WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from July 6, 2020

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 9:00am 12539: Boing!
	9:01am zivilars: Glad I can listen right from the beginning this Monday. Have a great day everybody!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01am Strandlund: YIP YIP YIP!!!
	♥ 9:02am duke: Hello Joe, whadya know?
	🎸 ♥ 9:02am Brian in UK: Hey Joe, glad you are here.
	♥ 9:03am Mark Hurst: Hi Joe!
	9:03am Deborah: Still listening!
	9:03am Snoochienucci: yipyipyipyip
	🎸 ♥ 9:03am Marley P. Dogg: Thank Buddha for WFMU radio! Happy happy happy happy! Boing boing boing boing!
	9:04am Dave In St Albans UK: Hi Joe. About to enjoy the musical treats!
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: Happy happy!
	9:05am djsheilab: Morning Joe! Got Alvy in my lap + you in my headphones. A sweet start to the week :)
	🎸 ♥ 9:05am Krys O.: Greetings!
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	♥ 9:06am TDK60: Morning Joe.
	🎸 ♥ 9:06am pantz: Today is officially "Dog Independence Day" for all of those poor puppies that suffered over the weekend.
	♥ 9:07am Lixiviated Life: Hiya Joe
	9:07am Martinibomb: ┌┐┌┬┬┬┐┌┐┌─┬┐░░░░ │└┘││││││││││░░░░ │┌┐│││└┤└┤│││░░░░ └┘└┴─┴─┴─┴─┼┤░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░└┘░░░░ ┌──┬──┬┬┬───┬───┐ └┐┌┴┐┐│┌┤┌──┤┌─┐│ ░││┌┴┘│└┤└──┤││││ ░└┘└──┴┴┤┌─┐│││││ ░░░░░░░░│└─┘│└─┘│
	🎸 ♥ 9:07am Threemoons: Gooood Morning Joe McG, fellow YipYips! I have to remember to make the standing joke about "the birth of dubstep" next Monday; it's been a while.
	🎸 ♥ 9:07am Brian in UK: The volume of new music has not been undermined by Covid.
	♥ 9:08am TDK60: Yikes Martini, morning.
	♥ 9:08am Roberto: In some ways, it's been overmined. Lots of artists with more free time than usual.
	🎸 ♥ 9:09am Brian in UK: Recumbent speech is that like, kind of, sort of laid back.
	♥ 9:09am Joe McG: Happy Monday, everyone, and welcome to the program! Thanks for joining me when you could be doing something else entirely. Easing in this morning, will pep up as we go.
	🎸 ♥ 9:09am Handy Haversack: Morning, Joe! Morning, Yippers!
	🎸 ♥ 9:09am Threemoons: @martinibomb is there a site that generates those coolio ASCII messages for you?
	9:09am ami ad: Hello DJ. Hello all. Tuka the morning.
	9:10am Tom from Stirling: Ezra Feinberg is so, so good. Recumbent Speech A++
	🎸 ♥ 9:10am Brian in UK: Roberto, you could be correct, the next six months will show.
	🎸 ♥ 9:10am Threemoons: _ _ __ ____ _ _ __ ____ ( \/ )( )( _ \ ( \/ )( )( _ \ ) / )( ) __/ ) / )( ) __/ (__/ (__)(__) (__/ (__)(__)
	🎸 ♥ 9:10am Threemoons: well that didn't work
	🎸 ♥ 9:11am The Oscar: @martinibomb Joe McASCII?
	🎸 ♥ 9:12am melinda: Morning Joe and everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 9:12am sydnius: Joe EBCDIC- so salty
	🎸 ♥ 9:12am Threemoons: +-+-+-+ +-+-+-+ \|Y\|i\|p\| \|Y\|i\|p\| +-+-+-+ +-+-+-+
	♥ 9:13am Joe McG: @SheilaB: I have a song for you later!
	9:17am Rachel Bo Bachel: I love the sound of a harmonium in the morning! :D
	♥ 9:19am annie: a quick hello and into the kitchen to find breakfast!
	9:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Your Honour - I blame it on the bossa nova.
	9:22am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe♥️
	🎸 ♥ 9:23am Brian in UK: Joe, do you have a favourite Woods album?
	♥ 9:24am Baja Joe: Hey there Joe McG and everyone else in Surface Noise listening land. I hope this leads to some actual Nick Cave
	♥ 9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: Who has carrot cake?
	♥ 9:24am Joe McG: Hi, Coco! :) @Brian: I'll have to think about that one.
	🎸 ♥ 9:25am The Oscar: Does Mojo still come with compilation CDs? I have a whole bunch I got to take home when I worked in a Barnes & Noble music department in the mid-aughts, and they're mostly surprisingly great.
	♥ 9:26am Joe McG: @Oscar: Sure do!
	9:26am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Always with Cave ambiguity of this is cleary top-level in several ways but - why am I in this truecrime novel again ...Not with this however.
	🎸 ♥ 9:26am Brian in UK: Got some gooseberry and coconut cake, any good?
	🎸 ♥ 9:27am Brian in UK: Ah the Moorer sisters.
	9:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They are Oscar!
	♥ 9:28am Rtintera: Cycling to this set is doing wonders for my mental health. Thank you
	🎸 ♥ 9:29am Hughie Considine: Wow, how often does one catch a Jerry Garcia cover on WFMU? This is lovely.
	♥ 9:29am Joe McG: @Rtintera: That sounds wonderful. I was cycling yesterday and it cleared my head a lot.
	🎸 ♥ 9:31am pantz: Great Jerry song cover
	🎸 ♥ 9:35am sydnius: Early Yes thx Joe
	🎸 ♥ 9:35am Hughie Considine: sounds very remixed
	🎸 ♥ 9:36am G: Nice calming Monday morning opening set. Haven't heard this Yes-debut-album track in years.
	9:36am Cubicle Carl: Good old fashioned late 60’s stereo separation on this Yes track. Hard left-hard right.
	♥ 9:36am Roberto: I loved how Sweetness was used in the end credits for Buffalo 66.
	🎸 ♥ 9:37am Irene Trudel: I recognized the Yes song right away. Listened to them way too much in my youth. Nice opening set BTW, Joe!
	♥ 9:38am Glorious Estephonic: my dad used to get herbal ecstasy from the health food store and go to YES shows in the 80s
	🎸 ♥ 9:38am Rich in Bay Ridge: No mistaking Bill Bruford's drums!
	♥ 9:38am Joe McG: @Roberto: I forgot about that! @Irene: Thanks, Irene! (BTW, I saw PK in a doc called "Obit." over the weekend!)
	♥ 9:39am mariano: Good morning Joe and crew, folks. Just saw the headline: RIP Ennio Morricone :(
	🎸 ♥ 9:39am Hughie Considine: @Roberto, me too. It was especially satisfying to see Yes used in an edgy indie film at a point where they had been off the cultural radar for awhile.
	9:39am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Could join it to 'Sweet Nuthin' by Velvets without a wrinkle - Yes to VU...
	♥ 9:40am Roberto: Yeah I loved that movie on first viewing some 20 years ago. Of course, in retrospect, there's a lot to be uncomfortable about given the current cultural climate.
	♥ 9:40am WO Town Wick: Cool remembrance Glorious. I never knew herbal ecstasy was a thing
	9:41am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Herbal Ecstacy! What was in there??
	9:42am djsheilab: Love this new Sachiko Kanenobu demo!
	♥ 9:42am Glorious Estephonic: i forget-- i need to ask him about this again ! with more questions. i will report back one day.
	♥ 9:43am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe and everyone!
	9:44am Martinibomb: @the oscar hah! just saw your reply above totally
	🎸 ♥ 9:44am Hughie Considine: @Roberto, that's true too.
	9:45am Martinibomb: ♪♫──█▀▄───────♪♫ ♪♫──█║║▀▄─────♪♫ ♪♫──█║║║║▀▄───♪♫ ♪♫──█║║║║║║█──♪♫ ♪♫──█║║║║║▄▀──♪♫ ♪♫──▀▀██▀▀────♪♫
	9:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...ah - Erowid says it had Ma Huang - Ephedera. I was an enthusiast. Then Meth became epidemic - not so much Ephedera...
	♥ 9:45am mariano: Herbal ecstasy was mainly pseudoephedrine I believe. Worked about as well as you'd guess.
	🎸 ♥ 9:46am Jim the Poet: I had this weird dream it was Monday
	🎸 ♥ 9:46am G: @RR63: "Many of these [herbal Ecstasy] substances contain herbs like ginseng, guarana products, and others. Many contain ephedra, which comes from a shrub that has been used in Asia for many years as a medicinal herb and is often referred to as ma huang. Ephedra is also the natural counterpart of the drugs norephedrine, ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, which are used as antihistamines or stimulants. "
	♥ 9:46am mariano: Whoops, I stand corrected, RevRabbit.
	9:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yes Ephedera makes you feel like one big dilated lung for hours.
	♥ 9:48am Glorious Estephonic: WOAH thank you for doing the herbal ecstasy research.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49am YETI BOB: I'm digging this set, Joe. I like Meg Baird so much. She's made so many great records and zero bad ones.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49am Hughie Considine: "Bro harmonies" describes the Everly Bros., but somehow "sis harmonies" doesn't have quite the same ring....
	♥ 9:49am TDK60: Not buying any music at all these days. I'm part of /half/ of all unemployed, still waiting on relief...
	9:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'blood harmony'
	♥ 9:50am Glorious Estephonic: love Meg Baird too ! every song i hear ! Trouble also plays her i think.
	🎸 ♥ 9:51am The Oscar: Was fully expecting the Frogs' version-- guess I'll have to wait for Scott W's show!
	9:51am Rachel Bo Bachel: Cub!!! So good <3
	🎸 ♥ 9:52am Hughie Considine: "Ghost Forests" by Meg Baird with Mary Lattimore, is quite lovely.
	9:52am djsheilab: A Cub cover! I’d never heard this before. Thanks for the shout-out, Joe!
	9:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: So much better less Produced.
	🎸 ♥ 9:52am YETI BOB: @Glorious: She sang with the band Espers and also sings and plays drums in a band called Heron Oblivion. You'll probably find her all over the WFMU playlists, if you look. And she made a really lovely record with her sister Laura, "Until You Find Your Green".
	9:53am Snoochienucci: my vacation week is next week Joe!
	♥ 9:53am Joe McG: Enjoy, Snoochie!
	🎸 ♥ 9:54am The Oscar: Holy god this Lene is outstanding!
	9:55am egould310: Chemical People did a bang up cover of Vacation back around 1991 or so.
	♥ 9:56am annie: breakfast diner yesterday, another cover of this came on the radio..my companion cringed, i sang along... he was NOT amused
	♥ 9:57am Joe McG: Glad you enjoyed that, Sheila. Thanks for the great show on Friday.
	9:57am P-90: Drip Drip Drip
	♥ 9:57am annie: it was that sirius pop station..such good stuff for a sunday am..
	🎸 ♥ 9:58am Brian in UK: We know how to have fun over here! www.blmra.co.uk...
	🎸 ♥ 9:58am steveo: Good morning, Joe! Lovin' the show!
	9:58am Snoochienucci: Thanks Joe! I'm sure ill still be here of course :)
	♥ 9:58am Glorious Estephonic: @yeti bob yes yes yes. i i knew some of that-- espers and sisters singing. i'm from philadelphia. i remember seeing her back in the day. looking forward to listening to her more. i remember you mentioning 24 hour drone once and i mean to write i have been going since the first year but missed maybe two of them in the middle.
