WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 12, 2017

Listener comments!
	👻 9:06am 12539: (Yip yip!)
	9:06am BronwynB: aww such a nice morning song, thanks joe. hi everyone :)
	9:06am Mark the Sardine: Morning, Joe!
	9:09am Quinn: Aw, I was just listening to the Harpers Bizarre version of this yesterday morning. I love this song!
	9:10am pantz: Good morning, New Day! Hope you can squeeze in some Tijuana Taxi this morn.
	9:11am Greg from ZONE 5: Yooooooo JOE!
	9:11am BronwynB: always a lot of rain songs on fmu when it rains, but its been a while since the weather called for sunny songs...i love it :D
	👻 9:11am tadpoles: Good Morning, Great day Joe. Looking forward to Martin Phillipps.
	9:12am djsheilab: Morning Joe n' gang!
	9:15am JP from KC: Mornin' all! Joe, you've always got the cure for what ails me after the tedium of an asinine Monday morning meeting. I thank you.
	9:19am Brendan: Good morning. I'll have one Surface Noise sunny side up!
	9:20am Mick: Good Sunny Monday one and all.
	9:21am zopa: oooh. you played a kite song!
	9:22am Joe McG: Happy sunny Monday, everyone! Sorry I haven't said much, all these songs are 2 minutes long and I'm scrambling!
	9:25am Alice Formato: Good Morning Joe, Loved the Song by Dino, Desi & Billy, Have a Great Day:)
	9:26am John in Bklyn: Morning, Joe! Nice set! I feel like I'm cruising around in a Corvair with the radio blasting!
	9:26am melinda: This was an S&G original, wasn't it?
	9:31am Passaic River Blues: Sometimes Joe's harp bed music hits me just right. ... Also, word up, Joe: I am a pale swamp monster from now until late September.
	9:38am Joe McG: @passaic: I hear you!
	9:43am Mayuko: Greetings!
	9:45am Joe McG: Good morning, Mayuko! :)
	9:50am MD: Good Morning Freeform Addicts World wide!!!
	9:51am MD: Addicts in The Attic...!
	9:55am Joe McG: Hey MD! @JP from KC: Thanks for the nice words!
	9:55am Yair Yona: Hey that's a nice jingle jungle thing!
	9:57am nickybones: Oooh dig this cover.
	9:58am Joe McG: Hey Yair! Nice to see you!
	👻 9:58am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, all. So crazy hot out there that this must be a Surface (of the Sun) Noise edition today.
	9:58am thegeoffmcq: Love the Point. And I'm liking this cover.
	9:59am Passaic River Blues: Someone should do a mash-up megamix with Harry Nilsson-Blackalicious-and this wonderful cover.
	9:59am MD: OBLIO!!!
	10:00am Lixiviated Life: Oh, that Harry Nilsson! You can go months without hearing his work then...all of a sudden.
	10:01am Sem Chumbo: Heigh Ho, Joe, Good time zone appropriate greetings to you and assembled McGaskoes.
	10:02am Vincent Nifigance: McGaskimos.
	10:02am Dennis Diken: diggin' the show big time Joe!
	10:03am Ralphine: This Happyness song has kind of an Apples in Stereo vibe.
	10:04am Yair Yona: Hi Joe and everyone!
	10:05am Joe McG: Heya, Dennis, thanks for listening in! Hey Sem, Ralphine, and all of you Nilsson fans out there.
	10:06am andrewb: i was just re-listening to the point with my daughter yesterday.One of the best things ever recorded. a great loss was Harry.
	10:07am Sem Chumbo: Love that little harp thing. Tasty.
	10:07am Vincent Nifigance: Twice in one day. I've been hearing unjustly vitriolic derision of this song recently. It's phenomenal.
	10:08am Guido from Cologne: reprise from Mark R.'s show. can you sing along?
	10:10am Joe McG: @Vincent: Some guy online ranked all the Beatles songs and put it in the bottom 10 of all Beatles songs. I think he's an idiot.
	10:10am Sem Chumbo: Harp to uke. Nice one.
	10:11am Vincent Nifigance: @Joe That's one of the instances I'm referring to. He was called Bill Wyman. Figures!
	10:12am Mick: @Joe and Vincent: for what it's worth, Leonard Bernstein said it was the as good as any song written by Schubert.
	10:13am βrian: It's been so hot on the isthmus that I think I could even put up with some Seals & Crofts — as long as it's served with a nice lemonade.
	10:14am KP: It's not the heat, it's Joe McGasko!
	10:14am Guido from Cologne: I must confess I used to have problems with the falsetto vocals on "She's Leaving Home".
