RIP X.Ray Burns and Ryan Masterson: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

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12:04pm Phillippe Bastille:

Hi all

12:04pm steveo:

Hi Joe! Is there also a band called The Whyy Knot?

12:04pm SKI THE POLOCK:

RIP BONE SAW HANG IN THERE JONESEY

12:05pm SmokinJ:

Rockin' as usual! Howdy Joe & all!

12:06pm jake6573:

Hello room from the upper east side of Manhattan

12:06pm Andy Jody:

Hey hey Joe! It's been a while!

12:07pm jake6573:

Just had a new refrigerator delivered up four flights of stairs, am the happiest man un the USA and " I Only Want to Rock and Roll !

12:08pm Joe B:

greetings all. thanks for tuning in

👻

12:09pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy because you can finally close your kitchen window again, jake?

12:10pm Krys O.:

Howdy, Joe B.!

12:12pm Matt Clarke:

Hey Joe!

12:14pm Sylvia's Mother:

Did she just sing, "Whatever you, don't have a baby"?

12:15pm Sylvia's Mother:

Er, "Whatever you DO, don't have a baby" I meant.

12:15pm DonJuanTijuana:

Hey @JoeB!

12:17pm Mr. Palchepo.:

Does anyone else think this sounds like Generation X?

12:19pm Mike Sin:

Well, that People's Temple track was pretty great!

12:21pm Henry in Hopatcong:

Hi Joe, great set so far!

12:24pm Marc Francis:

I think they changed it to Parkay Quartz because it was only two of the four band members on that record. I think I remember reading that somewhere...

12:26pm KP in DC:

Monday? What?

12:30pm howard in nyc:

…Bring your kiddies, bring your wife
Guaranteed to have the time of your life!

12:30pm Tim 07030:

The 12” version!

12:31pm listener monica:

X. Ray was uniquely a New Jersey feature. We drank too much to him last night.

12:33pm Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

He's now Heaven's Most Dangerous Jerkoff.

12:33pm Mick:

Oh man, we are with you Joe. X-Ray Burns will be tremendously missed. Around the Dial is perfect

12:34pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, Joe—hope you're hangin' in there.

12:37pm Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

I thought I was done crying about this.

12:38pm Tim 07030:

I’ve had the privilege of working all of the Kill the Holidays parties at Monty Hall. The amount of love and happiness in the room at those things was unbelievable. God Bless X.Ray, Jonesy and the IBJ. And this is perfect, Joe.

12:39pm Tim from LH:

Like many, Jones and X-Ray were my gateway to WFMU. He will be missed, big time.

12:41pm kentuckywoman:

Oh man, I haven't heard this song in years!

12:42pm Carmichael:

I only knew of another version. Spanky and Our Gang?

12:42pm SSS:

I think X ray would love nothing more than to be thought of as a gate way drug. Their show was mine as well.

12:43pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Kenneth Green is dead. Long live X Ray Burns!

12:44pm jaysit:

THE POD!!

12:44pm Jersey Cowboy:

Yeah - this is the shit - and X Ray tie in... nice!

12:45pm Hugo (NL):

Wow. Have been listening back to the glen jones show from yesterday. It tears you apart, especially the last hour..

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12:45pm Hughie Considine:

Perfect set, Joe

12:46pm BnowB:

My best buddy just called me with X-Ray news. I feel like i just heard him on radio last week. GUTTED!

12:46pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Taylor Ham please!!!

12:47pm Agent Peter:

it ain't Taylor Ham

12:47pm reno:

Puke jesus hearing that prick gene ween and memories of hanging out with them for years lost in their intellectual torpor in the so-called drug-clouded pod is pure puke worthy ugh

12:47pm JG:

I'm a New Yorker (well, Staten Islander) NYC has more or less disappeared. Now I feel like Jersey's disappearing. X.ray took a big chunk of it with him.

12:48pm battleaxe:

X-Ray would go on and on about Taylor Ham. I finally ordered some to be shipped to me in CA. I'm a vegetarian now and I'm not sure if the Ham is responsible...thanks just the same X-Ray! You are missed!!!!!

12:49pm KP in DC:

I thought that intro was “This Wheel’s on Fire.”

12:50pm mkhz:

12:51pm Alan:

Had my first Taylor ham and egg sandwich today. Purchased it on a trip to FL last November while wearing their shirt no less! Was saving it for a special occasion. God damn, I did not want it to be this.