	♥ 9:59am Stanley: Joe! Happy to hear you again Brian! Reminds me of that Lynch film - The Straight Story (?)
	9:59am ami ad: Lawnmowin is fun,haven't done it in many years.
	♥ 10:00am βrian: Lawn mowing is what goats are for.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00am The Oscar: Really hoping the two (!) Sparks-related movies slated for this year aren't delayed-- I want them now!!
	♥ 10:00am Mark Hurst: On fire today, Joe
	🎸 ♥ 10:01am Krys O.: There was a song by Carney Hild Kramer called Larry that goes, "Larry is a lawnmower, I think his mother teaches school." www.youtube.com...
	♥ 10:01am suzyhotrod: HAAAHH!! good song, J McG.
	10:01am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BrianUK - green & pleasant land...
	♥ 10:02am Joe McG: Hi, Mark! Looking forward to the show tonight!
	♥ 10:02am Joe McG: Hey, Suzy! :)
	10:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wakeman be a New Wave woke man.
	♥ 10:03am Santos L. Halper: Wow, this Wakeman Joe.
	10:03am CHAD PEARSON: Thank you Joe for a welcome kick off to the week! I’m so straight I’m a weirdo! Hahah!
	♥ 10:03am Stanley: Rick Wakeman Grumpy Old Weirdo
	10:04am P-90: Wakeman’s early 80’s solo period
	♥ 10:04am Joe McG: Told you we'd pep up!
	🎸 ♥ 10:04am listener 126464: capeless Rick?
	🎸 ♥ 10:04am MikeG: WOW - Hilary!
	🎸 ♥ 10:04am efd: crazy Rick Wakeman story that will be going out on the WFMU Twitter feed this week: www.vanityfair.com...
	10:05am Really Lisa: Ermagerd.. I remember this Hilary tune!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05am Jim the Poet: I need the pep!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05am Kevin-san: Hey Stanley! You ever see Rick Wakeman play in a tiny pub room Sunday nights near Wycombe? I recall the beer did not improve his performance
	♥ 10:06am Joe McG: @efd: I LOVED that article: "I'm 9.8 on the Don't-Give-a-Fuck Meter."
	♥ 10:06am Joe McG: If he does King Arthur on ice again, I'm going, pandemic or no pandemic.
	10:07am yerfriendpaul: I was half listening and I thought she was singing a new wave ode to my home state, Connecticut
	♥ 10:07am Bootsie: Wow, an LIR staple... Haven't heard this probably in decades!
	🎸 ♥ 10:07am MikeG: First time I heard this it was playing on Bleecker Bob's turntable
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: I was actually planning to play "Drop Your Pants," but I wanted to hear "Kinetic" instead in the moment.
	🎸 ♥ 10:09am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Joe! We're getting on the road now and heading home!
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: "Drop Your Pants" is more of a Daniel Blumin record anyway.
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @handy: Where were you?
	♥ 10:10am Switchblade Batman: I'm still shocked that Happy Birthday is a real song, I thought it was something they made up for Moone Boy
	♥ 10:10am Glorious Estephonic: happy birthday Melissa Metrick !
	🎸 ♥ 10:10am MikeG: Good grief, the travel back in time to W 3rd St continues
	10:11am P-90: RIP Bleecker Bob’s. Still can’t believe it’s gone.
	♥ 10:11am Lixiviated Life: this happy birthday make me happy
	♥ 10:11am Cal Zone!: Thanks for not playing 'Drop', I've got some PTSD associated with that song! ;)
	🎸 ♥ 10:11am pantz: If you haven't yet, do check out the Sparks video for Existential Threat
	♥ 10:11am Joe McG: @Cal Zone: Oh good, it worked out for everybody!
	🎸 ♥ 10:11am MikeG: Bob himself is gone as well. Passed away a couple of years ago
	♥ 10:11am Lixiviated Life: dancing @ roseland
	🎸 ♥ 10:12am YETI BOB: @Glorious: Very cool! I grew up in NJ (have been living in Chicago for 20+ years now), used to go to Philly once in a while but it's been a long time. Maybe we'll meet one day at the Drone Fest. I'll try to remember to wear a WFMU t-shirt :)
	♥ 10:12am Glorious Estephonic: Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
	♥ 10:12am Joe McG: @Glorious: Oh, now that's a good one!
	10:12am ami ad: @Handy Haversack:Safe travels,it's kind of warm in BK.
	10:13am Really Lisa: @Switchblade Batman for the avatar win, ty!
	10:14am P-90: Umanov’s guitar shop closed too, and so many other spots. The Village isn’t the Village any more (almost). At least Mamoun’s is still there (l hope).
	♥ 10:14am Lixiviated Life: for a second there I thought is read "His Homelessness the Dali Lama" (which would also be true i guess)
	♥ 10:15am Joe McG: @P-90: Everything's gone. Except us! For now, anyway.
	10:15am P-90: Thanks Joe. For all the pep.
	♥ 10:15am Switchblade Batman: Thanks @Really Lisa, I think it came from the old Batman serials from the 1940s.
	♥ 10:16am Guido from Cologne: Altered Images: somewhat underrated I'd say.
	🎸 ♥ 10:17am pantz: That Altered Images song lasted longer than their career
	♥ 10:17am Ike: Ew, Mamoun's, no. Did I ever post my poem about how bad their falafel is? Literally any other place is better, and there are a lot of falafel places now. Taim is just one of many that's better. Admittedly not cheaper, but very much worth it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:17am YETI BOB: When I was not yet old enough to drive, I could take the train to NYC, get a felafel and coke ($1.25 + 75¢), pick up a record at Bleeker Bob's for under $10, and still have enough left over to get a dime-bag in Washington Square Park (which was sometimes even decent!).
	10:17am paul: Is Juan Wauters Spanish for John Waters?
	10:18am paul: @pantz LOL!
	🎸 ♥ 10:18am MikeG: I wonder what happened to the Joy Division Ideal for Living picture disc that was hanging on Bleecker Bob's wall for years. I never could cough up the 100 bucks to buy it.
	10:19am P-90: Once upon a time there were Gourmet Quality dime bags in Washington Square Park.
	10:19am djsheilab: LOVING this set!
	🎸 ♥ 10:19am YETI BOB: Ike: Mamoun's was the first felafel I ever had, so therefore it was good (no basis for comparison). No doubt if I tried it now I might have different opinion. But I loved it.
	♥ 10:19am Switchblade Batman: Juan Agua @Paul
	♥ 10:20am Ike: @Yeti that makes sense. So Mamoun's was the only falafel place back in the day? It sure as heck isn't $1.75 anymore.
	♥ 10:20am Joe McG: This is the fella: juanwauters.bandcamp.com
	10:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Batman fell & it was afel.
	10:21am paul: Thanks, Joe
	♥ 10:21am holland oats: Azuri in Hell's Kitchen was my favorite falafel. Up and vanished a couple years ago, heartbreaking.
	10:21am ami ad: Yeah,mamoun's might have been considered good because of the price.Never more.
	10:23am ami ad: I can not think of any good falafel place in the city anymore.All have gone.
	♥ 10:23am Switchblade Batman: I dunno about that, Mahmouns still holds up IMO
	10:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I switch Tar has two Batmens. Solidarity.
	10:26am ami ad: @Switchable Batman:Hehe.What's you take on street cart falafel?
	♥ 10:26am Ike: @ami, Nish Nush and Taim are good. Maybe a little too "fancy" for some though, price edging up into "real food" territory. Mamoun's is a chain now and has at least 6 terrible locations, LOL.
	♥ 10:28am Stanley: Kevin - no but I heard about them. I did have a Saturday job working for a carpet shop in Wycombe and we fitted the carpets at Ian Anderson's (of Jethro Tull) house nearby!
	♥ 10:29am mariano: Haven't lived in NYC since 2017, but I remember Mamoun's shawarma being just $6.50 right before I left. I think it was $5.50 for falafel? Anyway incredibly cheap for NYC and especially for the Village. Ike: there is/was even a Mamoun's in New Haven.
	10:30am ami ad: @Ike:Yeah,Gourmet falafel is a thing that should not be.Tried Kulushkat?
	🎸 ♥ 10:31am Hughie Considine: It would only be fair to play a track from Chris Squire's "Fish Out of Water"...
	♥ 10:31am mariano: Bits of Wakeman's King Arthur on ice: www.youtube.com...
	10:31am Peter K.: Joe, despite how it's spelled it's pronounced "Hime" (rhymes with "time"), not "Haim" (rhymes with "aim"). Just thought you should know. (P.S.: Great show, as always.)
	♥ 10:31am Switchblade Batman: @Ike, I usually go to the original or the one on St Marks. Both are still delicious
	🎸 ♥ 10:31am Hughie Considine: Think Chaim Weitzman...
	10:32am ami ad: Isn't Mamoun's $2.99?
	10:33am mouskowitz: FY Chaim (Haim) means "life" as in "L'chaim" -- and also it's my middle name :)
	♥ 10:33am Ike: @ami ad, YES, Kulushkat on Dean St. just off 5th Ave. near Barclays in Brooklyn, that's REAL falafel, good call!
	🎸 ♥ 10:33am G: Wakeman has what he calls his first prog album in awhile coming out -- I've seen him discuss it on his twitter. _The Red Planet_, I think...
	♥ 10:33am Stanley: I remember this. Boy where you dig this up from?
	♥ 10:34am Joe McG: @PK: Thanks, Peter, it's just my Pennsylvania accent. Did Irene tell you I saw you in "Obit." yesterday? Missed it when it came out. Fascinating stuff!
	♥ 10:34am WO Town Wick: ami ad--Rainbow Falafel-a little storefront near Union Square--was doing OK, at least pre-COVID. Great food.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am Krys O.: What TV theme sounds like this? Gawd, my brain is mush.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am melinda: This is cool.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: A little bit of the Rockford Files music there...
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am Krys O.: Ironside?
	🎸 ♥ 10:35am Krys O.: Thanks, Trista!
	10:35am ami ad: @Ike:Asked the owner many years ago if he thinks it's worth the price,he said yes,I don't.
	10:36am DeemerDave: @Krys O. I think it's the Rockford Files.
	🎸 ♥ 10:36am Krys O.: And Quincy did use a bit of that sound in the Ironside theme: youtu.be...
	10:36am ami ad: @WO Town Wick:Yeah,it was okay. Yip Yip.
	10:37am paul: Trista....was thinking the same thing. Or NBC Mystery Movie (Cannon, etc.)
	10:37am Snoochienucci: almost get a bit of Rick Danko in his voice
	🎸 ♥ 10:37am YETI BOB: @ami ad: I'm (possibly mis-) remembering a time when you could get a sandwich at Mamoun's for $1.25 and a Coke for $.75 and I think there was no tax so you'd be out the door for two bucks. This is late 70s/early 80s. The only other way you could eat lunch for two bucks (as far as I know) was at one of those dirty-water hot dog carts, which has never been my thing.
	♥ 10:38am Ike: Mamoun's, Mamoun's worse than fried baboons I'd rather chew harpoons than go to Mamoun's oh goddess, oh lord, it's just like warm cardboard this really sucks even for four bucks it's desert-sand bland I'd rather eat my hand
	🎸 ♥ 10:39am tim from champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everybody!
	♥ 10:39am Cal Zone!: Loving this Gene Vincent weirdo weeper!
