WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from May 23, 2016

Listener comments!
	9:03am annie: good morning radio lovers!
	♥ 9:05am melinda: hello Joe, annie & others!
	♥ 9:06am pantz: Annie are you okay? Are you okay, Annie? Good morning!
	9:06am V Priceless: Yo Joe! Go bro!
	♥ 9:07am doctorjazz: Yip Yip Yip Yip!!!
	9:09am thedunkel: Yip!Yip! ooooh! oohh! Wha! Wha! Wha! Wha! Drame Drame Drame … and good morning Joe!
	♥ 9:09am Joe McG: Good Monday to you, friends. Welcome to today's radio programme.
	♥ 9:13am Marcel M: G'morning Joe and all
	9:16am annie: those radio-aliens crack me up!! and yes i'm ok pantz, thanks for asking.
	♥ 9:17am melinda: Enjoying the synthies.
	♥ 9:22am pantz: Once again Joe, you've made me want to seek out the soundtrack to Fantastic Planet. This time, I won't put it off!
	♥ 9:23am Joe McG: @pantz: A must! :)
	♥ 9:24am Marcel M: You going to this show, Joe?
	9:24am Brendan: An approving 'what's up' nod to the great Joe McGasko and regards to his most excellent assemblage.
	9:25am KP: Coming soon to an Fmu near you!
	9:26am bobdoesthings: gnarrly @marcel.. its this week right?!?!
	♥ 9:26am Joe McG: @Marcel: Yes, I even bought a ticket!
	♥ 9:26am Marcel M: @Bob: Haha, yep. Thu!
	♥ 9:27am MD: Hello World...Good May Morning to yous alls...
	♥ 9:27am Marcel M: Cool, Joe! See you there
	9:28am sphere: hello Joe and listenerz. :)
	♥ 9:28am Joe McG: @Marcel: Cool! I'm really looking forward to it. Nice Pre-Memorial Day Weekend treat.
	♥ 9:29am doctorjazz: Aw, Thursday nights just don't work (gotta work), too bea, would like to catch this show. Enjoy!
	9:29am KP: Heron Oblivion Express!
	♥ 9:30am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe! Tell Meg & buddies to come to Cologne! :-)
	9:30am sphere: i really really like Heron Oblivion.
	♥ 9:31am doctorjazz: Sounds like a great gig for the guitar obsessed.
	9:31am Karen: Love this band and the show this morning.
	♥ 9:32am Guido from Cologne: esp. known guitar finger-picker switching to drums ...
	9:34am bobdoesthings: never cared for the word "boogie" .. sounds gross.
	♥ 9:35am Ike: Too much like "booger"?
	♥ 9:35am Guido from Cologne: Carlton Melton IS A BAND-NAME ! :-)
	9:36am βrian: What about "bugger"? It's a rather innocuous term on this side of the pond.
	9:38am bobdoesthings: @ike - yeah i guess that's it.like a child talking about his boogers.. Endless Boogie, however, pretty solid band the bit I've heard.
	♥ 9:41am Joe McG: Thanks, Guido! :)
	9:42am Marc Francis: Howdy Joe! Howdy all!
	♥ 9:44am tadpoles: The Chills - a gig I'd love to see. Wear my leather jacket.
	♥ 9:45am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Which you love!
	9:49am Marc Francis: I just went to the Chills website to see where else they were playing (hoping for a Montreal show) and they only have 2014 listed!
	♥ 9:50am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe and Club McGasko. You be Chillin' this am, JMc. :-D
	♥ 9:51am Joe McG: @Sem: Ha ha! That's because I'm broadcasting from Chilltown (Jersey City's nickname--I'm not kidding!)
	♥ 9:52am Sem Chumbo: Ha Ha right back. Chilltown, really? Gotta look into that.
	♥ 9:52am tadpoles: I know they're playing in Britain in June. My brother's off to see them - lucky bugger.
	9:54am djsheilab: Mornin' Joe! I'm getting my long overdue Chills education. One beauty after the next!
	♥ 9:55am Joe McG: Hey, Sheila B.! Recovered from that weekender?!
	10:00am djsheilab: @Joe McG The sunshine, warm weather + your tunes are definitely helping :)
	10:01am bobdoesthings: monkchant cover!?
	♥ 10:03am Joe McG: Aw, thanks, Sheilab!
	10:05am Marc Francis: Alrighty. See ya later.
	10:05am Parq: Bobdoes and Ike, @9:34-35: www.youtube.com...
	10:09am Ear Hammer: This Lorraine Ellison is doing "it" for "me." Excellent tune!
	♥ 10:12am Joe McG: Hey, EH! How are you this morning?
	10:14am Ear Hammer: hangin' and bangin' THE USUAL. You?
	♥ 10:14am Joe McG: @EH: Spinnin' and chillin'. AS USUAL! :)
	10:16am βrian: Chilltown: It's where you go to get your freon.
	10:16am Ear Hammer: This soul set is exquisite! Should we expect a turn toward the (rrrrrr) later on in the show? I'm trying to be delicate and not incite a riot due to spoilers.
	10:19am Parq: The Independents track is something. Joe, superb but relatively obscure soul is really one of your fortes.
	♥ 10:19am Sem Chumbo: Love this interlude, sweet x 10.
	♥ 10:19am Joe McG: @EH: Not sure! It's either going to be funky country or folky or rocking. I'm leaning towards Tribute Land. @Parq: Thanks, Parq! Nice to have you aboard.
	10:19am Brendan: The soul song monologue was a great musical device
	10:21am Parq: Joe, you should do a Downtown Soulville fill-in sometime. DJ Trouble (who also has a finger on the pulse of great and under-exposed soul) did one once, and it kicked hind.
	10:22am djsheilab: Ahhhh....this song is heaven!
	♥ 10:23am Joe McG: @Parq: I'd love to! High flattery indeed.
