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Favoriting August 20, 2018: And the loves to love to love the love

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Vince Guaraldi  Lucifer Lady   Favoriting The Complete Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Recordings  Omnivore Recordings  2018  CD  From 1968  *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dennis Coffey  Chicano   Favoriting Instant Coffey  Sussex  1974  LP      0:08:47 (Pop-up)
El Chicano  Chicano Chant   Favoriting Revolución  Kapp  1971  LP      0:13:55 (Pop-up)
Santana  Se a Cabo   Favoriting Abraxas  Columbia  1970  LP      0:20:39 (Pop-up)
Malo  Just Say Goodbye   Favoriting Latin Bugaloo: The Warner Bros. Singles  Omnivore Recordings  2018  CD  From 1972  *   0:23:43 (Pop-up)
TNT Band  The Meditation   Favoriting Guarambembere: Nickel and Dime Radio 2018 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2018  CD-R  From 1968  *   0:27:10 (Pop-up)
Orquesta Akokán  Mambo Rapidito   Favoriting Orquesta Akokán  Daptone  2018  LP    *   0:30:51 (Pop-up)
Nick Ingman  Heartbeat   Favoriting Big Beat  Modern Harmonic  2018  LP  From 1973  *   0:34:45 (Pop-up)
Gary McFarland  Fried Bananas   Favoriting The In Sound  Ace  2018  CD  From 1965  *   0:37:45 (Pop-up)
Joe Bataan  Shaft   Favoriting Saint Latin's Day Massacre  Fania  2006  CD  From 1971    0:41:49 (Pop-up)
 
The Beths  You Wouldn't Like Me   Favoriting Future Me Hates Me  Carpark  2018  CD    *   0:55:27 (Pop-up)
Tancred  Queen of New York   Favoriting Nightstand  Polyvinyl  2018  CD    *   0:59:52 (Pop-up)
Shiny Coin  What Would I Do   Favoriting single  Shiny Coin  2018  MP3    *   1:02:48 (Pop-up)
Joan Armatrading  Drop the Pilot   Favoriting Track Record  A&M  1983  LP      1:05:51 (Pop-up)
Anemone  Baby Only You and I   Favoriting Baby Only You and I EP  Luminelle Recordings  2018  CD    *   1:10:08 (Pop-up)
Alan Munson  Good Morning World   Favoriting One Man's Journey: 1972-1979  Modern Harmonic  2018  CD  From 1975  *   1:12:57 (Pop-up)
Gene Clark  Yesterday, I Was Right   Favoriting Gene Clark Sings for You  Ominvore Recordings  2018  CD  From 1967  *   1:15:00 (Pop-up)
The Louvin Brothers  Spoken Message from Ira Louvin / It's All Off   Favoriting Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings  Modern Harmonic  2018  LP  circa 1951  *   1:17:54 (Pop-up)
Punch Brothers  Three Dots and a Dash   Favoriting All Ashore!  Nonesuch  2018  CD    *   1:20:37 (Pop-up)
Cordovas  Step-Back Red   Favoriting That Santa Fe Channel  ATO  2018  CD    *   1:24:58 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a special focus on Aretha this week, R.I.P.
Aretha Franklin  Chain of Fools   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1968  45      1:36:37 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1967  45      1:38:46 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  You're All I Need to Get By   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1971  45      1:41:35 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  If You Don't Think   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1973  45  Aretha wrote this one    1:45:09 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1974  45      1:49:04 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  Mr. D.J. (5 for the D.J.)   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1975  45      1:52:19 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  It Ain't Fair   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1969  45      1:56:29 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  Do Right Woman - Do Right Man   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1967  45      1:59:47 (Pop-up)
 
 
Story Corner: Songs That Tell Stories. This time: Ireland!
Thin Lizzy  Whiskey in the Jar   Favoriting Rocker (1971-1974)  London  1977  LP  From 1971    2:11:01 (Pop-up)
The Boomtown Rats  Joey's on the Street Again   Favoriting The Boomtown Rats  Ensign  1977  LP      2:15:41 (Pop-up)
The Dubliners  Black Velvet Band   Favoriting The Second Album of The Very Best of the Dubliners  EMI  1972  LP  From 1967    2:21:30 (Pop-up)
Sweeney's Men  The Handsome Cabin Boy   Favoriting Sweeney's Men  Transatlantic  1968  LP      2:26:00 (Pop-up)
The Johnstons  The Lambs on the Green Hills   Favoriting The Johnstons  Transatlantic  1968  LP      2:30:44 (Pop-up)
Tír na nÓg  Tír na nÓg   Favoriting Tír na nÓg  Chrysalis  1971  LP      2:35:34 (Pop-up)
Trees  Geordie   Favoriting On the Shore  Columbia  1993  CD  From 1970    2:40:55 (Pop-up)
Mellow Candle  Dan the Wing   Favoriting Swaddling Songs  Polydor  1994  CD  From 1972    2:45:56 (Pop-up)
Van Morrison  Madame George   Favoriting Astral Weeks  Warner Bros.  1968  LP      2:49:32 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Linda Lee:

Good morning Joe!
Avatar 9:02am
annie:

ok, good now i can go make breakfast. goodmorning noisy ones!
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Brian in UK:

Hey Joe.
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pantz:

Yo Joe!
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Krys O.:

Howdy, Joe!
Avatar 9:05am
Linda Lee:

which came first, 'Lucifer Lady' or 'Spooky'?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Rob (Jerzcity):

Mornin', Joe, all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Yip yip! Monday morning McGasko music mayhem madness! Including surface noise. Swag packages received intact, thank you.
  9:06am
queems:

hey joe mcg & all
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
karlward:

You can't beat Guaraldi's left hand on those bass keys. He's a machine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Aaron Working In Newark:

Good morning Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Devin B.:

Morning all. Happy to report my swag arrived over the weekend. Thanks Joe!!
  9:08am
queems:

love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you
Avatar 9:09am
Linda Lee:

glad i'm not the only one :-)
& 'spooky' began as an instrumental, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
TheLoneliestMonk:

'spooky' - '67
'LL' - 69
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
sinner:

Hey Khrys O: wanna dance?
Avatar 9:10am
Linda Lee:

wow. thanks Monk!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
TheLoneliestMonk:

hey joe: do some porto rican boogaloo today?
  9:11am
queems:

@linda great minds! i didn’t even see that you posted that
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Linda Lee:

been waiting to hear Dennis Coffey on fmu for a while now!
'Scorpio' was *the jam* in 5th grade. :-D
Avatar 9:12am
Linda Lee:

it's so up front though, queems! how could you not? :-D
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
pantz:

Funky Flute
  9:13am
queems:

@linda i got in later than that!! haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Ritchy O:

I'm starving
Avatar 9:15am
Linda Lee:

better late than never!
Avatar 9:15am
Joe McG:

Hola, radio friends. Thanks for joining me this morning. Let's see where it goes.
Avatar 9:15am
Linda Lee:

what came first, 'chicano' or 'spill the wine'? :-D
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Uncle Michael:

It's the first day of fall term at work and I can feel the Damoclean sword swinging above my head. It's also the first day I'm using my swanky new WFMU lunch bag. Thank you, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
MD:

ROCK ON FREEFORM ARMY!!!
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MD:

really corny...I know!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Rob (Jerzcity):

Oh yeah, thanks for the swag, as well, Joe. Received it Friday, which is stupid fast given our correspondence about substitute items on Thursday!
  9:20am
Santos L Halper:

Yo Joe. Reveling in my Swagmas bounty, gracias!!!
Avatar 9:21am
Linda Lee:

Viva Santana!!!
Avatar 9:23am
Linda Lee:

just boogie on into my new york childhood, Joe. that's fine. :-)
Avatar 9:23am
Joe McG:

Great news, Rob! We're getting there! Still some swag to get out, but we're getting there...
Avatar 9:25am
Linda Lee:

thanks so much for brilliant listener services, Joe! honestly.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:25am
tadpoles:

Santana for the anniversary of Woodstock Joe? 49 years young.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:26am
pantz:

Woodstock started on August 15th, 1969. The very day I was born, so we missed that by a few days.
Avatar 9:27am
mikeB:

awesome
Avatar 9:27am
Linda Lee:

living about 20 minutes from Bethel now. Woodstock changed the landscape so beautifully. still hearing echoes today.
Avatar 9:27am
Joe McG:

OK, quick, what song does "The Meditation" sound like?
Avatar 9:28am
Linda Lee:

grazin in the grass.
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Linda Lee:

damn this board is slow .. :-D
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Joe McG:

Linda Lee wins on all counts.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Ike:

The massive army of angry red-eyed vampire-zombie rats slowly advanced towards the pathetic, stupid, cowering, drooling Don Felder, and then... OOPS! Sorry! I thought it was Tuesday for a second there. Never mind!
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listener Rey:

Jump call! Meditate
Avatar 9:29am
Linda Lee:

just about to ask which came first .. :-)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:30am
melinda:

hi everyone
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Linda Lee:

wow they even took the breaks! :-)
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Uncle Michael:

It's also got some "tighten up" in it.
Avatar 9:31am
Linda Lee:

that's right!
Avatar 9:32am
Joe McG:

@Uncle Michael: Most definitely!
Avatar 9:33am
Linda Lee:

but the piano! :-D
  9:35am
Brendan:

Joe McMambo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac: any chance of some joe bataan this mornin?
Avatar 9:38am
Joe McG:

@LoneMonk: Sure, I'll see what I can do!
  9:39am
JakeGould:

Mellow Monday Moodz
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karlward:

That's it, I'm buying a güiro.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac: so, did you see 'carlito's way' over the weekend too? ;D
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:42am
pantz:

@karlward is that a fancy name for a fried banana?
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Sem:

Ah, yes, a Sandpipers-vibe from the mid-Sixties. Lovely. Good morning, Joe, McGaskoes, all.

haha, Shaft, indeed.
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karlward:

pantz: en.wikipedia.org...
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Sem:

Trouble had a wonderful long talk w/ Mr. Bataan on her show not so long ago. Some kinda guy:-D
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karlward:

Joe Bataan was playing in Nyack recently and I missed it. He's playing in Brooklyn Saturday and I'm going to miss that too.
  9:45am
JakeGould:

Shaft on caffeine.
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Linda Lee:

really! fantastic! brilliant man.
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Linda Lee:

this grooves harder than isaac's. amazing but true.
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karlward:

Joe: you might give Bataan's show a shout out: AUG 25TH UNIONPOOL UNION AVE BKLYN NY 2-6PM
Avatar 9:46am
Joe McG:

You're reading my mind, karl!
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PKNY:

@karlward : I feel bad for you, I got to catch Joe last summer, such a great show and band. They did a really dope version of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody"!
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MD:

WE CAN DIG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Linda Lee:

*that* will be a show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
MD:

SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!
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listener Rey:

A rousing start to the show. Really like Bataan's phrasing here
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MD:

ONLY TALKIN 'BOUT SHAFT!!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

where's vic ruggiero when we really need him? he would LOVE this playlist!!
Avatar 9:47am
Linda Lee:

just a dynamite cover.
  9:48am
Brendan:

This set can only be resolved by Copacabana
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pantz:

Ah, so this is where Supergrass get's their Coffee in the Pot rift
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MD:

McGasko! FIRE IS FLYIN FROM YOUR FINGER TIPS THIS MORNING!!!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

Bataan has quite the checkered past. could easily be a character from one of edwin torres' books...
  9:50am
JakeGould:

NOW THIS IS SOME COMFY BED MUSIC!
Avatar 9:50am
Linda Lee:

good lord! Free!!!! come on folks, go!!
  9:50am
Brendan:

I’d love to hear you talk over some Barry White backing tracks, Joe.
  9:51am
queems:

joe choking made me drink water
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MD:

first time out wit da new vocal chords!? LOL!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

dammit Joe: get yo'self some eucalyptus drops!
Avatar 9:52am
Linda Lee:

Sr. Bataan is 76 years old. the new 40, apparently :-D
Avatar 9:55am
Linda Lee:

yes!! bring that Single File Joe! brilliant!!!
  9:55am
JakeGould:

Here is the 411 on Joe Bataan at Union Pool. www.union-pool.com...
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:56am
tadpoles:

Wow Joe..I thought you said the Bats and the female voice threw me.
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MD:

dirty word!!????
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MD:

Or a Dirty sentence!!!?
Avatar 9:58am
Joe McG:

No, just sleepy DJ! Operator Error.
  9:58am
JakeGould:

Never was heard… A discouraging word…
  9:59am
Brendan:

I m okay with rolling it back. I thought we needed another take on that first verse. Once more with feeling.
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MD:

ME LIKE THIS!!!
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MD:

LIKE THE MUFFS MIT-OUT -DA SCREAMING!!!
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MD:

M.O.S......MIT OUT SCREAMING...
  10:02am
JakeGould:

Tancred’s Bandcamp right here; very 1990s: tancred.bandcamp.com
Avatar 10:03am
Joe McG:

@Jake: Both of those songs are so '90s that I almost feel nostalgic listening to them and they're new!
  10:05am
JakeGould:

