WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from March 25, 2019

Listener comments!
	9:00am VincentNifigance: Yip indeedy.
	👻 9:01am 12539: No no no Yes Yes Yes! Yip!
	9:02am Andrea in Jersey City: Yip
	👻 9:02am queems: good morning joe & all!
	9:02am Cmurtha: Howdy everyone!
	9:03am fred: Good morning Joe and listeners
	9:04am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	👻 9:04am queems: yessss an ask me extravaganza
	9:05am Sem: Hiya, Joe, McGaskoes, and all.
	9:05am pantz: Ah yes. The queue up the queries, Joe.
	9:06am Davee: Hi Joe, how does it Goe?
	9:09am Joe McG: Hey, everybody, welcome to the show! Thanks for dropping by.
	9:10am L W Rhino: Hey Joe, Just ask her already!
	9:11am annie: good morning joe and all!! listening, not commenting; have to work on a project. i'll be stage left!
	👻 9:11am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Beautiful sunny early Spring day here. Looking at polytunnels online, life in the fast lane!
	👻 9:12am Brian in UK: Steve Gunn sings.
	9:13am John from Florham Park: Hello surface noise listeners listening to some good tunage
	9:14am Joe McG: @LW Rhino: I'd rather keep writing those letters to Luxembourg! :)
	9:14am steveo: Good morning! Because if it's not love Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb That will bring us together
	9:14am prudy: love this Steve Gunn tune.
	👻 9:14am Ken From Hyde Park: Hmmm .... is it Sadie Hawkins Day today?
	9:14am pantz: You still on about that bucktooth girl, Joe?
	9:15am John from Florham Park: Prudy first time I heard Steve Gunn great singer
	9:15am John from Florham Park: @Steveo amen to that
	9:16am tom: some Scott Walker is in order today
	9:16am prudy: he's great John from FP. If you get a chance to hear him live..do it!
	9:16am prudy: yes Tom...RIP Scott Walker.
	9:17am prudy: how about Jackie?
	9:17am VincentNifigance: I wouldn't let Morrissey babysit a Stick Insect.
	9:18am Joe McG: Are you guys saying that Scott Walker is dead? Please no.
	9:19am VincentNifigance: Sorry Joe.
	9:19am VincentNifigance: Cue frantic show re-planning.
	9:20am steveo: @john amen to the smiths
	9:20am Joe McG: Aw, fuck.
	👻 9:21am tadpoles: A big loss Joe. I always thought some of Bowie's later work was heavily influenced by Scott Walker including Black Star. Sad news.
	9:21am Roberto: Oh yeah. It doesn't get much more Monday than waking up to Scott Walker's death.
	9:21am tom: he was 76. no cause specified
	9:22am John from Florham Park: Scott walker another unsung hero of rock
	9:23am steveo: oh no
	9:24am John from Florham Park: Proves how mortal we all are
	9:25am John from Florham Park: @Joe if you can please play celluide heroes by The kinks
	9:26am sugarwolf: The wrong Scott Walker died!!!
	👻 9:26am Brian in UK: Oh, I wish it was.
	9:27am Linda Lee: that's right, sugarwolf.
	9:27am Morphe': Thanks Joe - the tunes getting me out of my MoodyBlues caused by a UriahHeep of conflict with the EX.... My ex not The EX... 3 cheezy jokes in one sentence... An award is due - A Golden Turd???
	9:27am V Priceless: Heya Joe - RIP Scott : (
	👻 9:27am Brian in UK: I was always surprised that he did not revert to Engel. Guess you must keep the name that people know.
	9:28am Roberto: Word, sugarwolf.
	9:28am Linda Lee: staying tuned today for Scott Walker. i know FMU will do right.
	9:28am Andy the painter: great set, joe.
	9:29am John from Florham Park: @linda lee they always will di the right thing
	9:29am Linda Lee: yes, they do. beautiful show so far, Joe.
	👻 9:30am Brian in UK: If anyone ploughed his own furrow it was Scott Walker.
	9:30am Susan C.: Came on here to compliment you on this incredible set, Joe, and learned about Scott Walker. RIP. As someone said - so Monday.
	9:30am Linda Lee: was there word out that he was ill? 76 is not old, now.
	9:31am Andy the painter: oh damn. i just found out.
	9:31am Roberto: It's rock 'n' roll old though.
	9:32am Brendan: Oh Fuck you death. Again. Just logged in to see the news . ‘The final move was made. The knight hung his head.’
	9:32am Goyim in the AM: 76 is pretty old if you abused your liver the way Scott did in his quiet period. My God, though, did he have a second act.
	9:33am Mick: Oh man, Scott Walker - that's... a big rug to be pulled out from underfoot
	9:33am VincentNifigance: @LindaLee Yes, quite a vague report, so you immediately suspect the worst, though they sometimes infer certain things if they know someone died by their own hand.
	9:35am Roberto: It looks as if Scott thought ahead!
	9:36am Linda Lee: @Vincent Nifigance ~ yes. suppose more will be revealed soon enough.
	9:37am TDK60: Just tuning in, hearing about Scott W. // me? recovering from a bully at work.
	9:37am prudy: my dad died at 73, but lived a relatively happy and peaceful life. I consider that lucky. He only was inactive for 2 weeks prior to his passing. Not bad when you think of what one can suffer through.
	9:39am Linda Lee: @TDK60 ~ i do suspect this is National Bully Week. i nearly needed surgery yesterday. try & let it go soon.
	9:39am annie: this is all so splendid....
	9:39am Linda Lee: sounds fine, prudy. i'm glad for your dad.
	👻 9:40am tadpoles: I have a special copy of Scott. I'd left it on my turntable when my son was a toddler and came home to find him with his metal Thomas the Tank Engine toys putting them all to bed in the Roundhouse via the train turntable. Couldn't get mad at him as it was my fault for leaving the record on the turntable but I now have a precious copy of that record...pristine on one side but scratched to hell on the other. Love them both.
	9:40am Linda Lee: that's the word for sure, annie.
	9:40am VincentNifigance: Can someone go in and check on Joe?
	9:41am prudy: im surprised SM Ken didn't let him know.
	9:41am FernandoBelmondo: Hi Joe! does WFMU library have Scott Walker's "Maria Bethamia"? Here in Brazil, it was the first Scott's release, as a single, but very hard to find.
	👻 9:41am Brian in UK: This is the coverage over here. www.bbc.co.uk...
	9:41am TDK60: Walker sure had a musical journey!
	9:43am VincentNifigance: If its' any consolation Joe, it was special hearing Scott songs aired in a new paradigm for the first time with you.
	9:44am prudy: he really did explore a lot of different kinds of music
	9:44am prudy: hear, hear Joe.
	9:45am joe: @Joe McG what a crappy way/time to find out.
	9:45am Linda Lee: an exemplary path for any artist. courageous!
	9:46am Linda Lee: we can all aspire to same. living life truly.
	👻 9:52am tadpoles: Bowie recorded Scott's "Nite Flights".
	9:52am Cmurtha: I woke up on my birthday to find out Bowie Died, The show is great today Scott, that does not give solace, but still, great start
	9:53am Goyim in the AM: This is maybe the most I've heard his voice sound like he did with the Box Tops after the Box Tops.
	9:54am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 did you go to HR and complain about the bully
	9:56am TDK60: Hi JohnfFP; I hope to make a complaint today, thanks.
	👻 9:56am Brian in UK: Tilt was/is hard work but anything worth its salt should be.
	9:58am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 good and hope that bully gets escorted out by lunchtime
	10:01am Cmurtha: @tdk60 I don't know the situation but I hope the reporting goes smoothly and things get sorted out!
	10:04am Linda Lee: i don't understand purposefully making others' lives difficult. making a point of it. how twisted do you have to be to spend precious time on that? life is short!
	10:05am prudy: I have a friend who was threatened with a knife at work (gun factory) for being gay. He didn't have citizenship yet but filed a complaint nonetheless. Amazingly, the company fired the punk. Sometimes HR does the right thing.
	10:05am TDK60: Thanks Cmurtha & LL; I don't wanna talk about it more, now.
	10:05am VincentNifigance: @LindaLee I know, they're only on an even keel standing on someone else. Hopefully they wake up one day.
	10:07am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 understood
	10:09am Brendan: Leaving all the chatter and din of death behind with this set. Entering the ethereal... Nicely done Joe.
	10:10am lukavino: i thought Last Forever would be the only Westkust album the world would get for some reason, so this second album is a blessing.
	10:13am Kelly Jones: Good Morning People. Sorry about Scott Walker, Joe. Love this Joy Division cover...so sweet.
	👻 10:13am karlward: Jobim Division
	10:16am Reno Dakota: Your show is so good, I can’t get anything else done. Thanks for the Scott Walker tribute. I was reading the Dylan Jones Oral Biography of David Bowie last night and didn’t get why the final chapter was titled “And In Front of That Door is You”. So you’ve cleared that up.
	10:16am John from Florham Park: @jelly morning
	10:17am Joe McG: @KellyJ: Yeah, it's a big bummer. @karlward: Has no one done it yet? Maybe I should! @Reno: Thanks. I like your moniker, btw, nice spin on a fave Mimi and Richard tune!