	10:39am ami ad: @YETI BOB:Sure thing,I remember early 2000s Mamoun falafel being $2.99,cheap,but not worth it.
	10:40am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: HBD Bill Haley. Who talks about The Comets any more??
	🎸 ♥ 10:40am tim from champaign (now washington): I like Gene Vincent's response song to X-Ray Spex' "The Day The World Turned Dayglo".
	♥ 10:41am mariano: What's wrong with fried baboon?
	10:41am Erin in TO: I haven't heard this George and Tammy since I was a kid, parents used to play it all the time
	10:42am ami ad: Fried baboon is murder.
	♥ 10:42am Joe McG: Glad you guys are enjoying some of these blasts from our shared past.
	🎸 ♥ 10:43am YETI BOB: For a 15-year old kid, being in NYC without his parent's supervision, it was pretty damn exotic. We didn't have felafel in the 'burbs. The most exotic thing there was probably Chinese food (chow mein, egg foo yung, etc).
	♥ 10:43am Ike: @mariano: LOL. Well for one thing, too many pandemics start that way. Also it's a bit gamey. How about some muskrat instead?
	♥ 10:44am Glorious Estephonic: wow you travel far for Drone @ Yeti B ! yeah i hope to meet you there one day ! 2022 you think ? i love Tanoreen in Bay Ridge ! freaked out over leftovers once that's how good it is.
	🎸 ♥ 10:44am McGroovey: One word can make such a difference: "What's wrong with your fried baboon?"
	♥ 10:45am mariano: Muskrat love!
	10:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - seriously, bake your baboons. & they ape it well with soy at this stage in evolution...
	10:45am ami ad: @mariano:Familiar with the I Am Weasel show?
	♥ 10:46am Stanley: @mariano: I once met a guy who had his nipple bitten off by a baboon. The fool got too close to take a picture. No kidding.
	🎸 ♥ 10:47am ratso: Nice single file marching orders for steamy Monday.
	10:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They are aggro if a bright red butt was not a clue.
	10:47am zivilars: Killer Single File as always! Joe & Joe double feature is all I need on Mondays ...
	🎸 ♥ 10:47am YETI BOB: @Glorious: I have family in Hudson NY so it's a good trip for me. I take the train from Chicago and it arrives literally across the street from the venue ... just a short walk and there I am! Yeah, I hope to do it in 2022, if not 2021!
	♥ 10:48am Roberto: I stayed at the Masai Mara encampment in Kenya once. There were baboons aplenty just outside the campground. They did their thing and we did ours (which was watching them do theirs).
	♥ 10:50am Joe McG: Heya, ratso and zivilars, glad you dig.
	♥ 10:50am Glorious Estephonic: yeah drone praying for 2021 ! long train rides are wonderful. that's so cool you do that @yeti B !
	10:50am Jeffrey Davison: Good morning, Joe! ...and fellow listeners. Regarding falafel, Mamoun's was always a decent and really cheap place in the 80s, when yours truly had little pocket money. Always busy, so the falafel was always fresh. Nowadays, Taim, with two locations, is very good. Also agreed that Bay Ridge is a good place for falafel!
	♥ 10:51am Roberto: This was in 1983, when selfies were in the distant future and close-ups of wildlife were obtained through long lenses.
	♥ 10:51am mariano: Lol McGroovey! ami ad: No, I don't know that one. Stanley: YOUCH! Those parks should hand out metal bras to anyone wanting closeups.
	🎸 ♥ 10:51am pantz: One of my fav lines from The Jerk "Navin, I'd love you if you were the color of a baboon's ass." RIP Carl Reiner
	♥ 10:51am Glorious Estephonic: TOTALLY DIGGING THE MUSIC @Joe McG
	10:51am Brendan: Righteous and soulful set, Joe.
	🎸 ♥ 10:52am efd: @Roberto I was fortunate enough to go there two years ago, right around this time. It was an amazing experience.
	🎸 ♥ 10:53am tim from champaign (now washington): YES!!!! The lyrics to this song are the best.
	10:53am queems: hell yes digging this peppy morbidness
	10:54am Rick A.: RIP Johnny Mandel, lyrics by Mike Altman who was 17 at the time.
	♥ 10:54am mariano: RevRabbit: baking is always healthier than frying. Oh wow, MASH! I miss the days when that was the most popular show. UK listeners: was that show ever played in the UK? I think its last episode here in the US was the highest rated show up till that time.
	10:55am Brendan: Trapper, I’m getting a whiff of bowel. Did you double suture the intestines.
	🎸 ♥ 10:55am McGroovey: My baboon sentence is, like, three choose-your-own-adventure in one sentence. I don't know how I do it
	10:55am Nick K (Killer): Awesome
	10:55am Rick A.: Unsurprisingly, Robert Altman hated the TV show.
	♥ 10:55am Roberto: I recently spoke to Elliott Gould on the phone.
	♥ 10:56am Lixiviated Life: Joe What the hell ? People are already nutty, and armed with all those left over 4th July fireworks, and Budweisers. And your playing songs about how nice suicide is? ... dude
	10:57am ami ad: @mariano:It's a cartoon about I Am Weasel and I.R. Baboon.
	10:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...well as long as Korea is decisively resolved - & we don't drag our Imperialism into anybody else's Civil Wars ...Whut??
	♥ 10:57am coelacanth∅: good morning Joe and all
	🎸 ♥ 10:57am Krys O.: Ah, Escalator of Life is a guilty pleasure. I heard it in the local Quick Chek about 8 or 9 years ago. That same place used to play A Forest.
	🎸 ♥ 10:57am YETI BOB: @Glorious: One year I made the trip with my full-size upright bass. When I bought my ticket and boarded, the Amtrak officials assured me it was fine. Then halfway through Indiana, a different conductor told me "You can't be on this train with that thing". I didn't know what they were going to do - put me off the train in Portage IN to fend for myself? Anyhow another conductor came along and they played "good conductor/bad conductor" for a while until we found a solution - bass went to the cargo area, "at my own risk". We got there fine. But I'll never take a big instrument on the train again!
	♥ 10:57am Joe McG: @Rick A: Was Mike Altman Bob's kid? @Roberto: Dish!
	10:57am Bill from Rock Tavern: Hey Joe, when the lawnmower song came on my mowing service had just showed up!
	♥ 10:57am Bootsie: Oh YESSSSSSSS!!
	♥ 10:58am Roberto: I was telling him how he was my daughter's favorite recurring character on Friends.
	♥ 10:58am Bootsie: I have this Hazard EP, too!
	♥ 10:59am Joe McG: @Roberto: Great in MASH, stellar in The Long Goodbye, so good in California Split, many others...
	♥ 10:59am Ike: Any favorites in Bay Ridge for falafel these days? There used to be a great place on 77th (a branch of Al Basha in Paterson NJ) but sadly it closed.
	10:59am Joe B: wow, robert hazard today, hooters yesterday on therese's show- shaping up to be a Philly week here at FMU!
	♥ 10:59am mariano: YETI BOB: Good thing you didn't also bring your Alpine horn on that trip.
	♥ 10:59am Roberto: My daughter loved The Long Goodbye too.
	🎸 ♥ 10:59am ratso: From an interview with Mandel on jazzwax.com: "Bob also said the song had to be called Suicide Is Painless. "Since [Capt.] Painless commits suicide with a pill, that would be a good title," he said. Then he said, "It’s got to be the stupidest song ever written."
	11:00am Rick A.: Yes, Mike Altman is Robert Altman's son. They are fairly heavy lyrics for a seventeen year old. However, being Robert Altman's son was not easy, I think.
	11:01am Joe B: tommy conwell?
	♥ 11:01am xtrakrispy: I believe Mike Altman was 14 when he wrote this!
	🎸 ♥ 11:01am Jim the Poet: I didn't know Pennsylvania had mountains
	♥ 11:01am Glorious Estephonic: @ Ike yes re: bay ridge middle eastern ! tanoreen.com !!! flavor paradise !
	11:01am Bonadooch: Digging it!!
	11:01am Earth Walker: A calm soothing voice GREAT Music Thanks !
	11:01am TVP: Yeah, Mike Altman was Robert's son, a fun story I've heard was that Mike made much more money than his dad from the MASH TV series, due to theme song royalties.
	♥ 11:01am mariano: According to the Wiki article, Mike Altman was 14 when he wrote the lyrics: en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 11:01am Roberto: The only other time I've heard that version of the MAS*H theme was on Dr. Demento in the '80s.
	11:01am Jeff formerly from Rahway: The Hooters played at my cousin’s prom. She attended HS in the Philly suburbs.
	11:01am Aj: Joe, gotta ask: with the reference to growing up on a mountain and trying to tune in Philly radio, plus your mention of Easter food a few months ago... youse from Hazleton?
	♥ 11:02am Glorious Estephonic: Love Robert Altman !!! 3 Women ! and so many more.
	11:02am Bonadooch: Sometime up sometimes down. Just like life
	🎸 ♥ 11:02am YETI BOB: Don't let de-escalator bring us down! Let's go crazy!
	🎸 ♥ 11:02am PKNY: It's a human mall, Joe!
	11:03am SueAdynamo: they got roller derby in that jersey mall!
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am 12539: Stop worrying and just come ride the steel dinosaur.
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am The Oscar: IIRC, Robert's two stipulations for the song were the title and that it be "the stupidest song ever written." He wasn't happy with what the composer came up with, so he went to his son, who wrote it in a couple of hours!
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am Marley P. Dogg: Joe - I grew up hearing the Hooters on WMMR too! I grew up near New Hope.
	11:03am Brian in garden: Joe, did you just say grotty?
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am ratso: in the jazzwax interview i quoted above, it says Mike was 15. And the P-burg mall is slated to be closed down soon. If it's not already.
	♥ 11:03am Roberto: Dead Grotty was the name of my college band.
	11:03am egould310: The Meaning of Life: 42% StorewideSale at Banana Republic. Today Only!!
	11:04am P-90: John Allen is an institution.
	🎸 ♥ 11:04am steveo: what about WYSP though???
	🎸 ♥ 11:04am karlward: Dealney & Bonnie!
	♥ 11:05am coelacanth∅: (John's friends...)
	11:05am Rick A.: Roberto, coincidentally, I met Elliot Gould nine years ago at his rather small apartment in West Hollywood. He is kind of awkward in person though he generously gave me some movie stills from Harry and Walter Go to New York. Two years later, I accidentally dialed him and he was really kind and friendly about it. He was also great in Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice.
	♥ 11:06am Ike: WKDU or bust! Commercial radio blows baboons!!!
	11:06am Listener Robert: That tune was bed music for a gas appliance dealer's ad on WMCA. I phoned in to tell them that might be a bad idea: "Do you know what music was under that gas appliance dealer's ad?" She answered, "Yes, MASH." I rejoined, "Suicide Is Painless. For a gas appliance dealer." And she gasped a bit as she recalled and said, "Oh, that's right!" They changed the music.
	♥ 11:06am WO Town Wick: Commercial radio will bite your nipples off if you gets too close.
	♥ 11:07am Roberto: Yes, he's a super nice guy, and yes, a bit awkward. Very philosophical.
	♥ 11:07am Glorious Estephonic: WOAH great story @ Yeti B glad there was a conductor on your side and you didn't loose your full size upright bass -- train stories i think the Maysles made a film about train stories ! i want to see it now ! www.maysles.org...
	♥ 11:07am Guido from Cologne: Pepperbox was a hit in Germany in a Belgian version. The Peppers is the French original.