	10:14am Sem Chumbo: haha @kp.
	10:15am Joe McG: @Vincent: That Stones bass player always hated the Beatles, ha ha. @KP: Ha ha ha!
	10:15am thegeoffmcq: @guido Have you tried wearing tighter trousers?
	👻 10:16am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. John talking the parents' part on She's Leaving Home is spot on.
	10:17am Itzall Ablurr: Assuming everyone breathing has already obtained/listened online to the "new" 50th ann. version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hurts Cloob Band, my 2¢ is that listening to "She's Leaving Home" AT volume is a very moving experience, in a good way. The orchestration (George Martin) is breathtakingly beautiful. Also, Ringo.
	10:18am Guido from Cologne: my own falsetto is pretty good, though not so durable
	👻 10:18am Brian in UK: John & Paul always complimented each others vocals who ever wrote the song. John Stewarts' brother Michael formed We Five.
	👻 10:20am Brian in UK: Recently heard Otis' version of "Water' on the Fame Studios comp. Brilliant.
	10:20am Snortley: "Fun is the one thing money can't buy" seems like a rather trite aphorism, and likely untrue.
	👻 10:21am Brian in UK: Falsetto sounds like an ice cream.
	10:21am Joe McG: @Brian: I like falsetto mixed in with my gelato.
	10:22am KP: The PBS doc on Sgt Pepper the last couple of weeks is terrific.
	👻 10:23am Brian in UK: Lemon sorbet. Hmmm. Now lime sorbet would be worth a try.
	👻 10:24am tadpoles: @Brian.. Lennon sorbet.
	10:25am Vincent Nifigance: They don't make 'em like this anymore.
	10:25am βrian: Otis is totally Elevator Music.
	👻 10:25am Brian in UK: tadpoles, with a flake, now who would that be.
	10:26am KP: Also have to recommend the Magical Mystery Tour in Liverpool. It's a lot better than dodging Bentleys in a business area and only a train ride away
	10:28am Vincent Nifigance: The Beatles Museaum itself is pretty disappointing. I went in 1992 then again in January this year, and it hasn't changed other than the additional building/shop with the shortlived 4D film, now gone.
	10:29am Ike: Greetings, you dirty hippies.
	10:32am KP: I dunno. "Fun is the one thing money can't buy"? I think that's something else.
	10:33am mb: Morning, Joe McG. Thanks for the assistance the other day. Greatly appreciated!
	10:34am Joe McG: Happy to help, mb!
	👻 10:34am tadpoles: Piece of minutia...Obladi Oblada has the distinction of being banned from the radio here after 911....life goes on.
	10:35am ⓘⓚⓔ: Ranking all the songs of a band, or episodes of a TV show, or entries in a franchise -- one of the most basic kinds of clickbait EVER. I refuse to click on the Beatles article! (I always fall for the TV episode rankings articles though.) Let's have a ranking of all the NJ Turnpike rest stops in Entertainment Weekly!!!
	10:37am Vincent Nifigance: Man, what a creep!
	10:37am Sem Chumbo: Dirty LONG HAIRED MUSIC hippie to you, @ike
	👻 10:38am doctorjazz: (I like the rest stop going south around exit 8...) :)
	10:38am The Oscar: The old-time connotation of "long-hair music" has always been fascinating to me-- it's pretty much completely disappeared by now.
	10:40am the Canterbury wood-elf: I've gradually come to see that a lot of the canonical "hippie" music of the 60s was just opportunistic young men trying to get girls ('cos that was what was the fashionable sound of the day). At least The Guise were honest about it!
	10:40am Brendan: Do it in the name of love. Stop in the name of love. I'm confused. Embarrassed to say but it's just my pride (in the name of love).
	10:40am SueAdynamo: this song gets wronger and wronger
	10:41am Joe McG: @SueA: Ha ha ha!
	10:42am Sem Chumbo: Jesse Rogers ain't nothing but a hound dog.
	10:42am Claw!: Joooooe!!!! Folks!
	10:42am Joe McG: Hey, Claw!!!
	10:44am SeanG: Alex!
	10:48am The Oscar: @Wood-elf What's really weird, if I'm reading the song right, is that they're actually singing about using CLASSICAL music to get the girl. Before hippies, "longhair" was a stereotype for classical music aficionados. I have no idea how that started, or why it disappeared.
	10:53am Listener Alexandra: Cactus Blossoms on Surface Noise on a Monday morning. No matter what transpires this week, it has a spectacular start at least :-)
	10:54am djsheilab: Love this Cactus Blossoms single!!!
