WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 15, 2020

Listener comments!
	👻 9:01am 12539: Yip yip YEP, RayDeeOh!
	9:01am common: yip
	9:01am David (in London): Let the Yipfest commence. Hey Joe and all you groovy folks.
	9:01am fleep: Yip!
	9:01am Deborah: Radio!
	9:01am Jim the Poet: Yip
	👻 9:01am YETI BOB: Top of the morning to you David and all Yippers!
	9:02am EdziuS: O, ah! Uh?
	9:02am Jennica: Hi Joe, David (iL), YETI BOB, common, all.
	9:02am Rachel Bo Bachel: Radio!
	9:03am Handy Haversack: Good morning, Joe and all the Yips. I finally get to stick around for the whole show -- no emergency trips to Manhattan this week!
	👻 9:03am Marley P. Dogg: All hail the yips! Hi Joe McG!
	9:05am Asheville Jon: J-MO and his ramblings!
	9:05am pantz: Just flew back from vacation and boy are my arms tired! Missed ya, Joe.
	9:05am PaulRobeson1920: Jim Morrison... fire
	9:05am Snoochienucci: Good morning all! Yippity Yipski to all you Yippies
	9:05am WoodsOfNH: Hey everybody. Gees, I've had daydreams that seemed to last longer than that weekend.
	9:05am Pale Son: He sounds like Bill Murray on this track.
	👻 9:05am YETI BOB: You just never know what you're going to get here. Some weird Doors noise-jam I never heard of? Why the heck not?
	👻 9:06am Marley P. Dogg: WAKE UP
	9:06am Colleen: Nicely done Joe....
	9:06am tom from Glasgow: this guy sounds high!
	9:06am David (in London): No one here gets out alive. Hey Yeti Bob, Handy, Jennica, Woods, Snoochie.
	9:06am fleep: Poetry. Uh huh.
	9:06am queems: such poetry
	9:07am Joe McG: Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin!
	9:07am Jeezuseffinchrist: very wow
	9:07am Mick: Well happy Monday to you too
	9:07am Snoochienucci: I think im here Joe.
	9:07am Asheville Jon: i'm in, but i'm just about to head out
	9:07am Jim the Poet: Lizard me
	9:08am Rick A.: This song also begins the concept album An American Prayer which I bought when I was 11, hoping for something like Light My Fire. I was disappointed and never made it through the entire album. I was 11.
	9:08am tom from Glasgow: why'd you fill your telly up with lizards?
	9:08am Joe McG: @Ashville Jon: Don't worry, Jon, it's only 17 minutes long!
	9:08am Snoochienucci: howdy DIL!
	👻 9:08am YETI BOB: ok... i'm going to ride this one out, but i'm reducing the volume somewhat until Jimmy stops screaming
	9:08am The Oscar: Mornin'! The funny thing about the Doors is that, over the past fifty years, they have only ever been overrated or underrated, and they go back and forth between the two every decade or so.
	9:08am Krys O.: Viva Le Doors! (via Bruce McCullough)
	9:09am David (in London): Tom, I didn't. It was Mr Lizard.
	9:09am peckinpah: Okay. Quick quiz: who's playing bass? Hmm? No bass. That's right, the Doors had no bass. You see, the gypsies had no homes. Don't let that scare you, let that free you. Let that liberate you. 'Cause when you're free-flying with the Doors, man, you don't need no safety net
	9:09am PaulRobeson1920: Yeti- I turned it high as it will go
	9:09am Krys O.: Exactly, peckinpah!
	9:11am Handy Haversack: He nails the science too. Hey, David, Snoochie, Jennica, Marley, JeffinC, everyone. Sanitizing the station, Joe?
	9:11am winston legthigh: thats so true @the oscar
	9:11am Peter from Dover NJ: Hello Joe McG and everyone.
	9:11am Krys O.: Wm Berger and I used to play The Doors back in the 80s.
	👻 9:11am YETI BOB: @pecinpah: No band without a bass has ever been any good. (And if you want, you can say that's a bassless allegation!) @joe: thanks for announcing the track length, that is useful information
	9:11am Asheville Jon: i'm right there with ya YETI BOB. used to really be into the doors, but now, kinda meh on all of that
	9:11am Roberto: I thought this was Bruce McCulloch at first.
	9:12am sphere: hullo. after hearing Howlin Wolf's version of Back Door Man, I could never take Jim Morrison seriously.
	9:12am Krys O.: @YetiBob: Bruce McCullough did a great sketch on Kinds in the Hall called Doors Fan. It's on his Shame Based Man cd too.