	10:18am βrian: Ice blue cloudless skies over the isthmus today.
	10:20am Kerbo: great sounds
	10:21am VincentNifigance: @Reno Dakota There's plenty of kindness in you.
	10:21am John from Florham Park: I mean Kelly sorry
	👻 10:21am CHUCK ROAST: good morning from glen burnie, md, joe. stepped out of my cab at the library...thought I'd say hi while I was here.
	10:22am Phillippe Bastille: Hi Joe #1 and evryone
	10:23am prudy: love this Lemonheads tune.
	10:23am Phillippe Bastille: @Chuck Glen Burnie and his Orchestra, eh? I grew up just up Rte 2 in the armpit of AA County, Brooklyn Park
	10:24am Linda Lee: 'sea of heartbreak' is perfect for this particular morning. how are you Phillippe?
	10:25am Aaron Working In Newark: Great show this morning Joe
	👻 10:25am karlward: Love the Cash version of this song too.
	10:25am John from Florham Park: @linda yeah kind of depressing
	10:25am Goyim in the AM: AACo. had the good radio back in the day, which is why we gather here now. Was back last month and could tolerate WRNR for brief moments, that's it.
	10:26am Reno Dakota: @JoeMcG, my dear long before there was a song, there was me. Just ask Stephin Merritt.
	👻 10:26am Brian in UK: Joe. Chin up, old bean.
	10:28am Roger: Even more fabulous show than usual, Joe. Thank you. You keep the bar high/
	10:29am VincentNifigance: @Reno Dakota: Are you serious?!! Is it really you? If so, your retort verses were wonderful.
	10:29am βrian: Is is better to keep the bar high or to keep it well stocked?
	10:31am Linda Lee: John, what i like is the upbeat attitude. sad lyrics, but the music says 'lighten up!' :-)
	10:31am John from Florham Park: @brian ha ha
	10:31am Reno Dakota: @Vincent Thanks, I agree!
	👻 10:31am karlward: Love that hi hat.
	10:32am joe: Oh that's right Bobby Fuller does this song too :)
	10:32am John from Florham Park: @Linda very true about today’s like this
	10:32am P-90: Well anyway, congratulations on what SEEMED like one of the smoothest-running marathons in memory...
	10:33am VincentNifigance: @Reno Dakota: Then IT IS YOU!
	10:33am Linda Lee: not sure why, but fmu is dead set on helping a dark mood today. impossible to stay troubled, despite our losses.
	10:34am joe: yes
	10:35am John from Florham Park: @P-90 it was a lot of fun to listen too and you never knew what would happen next. Wonder how much sleep the various DJs list during that and the volunteers too
	10:35am Phillippe Bastille: @Goyim, Yes, you used to be able to hear some good stuff back in the day. The Einsteins had something good going with WHFS when it was in Bethesda, and the AM WAYE was pretty good as well. Things started taking a slide when Georgetown U stopped broadcasting. Now 'RNR is about it, mostly filled out with ex-HFS jocks. Thank goodness for the interwebs. Pretty amazing that we are in the radio range of the nation's capital without a decent station.
	10:36am Krys O.: Ah, Ernest's honky tonk style of singing is like a drunk bouncing around the dance floor. Floyd Tillman sounds even drunker.
	10:36am John from Florham Park: @linda lee I don’t know why either but very glad they are doing it
	10:37am John from Florham Park: @phillipe there is 98 rick from Baltimore they play decent stuff
	10:39am John from Florham Park: @phillipe and the chatters there are damn few stations that play decent stuff anymore consider XRT out if Chicago and WRAT from the jersey shore pretty good
	10:40am Davee: Singles! My favorite section.
	👻 10:41am Brian in UK: Joe, got to get some fresh air. So, off to walk the dog and climb a hill.
	10:41am annie: @ Phillippe: i miss the old hfs djs.. i'll have to check that out. is weasel still around? i was gifted "Cerph's Up" a couple years ago by an old pal from leesburg.
	10:41am Goyim in the AM: @Phillippe there's good radio out of DC still for sure -- WPFW and 92Q for two -- but dial segregation has increased wildly and "white" radio is rough going. The left side of the dial was a magical multicultural wonderland in the 70s and 80s for me in Annapolis, and then there was -- as you say --102.3 and the early days of 99.1.
	10:41am Phillippe Bastille: @JFFP I can't deal with 98 Rock. They talk more than Stashe Ken and their music selection is nothing great. I guess I could count WTMD in the halfway decent music mix. I just put on the FMU app and bluetooth to the radio when I'm driving and I'm a happy camper when I'm driving.
	10:43am Phillippe Bastille: @Annie Weasel is on WTMD on Saturdays, not sure what time.
	10:43am TDK60: A Traffic cut from the crypt!
	10:43am KP in DC: Hello, Joe from Panic Central
	10:44am Warwick joe: Really great show today. Loves that advanced base chunk of music. Gotta delve deeper in to that.
	10:44am John from Florham Park: Phillipe understand and WTMD May be good but not WFMU good
	10:44am VincentNifigance: Neil from The Young Ones did a great cover of this.
	10:44am Joe McG: I kinda want to live inside this Traffic record. Do I have to do a lot of acid?
	10:44am annie: thanks phillippe!
	10:44am Phillippe Bastille: Wheel of Fortune dude Pat Sajak was in negotiations to by WRNR back in the late 90s according to a guy I knew who worked there. He wound up buying the AM sister station, WNAV
	10:45am VincentNifigance: @JoeMcG Definitely.
	10:45am Colleen: Always enjoy the show Joe... Thank you!
	10:45am TDK60: No Joe, just spin the rekkid - natural high.
	👻 10:45am Webhamster Henry: We had this Traffic album on cassette when there weren't a whole lot of albums on cassettes!
	10:46am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: @Vincent Yes, I had the same thought about Neil the Hippy. I saw Nigel Planer at a bus stop once. Nice bloke. Very tall.
	10:46am Davee: THE WAITRESS'!!!
	10:46am Phillippe Bastille: @goyim I've bounced through those stations a couple times but didn't stick around. I'll give them an extended listen. Problem is DC isn't much of a college town, to steal from Spinal Tap /s
	10:46am Roberto: Oh yes. The Waitresses are the ultimate Monday antidote.
	10:47am Phillippe Bastille: @JFFP Nothing is as good as FMU :)
	10:47am frozen_peas: Roberto, I agree 100%!
	10:47am KP in DC: Goyim in the AM, I moved here a year ago but used to be a frequent visitor to the area. I loved Ray Davis’ Bluegrass Show. Lived for it. Now there’s nothing but classical. It’s driving me to get a new car with internet access
	10:47am Roberto: I got 97 on my driver's test. It was the backing up that tripped me up.
	10:48am Goyim in the AM: @annie the great Bob "Here" Showacre passed on a few years ago, sadly. @Phillipps the Sajakization of my hometown continues to horrify me every time I make it back there.
	10:48am John from Florham Park: @phillipe damn straight with that
	10:48am steveo: all the people who died, died
	10:48am VincentNifigance: @Kevin_Ringwood_UK I met Christopher Ryan who played Mike in St Ives when I was a kid. We just stood gawping, while my parents had a very pleasant conversation with him, he was there to paint.
	10:49am Kat in Chicago: Not sure how that Waitresses song previously eluded me, but that was excellent
	10:50am annie: KP: lee dempsey is still on the air, he's a real deal..
	10:50am pantz: Love some Nik Kershaw. Ah the bygone MTV days.
	10:50am sam pocker: oh man this nik kershaw sounds so good on 45
	10:50am John from Florham Park: I guess since I grew up in this area in from late 70s to early 83 I got spoiled by WNEWFM and WDHA and has a bit of a culture shock when I moved to Florida and discovered how much the rock stations suck down there and could not wait to get back up here on vacation
	10:51am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: @Vincent - that's a great story!
	10:51am Goyim in the AM: @KP ...and the bluegrass of the last 10 years was already a pale, corporate-donator-friendly version of what WAMU used to play. The Dick Spottswood show was astonishing, kind of DC's hillbilly version of the Secret Museum of the Air.
	10:51am V Priceless: great Kershaw track!
	10:52am Joe McG: This horn break is amazing.
	10:52am fred: Nik Kershaw? I hadn't even thought about that name since my high school years
	10:52am Linda Lee: John, this is what happens when radio is mainly a stock option.
	10:52am annie: i was there for the last good years of AMU...what a great station..diane rehm was a challenge..
	10:53am John from Florham Park: All this nostalgia about stations playing good music is making me depressed right now, getting old and grouchy I guess
	10:53am TDK60: I wouldn't have heard the Waitresses but for free-form radio.
	10:53am Mike tp: a good Nick song.bouncy n with a hook..
	10:54am Listener Robert: By my calculation, the station's now at 96% of goal. Somebody must've opened the mail & found a bunch of checks or pledge forms this morning for the total to have jumped thousands like that.
	10:54am annie: nah, john; glory in the fact thet YOU WERE THERE!!!! a live witness
	10:54am John from Florham Park: @linda does not mean I have to like it my god I hate what iHeartRadio has done turning everything into schlock and Judy crap
	10:55am Linda Lee: this is why it's so incredibly important to keep WFMU alive!