	10:25am Cecile: hola!
	10:28am Cecile: Janis had great taste.
	♥ 10:29am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Start the week as you would like to end it.
	♥ 10:32am Guido from Cologne: ooooh Marion!
	♥ 10:35am Brian in UK: Nice one, Guido.
	10:35am P-90: All this and Marion too! Great job this morning as always, @DJ Joe McG!
	♥ 10:36am JP from KC: Morning, all. I'd take UK Brian's advice, but my employer frowns on drunkenness at the office this early in the morning.
	♥ 10:36am Marcel M: "the best man but only at your wedding." Nice turnaround!
	10:38am P-90: @Parq: inspired suggestion, for Joe to take a turn on DT Soulville.
	♥ 10:38am Sem Chumbo: Hmm, I guess This Diamond Ring has a subtext for Gary.
	♥ 10:39am Joe McG: Thanks, P-90! @BrianUK: Good advice! @Marcel: I also love the Beach Boys-y Leslie'd keyboards on that record.
	♥ 10:39am Brian in UK: WILMA, said Fred.
	♥ 10:40am Sem Chumbo: Bud and Wilma: doesn't sound very focus-grouped to me, branding--wise.
	♥ 10:41am Brian in UK: Sorry WILMA bawled Fred.
	10:41am Cecile: that song kind of creeped me out. I can't explain why.
	10:41am melinda: I was thinking something along those lines too, Sem.
	♥ 10:43am pantz: Love this Duke Ellington song! I can picture my grandma singing it and waltzing around the kitchen.
	♥ 10:43am Sem Chumbo: I wonder if Ellington and John Wayne ever got into a tussle over who would be called Duke?
	♥ 10:45am Joe McG: @pantz: What a sweet picture! The 45 is a little crackly, but it's from 1949, so we have to cut it some slack.
	♥ 10:46am Ken From Hyde Park: @Sem - Duke Kahanamoku, the surfing legend, would also want to get in on that.
	10:47am P-90: "Searching for Heaven": super 80's-sounding record. Watery chorus on everything, Debbie Harry-influenced vocals, etc. etc.
	10:48am sphere: Rockwell has a very troubled relationship with technology.
	♥ 10:48am Sem Chumbo: hehe, nice one, KfHP. Spelling and everything.
	10:49am Cecile: strange song but still sadly relevant.
	♥ 10:49am pantz: @sphere an obvious paranoid as well
	10:49am Cheri Pi: Deep (to me) Rockwell cut!
	10:49am Brendan: Joe we traced the Rockwell and its coming from inside the studio! Omg! Run for your life!
	10:49am djsheilab: Loving these 2 back-to-back 80s tracks!
	♥ 10:50am Sem Chumbo: I half expect this to break into a Hall and Oates thing.
	10:50am sphere: Rockwell is polite though. the Caller is "Mr. or Miss."
	10:50am Cecile: the backup vocals make it.
	♥ 10:50am pantz: Poor guy probably sees spies in his soup.
	♥ 10:51am Joe McG: @Brendan: AHHHHHHHHH! Help! @Cheri Pi: Great tragedy: The Upper Crust brought NO MERCH with them to Monty Hall on Saturday night, so I couldn't get you that shirt. :(
	10:51am Blix: Rockwell...the Thomas Pynchon of '80s r&b pop. "Somebody watching me" was him too, wasn't it?
	10:52am Cecile: Rockwell was Berry Gordy's son. He probably heard "can you give this tape to your dad" ever since he was in diapers.
	10:52am Cheri Pi: Oh noes! Well it makes sense, t-shirts are rather pedestrian
	♥ 10:53am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: I really hoped they would be selling powdered wigs.
	10:54am Cecile: at least garters!
	10:55am P-90: Rockwell: The Motown Thomas Dolby.
	10:55am βrian: Speaking of upper crust, it's Rhubarb Pie Monday at our house. I can't wait!
	10:56am PKNY: According to Rockwell Wikipedia page, he got his contract with Motown without his father's knowledge. I find that hard to believe.
	10:57am Brendan: Speaking of Holiday are you around next week Joe?
	10:57am Cecile: yum yum rhubarb! this is pretty watered-down Nazareth. the 80s were kind of awful to old-school hard rockers.
	10:58am Cecile: PKNY, it was pre-Internet. It's entirely possible.
	10:58am PKNY: And on the album with "Somebody's Watching Me", he does a cover of "Taxman". How could I have make it this far in life without hearing that. If someone at WFMU decides to do a 3 hour set of "Taxman" covers, that better be featured!
	♥ 10:58am Joe McG: @Brendan: Yeah, I'll be here for my Memorial Day special. Once I decide on what that is, we'll be in good shape! Best songs of WWII? Songs about the deceased? Only songs by people who are no longer with us? Anyone have any ideas?
	♥ 10:59am Brian in UK: Goodbye Lonnie. Got to cut and run, Joe. Away next week, sees you later. Have a good week everyone.
	10:59am Cecile: how about a summer party vibe? Because soldiers go fight wars and dream about coming home to barbeques and pool parties and normalcy.
	10:59am Cheri Pi: Were they doing facial mole painting at the very least?
	♥ 11:00am Joe McG: @Cecile: That's not a bad idea. I have a feeling Joe Belock will be there before me, though (he lives for summer). @CP: Of course! And white powder.
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: BTW, the Upper Crust and Figgs were videoed, so you should see something up on the site eventually...
	11:01am Dean: Songs with "memory," "memorial," "remember," etc., in their titles.
	11:01am Cecile: most everyone loves summer. Keep the summer fun going!
	11:02am Cecile: How about all blues, soul and rock songs about fish fries and barbeques?
	11:02am Cecile: billboard still has some life left to it.
	11:03am Cecile: please do!
	11:04am Dean: Saw Robbie Dunbar play at a local pub a year or two ago.