	9:12am Jennica: @Handy: hi there!! @Asheville Jon: me too.
	👻 9:12am YETI BOB: It's just a bit early in the morning for all the screaming.... wife and neighbors are still sleeping
	9:12am Krys O.: *Kids in the Hall
	9:13am Michele with One "L": Oh hell yes!!!!!!
	9:13am Marc Francis: I forgot how emo the Doors were.
	9:13am David (in London): Yeti Bob - The Cramps did pretty well without a bass IMHO.
	👻 9:13am Marley P. Dogg: Can I request all 27 minutes of In-a-gadda-da-vida for the next song?
	9:14am Joe McG: It's really a shame that they never finished this work in progress. Who knows what it might have become?
	9:14am sphere: ride the snake, right?
	9:14am Crudbringer: ...When I first switched the radio on, I was pretty sure Michele was filling in...
	👻 9:15am Hughie Considine: I love Surface Noise but this is testing me.
	9:15am TDK60: Morning Joe. I love the Doors, saw them once and they were excellent!
	9:15am Joe McG: @Hughie: Don't worry, I have some Starz coming up later. Seriously!
	9:15am Asheville Jon: anyone interested in a large usps flat rate box full of doors casettes? bootlegs, radio broadcats, etc?
	9:15am David (in London): Three large portions of Crud please. Hey TDK.
	9:16am sphere: The Lizard King Desperately Wants To Be Really, Really Meaningful And Significant.
	9:16am Joe McG: @TDK: That's so cool! I wish I'd seen them. All the parts you're supposed to see, anyway.
	9:17am LP Stevenson: You mean it might have been good, Joe?
	9:17am Krys O.: @TDK60: One of my sisters saw The Doors at her college. Jimi too. She went to SUNY at Stony Brook 67-70.
	9:17am TDK60: Joe, it was at Hunter College auditorium, 1968. Jim was disciplined, no silliness.
	9:17am Joe McG: @LP: I think J-Mo is one of rock's great comedians.
	👻 9:17am YETI BOB: @D(iL): I do love the Cramps. So I'll back down from my bassless accuation. But I think most "we don't have a bass player" bands would sound better with a bass. Like the time the bass player from Redd Cross added bass parts to the White Stripes ("Red Blood Cells"). Major improvment IMO. But then again I play bass so I'm biased in that direction.
	9:18am Handy Haversack: 9:18 -- right on time!
	9:18am Krys O.: I believe the Doors played at the Capitol in my hometown of Port Chester too. Not 100% sure though.
	9:19am Joe McG: Oh by the way, this first set is going to get A LOT worse.
	9:19am Handy Haversack: I spoke too soon.
	9:19am PaulRobeson1920: They played SUNY Oswego in 1967!
	9:19am Asheville Jon: bleh, off to the drummer stream until this is over
	9:19am Roberto: John Densmore was in my improv class in '88-'89. He wrote and performed a one-person work in which he played drums.
	👻 9:19am Hughie Considine: Thanks for the warning @Joe. That's why we keep coming back: the honesty!
	9:20am Snoochienucci: I saw Ray+Robby once a few years back. It was maybe a year or so before Ray passed. They were both fantastic. Ray had great energy.
	9:20am Jim the Poet: Play it again!
	👻 9:20am Ken From Hyde Park: It's cool, Joe. We're Surface Noisers and we can take it!
	9:20am Joe McG: @Jim: Ha ha ha!
	9:20am TDK60: Hello Krys O, David in London.
	9:20am PaulRobeson1920: Again again!
	9:20am WoodsOfNH: WTF?
	9:21am David (in London): Yeti Bob - Yeah, to be fair, Lux 'n' Ivy are probably the exception rather than the rule, and I tend to agree with you. Bass in the face. Are you aware of the first (i.e. late 90s / early 00s) version of Rothko? Just three bass guitars. Full Disclosure, they were friends of mine, but at that time were absolutely awesome bass power.
	9:21am Crudbringer: Okay, is this the low point or does it worse than this?
	9:21am melinda: Morning everyone!
	9:21am Rev. Turnip Druid: always have been absolutely, totally ambivalent about The Doors, BUT mister lizard man earned points for pronouncing the "T" in "listening" just there.
	9:21am Colleen: Omg....Joe...YOU ARE ON FIRE TODAY!!!
	👻 9:21am Marley P. Dogg: Uh oh - did Dylan die?
	9:21am pantz: Xmas music? Did you take your meds, Joe?
