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Favoriting October 9, 2017: Coming Before You with Joyful Songs

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Claudia Thompson  Body and Soul   Favoriting Goodbye to Love  Modern Harmonic  2016  LP  From 1959    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Julie London  Nobody's Heart   Favoriting London By Night  Liberty  1983  LP  From 1958    0:04:52 (Pop-up)
Doris Day  When Your Lover Has Gone   Favoriting Day Dreams  Columbia  1955  LP      0:07:03 (Pop-up)
Jackie Kral  Lose Me Now   Favoriting Like Sing – Songs by Dory and André Previn  Columbia  1963  LP      0:10:56 (Pop-up)
Blossom Dearie  I Walk a Little Faster   Favoriting Blossom Dearie  Verve/Universal  2003  CD  From 1957    0:13:36 (Pop-up)
Lee Wiley  (I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance with You   Favoriting Night in Manhattan with Lee Wiley  Columbia  1955  LP      0:17:47 (Pop-up)
Anita O'Day  Anita's Blues   Favoriting Finest Hour  Verve/UMG  2000  CD  From 1954    0:21:04 (Pop-up)
Sarah Vaughan  Lover Man   Favoriting The Definitive Sarah Vaughan  Verve/UMG  2000  CD  From 1954    0:24:32 (Pop-up)
Claudia Thompson  Gloomy Sunday   Favoriting Goodbye to Love  Modern Harmonic  2016  LP  my new favorite old album    0:27:46 (Pop-up)
 
Arthur Vint & Associates  The Good, The Bad & the Ugly   Favoriting Death Rides a Horse  Ropeadope  2017  CD    *   0:41:21 (Pop-up)
Simon Joyner  Hail Mary   Favoriting Step into the Earthquake  Shrimper  2017  CD    *   0:44:26 (Pop-up)
The Weather Station  Black Flies   Favoriting The Weather Station  Paradise of Bachelors  2017  CD    *   0:48:02 (Pop-up)
Bill Orcutt  Star Spangled Banner   Favoriting Bill Orcutt  Palilalia  2017  LP    *   0:50:29 (Pop-up)
Dead Rock West  Waiting Patiently   Favoriting More Love  Omnivore Recordings  2017  CD    *   0:52:47 (Pop-up)
The Replacements  Kiss Me on the Bus   Favoriting For Sale: Live at Maxwell's 1986  Sire/Rhino  2017  CD  Feb 4th, 1986 in Hoboken, NJ  *   0:56:41 (Pop-up)
Gillian Hills  Rentre Sans Moi   Favoriting Zou Bisou Bisou: The Yé-Yé Years 1960-1965  Ace International  2017  CD  From 1965  *   0:59:23 (Pop-up)
Isaac Hayes  You Made Me So Very Happy   Favoriting Isaac Hayes: The Spirit of Memphis 1962-1976  Craft/Stax  2017  CD  From 1970  *   1:02:11 (Pop-up)
Mr. Clean and the Cleansers  Karate   Favoriting Feeling Nice Vol. 4  Tramp  2017  CD  circa 1966, but hard to tell; parts one and two combined, apparently!  *   1:07:09 (Pop-up)
Travis Wammack  It's Karate Time   Favoriting Sounds of the Unexpected  Ace  2017  CD  From 1967  *   1:11:11 (Pop-up)
Hungry March Band  Push It   Favoriting Portable Soundtracks for Temporary Utopias  Hungry March Band  2007  CD  playing at Montgomery Hall this Thursday as part of HONK! NYC    1:13:38 (Pop-up)
Ikebe Shakedown  Assassin   Favoriting The Way Home  Colemine  2017  CD    *   1:17:16 (Pop-up)
The Undisputed Truth  Love and Happiness   Favoriting Nothing But the Truth  Kent Soul  2017  CD  From 1973  *   1:21:05 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45 r.p.m. records in an orderly row
Sparks  I Predict   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1982  45      1:32:16 (Pop-up)
The Shirelles  Not for All the Money in the World   Favoriting single  Scepter  1963  45      1:34:44 (Pop-up)
Dee Mullins  Parking for Cheaters   Favoriting single  SSS International  1968  45      1:37:06 (Pop-up)
Arthur Alexander  I'm Comin' Home   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1972  45      1:39:29 (Pop-up)
Billy Shields  I Was a Boy (When You Needed a Man)   Favoriting single  Harbour  1969  45      1:41:17 (Pop-up)
Family  It's Only a Movie   Favoriting single  United Artists  1973  45      1:44:17 (Pop-up)
Prefab Sprout  Walk On   Favoriting single  Kitchenware  1983  45      1:48:11 (Pop-up)
Liz Damon's Orient Express  1900 Yesterday   Favoriting single  White Whale  1970  45      1:50:54 (Pop-up)
Magazine  Shot by Both Sides   Favoriting single  Virgin  1978  45      1:53:43 (Pop-up)
 
