WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 8, 2018

Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: goodmorning joe, sorry to miss last wek, i'lldig into the archives
	9:02am pierre: Bonjour Joe ! :)
	9:02am Michele: I'm here!
	9:02am pantz: Happy Turkey Day, Canucks!
	9:03am Rocky Horror: It's the Sesame Street alians!!
	9:03am TheLoneliestMonk: hey there joe Mac: sorry you got stuck with the crappy task of making sure listeners get their swag!
	9:04am Krys O.: Howdy, Joe!
	9:04am Rocky Horror: annie Sattion Manager Ken was on in place of Joe last week
	9:05am TheLoneliestMonk: manouche guitar? me likey!
	👻 9:06am 12539: Belated Yip!
	9:07am The Oscar: Mornin' Joe and Joites! Back in my record store days, the Ink Spots were my emergency store-play when things got hectic. I could feel my blood pressure drop whenever I put them on.
	9:08am annie: @ Rocky: really?? as luck would have it. O:/
	9:09am mb: Hello Joe. Welcome back!
	9:09am Joe McG: Welcome to the show, everybody, and Happy Columbus Day if you have the day off and even if you don't!
	9:11am Colleen: Lovin this
	9:11am pantz: I've been on replicas of Columbus' boats. Tiny. Hard to believe they sailed so far on them.
	9:11am Brendan: Hello from the latter category.
	9:12am pierre: did you get the chance to listen to some of the records Joe ?
	9:13am lukavino: RADIO!
	9:13am The Oscar: Oh, I just got the theme! We're doing this again, yay!
	9:15am pantz: Lay on, McGasko! And damned be he who cries Hold! Enough!
	9:16am TheLoneliestMonk: www.youtube.com...
	9:16am Joe McG: @pierre: Yes, I think I got some good ones! :)
	9:17am pierre: i'm glad
	9:18am The Oscar: I feel bad for wanting to dance to this.
	9:19am Sem: Hello, Joe, and good morning, McGaskoes.
	9:19am Joe McG: @Oscar: An unusually serious calypso!
	9:19am Roberto: Serious yet upbeat...
	9:19am northguineahills: Wow, a Mighty Sparrow I haven't heard!
	9:25am JakeGould: That Christopher Columbus was something wasn’t he.
	9:27am Fredericks: Burning Spear Marcus Garvey= an old 8-track yet to be replaced with vinyl.
	👻 9:28am Ken From Hyde Park: Side theme for today can be about discovering WFMU. How many folks came across the station while seeking something else?
	9:29am The Oscar: I feel like whenever I try to come up with "proper name" songs I just come up with a bunch of Wesley Willis.
	9:30am Brendan: I just noticed the MLK song points out a time discrepancy in another song. The singer says he was assassinated on an early evening evening April 4. U2's Pride in the name of love says early morning April 4. Conspiracy theorists have at it.
	9:30am JakeGould: I first discovered WFMU back in around 1992 when I moved into my first adult apartment in Park Slope. Then I traded beads and baubles for land and took over a Native American territory.
	9:32am Roberto: I portrayed Marcus Garvey for a presentation for my AP U.S. History class in high school. I remember trying to pick up a Caribbean accent by watching those 7-Up commercials with Geoffrey Holder.
	9:33am The Oscar: I sought it out (which I suppose you have to outside of the NJ/NY area). As a teenager getting into weirdo records in the late '90s, I kept stumbling across the name "Irwin Chusid" in liner notes, and we all know where that rabbit hole leads.
	9:36am Roberto: I'll tell you what's controversial: is it controverSHal or controverSEEal (as Joe just pronounced it)?
	9:36am pantz: I worked with a guy from New Jersey when I lived in Denver. He went on and on about WFMU, so I checked it out. That and his excellent recipe for roasted lamb are the two best things he offered me.
	9:37am Eagle Rock Reverie: Morning ! from the Rock
	9:37am pierre: you're welcome, it was our pleasure :)
	9:38am JakeGould: Bono got the time of MLK’s assassination wrong? I’m kinda of stunned a pop music star would get the facts wrong. Geez, Bono!
	👻 9:39am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Good work, pierre.
	9:39am GListener MW: LOVE the concept for today's show!
	👻 9:40am Ken From Hyde Park: Joe, you could always play "Eleanor Rigby" about forty times. Done and done!
	9:40am pierre: easiest in the world @Brian
	9:41am steveo: Good morning, Joe! Arbitrary rules are fun!
	9:41am annie: i THINK i first found fmu long ago after a hurricane flooded out democracy now's studios and fmu hosted them for awhile; my memory might have that skewed, maybe it was wwoz flooding. who knows?!! nonetheless, it was maybe '91,'92. i never looked back..
	👻 9:42am Brian in UK: So, will we hear Jimmy Webb's P F Sloan?
	9:42am Morphe: Malcom X - No Sellout [TommyBoy] I never make requests - just an idea... Thanks for spinning.. https://www.google.es/search?q=malcolm+x+-+no+sell+out&oq=malcolm+x+-+no+sell+out&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.9368j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
	9:43am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: My friend turned me onto WFMU in a car by a hayfield in rural NJ in 1985 or so. We were smoking something or other.....WARREN County, VERY VERY hard to pick it up there. The rest is history.
	9:44am Larry from Westwood: FILL ER UP JACKO!
	9:44am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I grew up in Warren County, went to NWRHS.
	9:45am steveo: also found wfmu in park slope in a tiny apartment with a window facing directly towards east orange
	9:46am Phillippe Bastille: good morning everyone
	9:46am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: For a short time I lived in a loft in Park Slope. The not so nice part of Park Slope circa 1989.
	👻 9:47am Brian in UK: No mention of Mandy Rice Davis.
	9:47am Joe McG: @Brian: True, oddly!
	9:48am The Oscar: This Gl*xo Babies is great-- never heard them before.
	9:48am Rocky Horror: @annie Democrracy Now's studios were fludded out during Supper Hurrican Sandy and SMK let them use WFMU to broadcast from. During Thier time at WFMU They changed the show name to Democracy Now in Exile. Democracy Now couldn't go back to their studios because of a coo going on there with the station
	9:48am JakeGould: @WildNeil: You mean Gowanus near 9th Street?
	👻 9:49am tadpoles: Glaxo Industries forced them to put the * in.
	9:50am annie: yup,sounds about right rocky... was it '92,though?
	👻 9:52am Brian in UK: In lieu of nothing. Are Marcy Playground still recording?
	9:54am JakeGould: Joe! How about a song for the working men and women who are somehow working today on Columbus Day.
	9:54am crateslinger: I was scanning the dial on a battery operated boombox in my squat (no electricity) on E 9th st in like '89 when I heard a girl reading a wierd story about a dog. I was like WTF, and had to hold the antenna just so. It was Bronwyn C, and I have been listening ever since.
	9:55am crateslinger: shit I spelled weird wrong!
	👻 9:55am Brian in UK: BC was a right old trout, wrote romance novels and thought she was the queen.
	👻 9:57am tadpoles: John Peel occasionally played Barbara Cartland.
	👻 9:58am Brian in UK: @tadpoles did he win?
	👻 9:59am tadpoles: #BIUK .. both equally formidable!
	10:00am JakeGould: Joey loved his Money Honey.
	10:01am Joe McG: I know it's actually Johnny and CJ's birthday today, but have to play Joey!
	10:01am Morphe: Crate... etal.... I was scanning the dial early 1980s looking for Evan Funk Davies at WNYU... FMU was having a fundraiser... Whoever was on was threatening to only play "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" unless the phones started ringing - I knew something special was happening!!! - Is still happening!!
	10:02am JakeGould: I think of all of the Ramones’s I care about, CJ is like -1,000,000
	10:03am crateslinger: Morphe - that's funny, because Matt Warwick was probably not even alive then. Something about them Eagles.
	10:04am annie: ok, it wasn't hurricane sandy, i was moving to NC then. my discovery of fmu was much earlier than that, early 90s...anyway, i'm glad i found it. brain mush...i DO recal tamar's show, doug's show, tom sharpling's show(which i thought was GENIUS, especially philly boyroy and the whole bobblehead thing), yeah,'nem eagles... and bronwyn c did a bookshow.. my brain was so happy.