Exactly! And for some reason this Fall-ish weather in NYC and being around Chelsea makes me feel I should head over to Disc-O-Rama to check out new “promo” CDs then head over to Tramps and/or Irving Plaza for a show.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMcG: thanks for the latino boogaloo this morning, a great way to kick things (including my culo) into gear!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, gang!
  10:06am
JakeGould:

And here’s the Shiny Coin’s Bandcamp: shinycoin.bandcamp.com...
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Linda Lee:

seconded on the culo. :-D
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Krys O.:

OOH! Thank you for the Joan!
  10:07am
queems:

i like this bassline
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Roberto:

Animal, mineral, physical, spirichal...
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MD:

Armatrading...very interesting....I like...also...great seg....tnx!
Avatar 10:09am
Linda Lee:

wow, haven't heard this one in aeons!! :-)
  10:12am
Brendan:

I have no idea what the Joan’s lyrics meant:

Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume
Drop the mahout, I'm the Easy Rider
Don't use your army to fight a losing battle
Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual

... but who cares what a great song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JG all i know is i was very happy for the novelty of sleeping with the AC *off* last night!
  10:13am
JakeGould:

I need me my sunshine.
Avatar 10:13am
Roberto:

Yeah my friend and I played Track Record a lot in his car around '87-'88 and we took turns analyzing the wacky lyrics.
  10:14am
JakeGould:

@Brendan: I am utterly shocked that a pop artist’s lyrics would make no sense whatsoever. What do I pay taxes for?
Avatar 10:16am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Joan's a pretty canny gal, I bet it all means something.
Avatar 10:19am
Roberto:

'FMU be playin' the shirt outta the new Gene Clark release. That's a good thing.
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pantz:

Ladies, please leave the room.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Krys O.:

Ah, good ole crazy Ira Louvin.
  10:20am
choggie:

Good ol Big Head
  10:21am
melinda:

Nice to hear the Louvins
  10:22am
queems:

oh wow, this is excellent
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Brian in UK:

Amazing to think that the comments board is in its twelfth year.
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Good music to come alive to this morning, Joe!
  10:25am
JakeGould:

And next year it will be it’s Bar Mitzvah!
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Krys O.:

I recognized Chris Thile's playing from the first bars.
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Great set, Joe. Thanks for introducing me to a bunch of acts in it, including Shiny Coin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25am
fred:

Good morning Joe and all
  10:26am
SeanG:

morning Joe!
Avatar 10:27am
Joe McG:

Hey, Brian! Hey Trista! :) Hey, Todd! Thanks to Jake for those handy bandcamp links. Hey Sean, fred, melinda, queems, all...
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pantz:

This has Hot Tuna all over it!
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Brian in UK:

...with mayo?
  10:29am
JakeGould:

The whole concept of literal “Hot Tuna” is disgusting.
  10:29am
melinda:

Reminds me of The Band.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
TheLoneliestMonk:

Hey-O, ToPT!
  10:31am
Chapelhillian:

Sounds like grand theft of Up On Cripple Creek
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
dave wuz here:

hot tumor
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Linda Lee:

Chris Thile is indeed hosting Prairie Home Companion. i don't like it either.
  10:32am
JakeGould:

YES! YOU ARE CORRECT! “Live from Here, formerly known as A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile, is an American variety radio show known for its musical guests, especially folk and traditional musicians, tongue-in-cheek radio drama, and relaxed humor.”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
TheLoneliestMonk:

i was thinking 'little feat' myself...
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Brian in UK:

Joe, going to see Ethan Johns on Wednesday. a player as well as producer. He has a bit of the Band about him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33am
TheLoneliestMonk:

Garrison Keillor is such an over rated NPR vanilla whitebread loser.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:33am
doctorjazz:

Yup, he took over for Prairy Home Companion but they renamed it ,Live From Here. Still just as bad ,though the music is better .
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Irene Trudel:

Chris Thile (pronounced THEE-lee) is indeed the new host for at least the last year. The show is now called "Live From Here," not the most original name, and I do like the musical segments. The comedy, not so much.
  10:35am
melinda:

I have Track Record, and yes to more Joan Armatrading!
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Linda Lee:

Keillor showed his true colors when he *sued* some young kid who posted a PHC parody online. honestly, really?
  10:35am
JakeGould:

Will just say this, I hated “Prairie Home Companion”’s humor when I first heard it, but then I laughed at a few shows before Garrison got kicked off.