	♥ 11:08am Carmichael: Good morning Joe and all the ships at sea.
	♥ 11:08am Ike: @GE@11:01, oh I was looking for something less fancy than Tanoreen, but yeah, that place is real good. I wonder if they have outdoor seating now like so many others here in the Covid era.
	11:09am Listener Robert: You know the old gag, "And now your local company presents gas chamber music. I mean your local gas company presents chamber music!"
	11:09am P-90: Those kiosks are more than “sinister-looking”
	🎸 ♥ 11:10am YETI BOB: @Glorious: "In Transit" added to "must-watch" list. Thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 11:10am steveo: WMMR DJ Pierre Robert ("row-BEAR") is still on the air after 29 years. "Robert began his radio career at 94.9 KSAN-FM, one of the country's first progressive rock stations, in his hometown of San Francisco. When KSAN changed its format to an Urban Country & Western style in the early 1980s Robert assumed the on-air name "Will Robertson" for a brief period of time because he was morally opposed to the new format."
	🎸 ♥ 11:11am YETI BOB: @Listener Robert: OMG, great story.
	🎸 ♥ 11:11am Marley P. Dogg: Pierre Robert is the best! Such a nice soul
	♥ 11:11am Joe McG: Oh my god, Pierre Robert! I haven't heard his name in decades! Used to listen to him.
	🎸 ♥ 11:12am steveo: I heard him a year or two ago when I was passing through :)
	🎸 ♥ 11:13am YETI BOB: Wait did Waylon just change "She blew my nose" to "She broke my nose"?
	♥ 11:13am Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	11:13am paul: Are you sure Hank done it this way?
	♥ 11:13am coelacanth∅: that version might be closer to how honky tonk women was originally conceived
	♥ 11:14am Joe McG: @Yeti: Waymore took some liberties with the lyrics.
	🎸 ♥ 11:14am Marley P. Dogg: The first concert I ever went to were tickets I won on the Gonzo Greg show on WMMR - Spinal Tap - at the TLA I think - went with my dad
	11:14am Zephyr: I try to keep it positive but that version of "HTW" just made me throw up in my mouth a little...
	♥ 11:14am Joe McG: And the lady, apparently!
	11:14am paul: I think Country Honk is the version.
	11:14am Earth Walker: Waylon is certainly not a Mic Jagger
	🎸 ♥ 11:15am YETI BOB: @JoeMcG: Hahahaha!
	♥ 11:15am coelacanth∅: (but fortunately Mick Taylor came along and made some changes)
	11:15am paul: "real version"
	11:15am Dennis Diken: hey all, diggin' the show Joe!
	♥ 11:15am coelacanth∅: paul right, country honk was the first version
	♥ 11:16am Joe McG: Thanks, Dennis, hope you're doing well!
	11:16am engineer mike: Love this third rate romance tune. Stephen Malkmus used to work it in as an encore in the early days
	11:16am paul: Thank you, @coel
	♥ 11:17am Joe McG: These are some songs for all of you who are missing picking up people in bars.
	11:17am Erin in TO: Another classic I remember from childhood, quite the blasts from the past today.
	🎸 ♥ 11:18am karlward: You know you need to play Silver Jews "Friday Night Fever."
	🎸 ♥ 11:18am pantz: I sure do miss the Regal Beagle
	♥ 11:18am Crudbringer: Joe, thanks for the mellow morning. Crew & Op, thanks for enabling Joe. Chairbeings of the board, good day all.
	11:19am GhettoPastrami: How dare you play this music when I'm working (albeit from home) and can't have a few beers...
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: @karl: Does he curse in it? I know, that's like asking if the Pope is Catholic. @GP: Sorry about that! Play the archive tonight!
	11:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'There will be no smoking in the gas chamber.' - Jimi Hendrix Praise Bob.
	🎸 ♥ 11:20am tim from champaign (now washington): The local newspaper ran on review of the new Joe Ely album in the Sunday paper. It was the only music review. I thought it was odd but it all makes sense now.
	🎸 ♥ 11:21am tim from champaign (now washington): ran a review that is.
	♥ 11:22am Joe McG: @tim: Ooh, I didn't know he had a new one. Must check that out.
	11:22am middlebun: With a soundtrack by Leonard Cohen, try McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Altman at his finest.
	🎸 ♥ 11:23am captain beef fart: no such thing as can't, gp
	🎸 ♥ 11:23am tim from champaign (now washington): Joe - don't thank me, thank the Kitsap Sun. - haha
	♥ 11:28am mariano: Beautiful, this Hiatt track.
	🎸 ♥ 11:29am karlward: Joe: no cursing in "Friday Night Fever." And today I learned it is a cover of a song first made popular by George Strait.
	♥ 11:30am Joe McG: @karl: I'll see if I can find!
	11:32am P-90: These ARE like singles you’d luckily discover in a jukebox that reeks of Miller and Jack Daniels. In a dive bar in Hell’s Kitchen.
	11:32am CHAD PEARSON: Your show is turning this frown upside down - thanks for the InspoMcGasko!
	♥ 11:33am Joe McG: You betcha, Chad! @P-90: I can smell that bar.
	🎸 ♥ 11:34am Krys O.: For a split second I thought this Blasters was Ferlin Husky.
	♥ 11:34am Bootsie: Phil's voice is one of the BEST.
	11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good ain't it.
	♥ 11:36am Bootsie: He still sounds damn good!
	🎸 ♥ 11:36am karlward: Tom, are you sure this is a good idea?
	11:37am P-90: Gotta love these two.
	♥ 11:37am annie: i so love this song
	11:38am Davee: Loving the Tom Waits
	11:38am Brendan: Tom sings like Louie Armstrong
	11:39am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TomWaits is a Genre.
	🎸 ♥ 11:39am karlward: This song has exceeded my expectations.
	♥ 11:39am juan: This is probably my favorite Tom Waits song- He and Bette almost come close to the Ray Charles / Betty Carter duets
	🎸 ♥ 11:40am tim from champaign (now washington): I'm hearing a Joe McGasko/Sheila B duet at the next Hoof'n'Mouth!
	♥ 11:41am Joe McG: @tim: Wow, if Sheila did that song with me, I might faint.
	♥ 11:41am Joe McG: By the way, we had a doozie planned for you this year. Sorry we didn't get to do it for you!
	🎸 ♥ 11:41am tim from champaign (now washington): Joe - Dream the impossible dream!
	🎸 ♥ 11:43am dreamyandseedy: i love gary stewart!!!!!!!!
	11:43am Brendan: A new feature Skanky Singles
	11:44am KWilde: Loving this set
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: @Brendan: Singles Getting Unsteady
	🎸 ♥ 11:44am karlward: Wow, I haven't heard this song in decades, probably somewhere in East Texas listening to some local AM station.
	11:45am Brendan: Props for the nod to Don Ho in that last one
	🎸 ♥ 11:46am karlward: Joe: let me know where to send the Nudie Suit I just bought you
	11:46am Brian in garden: Were you lying down when you stood me up.
	11:46am SueAdynamo: this set is reminding me of the large amount of time i spent at the Dublin House in my 20 & 30s
	11:47am johnk77: thanks for great gary stewart rowdy&the rivets did an excellent version also
	♥ 11:48am juan: This is a wonderful set. Two great songs with the best titles ( the Jerri Ross and Gary Stewart ) back to back. Thank you Joe
	11:49am Dave73: @joe: have anything from Brandon Kinney's SMELLS LIKE TEXAS CD? An underrated classic in the Roger Miller/Jim Stafford vein...
	11:53am johnk77: russell smith the composer on 3rd rate romance will be going back to archives for large parts i missed today swinging work selecter
	11:53am zivilars: thanks for an awesome show, Joe!
	🎸 ♥ 11:54am ratso: Thanks, Joe. what a great morning.
	🎸 ♥ 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe! Take care out there.
	♥ 11:54am Joe McG: @johnk77: Love his stuff. Very underrated songwriter.
	♥ 11:54am coelacanth∅: must be the first time a ccr song isn't identifiable in 1-2 notes
	♥ 11:55am Joe McG: @Dave73: I don't know it and will check it out, thanks for the recommendation!
	♥ 11:55am βrian: FYI: Irene coming up on the Drummer Stream: wfmu.org...
	♥ 11:55am mariano: Thank you Joe and crew - O What a Beautiful Morning!
	11:55am johnk77: russell smith some what of a hard ass the only tour i did w/him top shelf songwriter
	11:56am johnk77: rhythm aces killer band live boarding house sf mid-seventies
	♥ 11:56am annie: thanks brian!!! i almost forgot!
	11:57am Brendan: It’s been a pleasure Joe
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Been a joy as always to play music for you today. Have a great week and stay safe and well!
	11:57am Brian in garden: Joe, still delivering.
	♥ 11:57am coelacanth∅: Thanks Joe
	12:00pm P-90: Thanks Joe McG
	♥ 12:01pm Glorious Estephonic: So good !Thank you Joe ! Also love Ohio Players- Ecstasy ! www.youtube.com...
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY JMcG!
	11:16pm ?: Drops records! Still stilll stilll

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from July 6, 2020

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July 6, 2020: I Never Talk to Strangers

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New
Vic Mars	Bric-à-Brac Shop "Bric-à-Brac Shop" by "Vic Mars"	Inner Roads and Outer Paths	Clay Pipe Music	2019	MP3
Ezra Feinberg	Recumbent Speech "Recumbent Speech" by "Ezra Feinberg"	Recumbent Speech	Related States	2020	CD		*
Ela Stiles	Silence "Silence" by "Ela Stiles"	Midnight Meditations	Chapter Music	2020	MP3		*
Woods	Be There Still "Be There Still" by "Woods"	Strange to Explain	Woodsist	2020	CD		*
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer	Into My Arms	The Good Songs: MOJO Presents a Tribute to Nick Cave	MOJO	2020	CD	From 2017	*
Meg Baird	To Lay Me Down "To Lay Me Down" by "Meg Baird"	The Storehouse Presents..A Bandcamp Compilation	No Label	2020	MP3	Get it here	*
Yes	Sweetness "Sweetness" by "Yes"	Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present Occasional Rain	Ace	2020	CD	From 1969	*
Sachiko Kanenobu	Music Carries Me On	The Storehouse Presents..A Bandcamp Compilation	No Label	2020	MP3	new demo!	*

Cub	Vacation "Vacation" by "Cub"	Come Out Come Out	Mint	1994	CD
Lene Lovich	I Think We're Alone Now	The Last Stiff Compilation Album	Stiff	1980	LP
Sparks	Lawnmower "Lawnmower" by "Sparks"	A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip	BMG	2020	MP3		*
Rick Wakeman	I'm So Straight I'm a Weirdo	single	A&M	1980	MP3
Hilary	Kinetic "Kinetic" by "Hilary"	12" single	Sirius	1983	12"
Altered Images	Happy Birthday (Dance Mix)	12" single	Epic	1981	12"	HB to somebody out there
Juan Wauters	Pasaria Bien "Pasaria Bien" by "Juan Wauters"	Más Canciones de la Onda	Captured Tracks	2020	MP3		*
Haim	Summer Girl "Summer Girl" by "Haim"	Women in Music Pt. III	Columbia	2020	MP3		*
Surfer Blood	Summer Trope "Summer Trope" by "Surfer Blood"	Carefree Theatre	Kanine	2020	MP3		*

Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row "Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row"
The Peppers	Pepper Box "Pepper Box" by "The Peppers"	single	Event	1973	45
Bill Haley and His Comets	Burn That Candle	single	Decca	1955	45	Here's a birthday boy!