	10:04am Krys O.: Tan Sleeve covered Maria Bartiromo.
	10:05am mike: maria bartiromo is a big time trumphead on Fox Business now. bad stuff but great song from joey!
	10:05am crateslinger: I was at Joey Ramone's birthday party at Downtown Beirut in 1990. When he walked in I was like "Holy Shit" to my girlfriend and she was like calm down loser.
	10:06am Joe McG: @mike: Wow, I had no idea! How awful.
	10:06am heyitschris: @Morphe funny you mention Hotel California. On the trail I run on this morning some guy was blaring it on his device instead of using headphones. He was too slow to pass me and this was the only time I've asked someone to please turn their music down.
	10:06am Rocky Horror: @annie: Although WFMU has traditionally eschewed news-oriented programming, the station volunteered its airwaves in September 2001 to become the temporary home in the New York area for Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! program (which was renamed Democracy Now! In Exile), after it was "banished" from WBAI and the Pacifica Radio Network during a highly controversial "coup" of WBAI's station management by Pacifica's national Board of Directors. In a similar example of its support of community broadcasting, WFMU began voluntarily hosting the webcast of legendary New Orleans jazz station, WWOZ, when its studio and transmitter were destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. WFMU also took online donations on behalf of WWOZ, raising over $300,000 towards the rebuilding of the station. (from Wikipedia)
	10:07am JakeGould: At least Joe isn’t playing that solo Joey Ramone track “George Soros (The Guy Who Controls The World)”
	10:08am mike: the full account of the money honey's descent into trumpism: https://www.thedailybeast.com/maria-bartiromos-strange-trip-from-money-honey-to-one-of-trumps-top-boosters
	10:08am @fumanchiuonthis: @JoeMag hilarious joey Ramona daily double!!!!
	10:09am crateslinger: I actually like the Eagles, although I never need to hear them again in my lifetime. Great guitar solo in Hotel California.
	10:11am annie: so, then i have no idea what it was that led me to fmu....it was early 90s, it's all i know. i do recall thoses events, though, rocky.. brain farts..
	10:12am crateslinger: Sorry if I'm overposting. Bossman insists today is not a holiday, and I am in client management.... so I have nothing at all to do. I brought a toy drone, and I have today's crossword puzzle, but mostly just sitting here...
	10:15am Devin B.: A classmate recommended FMU shortly after I moved to NY for grad school in late 2001. He used the old, "If you don't like it, wait 15 minutes" line. I was hooked. Love all the late night shows, especially Stan. Weekends too - Cherry Blossom Clinic, Greasy Kid Stuff, Jeff Sarge, Jonesy. Lost track for a few years when I left the area. Got back on board around 2015 when I finally got sick of NPR.
	10:16am JakeGould: The thing is that “If you don't like it, wait 15 minutes…” line doesn’t really work for those atonal “marbles in a blender getting crushed by a dumpster” kinda shows.
	10:17am Devin B.: Wait 15 minutes, unless Bryce is on in which case more like 55?
	10:18am Neil M: I love this set and episode so much. Conceptually and musically. Always incredible. Time for all the great bands to record their "Joe McGasko" track.
	10:19am Rocky Horror: @annie: WFMU was still owned by the collage in the early 90's
	10:19am Joe McG: @Neil M: Ha ha ha. Where's that Jokerfan now?
	👻 10:22am tadpoles: #Rocky Horror.... still owned by the great collage of Joe's mixes. Owned by Upsala College ... well that's another matter.
	10:22am Roberto: My college friend idolized Sylvia Plath. A little too much, as it turned out.
	👻 10:23am Ken From Hyde Park: I'm sure I've heard a song with title "Jessica Simpson," but no idea who sung it. Internet search for that is fruitless.
	10:24am Krys O.: Thanks for playing Deep Freeze Mice!
	10:24am Rocky Horror: Thank for cleverly pointing out my spelling errors tadpoles
	10:25am Joe McG: @Krys: My pleasure! @Roberto: Ooh, Roberto, that's sad.
	10:26am jmr3: Will we be hearing Fugazi's Casavetes or were they disqualified for not using his first name?
	10:27am mrmikestandsir: hey joe, a suggestion if I may: Joe Strummer's Midnight Dream by Chris Harford
	10:27am heyitschris: @ken I was at a Sandy benefit concert where Adam Green sang a song about Jessica Simpson. Maybe that's it?
	10:28am KP in DC: Hello, Joe from East Coast’s hot spot
	10:28am Roberto: Thanks Joe. It came as a shock, although in retrospect it probably shouldn't have.
	10:28am Joe McG: @jmr3 and mrmike: Yes, sorry, my rules are strict: first name, last name. Nice suggestions, though!
	10:30am ?: (the FMU archive has a Jessica Simpson by Sam Shalabi)
	👻 10:31am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, chris and mysterious stranger.
	10:31am mrmikestandsir: of course, I wasn't paying attention : (
	10:31am The Oscar: My Robot Friend's "Walt Whitman" is pretty great.
	10:32am Chapelhillian: James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants
	10:33am crateslinger: Okay, I'm back. Did the times crossword in 16 minutes. One of the answers is Limp Biskit. Maybe they did Jessica Simpson?
	10:33am David in London: Willie Nelson by Miles Davis would have cut the mustard.
	10:35am Roberto: I've always preferred Christine to Stevie. I suppose it's a Ginger-Mary Ann paradigm.
	10:36am glenn: or jennifer / bailey.
	10:36am crateslinger: bizkit*
	10:37am northguineahills: Miles Davis did "Willie Nelson" I used to mash it up w/ w/ Willie while djing (hint hint)
	10:40am northguineahills: I've turned on two randos to WFMU via my Moon Freaker shirt!
	10:40am Krys O.: Haven't heard this Madness track in ages!
	10:41am Krys O.: Bananarama's Robert DeNiro next?
	10:41am Listener Alexandra: Welcome back, Joe! And welcome back The Names Show :-)
	10:41am pantz: @crateslinger double check that Limp Bizkit spelling.
	10:42am crateslinger: I have never seen a single person wearing a WFMU shirt and I have lived in every hipster mecca. East Village, Willamsburg, and now Bushwick. I guess hipsters ain't as cool as they think they are (except of course yours truly).
	10:43am crateslinger: Word, pantz. I did it online so if it weren't correct I wouldn't have got the happy chime sound. I did mispell it on the forum, and then corrected it. Not sure how I could get that wrong!
	10:43am Joe McG: Thanks, Alex! Really happy to be here!
	10:43am annie: well,all i know is my son was ten, he was born in 83, i had just moved into a new house and we used the new internet service using dial-up. i had no clue as to who owned the station, i was just enthralled by it.. there was this new thing called "streaming" and i went down that slippery slope of internet radio. ok, off to work to beat new and different dead horse. thanks for the show joe!
	10:45am The Oscar: I like that we've had songs about both Felix Ungers.
	10:45am pantz: How about Bowie's Andy Warhol @Joe?
	10:45am Listener Alexandra: Did you enjoy lots of drinking chocolate and find old Claudine Longet records?
	10:46am Fernando P.: Is Maria Bethania on the roster? Now more than ever I can relate to brazilian songs from the military dictatorial era.
	10:46am queems: great show today, joe! excellent rainy day driving music
	👻 10:46am Brian in UK: Still holding out for Phil Och's Jim Dean of Indiana. Guess the title is too long.
	👻 10:48am Hughie Considine: Loving this, @Joe. Perhaps Julian Cope's "Robert Mitchum"?
	10:48am northguineahills: @crateslinger: until 2017ish, I lived in Bushwick/Williamsburg, and 55% of my shirt wardrobe are WFMU shirts. The only other people I saw wearing them, were my friends, which doesn't count. (As most of them I knew via music/djing/WFMU)
	👻 10:49am tadpoles: Fingers crossed for "Madonna" by Sparks Joe. They have countless songs about the famous making them the Andy Warhols of Pop music IMHO...but I think Madonna is the only one with just the name in the title.
	10:49am northguineahills: My wife makes tank tops out of WFMU shirts for herself.....
	10:49am Joe McG: @Fernando: Just between you and me, yes! @queems: Thanks! @Hughie: Did it last time! :)
	10:50am Sem: Superman's Song, Crash Test Dummies.
