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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Favoriting August 8, 2022: There's Gas in the Car

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Meco  In the Beginning / Roman Nights / Lady Marion / Icebound / Hot in the Saddle   Favoriting Encounters of Every Kind  Milennium  1977  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Elmer Bernstein  Main Title and Calvera   Favoriting "The Magnificent Seven" Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack  Rykodisc  1998  CD  From 1960    0:17:26 (Pop-up)
John Williams  The Conversation   Favoriting "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  Arista  1977  LP      0:21:16 (Pop-up)
Hot Chocolate  No Doubt About It   Favoriting Outa Space, Outta Sight!: My 2015 WFMU Marathon Premium  WFMU  2015  CD-R  From 1980    0:24:04 (Pop-up)
Meco  Theme from Close Encounters   Favoriting Encounters of Every Kind  Milennium  1977  LP      0:28:17 (Pop-up)
 
Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers  On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe   Favoriting Songs That Got Us Through WWII Vol. 2  Rhino  1994  CD  From 1945    0:43:05 (Pop-up)
The Lion  Death   Favoriting My Intention Is War: Trinidad Calypsos 1928-1948  Mississippi  2015  LP  From 1939    0:45:58 (Pop-up)
Eucalyptus  It's in a Move   Favoriting Moves  Telephone Explosion  2022  CD    *   0:48:47 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald  Heat Wave   Favoriting Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook  Verve  2022  CD  From 1958  *   0:55:19 (Pop-up)
Buddy Max, The Singing Flea Market Cowboy  PInky the Rabbit   Favoriting Little Circle B  Cowboy Junction  1990  LP      0:57:33 (Pop-up)
Kerry  Not So Long Ago   Favoriting Vacation from My Mind  Forager  2022  LP  From 1973  *   0:59:25 (Pop-up)
Omertà  Le Magnifique   Favoriting Collection Particulière  ZamZamRec  2022  LP    *   1:01:50 (Pop-up)
Elkhorn  Wilderness   Favoriting Distances  Feeding Tube  2022  LP    *   1:03:01 (Pop-up)
Buddy Max, The Singing Flea Market Cowboy  The Life That I Live   Favoriting Little Circle B  Cowboy Junction  1990  LP      1:07:50 (Pop-up)
Willie Nelson  I Don't Go to Funerals   Favoriting A Beautiful Time  Legacy  2022  CD    *   1:09:50 (Pop-up)
Unknown Artist  Willie Nelson   Favoriting Hits from the Cloud, V. 7: Frow Show 2022 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2022  CD-R    *   1:12:09 (Pop-up)
The Village Soul Choice  ABCs   Favoriting After School Special: Global Grease's 2022 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2022  CD-R  From 1970  *   1:14:37 (Pop-up)
Quinn Deveaux & The California Honeydrops  Take You Back   Favoriting single  Sofaburn  2022  MP3    *   1:17:03 (Pop-up)
Swamp Dogg  I Need a Job   Favoriting "I Need a Job... So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune."  Don Giovanni  2022  CD    *   1:21:25 (Pop-up)
Joe Raposo  Funky Chimes   Favoriting After School Special: Global Grease's 2022 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2022  CD-R  From 1972  *   1:26:07 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
Michelle Williams  Keep on Doin' Whatcha Doin', Whatcha Doin', Whatcha Doin'   Favoriting single  Parachute  1978  45      1:34:11 (Pop-up)
AWB  Work to Do   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1974  45      1:37:14 (Pop-up)
The Eternals  Rockin' in the Jungle   Favoriting single  Hollywood  1959  45      1:40:34 (Pop-up)
Courtney Love  Highlights   Favoriting single  K  1991  45      1:42:59 (Pop-up)
James Taylor  Carolina in My Mind   Favoriting single  Apple  1970  45      1:45:31 (Pop-up)
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich  Master Llewellyn   Favoriting single  Fontana  1967  45      1:48:30 (Pop-up)
Roy Ayers  Brother Louie   Favoriting single  Polydor  1973  45      1:51:01 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan  Kid Charlemagne   Favoriting single  ABC  1976  45      1:53:37 (Pop-up)
Yaz  Nobody's Diary   Favoriting single  Sire  1983  45      1:57:55 (Pop-up)
 
Let's Active  In Little Ways   Favoriting Big Plans for Everybody  I.R.S.  1986  CD      2:12:28 (Pop-up)
Attention  Statesong   Favoriting What Have We Done?  Mb/3  1985  EP      2:15:30 (Pop-up)
Dancing Hoods  She May Call You Up Tonight   Favoriting Twelve Jealous Roses  Relativity  1985  LP      2:18:25 (Pop-up)
Dumptruck  Things Go Wrong   Favoriting D Is for Dumptruck  Incas  1983  LP      2:21:06 (Pop-up)
The Wake  The Crystal Mile   Favoriting Strum & Desist: Paul Bruno's 2022 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2022  CD-R  From 1985  *   2:24:56 (Pop-up)
Game Theory  Radio Free Europe   Favoriting Dead Center  Omnivore Recordings  2015  CD  live circa 1983    2:27:28 (Pop-up)
R.E.M.  Ages of You / I Can't Control Myself / Ha (We Get Paid for It) / Laughing / Romance / Sitting Still   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1981  MP3  live at Viceroy Park, Charlotte, NC, 11/7/81    2:31:41 (Pop-up)
The Drongos  Closed Doors   Favoriting The Drongos  Proteus  1984  LP      2:50:41 (Pop-up)
Primitons  All My Friends   Favoriting Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987  Captured Tracks  2020  LP  From 1985    2:54:35 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
PuraVida:

Good morning Joe & everyone...
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Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

hi all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Handy Haversack:

Hey there, Joe and all Surfactants.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Brian in UK:

Bok Bok. Oh no. Thought this was chicken fanciers weekly.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Webhamster Henry:

In the beginning .. of the Kaiju universe!
Avatar 9:04am
fm Mike:

Good Disco Stuff!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Joe (yip yip!). Too close for comfort here!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
DjLorraine:

Good morning radio Joe and friends
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
common:

joe, meco, all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Handy Haversack:

Ducks are good backup singers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
RB:

Hey Joe and McGaskonions (not to be pronounced Onions , please )
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Asheville Jon:

this is sweet. i needed a cheese-disco beginning to my morning. thanks Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Handy Haversack:

Oh, Brian in UK! I found a flexible grasping tool at the hardware for $4 and had the petrol-can bits out of the tank in about two minutes. Just needed the right tool.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Marley P. Dogg:

Morning friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Krys O.:

Beep boop.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Asheville Jon:

this is like 'hot pursuit' background music in CHiPs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Meco Menardo:

Meco like a the star war
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Brian in UK:

Handy. Right tool in the right place & at the right price. Unbeatable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Meco Menardo:

you make a space movie film, I make it a disco
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
Joe McG:

We're riding the Time Machine with Meco this morning. We're currently in 1690 A.D. in Sherwood Forest.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Brian in UK:

Joe, ah men in tights!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Joe McG:

OK, now we're in the Antarctic in 1880.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Asheville Jon:

i can feel that 1880's vibe!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Marley P. Dogg:

In case no one has seen this album cover before www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Asheville Jon:

full on stereo effects! it's like i am REALLY THERE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Joe McG:

And now the Wild West!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Marley P. Dogg:

Meco’s knock off Star Wars album is one of my prized possessions www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Asheville Jon:

i am soooo happy that my coffee has been kicking in within the past few minutes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Joe McG:

@Marley: Side B kicks serious butt!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Webhamster Henry:

Can Irwin, the Disco Duck be far behind? Or Hooked On Classics?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
The Oscar:

Mornin' all! I feel like this Meco record is what would be playing on the loudspeakers if WestWorld had been an actual theme park in the '70s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
david_r:

Marley P: "Escalator, going down!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
drr:

Asheville Jon: nailed it!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Live video feed from Studio A - youtu.be...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
The Oscar:

Meco's Star Wars album always gives me 'Nam flashbacks to playing laser-tag at the local roller rink.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Webhamster Henry:

Light up to Elmer Bernstein!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Marley P. Dogg:

Hahahah- - well said Oscar!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Handy Haversack:

Beef! It's what's for dinner.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Handy Haversack:

Marley and The Oscar, it features in Heller's Strange Stars as well: www.penguinrandomhouse.com...
  9:21am
Deano de los Muertos:

Magnificent Seven. Great film
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Asheville Jon:

YESSSSSS!!!! CLOSE ENCOUNTERS!!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Asheville Jon:

oh, i am going to make the most hugest mash potato devil's tower for lunch today!!!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Webhamster Henry:

ARP 2600 to the rescue! I like the commander calling out intervals to play!
Avatar 9:23am
Roberto:

I recorded this Close Encounters scene off the TV when I was 14.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Marley P. Dogg:

Handy! Thanks! I need to check that book out!
  9:24am
Greg from ZONE 5:

This first set is making my Monday morning routine feel a lot more exciting than it actually is.
Avatar 9:24am
HyperDose:

Go low Joe!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Webhamster Henry:

Not a little bit o' jawas leitmotif here too.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

Nice reference to Jaws them e in the CLose Encounters "conversation" scene.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
The Oscar:

I read a great story from the filming of Close Encounters where Spielberg was having an argument with the crew, and one of the crewmembers pointed to Truffaut as he was passing by and said "Why don't you let a REAL director take over?!"
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:25am
MasterofPuberty:

The joy of watching that Close Encounters scene actually made me tear up just now listening.
Avatar 9:25am
Roberto:

Recorded as in, audio cassette.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Joe McG:

@Greg: What is that you just saw out the window? A glint of light? Must be what it was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Son Of Pantz:

It's really difficult to mold scrambled eggs into Devil's Tower.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
dave wuz here:

did wfmu make first contact?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
drr:

Is there a prize for the first person to figure out the theme of the set?
Avatar 9:27am
Roberto:

I saw Richard Dreyfuss crossing Broadway about 20 years ago, so I guess they gave him back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
drr:

is it movie themes or UFOs?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:27am
karlward:

So smooth
Avatar 9:28am
Roberto:

OR DID THEY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Asheville Jon:

i got so caught up in this set that i forgot to feed my dog

(this situation has since been remedied)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
The Oscar:

Oh HELL YES.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
drr:

wow, this is so not the Theme From Close Encounters. I admire the gall though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Joe McG:

@Jon: Oh no, feed little Fido! @drr: On the label it says "Inspired by"!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
dave wuz here:

big shouts to the Zeblionites of Frapptosser 5. you guys rock!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
The Oscar:

Imagining a version of Close Encounters where they send Meco out to communicate with the aliens.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:31am
Webhamster Henry:

Everything Meco touches turns to disco.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
Asheville Jon:

Joe: fido is not so little (about 52lbs), and he didn't even get off the couch when i put food in his bowl. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
drr:

And the aliens send Taco.
Avatar 9:32am
Roberto:

Thank you, Taco, for that touching tribute to Falco.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
drr:

Cause I think that's what actually happened.
  9:32am
JetBoy of Brooklyn:

Music to spy on Earth by
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Joe McG:

@Jon: Geez, better feed that beast quick!!
  9:33am
Zephyr:

“Even the sweetest WFMU deejays have a sadistic side.”
—Me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Asheville Jon:

hahaha Joe. he'll get around to eating when he feels like it. might be in a few minutes, might be an hour, who knows with this one
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Marley P. Dogg:

Well played Joe McG!
  9:34am
?:

I total had the 45 of the close encounters. I was like right in the wheelhouse for that. Nine when it came out
  9:34am
morphe':

LPs - a company in the Nederlands = Green Vinyl Records - is producing a "more eco friendly" product ... BBC Radio said there are criticism of lower quality sound?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2019/08/17/can-vinyl-records-also-be-green/?sh=4ca5502257f7
Avatar 9:35am
Analog Nights:

It was the plot to the movie Nope?
Avatar 9:36am
Roberto:

I'll take this opportunity to unleash a pet peeve -- UFO means Unidentified Flying Object. It does not necessarily mean craft of extraterrestrial origin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Tractor Tank Victory !!
...There is hope for the Cosmos in the 21stCentury...
Avatar 👻 9:37am
YETI BOB:

i need to get my hands on real data, but it's hard to imagine pollution from vinyl records is even a drop in the bucket compared to single-use plastic like water bottles. americans throw away 2.5 MILLION water bottles per hour.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Webhamster Henry:

@YETI BOB while Vinyl sits, safely unplayed, on a shelf for eternity.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Brian in UK:

Who played the 3D triangle?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...we all about the UAP - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - these days...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Handy Haversack:

We all did, Brian. We all did.
  Swag For Life Member 9:40am
bk845:

Weirdest thing on Spotify...if you play Meco's 12" Star Wars medley, the song timer at the bottom is a light saber, which slowly illuminates as the song goes on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41am
Asheville Jon:

oh yeah, we NEED to hear the Black Hole music!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:41am
Brian in UK:

Is there a White Hole?
  9:41am
Bo:

Morning Joe and everyone! On the aliens tip, really enjoyed the movie ‘Nope’ and recommend it as a summer pic. Great score and cinematography
  Swag For Life Member 9:43am
bk845:

I'm using the app on a PC, not sure what the phone app does. I wish I could post a screen shot:)
Avatar 9:44am
HyperDose:

@bk845 Confirmed twitter.com...
  Swag For Life Member 9:45am
bk845:

@Hyper- Thanks:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
drr:

I'm in awe of Johnny Mercer as a songwriter and performer. Seems like he led a n intense life. It's a biography I'd like to read.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:47am
DjLorraine:

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
drr:

DJLorraine: It's the most sonorous phrase.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Handy Haversack:

Goodness. This one's heavy.
  9:48am
chresti:

Morning Joe and surfies! Coffee stop on my way to work♨️☕️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
drr:

I was somewhere where this My Intention is War record was playing, but I think it was that Other Music documentary?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Joe McG:

@Handy: Today's memento mori.
  9:51am
Brendan:

This is a nice pallet cleanser after that dissertation on death. Digging the show Joe
  9:52am
Brendan:

Palate ( stupid voice recognition)
Avatar 9:52am
ChukAmok:

Good morning, and happy Monday everyone!
Avatar 9:52am
HyperDose:

I'm in awe of these sounds
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: I like the idea of cleaning the pallet!
Avatar 9:53am
ChukAmok:

Got to celebrate Swagvent over the weekend. Thanks Joe and Scott!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Heavens - it must have been a 78 of 'Atchison' we had...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Joe McG:

@Chuk: That's great, Chuk. Good news: We FINALLY got the Record Bags in, so all of you big spenders will soon be getting your swag. Thanks for your ENDLESS patience!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Handy Haversack:

Happy SWAGVENT, ChukAmok!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Handy Haversack:

Ahh, good news, Joe! I'd love to come in and pack more up this month, but August is a beast.
  9:55am
Brendan:

Great! I’ll start a line of useless marketing ideas. New and improved pallet cleanser! Look for it in the ceiling wax aisle.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Marley P. Dogg:

Swagmas!!!!
Avatar 9:56am
ChukAmok:

Thanks Handy! Still in the Mitt?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Krys O.:

Ella! 💘
Avatar 9:57am
Brainiac from Neuron 3:

Notable birthdays today include:

1899 Clarence Kummer, American Racing HOF jockey (Preakness Stakes 1920, 25; Belmont Stakes 1920, 28; US Champion Jockey by earnings 1920), born in NYC, New York (d. 1930)

1907 (Bennett) "Benny" Carter, American Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, arranger, composer ("Harlem Renaissance Suite"), and bandleader, born in NYC, New York (d. 2003)

1922 Rory Calhoun [Francis Timothy McCown], American actor (Blue & Gray, How to Marry a Millionaire), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1999)

1931 Roger Penrose, English physicist (2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for work on black holes), born in Colchester, England

1932 (Lonnie Melvin) "Mel" Tillis, American country singer ("Who's Julie"; "M-M-Mel"), born in Pahokee, Florida (d. 2017)

1933 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington, Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1982)

1937 Dustin Hoffman, American actor (The Graduate; Tootsie; Kramer vs Kramer; Ishtar), born in Los Angeles, California

1938 Connie Stevens [Concetta Ingoglia], American actress (Hawaiian Eye - "Cricket"; Back to the Beach), and singer ("Sixteen Reasons"), born in Brooklyn, New York

1949 Keith Carradine, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby, Southern Comfort), born in San Mateo, California

1950 Liberatori "Liberty" DeVitto, American rock drummer (Billy Joel, 1976-2006), born in New York City

1950 Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee

1956 David Grant, British pop-soul singer ("Stop & Go"; "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"), and televeion personality (Pop Idol), born in Hackney, London, England

1961 Rikki Rockett {Ricahrd Ream], American drummer (Poison - "Every Rose Has A Thorn"), born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