	11:07am KP: I saw Lonnie Mack open for the Doors at the Felt Forum. He was also in on some of their sessions.
	11:11am briaboy: Please talk less and play music....
	♥ 11:12am Joe McG: @briaboy: Here we go....
	♥ 11:15am Guido from Cologne: Finishing work now. Nice to see the lyric notes appreciated! CU Joe and thanks 4 the entertainment. Will be on a reading by Viv Abertine (Slits) tonight. That's gonna be interesting for the "audience-questions" part of it (her book reads like a novel).
	♥ 11:16am Joe McG: @Guido: Her book was great! I'm sure the Q&A will be really interesting!
	♥ 11:18am pantz: OOOOH! I gotta read that. What's the title @guido ?
	♥ 11:18am Sem Chumbo: Torch and Twang, what range! Love it.
	11:18am βrian: This reminds me that there are flies in the kitchen, and that I can hear 'em there buzzin'.
	11:18am djsheilab: I think you strike the perfect balance between speaking + playing records @JoeMcG.
	11:19am βrian: @Sem: Cat names!
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: Thanks, Sheila! :)
	11:20am βrian: And such dulcet pipes, Joe!
	♥ 11:21am Sem Chumbo: haha, @ βrian.
	♥ 11:21am Joe McG: @Brian: Aw, you guys! Appreciate the support. I actually don't really talk that much, I don't think! Could be a lot worse.
	♥ 11:24am doctorjazz: Also like hearing you speak at the mike break fine Mack tribute!
	♥ 11:25am Joe McG: @doctor: Thanks! Yeah, the show's suddenly sprouted some hair on its chest!
	♥ 11:26am Michael 98145: Great Mack track!
	♥ 11:27am Joe McG: Mack attack!
	11:28am Dean: Never realized that the opening to Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" was a Lonnie Mack tune!
	11:30am Mister Dobalina: Thanks for the Mack schoolin' set, I needed it. Now I know.
	♥ 11:31am Mick: Thank you thank you thank you for the Lonnie Mack tribute. Much appreciated.
	11:31am Parq: Way-dug that Dylan cover.
	♥ 11:32am Joe McG: @Dean: I think he might've cribbed it from somewhere else. Sounds a little like "Turn On Your Love Light" or something. @Dobalina and Mick: You bet! His catalog is really rich, full of gems.
	11:32am Parq: "New Morning" is such an underrated Dylan album.
	11:32am P-90: When Prince and Lonnie Mack died on the same day, I knew I would have to be patient, that some FMU DJs would do some Lonnie Mack tributage by and by.
	11:33am Cecile: Same here Mr. Dobalina. I didn't know that much about him. This is great and RIP Lonnie.
	11:34am Cecile: damn, dude can blow.
	♥ 11:34am Michael 98145: That's why we come to WFMU
	11:36am Cecile: he did - I remember not being able to keep his stuff in stock in Ann Arbor.
	11:37am Cecile: no, keep playing Lonnie
	11:38am Cecile: ok, if it's Guy Clark.
	11:38am madman: HEY JOE
	♥ 11:38am Joe McG: Sorry, Cecile, this is where I want to go.
	♥ 11:38am Joe McG: HEY Madman!
	11:41am Cecile: S'cool, Joe. I said OK, if it's Guy Clark.
	11:41am Cecile: hahaha
	11:41am melinda: I didn't know much about Guy Clark but serendipitously found a copy of the Heartworn Highways documentary at the public library last week and I'm in the process of watching it. It is good.
	11:42am βrian: Heartworm Highways? Oh dear.
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: @Cecile: Ha ha, no problem! @melinda: Great movie! I'll play a song from it next.
	♥ 11:43am MD: Nice Lonnie Mack Stuff! Thanks Joe!
	♥ 11:44am Ken From Hyde Park: The Memorial Day show just might end up being a memorial tribute to all the artists we've lost in the past year. Lord knows we've lost quite a few.
	11:44am annie: i never realized how much guy clark's influence was... i love all his songs..
	11:44am madman: YEEEEEE HAAAAAA
	♥ 11:45am Joe McG: @Ken: Yeah, I think I'm doing my Memorial Day show right now! Thanks for all of your suggestions, everyone, btw.
	♥ 11:45am tadpoles: madman made me think Joe...would it be too egomaniacal to do a show of (or a segment of) "Hey Joe" covers ... if there are enough??
	11:45am Cecile: Texas cooking! that's great Memorial Day song. Texas cooking is something. Good food down there.
	♥ 11:46am coelacanth: good morning Joe and everyone.
	11:47am Cecile: ranch style beans are great, too. Gotta make some.
	11:48am melinda: @Brian: I like that title even better.
	♥ 11:48am coelacanth: Thanks for the Guy Clark songs; 'wish i'd caught the Lonnie Mack. ...never knew much about Guy Clark, but last night someone played a bunch of his stuff on the jukebox. Good stuff.
	11:49am John McGreivey: Love the show.
	♥ 11:49am Dominick: thank you thank you
	11:49am Scraps deSelby: Had to get up from bed and appreciate Guy Clark
	11:49am βrian: Damn, it's getting on toward lunch time. The food carts are gathering.
	11:50am P-90: Astonishing songwriting skills + polished performer. Hurts to lose these guys.
	♥ 11:51am Joe McG: Glad you guys are enjoying the Tribute Hour. Guy Clark was a helluva great live performer. I had the good fortune to see him a number of times. Never saw Lonnie Mack, sadly.
	11:51am Mister Dobalina: I'm a huge JJ Cale fan, and this sort of stuff is right up my alley. Actually, JJ Cale is my absolute favorite, EVER!
	11:53am tino: God bless Guy Clark- My parents wore those first 2 records out in the mid 70s- Those songs are heavy shit for little kid.
	♥ 11:53am coelacanth: "Really?" is a perfect album.