Gene Vincent	The Day the World Turned Blue	single	Kama Sutra	1971	45
George Jones and Tammy Wynette	(We're Not) The Jet Set	single	Epic	1974	45
The Johnny Otis Show	Country Girl	single	Kent	1969	45	Vocal: Delmar Evans and Johnny Otis Guitar Solo: Shuggie Otis
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends	Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)	single	Atco	1971	45
Ecstasy, Passion, & Pain	There's So Much Love All Around Me	single	Roulette	1975	45
The MASH	Song from MASH "Song from MASH" by "The MASH"	single	Columbia	1970	45	R.I.P. Johnny Mandel
Robert Hazard	Escalator of Life "Escalator of Life" by "Robert Hazard"	single	RCA	1983	45

Waylon Jennings	Honky Tonk Woman "Honky Tonk Woman" by "Waylon Jennings"	Singer of Sad Songs	RCA	1970	LP
Amazing Rhythm Aces	Third Rate Romance	Stacked Deck	ABC	1975	LP
Joe Ely	Honky Tonk Masquerade "Honky Tonk Masquerade" by "Joe Ely"	Honky Tonk Masquerade	MCA	1978	LP
Terry Allen	Highplains Jamboree "Highplains Jamboree" by "Terry Allen"	Lubbock (on Everything)	Sugar Hill	1995	CD	From 1979
John Hiatt	Icy Blue Heart "Icy Blue Heart" by "John Hiatt"	Slow Turning	A&M	1988	LP
Emmylou Harris	Icy Blue Heart "Icy Blue Heart" by "Emmylou Harris"	Bluebird	Reprise	1989	LP	and from the other side of the barstool
The Blasters	Help You Dream "Help You Dream" by "The Blasters"	Hard Line	Warner Bros.	1985	LP
Tom Waits and Bette Midler	I Never Talk to Strangers	Foreign Affairs	Elektra/Asylum	1977	LP
Jeris Ross	I'd Rather Be Picked Up Here (Than Be Put Down at Home)	single	ABC	1975	45
Gary Stewart	She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)	Out of Hand	Hightone	1991	CD	From 1975
Silver Jews	Friday Night Fever "Friday Night Fever" by "Silver Jews"	Bright Flight	Drag City	2001	CD	by request!

Ohio Players	Proud Mary "Proud Mary" by "Ohio Players"	Factory Knock-Offs CCR'd: Therese's 2020 Marathon Premium	WFMU	2020	CD-R	From 1974	*

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 9:00am 12539: Boing!
	9:01am zivilars: Glad I can listen right from the beginning this Monday. Have a great day everybody!
	🎸 ♥ 9:01am Strandlund: YIP YIP YIP!!!
	♥ 9:02am duke: Hello Joe, whadya know?
	🎸 ♥ 9:02am Brian in UK: Hey Joe, glad you are here.
	♥ 9:03am Mark Hurst: Hi Joe!
	9:03am Deborah: Still listening!
	9:03am Snoochienucci: yipyipyipyip
	🎸 ♥ 9:03am Marley P. Dogg: Thank Buddha for WFMU radio! Happy happy happy happy! Boing boing boing boing!
	9:04am Dave In St Albans UK: Hi Joe. About to enjoy the musical treats!
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: Happy happy!
	9:05am djsheilab: Morning Joe! Got Alvy in my lap + you in my headphones. A sweet start to the week :)
	🎸 ♥ 9:05am Krys O.: Greetings!
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	♥ 9:06am TDK60: Morning Joe.
	🎸 ♥ 9:06am pantz: Today is officially "Dog Independence Day" for all of those poor puppies that suffered over the weekend.
	♥ 9:07am Lixiviated Life: Hiya Joe
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	🎸 ♥ 9:07am Threemoons: Gooood Morning Joe McG, fellow YipYips! I have to remember to make the standing joke about "the birth of dubstep" next Monday; it's been a while.
	🎸 ♥ 9:07am Brian in UK: The volume of new music has not been undermined by Covid.
	♥ 9:08am TDK60: Yikes Martini, morning.
	♥ 9:08am Roberto: In some ways, it's been overmined. Lots of artists with more free time than usual.
	🎸 ♥ 9:09am Brian in UK: Recumbent speech is that like, kind of, sort of laid back.
	♥ 9:09am Joe McG: Happy Monday, everyone, and welcome to the program! Thanks for joining me when you could be doing something else entirely. Easing in this morning, will pep up as we go.
	🎸 ♥ 9:09am Handy Haversack: Morning, Joe! Morning, Yippers!
	🎸 ♥ 9:09am Threemoons: @martinibomb is there a site that generates those coolio ASCII messages for you?
	9:09am ami ad: Hello DJ. Hello all. Tuka the morning.
	9:10am Tom from Stirling: Ezra Feinberg is so, so good. Recumbent Speech A++
	🎸 ♥ 9:10am Brian in UK: Roberto, you could be correct, the next six months will show.
	🎸 ♥ 9:10am Threemoons: _ _ __ ____ _ _ __ ____ ( \/ )( )( _ \ ( \/ )( )( _ \ ) / )( ) __/ ) / )( ) __/ (__/ (__)(__) (__/ (__)(__)
	🎸 ♥ 9:10am Threemoons: well that didn't work
	🎸 ♥ 9:11am The Oscar: @martinibomb Joe McASCII?
	🎸 ♥ 9:12am melinda: Morning Joe and everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 9:12am sydnius: Joe EBCDIC- so salty
	🎸 ♥ 9:12am Threemoons: +-+-+-+ +-+-+-+ \|Y\|i\|p\| \|Y\|i\|p\| +-+-+-+ +-+-+-+
	♥ 9:13am Joe McG: @SheilaB: I have a song for you later!
	9:17am Rachel Bo Bachel: I love the sound of a harmonium in the morning! :D
	♥ 9:19am annie: a quick hello and into the kitchen to find breakfast!
	9:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Your Honour - I blame it on the bossa nova.
	9:22am MplsCoco: Good morning Joe♥️
	🎸 ♥ 9:23am Brian in UK: Joe, do you have a favourite Woods album?
	♥ 9:24am Baja Joe: Hey there Joe McG and everyone else in Surface Noise listening land. I hope this leads to some actual Nick Cave
	♥ 9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: Who has carrot cake?
	♥ 9:24am Joe McG: Hi, Coco! :) @Brian: I'll have to think about that one.
	🎸 ♥ 9:25am The Oscar: Does Mojo still come with compilation CDs? I have a whole bunch I got to take home when I worked in a Barnes & Noble music department in the mid-aughts, and they're mostly surprisingly great.
	♥ 9:26am Joe McG: @Oscar: Sure do!
	9:26am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Always with Cave ambiguity of this is cleary top-level in several ways but - why am I in this truecrime novel again ...Not with this however.
	🎸 ♥ 9:26am Brian in UK: Got some gooseberry and coconut cake, any good?
	🎸 ♥ 9:27am Brian in UK: Ah the Moorer sisters.
	9:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They are Oscar!
	♥ 9:28am Rtintera: Cycling to this set is doing wonders for my mental health. Thank you
	🎸 ♥ 9:29am Hughie Considine: Wow, how often does one catch a Jerry Garcia cover on WFMU? This is lovely.
	♥ 9:29am Joe McG: @Rtintera: That sounds wonderful. I was cycling yesterday and it cleared my head a lot.
	🎸 ♥ 9:31am pantz: Great Jerry song cover
	🎸 ♥ 9:35am sydnius: Early Yes thx Joe
	🎸 ♥ 9:35am Hughie Considine: sounds very remixed
	🎸 ♥ 9:36am G: Nice calming Monday morning opening set. Haven't heard this Yes-debut-album track in years.
	9:36am Cubicle Carl: Good old fashioned late 60’s stereo separation on this Yes track. Hard left-hard right.
	♥ 9:36am Roberto: I loved how Sweetness was used in the end credits for Buffalo 66.
	🎸 ♥ 9:37am Irene Trudel: I recognized the Yes song right away. Listened to them way too much in my youth. Nice opening set BTW, Joe!
	♥ 9:38am Glorious Estephonic: my dad used to get herbal ecstasy from the health food store and go to YES shows in the 80s
	🎸 ♥ 9:38am Rich in Bay Ridge: No mistaking Bill Bruford's drums!
	♥ 9:38am Joe McG: @Roberto: I forgot about that! @Irene: Thanks, Irene! (BTW, I saw PK in a doc called "Obit." over the weekend!)
	♥ 9:39am mariano: Good morning Joe and crew, folks. Just saw the headline: RIP Ennio Morricone :(
	🎸 ♥ 9:39am Hughie Considine: @Roberto, me too. It was especially satisfying to see Yes used in an edgy indie film at a point where they had been off the cultural radar for awhile.
	9:39am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Could join it to 'Sweet Nuthin' by Velvets without a wrinkle - Yes to VU...
	♥ 9:40am Roberto: Yeah I loved that movie on first viewing some 20 years ago. Of course, in retrospect, there's a lot to be uncomfortable about given the current cultural climate.
	♥ 9:40am WO Town Wick: Cool remembrance Glorious. I never knew herbal ecstasy was a thing
	9:41am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Herbal Ecstacy! What was in there??
	9:42am djsheilab: Love this new Sachiko Kanenobu demo!
	♥ 9:42am Glorious Estephonic: i forget-- i need to ask him about this again ! with more questions. i will report back one day.
	♥ 9:43am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe and everyone!
	9:44am Martinibomb: @the oscar hah! just saw your reply above totally
	🎸 ♥ 9:44am Hughie Considine: @Roberto, that's true too.
	9:45am Martinibomb: ♪♫──█▀▄───────♪♫ ♪♫──█║║▀▄─────♪♫ ♪♫──█║║║║▀▄───♪♫ ♪♫──█║║║║║║█──♪♫ ♪♫──█║║║║║▄▀──♪♫ ♪♫──▀▀██▀▀────♪♫
	9:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...ah - Erowid says it had Ma Huang - Ephedera. I was an enthusiast. Then Meth became epidemic - not so much Ephedera...
	♥ 9:45am mariano: Herbal ecstasy was mainly pseudoephedrine I believe. Worked about as well as you'd guess.
	🎸 ♥ 9:46am Jim the Poet: I had this weird dream it was Monday
	🎸 ♥ 9:46am G: @RR63: "Many of these [herbal Ecstasy] substances contain herbs like ginseng, guarana products, and others. Many contain ephedra, which comes from a shrub that has been used in Asia for many years as a medicinal herb and is often referred to as ma huang. Ephedra is also the natural counterpart of the drugs norephedrine, ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, which are used as antihistamines or stimulants. "
	♥ 9:46am mariano: Whoops, I stand corrected, RevRabbit.
	9:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yes Ephedera makes you feel like one big dilated lung for hours.
	♥ 9:48am Glorious Estephonic: WOAH thank you for doing the herbal ecstasy research.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49am YETI BOB: I'm digging this set, Joe. I like Meg Baird so much. She's made so many great records and zero bad ones.
	🎸 ♥ 9:49am Hughie Considine: "Bro harmonies" describes the Everly Bros., but somehow "sis harmonies" doesn't have quite the same ring....
	♥ 9:49am TDK60: Not buying any music at all these days. I'm part of /half/ of all unemployed, still waiting on relief...