	10:54am ChrisB.: Who saw the Cactus Blossoms in the Twin Peaks episode a few weeks back? Genius!
	10:54am KP: The Beatles song rating list is excellent. Well written and super snarky. I like how the worst is a slap in face right from start. You can either go wah I'm not going to read this or ooh, this is going to be interesting.
	10:54am herb.nyc: hi all, i heard Joe's descrip of Single File at 9.30am, and thought of Taylor Mac's 24 Decade of music show, which he performed as a 24hr(!) show in bklyn. he'll do it again, but in 6hr(?) chunks. if i recall, ping pong balls were used in "born to run", which was used as a Stonewall song.
	10:54am βrian: I like stop lights. Sometimes they're green, sometimes they're yellow. I like stoplights.
	👻 10:55am TristaCisHerLadyCaveBrat: Checkin in!
	11:00am Hoboken Jack: Looking forward to this Chilly hour, Joe!
	11:00am Joe McG: I'll post some pictures of the session to the playlist after the show.
	11:02am herb.nyc: this is such a pretty Chills song, as are many of theirs. (did he look right into yr eyes, joe, while singing "you're so beautiful"?)
	11:03am Joe McG: @herb: Ha ha ha, how could he resist?
	11:03am Joe McG: Hey, Jack!
	11:05am herb.nyc: martin sang "kaleidoscope world" at record grouch record shop, greenpoint, on wednesday. the crowd helped out on background vocals, and martin smiled. awww.
	11:08am KP: This is a great performance
	11:11am Joe McG: @KP: It's nice to hear these songs so stripped down.
	👻 11:12am tadpoles: Joe... I heard Roger Shepherd may be / or due in New York this month... any idea? Or any idea of having him on FMU?
	11:13am herb.nyc: martin told us the serious theme of "eazy peazy" at his shows last week, and i feel bad at not liking this song fully. only because i so hate the phrase "eazy peazy". (as if i know how to write a song)
	11:14am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Yes, Brian Turner will feature an interview with Roger on his June 20th New Zealand extravaganza next week. Tuesday, 3-6, essential listening.
	11:14am βrian: And besides, it's supposed to be easy schmeazy.
	11:16am Joe McG: BTW, Martin gave us permission to put the session up on the Free Music Archive, so look for it there in a week or two.
	11:16am Hoboken Jack: Holding up my lighter during Pink Frost.
	11:16am frozen_peas: yay! This performance is excellent.
	11:18am Michael 98145: whoa. thank you.
	11:19am herb.nyc: roger shepherd was interviewed at rough trade, bklyn, on saturday. right before martin sang. roger gave a funny story of flying nun starting with $300, and where the first $250 went.
	11:21am herb.nyc: the new zealand accent is so cute - our "eh" sound is turned into "ee". like, death becomes deeth, the name fred becomes freed,... let's listen for other things, in case we need leave US and A for citizenship in NZ.
	👻 11:25am tadpoles: Martin / Chills playing Syd would be great!
	11:27am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Agree!
	👻 11:28am Brian in UK: Bet the cake was battenberg.
	11:29am Uncle Michael: A great show for fans of the Kiwi accent: wfmu.org...
	11:37am Hoboken Jack: This is a superb interview, Joe, and though I didn't know it was possible, is making me an even bigger Chills fan. So thoughtful.
	11:40am Joe McG: Thanks, Jack! I hope to post the entire thing online since we talked about so much.
	11:42am Carmichael: The name of the cake was changed to Windsor. Heya, Joe #1.
	11:44am Joe McG: Heya, Carm. California is awake!
	11:47am Carmichael: California is rainy and SNOWY! In June .... Weather is upside-down this year.
	11:47am JakeGould: Hey Joe! Late to comment, but enjoying the show.
	11:48am Passaic River Blues: This is some excellent radio, Joe. Thank you.
	11:49am βrian: Yace, thank you.
	11:50am Joe McG: Thanks, Jake! Glad you're enjoying it, PRB. Very pleased to host Martin!
	11:52am Listener Alexandra: Wonderful show today, Joe...California is on its third cuppa tea ;-)
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks, Alex! And thanks to everyone who tuned in today. I hope you enjoyed the Chilly third hour. So happy to bring it to you. Have a great week, everyone!
	👻 11:55am tadpoles: Wonderful show thanks Joe...and a great song to finish the interview with. Wish I'd had the chance to see him. Chance pronounced "charrnce" not "chants".
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: As the man said Nice vibe. That goes for the show too.
	👻 11:56am 12539: (Thanks, Joe.)
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: tadpoles a very English sounding accent.