	10:51am I am the Upsetter: Great show. Despite only hearing bits and pieces.
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: @tadpoles, my admiration for Sparks continues to grow. Style, grace, wit, originality, smarts, and endless hooks. What's not to like?
	10:52am Phillippe Bastille: How about "Alice Long" by Boyce and Hart?
	10:53am Joe McG: @Phillippe: Was she a real person?
	10:54am Joe McG: @Upsetter: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
	👻 10:54am tadpoles: #Hughie..yes..genius really. I wake up in the morning with their songs in my head!
	10:54am Paul: Joe, if you play Andy Warhol don't forget Pablo Picasso.
	10:55am jmr3: I suppose the Drive by Truckers' "Steve McQueen" might not be too FCC friendly...
	10:56am Joe McG: @jmr3: Yeah, I have to be careful. @Paul: I got Picasso last time and I think I'll skip the Bowie since everyone knows it by heart.
	10:57am glenn: how about john deere, a man AND a tractor?
	👻 10:58am Ken From Hyde Park: I don't recall my exact moment of WFMU discovery, but it would've been soon after 90.1 (then known as WXHD) was added. In those days, I was constantly scanning the FM dial to find better music and avoid commercials.
	10:58am pantz: How about In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton by fIREHOSE?
	10:59am Joe McG: @pantz: If it were called "Elizabeth Cotton," it would be in.
	11:00am pantz: Rats!
	👻 11:00am Ken From Hyde Park: @glenn - Surely, there must be a song for Jethro Tull.
	11:00am βrian: A muggy Monday, mushrooms are sprouting everywhere. Good morning.
	11:02am The Oscar: I'm assuming "Martin Scorsese" by King Missile isn't on the docket ;)
	11:02am crateslinger: @NGH, I hardly even ever spoke to WFMU listeners until this forum. I had one friend who is still listening from Thailand, and I have seen him post once or twice, but otherwise just here and record fairs.
	11:02am lukavino: i know it is not eligible, but the idea of hearing Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira" come on assuming it was about the Mistress of the Dark is making me laugh to myself.
	11:03am ChrisB.: "Johnny Carson," by The Beach Boys?
	11:03am David in London: Joe, would you consider Alex Chilton by The Replacements?
	11:03am Vincent Nifigance: Tom Courtenay by YLT!
	11:04am chicago yak: Too bad Hank, Karen And Elvis by Young Fresh Fellows doesn't qualify. Three-in-one and hilarious to boot.
	11:04am Listening Out There: Just got here. Great stuff, as usual...
	11:04am Joe McG: @Oscar: Yeah, I'd have to edit that like crazy. Too much bother! @Chris and David: I think I played those last time: wfmu.org...
	👻 11:04am tim from champaign: Ooh! I got one...Vasco Da Gama by Felt.
	11:05am Joe McG: @chicago: But I did "Amy Grant" last time! ;)
	11:05am Krys O.: First heard about WFMU in the Upsala College cafeteria back in late 1981. The person who tipped me off to their being a radio station in the basement of the dorm was John Morris who specifically went to Upsala to do a show. Suffice it to say, I started to spend a lot of time there, even working in the office and being paid by the college. Always found it odd that the college never mentioned the radio station when my parents and I visited the school.
	11:05am glenn: i see taylor swift has endorsed a democrat, causing a large portion of her fan base to clutch at their pearls and make for the nearest fainting couch.
	11:05am Phillippe Bastille: That's a secret only Boyce and Hart would know... Giving it a little thought, they may have used Alice Long because a lot of stuff rhymes with long. I guess I'll retract the suggestion so I don't violate the purity of the show...
	11:05am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Jake Gould-not sure exactly where, lemme check a map, it was not too far from the F train stop and it was near a graveyard in a building with a factory downstairs (sewing) and the artists lofts upstairs. THAT was another street.
	11:07am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM: no 'single file' for us today, joe?
	11:08am Joe McG: @Monk: No, I used up all my "name" 45s last year. :(
	11:08am Brendan: @Joe Great show
	11:09am northguineahills: @crateslinger: Most musicians/djs I know listen to WFMU, but only a few have a comments board presence. My wife included (thank ye gods, she'd curse me in my sleep ;p
	👻 11:09am Hughie Considine: I sure love Elton John's "Roy Rogers."
	11:11am David in London: Johnny Cash did Ned Kelly. Does that one count? I think I’m all out after that.
	11:11am the Canterbury wood-elf: I was just attending a quantum mechanics lecture given by a (real name) Dr. Strange this afternoon. Dr. Stranglely Strange truly were Ireland's Incredible String Band, yet somehow that doesn't diminish their wonderfulness. I've got a friend out in County Kerry who sometimes jams with one of them...
	11:12am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: :~( but that's what the record shows are for!...
	11:12am the Canterbury wood-elf: Presumably someone has mentioned "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements?
	👻 11:12am Hughie Considine: aw...
	11:13am steveo: lots of great songs today; couldn't you find any terrible "name songs"?
	11:13am Joe McG: Hughie, stop reading my notebook! :)
	11:13am Joe McG: @steveo: Ha ha ha. I have to find that "Jessica Simpson" song.
	11:14am the Canterbury wood-elf: "David Bowie" by Phish. Er, no thanks...
	👻 11:14am Hughie Considine: @Steveo, "Tojo" by Hoodoo Gurus is about a terrible person ....
	11:15am TheLoneliestMonk: speaking of the 'mats, there was a good article about their ex roadie/road manager on 'please kill me', think he came out with a book
	11:16am L. Maybud from Queens: What's the policy on Woody Guthrie's "Mister Charlie Lindbergh" which might also just be called "Lindbergh"? Does it fall within the bounds of the arbirtrary rules?
	👻 11:18am Hughie Considine: Sadly, Lucy did not ultimately survive.
	11:18am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM: this was an ornate, highly structured playlist joe, kudos for your efforts!
	11:19am steveo: Tojo is not a first and last name, however.
	👻 11:19am Hughie Considine: Yes, I know, I was just pointing it out.
	11:23am glenn: robbie fulks = automatic clicky star.
	11:24am TheLoneliestMonk: is fulks the dude that calls in to mike shelley's show semi frequently?
	11:25am glenn: yes.
	11:25am dave: i thought he was singing about Bea Arthur!
	11:25am elwyn: hello everyone!
	11:26am Rocky Horror: Hello elwyn
	11:26am Brendan: Reverse celebrity stalker song? Great!
	11:27am crateslinger: @NGH - I'm pretty lame, and don't know any musicians or dj's, but I'd expect to see some FMU t-shirts in NYC over the last 30 years, or have somebody comment about mine! Not once.
	11:27am hip: 'Emilio Cao' by Siniestro Total Spanish 80's band, cover of The Jam's 'David Watts'
	11:27am pantz: This is the second song by Lydia that references cocaine. Hmmm.
	11:27am Daybreak the Teacher: I don’t know much about Steve Earle. Is he a proud womanizer? Thinker of women as if they are objects? Or to quote The big Lebowski: does he treat objects like women?
	11:28am Joe McG: @pantz: She also does a song called "Chris Isaak."
	11:29am pantz: I'm thinking I need to party with Lydia.
	11:29am Joe McG: @hip: Hip suggestion! @Daybreak: As far as I know he's happily married to the stunning Alison Moorer, but maybe Lydia's having some fun with him. Or else it's all true!
	11:30am hip: The Jam's 'David Watts' cover of The Kinks (?)
	11:30am steveo: @pantz you can ask steve earle for her number!
	11:31am Phillippe Bastille: Lola Montez by Volbeat?
	11:31am glenn: nope. steve and alison have divorced.
	11:31am hip: Thee Headcoats 'David Crockett'
	11:32am pantz: @steveo Steve won't return my calls ever since the "incident", I'm afraid.
	11:32am Joe McG: @Phillippe and hip: Great suggestions! Might be too late, though.
	11:32am glenn: in 2014. you're way behind on your celebrity gossip, joe.
	11:33am Joe McG: @glenn: ha ha ha
	11:35am hip: @JM. Next time will be ok. Even next time after next :-) Look for the ST cover. It is worth it (the whole band first years) and in this case Emilio Cao is/was a folk oldie celtic guy ;-)
	11:36am paul b: "This isn't TV - he isn't William Shatner..."
