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Favoriting April 23, 2018: Patch Me Through, Operator

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty  As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone   Favoriting Country Partners  MCA  1974  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Daddy & Tina  The Telephone Call   Favoriting George & Tammy & Tina  Epic  1975  LP  George Jones and his daughter    0:05:04 (Pop-up)
Sterling Whipple  Silence on the Line   Favoriting single  Epic  1976  45      0:07:11 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bare  Memphis, Tennessee   Favoriting The Streets of Baltimore  RCA Victor  1966  LP      0:11:16 (Pop-up)
Paul Evans  Hello, This Is Joannie (The Telephone Answering Song)   Favoriting single  Spring  1978  MP3      0:13:39 (Pop-up)
Driver 67  Car 67   Favoriting Quadraphonic! Starting with the '70s IV: Evan "Funk" Davies 2016 Premium  WFMU  2016  CD-R  From 1978    0:16:34 (Pop-up)
Shirley Brown  Woman to Woman   Favoriting Woman to Woman  Stax  1974  LP      0:19:45 (Pop-up)
Rupert Holmes  Answering Machine   Favoriting Partners in Crime  Infinity  1979  MP3      0:23:53 (Pop-up)
Jim Reeves  He'll Have to Go   Favoriting The Best of Jim Reeves  RCA Victor  1964  LP  Watch this    0:26:59 (Pop-up)
 
Hurry  Time and Time Again   Favoriting Every Little Thought  Lame-O  2018  CD  at the Record Fair this weekend  *   0:38:17 (Pop-up)
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers  Parting Words   Favoriting Years  Bloodshot  2018  CD  also at the Record Fair this coming Saturday  *   0:40:47 (Pop-up)
Caitlin Canty  Basil Gone to Blossom   Favoriting Motel Bouquet  Caitlin Canty  2018  CD    *   0:43:54 (Pop-up)
Refrigerator  High Desert Lows   Favoriting High Desert Lows  Shrimper  2018  CD    *   0:46:55 (Pop-up)
Courtney Marie Andrews  Let the Good One Go   Favoriting Honest Life  Mama Bird Recording Co.  2017  LP      0:50:32 (Pop-up)
Joshua Hedley  Counting All My Tears   Favoriting Mr. Jukebox  Third Man  2018  CD    *   0:53:17 (Pop-up)
We Are Augustines  Chapel Song   Favoriting Rise Ye Sunken Ships  Oxcart  2011  MP3  Happy marrying, Alexandra!    0:57:49 (Pop-up)
Prince  Nothing Compares 2 U   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  2018  MP3  From 1984  *   1:00:55 (Pop-up)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio  Walk On By   Favoriting Close But No Cigar  Colemine  2018  CD  on the show live next week!  *   1:05:35 (Pop-up)
Pearl Charles  Beginner's Luck   Favoriting Sleepless Dreamer  Kanine  2018  CD    *   1:09:48 (Pop-up)
The Ebony Godfather  Checkmate   Favoriting Southern Groove: Hotlanta, Aware & Clintone Funk Soul  BGP/Ace  2018  CD  From 1974  *   1:14:07 (Pop-up)
Bob Destiny  Wang Dang   Favoriting Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World  Habibi Funk  2017  CD      1:17:45 (Pop-up)
Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar  Apache   Favoriting Teen Beat 6  Ace  2018  CD  From 1960  *   1:22:19 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row
Wreckless Eric  Broken Doll   Favoriting single  Stiff  1980  45  at the Record Fair this Saturday!    1:31:13 (Pop-up)
Kate Bush  Love and Anger   Favoriting single  EMI  1990  45      1:34:24 (Pop-up)
Marshall Crenshaw and the Handsome, Ruthless, Stupid Band  You're My Favorite Waste of Time   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1982  45      1:38:59 (Pop-up)
Eddie Floyd  California Girl   Favoriting single  Stax  1970  45      1:41:39 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Edwards  Love Bug Crawl   Favoriting single  Mercury  1957  45      1:45:14 (Pop-up)
The Animals  Inside - Looking Out   Favoriting single  MGM  1966  45      1:47:17 (Pop-up)
Aerosmith  S.O.S.   Favoriting single  Columbia  1978  45  the other side was on Wake this morning    1:51:06 (Pop-up)
Linda Hopkins  It's In Your Blood   Favoriting single  Columbia  1977  45      1:53:49 (Pop-up)
The Motors  Crazy Alice   Favoriting single  Virgin  1980  45      1:56:56 (Pop-up)
 