	9:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'blood harmony'
	♥ 9:50am Glorious Estephonic: love Meg Baird too ! every song i hear ! Trouble also plays her i think.
	🎸 ♥ 9:51am The Oscar: Was fully expecting the Frogs' version-- guess I'll have to wait for Scott W's show!
	9:51am Rachel Bo Bachel: Cub!!! So good <3
	🎸 ♥ 9:52am Hughie Considine: "Ghost Forests" by Meg Baird with Mary Lattimore, is quite lovely.
	9:52am djsheilab: A Cub cover! I’d never heard this before. Thanks for the shout-out, Joe!
	9:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: So much better less Produced.
	🎸 ♥ 9:52am YETI BOB: @Glorious: She sang with the band Espers and also sings and plays drums in a band called Heron Oblivion. You'll probably find her all over the WFMU playlists, if you look. And she made a really lovely record with her sister Laura, "Until You Find Your Green".
	9:53am Snoochienucci: my vacation week is next week Joe!
	♥ 9:53am Joe McG: Enjoy, Snoochie!
	🎸 ♥ 9:54am The Oscar: Holy god this Lene is outstanding!
	9:55am egould310: Chemical People did a bang up cover of Vacation back around 1991 or so.
	♥ 9:56am annie: breakfast diner yesterday, another cover of this came on the radio..my companion cringed, i sang along... he was NOT amused
	♥ 9:57am Joe McG: Glad you enjoyed that, Sheila. Thanks for the great show on Friday.
	9:57am P-90: Drip Drip Drip
	♥ 9:57am annie: it was that sirius pop station..such good stuff for a sunday am..
	🎸 ♥ 9:58am Brian in UK: We know how to have fun over here! www.blmra.co.uk...
	🎸 ♥ 9:58am steveo: Good morning, Joe! Lovin' the show!
	9:58am Snoochienucci: Thanks Joe! I'm sure ill still be here of course :)
	♥ 9:58am Glorious Estephonic: @yeti bob yes yes yes. i i knew some of that-- espers and sisters singing. i'm from philadelphia. i remember seeing her back in the day. looking forward to listening to her more. i remember you mentioning 24 hour drone once and i mean to write i have been going since the first year but missed maybe two of them in the middle.
	♥ 9:59am Stanley: Joe! Happy to hear you again Brian! Reminds me of that Lynch film - The Straight Story (?)
	9:59am ami ad: Lawnmowin is fun,haven't done it in many years.
	♥ 10:00am βrian: Lawn mowing is what goats are for.
	🎸 ♥ 10:00am The Oscar: Really hoping the two (!) Sparks-related movies slated for this year aren't delayed-- I want them now!!
	♥ 10:00am Mark Hurst: On fire today, Joe
	🎸 ♥ 10:01am Krys O.: There was a song by Carney Hild Kramer called Larry that goes, "Larry is a lawnmower, I think his mother teaches school." www.youtube.com...
	♥ 10:01am suzyhotrod: HAAAHH!! good song, J McG.
	10:01am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BrianUK - green & pleasant land...
	♥ 10:02am Joe McG: Hi, Mark! Looking forward to the show tonight!
	♥ 10:02am Joe McG: Hey, Suzy! :)
	10:02am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wakeman be a New Wave woke man.
	♥ 10:03am Santos L. Halper: Wow, this Wakeman Joe.
	10:03am CHAD PEARSON: Thank you Joe for a welcome kick off to the week! I’m so straight I’m a weirdo! Hahah!
	♥ 10:03am Stanley: Rick Wakeman Grumpy Old Weirdo
	10:04am P-90: Wakeman’s early 80’s solo period
	♥ 10:04am Joe McG: Told you we'd pep up!
	🎸 ♥ 10:04am listener 126464: capeless Rick?
	🎸 ♥ 10:04am MikeG: WOW - Hilary!
	🎸 ♥ 10:04am efd: crazy Rick Wakeman story that will be going out on the WFMU Twitter feed this week: www.vanityfair.com...
	10:05am Really Lisa: Ermagerd.. I remember this Hilary tune!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05am Jim the Poet: I need the pep!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05am Kevin-san: Hey Stanley! You ever see Rick Wakeman play in a tiny pub room Sunday nights near Wycombe? I recall the beer did not improve his performance
	♥ 10:06am Joe McG: @efd: I LOVED that article: "I'm 9.8 on the Don't-Give-a-Fuck Meter."
	♥ 10:06am Joe McG: If he does King Arthur on ice again, I'm going, pandemic or no pandemic.
	10:07am yerfriendpaul: I was half listening and I thought she was singing a new wave ode to my home state, Connecticut
	♥ 10:07am Bootsie: Wow, an LIR staple... Haven't heard this probably in decades!
	🎸 ♥ 10:07am MikeG: First time I heard this it was playing on Bleecker Bob's turntable
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: I was actually planning to play "Drop Your Pants," but I wanted to hear "Kinetic" instead in the moment.
	🎸 ♥ 10:09am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Joe! We're getting on the road now and heading home!
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: "Drop Your Pants" is more of a Daniel Blumin record anyway.
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @handy: Where were you?
	♥ 10:10am Switchblade Batman: I'm still shocked that Happy Birthday is a real song, I thought it was something they made up for Moone Boy
	♥ 10:10am Glorious Estephonic: happy birthday Melissa Metrick !
	🎸 ♥ 10:10am MikeG: Good grief, the travel back in time to W 3rd St continues
	10:11am P-90: RIP Bleecker Bob’s. Still can’t believe it’s gone.
	♥ 10:11am Lixiviated Life: this happy birthday make me happy
	♥ 10:11am Cal Zone!: Thanks for not playing 'Drop', I've got some PTSD associated with that song! ;)
	🎸 ♥ 10:11am pantz: If you haven't yet, do check out the Sparks video for Existential Threat
	♥ 10:11am Joe McG: @Cal Zone: Oh good, it worked out for everybody!
	🎸 ♥ 10:11am MikeG: Bob himself is gone as well. Passed away a couple of years ago
	♥ 10:11am Lixiviated Life: dancing @ roseland
	🎸 ♥ 10:12am YETI BOB: @Glorious: Very cool! I grew up in NJ (have been living in Chicago for 20+ years now), used to go to Philly once in a while but it's been a long time. Maybe we'll meet one day at the Drone Fest. I'll try to remember to wear a WFMU t-shirt :)
	♥ 10:12am Glorious Estephonic: Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
	♥ 10:12am Joe McG: @Glorious: Oh, now that's a good one!
	10:12am ami ad: @Handy Haversack:Safe travels,it's kind of warm in BK.
	10:13am Really Lisa: @Switchblade Batman for the avatar win, ty!
	10:14am P-90: Umanov’s guitar shop closed too, and so many other spots. The Village isn’t the Village any more (almost). At least Mamoun’s is still there (l hope).
	♥ 10:14am Lixiviated Life: for a second there I thought is read "His Homelessness the Dali Lama" (which would also be true i guess)
	♥ 10:15am Joe McG: @P-90: Everything's gone. Except us! For now, anyway.
	10:15am P-90: Thanks Joe. For all the pep.
	♥ 10:15am Switchblade Batman: Thanks @Really Lisa, I think it came from the old Batman serials from the 1940s.
	♥ 10:16am Guido from Cologne: Altered Images: somewhat underrated I'd say.
	🎸 ♥ 10:17am pantz: That Altered Images song lasted longer than their career
	♥ 10:17am Ike: Ew, Mamoun's, no. Did I ever post my poem about how bad their falafel is? Literally any other place is better, and there are a lot of falafel places now. Taim is just one of many that's better. Admittedly not cheaper, but very much worth it.
	🎸 ♥ 10:17am YETI BOB: When I was not yet old enough to drive, I could take the train to NYC, get a felafel and coke ($1.25 + 75¢), pick up a record at Bleeker Bob's for under $10, and still have enough left over to get a dime-bag in Washington Square Park (which was sometimes even decent!).
	10:17am paul: Is Juan Wauters Spanish for John Waters?
	10:18am paul: @pantz LOL!
	🎸 ♥ 10:18am MikeG: I wonder what happened to the Joy Division Ideal for Living picture disc that was hanging on Bleecker Bob's wall for years. I never could cough up the 100 bucks to buy it.
	10:19am P-90: Once upon a time there were Gourmet Quality dime bags in Washington Square Park.
	10:19am djsheilab: LOVING this set!
	🎸 ♥ 10:19am YETI BOB: Ike: Mamoun's was the first felafel I ever had, so therefore it was good (no basis for comparison). No doubt if I tried it now I might have different opinion. But I loved it.
	♥ 10:19am Switchblade Batman: Juan Agua @Paul
	♥ 10:20am Ike: @Yeti that makes sense. So Mamoun's was the only falafel place back in the day? It sure as heck isn't $1.75 anymore.
	♥ 10:20am Joe McG: This is the fella: juanwauters.bandcamp.com
	10:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Batman fell & it was afel.
	10:21am paul: Thanks, Joe
	♥ 10:21am holland oats: Azuri in Hell's Kitchen was my favorite falafel. Up and vanished a couple years ago, heartbreaking.
	10:21am ami ad: Yeah,mamoun's might have been considered good because of the price.Never more.
	10:23am ami ad: I can not think of any good falafel place in the city anymore.All have gone.
	♥ 10:23am Switchblade Batman: I dunno about that, Mahmouns still holds up IMO
	10:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I switch Tar has two Batmens. Solidarity.
	10:26am ami ad: @Switchable Batman:Hehe.What's you take on street cart falafel?
	♥ 10:26am Ike: @ami, Nish Nush and Taim are good. Maybe a little too "fancy" for some though, price edging up into "real food" territory. Mamoun's is a chain now and has at least 6 terrible locations, LOL.
	♥ 10:28am Stanley: Kevin - no but I heard about them. I did have a Saturday job working for a carpet shop in Wycombe and we fitted the carpets at Ian Anderson's (of Jethro Tull) house nearby!
	♥ 10:29am mariano: Haven't lived in NYC since 2017, but I remember Mamoun's shawarma being just $6.50 right before I left. I think it was $5.50 for falafel? Anyway incredibly cheap for NYC and especially for the Village. Ike: there is/was even a Mamoun's in New Haven.
	10:30am ami ad: @Ike:Yeah,Gourmet falafel is a thing that should not be.Tried Kulushkat?
	🎸 ♥ 10:31am Hughie Considine: It would only be fair to play a track from Chris Squire's "Fish Out of Water"...
	♥ 10:31am mariano: Bits of Wakeman's King Arthur on ice: www.youtube.com...
	10:31am Peter K.: Joe, despite how it's spelled it's pronounced "Hime" (rhymes with "time"), not "Haim" (rhymes with "aim"). Just thought you should know. (P.S.: Great show, as always.)
	♥ 10:31am Switchblade Batman: @Ike, I usually go to the original or the one on St Marks. Both are still delicious
	🎸 ♥ 10:31am Hughie Considine: Think Chaim Weitzman...
	10:32am ami ad: Isn't Mamoun's $2.99?
	10:33am mouskowitz: FY Chaim (Haim) means "life" as in "L'chaim" -- and also it's my middle name :)
	♥ 10:33am Ike: @ami ad, YES, Kulushkat on Dean St. just off 5th Ave. near Barclays in Brooklyn, that's REAL falafel, good call!