The kind of humor that “Live From Here” engages in is distinctly midwestern. And this Brooklyn born kid can’t stand it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL: BwaHa, really? double dutch LOS-AR, and quite the nasty drunk (in the past) from what i've heard too
Avatar 10:37am
Linda Lee:

those beautiful red Atlantic 45s!!! let's go babe.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Irene Trudel:

Agreed, Jake, the comedy's not all that funny.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
MD:

Now she's is gone I am realizing How AMAZING She truly was!!!
  10:37am
melinda:

@jake I agree hot tuna is gross
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
fred:

Any news about who will replace Tenderness Junction? (I loved that show)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
dave wuz here:

retha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
MD:

I AM MAD AT MYSELF!!! I GUESS BETTER LATE...THAN NEVER...RIP THE QUEEN!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
TheLoneliestMonk:

accoring to nat review, not quite in the same league as kelly clarkson or linda ronstadt! :D
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:39am
pantz:

No one has had a tuna steak, I guess. Actually quite good.
Avatar 10:39am
Linda Lee:

always got a whiff of that innate nastiness, myself. & i think his fans did too. they liked it.
Avatar 10:39am
Joe McG:

Oops, my copy of "I Never Loved a Man" has seen better days. Sorry!
  10:40am
JakeGould:

“Chain of Fools” and “Rock Steady” are great!

Joe! Did you read this interview with John Landis about Aretha Franklin? Some great stuff: “So we got a piano, she sat in a recording studio, and it was Universal Studios’ recording studios in Chicago, a very old, funky studio we were delighted to be in because it was where Chess Records did all their recordings. We had a piano for her. She sat with her back to us, at the keys, and the piano and her voice was mic’d. She did it once, listened to the playback. She said, “I’d like to do it again.” She played piano as she sang, and the second take is the one in the movie.” deadline.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Kelly Jones:

Aretha.... GAWD DAMN GIRL!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Was in a thrift store in Gloucester yesterday and as soon as I came in the woman that owned the store started playing Aretha. We looked at each other and whooh. Heavy emotional moment. Felt my heart swell. Oy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL: that's EVERY midwestener. the surface politeness is to cover the fact that they all have the soul of ed gein or martin bormann
Avatar 10:41am
Linda Lee:

Joe, this record won't sound bad 'less you burn it.
  10:41am
JakeGould:

@Irene: On the positive side I like to bring up “Prairie Home Companion”/“Live From Here” when I point out what the world of comedy would be if it was just WASPy. Bleagh!
  10:42am
melinda:

One of my Aretha favorites.
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Linda Lee:

whoa! that's pretty inclusive :-D
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Krys O.:

The world was lucky to have such a giant talent and stupendous human.
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Linda Lee:

what a gorgeous cover! new to me. thanks Joe!
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Joe McG:

@Linda Lee: Good point!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL we had one from michigan on my job for a coupla years. totally saccharine on the surface...was campaigning for my job and trashing me behind the scenes the entire time she was here...and i expected nothing less
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fred:

@pantz: I have, and I love it
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melinda:

@pantz I was thinking canned. Canned Tuna and Hot Heat would have been more logical band names, who knows what they were thinking.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Busy Monday and loving this show so I went ahead and starred up on the entire episode. Thank you Joe, and thank you so much for the embarrassment of riches that was my Swag delivery last week! All shirts will be worn, if not simultaneously, and the Explorer's Room CD has been living in my deck for days. FUN!
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sinner:

Ahh! I can't handle it.
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Linda Lee:

gosh. why the midwestern thing? genetic boredom?
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Linda Lee:

@melinda ~ thing is, band names in the 60s were purposely illogical :-)
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melinda:

What's with the Midwest bashing? Geez.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL the children of the corn have invaded my city and turned it into a giant tourist trap (and strip mall) with the help of bloomberg.
they are evil, EVIL i tells ya!
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Kelly Jones:

I'm in an Aretha fever....
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Mick:

Thanks much for this set, Joe
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Linda Lee:

well, Bloomberg was from Massachusettes. so evil is truly just an aspect of our national character. :-D
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Joe McG:

Hey, Kelly! @Mick: You bet. I think she sounds best on singles, actually. I have a few of her LPs and I like some of them, but my fave is still "Aretha's Gold," which is her first singles comp (I think).
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL exactly! another carpet bagger!
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Linda Lee:

i owned & loved Aretha's 'Spanish Harlem' new on 45. just loved it. (later to have my cherry stolen by Mr. Stoller's very progeny .. but that's another story.)
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Joe McG:

Aretha was so considerate that she thought about the poor DJs who have to hang in there when they're tired! :)
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melinda:

@Linda I know, it was a joke.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL - wait, what??
you mean as in 'leiber & stoller'?
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pantz:

Aretha was from the Midwest, so let's consider that.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

memphis is the midwest?
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Linda Lee:

yes sir. the weasel.
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pantz:

She wasn't from Detroit?
  10:57am
melinda:

@pantz good point
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JakeGould:

@pantz: I kinda think if you are not white and from the Midwest it’s different. Just saying.
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Linda Lee:

Aretha was born in Memphis.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

and D-troit is its own thing
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JG x-actly
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Listener Alexandra:

Beautiful tribute, Joe :-)
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Kelly Jones:

Aretha is playing in Heaven.... hers and mine.
  11:00am
melinda:

The large cities of the Midwest are still Midwest.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac: gonna play 'the weight' so you can sneak a little duane tribute in too?
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Passaic River Blues:

This is my absolute favorite Aretha song. Do right, everyone.
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Linda Lee:

Yes. "Do Right Woman" ~ her most gorgeous ballad, imo.
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Linda Lee:

but Lord, who can really name one..
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JakeGould:

@melinda: But slightly more tolerable and open-minded at best; more stratified and divided at worst. Look at St. Louis or Milwaukee for example. And even in NY state I’m learning about the divisions in upstate cities like Poughkeepsie.

Anyway, THANKS FOR THIS SET OF ARETHA JOE!!!
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Linda Lee:

those skips sure kept that rhythm. :-D
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TheLoneliestMonk:

deniro ruined this tune for me, i always think of max cady trying to seduce a goofy teen aged chick
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Linda Lee:

glad i haven't seen that one. :-)
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Somebody:

What's the music that plays when the DJ is talking? I like it.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

you never saw the remake of 'cape fear'?
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Sem:

*lead with wings*
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Linda Lee:

haven't even seen the original. i'm a real plebe. :-D
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TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Agreed (about singles)!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL aw hell, mitchum was wonderful in the original, and as crazed and over the top as the scorsese version is, it's probly the last movie he made with ANY passion in it at all
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Linda Lee:

it's on the list. :-)
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Brett.L:

Had to buy that Louvin record. Thanks Joe
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melinda:

@Jake maybe so, I just have low tolerance for massive generalizations about large regions.
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Linda Lee:

lately i find real life terrifying enough :-)
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pantz:

Erin Go Bragh!
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JakeGould:

@melinda: Fair enough.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL one thing cinema does well is revenge fantasies...you can work out a lot of bad sh*t vicariously!
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melinda:

Though I understand it's fun to make them, I do it too sometimes.
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Rocky Horror:

Love this one
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Linda Lee:

y'know, i never approached it that way. it was always pure escapism.
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Hughie Considine:

Great show, Mr. McG! All hail Phil Lynott: Born August 20, 1949
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Devin B.:

HBD Phil Lynott!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

tarantino tries, but he just ends up making violent baby movies with snarky dialogue. he thinks he gets it, but he really doesn't.
TOO much ya-yo, methinks..
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Joe McG:

Apparently, Phil hated this song and the band never played it live. I think he was wrong!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL sergio leone & kurosawa made careers of it!
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Linda Lee:

never felt attracted to Tarantino. i liked Pulp Fiction ok, but didn't everyone?
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Roberto:

I like Lynott a lott.
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JakeGould:

“Pulp Fiction” was fine until you realize that Tarantino is just rehashing the same formula over and over. I liked “Jackie Brown” but I can’t ever care to see his films more than once.
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rw:

Good morning!
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Linda Lee:

i do like sergio leone for the camp value. kurosawa is still unknown to me, generally. as i say: plebe. i spent 40 years in new york with full access to the world's great cinema, but i had my fun elsewhere.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL reservoir dogs & pulp fiction were engaging. like a friend of mine says, "he made 1 1/2 decent movies and has been living off it ever since"
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Linda Lee:

wasn't the rehashing in PF the point? the story of the second chance?
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karlward:

I was bummed that I couldn't see the Lynott statue in Dublin, because someone hit it with a truck and it was removed from the street.
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Brian D:

Man... two of my faves. Thin Lizzy and the Boomtown Rats!
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JakeGould:

Oh wow! A “Boomtown Rats” track.
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karlward:

www.atlasobscura.com...
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TheLoneliestMonk:

sadly, most of the repertory houses are gone (RIP theater 80), but walter reade is still there and a refurbished film forum.
has anyone gone since it re-opened, BTW?
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Linda Lee:

speaking of elsewhere .. that's where i have to be right now! :-D
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Hughie Considine:

It's a rat trap! Who'd have predicted his transition to Sir Bob?
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melinda:

@loneliest monk haha, that is a good description of Tarantino and why I'm not a fan
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Linda Lee:

God Bless Theater 80. :-)
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Little Danny:

Mornin' Joe & all
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tadpoles:

Phil Lynott... proof that immigrants do great things for a country.
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JakeGould:

If you listen to the demos “The Boomtown Rats” did back then around the time this album came out, it’s weird: Bob Geldof is clearly trying to be some weird new wave Mick Jagger with occasional allusions to Bruce Springsteen… Like this track. The demos not on the official album are straight out Stones wanna-be tracks.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@LL : )
TWO movies for 8 bucks and the friendliest roaches in the city!
  11:21am
melinda:

But I'm also not a huge fan of revenge movies either
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Aaron in Neukölln:

I'm not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I"m getting a "service is unavailable" from the radio rethink player on the homepage. The pop-up player on the playlist is working fine however
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KP:

Hello, Joe!
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Kelly Jones:

Joe, you're killin' it this AM bruh!
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Tom Y.:

Wow, this is so Springsteeny.
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Joe McG:

Aw, thanks, KJ! @TomY: Very! Hey, KP! How's the Nation's Capitol?
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rw:

Maybe it's just me but I heard traces of Springsteen in both the Thin Lizzy and Boomtown Rats songs
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Linda Lee:

indeed. :-) got to boogie. just in time, too. have a great day today!
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Linda Lee:

try a different browser, Aaron.
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fred:

Dubliners! And I just came back from the store with a supply of Guinness
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rw:

Tom Y! I guess you heard it too!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

latah, LL!
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JakeGould:

Speaking of revenge films, everyone needs to see “Death Wish” at least once: Charles Bronson’s wife is killed by a gang lead by Jeff Goldblum and the end of the film has Christopher Guest (as a cop) covering up for him.

Also, Charles Bronson’s lack of emotions at all points is pretty hilarious. Especially when he is clearly trying to get upset. He just always is the same.
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KP:

It's shaking and quaking but I live on a boardwalk and give all that no mind.
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Brian in UK:

Ronnie Drew, lead singer has one of the most powerful voices I have heard. Does not sound like him on BVB.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac
are we goin' irish now? how 'bout some stiff little fingers!
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Tom Y.:

Yes, rw, and so did Jake Gould earlier.
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mb:

Tip o' the hat to you Joe
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pantz:

Thinking wistfully of my trip to Ireland and especially the Cliffs of Moher. Thanks Joe!
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KP:

I met Ronnie Drew of the Dubs. We talked for a quite a while.
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Listener Alexandra:

Nice Rats pick, Joe! You couldn't have played 'I Don't Like Mondays'; that would have undermined all of the efforts Surface Noise has made over the years when it comes to making us actually look forward to Monday mornings ;-)
  11:25am
rw:

Oh, yeah. This playlist moves too fast. Hey Jake!
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Brian D:

And then the Dubliners! You're making me weep, Joe McG. In a good way.
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KP:

Ronnie wasnt really the lead singer. Luke Kelly was and is on most of the big early hits. He died and Ronnie move more to front..
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JG so, would you classify 'taxi driver' as a revenge movie, or just a profile of a disturbed, alienated mind.
i think the latter.
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JakeGould:

“The Handsome Cabin Boy” just reminds me of that failed Chris Elliot film.
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fred:

Though I must admit that I associate Guinness more with Lee Scratch Perry by now, because of the insane ads (which everyone should see)
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museguy:

Great show Joe !
Loved Thin Lizzy, Whiskey in the Jar
youtu.be...
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KP:

Sweeney's Men gave us Terry Woods of the Pogues.
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Joe McG:

@List Alex: Ha ha ha! I forgot that that's a story song of sorts. @BrianD: Happy cry! Anyone ever hear Kate Bush's cover of this song? Quite nice.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JG it ain't failed among potheads!!
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Rich in Washington:

I learned of this song via Frank Zappa.
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Listener Alexandra:

It's a story pretty well known in the city I call home...it happened here in San Diego.
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Ike:

I'm late, but: Oh no, what happened to Mark V.'s show? Did she move away? I hope Jonathan Williger takes that slot (if he's able to do late nights).