	11:38am hip: Nick Lowe and that Russian lady if I'm not mistaken. And that's it for now. Should be concentrated in work now.
	11:39am hip: Pablo Picasso by J.Ritchman Sorry, can't stop it!
	11:39am pantz: Nice segue, @Joe!
	11:39am northguineahills: @Crateslinger: In the middle of nowhere (Gainesville, FL; I've had four people recommend WFMU and tell me so based on the shirts I was wearing). Still haven't seen anyone wearing one.)
	11:39am The Oscar: I keep forgetting how badly I need this Cash Rivers album.
	11:40am glenn: i like bobby bare quite a lot.
	11:40am Daybreak the Teacher: The noise on the surface is a breaking wave of country.
	11:40am northguineahills: errr... recognize.....
	11:40am glenn: not as much as i like waylon, but pretty close.
	11:41am Daybreak the Teacher: In face it just broke with Pollard!
	👻 11:41am Hughie Considine: Nice to hear those Big Dipper harmonies again.
	11:44am northguineahills: "Robert Pollard" sounds like Robert Pollard....
	11:45am Daybreak the Teacher: Now this is a country song I can get behind. Even though I’m an English teacher.
	11:45am βrian: I've climbed Cezanne's mountain many a time.
	11:45am Daybreak the Teacher: Or maybe because I’m an English teacher?
	11:45am the Canterbury wood-elf: "Pablo Picasso" by Jonathan Richman... surely someone has thought of that?
	11:46am David in London: Gitanes and Cezanne is an inspired rhyming couplet I must say.
	11:46am glenn: i'm waiting for seymour stein.
	11:46am EG_Astro: This reminds me more of Weird Al
	11:46am agillyo: A little late to the party here, but glad I got to tune in; currently participating in Inktober, a daily drawing challenge for the month of October where artists create 1 ink drawing/day for the month, often according to a theme. My theme is songs about/that tell stories about characters... trying to avoid songs about real folks, but getting some good inspiration here!
	11:47am Joe McG: @agillyo: Very nice! Glad you're enjoying it as inspiration!
	11:47am glenn: and joe throws a curveball with jonathan richman.
	11:48am glenn: or maybe at.
	11:49am David in London: If The Rockingbirds hasn’t muffed up with the title Jonathon, Jonathon, we could have had one about Jonathon Richmond now.
	11:49am paul b: I have to come back and mention I have two nephews and previous to them an ex-girlfriend who went to "Walter Johnson High School"
	11:50am David in London: Richman. Damn that auto correction.
	11:50am βrian: Uncle Tupelo Chain Sex?
	11:50am pantz: I didn't get my fIREHOSE, but a song about D Boon is the next best thing. Thanks, Joe!
	11:50am Brendan: DC thanks you for the Walter Johnson name drop!
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: Great show as ever, Joe.
	11:50am the Canterbury wood-elf: Ha, cool. I mention Jonathan Richman and seconds later get to hear a really cool song of his that I'd previously overlooked. Thanks Joe!
	11:51am crateslinger: Was Amos Moses a real guy?
	11:53am northguineahills: eu amo caetano veloso. abrigato, Joe!
	11:54am Joe McG: Ending today with a nice tribute from a brother to his sister. Thanks for listening to my "name" show today and for your great suggestions. Volume 3 someday? Maybe! Have a great week everyone, and see you next Monday.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:54am Michael 98145: maximum veloso !
	11:54am Phillippe Bastille: Thanks Joe. And Volume 3 is a must!
	11:55am David in London: Great show Joe.
	11:56am Brendan: Great show Joe. Lots of songs and people I didn't know about.
	11:57am crateslinger: haha this is funny. yum yum Great show. I guess we'll never know what really happened, eh?
	11:57am Krys O.: Such a fun show! Thanks, Joe.
	12:00pm Rocky Horror: Great show Joe

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 8, 2018

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October 8, 2018: Some More People You May Know

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Tony Murena et Son Ensemble Swing	Christopher Columbus	Squeeze Me: The Jazz and Swing Accordion Story	Proper	2006	CD	From 1942; hero or villain?		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Ink Spots	Christopher Columbus	Instant Classics	él	2006	CD	From 1936		0:04:29 (Pop-up)
June Christy and the Stan Kenton Orchestra	June Christy	June Christy and the Stan Kenton Orchestra	Collector's Choice Music	1994	CD	From 1950; June and Stan		0:07:36 (Pop-up)
Macbeth the Great	Cab Calloway "Cab Calloway" by "Macbeth the Great"	Calypso Holiday	Time	1963	MP3	From mid-'50s; hep hep		0:11:46 (Pop-up)
Mighty Sparrow	Martin Luther King	More Sparrow More!!	Ra	1969	LP	The King		0:14:55 (Pop-up)
Dennis Brown	Malcolm X "Malcolm X" by "Dennis Brown"	Visions	Shanachie	1989	CD	From 1978; going straight to the root		0:19:16 (Pop-up)
Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey "Marcus Garvey" by "Burning Spear"	Marcus Garvey	Island	1975	LP	black star		0:22:30 (Pop-up)
Dennis Alcapone	Cassius Clay "Cassius Clay" by "Dennis Alcapone"	single	Jackpot	1973	MP3	poet		0:25:56 (Pop-up)
Jr. Thomas and the Volcanos	Brian Wilson	Rockstone	Colemine	2018	MP3	God is in the music	*	0:29:22 (Pop-up)

The Clash	Janie Jones "Janie Jones" by "The Clash"	The Clash	CBS	1977	LP	Oh, Marion		0:41:56 (Pop-up)
Gl*xo Babies	Christine Keeler "Christine Keeler" by "Gl*xo Babies"	Dreams Interrupted: The Bewilderbeat Years 1978-1980	Cherry Red	2006	CD	foreign affair		0:43:42 (Pop-up)
Deep Freeze Mice	Émile Zola "Émile Zola" by "Deep Freeze Mice"	My Geraniums Are Bulletproof	Madagascar	1991	CD	From 1979; too real		0:47:17 (Pop-up)
Gymslips	Barbara Cartland "Barbara Cartland" by "Gymslips"	WriterSongs: Irwin's 2018 Marathon Premium CD	WFMU	2018	CD-R	From 1983. the world of pure romance	*	0:50:43 (Pop-up)
The Mekons	John Barry "John Barry" by "The Mekons"	The Mekons	Red Rhino	1980	MP3	goldfingers		0:53:22 (Pop-up)
The Godfathers	John Barry "John Barry" by "The Godfathers"	Hit by Hit	Link	1986	LP			0:56:10 (Pop-up)
Joey Ramone	Maria Bartiromo "Maria Bartiromo" by "Joey Ramone"	Don't Worry About Me	Sanctuary	2002	CD	"journalist"		0:58:43 (Pop-up)
Simon Love	Joey Ramone "Joey Ramone" by "Simon Love"	Sincerely, S. Love x	Tapete	2018	CD	hates guitar players	*	1:02:34 (Pop-up)
Lemuria	Christine Perfect "Christine Perfect" by "Lemuria"	Recreational Hate	Turbo Worldwide	2017	CD	The Not Nicks		1:05:22 (Pop-up)
Bikini Kill	Tony Randall "Tony Randall" by "Bikini Kill"	Reject All American	Kill Rock Stars	1996	CD	Randall the Great		1:07:35 (Pop-up)
Mission of Burma	Max Ernst "Max Ernst" by "Mission of Burma"	single	Ace of Hearts	1980	MP3	maximum ernst		1:09:56 (Pop-up)
Rentals	Gertrude Stein "Gertrude Stein" by "Rentals"	Homework No. 2: D.I.Y. Punk & Punkwave Singles R-to-U	Hyped 2 Death	?	CD	From 1979; no relation to Seymour		1:12:53 (Pop-up)
Black Randy & the Metrosquad	Marlon Brando	Pass the Dust, I Think I'm Bowie	Vinyl Countdown	2009	LP	From 1979; coulda been a contendah		1:16:03 (Pop-up)