	10:56am John from Florham Park: &Annie thanks I still have my memories
	10:56am Asheville Jon: YEAH!!! THE --ORIGINAL-- ORIGINAL SINS!!!! They are getting back together for two shows next month!!!!
	10:56am zpulpa: Thank you for this show Joe! I woke up feeling especially sore and weary in my heart and this is just the thing I need.
	10:57am Linda Lee: just don't listen to garbage. you are what you eat, culturally. leave the dreck to the pigs.
	10:57am Mike tp: the new original sins
	👻 10:57am karlward: Love the Germs version of "Sugar Sugar."
	10:57am John from Florham Park: @linda if I had a unlimited funds right now I would donate a very big portion to this station with the only condition that they keep on playing very good music
	10:58am Linda Lee: this cover is fabulous. i had the original on 45! :-D
	10:58am Joe McG: @zpulpa: Glad to hear it! We all need cheering.
	10:59am John from Florham Park: @linda that is why I don’t really listen to commercial radio anymore
	10:59am kev: Love Sugar
	10:59am Kenny rotten: The old Sins version of Sugar Sugar very cool Joe!
	11:00am frozen_peas: fantastic single file, Joe!
	11:00am annie: holy shit .. this is the closest i've been to a weasel show since i left DC... i see his name and... wow! i'll give it a listen!
	11:00am Asheville Jon: Tom Dash (Dot0Dash Radio) told me about the sins reunion. SUPER EXCITED!!!! major road trip in a couple weeks!!!
	11:01am annie: i LERVE tune-in!
	👻 11:01am tim from champaign: Hi Joe and everyone!! My brain is working at 25% today.
	11:01am Linda Lee: as of now 1 in 10 listeners contribute, so the station is hanging on by its teeth. if every actual listener contributed only $10 a year ~ that's what, 3 cups of coffee? ~ we'd be much better off!
	11:03am annie: i think next year i'll bump my pledge up 5 dollah a month and gift someone...i can do that, right joe? hi asheville jon!
	11:03am KP in DC: Goyim in the AM, well I dug Seldom Scene (who I saw), Johnson Mountain Boys as well as older classic stuff Ray Davis played.
	11:03am John from Florham Park: @linda I know going to in a few months will try and do some volunteer work fir this station
	11:03am Linda Lee: can't believe it's just 1 in 10, considering what we get from this station.
	11:03am Roberto: It's definitely different from the version on their compilation set from a few years back.
	11:04am TDK60: It boggles, LL.
	11:04am John from Florham Park: @linda that is why ken us doing monthly pledges to help with the financial health of this station
	11:05am Linda Lee: the volunteers had fun this year! a bunch of wake glisteners helped out this year & some didn't have the chance, there were so many volunteers!
	11:05am zpulpa: I just got back from a brief trip to mexico and picked up some 45s, a new interest inspired by this segment of the show!
	11:05am Linda Lee: yep. swag for life! that's what i do. it helps a lot.
	11:05am John from Florham Park: @linda I could tell that they were
	11:06am Goyim in the AM: @KP --yeah, I didn't mean to knock what was leftover -- there was still good stuff there -- but it was already toned down and now even that is gone.
	11:09am steveo: joe, you can donate those records to wfmu for a tax deduction :)
	11:09am TDK60: ..folks may not know that WFMU DJs also volunteer for house chores at the station: trash, kitchen, sweeping, etc.
	11:09am joe: It seems that the single was recorded before there was a band. It was Chris Butler having wrote the song and performed all instruments and asked his friend Patty Donahue to sing. He got signed to Ze and then formed the band with Patty and recorded the first album. www.allmusic.com...
	11:09am Listener Alexandra: I believe you called the segment "One and Done", Joe ;)
	11:09am Linda Lee: love it: Cherry Picking with Joe McGasko!
	11:09am Tomophobic Tom from Detroit: Call this segment single smile.
	👻 11:10am karlward: Was kind of hoping this would be a Van Morrison cover.
	11:10am pantz: Joe, what's an album you bought long ago, didn't like initially but later began to grow on you? XTC Oranges & Lemons would be mine
	11:11am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 sounds like stuff I can do
	11:11am Linda Lee: that's good, Tom!
	11:11am Phillippe Bastille: I asked my family in the past to make a contribution to FMU instead of giving me a gift I don't need. Didn't get much cooperation, but when they did, more swag!
	11:12am Joe McG: @pantz: There are a lot of them. The one that comes to mind is "Swordfishtrombones," which I bought when it came out. I hated it! Then I listened to it again 6 months later and it changed my life.
	11:13am Linda Lee: thank you Phillippe!
	👻 11:13am Oxidized: That "Caravan" resembled the 30 Rock theme in spots.
	11:13am joe: Ok very weird coincidence I just got this David Carroll album yesterday. There is record store here that sells blind boxes of records that in poor condition or not worth the dollar bin. My wife uses them for craft projects but before she does I go through and do some cherry picking based on cover art and piqued interest. Welll guess what one of those was that I grabbed yesterday. Weird.
	11:13am Asheville Jon: hey, this warm and tender love isn't half bad!
	👻 11:14am Webhamster Henry: The concept of this set is a selling point of online music sales.
	11:14am TDK60: I didn't like the "white album"..at first. Same with Oranges and Lemons, pantz.
	11:15am VincentNifigance: @Joe and you are called Joe!
	11:15am joe: @webhamster Henry or dollar (or less) bins :)
	11:15am Linda Lee: this kind of thing happens often on fmu, joe! the 'm' is for magic. ;-)
	11:15am pantz: I can see the learning curve on that one would be sharp. It was pretty groundbreaking stuff.
	👻 11:15am tim from champaign: Joe, too bad that the rest of the album are are duds. This are pretty good tracks. What a let down!
	11:16am joe: It sounds like the slowed down intro to Dallas there at the beginning of the Magnificent Man track.
	11:16am Joe McG: @tim: Yes, every one of these records has about 2 great tracks but the rest are pretty mediocre.
	👻 11:17am tim from champaign: I'd say a record for me where there is 1 incredible cut and the rest is a dud is The Floaters "Float On",
	11:17am tom: guess the magnificent men weren't all that magnificent
	11:18am slugluv1313: Good Morning, Joe and everyone! @ zlulpa at 10:56am -- EXACTLY! same here! horribly saddened by the passing of Scott Walker too -- but yes, THANK-YOU Joe for this wonderful show!
	11:18am Carmichael: Heya Joe. Been sitting here listening and pissed off about Scott Walker. It'll take me some time to process.
	11:18am Linda Lee: good morning Slugluv! good seeing you!
	11:19am Guido from Cologne: I wish I had the discipline to sort more records out. But it happened too often that a revoved record appeared valueable later.
	11:19am Joe McG: @Carmichael: I hear you, trying to feel better.
	11:19am Asheville Jon: now this is B- level cheese
	11:20am Linda Lee: @tom ~ it's just that 'the passable men' didn't have the same zing.
	👻 11:20am karlward: Joe this segment is more rocking than usual. It sounds like you're frequently disappointed by rock records?
	11:20am slugluv1313: Hi Linda Lee! great seeing you too! :)
	👻 11:20am tim from champaign: @Asheville Jon - no way dude, this is an A grade stomper!
	11:20am Linda Lee: how are you today, Jon?
	11:21am Joe McG: @Asheville Jon: Produced by Al Kooper! @karl: Often!
	👻 11:22am tim from champaign: Joe - I think you need to by more disappointing records. This is an excellent set!
	11:22am Linda Lee: a hell of a lot of dreck was released into that lucrative rock & roll market ..
	11:23am annie: alright... NOW i have to get to work.. damn/darn you FMU for the wonderful distraction!
	11:23am Linda Lee: kids don't know nothin' ~ put a pretty face on it & throw it at the wall. see if it sticks.
	11:24am Guido from Cologne: I remember Rosetta Stone to be marketed as the next big teen-shlock-thing after Bay City Rollers
	11:24am Linda Lee: @Slugluv ~ how's the family today?
	11:24am Joe McG: @Guido: Exactly, the "Irish" Bay City Rollers!
	11:27am Asheville Jon: hey LL, how are you? and I'm not saying there is anything wrong with B- level cheese! in many cases it is a step up from some of the garbage i listen to!
	11:27am John from Florham Park: @Annie a nice distraction WFMU
	11:28am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- ah they are SO busy busy BUSY with all their post-breakfast, Monday morning NAPPING! how is yours?
	11:28am porchy: fun show joe
	11:29am Linda Lee: sounds like they're doing just what they should! :-) i've got my eye on my guy here. he may be very ill. he's also 20 years old! we'll see. he's napping too!
	11:29am Brendan: @Joe, regarding records you don’t like: as a kid in the late 70s I did that Columbia House offer where they sent you 12 albums for a penny, then have to buy x records down the road. It was hard to find a redeeming song on some of the records. Still i felt kind of guilty and wondered what kind of life of crime it would lead me to. Apparently one clever guy used different mailing addresses to accumulate 26,000 such records. I think my haul included Foghat Stone Blue, Nazareth http://mentalfloss.com/article/28036/its-steal-how-columbia-house-made-money-giving-away-music
	11:30am Joe McG: Thanks, porchy, I'm having fun cleaning my closet!