	9:21am Matt Fiveash: Joe you sick bastard
	9:21am Jeezuseffinchrist: what in the name of the Goat is happening?
	9:21am Handy Haversack: Can you really celebrate the lizard in under three hours? Also: this Dylan version got much more of a "WTF?" from Kate than the Doors.
	9:21am Asheville Jon: this dylan is way better than the morrison drivel
	9:21am TDK60: Joe, I like Bob Dylan but I don't like every song he's recorded. Some are great, some very good, some so-so. But I hope no one loses sleep over an opinion on it...
	9:21am Mick: Ok that got an authentic laugh. Did not see that coming
	9:22am Rick A.: Dylan joined a long and storied tradition of Jewish singers and songwriters writing and performing Christmas music.
	9:22am PaulRobeson1920: Interesting aside here -Jim Morrison would be the same age as Joe Biden...who is 7 days older than Jimi Hendrix wOuld be... A MAN CAN DREAM
	9:22am The Oscar: Oh holy crap. Going ahead and clickystarring this show in advance.
	👻 9:22am 12539: Hey whoever's in the dj booth, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH JOE?!?
	9:22am BVP: Shit I’ve gotta get to the mall. I hate the mall.
	9:22am efd: thought maybe this was Little Steven for a moment.
	9:22am The Butterman: Now I feel like I’m listening to SMK
	👻 9:22am Marley P. Dogg: Really curious what’s next
	9:22am Itzall Hear: Froggy went-a-courtin' and he did ride, aha, with Silver Bells and the like.
	9:22am Asheville Jon: at least Joe didn't play dylan's "Must Be Santa"!!
	9:22am Handy Haversack: 2009 -- so timely. He really had his finger on the cultural pulse. Always relevant, Bob.
	9:22am Jim the Poet: Call the kids. This show is going to be a classic.
	9:22am lukavino: oooh, do "must be santa" next. that song rips.
	9:22am TDK60: It might just be possible that our DJ is having some lighthearted fun. Okay?
	9:23am David (in London): Can't wait for Dylan's version of 'Little Donkey'.
	9:23am melinda: I like your bold choices this morning Joe.
	👻 9:23am Ken From Hyde Park: Half-Christmas isn't until next Thursday.
	9:23am Handy Haversack: Uh oh.
	9:23am sphere: What is THIS?
	9:23am Crudbringer: YES.
	👻 9:23am YETI BOB: D(iL): Thanks for the tip. I'll check out some Rothko - RIGHT NOW!
	👻 9:23am Marley P. Dogg: Oh wow
	👻 9:24am Bob in Oakland: Possibly the best set ever.
	9:24am Itzall Hear: -did I just "ironically" like Smart Girls? I think so.
	9:25am Rev. Turnip Druid: eh! Had no idea Rothko went back that far.
	9:25am Handy Haversack: How did Michael Shelley resist playing this around the interview he did this weekend?
	9:25am sphere: I am stunned.
	9:25am PaulRobeson1920: Ahahahaahah I wananangooo homes
	9:25am Blix: Wow...I had to stop what I was doing...how did I not know this existed?
	9:25am Toothgrinder Tom: Late stage Dylan is the ultimate troll.
	9:25am PaulRobeson1920: Home*
	9:25am common: wow
	9:25am tom from Glasgow: what in the world is this
	9:25am efd: I've never been happier to have a 9:30 meeting/ I've never been madder to have a 9:30 meeting
	9:25am The Oscar: Will Dee Dee King be next??
	9:25am pantz: Dr Demento? Izzat you?
	9:25am David (in London): I do hope that Brian was wearing a backwards baseball cap whilst he recorded this.
	9:26am Terr in DE: ...love these fake mashups
	9:26am Glorious Estephonic: I worked with a Brian Wilson at MoMA -- he is an art guard and is super cool.
	9:26am Joe McG: @Oscar: Great idea!!
	9:26am Pale Son: Next track: John Lennon burping for 7 minutes.
	9:26am tom from Glasgow: or Lou Reed "The Original Wrapper"
	9:26am Toothgrinder Tom: @Handy Haversack ha ha
	9:26am melinda: @Pale Son haha
	9:27am tom from Glasgow: oh my god
	9:27am TDK60: I like Led Zeppelin and The Moody Blues too.
	9:27am sphere: Of course.
	9:27am Joe McG: @Pale Son: "John and Yoko: Life After Dinner."
	9:27am WoodsOfNH: We still have our 1968-era ceramic Christmas Tree in our front window....because, yes, I am THAT lazy.