	🎸 ♥ 10:33am G: Wakeman has what he calls his first prog album in awhile coming out -- I've seen him discuss it on his twitter. _The Red Planet_, I think...
	♥ 10:33am Stanley: I remember this. Boy where you dig this up from?
	♥ 10:34am Joe McG: @PK: Thanks, Peter, it's just my Pennsylvania accent. Did Irene tell you I saw you in "Obit." yesterday? Missed it when it came out. Fascinating stuff!
	♥ 10:34am WO Town Wick: ami ad--Rainbow Falafel-a little storefront near Union Square--was doing OK, at least pre-COVID. Great food.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am Krys O.: What TV theme sounds like this? Gawd, my brain is mush.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am melinda: This is cool.
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: A little bit of the Rockford Files music there...
	🎸 ♥ 10:34am Krys O.: Ironside?
	🎸 ♥ 10:35am Krys O.: Thanks, Trista!
	10:35am ami ad: @Ike:Asked the owner many years ago if he thinks it's worth the price,he said yes,I don't.
	10:36am DeemerDave: @Krys O. I think it's the Rockford Files.
	🎸 ♥ 10:36am Krys O.: And Quincy did use a bit of that sound in the Ironside theme: youtu.be...
	10:36am ami ad: @WO Town Wick:Yeah,it was okay. Yip Yip.
	10:37am paul: Trista....was thinking the same thing. Or NBC Mystery Movie (Cannon, etc.)
	10:37am Snoochienucci: almost get a bit of Rick Danko in his voice
	🎸 ♥ 10:37am YETI BOB: @ami ad: I'm (possibly mis-) remembering a time when you could get a sandwich at Mamoun's for $1.25 and a Coke for $.75 and I think there was no tax so you'd be out the door for two bucks. This is late 70s/early 80s. The only other way you could eat lunch for two bucks (as far as I know) was at one of those dirty-water hot dog carts, which has never been my thing.
	♥ 10:38am Ike: Mamoun's, Mamoun's worse than fried baboons I'd rather chew harpoons than go to Mamoun's oh goddess, oh lord, it's just like warm cardboard this really sucks even for four bucks it's desert-sand bland I'd rather eat my hand
	🎸 ♥ 10:39am tim from champaign (now washington): Hi Joe and everybody!
	♥ 10:39am Cal Zone!: Loving this Gene Vincent weirdo weeper!
	10:39am ami ad: @YETI BOB:Sure thing,I remember early 2000s Mamoun falafel being $2.99,cheap,but not worth it.
	10:40am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: HBD Bill Haley. Who talks about The Comets any more??
	🎸 ♥ 10:40am tim from champaign (now washington): I like Gene Vincent's response song to X-Ray Spex' "The Day The World Turned Dayglo".
	♥ 10:41am mariano: What's wrong with fried baboon?
	10:41am Erin in TO: I haven't heard this George and Tammy since I was a kid, parents used to play it all the time
	10:42am ami ad: Fried baboon is murder.
	♥ 10:42am Joe McG: Glad you guys are enjoying some of these blasts from our shared past.
	🎸 ♥ 10:43am YETI BOB: For a 15-year old kid, being in NYC without his parent's supervision, it was pretty damn exotic. We didn't have felafel in the 'burbs. The most exotic thing there was probably Chinese food (chow mein, egg foo yung, etc).
	♥ 10:43am Ike: @mariano: LOL. Well for one thing, too many pandemics start that way. Also it's a bit gamey. How about some muskrat instead?
	♥ 10:44am Glorious Estephonic: wow you travel far for Drone @ Yeti B ! yeah i hope to meet you there one day ! 2022 you think ? i love Tanoreen in Bay Ridge ! freaked out over leftovers once that's how good it is.
	🎸 ♥ 10:44am McGroovey: One word can make such a difference: "What's wrong with your fried baboon?"
	♥ 10:45am mariano: Muskrat love!
	10:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - seriously, bake your baboons. & they ape it well with soy at this stage in evolution...
	10:45am ami ad: @mariano:Familiar with the I Am Weasel show?
	♥ 10:46am Stanley: @mariano: I once met a guy who had his nipple bitten off by a baboon. The fool got too close to take a picture. No kidding.
	🎸 ♥ 10:47am ratso: Nice single file marching orders for steamy Monday.
	10:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: They are aggro if a bright red butt was not a clue.
	10:47am zivilars: Killer Single File as always! Joe & Joe double feature is all I need on Mondays ...
	🎸 ♥ 10:47am YETI BOB: @Glorious: I have family in Hudson NY so it's a good trip for me. I take the train from Chicago and it arrives literally across the street from the venue ... just a short walk and there I am! Yeah, I hope to do it in 2022, if not 2021!
	♥ 10:48am Roberto: I stayed at the Masai Mara encampment in Kenya once. There were baboons aplenty just outside the campground. They did their thing and we did ours (which was watching them do theirs).
	♥ 10:50am Joe McG: Heya, ratso and zivilars, glad you dig.
	♥ 10:50am Glorious Estephonic: yeah drone praying for 2021 ! long train rides are wonderful. that's so cool you do that @yeti B !
	10:50am Jeffrey Davison: Good morning, Joe! ...and fellow listeners. Regarding falafel, Mamoun's was always a decent and really cheap place in the 80s, when yours truly had little pocket money. Always busy, so the falafel was always fresh. Nowadays, Taim, with two locations, is very good. Also agreed that Bay Ridge is a good place for falafel!
	♥ 10:51am Roberto: This was in 1983, when selfies were in the distant future and close-ups of wildlife were obtained through long lenses.
	♥ 10:51am mariano: Lol McGroovey! ami ad: No, I don't know that one. Stanley: YOUCH! Those parks should hand out metal bras to anyone wanting closeups.
	🎸 ♥ 10:51am pantz: One of my fav lines from The Jerk "Navin, I'd love you if you were the color of a baboon's ass." RIP Carl Reiner
	♥ 10:51am Glorious Estephonic: TOTALLY DIGGING THE MUSIC @Joe McG
	10:51am Brendan: Righteous and soulful set, Joe.
	🎸 ♥ 10:52am efd: @Roberto I was fortunate enough to go there two years ago, right around this time. It was an amazing experience.
	🎸 ♥ 10:53am tim from champaign (now washington): YES!!!! The lyrics to this song are the best.
	10:53am queems: hell yes digging this peppy morbidness
	10:54am Rick A.: RIP Johnny Mandel, lyrics by Mike Altman who was 17 at the time.
	♥ 10:54am mariano: RevRabbit: baking is always healthier than frying. Oh wow, MASH! I miss the days when that was the most popular show. UK listeners: was that show ever played in the UK? I think its last episode here in the US was the highest rated show up till that time.
	10:55am Brendan: Trapper, I’m getting a whiff of bowel. Did you double suture the intestines.
	🎸 ♥ 10:55am McGroovey: My baboon sentence is, like, three choose-your-own-adventure in one sentence. I don't know how I do it
	10:55am Nick K (Killer): Awesome
	10:55am Rick A.: Unsurprisingly, Robert Altman hated the TV show.
	♥ 10:55am Roberto: I recently spoke to Elliott Gould on the phone.
	♥ 10:56am Lixiviated Life: Joe What the hell ? People are already nutty, and armed with all those left over 4th July fireworks, and Budweisers. And your playing songs about how nice suicide is? ... dude
	10:57am ami ad: @mariano:It's a cartoon about I Am Weasel and I.R. Baboon.
	10:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...well as long as Korea is decisively resolved - & we don't drag our Imperialism into anybody else's Civil Wars ...Whut??
	♥ 10:57am coelacanth∅: good morning Joe and all
	🎸 ♥ 10:57am Krys O.: Ah, Escalator of Life is a guilty pleasure. I heard it in the local Quick Chek about 8 or 9 years ago. That same place used to play A Forest.
	🎸 ♥ 10:57am YETI BOB: @Glorious: One year I made the trip with my full-size upright bass. When I bought my ticket and boarded, the Amtrak officials assured me it was fine. Then halfway through Indiana, a different conductor told me "You can't be on this train with that thing". I didn't know what they were going to do - put me off the train in Portage IN to fend for myself? Anyhow another conductor came along and they played "good conductor/bad conductor" for a while until we found a solution - bass went to the cargo area, "at my own risk". We got there fine. But I'll never take a big instrument on the train again!
	♥ 10:57am Joe McG: @Rick A: Was Mike Altman Bob's kid? @Roberto: Dish!
	10:57am Bill from Rock Tavern: Hey Joe, when the lawnmower song came on my mowing service had just showed up!
	♥ 10:57am Bootsie: Oh YESSSSSSSS!!
	♥ 10:58am Roberto: I was telling him how he was my daughter's favorite recurring character on Friends.
	♥ 10:58am Bootsie: I have this Hazard EP, too!
	♥ 10:59am Joe McG: @Roberto: Great in MASH, stellar in The Long Goodbye, so good in California Split, many others...
	♥ 10:59am Ike: Any favorites in Bay Ridge for falafel these days? There used to be a great place on 77th (a branch of Al Basha in Paterson NJ) but sadly it closed.
	10:59am Joe B: wow, robert hazard today, hooters yesterday on therese's show- shaping up to be a Philly week here at FMU!
	♥ 10:59am mariano: YETI BOB: Good thing you didn't also bring your Alpine horn on that trip.
	♥ 10:59am Roberto: My daughter loved The Long Goodbye too.
	🎸 ♥ 10:59am ratso: From an interview with Mandel on jazzwax.com: "Bob also said the song had to be called Suicide Is Painless. "Since [Capt.] Painless commits suicide with a pill, that would be a good title," he said. Then he said, "It’s got to be the stupidest song ever written."
	11:00am Rick A.: Yes, Mike Altman is Robert Altman's son. They are fairly heavy lyrics for a seventeen year old. However, being Robert Altman's son was not easy, I think.
	11:01am Joe B: tommy conwell?
	♥ 11:01am xtrakrispy: I believe Mike Altman was 14 when he wrote this!
	🎸 ♥ 11:01am Jim the Poet: I didn't know Pennsylvania had mountains
	♥ 11:01am Glorious Estephonic: @ Ike yes re: bay ridge middle eastern ! tanoreen.com !!! flavor paradise !
	11:01am Bonadooch: Digging it!!
	11:01am Earth Walker: A calm soothing voice GREAT Music Thanks !
	11:01am TVP: Yeah, Mike Altman was Robert's son, a fun story I've heard was that Mike made much more money than his dad from the MASH TV series, due to theme song royalties.
	♥ 11:01am mariano: According to the Wiki article, Mike Altman was 14 when he wrote the lyrics: en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 11:01am Roberto: The only other time I've heard that version of the MAS*H theme was on Dr. Demento in the '80s.
	11:01am Jeff formerly from Rahway: The Hooters played at my cousin’s prom. She attended HS in the Philly suburbs.
	11:01am Aj: Joe, gotta ask: with the reference to growing up on a mountain and trying to tune in Philly radio, plus your mention of Easter food a few months ago... youse from Hazleton?
	♥ 11:02am Glorious Estephonic: Love Robert Altman !!! 3 Women ! and so many more.
	11:02am Bonadooch: Sometime up sometimes down. Just like life
	🎸 ♥ 11:02am YETI BOB: Don't let de-escalator bring us down! Let's go crazy!
	🎸 ♥ 11:02am PKNY: It's a human mall, Joe!
	11:03am SueAdynamo: they got roller derby in that jersey mall!
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am 12539: Stop worrying and just come ride the steel dinosaur.