	11:30am Joe McG: @Brendan: My hat's off to that genius!
	11:31am Linda Lee: doing fine Jon, thanks! the catskills may be squeezing me out at last! i've got an invite from Sedona!
	11:31am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- awww sweet guy! please give him warm & loving & HEALING ENERGY for me
	11:32am Linda Lee: thank you Slugluv! will do.
	11:32am Linda Lee: sorry, Saluda. not Sedona! :-D
	11:33am slugluv1313: damn! i swear i heard this "Sweet Dreams of You" when i was a teenager one of the cheese-y "benefits" of growing up in the 1970s
	👻 11:33am Ken From Hyde Park: Salida in Colorado is a nice place as well.
	11:33am Asheville Jon: Saluda NC?
	11:34am Linda Lee: indeed on the 70s..
	11:34am slugluv1313: DEFINITELY remember this Brave Belt tune . . . weren't they an early incarnation of some other band?
	11:34am Linda Lee: i've been confusing Saluda with Sedona for a good 20 years now. :-D
	11:35am Mr. Palchepo.: Brave Belt pre-obesity epidemic.
	11:35am McGreivey: in re: Brave Belt: BTO albums tend to be spotty, as well, but the great songs are great.
	11:35am Linda Lee: @Asheville Jon ~ yes, NC. we'll see!
	11:36am Asheville Jon: well, we can't have too many FMU listeners around here!
	11:36am VincentNifigance: @Brendan thanks for that link, looks like an engrossing read.
	11:36am Asheville Jon: and better Saluda NC than Sedona. sedona is PLAYED OUT!!!
	11:37am Linda Lee: no doubt! :-D
	11:37am annie: saluda has a great music spot... please keep it a secret.. too much tourist influx lately
	11:38am Asheville Jon: hey Annie! what part of this area hasn't had too much tourist influx lately?
	11:39am McGreivey: Brave Belt -->> Bachmann-Turner Overdrive
	11:39am Linda Lee: @annie ~ the secret's safe with me. i thought i had a nice secret too, in where i live. alas, we've been 'discovered'. always trouble..
	11:40am slugluv1313: oh gosh yes -- former Guess Who member(s), became BTO @ Mr. Palchepo: yup! we used to call them Bachman Turner Overdrive a co-worker at my first job out of college (1980s) bought me BTO's biography from the Salvation Army store that was around the corner (yup this was in Manhattan!) -- he knew i would appreciate this, especially all the photographs of the them in leather jumpsuits -- as their fame expanded, so did their waistlines :)
	11:40am Linda Lee: i just don't understand how so many people have enough money to displace the natives!
	11:41am Brendan: Theres a Randy Bachman doc out https://youtu.be/QAlPrd9JYd8
	11:41am Joe McG: @Brendan: He wrote a fun book, too.
	11:41am Linda Lee: slugluv ~ i guess the belts finally gave out!
	11:42am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- agreed! as one who has been living in Hoboken since 1981 -- when you could not PAY people to live here!
	11:42am Linda Lee: we called 'em Bachman Turner Overweight.
	11:43am Linda Lee: it was the same in Williamsburg in 85. just try asking friends in Manhattan to visit.
	11:43am Carmichael: I know, at one point, Bachman had over 400 Gretsch guitars. I actually e-mailed him pictures of my Roc Jet for authentication purposes, and he got back to me in an hour.
	11:44am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee & Mr. Palchepo -- YES! so did we! (ugh, goofed on my earlier comment!)
	11:45am Linda Lee: it was funny at the time. :-D
	11:45am slugluv1313: @ Carmichael -- WOW that is so cool!
	11:46am Linda Lee: Juliette Greco was my mother's cousin. they looked like twins. true!
	11:46am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- right? "what? go to BROOKLYN?!?"
	👻 11:47am Webhamster Henry: Nice to hear the intro to "The Dead Leaves" .. umm, "The Autumn Leaves"
	11:47am Joe McG: @linda Lee: !
	11:48am Sem: Love songs in French are more loving, somehow.
	11:48am Linda Lee: indeed. no man's land. one night we caught a cab home from a club on the LES. the driver actually asked if we were scoring dope. i guess he wanted the return fare.
	11:48am Linda Lee: thank you for playing her, Joe. adore her music.
	👻 11:53am tadpoles: Thanks for the show Joe and thanks for the shot of Traffic. Thanks also to Scott Walker.
	11:53am annie: our family lived out on long island, on the edges of northport; our across the street neighbor was an old russian lady, Baiko by name. i loved being around her, and my dad loved practicing his russian on her. such an old culture
	11:53am steveo: hey i recommended you big band set from last week to someone who "hates big band"; haven't heard back yet
	11:54am fred: That's amazing re: Juliette Greco. She performed at one of my fave venues as it closed for renovations, and she was one of the first to perform there when it opened
	11:54am steveo: your*
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:55am Krys O.: Such a great show, Joe. Thanks!
	11:55am Phillippe Bastille: Thanks Joe
	11:55am John from Florham Park: @stevi grew up listening to big band music on the old WNEW AM back in the day
	11:55am McGreivey: Randy Bachman's CBC radio show Vinyl Tap is usually interesting. He tells good stories, and knows everyone. I couldn't find old episodes on the CBC website, but he's still doing me episodes, and it's broadcast 3x a week.
	11:55am Brendan: Thanks the tunes
	11:55am Linda Lee: What venue, Fred?
	11:55am Brendan: For
	11:56am fred: @Linda Lee: Theatre de la ville, in Paris
	11:57am Sem: Thanks, Joe.
	11:57am Linda Lee: Joe, i do believe the Moirs were Scottish!
	11:58am steveo: thank you, Joe, for the show
	11:58am Linda Lee: wonderful show, Joe! thanks! fred, i'm off to have a look!
	11:58am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone! Have a great week.
	11:58am Barbara in PA: Particularly beautiful show today. Thank you!
	11:59am Krys O.: Comedian Vic Reeves is really Jim Moir.
	11:59am John from Florham Park: @mcgreviy listen to Randy’s show too very good and there is the stombo show on Sunday night around 8 good show
	11:59am tom: thanks Joe
	12:00pm zpulpa: Thanks Joe, and nice to hang with you wonderful friends though I havent been commenting I am here with you at my desk. I hope everyone has a nice day.
	12:14pm slugluv1313: fantastic show, Joe -- thanks again!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from March 25, 2019

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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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March 25, 2019: All Around Me

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New
Chris Connor	Ask Me "Ask Me" by "Chris Connor"	Chris Connor Sings Lullabys of Birdland	Bethlehem	1957	LP
The Smiths	Ask "Ask" by "The Smiths"	The World Won't Listen	Rough Trade	1986	LP
James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg	Reel Around the Fountain	Ambsace	Paradise of Bachelors	2015	CD
Steve Gunn	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	no album	No Label	2017	MP3	recorded for Aquarium Drunkard
Dionne Warwick	Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets	single	Sceptor	1970	45
Julie Driscoll	I Know You Love Me Not	Jools & Brian	Capitol	1968	LP	From 1967
Yola	Faraway Look "Faraway Look" by "Yola"	Walk Through Fire	Easy Eye Sound	2019	CD		*
Morrissey	It's Over "It's Over" by "Morrissey"	California Son	BMG	2019	MP3		*
Scott Walker	It's Raining Today "It's Raining Today" by "Scott Walker"	Scott 3	Fontana	1992	CD	From 1969
The Walker Brothers	You're All Around Me	Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers	Water	2008	CD	From 1965
Scott Walker	My Death "My Death" by "Scott Walker"	Scott	Fontana	1992	CD	From 1967
Scott Walker	It's Over "It's Over" by "Scott Walker"	'Til the Band Comes In	Water	2008	CD	From 1970

Alex Chilton	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying	Songs from Robin Hood Lane	Bar/None	2019	CD	prob. early '90s	*
Deidre & the Dark	Don't Say Goodbye	Variety Hour	YouTooCanWoo	2019	CD		*
Advance Base	Our Cat "Our Cat" by "Advance Base"	Gentle Weirdos: Orindal Records Sampler Vol. 2	Orindal	2019	CD		*
Delicate Steve	Ghost "Ghost" by "Delicate Steve"	Till I Burn Up	Anti-	2019	CD		*
Tremosphere	Spirits "Spirits" by "Tremosphere"	Interiors	Slugg	2019	CD		*
Westkust	Cotton Skies "Cotton Skies" by "Westkust"	Westkust	Luxury	2019	MP3		*
Nouvelle Vague	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Nouvelle Vague	Peacefrog	2004	CD
Elkhorn	II "II" by "Elkhorn"	elkJAM	Feeding Tube	2019	LP		*
The Lemonheads	Can't Forget "Can't Forget" by "The Lemonheads"	Varshons II	Fire	2019	CD		*