The Cowsills  II x II   Favoriting II x II  MGM  1969  LP      2:09:33 (Pop-up)
The Holy Ghost Reception Committee #9  The Magic Ice Cube   Favoriting Songs for Liturgical Worship  Void  2001  LP  From 1968    2:12:28 (Pop-up)
Larry Norman  No More L.S.D. for Me   Favoriting Street Level  One Way  1972  LP      2:14:46 (Pop-up)
The Brethren  My God and I   Favoriting The Brethren  New Life  1972  LP      2:19:54 (Pop-up)
The Trees  Jesus He Knows   Favoriting The Christ Tree  Pomegranate  1975  LP      2:24:35 (Pop-up)
The Last Days  His Love Is Real   Favoriting Get Born Anew: Tony Coulter's 2005 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2005  CD-R  From 1972    2:27:18 (Pop-up)
The 2nd Chapter of Acts  Easter Song   Favoriting The 2nd Chapter of Acts* with footnotes  Myrrh  1974  LP      2:30:57 (Pop-up)
All Saved Freak Band  100th Psalm   Favoriting Good God(s)! Judeo-Christian Psychedelic Funk from the 1970s: Jason Elbogen's 2011 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2011  CD-R  From 1976    2:34:12 (Pop-up)
Judy MacKenzie  Sally Brown   Favoriting Resurrection: The Amplified Bible of Heavenly Grooves  Trunk  2001  CD  From 1971    2:37:03 (Pop-up)
Brother John Rydgren  Groovin' on a Saturday Night   Favoriting Silhouette Segments  The Omni Recording Corporation  2012  CD  From 1968    2:41:14 (Pop-up)
Donna Nelson  Call Out to Jesus   Favoriting Music of Mind Control Favorites 2016: Micah's 2016 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2016  CD-R  From 2005, I think    2:44:10 (Pop-up)
Larry Norman  Nothing Really Changes/Postlude   Favoriting Upon This Rock  Impact  1970  LP      2:49:10 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
annie:

hey joe!!! good morning!
Avatar 9:04am
annie:

so..... are you playing music?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Ah, yes. A good day for a Yip sync contest! Yip! Yip!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Threemoons:

Happy Monday Joe, WFMU Peeps, fellow YipYips! Joe, I gotta say, hearing the YipYips before I head out on Monday is the BEST thing about my Monday AMs! Never change them.....yipyipyipyipyip...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
pantz:

Yooooo JOE!
Avatar 9:05am
annie:

my player is busted, all i hear is ... not this..
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Threemoons:

I still have the skit from Sesame Street burned into my mind...when the YipYips attempt to communicate with a phone...a big black hulking Bakelite thing with an actual handpiece....yipyipyipyipyip....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Guido from Cologne:

Hello Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Sem Chumbo:

Hello and good morning, Joe, McGaskoes, curious first-time listeners.
  9:07am
V Priceless:

top o the mornin', Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
The Oscar:

Morning Joe! Got my replacement t-shirt-- thanks again!
Avatar 9:09am
Davee:

Hi Joe great way to start the show - it's perfect for today, for me anyway. thank you.
Avatar 9:10am
annie:

have to listen through tune-in.. the pop-up sin't functioning... i missed the yipyips!! all went well with the payment(s) joe, many thanks for your attention!!
  9:10am
zopa:

aw nuts! i thought it was going to be a set of body parts songs...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Threemoons:

Annie--try clearing your cache and restarting the browser--a bad Javascript loop can make it not work. My popup is fine here; using Chrome on a Windows 10 deck. Yipyipyipyipyip....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Phillio:

Good morning, Joe!
Got anything by Chris Connor?
  9:12am
Nick K (Killer):

Damn that's so good this morning...
  9:13am
Nick K (Killer):

Great songs Joe..
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Threemoons:

Nice set this AM. Got any Nina Simone in there? :D
Avatar 9:13am
annie:

i got it threemoons...my cache clears automatically..frefox is a bum these days..
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Threemoons:

Annie--I gave up on FF a while ago when it became bloated beyond belief. I still use Thunderbird for my email but I really like the seamlessless of Chrome. Anyway, glad you were able to finally tune in! :D
Avatar 9:16am
annie:

.... i had some question marks going on with myself and what i was hearing.. all i heard was a delayed play of clay pigeon show. (i avoid Chrome, i just hate google)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:16am
Brian in UK:

Hey Monica are you filling-in for Joe? Ha Ha.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
BnowB:

HI Joe McGasko- Great show.
Doris Day recording made me miss my 78 Victrola; not sure why. ☮
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
steveo:

Good morning Mr. Monday. Gosh look at that playlist; I wish I could be here at 9.
Avatar 9:18am
Davee:

I miss Monica's spot on Sunday evenings
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:20am
doctorjazz:

Nice Blossom; hi all! (pretty set).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Joe McG:

Good Monday, all. Taking it slow and rainy this morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
pantz:

Hey Joe, I'd like to donate more but I'm stretched pretty thin. Would you take some old baseball cards? Got a Nolan Ryan rookie in Fair condition.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Monica is filling in for Sheila this Friday, so we get to hear some of her selections very soon.
Avatar 9:21am
Davis:

lovely set. is kitty kallen coming up?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
steveo:

Hey Joe, I pledged to your show on Monday before the official marathon start; I'm not sure it's showing up in your tally.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Nate K.:

I wish the weather would come around to this music. This is nearly perfect October music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Nate K.:

The sky and the rain are spot on, but yeesh 75 at 9:00 am. Yes, I'm discussing the weather...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
steveo:

MUCHO HUMIDITO
Avatar 9:23am
annie:

... we expectd tails of hurricane Nate this morning.. seems to have skipped west of asheville
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Joe McG:

@pantz: ha ha! Sure. @steveo: I'm going to try to move those Monday pledges if I can. Thanks for the pledge! We hadn't quite gotten underway with the drive yet last week. Hey Nate!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Dennis Diken:

Lee Wiley indeed! can Sylvia Syms be far behind?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
steveo:

Cool; I wish I had been more patient. Thanks to you for being here.
Avatar 9:26am
Davee:

I am loving this show . . . Dixie, Blossom, Doris and Anita!
Avatar 9:26am
Donathon McCloud:

Love Anita - Happy Birthday John Lennon
  9:27am
queems:

this is really doing it for me today
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Joe McG:

Phillio, Davis, Dennis: All great suggestions! We have no Chris O'Connor or Kitty Kallen in our library and I didn't bring any. :( @Dennis: Thanks for the presentos!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Phillio:

Ah, I love Anita O'Day's stuff. The clip of her singing "Tea For Two" in Jazz on a Summer's Day features some of the best phrasing I've heard.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Phillio:

Sass is always nice.. such a great voice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
melinda:

Nice set here!
Avatar 9:31am
Stay Frosty:

You're killing it with this set Joe. You the man...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
pantz:

She had a great interview on Fresh Air about a month ago. Apparently she was smashed out of her gourd for that Jazz on a Summer Day clip.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
The Oscar:

As a kid, I had a big compendium of the unexplained, which included the various legends surrounding this song. It sufficiently scared the shit out of me, to the point that I was in my 20s before I worked up the nerve to listen to it.
Avatar 9:32am
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Thanks for helping us start the week on such an upbeat note, Joe.
Avatar 9:32am
annie:

holy moley..... this is an amazing rendition!! any background on this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Joe McG:

@Todd: Ha ha ha!!
  9:33am
rbrt:

love this Gloomy sunday
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Irene Trudel:

Joe, do we have to start worrying about you? All breakup songs, glorious gloom and doom!
  9:33am
Marc15:

The Hungarian Suicide Song
  9:35am
Nick K (Killer):

I want to crack open a bottle of wine
Avatar 9:35am
Davee:

Ahhhh! That's all I have to say!
Avatar 9:35am
Doug Werewolf:

Claudia - good pick
  9:35am
Schnipp:

What an amazing opening set. Thank you! Music for divorcees to date by.
Avatar 9:36am
Davee:

Joe - you have the correct voice for this style of music.
Avatar 9:36am
Itzall Ablurr:

Don't do it, Claudia!!!
Avatar 9:36am
annie:

i just want to crawl into a dark bar and sit at a table with a rye whiskey on some ice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
joe:

A rapscallion I say
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
melinda:

It's been warm, damp and grey here, too. I used to hate unseasonably warm days but I've finally acquiesced.
  9:40am
Nick K (Killer):

Yum Whiskey
Avatar 9:41am
Vincent Nifigance:

Play it, i want to be slain.
  9:41am
Listener MW:

I've never heard this version of Gloomy Sunday!! Beautiful - thanks, Joe. If you're a fan/collector of that tune (as I am), check out the version by a Canadian songwriter named Danny Michel -- probably my favorite modern cover of it
Avatar 9:42am
Davee:

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Dennis Diken:

Doris Day totally rules, criminally underrated. one of the great American vocalists (IMHO)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
melinda:

Nice interpretation!
  9:45am
?:

Not aware of any song titled doris day.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Ken From Hyde Park:

"We interrupt this edition of Surface Noise to bring you an old episode of Seven Second Delay. Stay tuned to WFMU."
  9:46am
Will:

Nice, reasonable LP copies of Doris's Day Dreams now available online at (cannot name site)!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
BnowB:

WFMU will never die, we going Black! ♥
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Joe McG:

@Irene: I'm OK! :) @Davee: Thanks! @MW: Thanks for the recommendation! @9:45: Too bad!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
futurescamp:

Such a perfect set of rainy morning music, thanks Joe!
  9:50am
Listener MW:

This "Hail Mary" song... so Lou. very Reed. Much wow!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
steveo:

/me kneels
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Joe McG:

@steveo: Go for it!
Avatar 9:54am
βrian:

Deep blue skies over the isthmus today. Light like the south of France. Good listening weather.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
steveo:

fantastic guitarring
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Wow that version was so cool I *HAD* to kneel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
BnowB:

That was one of the best SPB on Guitar I've never heard before now. aces
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
steveo:

well put bnow
  9:58am
BriJet:

Good morning!!! meow!
  9:59am
Tomophobic Tom from Detroit:

Yay!!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:59am
doctorjazz:

Mats, Cool! Like this version!
Avatar 10:00am
D. Werewolf:

Great version of Kiss Me on the Bus.
  10:01am
John in Bklyn:

Morning Joe! Wow, the "new" Mats sounds better that I thought!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
steveo:

so glad we could be your first time, joe
  10:04am
queems:

best station id reading yet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
bnowb:

New Station Id.. Is wordy... lol that was funny
Avatar 10:05am
BronwynB:

good morning joe and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
Joe McG:

I'll get it down, I just need some practice. It's nice to say "in New York City," though. We finally made the big town.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
bnowb:

Its amazing Joe :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
steveo:

sort of unfair there's no transmitter in jersey city though right?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Is it possible to put up WFMU transmitters in faraway places like London and Paris? Then the station ID will get nice and fancy!
Avatar 10:07am
annie:

gotta book, yo.. cab coming to take me home.. catchya in the archives.. thanks for all the wonderful things you do joe!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
steveo:

is this a reissues set? this isaac hayes is fangroovytastic.
  10:07am
Cooh John:

A gray day with Surface Noise. At least I don't have to work.
  10:09am
Cooh John:

how much of New York City can get WFMU?
Avatar 10:09am
BronwynB:

i can confirm that central brooklyn gets it loud and clear
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
steveo:

pirates wreck it in my part of brooklyn -- crown heights
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
steveo:

what's 'central'? like, midwood area?
Avatar 10:12am
βrian:

@steveo: How do they choose their frequencies?
Avatar 10:13am
Vincent Nifigance:

No one writes good Karate songs no more.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Brian in UK:

We are still Kung Fu fighting over here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
steveo:

they chose it (i'm told) because it was emtpy, until recently. hopefully fmu is interfering back at em and they'll go elsewhere
  10:15am
wild neil:

peace all. my wife and i are really enjoy this as we wind up our weekend at Chautauqua Institute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Mark Hurst:

@Bronwyn, are you getting the signal in Brooklyn at 91.9FM? (as opposed to 91.1FM?)
Avatar 10:16am
βrian:

Thank Bob for streaming.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Brian in UK:

Did anyone heard Lloyd Price interviewed on Michael Shelley's show. 84 years and sounded like a man half his age. Wonderful.

www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
steveo:

here's an alleged coverage map for 91.9 radio-locator.com... (I think the freq is different because for a while it was attempted to use it as a 90.1 booster, but now has it's own freq)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Great stuff! Wish I'd been here to meet him!
  10:26am
melinda:

I ripped my side view mirror off backing into my parking spot just now. I hate it when that happens.
Avatar 10:27am
βrian:

I did that with my bike once.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Tell Station Manager Ken that there is lots of signal bleed on 91.1 from 90.9 and 91.3 in the vicinity of I-78 and the GSP in Union. It appears to be a pair of Creole-language stations are breaking into our signal.
  10:28am
Cooh John:

The Lloyd Price interview was a fantastic behind the scenes look at the history of rock and roll. Sad he was drafted because he got whites and blacks to intermingle.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:30am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I tore off one of my car's mirrors while backing into my garage. Was able to snap it all back together again, though.
  10:34am
rbrt:

45 time!
Avatar 10:34am
βrian:

Cars have ballooned in width, but old garages have not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Krys O.:

Thanks for the Sparks!
  👻 Swag For Life Member 10:35am
tadpoles:

Brilliant Joe...it's Spark's Week!
  10:35am
holland oats:

psyched for sparks tomorrow night!
  10:35am
Schnipp:

"A bowl of chow mein"? May as well reference rotary dials and handwritten letters.
  10:37am
Derek in Atlantic City:

First concert I ever went to was Sparks.
  10:39am
holland oats:

what year?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
steveo:

watch you mirror, Dee Mullins!
Avatar 10:40am
glenn:

harlan howard ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Joe McG:

@glenn: Nope, it's a Lee Emerson song. But it sounds like it could be!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Nate K.:

So happy to see this Arthur Alexander stuff back in print.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Nate K.:

But, you're playing an OG 45. Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Joe McG:

@Nate: Me, too, it's such good stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Summer and Michael:

Great show, Joe! Loving that Dead Rock West track. Recalls Linda & Richard Thompson a little to our ears...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Joe McG:

Thanks, S&M! Yes, they have a very nice blend.
  10:46am
queems:

girl run
Avatar 10:49am
BronwynB:

It is indeed Sparks week! I'm going to the signing at Rough Trade tonight and the show on Wednesday! I'm so nervous about the signing, I know I'll only have two seconds but I feel like I should say something, they are my second favorite band after all!!
Avatar 10:53am
BronwynB:

@schnipp: is chow mein old fashioned?
  10:54am
Listener Alexandra:

Good morning, Joe! Just did my pledging for the morning :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am
Joe McG:

@Alex: Ain't you nice! Thanks! :)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:56am
Webhamster Henry:

It's 1900 yesterday, and we're going to party like it's 1999.
  10:56am
Listener Alexandra:

Just doin' my part, Joe :-)
  10:57am
Schnipp:

@bronwyn Oui Si. Although I've still got a soft spot for it (like typewriters and aerograms). It's the analog of "Chinese" food (invented here; unknown there).
Avatar 10:58am
glenn:

i love john mcgeoch.
  10:58am
Schnipp:

@bronwyn -- and your first favorite is...?
Avatar 10:59am
glenn:

i also love yamaha s.g.'s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Stevel:

Magazine stood out dramatically, back in the day. Still damned good.
Avatar 11:00am
BronwynB:

@schnipp: the beach boys. its ironic because i really do not like LA (no offense to anyone who likes it) but both my favorite bands are from there (and one is emblematic of southern california)
Avatar 11:01am
BronwynB:

oooo new york city!! we are fancy now
  11:01am
Dean:

It's okay not to like LA. I lived there for 40 years or so, largely not liking it, before I learned to like it. Then I moved away.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
joe:

The list of bands that Wiki lists as associated with Magazine. WOW! Buzzcocks The Freshies St. Louis Union The Speedometors Visage Siouxsie and the Banshees Ultravox Neo John Foxx Amazorblades Pete Shelley The Birthday Party Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Chameleons Swing Out Sister The Durutti Column Ludus The Mekons The Armoury Show Public Image Ltd Luxuria The Cure Apollo 440
Avatar 11:02am
BronwynB:

@dean: that's an interesting trajectory. i lived there for 4 months and tried to like it but really we hated each other on sight. so i came back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
briania:

Shot by Both Sides is the same song as the Buzzcocks' Lipstick. But better.
  11:03am
Dean:

@BronwynB: If you'd stuck it out another 39 years and eight months, you'd have fallen for it.
Avatar 11:04am
BronwynB:

hahaha maybe!
Avatar 11:06am
glenn:

pete shelley wrote the music for both songs, so no real surprise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
joe:

There is one uphappy person in North Carolina when Sparks goes to NYC. :(
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Stevel:

If you have any interest in the Replacements, check out Bob Mehr. He's a top-notch guy.
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Jeff:

"1900 Yesterday" is one of those songs I'd completely forgotten existed yet realized when I heard it again that I know it by heart.