 
Story Corner: Songs That Tell a Story
Clarence Carter  Patches   Favoriting Patches  Atlantic  1970  LP      2:09:23 (Pop-up)
Dickie Lee  Patches   Favoriting Teenage Tragedies  Rhino  1984  LP  From 1962    2:11:58 (Pop-up)
Joe Tex  Ode to Billie Joe   Favoriting Soul Country  Atlantic  1968  LP      2:15:02 (Pop-up)
The Grass Roots  Ballad of Billy Joe   Favoriting Alotta Mileage  Dunhill-ABC  1973  LP      2:19:40 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  Don't Take Your Guns to Town   Favoriting The Heart of Johnny Cash  Columbia  1968  LP  From 1958    2:24:37 (Pop-up)
The First Edition  Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town   Favoriting The First Edition '69  Reprise  1969  LP      2:27:39 (Pop-up)
Jeannie C. Riley  Thin Ribbon of Smoke   Favoriting Things Go Better with Love  Plantation  1969  LP      2:30:38 (Pop-up)
Blondie  Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)   Favoriting Plastic Letters  Chrysalis  1977  LP      2:33:29 (Pop-up)
Kaleidoscope  Flight from Ashiya   Favoriting Dive into Yesterday  Fontana/Mercury  1996  CD  From 1967; watch this    2:36:14 (Pop-up)
John Howard  Goodbye Suzie   Favoriting Kid in a Big World  RPM  2003  CD  From 1974    2:38:51 (Pop-up)
O.C. Smith  Long Black Limousine   Favoriting Hickory Holler Revisited  Columbia  1968  LP      2:43:13 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers  Shirin & Fahrad   Favoriting It's Time for Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers  Upside  1986  LP      2:46:38 (Pop-up)
The Blasters  Samson and Delilah   Favoriting Hard Line  Warner Bros.  1985  LP      2:51:23 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:02am
annie:

yay!
Avatar 9:03am
Colin and Danie in Durham UK:

Boing
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
karlward:

What's the deal behind this rumor that the Yip Yip sketch is performed each Monday by the WFMU DJs, live, flawlessly?
Avatar 9:04am
Vincent Nifigance:

This is going to be a great day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
The Oscar:

Mornin'! Loving this already.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Guido from Cologne:

Good morning Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
dale:

i hope conway's hair is two feet tall in this tune
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
steveo:

Good morning, Joe. Say it IS so!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
steveo:

Wow, Conway's really phoning this one in ;)
Avatar 9:06am
themutante:

Hello, Surface specimens!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
pantz:

Conway, you snake!
Avatar 9:07am
Vincent Nifigance:

Told you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
dale:

is 'can i still call him daddy' in the record crate?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
karlward:

I would listen to Loretta read Wikipedia.
  9:08am
Blix:

Hold the phone, I smell a DJ Premium being assembled...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
melinda:

I thought the first song was a humorous remix and then I saw the playlist.
Avatar 9:10am
BronwynB:

hello joe and everyone!
Avatar 9:10am
themutante:

This surface Noise got caught up in the tumbleweed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
dale:

i missed the telephony angle at first.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
dale:

love this guy - sterling is new to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
The Oscar:

You don't hear the phrase "A boy that needs a whippin'" used sentimentally much anymore.
Avatar 9:12am
annie:

there's this cool thing going on, i'm chatting with b sweeny about radio in old deecee and then all this great country stuff comes on, i'm having a flashback!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
pantz:

That's an Angel In The Morning guitar lick.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
dale:

the oscar - ah, fond memories.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
steveo:

love that key change
  9:14am
davefromtoronto:

this set is so phoney!
  9:14am
Blix:

"The crippled cowboy"... I wonder how long that lyric was rambling about in his head. That was very out there...and great.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Ken From Hyde Park:

DJ Joe is really phoning it in this morning.
Avatar 9:16am
themutante:

Pre-recorded, maybe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
dale:

one ringy dingy.....
  9:17am
davefromtoronto:

telephone line by ELO...in case you need any suggestions!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
The Oscar:

Ooh-- combination telephone country/teen death song!
  9:19am
Will-X:

We gonna get some Rupert Holmes "Answering Machine"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
dale:

this is pushing c.b. radio territory. breaker breaker - any takers?
Avatar 9:19am
themutante:

You're a bad sport @StationMgrKen
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
The Oscar:

Over/under on "Sylvia's Mother?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Krys O.:

Skeeter Davis's He'll Have to Stay has a phone reference.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Krys O.:

Hey, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Listener Scott:

Shirley is a man-owner
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Ken From Hyde Park:

"Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer" from Jim Reeves. See if it sets off the screaming goat alarm.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Joe McG:

Hello? Hello? Operator?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
dale:

you never hear 'my old man' and 'my old lady' enough anymore.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Krys O.:

Nice Shuttleworth avatar, Colin and Danie in Durham.
Avatar 9:24am
thedunkel:

Good Morning Joe! Good Morning my old men and my old ladies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
pantz:

@Joe McG "Please deposit an additional 35 cents."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Sem:

Good morning, Joe, McGaskoes, people with old ladies, people with old mans.
Avatar 9:24am
JFR:

Tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
MD:

NOISE DA NOISE!
GOOD MORNING FREEFORM FIGHTERS!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
dale:

jim croce - operator?
Avatar 9:26am
JFR:

Harry Dean Stanton does a devastating version: www.youtube.com...
  9:26am
V Priceless:

Hi Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
The Oscar:

At this point, I assume any Rupert Holmes narrator is a cannibal, just to be on the safe side.
  9:27am
David in London:

Might we have ELO’s Telephone Line Joe..?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
steveo:

rupert holmes is hilarious
Avatar 9:27am
themutante:

...
Avatar 9:27am
themutante:

... --- ...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Ken From Hyde Park:

"Hangin' on the Telephone" - The Nerves or Blondie version?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Krys O.:

Love Unlimited's Walking in the Rain with the One I Love has a grand telephone section.
Avatar 9:28am
PKNY:

If I heard this song back when I had an answering machine, I'm sure I would have used the chorus as my away message.
Avatar 9:28am
Roberto:

My daughter sang a song from Holmes's "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" at her recital last year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
dale:

pina colada song makes me ill
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
The Oscar:

"Where Ya Callin' From Charlie" by Arnold Stang also comes to mind.
Avatar 9:29am
JFR:

YES
  9:29am
Muggins:

867-5309
Avatar 9:29am
PKNY:

Though I did use A.O.D's "Paul's Not Home" as my message for quite a while, so there's that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
steveo:

"In 1996, Holmes created the television series Remember WENN for American Movie Classics, writing the theme song and all 56 episodes of that series." (I missed that, somehow.)
Avatar 9:30am
annie:

damn, i'm melting.... this song still kills me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
The Oscar:

Bruce McCulloch had a pretty great Answering Machine song, too (on the same album as "Doors Fan")
Avatar 9:31am
annie:

it's only half an hour into the show and i may have to clicky-star it
  9:31am
Blix:

What's the Prince one where he plays the role of a girlfriend who telephones Vanity to tell her to back off?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
steveo:

epic set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Tim 07030:

Hi Joe, great set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
melinda:

@JFR I remember him opening a live performance with that one in the late 80s or early 90s!
Avatar 9:32am
Lixiviated Life:

Mr. McGasko, It sounds like you might have had a bad connection
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Sugarloaf: "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
The Oscar:

I briefly lived with an engineering student in college. During the window when I was 21 and he wasn't, we had an arrangement: I would buy him alcohol in exchange for handmade electronic musical gear. The best of the lot was an old-fashioned telephone converted into a microphone (complete with distortion). I think I paid a bottle of Goldschlager for it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Joe McG:

Thanks for the suggestions, folks!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Ken From Hyde Park:

In the future, the songwriters will have lots of examples of people getting their break-ups via text message. <insert sad-face emoji>
  9:47am
David in London:

@Ken. The Box Tops will have to rewrite their classic as ‘My baby done send me a text message’...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:51am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Does there exist a "we're through" emoji?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
steveo:

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Tim 07030:

I'm bartending noon-4 Saturday at the Record Fair. Come early and get liquored up before (and while) Todd has all those good bands playing!
Avatar 9:55am
Davee:

Great show Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
pantz:

This CM Andrews is beautiful. Do you know of band Freakwater, Joe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
steveo:

haha emojipedia.org...
Avatar 9:58am
βrian:

Better yet: a we're-through-with-emoji emoji.
Avatar 9:58am
annie:

Steve Krinsky today!!! after the noisy guy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
steveo:

Record Fair schedule for artists we just heard.
Sarah Shook and The Disarmers (3:45pm), Hurry (4:30pm)

(Full schedule right here wfmu.org... )
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Joe McG:

@annie: Ha ha, yes Steve will be in today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Krys O.:

Felicitations, Alexandra!
  10:00am
David in London:

Joe, it’s OK, I’m writing a sad song to help me get over the heartbreak.
  10:03am
McGreivey:

Well, that song was OK.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Joe McG:

@David: It will help!
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northguineahills:

felicitaciones, Alexandra!