The Meat Puppets	Sea of Heartbreak	Dusty Notes	Megaforce	2019	CD	playing at Monty Hall in May!	*

Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row "Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row"
The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought the Law	single	Mustang	1966	45
Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours	A Guy Called Joe	single	Decca	1960	45
Lloyd Parks	Trench Town Girl "Trench Town Girl" by "Lloyd Parks"	single	TR Groovemaster	1975	45
Margie Joseph	Let's Stay Together	single	Atlantic	1973	45
Traffic	Hole in My Shoe "Hole in My Shoe" by "Traffic"	single	Island	1967	45
The Waitresses	No Guilt "No Guilt" by "The Waitresses"	single	Antilles	1980	45
Nik Kershaw	Wouldn't It Be Good "Wouldn't It Be Good" by "Nik Kershaw"	single	MCA	1984	45
Teddy and the Pandas	We Can't Go On This Way	single	Musicor	1966	45
The Original Sins	Sugar Sugar "Sugar Sugar" by "The Original Sins"	single	Bar/None	1986	45

Closet Cleaning; or, the Song I Like from Albums I Largely Don't
David Carroll and His Orchestra	Caravan	Percussion Orientale	Mercury	1960	LP
Archie Campbell and Lorene Mann	Warm and Tender Love	Tell It Like It Is	RCA Victor	1968	LP
The Magnificent Men	Peace of Mind	The Magnificent Men	Capitol	1967	LP
Frankie & Johnny	Life Line "Life Line" by "Frankie & Johnny"	The Sweetheart Sampler	Warner Bros.	1973	LP
Rosetta Stone	Judy, Judy, Judy "Judy, Judy, Judy" by "Rosetta Stone"	Rosetta Stone	Private Stock	1978	LP
The Moirs	Who Needs a Man "Who Needs a Man" by "The Moirs"	State of Shock	Rocket Record Company	1978	LP
Bob Ruzicka	Sweet Dreams of You "Sweet Dreams of You" by "Bob Ruzicka"	Cold Hands, Warm Heart	MCA	1973	LP
Brave Belt	Too Far Away "Too Far Away" by "Brave Belt"	Brave Belt II	Reprise	1972	LP
Ruefrex	In the Traps "In the Traps" by "Ruefrex"	Flowers for All Occasions	MCA	1985	LP
Martin Stephenson & the Daintees	Even the Night	Gladsome Humour & Blue	Capitol	1988	LP
Barbara Mauritz/Lamb	The Wish "The Wish" by "Barbara Mauritz/Lamb"	Bring Out the Sun	Warner Bros.	1971	LP
Juliette Greco	Les feuilles mortes	Le Disque d'Or de Juliette Greco	Philips	1972	LP	From 1951
Jeanne Bischevskaya	Oh, My Son "Oh, My Son" by "Jeanne Bischevskaya"	Old-Time Russian Folk Village and Town Songs and Ballads	Melodiya	1988	LP
Orville Knapp & His Orchestra	Speaking Confidentially	1934-36	Sunbeam	1976	LP	vocal: Edith Caldwell

Scott Walker	Butterfly "Butterfly" by "Scott Walker"	Scott 3	Fontana	1992	CD	From 1969

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Listener comments!
	9:00am VincentNifigance: Yip indeedy.
	👻 9:01am 12539: No no no Yes Yes Yes! Yip!
	9:02am Andrea in Jersey City: Yip
	👻 9:02am queems: good morning joe & all!
	9:02am Cmurtha: Howdy everyone!
	9:03am fred: Good morning Joe and listeners
	9:04am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	👻 9:04am queems: yessss an ask me extravaganza
	9:05am Sem: Hiya, Joe, McGaskoes, and all.
	9:05am pantz: Ah yes. The queue up the queries, Joe.
	9:06am Davee: Hi Joe, how does it Goe?
	9:09am Joe McG: Hey, everybody, welcome to the show! Thanks for dropping by.
	9:10am L W Rhino: Hey Joe, Just ask her already!
	9:11am annie: good morning joe and all!! listening, not commenting; have to work on a project. i'll be stage left!
	👻 9:11am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Beautiful sunny early Spring day here. Looking at polytunnels online, life in the fast lane!
	👻 9:12am Brian in UK: Steve Gunn sings.
	9:13am John from Florham Park: Hello surface noise listeners listening to some good tunage
	9:14am Joe McG: @LW Rhino: I'd rather keep writing those letters to Luxembourg! :)
	9:14am steveo: Good morning! Because if it's not love Then it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb That will bring us together
	9:14am prudy: love this Steve Gunn tune.
	👻 9:14am Ken From Hyde Park: Hmmm .... is it Sadie Hawkins Day today?
	9:14am pantz: You still on about that bucktooth girl, Joe?
	9:15am John from Florham Park: Prudy first time I heard Steve Gunn great singer
	9:15am John from Florham Park: @Steveo amen to that
	9:16am tom: some Scott Walker is in order today
	9:16am prudy: he's great John from FP. If you get a chance to hear him live..do it!
	9:16am prudy: yes Tom...RIP Scott Walker.
	9:17am prudy: how about Jackie?
	9:17am VincentNifigance: I wouldn't let Morrissey babysit a Stick Insect.
	9:18am Joe McG: Are you guys saying that Scott Walker is dead? Please no.
	9:19am VincentNifigance: Sorry Joe.
	9:19am VincentNifigance: Cue frantic show re-planning.
	9:20am steveo: @john amen to the smiths
	9:20am Joe McG: Aw, fuck.
	👻 9:21am tadpoles: A big loss Joe. I always thought some of Bowie's later work was heavily influenced by Scott Walker including Black Star. Sad news.
	9:21am Roberto: Oh yeah. It doesn't get much more Monday than waking up to Scott Walker's death.
	9:21am tom: he was 76. no cause specified
	9:22am John from Florham Park: Scott walker another unsung hero of rock
	9:23am steveo: oh no
	9:24am John from Florham Park: Proves how mortal we all are
	9:25am John from Florham Park: @Joe if you can please play celluide heroes by The kinks
	9:26am sugarwolf: The wrong Scott Walker died!!!
	👻 9:26am Brian in UK: Oh, I wish it was.
	9:27am Linda Lee: that's right, sugarwolf.
	9:27am Morphe': Thanks Joe - the tunes getting me out of my MoodyBlues caused by a UriahHeep of conflict with the EX.... My ex not The EX... 3 cheezy jokes in one sentence... An award is due - A Golden Turd???
	9:27am V Priceless: Heya Joe - RIP Scott : (
	👻 9:27am Brian in UK: I was always surprised that he did not revert to Engel. Guess you must keep the name that people know.
	9:28am Roberto: Word, sugarwolf.
	9:28am Linda Lee: staying tuned today for Scott Walker. i know FMU will do right.
	9:28am Andy the painter: great set, joe.
	9:29am John from Florham Park: @linda lee they always will di the right thing
	9:29am Linda Lee: yes, they do. beautiful show so far, Joe.
	👻 9:30am Brian in UK: If anyone ploughed his own furrow it was Scott Walker.
	9:30am Susan C.: Came on here to compliment you on this incredible set, Joe, and learned about Scott Walker. RIP. As someone said - so Monday.
	9:30am Linda Lee: was there word out that he was ill? 76 is not old, now.
	9:31am Andy the painter: oh damn. i just found out.
	9:31am Roberto: It's rock 'n' roll old though.
	9:32am Brendan: Oh Fuck you death. Again. Just logged in to see the news . ‘The final move was made. The knight hung his head.’
	9:32am Goyim in the AM: 76 is pretty old if you abused your liver the way Scott did in his quiet period. My God, though, did he have a second act.
	9:33am Mick: Oh man, Scott Walker - that's... a big rug to be pulled out from underfoot
	9:33am VincentNifigance: @LindaLee Yes, quite a vague report, so you immediately suspect the worst, though they sometimes infer certain things if they know someone died by their own hand.
	9:35am Roberto: It looks as if Scott thought ahead!
	9:36am Linda Lee: @Vincent Nifigance ~ yes. suppose more will be revealed soon enough.
	9:37am TDK60: Just tuning in, hearing about Scott W. // me? recovering from a bully at work.
	9:37am prudy: my dad died at 73, but lived a relatively happy and peaceful life. I consider that lucky. He only was inactive for 2 weeks prior to his passing. Not bad when you think of what one can suffer through.
	9:39am Linda Lee: @TDK60 ~ i do suspect this is National Bully Week. i nearly needed surgery yesterday. try & let it go soon.
	9:39am annie: this is all so splendid....
	9:39am Linda Lee: sounds fine, prudy. i'm glad for your dad.
	👻 9:40am tadpoles: I have a special copy of Scott. I'd left it on my turntable when my son was a toddler and came home to find him with his metal Thomas the Tank Engine toys putting them all to bed in the Roundhouse via the train turntable. Couldn't get mad at him as it was my fault for leaving the record on the turntable but I now have a precious copy of that record...pristine on one side but scratched to hell on the other. Love them both.
	9:40am Linda Lee: that's the word for sure, annie.
	9:40am VincentNifigance: Can someone go in and check on Joe?
	9:41am prudy: im surprised SM Ken didn't let him know.
	9:41am FernandoBelmondo: Hi Joe! does WFMU library have Scott Walker's "Maria Bethamia"? Here in Brazil, it was the first Scott's release, as a single, but very hard to find.
	👻 9:41am Brian in UK: This is the coverage over here. www.bbc.co.uk...
	9:41am TDK60: Walker sure had a musical journey!
