remember Abe Vigoda.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I presume that MAC has an old-timey snowblower that's like ninety years old. It'll be a couple more days until his driveway is cleared out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Joe McG:

Ah, Jake, how can we forget him. I'll talk about that next mic break.
  8:12pm
Listener Robert:

The amazing thing about this little stn. is that so many of you, both at the mic & behind the guys at the mic, are so well versed in so many types of recorded matter & have such resources to draw on that you can do something like this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

WFM- yodel-ay-ee UUU...
Avatar 8:13pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Ken HP: Like an old silent slapstick, it will probably be some big, tubey grammophone like contraption that won't start, and when it does, hardly moves through the snow. MAC will kick it, and then it will start zooming through the snow, chasing him...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
Ike:

Hello Joe!
Avatar 8:14pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

A nice surprise, this fill-in. Rare that I can tune in at this hour. Somehow a couple of snow-days turned into extra hours via telework. But headphones bring salvation. And harmonicas.
Avatar 8:14pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Jeezus, it's like the full gang up in this joint. MY PEOPLE...
  8:14pm
Listener Robert:

I mean, could you imagine the sports talkers or irish-music DJs, for example, at WFUV taking over for Rich Conaty?
Avatar 8:15pm
Matt from Springfield:

REV!
And REV RAB!
And OTHERS!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:15pm
Joe McG:

@Ken: Ha ha ha! Hey, Robert, Ike, RR63, Matt, Rev, Common, everybody!
Avatar 8:15pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

JOE: got anything with a classic BASS harmonica way up front? I've been wanting one for ages but they're freakishly expensive. Love that sound.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
Joe McG:

@Rev: I LOVE that sound, too. If you think of one, let me know! Most harmonikeys from this era are more shrill in general because they were easier to record.
  8:18pm
Listener Robert:

Could you imagine the real estate advice guys subbing for Jerry Hickey to give dietary supplement info on WOR?
  8:20pm
Listener Robert:

Could you imagine anyone subbing for anyone else at WBAI, when half of them couldn't stand to be in the same room as the other half?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Joe McG:

There have been a lot of crazy fill-ins lately. Therese was just here earlier this evening, Meghan was on for Trouble this morning, and Micah did Dr. Gameshow last night. Not to mention all the weekend shows!
Avatar 8:22pm
Matt from Springfield:

More locomotive harmonica!
C&O, that's local to me! Canals, and railroads! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
melinda:

Nice to hear you in this time slot!
Avatar 8:26pm
Matt from Springfield:

Chesapeake & Ohio had quite a network (they in fact did connect w/ Chicago, among others). Great map of their many lines:
en.wikipedia.org...
  8:27pm
jon:

nice. great playlist as always joe.
evening noisy listeners
Avatar 8:27pm
Matt from Springfield:

Chennai-a Twain?! ;D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Joe McG:

Hey melinda, nice to see you! Jon, thanks so much. Matt, it's great to see your little avatar on my playlist again!
  8:30pm
JakeGould:

@JoeMcG: In light of Abe Vigoda’s passing, I would like to pass along a sexy Halloween costume idea in hopes someone will be brave enough to attempt it. Ready? Here it is: Babe Vigoda!
Avatar 8:30pm
Matt from Springfield:

Century old Indian 78s! Amazing arty-facts!

@Joe: Too often I stay up and enjoy Therese on my Mondays off, but I really need to get up early for SN sometimes! It's so much better live and commenting! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
Joe McG:

Jake, you're a sick man. I like it! @Matt: Would love to have you along, although I can see why your heart is with Therese. She's tops!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
melinda:

Love the Indian guitar w/scratchiness.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
Joe McG:

This guy playing the water bowls is amazing!
  8:33pm
jon:

wow. incredible sounds
Avatar 8:35pm
Matt from Springfield:

Water bowls!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
Joe McG:

These sisters have such similar voices that you can hardly tell they are trading off lines....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
Stevel:

Joe McG in the eve!

Always engaging.
  8:39pm
JakeGould:

Like this show. Always appreciate it when fill-in DJs make some effort to program material the regular audience would be into. Kudos!
Avatar 8:41pm
bobdoesthings:

whoah fill-in time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
melinda:

That was lovely.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Stevel:

I'm no Gramophone nerd, but these seem like pretty sharp recordings from this time. Were they heavily remastered (or whatever nerdy word applies)? (I'm a nerd).