It's always a curious experience when that happens.
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Webhamster Henry:

You should check out Tetris - it's excellent!
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joe:

Yeah but I bet you were a Pong animal Joe
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pantz:

PONG?! C'mon Joe. You never played Donkey Kong or nuthin?
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βrian:

I would visit L.A. for a restaurant/food tour, but that's about it.
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Mark Hurst:

King of Kong
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Dean:

@βrian: Record stores and book stores, too.
  11:10am
John in Bklyn:

Was that King of Kong?
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davefromtoronto:

king of kong
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joe:

King Of Kong
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table_for_one:

a fistful of quarters!
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ɨkɛ:

Donkey Kong is too hard. Q*Bert is better!!!
  11:11am
John in Bklyn:

I liked Asteroids and Pleides. Frogger?
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Jeff:

The playlist has turned into a discussion of The Joy of Kong.

The Zipless Kong?
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The Oscar:

Some years ago, a friend and I went to one of the arcades in King of Kong on what turned out to be the weekend of the World Video Game Championships-- pretty much everyone from that movie except the two "leads" were there, just doing their thing. It was pretty mindblowing.
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JtotheK:

As others said -- Movie was 'The King of Kong'. I took my wife to it in the theater (for Valentine's Day, I think?) and believe in hindsight that decision to be questionable.
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βrian:

Ok, bookstores, too, then. I leave the record stuff to others.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I like Q*Bert, but I keep jumping in the wrong direction. I like watching Galaga and Joust, too.
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Sem Chumbo:

Day now complete. Cowsills, thank you, Joe.
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John in Bklyn:

Galaga! Wow, forgot about that one.
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Brendan:

Hey Joe and people
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glenn:

isn't galaga essentially galaxians?
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Itzall Ablurr:

Not trying to stir the pot, just curious- what is the "mean" age of most people who played those games on the regular? 50s? 40s? Other?
  11:14am
Brendan:

A 2x4 is neither 2 nor 4 . Discuss.
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glenn:

i'm too old for all that video game nonsense. give me a good pinball machine any day.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Brendan- is that due to the metric system? Kidding. Close enough is good enough, hence, "2x4"
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Dean:

Such a supple wrist.
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John in Bklyn:

@Itzall I'm mid 50s and was into the arcade video game thing for about a year, maybe. I had ATARI Pong on TV in the 70s!
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joe:

Here is a list of some documentires of the sub culture of competative video gaming I've seen a few and most are good. Chasing Ghosts is my favorite but that is probably becuase it is the time period of video games I most identify with. heavy.com...
  11:17am
holland oats:

randy newman before his voice changed
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Jeff:

I used to check out videogames every few years just to see what the current readily-available state of the art in realtime computer rendering and animation had gotten to be. I'd usually say, "Wow, how 'bout that!" and then pretty much instantly lose interest.

Computer games and I have for some reason never connected as a thing to actually *do*.
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Joe McG:

@joe: Wow, I had no idea there were so many!
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Sem Chumbo:

I get such a Randy Newman vibe from this Larry Norm.
  11:18am
queems:

what in the elton john
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Sem Chumbo:

*Norman*
No more, you know what, for me.
  11:18am
melinda:

Atari pong was the only TV video game I remember playing.
  11:19am
Brendan:

This sounds like something off Madman
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tadpoles:

Larry Norman sounds a lot like Kevin Coyne.
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Threemoons:

bwahahaahaaa crappy firewall at crappy temp gig is down again so here I am again! Hello again fellow YipYips....
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joe:

@Joe yeah I think part of it is that the folks that are involved in the culture are also the folks that take advantage of how cheap and easy it is to produce "film" so they did to be projects of fun more then anything else.
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holland oats:

jesus fished because we floundered, oofah
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Itzall Ablurr:

queems, I believe he was sometimes AKA, Larry "elton'schlong" Norman.
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glenn:

no, it's because when wood is sold to the sawmills, it's sold in board foot measure - 1 board foot = 1" x 12" x12" [a measure of volume].
it's sold in 1/4 inch increments. so, a 2x4 originally starts out as a piece that is 8/4 thick by 4 " wide, and is then milled down to 1 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches.