	9:43am VincentNifigance: If its' any consolation Joe, it was special hearing Scott songs aired in a new paradigm for the first time with you.
	9:44am prudy: he really did explore a lot of different kinds of music
	9:44am prudy: hear, hear Joe.
	9:45am joe: @Joe McG what a crappy way/time to find out.
	9:45am Linda Lee: an exemplary path for any artist. courageous!
	9:46am Linda Lee: we can all aspire to same. living life truly.
	👻 9:52am tadpoles: Bowie recorded Scott's "Nite Flights".
	9:52am Cmurtha: I woke up on my birthday to find out Bowie Died, The show is great today Scott, that does not give solace, but still, great start
	9:53am Goyim in the AM: This is maybe the most I've heard his voice sound like he did with the Box Tops after the Box Tops.
	9:54am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 did you go to HR and complain about the bully
	9:56am TDK60: Hi JohnfFP; I hope to make a complaint today, thanks.
	👻 9:56am Brian in UK: Tilt was/is hard work but anything worth its salt should be.
	9:58am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 good and hope that bully gets escorted out by lunchtime
	10:01am Cmurtha: @tdk60 I don't know the situation but I hope the reporting goes smoothly and things get sorted out!
	10:04am Linda Lee: i don't understand purposefully making others' lives difficult. making a point of it. how twisted do you have to be to spend precious time on that? life is short!
	10:05am prudy: I have a friend who was threatened with a knife at work (gun factory) for being gay. He didn't have citizenship yet but filed a complaint nonetheless. Amazingly, the company fired the punk. Sometimes HR does the right thing.
	10:05am TDK60: Thanks Cmurtha & LL; I don't wanna talk about it more, now.
	10:05am VincentNifigance: @LindaLee I know, they're only on an even keel standing on someone else. Hopefully they wake up one day.
	10:07am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 understood
	10:09am Brendan: Leaving all the chatter and din of death behind with this set. Entering the ethereal... Nicely done Joe.
	10:10am lukavino: i thought Last Forever would be the only Westkust album the world would get for some reason, so this second album is a blessing.
	10:13am Kelly Jones: Good Morning People. Sorry about Scott Walker, Joe. Love this Joy Division cover...so sweet.
	👻 10:13am karlward: Jobim Division
	10:16am Reno Dakota: Your show is so good, I can’t get anything else done. Thanks for the Scott Walker tribute. I was reading the Dylan Jones Oral Biography of David Bowie last night and didn’t get why the final chapter was titled “And In Front of That Door is You”. So you’ve cleared that up.
	10:16am John from Florham Park: @jelly morning
	10:17am Joe McG: @KellyJ: Yeah, it's a big bummer. @karlward: Has no one done it yet? Maybe I should! @Reno: Thanks. I like your moniker, btw, nice spin on a fave Mimi and Richard tune!
	10:18am βrian: Ice blue cloudless skies over the isthmus today.
	10:20am Kerbo: great sounds
	10:21am VincentNifigance: @Reno Dakota There's plenty of kindness in you.
	10:21am John from Florham Park: I mean Kelly sorry
	👻 10:21am CHUCK ROAST: good morning from glen burnie, md, joe. stepped out of my cab at the library...thought I'd say hi while I was here.
	10:22am Phillippe Bastille: Hi Joe #1 and evryone
	10:23am prudy: love this Lemonheads tune.
	10:23am Phillippe Bastille: @Chuck Glen Burnie and his Orchestra, eh? I grew up just up Rte 2 in the armpit of AA County, Brooklyn Park
	10:24am Linda Lee: 'sea of heartbreak' is perfect for this particular morning. how are you Phillippe?
	10:25am Aaron Working In Newark: Great show this morning Joe
	👻 10:25am karlward: Love the Cash version of this song too.
	10:25am John from Florham Park: @linda yeah kind of depressing
	10:25am Goyim in the AM: AACo. had the good radio back in the day, which is why we gather here now. Was back last month and could tolerate WRNR for brief moments, that's it.
	10:26am Reno Dakota: @JoeMcG, my dear long before there was a song, there was me. Just ask Stephin Merritt.
	👻 10:26am Brian in UK: Joe. Chin up, old bean.
	10:28am Roger: Even more fabulous show than usual, Joe. Thank you. You keep the bar high/
	10:29am VincentNifigance: @Reno Dakota: Are you serious?!! Is it really you? If so, your retort verses were wonderful.
	10:29am βrian: Is is better to keep the bar high or to keep it well stocked?
	10:31am Linda Lee: John, what i like is the upbeat attitude. sad lyrics, but the music says 'lighten up!' :-)
	10:31am John from Florham Park: @brian ha ha
	10:31am Reno Dakota: @Vincent Thanks, I agree!
	👻 10:31am karlward: Love that hi hat.
	10:32am joe: Oh that's right Bobby Fuller does this song too :)
	10:32am John from Florham Park: @Linda very true about today’s like this
	10:32am P-90: Well anyway, congratulations on what SEEMED like one of the smoothest-running marathons in memory...
	10:33am VincentNifigance: @Reno Dakota: Then IT IS YOU!
	10:33am Linda Lee: not sure why, but fmu is dead set on helping a dark mood today. impossible to stay troubled, despite our losses.
	10:34am joe: yes
	10:35am John from Florham Park: @P-90 it was a lot of fun to listen too and you never knew what would happen next. Wonder how much sleep the various DJs list during that and the volunteers too
	10:35am Phillippe Bastille: @Goyim, Yes, you used to be able to hear some good stuff back in the day. The Einsteins had something good going with WHFS when it was in Bethesda, and the AM WAYE was pretty good as well. Things started taking a slide when Georgetown U stopped broadcasting. Now 'RNR is about it, mostly filled out with ex-HFS jocks. Thank goodness for the interwebs. Pretty amazing that we are in the radio range of the nation's capital without a decent station.
	10:36am Krys O.: Ah, Ernest's honky tonk style of singing is like a drunk bouncing around the dance floor. Floyd Tillman sounds even drunker.
	10:36am John from Florham Park: @linda lee I don’t know why either but very glad they are doing it
	10:37am John from Florham Park: @phillipe there is 98 rick from Baltimore they play decent stuff
	10:39am John from Florham Park: @phillipe and the chatters there are damn few stations that play decent stuff anymore consider XRT out if Chicago and WRAT from the jersey shore pretty good
	10:40am Davee: Singles! My favorite section.
	👻 10:41am Brian in UK: Joe, got to get some fresh air. So, off to walk the dog and climb a hill.
	10:41am annie: @ Phillippe: i miss the old hfs djs.. i'll have to check that out. is weasel still around? i was gifted "Cerph's Up" a couple years ago by an old pal from leesburg.
	10:41am Goyim in the AM: @Phillippe there's good radio out of DC still for sure -- WPFW and 92Q for two -- but dial segregation has increased wildly and "white" radio is rough going. The left side of the dial was a magical multicultural wonderland in the 70s and 80s for me in Annapolis, and then there was -- as you say --102.3 and the early days of 99.1.
	10:41am Phillippe Bastille: @JFFP I can't deal with 98 Rock. They talk more than Stashe Ken and their music selection is nothing great. I guess I could count WTMD in the halfway decent music mix. I just put on the FMU app and bluetooth to the radio when I'm driving and I'm a happy camper when I'm driving.
	10:43am Phillippe Bastille: @Annie Weasel is on WTMD on Saturdays, not sure what time.
	10:43am TDK60: A Traffic cut from the crypt!
	10:43am KP in DC: Hello, Joe from Panic Central
	10:44am Warwick joe: Really great show today. Loves that advanced base chunk of music. Gotta delve deeper in to that.
	10:44am John from Florham Park: Phillipe understand and WTMD May be good but not WFMU good
	10:44am VincentNifigance: Neil from The Young Ones did a great cover of this.
	10:44am Joe McG: I kinda want to live inside this Traffic record. Do I have to do a lot of acid?
	10:44am annie: thanks phillippe!
	10:44am Phillippe Bastille: Wheel of Fortune dude Pat Sajak was in negotiations to by WRNR back in the late 90s according to a guy I knew who worked there. He wound up buying the AM sister station, WNAV
	10:45am VincentNifigance: @JoeMcG Definitely.
	10:45am Colleen: Always enjoy the show Joe... Thank you!
	10:45am TDK60: No Joe, just spin the rekkid - natural high.
	👻 10:45am Webhamster Henry: We had this Traffic album on cassette when there weren't a whole lot of albums on cassettes!
	10:46am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: @Vincent Yes, I had the same thought about Neil the Hippy. I saw Nigel Planer at a bus stop once. Nice bloke. Very tall.
	10:46am Davee: THE WAITRESS'!!!
	10:46am Phillippe Bastille: @goyim I've bounced through those stations a couple times but didn't stick around. I'll give them an extended listen. Problem is DC isn't much of a college town, to steal from Spinal Tap /s
	10:46am Roberto: Oh yes. The Waitresses are the ultimate Monday antidote.
	10:47am Phillippe Bastille: @JFFP Nothing is as good as FMU :)
	10:47am frozen_peas: Roberto, I agree 100%!