	11:53am KP: I have seen the David, Mona Lisa and Doc Watson too. Not sure about the Columbus Stockade Blues.
	11:54am madman: GREAT SHOW JOE!!!
	11:54am melinda: Lovely duet.
	11:54am Mister Dobalina: Has anyone seen, 'Heartworn Highways' ? Might have to catch it some how.
	11:54am Polyus: I am going to see Beyonce in a big football stadium tonight, Joe. Words I never imagined myself typing. The things we do for love.
	♥ 11:55am Michael 98145: be brave, Polyus
	11:55am βrian: She's Bouncéy in our household.
	11:55am Cecile: Poly, that should be amazing.
	♥ 11:56am Joe McG: @POlyus: Hey, sounds like fun! Make it a good time!
	♥ 11:56am Sem Chumbo: Hey, Thanks a lot, Mr. Chilltown Joe, been a slice of delicious music pie this am. Later!
	11:56am Cecile: yeah, and you have to report back about the new stadium. From the outside, I have no clue how it's going to look.
	♥ 11:57am officina: Great show Joe, amazing Guy Clark !
	♥ 11:57am common: great show, joe!
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Hey, everybody, thanks for listening and commenting today. I hope you all have a nice holiday weekend (if you're in the U.S.) and just a great weekend period if you're abroad. Have fun!
	11:57am Polyus: I am actually pretty psyched. Never been to a huge pop spectacle show like that before.
	11:57am βrian: Ach, and of course netflix doesn't have the documentary available. Oy.
	11:58am Cecile: brian, youtube might
	11:58am βrian: Oh my. Memorial Day. I completely forgotted.
	11:59am Polyus: @ Cecile - it's at TCF, not the new Vikings joint. So outdoors, unfortunately. We are gonna get drenched.
	♥ 11:59am coelacanth: Thanks Joe.
	11:59am madman: @JOE AND LISTENERS HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING!
	12:00pm P-90: @Joe McG: Thanks for a great show, outdid yourself in this last hour! "Heartworm Highways": wasn't that a Hartz Mountain advertising jingle?
	12:00pm Cecile: Walgreen's has a fine selection of ponchos. I'd splurge for a couple.
	♥ 12:00pm doctorjazz: Also like hearing you speak at the mike break fine Mack tribute!
	♥ 12:00pm Michael 98145: Love Emmylou
	12:02pm madman: I GO TO SEARS FOR MY PONCHOS

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from May 23, 2016

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Drame	Drame "Drame" by "Drame"	Drame	Platinum	2015	LP			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Video Liszt	Fade in Hong Kong "Fade in Hong Kong" by "Video Liszt"	Cosmic Machine: The Sequel	Because Music	2016	CD	From 1981	*	0:11:56 (Pop-up)
Mark Pritchard	Where Do They Go, The Butterflies	Under the Sun	Warp	2016	CD		*	0:15:21 (Pop-up)
Carlton Melton	Philadelayphia "Philadelayphia" by "Carlton Melton"	Aground	Agitated	2016	LP		*	0:18:35 (Pop-up)
Chris Forsyth and The Solar Motel Band	The Rarity of Experience Part 2	The Rarity of Experience I & II	No Quarter	2016	CD	At Monty Hall this Thursday!	*	0:23:10 (Pop-up)
Heron Oblivion	Sudden Lament "Sudden Lament" by "Heron Oblivion"	Heron Oblivion	Sub Pop	2016	CD	Also at Monty Hall this Thursday!	*	0:27:46 (Pop-up)

The Chills	Molten Gold "Molten Gold" by "The Chills"	Silver Bullets	Fire	2015	CD	At Monty Hall TONIGHT		0:38:40 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Don't Even Know Her Name	Kaleidoscope World	Homestead	1989	CD	From 1985		0:41:39 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Double Summer "Double Summer" by "The Chills"	Soft Bomb	Slash/Reprise	1992	CD			0:43:54 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Night of Chill Blue "Night of Chill Blue" by "The Chills"	Somewhere Beautiful	Fire	2013	CD			0:46:35 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Submarine Bells "Submarine Bells" by "The Chills"	Submarine Bells	Slash/Warner Bros.	1990	CD			0:49:33 (Pop-up)
Jessica and the Fletchers	Crystal Tears	single	Market Square	2016	45		*	0:53:13 (Pop-up)
Sad Lovers & Giants	When I See You	Lost in a Sea Full of Sighs	Dark Entries	2016	LP	From 1981	*	0:55:19 (Pop-up)
Awards Banquet	The Bishop "The Bishop" by "Awards Banquet"	If Not Now Then Summer	Scioto	2016	LP		*	0:58:32 (Pop-up)
The Raincoats	Monk Chant "Monk Chant" by "The Raincoats"	single	Play Loud!	2015	45	From 2009		1:01:09 (Pop-up)
The Monks	He Went Down to the Sea	Black Monk Time	Infinite Zero Archive	1997	CD	bonus track, 1967		1:03:21 (Pop-up)
Lorraine Ellison	Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)	Loma: A Soul Music Love Affair - Volume Two	Future Days/Light in the Attic	2016	LP	From 1968	*	1:06:45 (Pop-up)
Linda Jones	My Heart Needs a Break	Loma: A Soul Music Love Affair - Volume One	Future Days/Light in the Attic	2016	LP	From 1968	*	1:09:06 (Pop-up)
Clarence Reid	I'm Sorry Baby "I'm Sorry Baby" by "Clarence Reid"	Nobody But You Babe	Tay-ster	2009	CD	From 1970		1:12:02 (Pop-up)
The Independents	Just As Long As You Need Me	Just As Long: The Complete Wand Recordings 1972-74	Kent Soul/Ace	2016	CD		*	1:14:10 (Pop-up)
Vangelis Papathanassiou	Ma Dove Sei'	Amore Soundtrack	Monster Melodies	2016	LP	From 1973	*	1:19:53 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of random 45s played in a row just like at my house
Marion	Er ist wieder da "Er ist wieder da" by "Marion"	single	Hansa	1966	45	Thanks to Guido!		1:32:57 (Pop-up)
Gary Lewis & the Playboys	May the Best Man Win	single	Liberty	1966	45			1:35:00 (Pop-up)
Bud Logan & Wilma Burgess	Wake Me into Love	single	Shannon	1973	45			1:37:26 (Pop-up)
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	single	RCA Victor	1949	45			1:40:29 (Pop-up)
Pauline Murray & the Invisible Girls	Searching for Heaven	single	Illusive	1981	45	A 10"--not a 7"--but still plays at 45!		1:43:48 (Pop-up)
Rockwell	Obscene Phone Caller "Obscene Phone Caller" by "Rockwell"	single	Motown	1984	45			1:46:43 (Pop-up)
Earth Quake	Bright Lights "Bright Lights" by "Earth Quake"	single	A&M	1972	45			1:50:13 (Pop-up)
Nazareth	Holiday "Holiday" by "Nazareth"	single	A&M	1981	45			1:53:41 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	All We Need Is Love, You and Me	single	Roulette	1975	45			1:57:08 (Pop-up)

Lonnie Mack R.i.P. "Lonnie Mack R.i.P."