Peter Laughner	Sylvia Plath "Sylvia Plath" by "Peter Laughner"	Take the Guitar Player for a Ride	Tim/Kerr	1993	CD	From 1982; 1 + 1 = 0		1:17:48 (Pop-up)
Public Image Ltd.	Lou Reed "Lou Reed" by "Public Image Ltd."	Commercial Zone	No Label	1982	MP3	from unreleased album; high on life		1:21:35 (Pop-up)
John Cale	Graham Greene "Graham Greene" by "John Cale"	Paris 1919	Reprise	1973	LP	heart of the matter		1:25:26 (Pop-up)

Madness	Michael Caine "Michael Caine" by "Madness"	Keep Moving	Geffen	1984	LP	dueling Caines		1:39:22 (Pop-up)
Saint Etienne	Jack Lemmon "Jack Lemmon" by "Saint Etienne"	The Misadventures of Saint Etienne	L'Appareil-Photo Bis	1999	MP3	magic time		1:42:14 (Pop-up)
The Driscolls	Julie Christie "Julie Christie" by "The Driscolls"	C88	Cherry Red	2017	CD	From 1988; Julie Christie face	*	1:46:37 (Pop-up)
The Haywains	Dusty Springfield "Dusty Springfield" by "The Haywains"	A37 Revisited	Cider City	2011	CD	From 1991; Dusty days		1:48:50 (Pop-up)
Camera Obscura	Dory Previn "Dory Previn" by "Camera Obscura"	Let's Get Out of This Country	Merge	2006	CD	winner of a Langdon		1:51:08 (Pop-up)
Snapdragon	Matthew Sweet "Matthew Sweet" by "Snapdragon"	Drinking Watermelon Sugar	Pound	1995	CD	still Sweet		1:55:12 (Pop-up)
Hamish James Hawk	John Cooper Clarke	Aznavour	HJH Music	2017	CD	bloody poets		1:58:08 (Pop-up)
Dump	Lucy Grealy "Lucy Grealy" by "Dump"	Women in Rock EP	Shrimper	1999	CD	facing it		2:01:31 (Pop-up)
Dr. Strangely Strange	Roy Rogers "Roy Rogers" by "Dr. Strangely Strange"	Kip of the Serenes	Island	2004	CD	From 1969; Slye guy		2:06:14 (Pop-up)
Elton John	Roy Rogers "Roy Rogers" by "Elton John"	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	MCA	1973	LP			2:11:23 (Pop-up)

Robbie Fulks	Jean Arthur "Jean Arthur" by "Robbie Fulks"	The Very Best of Robbie Fulks	Bloodshot	2000	CD	Jean the queen		2:21:11 (Pop-up)
Lydia Loveless	Steve Earle "Steve Earle" by "Lydia Loveless"	Indestructible Machine	Bloodshot	2011	CD	not THAT Steve Earle, apparently		2:23:26 (Pop-up)
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers	Dwight Yoakam	Sidelong	Disarmers	2016	CD	begat and begat		2:27:45 (Pop-up)
The Sir Douglas Band	Juan Mendoza	Texas Tornado	Atlantic	1973	LP	ranchera cantante		2:31:17 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bare	Marie Leveau "Marie Leveau" by "Bobby Bare"	Greatest Hits	RCA	1981	LP	From 1974; witch queen of New Orleans		2:34:13 (Pop-up)
Cash Rivers and The Sinners	Bobby Bare Jr.	Blue Balls Lincoln	Jellyfish	2018	LP	That's his name		2:37:24 (Pop-up)
Big Dipper	Robert Pollard "Robert Pollard" by "Big Dipper"	Crashes on the Platinum Planet	Almost Ready	2012	CD	Bobby Bare Jr.'s singer		2:38:50 (Pop-up)
The 5 Chinese Brothers	Paul Cezanne	Singer Songwriter Beggarman Thief	1-800-Prime-CD	1992	CD	a real square		2:42:51 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	Walter Johnson	Rockin' & Romance	Twin/Tone	1985	LP	never detected!		2:45:34 (Pop-up)
Uncle Tupelo	D. Boon "D. Boon" by "Uncle Tupelo"	Still Feel Gone	Columbia Legacy	2003	CD	From 1991; saint of San Pedro		2:48:12 (Pop-up)
Caetano Veloso	Maria Bethânia "Maria Bethânia" by "Caetano Veloso"	Caetano Veloso	Philips	2006	CD	From 1971; please send me a letter		2:50:25 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: goodmorning joe, sorry to miss last wek, i'lldig into the archives
	9:02am pierre: Bonjour Joe ! :)
	9:02am Michele: I'm here!
	9:02am pantz: Happy Turkey Day, Canucks!
	9:03am Rocky Horror: It's the Sesame Street alians!!
	9:03am TheLoneliestMonk: hey there joe Mac: sorry you got stuck with the crappy task of making sure listeners get their swag!
	9:04am Krys O.: Howdy, Joe!
	9:04am Rocky Horror: annie Sattion Manager Ken was on in place of Joe last week
	9:05am TheLoneliestMonk: manouche guitar? me likey!
	👻 9:06am 12539: Belated Yip!
	9:07am The Oscar: Mornin' Joe and Joites! Back in my record store days, the Ink Spots were my emergency store-play when things got hectic. I could feel my blood pressure drop whenever I put them on.
	9:08am annie: @ Rocky: really?? as luck would have it. O:/
	9:09am mb: Hello Joe. Welcome back!
	9:09am Joe McG: Welcome to the show, everybody, and Happy Columbus Day if you have the day off and even if you don't!
	9:11am Colleen: Lovin this
	9:11am pantz: I've been on replicas of Columbus' boats. Tiny. Hard to believe they sailed so far on them.
	9:11am Brendan: Hello from the latter category.
	9:12am pierre: did you get the chance to listen to some of the records Joe ?
	9:13am lukavino: RADIO!
	9:13am The Oscar: Oh, I just got the theme! We're doing this again, yay!
	9:15am pantz: Lay on, McGasko! And damned be he who cries Hold! Enough!
	9:16am TheLoneliestMonk: www.youtube.com...
	9:16am Joe McG: @pierre: Yes, I think I got some good ones! :)
	9:17am pierre: i'm glad
	9:18am The Oscar: I feel bad for wanting to dance to this.
	9:19am Sem: Hello, Joe, and good morning, McGaskoes.
	9:19am Joe McG: @Oscar: An unusually serious calypso!
	9:19am Roberto: Serious yet upbeat...
	9:19am northguineahills: Wow, a Mighty Sparrow I haven't heard!
	9:25am JakeGould: That Christopher Columbus was something wasn’t he.
	9:27am Fredericks: Burning Spear Marcus Garvey= an old 8-track yet to be replaced with vinyl.
	👻 9:28am Ken From Hyde Park: Side theme for today can be about discovering WFMU. How many folks came across the station while seeking something else?
	9:29am The Oscar: I feel like whenever I try to come up with "proper name" songs I just come up with a bunch of Wesley Willis.
	9:30am Brendan: I just noticed the MLK song points out a time discrepancy in another song. The singer says he was assassinated on an early evening evening April 4. U2's Pride in the name of love says early morning April 4. Conspiracy theorists have at it.
	9:30am JakeGould: I first discovered WFMU back in around 1992 when I moved into my first adult apartment in Park Slope. Then I traded beads and baubles for land and took over a Native American territory.
	9:32am Roberto: I portrayed Marcus Garvey for a presentation for my AP U.S. History class in high school. I remember trying to pick up a Caribbean accent by watching those 7-Up commercials with Geoffrey Holder.
	9:33am The Oscar: I sought it out (which I suppose you have to outside of the NJ/NY area). As a teenager getting into weirdo records in the late '90s, I kept stumbling across the name "Irwin Chusid" in liner notes, and we all know where that rabbit hole leads.
	9:36am Roberto: I'll tell you what's controversial: is it controverSHal or controverSEEal (as Joe just pronounced it)?
	9:36am pantz: I worked with a guy from New Jersey when I lived in Denver. He went on and on about WFMU, so I checked it out. That and his excellent recipe for roasted lamb are the two best things he offered me.
	9:37am Eagle Rock Reverie: Morning ! from the Rock
	9:37am pierre: you're welcome, it was our pleasure :)
	9:38am JakeGould: Bono got the time of MLK’s assassination wrong? I’m kinda of stunned a pop music star would get the facts wrong. Geez, Bono!