	10:47am KP in DC: Goyim in the AM, I moved here a year ago but used to be a frequent visitor to the area. I loved Ray Davis’ Bluegrass Show. Lived for it. Now there’s nothing but classical. It’s driving me to get a new car with internet access
	10:47am Roberto: I got 97 on my driver's test. It was the backing up that tripped me up.
	10:48am Goyim in the AM: @annie the great Bob "Here" Showacre passed on a few years ago, sadly. @Phillipps the Sajakization of my hometown continues to horrify me every time I make it back there.
	10:48am John from Florham Park: @phillipe damn straight with that
	10:48am steveo: all the people who died, died
	10:48am VincentNifigance: @Kevin_Ringwood_UK I met Christopher Ryan who played Mike in St Ives when I was a kid. We just stood gawping, while my parents had a very pleasant conversation with him, he was there to paint.
	10:49am Kat in Chicago: Not sure how that Waitresses song previously eluded me, but that was excellent
	10:50am annie: KP: lee dempsey is still on the air, he's a real deal..
	10:50am pantz: Love some Nik Kershaw. Ah the bygone MTV days.
	10:50am sam pocker: oh man this nik kershaw sounds so good on 45
	10:50am John from Florham Park: I guess since I grew up in this area in from late 70s to early 83 I got spoiled by WNEWFM and WDHA and has a bit of a culture shock when I moved to Florida and discovered how much the rock stations suck down there and could not wait to get back up here on vacation
	10:51am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: @Vincent - that's a great story!
	10:51am Goyim in the AM: @KP ...and the bluegrass of the last 10 years was already a pale, corporate-donator-friendly version of what WAMU used to play. The Dick Spottswood show was astonishing, kind of DC's hillbilly version of the Secret Museum of the Air.
	10:51am V Priceless: great Kershaw track!
	10:52am Joe McG: This horn break is amazing.
	10:52am fred: Nik Kershaw? I hadn't even thought about that name since my high school years
	10:52am Linda Lee: John, this is what happens when radio is mainly a stock option.
	10:52am annie: i was there for the last good years of AMU...what a great station..diane rehm was a challenge..
	10:53am John from Florham Park: All this nostalgia about stations playing good music is making me depressed right now, getting old and grouchy I guess
	10:53am TDK60: I wouldn't have heard the Waitresses but for free-form radio.
	10:53am Mike tp: a good Nick song.bouncy n with a hook..
	10:54am Listener Robert: By my calculation, the station's now at 96% of goal. Somebody must've opened the mail & found a bunch of checks or pledge forms this morning for the total to have jumped thousands like that.
	10:54am annie: nah, john; glory in the fact thet YOU WERE THERE!!!! a live witness
	10:54am John from Florham Park: @linda does not mean I have to like it my god I hate what iHeartRadio has done turning everything into schlock and Judy crap
	10:55am Linda Lee: this is why it's so incredibly important to keep WFMU alive!
	10:56am John from Florham Park: &Annie thanks I still have my memories
	10:56am Asheville Jon: YEAH!!! THE --ORIGINAL-- ORIGINAL SINS!!!! They are getting back together for two shows next month!!!!
	10:56am zpulpa: Thank you for this show Joe! I woke up feeling especially sore and weary in my heart and this is just the thing I need.
	10:57am Linda Lee: just don't listen to garbage. you are what you eat, culturally. leave the dreck to the pigs.
	10:57am Mike tp: the new original sins
	👻 10:57am karlward: Love the Germs version of "Sugar Sugar."
	10:57am John from Florham Park: @linda if I had a unlimited funds right now I would donate a very big portion to this station with the only condition that they keep on playing very good music
	10:58am Linda Lee: this cover is fabulous. i had the original on 45! :-D
	10:58am Joe McG: @zpulpa: Glad to hear it! We all need cheering.
	10:59am John from Florham Park: @linda that is why I don’t really listen to commercial radio anymore
	10:59am kev: Love Sugar
	10:59am Kenny rotten: The old Sins version of Sugar Sugar very cool Joe!
	11:00am frozen_peas: fantastic single file, Joe!
	11:00am annie: holy shit .. this is the closest i've been to a weasel show since i left DC... i see his name and... wow! i'll give it a listen!
	11:00am Asheville Jon: Tom Dash (Dot0Dash Radio) told me about the sins reunion. SUPER EXCITED!!!! major road trip in a couple weeks!!!
	11:01am annie: i LERVE tune-in!
	👻 11:01am tim from champaign: Hi Joe and everyone!! My brain is working at 25% today.
	11:01am Linda Lee: as of now 1 in 10 listeners contribute, so the station is hanging on by its teeth. if every actual listener contributed only $10 a year ~ that's what, 3 cups of coffee? ~ we'd be much better off!
	11:03am annie: i think next year i'll bump my pledge up 5 dollah a month and gift someone...i can do that, right joe? hi asheville jon!
	11:03am KP in DC: Goyim in the AM, well I dug Seldom Scene (who I saw), Johnson Mountain Boys as well as older classic stuff Ray Davis played.
	11:03am John from Florham Park: @linda I know going to in a few months will try and do some volunteer work fir this station
	11:03am Linda Lee: can't believe it's just 1 in 10, considering what we get from this station.
	11:03am Roberto: It's definitely different from the version on their compilation set from a few years back.
	11:04am TDK60: It boggles, LL.
	11:04am John from Florham Park: @linda that is why ken us doing monthly pledges to help with the financial health of this station
	11:05am Linda Lee: the volunteers had fun this year! a bunch of wake glisteners helped out this year & some didn't have the chance, there were so many volunteers!
	11:05am zpulpa: I just got back from a brief trip to mexico and picked up some 45s, a new interest inspired by this segment of the show!
	11:05am Linda Lee: yep. swag for life! that's what i do. it helps a lot.
	11:05am John from Florham Park: @linda I could tell that they were
	11:06am Goyim in the AM: @KP --yeah, I didn't mean to knock what was leftover -- there was still good stuff there -- but it was already toned down and now even that is gone.
	11:09am steveo: joe, you can donate those records to wfmu for a tax deduction :)
	11:09am TDK60: ..folks may not know that WFMU DJs also volunteer for house chores at the station: trash, kitchen, sweeping, etc.
	11:09am joe: It seems that the single was recorded before there was a band. It was Chris Butler having wrote the song and performed all instruments and asked his friend Patty Donahue to sing. He got signed to Ze and then formed the band with Patty and recorded the first album. www.allmusic.com...
	11:09am Listener Alexandra: I believe you called the segment "One and Done", Joe ;)
	11:09am Linda Lee: love it: Cherry Picking with Joe McGasko!
	11:09am Tomophobic Tom from Detroit: Call this segment single smile.
	👻 11:10am karlward: Was kind of hoping this would be a Van Morrison cover.
	11:10am pantz: Joe, what's an album you bought long ago, didn't like initially but later began to grow on you? XTC Oranges & Lemons would be mine
	11:11am John from Florham Park: @TDK60 sounds like stuff I can do
	11:11am Linda Lee: that's good, Tom!
	11:11am Phillippe Bastille: I asked my family in the past to make a contribution to FMU instead of giving me a gift I don't need. Didn't get much cooperation, but when they did, more swag!
	11:12am Joe McG: @pantz: There are a lot of them. The one that comes to mind is "Swordfishtrombones," which I bought when it came out. I hated it! Then I listened to it again 6 months later and it changed my life.
	11:13am Linda Lee: thank you Phillippe!
	👻 11:13am Oxidized: That "Caravan" resembled the 30 Rock theme in spots.
	11:13am joe: Ok very weird coincidence I just got this David Carroll album yesterday. There is record store here that sells blind boxes of records that in poor condition or not worth the dollar bin. My wife uses them for craft projects but before she does I go through and do some cherry picking based on cover art and piqued interest. Welll guess what one of those was that I grabbed yesterday. Weird.
	11:13am Asheville Jon: hey, this warm and tender love isn't half bad!
	👻 11:14am Webhamster Henry: The concept of this set is a selling point of online music sales.
	11:14am TDK60: I didn't like the "white album"..at first. Same with Oranges and Lemons, pantz.
	11:15am VincentNifigance: @Joe and you are called Joe!
	11:15am joe: @webhamster Henry or dollar (or less) bins :)
	11:15am Linda Lee: this kind of thing happens often on fmu, joe! the 'm' is for magic. ;-)
	11:15am pantz: I can see the learning curve on that one would be sharp. It was pretty groundbreaking stuff.
	👻 11:15am tim from champaign: Joe, too bad that the rest of the album are are duds. This are pretty good tracks. What a let down!
	11:16am joe: It sounds like the slowed down intro to Dallas there at the beginning of the Magnificent Man track.
	11:16am Joe McG: @tim: Yes, every one of these records has about 2 great tracks but the rest are pretty mediocre.
	👻 11:17am tim from champaign: I'd say a record for me where there is 1 incredible cut and the rest is a dud is The Floaters "Float On",
	11:17am tom: guess the magnificent men weren't all that magnificent
	11:18am slugluv1313: Good Morning, Joe and everyone! @ zlulpa at 10:56am -- EXACTLY! same here! horribly saddened by the passing of Scott Walker too -- but yes, THANK-YOU Joe for this wonderful show!
	11:18am Carmichael: Heya Joe. Been sitting here listening and pissed off about Scott Walker. It'll take me some time to process.