	👻 9:27am YETI BOB: @tom from Glasgow: Got any good lottery numbers for today?
	9:27am Asheville Jon: Joe, i thought you said this was going to get worse? this stuff (aside from the morrison nonsense) is great!
	9:28am bk845: I can't believe that anyone thought creating that Smart Girls song was a good idea, even in the context of 1991.
	9:28am Handy Haversack: Sweet Lou! Definitely giving Dylan a run for that troll title!
	9:28am Rich in Bay Ridge: OK, this is already a certifiable classic 4 songs in.
	9:28am lukavino: listening to this while thinking about Lou tearing his own face off in the "no money down" video.
	👻 9:28am Hughie Considine: You would think given Lou's tendency toward sprechgesang that he'd be a better than average rapper...
	9:29am The Oscar: @lukavino If you haven't, you should seek out the Beavis & Butthead clip with that video. "This guy should be in Gwar!!"
	9:29am Joe McG: It was a hard choice between this and "Disco Mystic."
	👻 9:29am YETI BOB: This is almost as bad as Debbie Harry's rap on "Rapture"
	👻 9:29am Hughie Considine: People tend to trash "Mistrial," but I'm fond of "I Remember You," his duet with Ruben Blades.
	9:29am lukavino: @the oscar a stone classic.
	9:29am dano59: Agreed it could only get better after the Morrison Nonsense. Xmas in June!
	9:29am Handy Haversack: If Lou and Brian can leave their comfort zones, so can we. Joe shows us the way.
	9:30am Rick A.: In playing the more eccentric and atypical work by famous singer/songwriters, there is always Elvis Costello's Juliet Letters.
	9:30am Blix: I remember that Ken played some Ron Isley rap on the air one day, figuring that, well, it can't be that bad. Wacky sax came in about halfway through.
	👻 9:30am Brian in UK: Hey Joe I believe the burger king was described as lewd, lascivious and wanton at the Miami fiasco.
	9:30am Terr in DE: wow, this ones real,...sort of Talking Heads
	👻 9:31am YETI BOB: @HH: But there are so many different directions out of the comfort zone.
	9:31am Handy Haversack: (Though at any point did Lou think to himself "you know what could help sell this? Disco!")
	9:31am Crudbringer: @Howie, it's like how (that actor whose name I can't summon) couldn't play drunk when he was drunk... Lou can't hit the target when he's aiming at it.
	9:31am Toothgrinder Tom: Did Sebastian Cabot pass on before the advent of rap?
	9:31am The Oscar: YES.
	9:31am Rich in Washington: Oh yeah. No we're talkin'!
	👻 9:31am Brian in UK: Are there any instructions for the Mashed Potato?
	9:32am Toothgrinder Tom: Slowest rapper in the game.
	9:32am Pale Son: Definition of flow.
	9:32am David (in London): Heavy 'Monster Mash' influence here.
	👻 9:32am Hughie Considine: I feel as if a track from Bruce Foxton's solo LP can't be far behind ...
	9:32am Bill W: I have an autographed copy of MISTRIAL... and Lou actually made civil small talk while he was signing it for me (at Tower Records on 4th Street).
	9:32am listener Rey: LOL. It's gotten much worse alright!
	9:32am Greg from ZONE 5: We haven't talked in a while, Joe. You been feelin' OK?
	9:33am Toothgrinder Tom: @Crudbringer are you talking about Peter O’Toole, or possibly Richard Burton?
	9:33am sydnius: That’s how Wiggles are born
	9:34am Crudbringer: Thank you, I think O'Toole was who I had in mind.
	9:34am PaulRobeson1920: I'm the freedom man Yeah, that's how lucky I am
	9:34am egould310: Dee Dee’s bass is up for auction. https://www.guitarworld.com/news/hey-ho-you-can-go-bid-on-dee-dee-ramones-1975-fender-precision-bass
	9:34am Handy Haversack: Kate: "What's going to happen NOW?!" Oh, just you wait!
	9:34am The Oscar: WHOA-- this one's new on me!
	9:34am Mike Sin: So far, in this set, Morrison wins!
	9:34am PaulRobeson1920: Is Dee Dee home?
	👻 9:34am 12539: Joe, this is only getting better, not worse!
	9:34am TDK60: Handy, does Kate need some "rescue remedy"?
	👻 9:35am Ken From Hyde Park: These songs are all collecting clicky-stars, so Joe is pleasing someone out there.
	9:35am David (in London): Joni and Billy, together at last. Just as I always wanted. Hey T.Tom.