12:51pm Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

It's amazing that he went DURING HIS SHOW yesterday. That guy knew how to make an exit.

12:52pm BnowB:

He would have had it no other way. Doing what he loved.

12:54pm djsheilab:

You're a beautiful human, Joe B.!

12:54pm SKI THE POLOCK:

GREAT SET JOE TALOR HAM FOR ALL

12:56pm Chrissy of The Heights:

Great set, Joe. None of this sunk in until Glen signed off and said: "X-Ray's gone, man."

12:56pm Chrissy of The Heights:

He is up in heaven right next to Larry Hovis. In case anyone wants to go by and re-kill him.

12:57pm Sigurður:

Hey Joe! I feel like striking a chord today.

12:58pm Joe B:

oh crap i should have played the larry hovis record!

12:59pm Pat Byrne:

Thank you, Joe. RIP Ryan and XRay.

1:00pm Wild Neil||Peace All:

Wait, what happened? Did somebody exit during a show, or did they die during a show?

1:00pm Tim from LH:

This is a great double A side from Low Doses!

1:01pm gvl:

thanks for your Low Doses tribute, Joe. Your show introduced me to their music (like so many others) and for that I am thankful. RIP Ryan and X-Ray

1:04pm Terre:

Thanks for this music -for our deceased music /radio family. You're doing a good job Joe. Rest In Peace Ryan
Rest In Peace X-Ray

1:06pm John from Florham Park:

Hi group how you all on this cloudy dreary day

1:07pm Frank In Queens:

Thank you Joe.

1:08pm dez:

hang in there, joe

1:08pm Cheri Pi:

What Sheila B said.

1:09pm Esther Crow:

love you, Joe. we are all grieving with you. RIP, Ryan. you were a rising star who burned out too soon <3

1:10pm John from Florham Park:

You took the words right of my mouth shelia

1:11pm JohnEBGood:

Enjoying a snow day at home with my FMU family on this special day.
Thanks Joe.

1:13pm Nate K.:

Hey, Joe. Thanks for the Doses tunes.

1:19pm Al Romano:

Very sorry about X-Ray and his family. He was a fellow Hudson County-ite when Hudson County was the smallest, poorest, `100% urban, most densely populated in NJ. Shantih to all, and thanks, Joe, for the audio memorial. Peace, love & memories.

1:24pm Nate K.:

I remember listening to this set when it first aired, and thinking how good Paul Collins's band was. This was my introduction to Ryan and the Low Doses, I think.

1:35pm Pat Byrne:

I think I first met Ryan at Cake Shop when they were backing Paul Collins and I remember thinking the same thing. I had seen Paul Collins backed by other bands but this one was the tightest and brightest. Then I saw Low Doses and was blown away. A year or so later, Ryan moved to downtown JC... across the street from me! I saw him all the time. This is a huge huge loss. So glad you are paying him a proper tribute, Joe. Thank you.

1:37pm BnowB:

Take care Joe,.... Wfmu family must be so gutted. In my thoughts... pours. one to the curb...

1:37pm Nate K.:

@Pat, dude made writing and playing power pop look very easy, and when done well, it's not. I always took note of that.

1:39pm Bluesman:

Condolences to Joe Belock, Jonesy, Mike Sin and the entire extended WFMU family. Hit hard this weekend.

Joe - I know its with a heavy heart that you have to do this show, but all ya can do is keep doing what you do so well.

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1:41pm karlward:

Man that guitar is smoking.

1:41pm Matt Clarke:

Thank you Joe for these tributes today

1:42pm Bluesman:

So sorry Matt Clarke. Peace.

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1:44pm Hoboken Jack:

I love you, Joe. I love you, Matt.

1:45pm Nate K.:

Hey, Matt. Thoughts are with you, friend.

1:45pm Matt Clarke:

Thanks Bluesman and Hoboken Jack. Music really connects us all.

1:45pm Pat Byrne:

@Nate Exactly! Super underrated and I always made a point to tell Ryan how good of a song writer he was. He always modestly shrugged me off. So I'd keep telling him. Rock n roll song writer is fucking hard. How do you make something sound new, fresh, unique and innovative 5 decades later? Dude found a way and then some. It was unbelievable power.

Thank you for sending out my favorite song by them, Joe! I know what you mean about tipping the sound guy, that ending... pure HEAT!