	11:57am the garden: That was a really nice interview, thank you.
	11:57am BarbR: Great interview and live session! Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:58am tadpoles: Yes Brian.....more English than the Aussies.
	11:59am djsheilab: I must admit that I know nothing about the Chills, but I enjoyed that interview so much. To be told you have 6-12 months to live and then for all that to change. My god! May he continue on his healthy path!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 12, 2017

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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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June 12, 2017: The Sounds We Make Echo On Through (with Special Guest Martin Phillipps of the Chills)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Coronados	Good Morning, New Day (Listen: Pop-up)	Silver and Sunshine: Soft Rock Nuggets, Vol. 1	Warner Bros. Japan	2017	CD	From 1968	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Marketts	Come to the Sunshine (Listen: Pop-up)	Sun Power	Imperial	1967	LP			0:04:29 (Pop-up)
Jennifer	Weather's Better (Listen: Pop-up) "Weather's Better" by "Jennifer"	See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me!	Parrot	1969	LP			0:06:55 (Pop-up)
Moonstone	Let's Go Fly a Kite (Listen: Pop-up) "Let's Go Fly a Kite" by "Moonstone"	It's a Sunshine Day: Joe McGasko's 2014 WFMU Premium	WFMU	2014	CD-R	From 1968		0:09:21 (Pop-up)
The Congregation	Sun Shines on My Street (Listen: Pop-up)	Birthday Morning: Soft Rock Nuggets, Vol. 3	Warner Bros. Japan	2017	CD	From 1969	*	0:11:53 (Pop-up)
The Sunshine Company	I Can't Help But Wonder (Listen: Pop-up)	The Sunshine Company	Imperial	1968	CD			0:13:57 (Pop-up)
Dino, Desi, & Billy	Tell Someone You Love Them (Listen: Pop-up)	It's a Happening World: Soft Rock Nuggets, Vol. 2	Warner Bros. Japan	2017	CD	From 1968. Thanks to Sheila B. for letting me borrow these new sunshine pop CDs from Japan!	*	0:16:05 (Pop-up)
The Pleasure Fair	Put It Out of Your Mind (Listen: Pop-up)	The Pleasure Fair	Uni	1967	LP			0:18:26 (Pop-up)
Him, He & Me	Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall (Listen: Pop-up)	Him, He & Me	Metromedia	1970	LP			0:20:32 (Pop-up)
Chris and Peter Allen	Medley #2: Wizard of Oz (We're Off to See the Wizard)/Puff, the Magic Dragon (Listen: Pop-up)	Chris & Peter Allen's Album #1	Mercury	1968	LP			0:23:10 (Pop-up)

En Attendant Ana	Ré (Listen: Pop-up) "Ré" by "En Attendant Ana"	Songs from the Cave	Nominal	2017	EP		*	0:34:25 (Pop-up)
Spectre Folk	Bremsstrahlung (Listen: Pop-up) "Bremsstrahlung" by "Spectre Folk"	Vol. 4	Vampire Blues	2017	LP		*	0:37:25 (Pop-up)
Turid	Låt Mig Se Dig (Listen: Pop-up) "Låt Mig Se Dig" by "Turid"	Stars and Angels: Songs 1971-75	RPM International	2010	CD	From 1973		0:41:30 (Pop-up)
Triptides	Rewind (Listen: Pop-up) "Rewind" by "Triptides"	Afterglow	RPUT	2017	CD		*	0:49:34 (Pop-up)
Heather Trost	Me and My Arrow (Listen: Pop-up) "Me and My Arrow" by "Heather Trost"	Agistri	LM Dupli-Cation	2017	CD		*	0:53:12 (Pop-up)
Happyness	Victor Lazarro's Heart (Listen: Pop-up) "Victor Lazarro's Heart" by "Happyness"	Write In	Bar/None	2017	CD		*	0:57:21 (Pop-up)
The Beatles	She's Leaving Home (Instrumental Take 1) (Listen: Pop-up)	Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - 50th Anniversary Edition	Capitol/Apple/Universal	2017	CD	From 1967; it's pretty	*	1:02:26 (Pop-up)
The Magnetic Fields	I Wish I Had Pictures (Listen: Pop-up)	50 Song Memoir	Nonesuch	2017	CD		*	1:06:04 (Pop-up)
Hamish James Hawk	John Cooper Clarke (Listen: Pop-up)	Aznavour	HJH Music	2017	CD		*	1:09:10 (Pop-up)
We Five	Belong Beside You (Listen: Pop-up) "Belong Beside You" by "We Five"	Catch the Wind	Collector's Choice Music	2006	CD	From 1970		1:12:23 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hatfield	You Left the Water Running (Listen: Pop-up)	The Other Brother: A Solo Anthology 1965-1970	Ace	2017	CD	From 1970	*	1:15:05 (Pop-up)
Steve Young	Come Sit By My Side (Listen: Pop-up) "Come Sit By My Side" by "Steve Young"	Seven Bridges Road: The Complete Recordings	Ace	2017	CD	From 1972	*	1:18:00 (Pop-up)
Jean Jacques Perrey	Chicken on the Rocks (Listen: Pop-up)	Jean Jacques Perrey et Son Ondioline	Forgotten Futures	2017	LP	From 1962	*	1:21:12 (Pop-up)

Single File: 8 decades of 45 r.p.m.! "Single File: 8 decades of 45 r.p.m.!"