you asked.
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Joe McG:

@tadpoles: You're right! I never noticed.
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joe:

For you Pinball lovers try Special When Lit and Tilt the battle to save pinballe
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joe:

@Joe and as you mentinoed you have a thing for sub cultures try Carpet Racers a filem about the competative indoor RC car racing circut.
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glenn:

and when i think of the number of full 2" by whatever width fir studs, joists, rafters etc., i've thrown out over the years, i kinda want to punch myself.
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John in Bklyn:

Hippies were really into Jesus.
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ⓘⓚⓔ:

I can't believe that Audible got Barcade to open a branch in Newark near Broad St. Station. I didn't think anybody would go there, but so far it seems really busy. They have Donkey Kong AND Q*Bert AND Joust!
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Itzall Ablurr:

glenn, I get that but sadly, you just can't keep everything- believe me my garage is proof of that. I trashed so much (60s era) knotty pine tongue 'n groove panelling a few years ago and it still haunts me.
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The Oscar:

@Glenn There's a deleted scene from TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME in which Jack Nance explains this issue to Joan Chen at length. I kind of wish it made the final cut.
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pantz:

Day By Day!
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tadpoles:

Just reading Wiki Joe...they both died at age 60. Oi!
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steveo:

i'm hearing the light over here, joe, if not seeing it!
  11:29am
melinda:

Nice Jesus tunes.
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steveo:

some of my favorite paintings are jesusy, too, though I'm not at all jesusy myself
  11:29am
davefromtoronto:

jesus, what a great set!
  11:29am
Brendan:

I take it there wont be any Black Sabbath in this set
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Joe McG:

@dave: ha ha ha @Brendan: Someone told me they did a Christian song or two, but I don't know what they are!
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dgg:

I don't have a lot of interest in god, but I sure love me some christian music
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glenn:

i could probably fill 100 40 yard dumpsters with all the usable wood i've thrown out in 35 years.
  11:31am
Schnipp:

@IKE Does Barcade have alcohol? Pinball or only video?

Christ -- I'm into my 6th hour of FMU this morning. Go in peace.
  11:32am
Brendan:

They always seemed liturgical to me
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glenn:

is that scene on youtube, oscar?
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Threemoons:

Schnipp--yep, a full bar with pretty good stuff.
  11:32am
queems:

apparently they used to do a better job of masquerading jesus songs as regular songs
  11:33am
melinda:

This Jesus music goes nicely with the rain.
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Number Six:

"He Is" by Ghost would be a nice fit for this set.
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glenn:

and whatever happened to joan chen anyway? she was a bit of a thing, from what i remember.
  11:34am
queems:

wait maybe not
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The Oscar:

@glenn 'Tis! youtu.be...
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tadpoles:

Hopefully Joe we're gearing up for "Number 1 in Heaven"?....or even the brilliant "What The Hell Is It This Time?"

I know ...Sparksentric..
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steveo:

Myrrh Records
  11:35am
Cooh John:

Just looking at pinball machines on craigslist last night. Nice musical detour, Joe.
  11:35am
Itzall Ablurr:

What? No Louvin Bros?!?
  11:35am
Brendan:

Surface noise in full force
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steveo:

No More Frankincense for Me
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Dean:

You want an Easter song? Handel's Messiah.
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Joe McG:

Sorry about the fuzz on the needle on 2nd Acts. Maybe I'll try again!
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pantz:

Ain't no foxes in an athiest hole.
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βrian:

What kills me is when people toss out perfectly salvageable wood windows, to replace them with windows that even last 20 years.
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Brian C.:

I know I shouldn't judge, but "Easter Song" is awful in just about every single way. Who would've ever played this song so much to beat the record up like that? Ugh
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joe:

I must have a copy of Jason Elbogen's 2011 premium
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The Oscar:

@glenn Last I heard from her she was vocally disappointed she didn't get into the new Peaks (despite last being seen as a talking drawer pull). Don't know the last thing I saw her in...
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davefromtoronto:

it's so strange to think of these songs being made with total seriousness.

compelling yet disturbing at the same time...
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Joe McG:

@Brian C.: You might like "The Devil's Lost Again" from that LP better.
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glenn:

hee hee. mr. mibbler's glasses are awesome.
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still b/p:

Huh. While the Jesus playlist was upon us here, I was just takin' care of details regarding minor participation in a movie about 19th century folks awaiting the Rapture.
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Brian C.:

@Joe, maybe so, I don't hate Jesus rock categorically, but pretty please don't play that tune again
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glenn:

yeah, i flat out refuse to remove old windows. if they want to do that, they can hire somebody else.
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The Oscar:

It's funny-- I've never been much of a folkie, and I'm definitely not a religious type, but I LOVE all this spooky private press stuff. Reminds me of Numero's "Wayfaring Strangers" comps.
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Webhamster Henry:

As you can see, WFMU Marathon Premia are motherlodes of musical goodness! Pledge today, folks!
  11:43am
queems:

this song needs more christ
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Itzall Ablurr:

glenn, my house was built in 1939, still has the original (leak like a sieve) windows. No glass left, but the wood's solid! Haha. I have thought about replacing them, but you've made me reconsider.
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Jeff:

How did a song from "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown!" turn into a weird insipid Jesus-y song?
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John in Bklyn:

Sounds like Barry Obama!
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pantz:

Thanks for the Chick Tract approved set, Joe!
  11:45am
queems:

so fuckin groovy
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davefromtoronto:

william shatner should've done this one.
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Brendan:

Oh Joe your voice is changed
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Jeff:

Brother John Rydgren sounds like the upcoming movies phone tape guy!
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glenn:

reconsider it. basic carpentry skills, youtube and time solve a lot of problems.
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The Oscar:

This guy has a total '70s trailer voice. I just keep expecting the title and rating.
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Joe McG:

I've let the cat out of the bag on my source for my "Groovin'" bed music.
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John in Bklyn:

He said "hope"! Wouldn't that have been a great Inauguration speech in 2009?
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Joe McG:

@John: I would've paid attention!
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melinda:

I think I have this premium. I need to listen to it more.
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Itzall Ablurr:

I AM- those bitches have been around for over 70 years, no way I could find any new ones that would last like that.
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glenn:

and this may be of interest - restoringross.com...
  11:51am
davefromtoronto:

hey jesus!
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Ike:

@Schnipp, heaps of alcohol, and 4 or 5 pinball machines at the Newark location plus the evil Baby Pac Man (fusion of video and pinball; the worst of both worlds, as both sections are incredibly hard, yet also boring).
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The Oscar:

Oh man-- I remember this song from the O.G. 365 Days Project! I honestly think it's kind of a great song.
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Brian in UK:

We are moving soon from an Edwardian house (100 years young) with sash cord windows that rattle but ventilate well. Sash cords are a work of art. Thinking of a Seventeenth century place, something not too old.
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glenn:

there was a pac man pinball machine? doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose?
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John in Bklyn:

"Acid head"! haha
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Itzall Ablurr:

Dear Larry, why SHOULD the devil have all the good music?!?
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joe:

I see Satan being more of a cigarillo type of guy
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Joe McG:

Thanks for keeping me and Jesus company today, everybody. Have a very holy week! See you with singles next week.
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steveo:

thanks for the show, Joe!
  11:56am
Brendan:

Thx Joe
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ChrisB.:

The class has ended, go in peace.
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John in Bklyn:

Thanks for helping us accept dusty Jesus 45s into our lives, Joe!
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melinda:

Thanks Joe!
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pantz:

That single set of footprints in the sand? That's when you were carrying us, Joe.
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Sem Chumbo:

Thanks, Joe, been some good fun. See ya later.
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queems:

great show!
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northguineahills:

Well, I felt we were listening to Micah's show! Thanks Joe!
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glenn:

i came for the polka, i stayed for the god rock.
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BronwynB:

thanks for playing easter song. what a banger!
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tadpoles:

You don't hear them referred to as "Jesus Freaks" anymore.

Great show thanks Joe.
  11:58am
listener monica:

larry norman was in one of the Blob movies
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glenn:

no, now they're called republicans.
  11:59am
Dennis Diken:

Hal Blaine on that last Larry Norman track!
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joe:

Can't wait for your Singles Going Steady show.
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Ike:

@Glenn@11:53, it was a fusion -- video PLUS pinball. When your Baby Pac Man goes down the bottom exits on the video part, you play pinball to win extra lives or something. An interesting idea, horrible execution....
  11:59am
V Priceless:

thanx Joe!
  12:00pm
Dean:

Wait. Was that LSD song Norman's dig at the Mormon church?
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