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1:47pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Afternoon, Jack. Thanks for dropping in with Therese last night.

1:48pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

Thanks Joe

1:51pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Thanks Joe. Showin' us why you're the "People's Champion!

1:55pm Mike Sin:

Such nice tributes today. Great memories. Much of the logistics of that Low Doses live set I featured during a fill-in spot was finalized on a hot Summer's day while Ryan and I hung loose around the Grove Street PATH station after a chance meeting.

1:56pm prudy:

wish I forgot Prince was a Jehovah's Witness.

1:58pm Nate K.:

This Prince jam is heavy.

2:02pm ifeelfatnsassy:

So stoked... seeing SVE tomorrow.

2:03pm Joe B:

enjoy! bummed i had to miss her saturday

2:03pm listener monica:

thank you for keeping it real, Joe.

👻

2:08pm Hoboken Jack:

Hey Ken! Thank you. I really appreciated Therese asking me. Mike Sin, love to you too, sir.

2:11pm KP in DC:

I only check phone to see if it’s someone I know
and if it is I don’t answer it

2:18pm jillydg:

Hi Joe. Thanks for being here with me today. I really can't figure out what to do with myself and am walking in circles. I miss my friend X-Ray. How you DJs get under our skin and introduce us to new things! Sorry about Ryan. Hang in there. XO

2:28pm Joe B:

thanks jill

2:29pm Joe B:

thanks everybody for the kind words and for bearing with me today

2:30pm Dave Miss:

We’re all with you Joe. Thanks

2:32pm Dominick:

Thanks for helping us see this through Joe

2:33pm northguineahills:

It looks like the Fuzz is on to me, not sure how I missed them before!

2:34pm steveo:

There's nothing to bear with Joe; thanks for your tributes and for keeping it real.

2:35pm Phillippe Bastille:

We're with you, Joe.

2:40pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Man, what a great Cliff Westfall tune.

2:41pm Chop Scott:

With you Joe--thanks for this show today.

2:41pm Cheri Pi:

Joe, my heart goes out to you and the entire WFMU family right now, thanks for being there for us when it's difficult.

2:42pm adampsyche:

listened to the show live yesterday, so sad. for some reason compelled to listen again today.

2:45pm John from Florham Park:

This whole day has been sad

2:45pm northguineahills:

can't believe I missed Todd Saturday (thanks archives), only found out X-Ray was ill on Friday. Gonna miss those 'ole weekends (again, thanks archives).

2:56pm Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

Thank you Joe, and my sincere condolences. As much as we listeners are hurting I'm sure the cut is deeper for everyone who knew X-Ray off the air.

1:23pm Liz:

Tons of love from San Diego. Ryan of Low Doses was a a rock n roll mastermind and such a stand up dude to be around. Love to everyone who is greiving

2:56pm Ajax:

Great show Joe, I'm so sorry for your loss, but I guess if Ryan & X-Ray taught us anything it's to keep on rockin'.

5:44pm Mitch:

Just listened to this today. Thank you, Joe, for doing this great tribute show.

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Tom and the Cats	Good Good Lovin'	various - Jewel/Paula Rock Story	Airline	1966/2015
The Whatt Four	You're Wishin' I Was Someone Else	various - Where the Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-68	Rhino	1967/2009		0:02:41 Pop-up)
Jacques Le Coque	I Only Want To Rock and Roll	Positively Jacques Le Coque	King Pizza	2018		0:03:57 Pop-up)
Fanny	Charity Ball	First Time in a Long Time: The Reprise Recordings	Rhino	1971/2002		0:08:05 Pop-up)
Sir Lord Von Raven	Don't Wake The Baby	The Age of Machines	Guitars & Bongos	2015		0:10:28 Pop-up)
The Rebel Set	Soul Patch Adams	Smidgen Pigeon	Outro	2018		0:13:31 Pop-up)
The People's Temple	Crimson Rose	Musical Garden	HoZac	2014		0:15:28 Pop-up)
Parkay Quarts	Insufferable	Content Nausea	What's Your Rupture?	2014		0:18:04 Pop-up)
The Bama Lamas	Hunger	Going Up?	The Bama Lamas	2015		0:19:17 Pop-up)