Also, I don't keep up with Tom Scharpling's show very well, but I love his parodies of Prairie Home Companion. Never could stand that show.
  11:31am
JakeGould:

@Ike: You ignorant slut, just look at the last playlist for that show. A job called! wfmu.org...
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lee in dublin:

awesome set Joe!
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ɨkɛ:

ROTFL. Guilty as charged.
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Joe McG:

Ah, lee - an Irishman is in the house! :)
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fred:

@KP: I have an infuriating non-story about The Pogues. Back in my college days, I once got to the pub where I spent a lot of class time, and the owner told me "sorry, we're out of Guinness; The Pogues came in last night and left in the early morning". Missing that night is one regret that still burns decades later
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melinda:

@jake I thought of the movie too, though I haven't seen it.
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RomanDogBird:

@Ike: what a coincidence, i was just listening to a clip of scharpling goofing on keillor about an hour ago
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Lixiviated Life:

nothing changes
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JakeGould:

Well, all I gotta say at this point is ragging on Garrison Keillor now as a schtick seems hacky at best. He’s gone and that’s that.
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ɨkɛ:

Well, that's a long, long, long-running bit for Scharpling, and personally I always find it funny. We'll just have to agree to disagree, as with raccoons. (Jake likes raccoons. I think raccoons are CREEEEEEEEEPY AF and I hate it when they eat the food that my neighbors put out for the stray cats!)
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@ike by "racoon", you mean possum, right?
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melinda:

I liked PHC in the late 90s, maybe because I was in the Midwest at the time and it seemed relevant there. Watching the downfall of Keillor has been satisfying, though.
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Jeff Golick:

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Mellow Candle, easily in the top 5 of Worst Band Names.

Hi.
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ɨkɛ:

Possums are kinda creepy too, but at least they eat ticks.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac stiff little fingers, please! i'm falling into a maudlin celtic spiral!
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MD:

Rule of 3's BABY!!!
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MD:

STOCKTONS WING please...
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Roger Roger:

Another fine fine show!
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Joe McG:

Whoops, James from Atlanta stopped in to say hello and things got a little sloppy! Had to recue VanMo.
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Dominick:

nice nice nice
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fred:

@Jeff G: I think you have a point
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Brian in UK:

Great show, Joe. Alas no Horslips or Val Doonican!!
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Somebody:

Yeah, great show as always!
But seriously, what is the music that plays behind Joe when he talks? It sounds good.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@ike raccoons are delightful, mischievous lil' rascals..how can you hate on 'em?
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Joe McG:

(Been that kind of program, but thanks for sticking with me, folks.)
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tadpoles:

#TLMonk...or some Undertones to go out with a blast!
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zopa:

It's almost Van's birthday... and mine too!
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JakeGould:

Thanks Joe!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

...of course, i never had 'em stow away in my attic tho
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Joe McG:

@Brian: I checked out 3 Horslips LPs and didn't find one story song. Do they have any?
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MD:

FADO...FADO...
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Brian in UK:

@tadpoles Positive Touch still get a spin in this house.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JoeMac: an eclectic show that covered the 4 corners of the musical globe today...i enjoyed it
thanks for the joe bataan!
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MD:

a well deserved glass of Ishka-Baha for you sir! thanks!!!
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fred:

I guess Scary Eire's The Dole Q doesn't qualify as a story, not fictional enough
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Joe McG:

Bands I didn't get to: Loudest Whisper, De Danaan, Pogues, Dr. Strangely Strange...looks like there may be a Part 2 in the future...
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MD:

Irish for whiskey...
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Brian in UK:

@Joe well there is The Táin but that is a concept album, outside your remit.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@tadpoles whoopwhoop!
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tadpoles:

#BrainUK...Val Dooegan makes me think of Viv...you know the Intro & the Outro!
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ɨkɛ:

@TLMonk, I'll try to be nicer to the raccoons. Maybe I'll feed Don Felder to them.

Thanks Joe!
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rw:

Thanks Joe Mc Gasko! Good bye Madame George! Take care everyone!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@ike BwaHa!
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, everybody, as Van walks down the back street with the glove.... see you next week! Have a great one.
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tadpoles:

Thanks Joe... apologies for the spelling mistakes!
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Brian in UK:

@tadpoles you might like this.
www.youtube.com...
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KP:

The rare auld stuff! Thanks, Joe.
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queems:

thanks joe mcg!
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KP:

Excellent Brian UK!
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blee:

thanks Joe!
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melinda:

Thanks Joe!
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jt:

thats a different version of Madam George....than on the album I think
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Will:

Mellow Candle needs to be heard again and again.
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Irene Trudel:

Lovely last set, Joe!
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