	👻 9:39am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Good work, pierre.
	9:39am GListener MW: LOVE the concept for today's show!
	👻 9:40am Ken From Hyde Park: Joe, you could always play "Eleanor Rigby" about forty times. Done and done!
	9:40am pierre: easiest in the world @Brian
	9:41am steveo: Good morning, Joe! Arbitrary rules are fun!
	9:41am annie: i THINK i first found fmu long ago after a hurricane flooded out democracy now's studios and fmu hosted them for awhile; my memory might have that skewed, maybe it was wwoz flooding. who knows?!! nonetheless, it was maybe '91,'92. i never looked back..
	👻 9:42am Brian in UK: So, will we hear Jimmy Webb's P F Sloan?
	9:42am Morphe: Malcom X - No Sellout [TommyBoy] I never make requests - just an idea... Thanks for spinning.. https://www.google.es/search?q=malcolm+x+-+no+sell+out&oq=malcolm+x+-+no+sell+out&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.9368j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
	9:43am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: My friend turned me onto WFMU in a car by a hayfield in rural NJ in 1985 or so. We were smoking something or other.....WARREN County, VERY VERY hard to pick it up there. The rest is history.
	9:44am Larry from Westwood: FILL ER UP JACKO!
	9:44am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I grew up in Warren County, went to NWRHS.
	9:45am steveo: also found wfmu in park slope in a tiny apartment with a window facing directly towards east orange
	9:46am Phillippe Bastille: good morning everyone
	9:46am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: For a short time I lived in a loft in Park Slope. The not so nice part of Park Slope circa 1989.
	👻 9:47am Brian in UK: No mention of Mandy Rice Davis.
	9:47am Joe McG: @Brian: True, oddly!
	9:48am The Oscar: This Gl*xo Babies is great-- never heard them before.
	9:48am Rocky Horror: @annie Democrracy Now's studios were fludded out during Supper Hurrican Sandy and SMK let them use WFMU to broadcast from. During Thier time at WFMU They changed the show name to Democracy Now in Exile. Democracy Now couldn't go back to their studios because of a coo going on there with the station
	9:48am JakeGould: @WildNeil: You mean Gowanus near 9th Street?
	👻 9:49am tadpoles: Glaxo Industries forced them to put the * in.
	9:50am annie: yup,sounds about right rocky... was it '92,though?
	👻 9:52am Brian in UK: In lieu of nothing. Are Marcy Playground still recording?
	9:54am JakeGould: Joe! How about a song for the working men and women who are somehow working today on Columbus Day.
	9:54am crateslinger: I was scanning the dial on a battery operated boombox in my squat (no electricity) on E 9th st in like '89 when I heard a girl reading a wierd story about a dog. I was like WTF, and had to hold the antenna just so. It was Bronwyn C, and I have been listening ever since.
	9:55am crateslinger: shit I spelled weird wrong!
	👻 9:55am Brian in UK: BC was a right old trout, wrote romance novels and thought she was the queen.
	👻 9:57am tadpoles: John Peel occasionally played Barbara Cartland.
	👻 9:58am Brian in UK: @tadpoles did he win?
	👻 9:59am tadpoles: #BIUK .. both equally formidable!
	10:00am JakeGould: Joey loved his Money Honey.
	10:01am Joe McG: I know it's actually Johnny and CJ's birthday today, but have to play Joey!
	10:01am Morphe: Crate... etal.... I was scanning the dial early 1980s looking for Evan Funk Davies at WNYU... FMU was having a fundraiser... Whoever was on was threatening to only play "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" unless the phones started ringing - I knew something special was happening!!! - Is still happening!!
	10:02am JakeGould: I think of all of the Ramones’s I care about, CJ is like -1,000,000
	10:03am crateslinger: Morphe - that's funny, because Matt Warwick was probably not even alive then. Something about them Eagles.
	10:04am annie: ok, it wasn't hurricane sandy, i was moving to NC then. my discovery of fmu was much earlier than that, early 90s...anyway, i'm glad i found it. brain mush...i DO recal tamar's show, doug's show, tom sharpling's show(which i thought was GENIUS, especially philly boyroy and the whole bobblehead thing), yeah,'nem eagles... and bronwyn c did a bookshow.. my brain was so happy.
	10:04am Krys O.: Tan Sleeve covered Maria Bartiromo.
	10:05am mike: maria bartiromo is a big time trumphead on Fox Business now. bad stuff but great song from joey!
	10:05am crateslinger: I was at Joey Ramone's birthday party at Downtown Beirut in 1990. When he walked in I was like "Holy Shit" to my girlfriend and she was like calm down loser.
	10:06am Joe McG: @mike: Wow, I had no idea! How awful.
	10:06am heyitschris: @Morphe funny you mention Hotel California. On the trail I run on this morning some guy was blaring it on his device instead of using headphones. He was too slow to pass me and this was the only time I've asked someone to please turn their music down.
	10:06am Rocky Horror: @annie: Although WFMU has traditionally eschewed news-oriented programming, the station volunteered its airwaves in September 2001 to become the temporary home in the New York area for Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! program (which was renamed Democracy Now! In Exile), after it was "banished" from WBAI and the Pacifica Radio Network during a highly controversial "coup" of WBAI's station management by Pacifica's national Board of Directors. In a similar example of its support of community broadcasting, WFMU began voluntarily hosting the webcast of legendary New Orleans jazz station, WWOZ, when its studio and transmitter were destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. WFMU also took online donations on behalf of WWOZ, raising over $300,000 towards the rebuilding of the station. (from Wikipedia)
	10:07am JakeGould: At least Joe isn’t playing that solo Joey Ramone track “George Soros (The Guy Who Controls The World)”
	10:08am mike: the full account of the money honey's descent into trumpism: https://www.thedailybeast.com/maria-bartiromos-strange-trip-from-money-honey-to-one-of-trumps-top-boosters
	10:08am @fumanchiuonthis: @JoeMag hilarious joey Ramona daily double!!!!
	10:09am crateslinger: I actually like the Eagles, although I never need to hear them again in my lifetime. Great guitar solo in Hotel California.
	10:11am annie: so, then i have no idea what it was that led me to fmu....it was early 90s, it's all i know. i do recall thoses events, though, rocky.. brain farts..
	10:12am crateslinger: Sorry if I'm overposting. Bossman insists today is not a holiday, and I am in client management.... so I have nothing at all to do. I brought a toy drone, and I have today's crossword puzzle, but mostly just sitting here...
	10:15am Devin B.: A classmate recommended FMU shortly after I moved to NY for grad school in late 2001. He used the old, "If you don't like it, wait 15 minutes" line. I was hooked. Love all the late night shows, especially Stan. Weekends too - Cherry Blossom Clinic, Greasy Kid Stuff, Jeff Sarge, Jonesy. Lost track for a few years when I left the area. Got back on board around 2015 when I finally got sick of NPR.
	10:16am JakeGould: The thing is that “If you don't like it, wait 15 minutes…” line doesn’t really work for those atonal “marbles in a blender getting crushed by a dumpster” kinda shows.
	10:17am Devin B.: Wait 15 minutes, unless Bryce is on in which case more like 55?
	10:18am Neil M: I love this set and episode so much. Conceptually and musically. Always incredible. Time for all the great bands to record their "Joe McGasko" track.
	10:19am Rocky Horror: @annie: WFMU was still owned by the collage in the early 90's
	10:19am Joe McG: @Neil M: Ha ha ha. Where's that Jokerfan now?
	👻 10:22am tadpoles: #Rocky Horror.... still owned by the great collage of Joe's mixes. Owned by Upsala College ... well that's another matter.
	10:22am Roberto: My college friend idolized Sylvia Plath. A little too much, as it turned out.
	👻 10:23am Ken From Hyde Park: I'm sure I've heard a song with title "Jessica Simpson," but no idea who sung it. Internet search for that is fruitless.
	10:24am Krys O.: Thanks for playing Deep Freeze Mice!
	10:24am Rocky Horror: Thank for cleverly pointing out my spelling errors tadpoles
	10:25am Joe McG: @Krys: My pleasure! @Roberto: Ooh, Roberto, that's sad.