RIP X.Ray Burns
Glenn Osser and Orchestra	Meet the Mets	single	Glenn Osser	1962		0:31:42 Pop-up)
Kinks	Around the Dial	Give The People What They Want	Arista	1981		0:33:38 Pop-up)
The Clash	Hitsville UK	Sandinista!	Epic	1981		0:36:34 Pop-up)
The O'Kaysions	Sunday Will Never Be The Same	Girl Watcher	ABC	1968		0:41:35 Pop-up)
Ween	Pork Roll Egg and Cheese	The Pod	Elektra	1991/1993	from the cd reissue, sold the original LP	0:44:53 Pop-up)
Chumpot	The Ballad of Glen Jones & X-Ray Burns	various - Weird NJ Magazine Presents: The Sounds of Weirdness	Weird NJ	1999		0:47:01 Pop-up)

RIP Ryan Masterson
Low Doses	You're Gonna Lose	single	Low Doses	2014		0:55:43 Pop-up)
Low Doses	Weekend Warrior	single	Hidden Volume	2018		0:57:18 Pop-up)
Low Doses	One More Try	single	Hidden Volume	2018		0:59:37 Pop-up)
Low Doses	Bee Sting	live on WFMU	Low Doses	2015	Live here on the show, Nov 23 2015, engineer - mario santana	1:01:30 Pop-up)
Low Doses	Two-Headed Girl	live on WFMU	Low Doses	2017	live on WFMU, Optical Sound with Mike Sin Oct 14, 2017	1:04:05 Pop-up)

Paul Collins Beat	I Will Say No	live on WFMU	Paul Collins Beat	2015	ryan masterson, lead guitar; oct 19, 2015; engineer - matt clarke	1:13:55 Pop-up)
Paul Collins Beat	The Hurting's On My Side	live on WFMU	Paul Collins Beat	2015	info same as above	1:17:45 Pop-up)
Paul Collins Beat	Rock and Roll Girl	live on WFMU	Paul Collins Beat	2015	info same as above	1:20:26 Pop-up)
Paul Collins Beat	Baby I'm In Love With You	live on WFMU	Paul Collins Beat	2015	info same as above	1:22:42 Pop-up)
Paul Collins Beat	Different Kind of Girl	live on WFMU	Paul Collins Beat	2015	info same as above	1:24:49 Pop-up)

Low Doses	Back Yard	live on WFMU	Low Doses	2015	Live here on the show, Nov 23 2015, engineer - mario santana	1:31:02 Pop-up)
Low Doses	Bathroom Stall	live on WFMU	Low Doses	2017	live on WFMU, Optical Sound with Mike Sin Oct 14, 2017, engineer - Mike Sin	1:34:03 Pop-up)
Low Doses	Already Gone	live on WFMU	Low Doses	2017	info same as above, going out to Pat Byrne	1:37:11 Pop-up)

Shannon Shaw	Love I Can't Explain	Shannon In Nashville	Easy Eye Sound	2018		1:45:34 Pop-up)
Chris Isaak	Reverie	First Comes the Night	Vanguard	2015		1:48:26 Pop-up)
Benny Trokan	Turn Back You Fool	single	Wick	2018		1:52:20 Pop-up)
Prince	The Cross	Sign 'O' the Times	Paisley Park / Warner Bros.	1987		1:57:00 Pop-up)
Sharon Van Etten	No One's Easy to Love	Remind Me Tomorrow	Jagjaguwar	2019		2:00:31 Pop-up)

James Hunter Six	Blisters	Whatever It Takes	Daptone	2018		2:11:56 Pop-up)
The Stowaways	Play With Fire	In Our Time	Collectables	1967/1995	stones cover	2:14:41 Pop-up)
Moses	Everything Is Changed	Changes	Shadoks	1971/2010		2:16:57 Pop-up)
Fuzz	II	Fuzz II	In the Red	2015		2:22:21 Pop-up)

Cliff Westfall	Till the Right One Comes Along	Baby You Win	Cliff Westfall	2018		2:40:04 Pop-up)
Joshua Hedley	Counting All My Tears	Mr. Jukebox	Third Man	2018		2:44:03 Pop-up)
Dave Rawlings Machine	The Last Pharaoh	Nashville Obsolete	Acorny	2015		2:47:14 Pop-up)
Kelly Pardekooper	She Moves	Milk In Sunshine	Leisure Time	2014		2:51:05 Pop-up)
The Flesh Eaters	House Amid the Thickets	I Used to Be Pretty	Yep Roc	2019		2:52:39 Pop-up)

February 11, 2019

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