Lonnie Mack	Wham! "Wham!" by "Lonnie Mack"	The Wham of That Memphis Man!	Alligator	1987	LP	From 1963		2:11:22 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	Save Your Money "Save Your Money" by "Lonnie Mack"	single	Fraternity	1967	45			2:13:02 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	Things Have Gone to Pieces	Whatever's Right	Elektra	1969	LP			2:15:43 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack and Pismo	Lucy "Lucy" by "Lonnie Mack and Pismo"	Lonnie Mack and Pismo	Capitol	1977	LP			2:18:34 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	The Move "The Move" by "Lonnie Mack"	Attack of the Killer V - Live!	Alligator	1990	LP			2:22:42 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	The Man in Me "The Man in Me" by "Lonnie Mack"	The Hills of Indiana	Elektra	1971	LP			2:26:24 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	Why "Why" by "Lonnie Mack"	The Wham of That Memphis Man!	Alligator	1987	LP	From 1963		2:29:27 (Pop-up)

Guy Clark R.I.P. "Guy Clark R.I.P."
Guy Clark	Instant Coffee Blues "Instant Coffee Blues" by "Guy Clark"	Old No. 1	RCA	1975	LP			2:37:52 (Pop-up)
Guy Clark	Anyhow I Love You "Anyhow I Love You" by "Guy Clark"	Texas Folk and Outlaw Music: Kerryville Festivals 1972-76	Adelphi	1983	LP	recorded live in Texas, 1975		2:40:41 (Pop-up)
Guy Clark	Texas Cookin' "Texas Cookin'" by "Guy Clark"	Heartworn Highways: Original Vintage Recordings from the Legendary Documentary	Hacktone	2006	CD	From 1975		2:44:11 (Pop-up)
Guy Clark	Dublin Blues "Dublin Blues" by "Guy Clark"	Dublin Blues	Asylum	1995	CD			2:47:38 (Pop-up)
Guy Clark	I Don't Love You Much Do I	Boats to Build	Asylum	1992	CD	with Emmylou		2:51:52 (Pop-up)
Guy Clark	That Old Time Feeling "That Old Time Feeling" by "Guy Clark"	Keepers	Sugar Hill	1997	CD			2:54:40 (Pop-up)

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	9:03am annie: good morning radio lovers!
	♥ 9:05am melinda: hello Joe, annie & others!
	♥ 9:06am pantz: Annie are you okay? Are you okay, Annie? Good morning!
	9:06am V Priceless: Yo Joe! Go bro!
	♥ 9:07am doctorjazz: Yip Yip Yip Yip!!!
	9:09am thedunkel: Yip!Yip! ooooh! oohh! Wha! Wha! Wha! Wha! Drame Drame Drame … and good morning Joe!
	♥ 9:09am Joe McG: Good Monday to you, friends. Welcome to today's radio programme.
	♥ 9:13am Marcel M: G'morning Joe and all
	9:16am annie: those radio-aliens crack me up!! and yes i'm ok pantz, thanks for asking.
	♥ 9:17am melinda: Enjoying the synthies.
	♥ 9:22am pantz: Once again Joe, you've made me want to seek out the soundtrack to Fantastic Planet. This time, I won't put it off!
	♥ 9:23am Joe McG: @pantz: A must! :)
	♥ 9:24am Marcel M: You going to this show, Joe?
	9:24am Brendan: An approving 'what's up' nod to the great Joe McGasko and regards to his most excellent assemblage.
	9:25am KP: Coming soon to an Fmu near you!
	9:26am bobdoesthings: gnarrly @marcel.. its this week right?!?!
	♥ 9:26am Joe McG: @Marcel: Yes, I even bought a ticket!
	♥ 9:26am Marcel M: @Bob: Haha, yep. Thu!
	♥ 9:27am MD: Hello World...Good May Morning to yous alls...
	♥ 9:27am Marcel M: Cool, Joe! See you there
	9:28am sphere: hello Joe and listenerz. :)
	♥ 9:28am Joe McG: @Marcel: Cool! I'm really looking forward to it. Nice Pre-Memorial Day Weekend treat.
	♥ 9:29am doctorjazz: Aw, Thursday nights just don't work (gotta work), too bea, would like to catch this show. Enjoy!
	9:29am KP: Heron Oblivion Express!
	♥ 9:30am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe! Tell Meg & buddies to come to Cologne! :-)
	9:30am sphere: i really really like Heron Oblivion.
	♥ 9:31am doctorjazz: Sounds like a great gig for the guitar obsessed.
	9:31am Karen: Love this band and the show this morning.