Candi Staton	Do It in the Name of Love (Listen: Pop-up)	single	Fame	1972	45			1:29:48 (Pop-up)
The Guise (and Their Mod Sound)	Long Haired Music (Listen: Pop-up)	single	Musicland U.S.A.	1966	45			1:32:49 (Pop-up)
Jesse Rogers and His '49ers	(I Won't Go Huntin', Jake) But I'll Go Chasin' Women (Listen: Pop-up)	single	RCA Victor	1949	45			1:35:08 (Pop-up)
Billy Ward and the Dominoes	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You (Listen: Pop-up)	single	Decca	1957	45			1:37:56 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton	I'm Gonna Make You Mine (Listen: Pop-up)	single	New Rose	1986	45	live in Paris Oct. 1985		1:40:22 (Pop-up)
The Wedding Present	Go-Go Dancer (Listen: Pop-up) "Go-Go Dancer" by "The Wedding Present"	single	RCA/BMG	1992	45			1:44:17 (Pop-up)
The Clientele	Haunted Melody (Listen: Pop-up) "Haunted Melody" by "The Clientele"	single	Merge	2002	45			1:46:51 (Pop-up)
The Cactus Blossoms	Stoplight Kisses (Listen: Pop-up)	single	Cactus Blossoms	2015	45			1:49:02 (Pop-up)

Martin Phillipps of the Chills, recorded live at WFMU 6/6/17. Engineered by Scott Williams. Thanks to Brian Turner.
Martin Phillipps	Wet Blanket (Listen: Pop-up) "Wet Blanket" by "Martin Phillipps"	Live at WFMU				Photo by Scott W.		1:55:49 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Kaleidoscope World (Listen: Pop-up)	Live at WFMU				Photo by Scott W.		1:59:34 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Entertainer (Listen: Pop-up) "Entertainer" by "Martin Phillipps"	Live at WFMU				Photo by Scott W.		2:03:29 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Eazy Peazy (Listen: Pop-up) "Eazy Peazy" by "Martin Phillipps"	Live at WFMU				Photo by Scott W.		2:06:47 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Brave Words (Listen: Pop-up) "Brave Words" by "Martin Phillipps"	Live at WFMU				Photo by Scott W.		2:10:03 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Pink Frost (Listen: Pop-up) "Pink Frost" by "Martin Phillipps"	Live at WFMU				Photo by Scott W.		2:11:49 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Interview: Excerpt 1 (Listen: Pop-up)							2:16:22 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Matthew and Son (Listen: Pop-up) "Matthew and Son" by "The Chills"	Somewhere Beautiful	Fire	2013	CD			2:23:26 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Interview: Excerpt 2 (Listen: Pop-up)							2:26:02 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Eazy Peazy (Listen: Pop-up) "Eazy Peazy" by "The Chills"	Live at Montgomery Hall, Jersey City, NJ 5/23/16						2:32:16 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Interview: Excerpt 3 (Listen: Pop-up)							2:35:05 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Water Wolves (Listen: Pop-up) "Water Wolves" by "The Chills"	Soft Bomb	Slash/Reprise	1992	CD			2:40:09 (Pop-up)
Martin Phillipps	Interview: Excerpt 4 (Listen: Pop-up)							2:44:41 (Pop-up)
The Chills	Submarine Bells (Listen: Pop-up) "Submarine Bells" by "The Chills"	Submarine Bells	Slash/Warner Bros.	1990	CD			2:48:56 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 9:06am 12539: (Yip yip!)
	9:06am BronwynB: aww such a nice morning song, thanks joe. hi everyone :)
	9:06am Mark the Sardine: Morning, Joe!
	9:09am Quinn: Aw, I was just listening to the Harpers Bizarre version of this yesterday morning. I love this song!