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am The Oscar: IIRC, Robert's two stipulations for the song were the title and that it be "the stupidest song ever written." He wasn't happy with what the composer came up with, so he went to his son, who wrote it in a couple of hours!
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am Marley P. Dogg: Joe - I grew up hearing the Hooters on WMMR too! I grew up near New Hope.
	11:03am Brian in garden: Joe, did you just say grotty?
	🎸 ♥ 11:03am ratso: in the jazzwax interview i quoted above, it says Mike was 15. And the P-burg mall is slated to be closed down soon. If it's not already.
	♥ 11:03am Roberto: Dead Grotty was the name of my college band.
	11:03am egould310: The Meaning of Life: 42% StorewideSale at Banana Republic. Today Only!!
	11:04am P-90: John Allen is an institution.
	🎸 ♥ 11:04am steveo: what about WYSP though???
	🎸 ♥ 11:04am karlward: Dealney & Bonnie!
	♥ 11:05am coelacanth∅: (John's friends...)
	11:05am Rick A.: Roberto, coincidentally, I met Elliot Gould nine years ago at his rather small apartment in West Hollywood. He is kind of awkward in person though he generously gave me some movie stills from Harry and Walter Go to New York. Two years later, I accidentally dialed him and he was really kind and friendly about it. He was also great in Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice.
	♥ 11:06am Ike: WKDU or bust! Commercial radio blows baboons!!!
	11:06am Listener Robert: That tune was bed music for a gas appliance dealer's ad on WMCA. I phoned in to tell them that might be a bad idea: "Do you know what music was under that gas appliance dealer's ad?" She answered, "Yes, MASH." I rejoined, "Suicide Is Painless. For a gas appliance dealer." And she gasped a bit as she recalled and said, "Oh, that's right!" They changed the music.
	♥ 11:06am WO Town Wick: Commercial radio will bite your nipples off if you gets too close.
	♥ 11:07am Roberto: Yes, he's a super nice guy, and yes, a bit awkward. Very philosophical.
	♥ 11:07am Glorious Estephonic: WOAH great story @ Yeti B glad there was a conductor on your side and you didn't loose your full size upright bass -- train stories i think the Maysles made a film about train stories ! i want to see it now ! www.maysles.org...
	♥ 11:07am Guido from Cologne: Pepperbox was a hit in Germany in a Belgian version. The Peppers is the French original.
	♥ 11:08am Carmichael: Good morning Joe and all the ships at sea.
	♥ 11:08am Ike: @GE@11:01, oh I was looking for something less fancy than Tanoreen, but yeah, that place is real good. I wonder if they have outdoor seating now like so many others here in the Covid era.
	11:09am Listener Robert: You know the old gag, "And now your local company presents gas chamber music. I mean your local gas company presents chamber music!"
	11:09am P-90: Those kiosks are more than “sinister-looking”
	🎸 ♥ 11:10am YETI BOB: @Glorious: "In Transit" added to "must-watch" list. Thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 11:10am steveo: WMMR DJ Pierre Robert ("row-BEAR") is still on the air after 29 years. "Robert began his radio career at 94.9 KSAN-FM, one of the country's first progressive rock stations, in his hometown of San Francisco. When KSAN changed its format to an Urban Country & Western style in the early 1980s Robert assumed the on-air name "Will Robertson" for a brief period of time because he was morally opposed to the new format."
	🎸 ♥ 11:11am YETI BOB: @Listener Robert: OMG, great story.
	🎸 ♥ 11:11am Marley P. Dogg: Pierre Robert is the best! Such a nice soul
	♥ 11:11am Joe McG: Oh my god, Pierre Robert! I haven't heard his name in decades! Used to listen to him.
	🎸 ♥ 11:12am steveo: I heard him a year or two ago when I was passing through :)
	🎸 ♥ 11:13am YETI BOB: Wait did Waylon just change "She blew my nose" to "She broke my nose"?
	♥ 11:13am Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	11:13am paul: Are you sure Hank done it this way?
	♥ 11:13am coelacanth∅: that version might be closer to how honky tonk women was originally conceived
	♥ 11:14am Joe McG: @Yeti: Waymore took some liberties with the lyrics.
	🎸 ♥ 11:14am Marley P. Dogg: The first concert I ever went to were tickets I won on the Gonzo Greg show on WMMR - Spinal Tap - at the TLA I think - went with my dad
	11:14am Zephyr: I try to keep it positive but that version of "HTW" just made me throw up in my mouth a little...
	♥ 11:14am Joe McG: And the lady, apparently!
	11:14am paul: I think Country Honk is the version.
	11:14am Earth Walker: Waylon is certainly not a Mic Jagger
	🎸 ♥ 11:15am YETI BOB: @JoeMcG: Hahahaha!
	♥ 11:15am coelacanth∅: (but fortunately Mick Taylor came along and made some changes)
	11:15am paul: "real version"
	11:15am Dennis Diken: hey all, diggin' the show Joe!
	♥ 11:15am coelacanth∅: paul right, country honk was the first version
	♥ 11:16am Joe McG: Thanks, Dennis, hope you're doing well!
	11:16am engineer mike: Love this third rate romance tune. Stephen Malkmus used to work it in as an encore in the early days
	11:16am paul: Thank you, @coel
	♥ 11:17am Joe McG: These are some songs for all of you who are missing picking up people in bars.
	11:17am Erin in TO: Another classic I remember from childhood, quite the blasts from the past today.
	🎸 ♥ 11:18am karlward: You know you need to play Silver Jews "Friday Night Fever."
	🎸 ♥ 11:18am pantz: I sure do miss the Regal Beagle
	♥ 11:18am Crudbringer: Joe, thanks for the mellow morning. Crew & Op, thanks for enabling Joe. Chairbeings of the board, good day all.
	11:19am GhettoPastrami: How dare you play this music when I'm working (albeit from home) and can't have a few beers...
	♥ 11:19am Joe McG: @karl: Does he curse in it? I know, that's like asking if the Pope is Catholic. @GP: Sorry about that! Play the archive tonight!
	11:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'There will be no smoking in the gas chamber.' - Jimi Hendrix Praise Bob.
	🎸 ♥ 11:20am tim from champaign (now washington): The local newspaper ran on review of the new Joe Ely album in the Sunday paper. It was the only music review. I thought it was odd but it all makes sense now.
	🎸 ♥ 11:21am tim from champaign (now washington): ran a review that is.
	♥ 11:22am Joe McG: @tim: Ooh, I didn't know he had a new one. Must check that out.
	11:22am middlebun: With a soundtrack by Leonard Cohen, try McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Altman at his finest.
	🎸 ♥ 11:23am captain beef fart: no such thing as can't, gp
	🎸 ♥ 11:23am tim from champaign (now washington): Joe - don't thank me, thank the Kitsap Sun. - haha
	♥ 11:28am mariano: Beautiful, this Hiatt track.
	🎸 ♥ 11:29am karlward: Joe: no cursing in "Friday Night Fever." And today I learned it is a cover of a song first made popular by George Strait.
	♥ 11:30am Joe McG: @karl: I'll see if I can find!
	11:32am P-90: These ARE like singles you’d luckily discover in a jukebox that reeks of Miller and Jack Daniels. In a dive bar in Hell’s Kitchen.
	11:32am CHAD PEARSON: Your show is turning this frown upside down - thanks for the InspoMcGasko!
	♥ 11:33am Joe McG: You betcha, Chad! @P-90: I can smell that bar.
	🎸 ♥ 11:34am Krys O.: For a split second I thought this Blasters was Ferlin Husky.
	♥ 11:34am Bootsie: Phil's voice is one of the BEST.
	11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good ain't it.
	♥ 11:36am Bootsie: He still sounds damn good!
	🎸 ♥ 11:36am karlward: Tom, are you sure this is a good idea?
	11:37am P-90: Gotta love these two.
	♥ 11:37am annie: i so love this song
	11:38am Davee: Loving the Tom Waits
	11:38am Brendan: Tom sings like Louie Armstrong
	11:39am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TomWaits is a Genre.
	🎸 ♥ 11:39am karlward: This song has exceeded my expectations.
	♥ 11:39am juan: This is probably my favorite Tom Waits song- He and Bette almost come close to the Ray Charles / Betty Carter duets
	🎸 ♥ 11:40am tim from champaign (now washington): I'm hearing a Joe McGasko/Sheila B duet at the next Hoof'n'Mouth!
	♥ 11:41am Joe McG: @tim: Wow, if Sheila did that song with me, I might faint.
	♥ 11:41am Joe McG: By the way, we had a doozie planned for you this year. Sorry we didn't get to do it for you!
	🎸 ♥ 11:41am tim from champaign (now washington): Joe - Dream the impossible dream!
	🎸 ♥ 11:43am dreamyandseedy: i love gary stewart!!!!!!!!
	11:43am Brendan: A new feature Skanky Singles
	11:44am KWilde: Loving this set
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: @Brendan: Singles Getting Unsteady
	🎸 ♥ 11:44am karlward: Wow, I haven't heard this song in decades, probably somewhere in East Texas listening to some local AM station.
	11:45am Brendan: Props for the nod to Don Ho in that last one
	🎸 ♥ 11:46am karlward: Joe: let me know where to send the Nudie Suit I just bought you
	11:46am Brian in garden: Were you lying down when you stood me up.
	11:46am SueAdynamo: this set is reminding me of the large amount of time i spent at the Dublin House in my 20 & 30s
	11:47am johnk77: thanks for great gary stewart rowdy&the rivets did an excellent version also
	♥ 11:48am juan: This is a wonderful set. Two great songs with the best titles ( the Jerri Ross and Gary Stewart ) back to back. Thank you Joe
	11:49am Dave73: @joe: have anything from Brandon Kinney's SMELLS LIKE TEXAS CD? An underrated classic in the Roger Miller/Jim Stafford vein...
	11:53am johnk77: russell smith the composer on 3rd rate romance will be going back to archives for large parts i missed today swinging work selecter
	11:53am zivilars: thanks for an awesome show, Joe!
	🎸 ♥ 11:54am ratso: Thanks, Joe. what a great morning.
	🎸 ♥ 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe! Take care out there.
	♥ 11:54am Joe McG: @johnk77: Love his stuff. Very underrated songwriter.
	♥ 11:54am coelacanth∅: must be the first time a ccr song isn't identifiable in 1-2 notes
	♥ 11:55am Joe McG: @Dave73: I don't know it and will check it out, thanks for the recommendation!
	♥ 11:55am βrian: FYI: Irene coming up on the Drummer Stream: wfmu.org...
	♥ 11:55am mariano: Thank you Joe and crew - O What a Beautiful Morning!
	11:55am johnk77: russell smith some what of a hard ass the only tour i did w/him top shelf songwriter
	11:56am johnk77: rhythm aces killer band live boarding house sf mid-seventies
	♥ 11:56am annie: thanks brian!!! i almost forgot!
	11:57am Brendan: It’s been a pleasure Joe
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Been a joy as always to play music for you today. Have a great week and stay safe and well!
	11:57am Brian in garden: Joe, still delivering.
	♥ 11:57am coelacanth∅: Thanks Joe
	12:00pm P-90: Thanks Joe McG
	♥ 12:01pm Glorious Estephonic: So good !Thank you Joe ! Also love Ohio Players- Ecstasy ! www.youtube.com...
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY JMcG!
	11:16pm ?: Drops records! Still stilll stilll

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from July 6, 2020

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