Krys O always quicker then I!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Joe McG:

@pantz: Yes, they have some beautiful songs. Trouble always plays one in particular that gets me. @Alex: I think I played the song too early for you, but you'll hear it on the archive and read this later. Happy days!
Avatar 10:04am
northguineahills:

Is there a Chalky siting???
Avatar 10:05am
annie:

never thought i'd favorite a prince song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
The Oscar:

It really goes without saying, but god this is good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Listener Scott:

Great version of this. Surprised it never made its way out into the world before.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Krys O.:

YES!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Parq:

I'm embarrassed to admit, I've gotten all this way and this is the first time I've actually heard the Prince original. Of course, I still couldn't help but picture Sinéad's face from her video.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Irene Trudel:

Good band, Augustines. Several years ago, they came in to play live for Soundcheck on WNYC when it was a radio show. They were fairly loud when I was setting their mix up. Just before the show went live at 2pm, I happened to glance up at our studio POV cam. It was shaking a bit and I thought, "Wow, they're playing louder than I thought." I then realized we were in the middle of an earthquake!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
The Oscar:

@Parq You're not alone-- it just made it out of his vault this past weekend!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Krys O.:

@Parq: This original was in the vault until just recently. No one heard it before. Prince was highly selective with his releases. Some say almost too selective.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Joe McG:

@Irene: Great story, Irene!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
steveo:

love this track; sounds hammondy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
The Oscar:

I also didn't realize until after his death that his "Vault" of unreleased material was not a metaphor. They actually had trouble figuring out how to open up the lock.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Krys O.:

Hey, Irene! That was the famous Richmond quake that was felt all the way up to almost Canada. I recall the doors in my office wobbling and my desk chair bouncing up and down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
steveo:

also, typo alert; "Delvon" with an L
  10:11am
Brendan:

Good morning Joe. Doubling down on Surface Noise . Had surgery last week and didn’t get to that show until yesterday in bed at home. Got me through the day. Speaking of, this Walk On By would be a great bed track.
  10:11am
von woldonhoos:

Devon, a nw favorite.
Avatar 10:11am
KP:

Good day, Joe!
Avatar 10:12am
fleep:

There's a fog upon L.A. ... greetings Joe and Surface People
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Joe McG:

@steveo: Thanks for spotting that! @Brendan: Man, I hope you're feeling better! Surgery of any kind is rough. Glad I could help you through. Good bed idea! @KP: Hey, KP! Kickin' asses down in DC?
  10:13am
own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

Aloha salami Swamis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
steveo:

definitely not too late to fave this episode now; what a great set of new twangy tunes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
steveo:

i mean early haha
  10:16am
Listener Alexandra:

Thanks, Joe :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Krys O.:

Thanks for playing the Pearl Charles. A friend has been raving about her. Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
steveo:

THE PRICE IS RIGHT!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Joe McG:

My pleasure, Krys. Oh, good, Alexandra, you heard it! Congrats again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
steveo:

(did anyone else hear that little bit in the Ebony Grandfather used by the Price is Right TV show???)
  10:21am
Brendan:

@steveo remember Bob Barker’s insanely long mic on Price is Right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
steveo:

how could i forget it?
  10:21am
Listener Alexandra:

I'm a little slow this morning...and I'll enjoy listening to the archive later with the Mr. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Joe and all!
Avatar 10:25am
annie:

i guess i'll star this episode now, i have to leave the apt.. thanks joe!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25am
Sem:

Oh, this is some memory, Joe. Gracias.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
♪ke:

@steveo, yep, I was about to comment on it too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
tom from Glasgow:

mornin' Joe! hello pals
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Parq:

Oscar and Krys: ohhh. Walking on my ears to the beat of pop culture, as usual. And they should have just gotten Uncle Fester to open that vault.
Avatar 10:28am
mb:

Hello Joe and those with their ears to the Surface
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
steveo:

@ike oh good i haven't lost my mind!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
tom from Glasgow:

dang, i missed that original Prince "Nothing Compares" and still haven't heard it yet. my prediction is: better than that live version with Rosie Gaines that was a B-side but still not as good as Sinead's
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Joe McG:

@Tom: I think you are right on all counts.
  10:35am
Brendan:

Wreckless Eric and Delicate Steve cut a record together but they just cancelled each other out.
Avatar 10:36am
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

"Broken Doll" is such a genius song. Great show Joe!
Avatar 10:36am
Davee:

Love this section of the show, singly.
Avatar 10:37am
themutante:

Nailed it @tom
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
Tim 07030:

My only problem with the Prince 'Nothing Compares..' is the cheesy sax solo. Why not a GUITAR solo I ask you, ghost of Prince?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Todd! Great show on Saturday!
  10:38am
sonnyspop:

Forgot about this great Kate Bush song. Thanks, Joe!
  10:38am
olivia:

Wow i really love this single!!!
  10:39am
olivia:

Hi joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Joe McG:

Hey, Olivia! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Olivia & Todd & Tom & Tim!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Hughie Considine:

That's David Gilmour wailing behind Kate...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Krys O.:

Tim 07030: Check here for background info on the demo: www.theguardian.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Summer and Michael:

Great show, as ever, Joe! This Marshall Crenshaw is one our favs of his. The "b" side of his first single, yes?
  10:43am
rw:

Such a great song. Good morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Joe McG:

@S&M: Yes, it's the B of "Someday, Someway," also an amazing song. @sonnyspop: Glad you enjoyed that one! I liked when she says "Yeah!" at the end.
Avatar 10:45am
Lupek:

Enjoying the show. Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Sem:

Four for four, Joe. Roll, Joe, Roll!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Joe McG:

@Sem: "Love Bug Crawl" put a stop to the streak! ;)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:49am
queems:

cool show today, joe mcg! was listening while driving
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
Joe McG:

@queems: Careful out there!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
!ke:

Attention Mr. Edwards: This is the Earth Defense Corps reminding you not to be seduced by alien women who send bugs down your spine. Your love interests should not be behaving in such a fashion. That's a planetary security risk.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Guido from Cologne:

was "Inside - Looking Out" on any regulöar album?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
The Oscar:

"Love Bug Crawl" brings back fond memories of the summer I pretty much listened to nothing but the "Lux & Ivy's Favorites" mixes!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:51am
queems:

@joe now i'm driving my couch in the living room so it's all good. thanks though ;)
  10:53am
r in va:

Yay Aerosmith!
  10:54am
own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

Couches can be dangerous too... don't let it suck you in
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
Joe McG:

@Guido: Don't know! But I'd like to!
Avatar 10:54am
βrian:

"What is that infernal noise? You kids turn that down!"
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Hughie Considine:

Well this isn't something one usually hears on WFMU! Too bad...anyway, I ran into Steven Tyler early one morning on 8th Street in NYC, no one else around. I said "First concert I ever saw was you guys at Madison Square Garden in 1976." And without missing a beat, he goes, "And we blew your motherfuckin' mind, right?" All always love him for that.
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ɛɨk:

@Queems, you're near Nutley, right? You can't pick up a Filipino pirate at 89.7, can you? Asking for a friend. (No rush.)
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queems:

@ike let me check for you!
  10:56am
own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

I gotta go get some dollar store headphones so I can listen to these stone Cold jams at the grocery store without causing my fellow patrons to break out in a wild dance party! My new moon resolution is to only buy dollar store headphones because my dog will find a way to destroy every pair of headphones I ever own
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Joe McG:

@Hughie: Great story! @own: Good luck on your quest!
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βrian:

@OCJ: Maybe said dog just needs a personal pair of headphones.
  10:58am
rw:

Joe, that Aerosmith single, I kind of want to know who loaned it to whom.
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Joe McG:

@rw: I bought it in 1978!
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The Oscar:

Back when I worked in a Boston record store, we had a regular who was a full-time gravedigger/part-time roadie, who would give us the inside scoop behind the feud between Peter Wolf (also a regular) and Steven Tyler.
  10:59am
r in va:

Yep, not much Aerosmith on WFMU. If Bryce ever played something off of Rocks I will have heard it all.
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queems:

@ike i slid down the dial a bit but i didn't hear anything that sounded like filipino pirate radio
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queems:

honestly i'm a little disappointed
  11:01am
own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

She just destroyed a box of dental floss.., it's all over the "destruction zone"(area of my Dining room with the mattress she destroyed littered with whatever items from the recycling bin she's most recently destroyed.)
  11:01am
rw:

Thumbs up Joe!
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highlowe:

Linda Hopkins! If only I could make a high pitch sound like that! Strange and great show! Thank you!
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queems:

it didn't work
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themutante:

Test?
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Brian C.:

Nope -- didn't work again
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themutante:

No!
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Brian in UK:

Hey Joe and funsters.
Busy fighting brambles in the garden, brambles have it by a short head so far.
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Mick:

still no sound...
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The Oscar:

This week's test sounded a lot like Kevin Ayers.
  11:02am
asdf:

Nope, it didn't work
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joe:

Only your bed music
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Colleen:

No buzzing here!...That was nice
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MD:

NO
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Listener Scott:

If the test was bed music, then mission accomplished.
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Evan From Seattle:

the emergency broadcast i hear nothing!
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own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

What if I'm having a musical emergency and desperately need some jams right now?! Huh? Oh ok that wasn't so bad... I heard no sound! No ack aghkk!!
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Brian C.:

And it's not like we'd ant to hear that god-awful sound twice
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djsheilab:

Hey Joe! Seems like the EAS machine is kaput!
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Sebastian:

no sound, heaven help us!
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MD:

tHAT MEANS...NO EMERGENCYS ALL DAY! WHAT A GREAT MONDAY!!!
  11:03am
clover:

so sad we didn't hear the aaaaaaggggggytyyy
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queems:

if there is an emergency we are all not going to know what it sounds like
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djsheilab:

We were clearly all very excited about it!
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themutante:

WFMU got a touch of the Hawaii alert problems.
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Evan From Seattle:

i do think the bed music is a much more pleasant way to deliver the news of an actual emergency. I think it would help keep people calm in an alarming situation.
  11:04am
Mr Chippy:

@djsheilab Only Americans get excited about things like this. So, welcome...I guess.
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BennettCap:

I'm listening on the stream. Did the emergency alert buzzer sound on the FM signals? That's where it is required by law.
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own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

@brian she wants all the headphones and any other small chewable objects you have handy!
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ɛkɨ:

@Queems, sorry! Prob. not the most opportune time to ask anyway! If it exists, it may only be on the air evenings and/or weekends, as many pirates are, in an attempt to avoid The Man. If you really want some piracy, check out Gems at 91.7. I hear they're a little more community-sounding and not just a bunch of ads for pricey Caribbean nightlife events and health fad scams.
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themutante:

I was kinda hoping the alert would un-mute me.
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queems:

@ike i need to get a radio that has the actual digital numbers on it because otherwise i'm just sliding the dial around and hoping i hit something. i'm definitely going to check out 91.7 though, if i can find it
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own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

That's how I feel about life... I'm just slide around hoping I hit something good...
  11:09am
own crabapplesatellite Johnson:

*sliding
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themutante:

Record on the turntable? That sounded like a cd getting loaded.
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pantz:

That's some sloppy Q, Sloppy Joe!
  11:10am
FletcherNYC:

Red sovine
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djsheilab:

Haha! Thanks Mr. Chippy!
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themutante:

Heyzeus Chrisite!
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themutante:

PATCHES!!!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

No more EAS alerts until after the next marathon raises money to fix it.
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Sebastian:

you need to get a new EAS, then everything will work again. I think you can get one over here: www.theradiosource.com...
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Devin B.:

Yay Patches!
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Roberto:

It's a long way from Strokin' to Patches.
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The Oscar:

I think you should just play "Patches" in the event of an emergency.
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northguineahills:

hah, what Roberto said!
  11:12am
Mr Chippy:

It's nice to hear Patches when in the back of my mind I was expecting something like Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner. Well done.
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♪ke:

Though when I've tuned in, Gems is mostly hip-hop, but I'm told it may have a variety of community things. I'm not sure about that. Could be bad info. Normally you shouldn't hear anything else of that sort between WNYE 91.5 (mostly foreign-language news etc.) and the commercial alt-rock station at 92.3. OK, enough piracy, back to work!
  11:14am
V Priceless:

Patches!!
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The Oscar:

YES. If you follow this with "Patches the Clown" by Deadbolt I will be a happy man.
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themutante:

The lesser Patches.
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KP:

MJ could not believe I had never heard "patches" until she played it for me. I doubt if anyone in NY ever had! Oddly, she knew if from England.
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FletcherNYC:

Second Patches!
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The Oscar:

I always thought this one was remarkably dark, even for '50s/'60s death songs.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Dear The Oscar, it sure was. And what about "Timothy", for God's sake. Don't tell ME it was about eating a goat!....
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βrian:

Patches seems like a name for a pony.
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Joe McG:

@TheOscar: "Patches the Clown" by Deadbolt sounds scary!
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steveo:

just the first four measures of this and i'm shivering already
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Hughie Considine:

"Choctaw Ridge" is just such a sumptuous mouthful.
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highlowe:

ODE TO BILLIE JOE..one of the
top songs of all time
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GeorgeSimian:

Great show this morning!
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Carmichael:

Heya 1st Joe of the day. Time to start the work day out here.
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Hughie Considine:

That mention of Carroll County puts one in mind of a different story song.
  11:20am
davefromtoronto:

good version but missing the gravitas of the other one.
  11:21am
queems:

choctaw ridge is a street in the town i grew up in
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Joe McG:

@dave: You don't know how hard it is for me NOT to play Bobbie Gentry, but I thought I'd give you a less-heard version.
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highlowe:

theme!
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highlowe:

theme time
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The Oscar:

@Joe It's a six-minute surf rock song about a murderous alcoholic clown, complete with spoken verses by multiple characters. It's basically the "Bohemian Rhapsody" of psychobilly.
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The Oscar:

@queems I think my grandfather grew up in the same area! Don't recall the exact town, though.
  11:23am
FletcherNYC:

2nd water death. 2nd Billie Joe
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GeorgeSimian:

Joe Tex rules, so what's the problem?
  11:24am
paul:

Wasn't the movie Shakes the Clown about an alcoholic clown?
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Carmichael:

Which Grassroots is this? Not the Rob Grill era, I hope.
  11:24am
davefromtoronto:

hey joe it's ALL GOOD on your show, brother!
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fred:

I once saw a solo dance performance centered on Ode to Billie Joe
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medson:

Hi there. Awesome show Joe. Been listening not able to check in
  11:26am
rw:

I'm confused. Maybe I wasn't listening closely enough. These are two songs about two different Billie Joes, right?
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northguineahills:

Ha, I was just listening to this Johnny Cash on my commute this morning!
  11:27am
rw:

Three songs about two different Billie Joes....
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The Oscar:

Current score: Patches 2, Billy Joe 3
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βrian:

Somehow, I thought it was "don't take your love to town."
  11:28am
Cooh John:

Billy Joe gots some stories.
  11:28am
paul:

Billy Joel 0
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Joe McG:

Sheila B! Medson! @rw: We've got three Billie/Billy Joes at this point, but I'll leave it there.
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fred:

@ngh: I did say hello to Lea Bertucci yesterday. She seemed to know who Aaron who moved to Florida is
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βrian:

Ok, so I'm not crazy.
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BennettCap:

Ruby!! Yes!!
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Cooh John:

@Brian: That was Ruby by Kenny Rogers.
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Sem:

Need me some Kenny Rogers Roasters lunch.
  11:30am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Joe your show is just what I needed to get through Monday morning. Thank you!!!
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Booz:

I'm sorry I ever doubted your sheer audacity, Joe. I was just saying to myself, "He won't do the Nimoy. He won't."
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Greg from ZONE 5:

"Don't take your Love Gun to town"
–Paul Stanley
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Joe McG:

@Jeff: You bet! @Booz: I may, I may. @Greg: Win!
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Booz:

You should do the Nimoy.
  11:31am
paul:

You need to hear Walter Brennan's version of this. Seriously.
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GeorgeSimian:

I took my gun and my love to town.
  11:32am
Cooh John:

Any of those places around, Sem?
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Krys O.:

Don Fleming wanted to record a cover of Ruby. Imagine that.
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medson:

@greg from Z5 if they do they'll hear from Pauls Lawyer
  11:33am
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kenny rodgers, right?
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Sem:

Marty McSorley seems to know where they all are.
Apparently there are some still in the Philippines.
  11:33am
sim:

Mr Joe! You should check out Charlie Sizemore's cover of Tom T Hall's "Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On". It's shootings, jail, all that... lemme see if I can find a copy online.
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themutante:

Oh, America. Your love of guns is incurable.
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Joe McG:

@Paul: It's a great one, I agree! @sim: I'd like to, I don't know it!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Are we allowed to ride the Love Train into town?
  11:35am
sim:

here it is!

https://youtu.be/-BfeC9_PpzA
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northguineahills:

oh, cool, fred, thanks!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

@medson: Both firearms and the concept of love were trademarked by KISS in the early 80s.
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annie:

what'd i miss??
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annie:

i saw that movie about the carter sisters, did i tell you that? it was pretty damn good...
  11:39am
Will:

Hearing Kaleidoscope UK on my radio, sunny Monday morning. Things are OK after all.
  11:41am
listener monica:

i liked that song a LOT.
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GeorgeSimian:

That Blondie was great
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Joe McG:

Anybody know any other airplane/airport story songs? There must be ones I can't remember.
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Carmichael:

According to the website, there is a Kenny Rogers Roasters in Ontario, California. All the others are in the Far and Middle East.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Does "YYZ" from Rush count as a story?
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Carmichael:

Rick Derringer has an instrumental called The Airport Giveth and Taketh Away.
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pantz:

Snoopy and The Red Baron
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GeorgeSimian:

Leavin on a Jet Plane
Jet Airliner

I'm sure you thought of those
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Carmichael:

Comin' In From Los Angeleeezz ...
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mike:

thought Kaliedoscope was Incredible String Band
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peter, paul, and mary? Leaving on a jet plane?
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Joe McG:

@pantz: Ha ha, of course! If I could only stand to play it. :) @George: I have to relisten to both to hear the stories!
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Vineshtein:

What was that song you just played... where the lyric was "Nobody Knows where we are?" story of my life! was it by Syd Barrett or something!?
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Krys O.:

@annie: Which movie is that about the Carter sisters?
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GeorgeSimian:

Feel like you need to do a CB radio set
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Krys O.:

BTW, Sara and Maybelle were not sisters.
  11:47am
Vineshtein:

oh! I see it's Kaleidescope! Sorry!
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Corey:

Lucky to get to listen to the show today at work. Will try to make it a regular thing. Thanks Joe!
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The Oscar:

@Joe "Ebony Eyes" by the Everly Brothers!
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Sem:

@Carmichael: great! On my to-do list next time out there.
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Joe McG:

After a couple of death songs, I thought we needed some JOJO!
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Jeff Moore:

That was a different long black limousine from the one Grace Jones sang about.
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Joe McG:

@Jeff: !
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The Oscar:

True fact: Asa Brebner, the second guitarist in this Modern Lovers lineup, played my parents' wedding :)
  11:51am
Will:

There is an incredible video of Kaleidoscope performing "Flight from Ashiya" on British TV.
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Listener Alexandra:

I live for Story Corner!
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fred:

Jojo? For a moment I thought (hoped) we'd be hearing Hijokaidan
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paul:

@Jeff Pull up to the bumper
  11:53am
rw:

But this one's a death song too!
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Joe McG:

@rw: Oops, you're right! ha ha. Well, it IS the End of the show.
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pantz:

Great God Almighty, y'all!!!
  11:55am
rw:

It was a bouncy up-beat death song though.
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Hughie Considine:

And it's familiar to millions from the version by the Dead!
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Joe McG:

Well, I'm about done here. Stay tuned for Steve Krinsky filling in for Joe Belock today. Have a great week, everybody! See you next week with a LIVE set from Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.
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Krys O.:

Great show! Thanks, Joe!
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pantz:

Thanks Joe!!!
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rw:

Thanks Joe! Have a good week! We're off to a good start.
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Mick:

Thanks for a super show, Joe! I needed it!
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steveo:

fantastic show; thanks!
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βrian:

Well this was fun. Thanks, Joe.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks, JMC!
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Passaic River Blues:

Thank you, Joe.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

"Flight of Icarus" from Iron Maiden, but that doesn't really fit, does it.
  11:59am
FletcherNYC:

Great show as always
  3:52pm
John W:

The Story Corner segment is inspired. The Patches medley followed up by Joe Tex's Ode to Billy Joe is genius. Thanks Joe!
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