	9:10am pantz: Good morning, New Day! Hope you can squeeze in some Tijuana Taxi this morn.
	9:11am Greg from ZONE 5: Yooooooo JOE!
	9:11am BronwynB: always a lot of rain songs on fmu when it rains, but its been a while since the weather called for sunny songs...i love it :D
	👻 9:11am tadpoles: Good Morning, Great day Joe. Looking forward to Martin Phillipps.
	9:12am djsheilab: Morning Joe n' gang!
	9:15am JP from KC: Mornin' all! Joe, you've always got the cure for what ails me after the tedium of an asinine Monday morning meeting. I thank you.
	9:19am Brendan: Good morning. I'll have one Surface Noise sunny side up!
	9:20am Mick: Good Sunny Monday one and all.
	9:21am zopa: oooh. you played a kite song!
	9:22am Joe McG: Happy sunny Monday, everyone! Sorry I haven't said much, all these songs are 2 minutes long and I'm scrambling!
	9:25am Alice Formato: Good Morning Joe, Loved the Song by Dino, Desi & Billy, Have a Great Day:)
	9:26am John in Bklyn: Morning, Joe! Nice set! I feel like I'm cruising around in a Corvair with the radio blasting!
	9:26am melinda: This was an S&G original, wasn't it?
	9:31am Passaic River Blues: Sometimes Joe's harp bed music hits me just right. ... Also, word up, Joe: I am a pale swamp monster from now until late September.
	9:38am Joe McG: @passaic: I hear you!
	9:43am Mayuko: Greetings!
	9:45am Joe McG: Good morning, Mayuko! :)
	9:50am MD: Good Morning Freeform Addicts World wide!!!
	9:51am MD: Addicts in The Attic...!
	9:55am Joe McG: Hey MD! @JP from KC: Thanks for the nice words!
	9:55am Yair Yona: Hey that's a nice jingle jungle thing!
	9:57am nickybones: Oooh dig this cover.
	9:58am Joe McG: Hey Yair! Nice to see you!
	👻 9:58am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, all. So crazy hot out there that this must be a Surface (of the Sun) Noise edition today.
	9:58am thegeoffmcq: Love the Point. And I'm liking this cover.
	9:59am Passaic River Blues: Someone should do a mash-up megamix with Harry Nilsson-Blackalicious-and this wonderful cover.
	9:59am MD: OBLIO!!!
	10:00am Lixiviated Life: Oh, that Harry Nilsson! You can go months without hearing his work then...all of a sudden.
	10:01am Sem Chumbo: Heigh Ho, Joe, Good time zone appropriate greetings to you and assembled McGaskoes.
	10:02am Vincent Nifigance: McGaskimos.
	10:02am Dennis Diken: diggin' the show big time Joe!
	10:03am Ralphine: This Happyness song has kind of an Apples in Stereo vibe.
	10:04am Yair Yona: Hi Joe and everyone!
	10:05am Joe McG: Heya, Dennis, thanks for listening in! Hey Sem, Ralphine, and all of you Nilsson fans out there.
	10:06am andrewb: i was just re-listening to the point with my daughter yesterday.One of the best things ever recorded. a great loss was Harry.
	10:07am Sem Chumbo: Love that little harp thing. Tasty.
	10:07am Vincent Nifigance: Twice in one day. I've been hearing unjustly vitriolic derision of this song recently. It's phenomenal.
	10:08am Guido from Cologne: reprise from Mark R.'s show. can you sing along?
	10:10am Joe McG: @Vincent: Some guy online ranked all the Beatles songs and put it in the bottom 10 of all Beatles songs. I think he's an idiot.
	10:10am Sem Chumbo: Harp to uke. Nice one.
	10:11am Vincent Nifigance: @Joe That's one of the instances I'm referring to. He was called Bill Wyman. Figures!
	10:12am Mick: @Joe and Vincent: for what it's worth, Leonard Bernstein said it was the as good as any song written by Schubert.
	10:13am βrian: It's been so hot on the isthmus that I think I could even put up with some Seals & Crofts — as long as it's served with a nice lemonade.
	10:14am KP: It's not the heat, it's Joe McGasko!
	10:14am Guido from Cologne: I must confess I used to have problems with the falsetto vocals on "She's Leaving Home".
	10:14am Sem Chumbo: haha @kp.
	10:15am Joe McG: @Vincent: That Stones bass player always hated the Beatles, ha ha. @KP: Ha ha ha!
	10:15am thegeoffmcq: @guido Have you tried wearing tighter trousers?
	👻 10:16am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. John talking the parents' part on She's Leaving Home is spot on.