	10:26am jmr3: Will we be hearing Fugazi's Casavetes or were they disqualified for not using his first name?
	10:27am mrmikestandsir: hey joe, a suggestion if I may: Joe Strummer's Midnight Dream by Chris Harford
	10:27am heyitschris: @ken I was at a Sandy benefit concert where Adam Green sang a song about Jessica Simpson. Maybe that's it?
	10:28am KP in DC: Hello, Joe from East Coast’s hot spot
	10:28am Roberto: Thanks Joe. It came as a shock, although in retrospect it probably shouldn't have.
	10:28am Joe McG: @jmr3 and mrmike: Yes, sorry, my rules are strict: first name, last name. Nice suggestions, though!
	10:30am ?: (the FMU archive has a Jessica Simpson by Sam Shalabi)
	👻 10:31am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, chris and mysterious stranger.
	10:31am mrmikestandsir: of course, I wasn't paying attention : (
	10:31am The Oscar: My Robot Friend's "Walt Whitman" is pretty great.
	10:32am Chapelhillian: James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants
	10:33am crateslinger: Okay, I'm back. Did the times crossword in 16 minutes. One of the answers is Limp Biskit. Maybe they did Jessica Simpson?
	10:33am David in London: Willie Nelson by Miles Davis would have cut the mustard.
	10:35am Roberto: I've always preferred Christine to Stevie. I suppose it's a Ginger-Mary Ann paradigm.
	10:36am glenn: or jennifer / bailey.
	10:36am crateslinger: bizkit*
	10:37am northguineahills: Miles Davis did "Willie Nelson" I used to mash it up w/ w/ Willie while djing (hint hint)
	10:40am northguineahills: I've turned on two randos to WFMU via my Moon Freaker shirt!
	10:40am Krys O.: Haven't heard this Madness track in ages!
	10:41am Krys O.: Bananarama's Robert DeNiro next?
	10:41am Listener Alexandra: Welcome back, Joe! And welcome back The Names Show :-)
	10:41am pantz: @crateslinger double check that Limp Bizkit spelling.
	10:42am crateslinger: I have never seen a single person wearing a WFMU shirt and I have lived in every hipster mecca. East Village, Willamsburg, and now Bushwick. I guess hipsters ain't as cool as they think they are (except of course yours truly).
	10:43am crateslinger: Word, pantz. I did it online so if it weren't correct I wouldn't have got the happy chime sound. I did mispell it on the forum, and then corrected it. Not sure how I could get that wrong!
	10:43am Joe McG: Thanks, Alex! Really happy to be here!
	10:43am annie: well,all i know is my son was ten, he was born in 83, i had just moved into a new house and we used the new internet service using dial-up. i had no clue as to who owned the station, i was just enthralled by it.. there was this new thing called "streaming" and i went down that slippery slope of internet radio. ok, off to work to beat new and different dead horse. thanks for the show joe!
	10:45am The Oscar: I like that we've had songs about both Felix Ungers.
	10:45am pantz: How about Bowie's Andy Warhol @Joe?
	10:45am Listener Alexandra: Did you enjoy lots of drinking chocolate and find old Claudine Longet records?
	10:46am Fernando P.: Is Maria Bethania on the roster? Now more than ever I can relate to brazilian songs from the military dictatorial era.
	10:46am queems: great show today, joe! excellent rainy day driving music
	👻 10:46am Brian in UK: Still holding out for Phil Och's Jim Dean of Indiana. Guess the title is too long.
	👻 10:48am Hughie Considine: Loving this, @Joe. Perhaps Julian Cope's "Robert Mitchum"?
	10:48am northguineahills: @crateslinger: until 2017ish, I lived in Bushwick/Williamsburg, and 55% of my shirt wardrobe are WFMU shirts. The only other people I saw wearing them, were my friends, which doesn't count. (As most of them I knew via music/djing/WFMU)
	👻 10:49am tadpoles: Fingers crossed for "Madonna" by Sparks Joe. They have countless songs about the famous making them the Andy Warhols of Pop music IMHO...but I think Madonna is the only one with just the name in the title.
	10:49am northguineahills: My wife makes tank tops out of WFMU shirts for herself.....
	10:49am Joe McG: @Fernando: Just between you and me, yes! @queems: Thanks! @Hughie: Did it last time! :)
	10:50am Sem: Superman's Song, Crash Test Dummies.
	10:51am I am the Upsetter: Great show. Despite only hearing bits and pieces.
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: @tadpoles, my admiration for Sparks continues to grow. Style, grace, wit, originality, smarts, and endless hooks. What's not to like?
	10:52am Phillippe Bastille: How about "Alice Long" by Boyce and Hart?
	10:53am Joe McG: @Phillippe: Was she a real person?
	10:54am Joe McG: @Upsetter: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
	👻 10:54am tadpoles: #Hughie..yes..genius really. I wake up in the morning with their songs in my head!
	10:54am Paul: Joe, if you play Andy Warhol don't forget Pablo Picasso.
	10:55am jmr3: I suppose the Drive by Truckers' "Steve McQueen" might not be too FCC friendly...
	10:56am Joe McG: @jmr3: Yeah, I have to be careful. @Paul: I got Picasso last time and I think I'll skip the Bowie since everyone knows it by heart.
	10:57am glenn: how about john deere, a man AND a tractor?
	👻 10:58am Ken From Hyde Park: I don't recall my exact moment of WFMU discovery, but it would've been soon after 90.1 (then known as WXHD) was added. In those days, I was constantly scanning the FM dial to find better music and avoid commercials.
	10:58am pantz: How about In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton by fIREHOSE?
	10:59am Joe McG: @pantz: If it were called "Elizabeth Cotton," it would be in.
	11:00am pantz: Rats!
	👻 11:00am Ken From Hyde Park: @glenn - Surely, there must be a song for Jethro Tull.
	11:00am βrian: A muggy Monday, mushrooms are sprouting everywhere. Good morning.
	11:02am The Oscar: I'm assuming "Martin Scorsese" by King Missile isn't on the docket ;)
	11:02am crateslinger: @NGH, I hardly even ever spoke to WFMU listeners until this forum. I had one friend who is still listening from Thailand, and I have seen him post once or twice, but otherwise just here and record fairs.
	11:02am lukavino: i know it is not eligible, but the idea of hearing Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira" come on assuming it was about the Mistress of the Dark is making me laugh to myself.
	11:03am ChrisB.: "Johnny Carson," by The Beach Boys?
	11:03am David in London: Joe, would you consider Alex Chilton by The Replacements?
	11:03am Vincent Nifigance: Tom Courtenay by YLT!
	11:04am chicago yak: Too bad Hank, Karen And Elvis by Young Fresh Fellows doesn't qualify. Three-in-one and hilarious to boot.
	11:04am Listening Out There: Just got here. Great stuff, as usual...
	11:04am Joe McG: @Oscar: Yeah, I'd have to edit that like crazy. Too much bother! @Chris and David: I think I played those last time: wfmu.org...
	👻 11:04am tim from champaign: Ooh! I got one...Vasco Da Gama by Felt.
	11:05am Joe McG: @chicago: But I did "Amy Grant" last time! ;)
	11:05am Krys O.: First heard about WFMU in the Upsala College cafeteria back in late 1981. The person who tipped me off to their being a radio station in the basement of the dorm was John Morris who specifically went to Upsala to do a show. Suffice it to say, I started to spend a lot of time there, even working in the office and being paid by the college. Always found it odd that the college never mentioned the radio station when my parents and I visited the school.
	11:05am glenn: i see taylor swift has endorsed a democrat, causing a large portion of her fan base to clutch at their pearls and make for the nearest fainting couch.
	11:05am Phillippe Bastille: That's a secret only Boyce and Hart would know... Giving it a little thought, they may have used Alice Long because a lot of stuff rhymes with long. I guess I'll retract the suggestion so I don't violate the purity of the show...
	11:05am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Jake Gould-not sure exactly where, lemme check a map, it was not too far from the F train stop and it was near a graveyard in a building with a factory downstairs (sewing) and the artists lofts upstairs. THAT was another street.
	11:07am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM: no 'single file' for us today, joe?