	♥ 9:32am Guido from Cologne: esp. known guitar finger-picker switching to drums ...
	9:34am bobdoesthings: never cared for the word "boogie" .. sounds gross.
	♥ 9:35am Ike: Too much like "booger"?
	♥ 9:35am Guido from Cologne: Carlton Melton IS A BAND-NAME ! :-)
	9:36am βrian: What about "bugger"? It's a rather innocuous term on this side of the pond.
	9:38am bobdoesthings: @ike - yeah i guess that's it.like a child talking about his boogers.. Endless Boogie, however, pretty solid band the bit I've heard.
	♥ 9:41am Joe McG: Thanks, Guido! :)
	9:42am Marc Francis: Howdy Joe! Howdy all!
	♥ 9:44am tadpoles: The Chills - a gig I'd love to see. Wear my leather jacket.
	♥ 9:45am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Which you love!
	9:49am Marc Francis: I just went to the Chills website to see where else they were playing (hoping for a Montreal show) and they only have 2014 listed!
	♥ 9:50am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe and Club McGasko. You be Chillin' this am, JMc. :-D
	♥ 9:51am Joe McG: @Sem: Ha ha! That's because I'm broadcasting from Chilltown (Jersey City's nickname--I'm not kidding!)
	♥ 9:52am Sem Chumbo: Ha Ha right back. Chilltown, really? Gotta look into that.
	♥ 9:52am tadpoles: I know they're playing in Britain in June. My brother's off to see them - lucky bugger.
	9:54am djsheilab: Mornin' Joe! I'm getting my long overdue Chills education. One beauty after the next!
	♥ 9:55am Joe McG: Hey, Sheila B.! Recovered from that weekender?!
	10:00am djsheilab: @Joe McG The sunshine, warm weather + your tunes are definitely helping :)
	10:01am bobdoesthings: monkchant cover!?
	♥ 10:03am Joe McG: Aw, thanks, Sheilab!
	10:05am Marc Francis: Alrighty. See ya later.
	10:05am Parq: Bobdoes and Ike, @9:34-35: www.youtube.com...
	10:09am Ear Hammer: This Lorraine Ellison is doing "it" for "me." Excellent tune!
	♥ 10:12am Joe McG: Hey, EH! How are you this morning?
	10:14am Ear Hammer: hangin' and bangin' THE USUAL. You?
	♥ 10:14am Joe McG: @EH: Spinnin' and chillin'. AS USUAL! :)
	10:16am βrian: Chilltown: It's where you go to get your freon.
	10:16am Ear Hammer: This soul set is exquisite! Should we expect a turn toward the (rrrrrr) later on in the show? I'm trying to be delicate and not incite a riot due to spoilers.
	10:19am Parq: The Independents track is something. Joe, superb but relatively obscure soul is really one of your fortes.
	♥ 10:19am Sem Chumbo: Love this interlude, sweet x 10.
	♥ 10:19am Joe McG: @EH: Not sure! It's either going to be funky country or folky or rocking. I'm leaning towards Tribute Land. @Parq: Thanks, Parq! Nice to have you aboard.
	10:19am Brendan: The soul song monologue was a great musical device
	10:21am Parq: Joe, you should do a Downtown Soulville fill-in sometime. DJ Trouble (who also has a finger on the pulse of great and under-exposed soul) did one once, and it kicked hind.
	10:22am djsheilab: Ahhhh....this song is heaven!
	♥ 10:23am Joe McG: @Parq: I'd love to! High flattery indeed.
	10:25am Cecile: hola!
	10:28am Cecile: Janis had great taste.
	♥ 10:29am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Start the week as you would like to end it.
	♥ 10:32am Guido from Cologne: ooooh Marion!
	♥ 10:35am Brian in UK: Nice one, Guido.
	10:35am P-90: All this and Marion too! Great job this morning as always, @DJ Joe McG!
	♥ 10:36am JP from KC: Morning, all. I'd take UK Brian's advice, but my employer frowns on drunkenness at the office this early in the morning.
	♥ 10:36am Marcel M: "the best man but only at your wedding." Nice turnaround!
	10:38am P-90: @Parq: inspired suggestion, for Joe to take a turn on DT Soulville.
	♥ 10:38am Sem Chumbo: Hmm, I guess This Diamond Ring has a subtext for Gary.
	♥ 10:39am Joe McG: Thanks, P-90! @BrianUK: Good advice! @Marcel: I also love the Beach Boys-y Leslie'd keyboards on that record.
	♥ 10:39am Brian in UK: WILMA, said Fred.
	♥ 10:40am Sem Chumbo: Bud and Wilma: doesn't sound very focus-grouped to me, branding--wise.
	♥ 10:41am Brian in UK: Sorry WILMA bawled Fred.
	10:41am Cecile: that song kind of creeped me out. I can't explain why.
	10:41am melinda: I was thinking something along those lines too, Sem.
	♥ 10:43am pantz: Love this Duke Ellington song! I can picture my grandma singing it and waltzing around the kitchen.
	♥ 10:43am Sem Chumbo: I wonder if Ellington and John Wayne ever got into a tussle over who would be called Duke?
	♥ 10:45am Joe McG: @pantz: What a sweet picture! The 45 is a little crackly, but it's from 1949, so we have to cut it some slack.
	♥ 10:46am Ken From Hyde Park: @Sem - Duke Kahanamoku, the surfing legend, would also want to get in on that.
	10:47am P-90: "Searching for Heaven": super 80's-sounding record. Watery chorus on everything, Debbie Harry-influenced vocals, etc. etc.
	10:48am sphere: Rockwell has a very troubled relationship with technology.
	♥ 10:48am Sem Chumbo: hehe, nice one, KfHP. Spelling and everything.
	10:49am Cecile: strange song but still sadly relevant.