1961 The Edge [David Evans], British rock guitarist (U2 - "I Will Follow"; "Desire"; "Where The Streets Have No Name"), born in London, England

1973 Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed; "With Arms Wide Open"), born in Orlando, FL

1977 Robert Randolph, American pedal steel guitarist (Robert Randolph and the Family Band), born in Irvington, New Jersey

1998 Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter (Handwritten, Treat You Better), born in Toronto, Ontario
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Avatar 9:58am
HyperDose:

Careful Handy, I might be tempted to join ya
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
The Oscar:

BUDDY MAX!!! I'd know that roller-skating cowboy anywhere.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

started a heatwave
by letting her seat wave
The Great American SongBook
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00am
Joe McG:

@RRV63: Butts!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00am
drr:

Wow, this guy ran for President?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
PaulRobeson1922:

1st day…
  10:02am
Mike W.:

wavy Rod McKuen vibes
  10:03am
LiXiviated Life:

Well… hiya Joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Joe McG:

Hiya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Passaic River Blues:

Damn this is good.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Brian in UK:

I cleanse pallets by turning them into compost containers.
  10:10am
Andres:

Good morning, Joe and all! I love a good flea market find.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...does the pallet cleanser come on pallets ...is there no end to this...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Faye:

Good morning Joe!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Joe McG:

HI, FAYE!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Jason from Houston:

Phew... Good morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Faye:

:D
  10:13am
LiXiviated Life:

@Passaic River Blues
Rode my bike along the river today
It’s awfully low.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Jason from Houston:

Bananas. LOL
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Feelin' it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
iiibeat:

WORSHIP ME!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Passaic River Blues:

@Lix: Yeah. It's a tidal river so low tide can look pretty gnarly even during the most flush of times, but holy god do we need rain!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
holland oats:

tres shaggsy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Handy Haversack:

ChukAmok, yup. Packing up to vacate the Farm this morning and back to town. Then the road tomorrow.
  10:15am
Andres:

There were conflicting messages.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Sound Alikes: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Marley P. Dogg:

Can we hear the Sesame Street - 1-2-3-4-5 song too? Love that one haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...LBJ took the IRT (?)
down to Main St. USA
when he got there what did he see
the youth of America on LSD...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Joe McG:

@Marley: No, but I think we'll hear the funky chimes before this is all over.
  10:19am
Andres:

Funky chimes is the heavy hitter!
Avatar 👻 10:21am
YETI BOB:

Why the (?) RevRab? It's the old name for the Seventh Avenue subway in NYC. There were three different subway companies, IRT, BMT, and IND. They merged in 1940 but even in the 70s growing up I still heard people use those names.
  10:24am
EG_Astro:

I love that anything this heavily autotuned can sound like Cher
  10:25am
Tommy:

The Meco Star Trek medley is awesome!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

YetiB - it's been a while...
  10:25am
Brendan:

@Passaic , Lixiviated. Here in Maryland August is the month with the greatest precipitation yet also the month were the average water level of the Potomac River is at its lowest. Absorption and transpiration (trees) and evaporation (heat), I believe, account for this.
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LiXiviated Life:

@Passaic River Blues
I lived in the Riverside section of Silk City and when the river was low we used to see, what my old man called the “Indian Bridge”.
I think it was actually the relic of a fish weir from back in the days when the river was clean. Before the dye factories and machine shops dumped their waste into the river.
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The Oscar:

Whoa-- is Double Dip Recess ending already?
  10:27am
Andres:

Love the horn blasts!
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Handy Haversack:

I can hear through time!!!!
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Jason from Houston:

Same, Handy!!
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Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

The sounds of my childhood... Disappointment in the end of Sesame Street.
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Jason from Houston:

The best.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

This morning's content has been provided by the Children's Television Workshop and brought to you by the letters S and N and by the number 3.
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Dano59:

omg Buddy Max! wonder if he ever won office?
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Mike W.:

So much tv in my youffulness
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Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

Here you go... a remix of the Pointer Ssters' "Eleven Twelve". SLAMMING GROOVE!

youtu.be...
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YETI BOB:

I do not want to hear Melnyck/Dylan mashup. Thanks.
  10:32am
ledzeppelinsucks:

The After School Special I remember was a kid took a sip of beer after school on Tuesday. On Friday afternoon she was standing on a roof top saying 'I can fly, I can fly' and the other kids were crying and yelling 'don't jump'.
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Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

@zeppelin hater: Wasn't that after school special with some jackass jumping off a roof about Acid?
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Dano59:

James at 15 would be James at 60 now.
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Joe McG:

Swamp Dogg is having a lot of fun with the string arrangement on this record!
  10:39am
EG_Astro:

This is the theme song for the podcast working people, never heard the original before. Awesome - thanks Joe
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Dano59:

yesterday went boating on Seneca and jumped right off into the lake. This weekend headed to the.Adirondacks to play Neil Young tunes with friends. Maybe I'll head over to Vermont after. Have been stuck at home several weeks this year.
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Marley P. Dogg:

Random question- is there a limit on how many songs you can favorite on the playlist?
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Joe McG:

@EG: Actually not the original! The Isley Brothers wrote it and did the original one, but this Average White Band cover is also great.
  10:40am
Brendan:

This guy was a slacker. He was telling her he was going to work but he was really going to their horse track.
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Dano59:

I remember seeing John Hall. & band cover this song! Work to Do was kind of a lost classic even then.
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drr:

I watched the A.S.S. "Psst! Hammerman's After You!!" on YouTube out of curiosity. It wasn't too bad. Lance Kerwin confronts a bully and gets his ass beat. But the rest of the story was better than it needed to be.
Amusingly journeyman actor Titos Vandis is cast in it as an old man who doesn't talk. I guess he did a good job.
  10:42am
EG_Astro:

Excellent info! I'll check it out
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Brendan:

For somebody that has a lot of work to do, he sure does talk about it a lot. Makes you wonder how he ever gets any work done. Yeah I’m definitely calling BS
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Webhamster Henry:

A little Tarzan for International Yodel Day.
  10:44am
Mike W.:

The Lois Segue
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Joe McG:

I'm not sure if I'm Goofus or Gallant.
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Listener Alexandra:

Wow...haven't heard Courtney Love (the band) since your Alternagrrrls comp. Happy Monday, Joe!
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Joe McG:

Hey, Alex! :)
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Son Of Pantz:

Is she singing about the kid's magazine Highlights?
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The Oscar:

One of the most memorable days in my record store career was the time Courtney Love came through. She was... an EXPERIENCE.
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Jason from Houston:

Also the best: Lois.
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Joe McG:

@Pantz: The sleeve of the single looks just like it! @Oscar: DO TELL!
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Listener Alexandra:

Howdy Joe :) Lois Maffeo to James Taylor is just everything too :)
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chresti🥎☕:

Oscar, did she pee on the counter?
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morphe':

James Taylor was the resident musician on Stephen Colbert.... last week ... I did not see/hear him play
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JetBoy of Brooklyn:

@Jason - Courtney sounds like Lois Maffeo there
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Dano59:

I am still confused by your parsing of Courtney Love (the band), Joe
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The Oscar:

@Joe The first thing she did was literally drop a hundred dollar bill on the counter for a Gregorian Chant box set. She then barged behind the counter and clambered up onto a stool to look at box sets, which I had to hold steady to keep her from falling and breaking her neck!
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Handy Haversack:

Nice, Dano59! Yesterday was our first nonboating day in a week. Rains. But we got in a little Ladder Ball between showers. And I finished the mowing and fixed the tractor!

Just made our final Farm breakfast. And now ... the packing.
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Joe McG:

@Oscar: Wowzer! She loves box sets, just like me.
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drr:

I learned that Highlights for Children is produced in Honesdale, PA. Honesdale also hosts the Wayne County Fair, which looks to me like a multi-day residency concert for Polka King Jimmy Sturr, kinda a big event for fans like the Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theatre.
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karlward:

Handy: I rowed Lake Sebago yesterday, badly, but I feel like you would have been proud
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drr:

@morphé: wasn't that weird? I liked his reminiscences, but I wanted to hear at least "Handy Man" or something.
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Handy Haversack:

Up in Harriman, karlward? Cool!
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Joe McG:

@drr: Wow, I had no idea! Right in my own backyard!
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Handy Haversack:

(Cool even if it wasn't up in Harriman, too!)
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The Oscar:

We also sold a t-shirt for the shop that was the Hard Day's Night cover, but with Yoko instead of John. Courtney saw that and said "Don't you think that's in kinda poor taste? You know, FOR ME?" Then she paused and said "Eh, it's funny. I'll take a medium."
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Dano59:

I play the Stories song at vinyl nights every chance I get.
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karlward:

Yes, Harriman. Turns out that rowing is harder than it looks, especially when it's windy and you have no idea what you're doing.
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Special_Vessels:

Heya Joe, it's Ben & JW listening remotely from Brooklyn and Tel Aviv as we work...Thanks for keeping us together in time and space, conductor! 🚂
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karlward:

Oh you're breaking out the Dan
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Crownless Gander:

Is there gas in the car?
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Joe McG:

@SV: Happy to keep the world working together! :)
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drr:

@JoeMcG: you come from out that way? We used to rent a cabin out there. One time I stopped at the store and bought a local paper. The headline was something like "Deadly Collision Avoided On First and Main".
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Passaic River Blues:

Getting serious over here.
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karlward:

And that makes it about Dan time
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'WFMU - where grudges are still held against JohnLennon for breaking up Fluxus.'
- when the HomePage had a quip every day...
  10:55am
EG_Astro:

yesssssss
  10:56am
jmd:

Whoa! The bass sounds more up front on this mix. Fantastic!
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Joe McG:

@drr: Yeah, I'm from NEPA. Just visited this past weekend.
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Handy Haversack:

karlward: try it in the dark, on mushrooms, and while the boat is still tied to a tree some time. Challenge rating: extreme!

There's an American Canoe Association camp on Sebago, so I have been up there a few times.
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Joe McG:

@jmd: I'm playing the mono mix from the single instead of the stereo one. Great ears!
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karlward:

Handy now you're just showing off
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karlward:

This solo is insane
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McGroovey:

Hey, I have that Courtney Love Highlights single in my big trunk of 45s. I was so pissed off at Courtney love the person for hijacking the band's name. "Oh, crap, it's not a new Courtney Love record; it's a new Courtney Love record. Poo."
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Roberto:

DAN DAN DAN DAN DANNNN
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yerfriendpaul:

One of Steely Dan's best! Hey Joe, everyone!
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karlward:

Becker just all over the place like some sort of wizard
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Dano59:

Late one night a couple months ago Abbie from Mars was freaking out over her ambivalence about Steely Dan.
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karlward:

I used to be a Dan hater
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...whenever I get into CourtneyLove ...it's a rabbit Hole...
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chris_in_space:

@karlward Larry Carlton if I'm not mistaken
  10:58am
morphe':

ddr - I watch the next day as am in Spain via YouTube and do not get the whole show so did not even see him perform = just his presence on the set...
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Alvy Singer:

Larry Carlton with the beautiful guitar work.
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karlward:

Now I love the Dan and wish I had listened to my friend John when he tried to convince a bunch of us to follow them around on tour
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Somehow the Dan escaped my hatred of Popular Things. Iirc.
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Dano59:

I used to love Aja when it was new but now I kinda like everything that came before.
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Crownless Gander:

Perfect 1-2 punch!
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Roberto:

Yeah Abbie's interviewee was expressing her appreciation for The Dan. I also finally realized from their conversation that Donald Fagen is Jewish. Neither here nor there, obvi.
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Joe McG:

True Story: I pulled my complete Steely Dan collection out of the garbage!
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EG_Astro:

YES YAZ holy wow, feel like today's show is for meeee. - love when that happens : )
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queems:

the garbage provides many gifts
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luka:

@Dano59 on Abbie’s show this past sat. they had a guest on, were talkin Dan and played a cool late catalog track i never heard.

hi, everyone!
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Dano59:

... someone threw it out as an editorial decision?
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Crownless Gander:

Oh, I thought you meant you threw it out yourself and then changed your mind!
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Crownless Gander:

Projecting.
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karlward:

Re: Larry Carlton, I always thought that solo was idiosyncratic for Becker. Now I know why. True fact: I don't own any Steely Dan records.
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morphe':

Crownless .. I was wondering that too ...
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Dano59:

oh nice, glad to see Abbie is continuing her fixation. I tried to call in that first night (in defense of) but ended up just on comment board.
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Joe McG:

@Dano and Gander: No, someone else threw them out! No idea why, but I got 'em all except "Gaucho" and they just had a little bit of scratching on the spines. Cat scratch, probably.
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chresti🥎☕:

I asscociate Dan with wine bars and tanned guys in tropical shirts with women in halter tops.
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Dano59:

This Yaz is so so good
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Krys O.:

Thanks for that Yaz gem.
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Joe McG:

@chresti: Definitely the best place to listen to them, in their natural environment.
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chresti🥎☕:

*in Santa Barbara
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nathan:

maybe they threw it out in disgust over the collection being incomplete without Gaucho. all or nothing!
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McGroovey:

I've always appreciated the craft of Steely Dan, while disliking the actual records.

And yet one of my favorite records in the '90s was the first High Llamas album, which has Steely Dan schmeared all over it.
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drr:

Gaucho is the most disposable one though.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dan has the frictionless surface & all kinds of other thing beneath it. & they got it in the Charts ! & if you love Jazz there's that in Dan - loving references or rips ymmv... No idea who listened to them - aside from everybody cause radio. Not too many of those guys in NewHampshuh in the day...
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drr:

Was the first High Llamas called "Gideon Gaye"? that one was great.
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McGroovey:

@drr Yes
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Asheville Jon:

Steely Dan was great, until that michael mcdonald guy came in and ruined everything
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

Fan cliches are kinda funny. I lived in central Maine back in the day and loved Steely Dan. I have never been to a wine bar.
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Dano59:

I have a Gideon Gaye cassette and interviewed their frontman onsuponatime
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Handy Haversack:

McGroovey: agreed on all counts.
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YETI BOB:

Steely Dan's music is better than it sounds ...
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Brian in UK:

Remember the first time you heard SD's Do It Again?
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karlward:

"Do It Again" is the Steely Dan gateway drug
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Dano59:

@Brian - yes, 1972, in my friend Jake's living room.
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karlward:

James Bridle!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

chresti very SB where I was 16 years - the most Class stratified society in the USA. I had no association with those people & limited awareness of their behaviors...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Corporation' - literally to be given a body.
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Marley P. Dogg:

Mark Hurst did a great fill in for double dip recess last Saturday- check it out!
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Dano59:

Velvet Monkeys were Don's band, no? (he put his influences right in the name!) I saw him with Half Japanese; and maybe the Backbeat Band will get an airing on Ken's shoe.
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Handy Haversack:

You mean this one, Marley?

www.wfmu.org...
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Marley P. Dogg:

Handy - you are correct sir
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yerfriendpaul:

I love Gaucho. Just thought I'd submit that for the records
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StringOFperils:

Yay! I love Mitch Easter's stuff!
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Joe McG:

@paul: If you ever find one in the garbage, save it for me!
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Asheville Jon:

Micah did a fantastic fill-in for Bad Animals this past saturday.
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Dano59:

Joe Jackson's version of SD's 'Night By Night' is kind of the perfect mixed drink that goes down smooth & packs a punch
  11:13am
sonnyspop:

In Little Ways — wow, such a favorite!!! Amazing album. Bless you, Joe!
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Dano59:

yes, yay Micah. Bad Nocturnal Animals.
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Dano59:

my litmus test for indie-label tribute albums is whether or not it has a Mitch Easter track.
  11:15am
miniteeny:

Love this one
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drr:

This Let's Active sounds way better than I remember! We played this record a lot, I guess, I recognized the sound of it at once.
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chresti🥎☕:

Asheville Jon, Micah was on @4am, I missed it!:(
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Dano59:

I'll have to take the iPod and Bluetooth spkr outside so I can hear Therese while I'm painting.
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Brian in UK:

What I do not understand is why Joe threw them in the garbage in the first place.
  11:16am
rx scabin:

Good morning, Joe and Everyone.
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Hydroplane:

I just realized how much Mitch Easter's voice sounds like Tommy Keene
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Dano59:

spot-on observation, @Hydroplane
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Joe McG:

@Brian: I didn't! They were in someone else's garbage.
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Son Of Pantz:

This singer sounds a lot like early Tim Finn.
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Hydroplane:

I love lots of 80s college rock adjacent stuff, and these songs are great, but it all really suffers from the oppressive samey-ness of the mid-tempo and that big snare sound. Again, these tunes are great
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listener 126464:

Hi Joe, great show today!
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McGroovey:

@YETI BOB Or maybe that should be, "Steely Dan's music sounds better than it is."? Steely Dan records do sound great.
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Hydroplane:

Love this Dumptruck album!!! None of the others hooked me like this first one
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Joe McG:

Thanks, 126464! @Hydroplane: Gird your loins, more college rock coming your way! ;)
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

I love 80s college rock because it reminds me of when I was in college and had nothing more important to think about than do I have enough money to get beer AND that Nervous Eaters record.
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drr:

Paul Bruno's Premium this year was excellent--it's called "Strum and Desist", and he copied/took off on the format of that "Strum and Thrum" 80s indie comp, essentially creating a volume 2.
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drr:

well, look at this.
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Hydroplane:

Hey bring it on! I was just stepping back and thinking about why lots of these albums aren't as sought after as others.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Been debating the merits of REM in chats of late - & I very much share the proclivity for the genre & time.
Didn't go to college - for me 'Reckoning' - & the entire rise of AltIndy - are inseparable from Leaving Home.
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Yeh Yeh:

Wonder has Gaylord Fields ever delivered a verdict on steely dan..?
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Hydroplane:

OK had to check... this is definitely a different The Wake from the 80s than I'm used to
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...that's Leaving Home the life passage not the Ramones album ...per se...
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HyperDose:

This is wild
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Analog Nights:

Interesting without the bass line.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

I'm impressed that he could figure out all of those muddy lyrics.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

He could parse their lyrics - alone proves he was Genius.
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Pax:

Hello Joe McHachiko: as we all know One man's garbage is another man's treasure.
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Kat in Chicago:

How the heck did Scott Miller figure out the lyrics? This was peak Michael Mumblemouth REM
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Rich in Washington:

I'm of the vintage where Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade - a themed album that's LITERALLY about leaving home - was my leaving home album.
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Barney Grubbs:

there's a funny hammered replacements cover of radio free europe on When the Shit Hits the Fans
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drr:

well, who could correct him?
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Joe McG:

@Pax: True enough! @Kat: I wondered that myself!!
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@drr: Good point!
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Dano59:

@rr63: my R.E.M. phase was deep and all-consuming. I was out of college by then and living in the sticks so it took 'Fables' and then I had to hear everything; buy up all the B-sides, etc. Still really love Murmur and Reckoning, especially. ,,, and so many bands in that jangly vein still resonate with me.
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Handy Haversack:

I grew up in Atlanta and can testify to this being an R.E.M. song.
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Kat in Chicago:

He was Genius for sure RevRab
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Handy Haversack:

Oooo, this too!
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StringOFperils:

When asked how he knew these lyrics, Scott Miller was overheard to reply,"Mmmmpph nnurmmmm t hmmmph nnt."
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rx scabin:

@McGroovey agreed.
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efd:

Just hopping on to brag that I saw Eyelids doing “Radio Free Europe” with Peter Buck playing guitar in Portland this past June and it was incredible.
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efd:

sorry to remind you, @Handy.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

*Wish* I had access to ZenArcade just then ...for that matter I didn't have Murmur. & Murmur is one of the most sublime things in existence.
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Dano59:

If you can, listen to The Kinetics' mid-'80s live covering both sides of the R.E.M. Hib-Tone single -- at jimlawrence.net. Local band from Owego. I saw his new wave band The Choice a lot.
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drr:

I was like the self-styled "R.E.M. guy" at school. I got "Reckoning" the day before release, the store manager just gave it to me. I told everybody how good they were.
Then one day I saw a teenage cover band do "Driver 8" and now every jock was an "R.E.M. guy", and I knew I'd made a huge mistake.
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Joe McG:

@efd: When Peter Buck was here at the station with Robyn Hitchcock he seemed pretty depressed, but he did send us a donation and got some DJ premiums afterwards!
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Analog Nights:

Wish Stipe was more active. Important voice.
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Joe McG:

@Analog: I think he just recorded something with Eno. Also working on his first solo album!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

drr - what did Burroughs say? First they violently oppose - then they laugh - then they embrace ...& no they never credit us being there first.
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efd:

@Joe fwiw he was in great spirits when I saw him!
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Joe McG:

@efd: Great to hear! I'm a big admirer.
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Roberto:

R.E.M. was probably the most universally admired band of my college years.
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Kat in Chicago:

Stipe & Eno? 👀
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efd:

Loving this set, btw and needless to say.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Buck the System.
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PB:

Not a big REM fan but do like New Adventures in Hi-Fi a great deal.
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Dano59:

a lot of ugly Americans who never 'got' the Tragically Hip always said they sounded just like R.E.M.
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Joe McG:

I feel like just rolling with this concert recording. It's pretty good! They only had their first single out at the time.
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Dano59:

@PB: oh yeah! Hi-Fi is in my top 3 or 5 albums of theirs.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

REM 1981. It's not TheBeatles in the Cavern but the comparison comes to mind.
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Hydroplane:

You guys would all love this blog of 80s/90s rarities in this wheelhouse and more (I have no affiliation FTR): wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com
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drr:

Have I already done my brag in here about driving to Athens at age 16 or 17 to go to the 40 Watt Club?
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Joe McG:

What I like is that they clearly had their shit together pretty early on. Songs from that time would still be popping up on their 4th album.
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Joe McG:

@drr: Now you have!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dare we say fresher even ?
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Dano59:

It was a joyful to see Peter and Mike Mills with the Minus 5 a few years ago. I got to meet Mike and Scott McCaughey.
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Handy Haversack:

efd (@11:33): Couldn't have happened to a nicer fellow!
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efd:

@Hydroplane I often come across (and benefit from) entries on that blog when I’m researching some little-known band for my Pop Roxx segments.
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Dano59:

The dB's Repercussion blog is another great one.
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Krys O.:

At the Ritz in 1980/81 they would show music videos on the screen before bands played and R.E.M.'s Wolves, Lower was on heavy rotation.
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efd:

(Heard every Wednesday morning at 7:20am!)
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Kat in Chicago:

This is really fun to hear
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efd:

@Handy aw, shucks
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Hydroplane:

@efd Nice yeah I've discovered a lot of extremely obscure (naturally) favorites from that blog for 10+ years and it seemed highly relevant to mention right now
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LiXiviated Life:

“Too Hot
This town is too hot
Now they're calllin' for their guns
About to spoil the rude boys funs
But rude boys never give up their guns
It's too hot”
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...so too late for Cavern analogies ...not yet 1983 awlright ?...
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Krys O.:

Scratch that. It was Radio Free Europe at the Ritz first.
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Rick from SC:

REM played at the Student Center, basically a cafeteria, in my freshman year at Georgia Tech, 79-80. Still remember it being a great show.
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Analog Nights:

1981...2 years before that famous Letterman appearance. Kids!
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Joe McG:

@RR63: It's pretty cool how many fans over the years have made the effort to record shows and that's why we have these art-ifacts.
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YETI BOB:

McGroovey: It's an old joke about Wagner.
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drr:

@JoeMcG: yeah, here's the Washington Post article about it:
www.washingtonpost.com...
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G:

We tape/CD traders at one time called them ROIOs -- "recordings of indeterminate origin" -- though often we knew exactly who had recorded them haha
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Handy Haversack:

Loving this, Joe! Great packing music!
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Claire from Montclair:

Time traveling!
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rx scabin:

This reminds me of FM radio in the 1970s where a dj would play a side of an album. Great show, Joe.
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Roberto:

Y'all have seen that clip of Radio Free Europe played on American Bandstand right?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Remember first actually seeing them on some kids' show ...asked pretty good questions tho! Asked about the indistinct vocals - or maybe general influences - Stipe said it's humid in Georgia like swimming in air. & they sounded like that... Up in NewHampshuh's Appalachians in a smalltown - this had magical resonances...
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Pax:

@Joe McG: in case you were wondering why the McHachiko is because i watched the movie 'Hachi A dogs tail' late last night. And in the movie they also referred to dog as Hachiko, and well it seemed to blend with your name so I just did it on a whim i guess.
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chresti🥎☕:

Lix-Prince Buster!
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Hydroplane:

Despite the irregular $1 sale recently is this weekend still back to regular sidewalk sale goodness? Just needed to double check
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Roberto:

The kids dug it!
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Jeff g. via app:

Jangletastic, Joe.
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dday:

@Webhamster Henry @9:04: strangely enough upon just returning home from a food shopping trip, I have now read the word "Kaiju" 4 times in the last twelve hours. Coincidence ???
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Dano59:

thank goddess WFMU is immune to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's heinous restrictions.
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Joe McG:

@Hydroplane: Yes, indeed! I'll announce it at the break.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...when I cross the little river into White River Junction, Vermont & see old railroad buildings & such - you better believe I got a head full of REM...
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drr:

I see from my notes I saw R.E.M. August 26, 1983. At Six Flags.
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dday:

@JoeMcGasko: you from anywhere near Shohola, PA?
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TimBK:

Went to UGA in the mid 80's, this set brings me back. They used to play all of the time.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Devoted to Kaiju.
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StringOFperils:

I must have seen REM within days of that Six Flags gig , here in Toronto
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Hydroplane:

@Joe McG Thanks! Also more specifically the aforementioned blog came to mind because of the literal REM rarities they offered up - demos and whatnot; pretty cool! wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com...
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dday:

Make that 5 times :)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wull Thx DJ JoeMcG. If nothing else today that REM.
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Joe McG:

@dday: Hazleton boy. @Hydroplane: Thanks for the link!
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chresti🥎☕:

Thanks Joe!
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drr:

here's a facsimile copy of the WaPo article about me going to Athens and having braces and still getting into the club: davidrhoden.com...
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drr:

And there, that's my brag, I won't do it again.
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Kat in Chicago:

I came really close to enrolling at UGA in 1977. I think the choice I made of a school further from home was the right one, but I do wonder what turn my life would have taken
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cuspidor:

@TimBK: me too, 82-86.
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dday:

@Joe : I'm a Jersey transplant to Shohola, now here 28 years.I've been in the area since '76. This is home. Garfield,NJ..just a fading memory
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Pax:

Fab tunes as always Joe McG.
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drr:

Hydroplane, this Willfully Obscure link is gonna be a huge rabbit hole. Thanks.
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Paul:

Agree with Pax.
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dday:

I would've loved to see R E M..The 80's for me was all work , no play, sick wife, divorce, no fun
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Handy Haversack:

Many thanks, Joe! See you all back east!
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everybody! See you again next week. Stay tuned for Therese in for Joe B.!
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radioronan:

Thank you, Joe! Cheers y'all!
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sinner:

Bama's Primitons!
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Brian in UK:

Thanks Joe.
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Brendan:

Thanks Joe
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Hydroplane:

@drr Enjoy! I owe that blog a whole lot. Lots of nobodies featured there among my very favorites now.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ JoeMcG ~
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Kat in Chicago:

Thanks, Joe!
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drr:

Kat in Chicago: Me too! I really wanted to try something out of the South, and it was great, but Georgia would have been better. In part because I would have dated my Georgia alum ex-wife earlier and gotten that out of the way.
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drr:

(we're friends again.)
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βrian:

Irene: wfmu.org...
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Rich in Washington:

Thanks for a swell show, Joe!
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drr:

Thanks Joe, obviously I got into this.
Great set.
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Cagey:

really great show!
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SyndProd:

Hazleton here as well. South side, barely in town, butted up against Carbon County.
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