	11:18am Linda Lee: good morning Slugluv! good seeing you!
	11:19am Guido from Cologne: I wish I had the discipline to sort more records out. But it happened too often that a revoved record appeared valueable later.
	11:19am Joe McG: @Carmichael: I hear you, trying to feel better.
	11:19am Asheville Jon: now this is B- level cheese
	11:20am Linda Lee: @tom ~ it's just that 'the passable men' didn't have the same zing.
	👻 11:20am karlward: Joe this segment is more rocking than usual. It sounds like you're frequently disappointed by rock records?
	11:20am slugluv1313: Hi Linda Lee! great seeing you too! :)
	👻 11:20am tim from champaign: @Asheville Jon - no way dude, this is an A grade stomper!
	11:20am Linda Lee: how are you today, Jon?
	11:21am Joe McG: @Asheville Jon: Produced by Al Kooper! @karl: Often!
	👻 11:22am tim from champaign: Joe - I think you need to by more disappointing records. This is an excellent set!
	11:22am Linda Lee: a hell of a lot of dreck was released into that lucrative rock & roll market ..
	11:23am annie: alright... NOW i have to get to work.. damn/darn you FMU for the wonderful distraction!
	11:23am Linda Lee: kids don't know nothin' ~ put a pretty face on it & throw it at the wall. see if it sticks.
	11:24am Guido from Cologne: I remember Rosetta Stone to be marketed as the next big teen-shlock-thing after Bay City Rollers
	11:24am Linda Lee: @Slugluv ~ how's the family today?
	11:24am Joe McG: @Guido: Exactly, the "Irish" Bay City Rollers!
	11:27am Asheville Jon: hey LL, how are you? and I'm not saying there is anything wrong with B- level cheese! in many cases it is a step up from some of the garbage i listen to!
	11:27am John from Florham Park: @Annie a nice distraction WFMU
	11:28am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- ah they are SO busy busy BUSY with all their post-breakfast, Monday morning NAPPING! how is yours?
	11:28am porchy: fun show joe
	11:29am Linda Lee: sounds like they're doing just what they should! :-) i've got my eye on my guy here. he may be very ill. he's also 20 years old! we'll see. he's napping too!
	11:29am Brendan: @Joe, regarding records you don’t like: as a kid in the late 70s I did that Columbia House offer where they sent you 12 albums for a penny, then have to buy x records down the road. It was hard to find a redeeming song on some of the records. Still i felt kind of guilty and wondered what kind of life of crime it would lead me to. Apparently one clever guy used different mailing addresses to accumulate 26,000 such records. I think my haul included Foghat Stone Blue, Nazareth http://mentalfloss.com/article/28036/its-steal-how-columbia-house-made-money-giving-away-music
	11:30am Joe McG: Thanks, porchy, I'm having fun cleaning my closet!
	11:30am Joe McG: @Brendan: My hat's off to that genius!
	11:31am Linda Lee: doing fine Jon, thanks! the catskills may be squeezing me out at last! i've got an invite from Sedona!
	11:31am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- awww sweet guy! please give him warm & loving & HEALING ENERGY for me
	11:32am Linda Lee: thank you Slugluv! will do.
	11:32am Linda Lee: sorry, Saluda. not Sedona! :-D
	11:33am slugluv1313: damn! i swear i heard this "Sweet Dreams of You" when i was a teenager one of the cheese-y "benefits" of growing up in the 1970s
	👻 11:33am Ken From Hyde Park: Salida in Colorado is a nice place as well.
	11:33am Asheville Jon: Saluda NC?
	11:34am Linda Lee: indeed on the 70s..
	11:34am slugluv1313: DEFINITELY remember this Brave Belt tune . . . weren't they an early incarnation of some other band?
	11:34am Linda Lee: i've been confusing Saluda with Sedona for a good 20 years now. :-D
	11:35am Mr. Palchepo.: Brave Belt pre-obesity epidemic.
	11:35am McGreivey: in re: Brave Belt: BTO albums tend to be spotty, as well, but the great songs are great.
	11:35am Linda Lee: @Asheville Jon ~ yes, NC. we'll see!
	11:36am Asheville Jon: well, we can't have too many FMU listeners around here!
	11:36am VincentNifigance: @Brendan thanks for that link, looks like an engrossing read.
	11:36am Asheville Jon: and better Saluda NC than Sedona. sedona is PLAYED OUT!!!
	11:37am Linda Lee: no doubt! :-D
	11:37am annie: saluda has a great music spot... please keep it a secret.. too much tourist influx lately
	11:38am Asheville Jon: hey Annie! what part of this area hasn't had too much tourist influx lately?
	11:39am McGreivey: Brave Belt -->> Bachmann-Turner Overdrive
	11:39am Linda Lee: @annie ~ the secret's safe with me. i thought i had a nice secret too, in where i live. alas, we've been 'discovered'. always trouble..
	11:40am slugluv1313: oh gosh yes -- former Guess Who member(s), became BTO @ Mr. Palchepo: yup! we used to call them Bachman Turner Overdrive a co-worker at my first job out of college (1980s) bought me BTO's biography from the Salvation Army store that was around the corner (yup this was in Manhattan!) -- he knew i would appreciate this, especially all the photographs of the them in leather jumpsuits -- as their fame expanded, so did their waistlines :)
	11:40am Linda Lee: i just don't understand how so many people have enough money to displace the natives!
	11:41am Brendan: Theres a Randy Bachman doc out https://youtu.be/QAlPrd9JYd8
	11:41am Joe McG: @Brendan: He wrote a fun book, too.
	11:41am Linda Lee: slugluv ~ i guess the belts finally gave out!
	11:42am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- agreed! as one who has been living in Hoboken since 1981 -- when you could not PAY people to live here!
	11:42am Linda Lee: we called 'em Bachman Turner Overweight.
	11:43am Linda Lee: it was the same in Williamsburg in 85. just try asking friends in Manhattan to visit.
	11:43am Carmichael: I know, at one point, Bachman had over 400 Gretsch guitars. I actually e-mailed him pictures of my Roc Jet for authentication purposes, and he got back to me in an hour.
	11:44am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee & Mr. Palchepo -- YES! so did we! (ugh, goofed on my earlier comment!)
	11:45am Linda Lee: it was funny at the time. :-D
	11:45am slugluv1313: @ Carmichael -- WOW that is so cool!
	11:46am Linda Lee: Juliette Greco was my mother's cousin. they looked like twins. true!
	11:46am slugluv1313: @ Linda Lee -- right? "what? go to BROOKLYN?!?"
	👻 11:47am Webhamster Henry: Nice to hear the intro to "The Dead Leaves" .. umm, "The Autumn Leaves"
	11:47am Joe McG: @linda Lee: !
	11:48am Sem: Love songs in French are more loving, somehow.
	11:48am Linda Lee: indeed. no man's land. one night we caught a cab home from a club on the LES. the driver actually asked if we were scoring dope. i guess he wanted the return fare.
	11:48am Linda Lee: thank you for playing her, Joe. adore her music.
	👻 11:53am tadpoles: Thanks for the show Joe and thanks for the shot of Traffic. Thanks also to Scott Walker.
	11:53am annie: our family lived out on long island, on the edges of northport; our across the street neighbor was an old russian lady, Baiko by name. i loved being around her, and my dad loved practicing his russian on her. such an old culture
	11:53am steveo: hey i recommended you big band set from last week to someone who "hates big band"; haven't heard back yet
	11:54am fred: That's amazing re: Juliette Greco. She performed at one of my fave venues as it closed for renovations, and she was one of the first to perform there when it opened
	11:54am steveo: your*
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:55am Krys O.: Such a great show, Joe. Thanks!
	11:55am Phillippe Bastille: Thanks Joe
	11:55am John from Florham Park: @stevi grew up listening to big band music on the old WNEW AM back in the day
	11:55am McGreivey: Randy Bachman's CBC radio show Vinyl Tap is usually interesting. He tells good stories, and knows everyone. I couldn't find old episodes on the CBC website, but he's still doing me episodes, and it's broadcast 3x a week.
	11:55am Brendan: Thanks the tunes
	11:55am Linda Lee: What venue, Fred?
	11:55am Brendan: For
	11:56am fred: @Linda Lee: Theatre de la ville, in Paris
	11:57am Sem: Thanks, Joe.
	11:57am Linda Lee: Joe, i do believe the Moirs were Scottish!
	11:58am steveo: thank you, Joe, for the show
	11:58am Linda Lee: wonderful show, Joe! thanks! fred, i'm off to have a look!
	11:58am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone! Have a great week.
	11:58am Barbara in PA: Particularly beautiful show today. Thank you!
	11:59am Krys O.: Comedian Vic Reeves is really Jim Moir.
	11:59am John from Florham Park: @mcgreviy listen to Randy’s show too very good and there is the stombo show on Sunday night around 8 good show
	11:59am tom: thanks Joe
	12:00pm zpulpa: Thanks Joe, and nice to hang with you wonderful friends though I havent been commenting I am here with you at my desk. I hope everyone has a nice day.
	12:14pm slugluv1313: fantastic show, Joe -- thanks again!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from March 25, 2019

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