	♥ 10:49am pantz: @sphere an obvious paranoid as well
	10:49am Cheri Pi: Deep (to me) Rockwell cut!
	10:49am Brendan: Joe we traced the Rockwell and its coming from inside the studio! Omg! Run for your life!
	10:49am djsheilab: Loving these 2 back-to-back 80s tracks!
	♥ 10:50am Sem Chumbo: I half expect this to break into a Hall and Oates thing.
	10:50am sphere: Rockwell is polite though. the Caller is "Mr. or Miss."
	10:50am Cecile: the backup vocals make it.
	♥ 10:50am pantz: Poor guy probably sees spies in his soup.
	♥ 10:51am Joe McG: @Brendan: AHHHHHHHHH! Help! @Cheri Pi: Great tragedy: The Upper Crust brought NO MERCH with them to Monty Hall on Saturday night, so I couldn't get you that shirt. :(
	10:51am Blix: Rockwell...the Thomas Pynchon of '80s r&b pop. "Somebody watching me" was him too, wasn't it?
	10:52am Cecile: Rockwell was Berry Gordy's son. He probably heard "can you give this tape to your dad" ever since he was in diapers.
	10:52am Cheri Pi: Oh noes! Well it makes sense, t-shirts are rather pedestrian
	♥ 10:53am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: I really hoped they would be selling powdered wigs.
	10:54am Cecile: at least garters!
	10:55am P-90: Rockwell: The Motown Thomas Dolby.
	10:55am βrian: Speaking of upper crust, it's Rhubarb Pie Monday at our house. I can't wait!
	10:56am PKNY: According to Rockwell Wikipedia page, he got his contract with Motown without his father's knowledge. I find that hard to believe.
	10:57am Brendan: Speaking of Holiday are you around next week Joe?
	10:57am Cecile: yum yum rhubarb! this is pretty watered-down Nazareth. the 80s were kind of awful to old-school hard rockers.
	10:58am Cecile: PKNY, it was pre-Internet. It's entirely possible.
	10:58am PKNY: And on the album with "Somebody's Watching Me", he does a cover of "Taxman". How could I have make it this far in life without hearing that. If someone at WFMU decides to do a 3 hour set of "Taxman" covers, that better be featured!
	♥ 10:58am Joe McG: @Brendan: Yeah, I'll be here for my Memorial Day special. Once I decide on what that is, we'll be in good shape! Best songs of WWII? Songs about the deceased? Only songs by people who are no longer with us? Anyone have any ideas?
	♥ 10:59am Brian in UK: Goodbye Lonnie. Got to cut and run, Joe. Away next week, sees you later. Have a good week everyone.
	10:59am Cecile: how about a summer party vibe? Because soldiers go fight wars and dream about coming home to barbeques and pool parties and normalcy.
	10:59am Cheri Pi: Were they doing facial mole painting at the very least?
	♥ 11:00am Joe McG: @Cecile: That's not a bad idea. I have a feeling Joe Belock will be there before me, though (he lives for summer). @CP: Of course! And white powder.
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: BTW, the Upper Crust and Figgs were videoed, so you should see something up on the site eventually...
	11:01am Dean: Songs with "memory," "memorial," "remember," etc., in their titles.
	11:01am Cecile: most everyone loves summer. Keep the summer fun going!
	11:02am Cecile: How about all blues, soul and rock songs about fish fries and barbeques?
	11:02am Cecile: billboard still has some life left to it.
	11:03am Cecile: please do!
	11:04am Dean: Saw Robbie Dunbar play at a local pub a year or two ago.
	11:07am KP: I saw Lonnie Mack open for the Doors at the Felt Forum. He was also in on some of their sessions.
	11:11am briaboy: Please talk less and play music....
	♥ 11:12am Joe McG: @briaboy: Here we go....
	♥ 11:15am Guido from Cologne: Finishing work now. Nice to see the lyric notes appreciated! CU Joe and thanks 4 the entertainment. Will be on a reading by Viv Abertine (Slits) tonight. That's gonna be interesting for the "audience-questions" part of it (her book reads like a novel).
	♥ 11:16am Joe McG: @Guido: Her book was great! I'm sure the Q&A will be really interesting!
	♥ 11:18am pantz: OOOOH! I gotta read that. What's the title @guido ?
	♥ 11:18am Sem Chumbo: Torch and Twang, what range! Love it.
	11:18am βrian: This reminds me that there are flies in the kitchen, and that I can hear 'em there buzzin'.
	11:18am djsheilab: I think you strike the perfect balance between speaking + playing records @JoeMcG.
	11:19am βrian: @Sem: Cat names!
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: Thanks, Sheila! :)
	11:20am βrian: And such dulcet pipes, Joe!
	♥ 11:21am Sem Chumbo: haha, @ βrian.
	♥ 11:21am Joe McG: @Brian: Aw, you guys! Appreciate the support. I actually don't really talk that much, I don't think! Could be a lot worse.
	♥ 11:24am doctorjazz: Also like hearing you speak at the mike break fine Mack tribute!
	♥ 11:25am Joe McG: @doctor: Thanks! Yeah, the show's suddenly sprouted some hair on its chest!
	♥ 11:26am Michael 98145: Great Mack track!
	♥ 11:27am Joe McG: Mack attack!
	11:28am Dean: Never realized that the opening to Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" was a Lonnie Mack tune!
	11:30am Mister Dobalina: Thanks for the Mack schoolin' set, I needed it. Now I know.
	♥ 11:31am Mick: Thank you thank you thank you for the Lonnie Mack tribute. Much appreciated.
	11:31am Parq: Way-dug that Dylan cover.
	♥ 11:32am Joe McG: @Dean: I think he might've cribbed it from somewhere else. Sounds a little like "Turn On Your Love Light" or something. @Dobalina and Mick: You bet! His catalog is really rich, full of gems.
	11:32am Parq: "New Morning" is such an underrated Dylan album.