	11:08am Joe McG: @Monk: No, I used up all my "name" 45s last year. :(
	11:08am Brendan: @Joe Great show
	11:09am northguineahills: @crateslinger: Most musicians/djs I know listen to WFMU, but only a few have a comments board presence. My wife included (thank ye gods, she'd curse me in my sleep ;p
	👻 11:09am Hughie Considine: I sure love Elton John's "Roy Rogers."
	11:11am David in London: Johnny Cash did Ned Kelly. Does that one count? I think I’m all out after that.
	11:11am the Canterbury wood-elf: I was just attending a quantum mechanics lecture given by a (real name) Dr. Strange this afternoon. Dr. Stranglely Strange truly were Ireland's Incredible String Band, yet somehow that doesn't diminish their wonderfulness. I've got a friend out in County Kerry who sometimes jams with one of them...
	11:12am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: :~( but that's what the record shows are for!...
	11:12am the Canterbury wood-elf: Presumably someone has mentioned "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements?
	👻 11:12am Hughie Considine: aw...
	11:13am steveo: lots of great songs today; couldn't you find any terrible "name songs"?
	11:13am Joe McG: Hughie, stop reading my notebook! :)
	11:13am Joe McG: @steveo: Ha ha ha. I have to find that "Jessica Simpson" song.
	11:14am the Canterbury wood-elf: "David Bowie" by Phish. Er, no thanks...
	👻 11:14am Hughie Considine: @Steveo, "Tojo" by Hoodoo Gurus is about a terrible person ....
	11:15am TheLoneliestMonk: speaking of the 'mats, there was a good article about their ex roadie/road manager on 'please kill me', think he came out with a book
	11:16am L. Maybud from Queens: What's the policy on Woody Guthrie's "Mister Charlie Lindbergh" which might also just be called "Lindbergh"? Does it fall within the bounds of the arbirtrary rules?
	👻 11:18am Hughie Considine: Sadly, Lucy did not ultimately survive.
	11:18am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM: this was an ornate, highly structured playlist joe, kudos for your efforts!
	11:19am steveo: Tojo is not a first and last name, however.
	👻 11:19am Hughie Considine: Yes, I know, I was just pointing it out.
	11:23am glenn: robbie fulks = automatic clicky star.
	11:24am TheLoneliestMonk: is fulks the dude that calls in to mike shelley's show semi frequently?
	11:25am glenn: yes.
	11:25am dave: i thought he was singing about Bea Arthur!
	11:25am elwyn: hello everyone!
	11:26am Rocky Horror: Hello elwyn
	11:26am Brendan: Reverse celebrity stalker song? Great!
	11:27am crateslinger: @NGH - I'm pretty lame, and don't know any musicians or dj's, but I'd expect to see some FMU t-shirts in NYC over the last 30 years, or have somebody comment about mine! Not once.
	11:27am hip: 'Emilio Cao' by Siniestro Total Spanish 80's band, cover of The Jam's 'David Watts'
	11:27am pantz: This is the second song by Lydia that references cocaine. Hmmm.
	11:27am Daybreak the Teacher: I don’t know much about Steve Earle. Is he a proud womanizer? Thinker of women as if they are objects? Or to quote The big Lebowski: does he treat objects like women?
	11:28am Joe McG: @pantz: She also does a song called "Chris Isaak."
	11:29am pantz: I'm thinking I need to party with Lydia.
	11:29am Joe McG: @hip: Hip suggestion! @Daybreak: As far as I know he's happily married to the stunning Alison Moorer, but maybe Lydia's having some fun with him. Or else it's all true!
	11:30am hip: The Jam's 'David Watts' cover of The Kinks (?)
	11:30am steveo: @pantz you can ask steve earle for her number!
	11:31am Phillippe Bastille: Lola Montez by Volbeat?
	11:31am glenn: nope. steve and alison have divorced.
	11:31am hip: Thee Headcoats 'David Crockett'
	11:32am pantz: @steveo Steve won't return my calls ever since the "incident", I'm afraid.
	11:32am Joe McG: @Phillippe and hip: Great suggestions! Might be too late, though.
	11:32am glenn: in 2014. you're way behind on your celebrity gossip, joe.
	11:33am Joe McG: @glenn: ha ha ha
	11:35am hip: @JM. Next time will be ok. Even next time after next :-) Look for the ST cover. It is worth it (the whole band first years) and in this case Emilio Cao is/was a folk oldie celtic guy ;-)
	11:36am paul b: "This isn't TV - he isn't William Shatner..."
	11:38am hip: Nick Lowe and that Russian lady if I'm not mistaken. And that's it for now. Should be concentrated in work now.
	11:39am hip: Pablo Picasso by J.Ritchman Sorry, can't stop it!
	11:39am pantz: Nice segue, @Joe!
	11:39am northguineahills: @Crateslinger: In the middle of nowhere (Gainesville, FL; I've had four people recommend WFMU and tell me so based on the shirts I was wearing). Still haven't seen anyone wearing one.)
	11:39am The Oscar: I keep forgetting how badly I need this Cash Rivers album.
	11:40am glenn: i like bobby bare quite a lot.
	11:40am Daybreak the Teacher: The noise on the surface is a breaking wave of country.
	11:40am northguineahills: errr... recognize.....
	11:40am glenn: not as much as i like waylon, but pretty close.
	11:41am Daybreak the Teacher: In face it just broke with Pollard!
	👻 11:41am Hughie Considine: Nice to hear those Big Dipper harmonies again.
	11:44am northguineahills: "Robert Pollard" sounds like Robert Pollard....
	11:45am Daybreak the Teacher: Now this is a country song I can get behind. Even though I’m an English teacher.
	11:45am βrian: I've climbed Cezanne's mountain many a time.
	11:45am Daybreak the Teacher: Or maybe because I’m an English teacher?
	11:45am the Canterbury wood-elf: "Pablo Picasso" by Jonathan Richman... surely someone has thought of that?
	11:46am David in London: Gitanes and Cezanne is an inspired rhyming couplet I must say.
	11:46am glenn: i'm waiting for seymour stein.
	11:46am EG_Astro: This reminds me more of Weird Al
	11:46am agillyo: A little late to the party here, but glad I got to tune in; currently participating in Inktober, a daily drawing challenge for the month of October where artists create 1 ink drawing/day for the month, often according to a theme. My theme is songs about/that tell stories about characters... trying to avoid songs about real folks, but getting some good inspiration here!
	11:47am Joe McG: @agillyo: Very nice! Glad you're enjoying it as inspiration!
	11:47am glenn: and joe throws a curveball with jonathan richman.
	11:48am glenn: or maybe at.
	11:49am David in London: If The Rockingbirds hasn’t muffed up with the title Jonathon, Jonathon, we could have had one about Jonathon Richmond now.
	11:49am paul b: I have to come back and mention I have two nephews and previous to them an ex-girlfriend who went to "Walter Johnson High School"
	11:50am David in London: Richman. Damn that auto correction.
	11:50am βrian: Uncle Tupelo Chain Sex?
	11:50am pantz: I didn't get my fIREHOSE, but a song about D Boon is the next best thing. Thanks, Joe!
	11:50am Brendan: DC thanks you for the Walter Johnson name drop!
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: Great show as ever, Joe.
	11:50am the Canterbury wood-elf: Ha, cool. I mention Jonathan Richman and seconds later get to hear a really cool song of his that I'd previously overlooked. Thanks Joe!
	11:51am crateslinger: Was Amos Moses a real guy?
	11:53am northguineahills: eu amo caetano veloso. abrigato, Joe!
	11:54am Joe McG: Ending today with a nice tribute from a brother to his sister. Thanks for listening to my "name" show today and for your great suggestions. Volume 3 someday? Maybe! Have a great week everyone, and see you next Monday.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:54am Michael 98145: maximum veloso !
	11:54am Phillippe Bastille: Thanks Joe. And Volume 3 is a must!
	11:55am David in London: Great show Joe.
	11:56am Brendan: Great show Joe. Lots of songs and people I didn't know about.
	11:57am crateslinger: haha this is funny. yum yum Great show. I guess we'll never know what really happened, eh?
	11:57am Krys O.: Such a fun show! Thanks, Joe.
	12:00pm Rocky Horror: Great show Joe

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from October 8, 2018

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