	10:17am Itzall Ablurr: Assuming everyone breathing has already obtained/listened online to the "new" 50th ann. version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hurts Cloob Band, my 2¢ is that listening to "She's Leaving Home" AT volume is a very moving experience, in a good way. The orchestration (George Martin) is breathtakingly beautiful. Also, Ringo.
	10:18am Guido from Cologne: my own falsetto is pretty good, though not so durable
	👻 10:18am Brian in UK: John & Paul always complimented each others vocals who ever wrote the song. John Stewarts' brother Michael formed We Five.
	👻 10:20am Brian in UK: Recently heard Otis' version of "Water' on the Fame Studios comp. Brilliant.
	10:20am Snortley: "Fun is the one thing money can't buy" seems like a rather trite aphorism, and likely untrue.
	👻 10:21am Brian in UK: Falsetto sounds like an ice cream.
	10:21am Joe McG: @Brian: I like falsetto mixed in with my gelato.
	10:22am KP: The PBS doc on Sgt Pepper the last couple of weeks is terrific.
	👻 10:23am Brian in UK: Lemon sorbet. Hmmm. Now lime sorbet would be worth a try.
	👻 10:24am tadpoles: @Brian.. Lennon sorbet.
	10:25am Vincent Nifigance: They don't make 'em like this anymore.
	10:25am βrian: Otis is totally Elevator Music.
	👻 10:25am Brian in UK: tadpoles, with a flake, now who would that be.
	10:26am KP: Also have to recommend the Magical Mystery Tour in Liverpool. It's a lot better than dodging Bentleys in a business area and only a train ride away
	10:28am Vincent Nifigance: The Beatles Museaum itself is pretty disappointing. I went in 1992 then again in January this year, and it hasn't changed other than the additional building/shop with the shortlived 4D film, now gone.
	10:29am Ike: Greetings, you dirty hippies.
	10:32am KP: I dunno. "Fun is the one thing money can't buy"? I think that's something else.
	10:33am mb: Morning, Joe McG. Thanks for the assistance the other day. Greatly appreciated!
	10:34am Joe McG: Happy to help, mb!
	👻 10:34am tadpoles: Piece of minutia...Obladi Oblada has the distinction of being banned from the radio here after 911....life goes on.
	10:35am ⓘⓚⓔ: Ranking all the songs of a band, or episodes of a TV show, or entries in a franchise -- one of the most basic kinds of clickbait EVER. I refuse to click on the Beatles article! (I always fall for the TV episode rankings articles though.) Let's have a ranking of all the NJ Turnpike rest stops in Entertainment Weekly!!!
	10:37am Vincent Nifigance: Man, what a creep!
	10:37am Sem Chumbo: Dirty LONG HAIRED MUSIC hippie to you, @ike
	👻 10:38am doctorjazz: (I like the rest stop going south around exit 8...) :)
	10:38am The Oscar: The old-time connotation of "long-hair music" has always been fascinating to me-- it's pretty much completely disappeared by now.
	10:40am the Canterbury wood-elf: I've gradually come to see that a lot of the canonical "hippie" music of the 60s was just opportunistic young men trying to get girls ('cos that was what was the fashionable sound of the day). At least The Guise were honest about it!
	10:40am Brendan: Do it in the name of love. Stop in the name of love. I'm confused. Embarrassed to say but it's just my pride (in the name of love).
	10:40am SueAdynamo: this song gets wronger and wronger
	10:41am Joe McG: @SueA: Ha ha ha!
	10:42am Sem Chumbo: Jesse Rogers ain't nothing but a hound dog.
	10:42am Claw!: Joooooe!!!! Folks!
	10:42am Joe McG: Hey, Claw!!!
	10:44am SeanG: Alex!
	10:48am The Oscar: @Wood-elf What's really weird, if I'm reading the song right, is that they're actually singing about using CLASSICAL music to get the girl. Before hippies, "longhair" was a stereotype for classical music aficionados. I have no idea how that started, or why it disappeared.
	10:53am Listener Alexandra: Cactus Blossoms on Surface Noise on a Monday morning. No matter what transpires this week, it has a spectacular start at least :-)
	10:54am djsheilab: Love this Cactus Blossoms single!!!
	10:54am ChrisB.: Who saw the Cactus Blossoms in the Twin Peaks episode a few weeks back? Genius!
	10:54am KP: The Beatles song rating list is excellent. Well written and super snarky. I like how the worst is a slap in face right from start. You can either go wah I'm not going to read this or ooh, this is going to be interesting.