	11:32am P-90: When Prince and Lonnie Mack died on the same day, I knew I would have to be patient, that some FMU DJs would do some Lonnie Mack tributage by and by.
	11:33am Cecile: Same here Mr. Dobalina. I didn't know that much about him. This is great and RIP Lonnie.
	11:34am Cecile: damn, dude can blow.
	♥ 11:34am Michael 98145: That's why we come to WFMU
	11:36am Cecile: he did - I remember not being able to keep his stuff in stock in Ann Arbor.
	11:37am Cecile: no, keep playing Lonnie
	11:38am Cecile: ok, if it's Guy Clark.
	11:38am madman: HEY JOE
	♥ 11:38am Joe McG: Sorry, Cecile, this is where I want to go.
	♥ 11:38am Joe McG: HEY Madman!
	11:41am Cecile: S'cool, Joe. I said OK, if it's Guy Clark.
	11:41am Cecile: hahaha
	11:41am melinda: I didn't know much about Guy Clark but serendipitously found a copy of the Heartworn Highways documentary at the public library last week and I'm in the process of watching it. It is good.
	11:42am βrian: Heartworm Highways? Oh dear.
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: @Cecile: Ha ha, no problem! @melinda: Great movie! I'll play a song from it next.
	♥ 11:43am MD: Nice Lonnie Mack Stuff! Thanks Joe!
	♥ 11:44am Ken From Hyde Park: The Memorial Day show just might end up being a memorial tribute to all the artists we've lost in the past year. Lord knows we've lost quite a few.
	11:44am annie: i never realized how much guy clark's influence was... i love all his songs..
	11:44am madman: YEEEEEE HAAAAAA
	♥ 11:45am Joe McG: @Ken: Yeah, I think I'm doing my Memorial Day show right now! Thanks for all of your suggestions, everyone, btw.
	♥ 11:45am tadpoles: madman made me think Joe...would it be too egomaniacal to do a show of (or a segment of) "Hey Joe" covers ... if there are enough??
	11:45am Cecile: Texas cooking! that's great Memorial Day song. Texas cooking is something. Good food down there.
	♥ 11:46am coelacanth: good morning Joe and everyone.
	11:47am Cecile: ranch style beans are great, too. Gotta make some.
	11:48am melinda: @Brian: I like that title even better.
	♥ 11:48am coelacanth: Thanks for the Guy Clark songs; 'wish i'd caught the Lonnie Mack. ...never knew much about Guy Clark, but last night someone played a bunch of his stuff on the jukebox. Good stuff.
	11:49am John McGreivey: Love the show.
	♥ 11:49am Dominick: thank you thank you
	11:49am Scraps deSelby: Had to get up from bed and appreciate Guy Clark
	11:49am βrian: Damn, it's getting on toward lunch time. The food carts are gathering.
	11:50am P-90: Astonishing songwriting skills + polished performer. Hurts to lose these guys.
	♥ 11:51am Joe McG: Glad you guys are enjoying the Tribute Hour. Guy Clark was a helluva great live performer. I had the good fortune to see him a number of times. Never saw Lonnie Mack, sadly.
	11:51am Mister Dobalina: I'm a huge JJ Cale fan, and this sort of stuff is right up my alley. Actually, JJ Cale is my absolute favorite, EVER!
	11:53am tino: God bless Guy Clark- My parents wore those first 2 records out in the mid 70s- Those songs are heavy shit for little kid.
	♥ 11:53am coelacanth: "Really?" is a perfect album.
	11:53am KP: I have seen the David, Mona Lisa and Doc Watson too. Not sure about the Columbus Stockade Blues.
	11:54am madman: GREAT SHOW JOE!!!
	11:54am melinda: Lovely duet.
	11:54am Mister Dobalina: Has anyone seen, 'Heartworn Highways' ? Might have to catch it some how.
	11:54am Polyus: I am going to see Beyonce in a big football stadium tonight, Joe. Words I never imagined myself typing. The things we do for love.
	♥ 11:55am Michael 98145: be brave, Polyus
	11:55am βrian: She's Bouncéy in our household.
	11:55am Cecile: Poly, that should be amazing.
	♥ 11:56am Joe McG: @POlyus: Hey, sounds like fun! Make it a good time!
	♥ 11:56am Sem Chumbo: Hey, Thanks a lot, Mr. Chilltown Joe, been a slice of delicious music pie this am. Later!
	11:56am Cecile: yeah, and you have to report back about the new stadium. From the outside, I have no clue how it's going to look.
	♥ 11:57am officina: Great show Joe, amazing Guy Clark !
	♥ 11:57am common: great show, joe!
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Hey, everybody, thanks for listening and commenting today. I hope you all have a nice holiday weekend (if you're in the U.S.) and just a great weekend period if you're abroad. Have fun!
	11:57am Polyus: I am actually pretty psyched. Never been to a huge pop spectacle show like that before.
	11:57am βrian: Ach, and of course netflix doesn't have the documentary available. Oy.
	11:58am Cecile: brian, youtube might
	11:58am βrian: Oh my. Memorial Day. I completely forgotted.
	11:59am Polyus: @ Cecile - it's at TCF, not the new Vikings joint. So outdoors, unfortunately. We are gonna get drenched.
	♥ 11:59am coelacanth: Thanks Joe.
	11:59am madman: @JOE AND LISTENERS HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING!
	12:00pm P-90: @Joe McG: Thanks for a great show, outdid yourself in this last hour! "Heartworm Highways": wasn't that a Hartz Mountain advertising jingle?
	12:00pm Cecile: Walgreen's has a fine selection of ponchos. I'd splurge for a couple.
	♥ 12:00pm doctorjazz: Also like hearing you speak at the mike break fine Mack tribute!
	♥ 12:00pm Michael 98145: Love Emmylou
	12:02pm madman: I GO TO SEARS FOR MY PONCHOS

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