I love the name at the end too.
Avatar 8:42pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Jake: Joe's original Surface Noise actually WAS this kind of material, one hour of old timey records, alternating every other week with MAC. The main difference being MAC is an acoustic recording purist, while Joe McG plays mainly early electrical recordings.
Avatar 8:42pm
bobdoesthings:

hare krishna everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

How far back into Indian Music would it have sounded about the same? Couple thousand years?
Avatar 8:43pm
Matt from Springfield:

Hare Hare! bob!

Wow! Miss Gauhar JAAN even has a Wiki!
en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Stevel:

I'm always learning great WFMU history.

The Wiki is worth it for the photo alone. In the studio, I'd guess.
  8:46pm
JakeGould:

www.abevigoda.com
Avatar 8:46pm
bobdoesthings:

isabevigodadead.com
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
melinda:

I read 94 too.
Avatar 8:47pm
Matt from Springfield:

Yes, 2016 is stacking up to be another 2012, in famous people's deaths.

Wow, there have been false reports of Abe's death ever since '82!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47pm
melinda:

I wonder if anyone will play the Barney Miller theme.
  8:47pm
MONEYBAG$:

Abe appeared onstage with Phish a couple of years ago, dressed in a wombat costume
  8:47pm
JakeGould:

@bobdoesthings: I prefer “www.abevigoda.com” because it’s simply his status. It was respectful of his life as well as death.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48pm
Joe McG:

@Matt: Very nice summary of my original show! @Stevel: The British and Indian engineers were doing amazing things in the teens in India, yes!
Avatar 8:48pm
bobdoesthings:

@jake - ah, nice distinction. yes.
  8:48pm
MONEYBAG$:

Brian Turner played some Barney Miller theme earlier
  8:49pm
JakeGould:

Whoa! That website I linked to has a remix of “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” for Abe Vigoda. www.abevigoda.com...
Avatar 8:49pm
bobdoesthings:

undead undead undead
  8:50pm
Listener Robert:

Interesting, Matt -- I remembered Thos. Edison's Atttic's alternating weeks with Antique Phonograph, but I don't remember Surface Noise's doing so.
  8:51pm
jon:

that blind willie was great
Avatar 8:52pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Joe: Always happy to be a historian/archivist here!
@Robert: If you look at the SN playlists link, you might be able to piece out the schedule based on when Joe's earliest shows aired.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yeah - this set - I have not words. The real stuff.
Avatar 8:52pm
Matt from Springfield:

A Capella gospel!
  8:52pm
Listener Robert:

I remembered the acoustic-electric divide between MAC & R. Crumb, though.
Avatar 8:54pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Resort Vacations In Hell: A Travelogue"
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Poor Abe. I can picture him in the afterlife and all the people there are going "Come on, you don't belong here! You're not dead! It's just a rumor!"
  8:55pm
JakeGould:

Hell?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Karen in Sleepy Hollow:

Hi Joe! Such a fun show.
Avatar 8:56pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Jake: HELL!!! At least that's what I heard..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Joe McG:

Well, we took Abe to Hell, but now the Storm is over, and all will Rise! Thanks for listening, everybody! See some of you bright and early on Monday morning!
  8:56pm
Listener Robert:

Where was that he was recommending for eternity? I didn't catch the name, maybe he should've said it more.
Avatar 8:56pm
bobdoesthings:

there was a guy on my subway home tonight who preached like this for the last 7-8 stops.. I tuned him out mostly.. until he got to a part where he was naming all the other religions and said something like "THEY ARE ALL FALSE!" and I burst out with a chuckle.
Avatar 8:58pm
Matt from Springfield:

Thanks Joe! Great sets tonight!
  8:58pm
JakeGould:

@bobdoesthings: Someone is going to punch you for doing that. That someone will be named… Jesus1

Thanks for the show, Joe!
Avatar 8:59pm
bobdoesthings:

thanks joe!!
@jake - my inner buddhahood will graciously accept my suffering
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
melinda:

Thank you for the helpful, on-point sermon. Great show!
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