	10:54am herb.nyc: hi all, i heard Joe's descrip of Single File at 9.30am, and thought of Taylor Mac's 24 Decade of music show, which he performed as a 24hr(!) show in bklyn. he'll do it again, but in 6hr(?) chunks. if i recall, ping pong balls were used in "born to run", which was used as a Stonewall song.
	10:54am βrian: I like stop lights. Sometimes they're green, sometimes they're yellow. I like stoplights.
	👻 10:55am TristaCisHerLadyCaveBrat: Checkin in!
	11:00am Hoboken Jack: Looking forward to this Chilly hour, Joe!
	11:00am Joe McG: I'll post some pictures of the session to the playlist after the show.
	11:02am herb.nyc: this is such a pretty Chills song, as are many of theirs. (did he look right into yr eyes, joe, while singing "you're so beautiful"?)
	11:03am Joe McG: @herb: Ha ha ha, how could he resist?
	11:03am Joe McG: Hey, Jack!
	11:05am herb.nyc: martin sang "kaleidoscope world" at record grouch record shop, greenpoint, on wednesday. the crowd helped out on background vocals, and martin smiled. awww.
	11:08am KP: This is a great performance
	11:11am Joe McG: @KP: It's nice to hear these songs so stripped down.
	👻 11:12am tadpoles: Joe... I heard Roger Shepherd may be / or due in New York this month... any idea? Or any idea of having him on FMU?
	11:13am herb.nyc: martin told us the serious theme of "eazy peazy" at his shows last week, and i feel bad at not liking this song fully. only because i so hate the phrase "eazy peazy". (as if i know how to write a song)
	11:14am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Yes, Brian Turner will feature an interview with Roger on his June 20th New Zealand extravaganza next week. Tuesday, 3-6, essential listening.
	11:14am βrian: And besides, it's supposed to be easy schmeazy.
	11:16am Joe McG: BTW, Martin gave us permission to put the session up on the Free Music Archive, so look for it there in a week or two.
	11:16am Hoboken Jack: Holding up my lighter during Pink Frost.
	11:16am frozen_peas: yay! This performance is excellent.
	11:18am Michael 98145: whoa. thank you.
	11:19am herb.nyc: roger shepherd was interviewed at rough trade, bklyn, on saturday. right before martin sang. roger gave a funny story of flying nun starting with $300, and where the first $250 went.
	11:21am herb.nyc: the new zealand accent is so cute - our "eh" sound is turned into "ee". like, death becomes deeth, the name fred becomes freed,... let's listen for other things, in case we need leave US and A for citizenship in NZ.
	👻 11:25am tadpoles: Martin / Chills playing Syd would be great!
	11:27am Joe McG: @tadpoles: Agree!
	👻 11:28am Brian in UK: Bet the cake was battenberg.
	11:29am Uncle Michael: A great show for fans of the Kiwi accent: wfmu.org...
	11:37am Hoboken Jack: This is a superb interview, Joe, and though I didn't know it was possible, is making me an even bigger Chills fan. So thoughtful.
	11:40am Joe McG: Thanks, Jack! I hope to post the entire thing online since we talked about so much.
	11:42am Carmichael: The name of the cake was changed to Windsor. Heya, Joe #1.
	11:44am Joe McG: Heya, Carm. California is awake!
	11:47am Carmichael: California is rainy and SNOWY! In June .... Weather is upside-down this year.
	11:47am JakeGould: Hey Joe! Late to comment, but enjoying the show.
	11:48am Passaic River Blues: This is some excellent radio, Joe. Thank you.
	11:49am βrian: Yace, thank you.
	11:50am Joe McG: Thanks, Jake! Glad you're enjoying it, PRB. Very pleased to host Martin!
	11:52am Listener Alexandra: Wonderful show today, Joe...California is on its third cuppa tea ;-)
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks, Alex! And thanks to everyone who tuned in today. I hope you enjoyed the Chilly third hour. So happy to bring it to you. Have a great week, everyone!
	👻 11:55am tadpoles: Wonderful show thanks Joe...and a great song to finish the interview with. Wish I'd had the chance to see him. Chance pronounced "charrnce" not "chants".
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: As the man said Nice vibe. That goes for the show too.
	👻 11:56am 12539: (Thanks, Joe.)
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: tadpoles a very English sounding accent.
	11:57am the garden: That was a really nice interview, thank you.
	11:57am BarbR: Great interview and live session! Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:58am tadpoles: Yes Brian.....more English than the Aussies.
	11:59am djsheilab: I must admit that I know nothing about the Chills, but I enjoyed that interview so much. To be told you have 6-12 months to live and then for all that to change. My god! May he continue on his healthy path!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 12, 2017

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