	9:35am Asheville Jon: so, what is the 'theme' today Joe?
	9:35am Rich in Washington: Is this in Esperanto?
	9:35am common: good lord.
	9:35am The Oscar: Well, I mean, he IS...
	9:35am Joe McG: @David: Match made in heaven.
	9:36am dano59: Now i'm wodering about the Manson song GunsNRoses did ... No, don't play it
	9:36am Joe McG: Oh yeah, Tom Petty is on this, too!
	9:36am Roberto: I sense a theme forming.
	9:36am TDK60: That first Generation X album was pretty good.
	9:36am Mike Sin: Did the A&R person who set up this Mitchell/Idol collaboration receive a promotion or get fired after its release?
	9:36am Handy Haversack: She's running possible lines in the conversation between Joni and Billy that led to this.
	9:36am Roberto: Smart artists, bad choices?
	9:36am tom from Glasgow: there's also "Dumb All Over" by Zappa for terrible white guy rapping, but as always it depends on how sour you're feeling
	👻 9:36am Brian in UK: Keep thinking of Zappa's Dancing Fool.
	9:36am WoodsOfNH: Oh gawd, I just goggled something about Sebastian Cabot and discovered that he did a dramatic reading album of Bob Dylan.
	9:37am bk845: TOM PETTY!?!?
	9:37am David (in London): Billy, you should be dancing with yourself, not with Joni Mitchell. That's not what you promised!
	👻 9:37am Marley P. Dogg: This song has put me in such a good mood
	9:37am Jim the Poet: I like the guy in back just going "woo"
	9:38am Roberto: Piece of Crap rules tho.
	👻 9:38am YETI BOB: "Piece of Crap" is a definite improvement
	9:38am Asheville Jon: at least THIS song is aptly titled
	9:38am Pale Son: Oh my god, I just listened to this song last night intentionally!
	9:38am Rick A.: Nice job of crossing it up, Joe, the obvious Neil Young choice wojld be something from Trans or Landing on Water, the latter being a really execrable album.
	9:38am Malcolm: Stinkers from the rock and roll hall of fame.
	9:38am Jim the Poet: PIECE! OF! CRAP!
	9:38am Handy Haversack: This would pair nicely with Zappa's "Flakes."
	9:38am Erin in TO: I love Piece of Crap, this song has always entertained me
	9:38am LP Stevenson: Screwed up here, Joe. Piece of Crap is good. Sort of.
	9:39am David (in London): The original crapper.
	9:39am Rich in Washington: Bob Dylan's Everything Is Broken.
	9:39am Joe McG: I knew this choice would be controversial. But it was too aptly named. Joe B. said I should play "Let It Roll."
	9:40am Colleen: I love whatever mood your in for all of this fun stuff!!
	9:40am Rich in Washington: The can't fix your breaks, Handy!
	9:40am Malcolm: Jazz Police by Leonard Cohen
	👻 9:40am Hughie Considine: "Let's Roll"? The 9/11 song? yeah... worse
	9:40am Mike Sin: The backing vocals on this Neil Young track took the longest to complete here due to their harmonic structure.
	👻 9:41am Brian in UK: And here's the man who made money out of crap. www.thomas-crapper.com...
	9:41am Rick A.: I bought this album when it came out. It's an elegy to Kurt Cobain and contains mostly quiet ambient types of songs. This is the lone outlier of a rock song on it, almost as if he threw it on here because there needed to be one rock song. I never really grew to appreciate this album, either.
	9:41am sphere: Rod McKuen himself is always a good option at times like these.
	👻 9:41am Hughie Considine: OK, so maybe Bruce Foxton doesn't belong in this set after all...
	9:41am Asheville Jon: ooooh, i hope Kenny G's version of what a wonderful world will be next!!!
	👻 9:41am Marley P. Dogg: Amazing
	9:41am Rich in Washington: We're on an elevator to hell!
	9:42am WoodsOfNH: I dunno, the sludge at the bottom of the Dylan barrel is that "God Named The Animals" thing. Yuck.
	9:42am rich: i knew you would eventually get to this
	9:42am Handy Haversack: Oooo, Malcolm: good call!
	9:42am Snoochienucci: i actually have this LP. not the worst thing out there lol
	9:42am Really Lisa: Rich in Washington guessed the theme, right?!
	👻 9:42am Hughie Considine: Wondering if Prince ever did anything truly terrible....
	9:42am Malcolm: I love this miles Davis Cyndi version! His live version of MJ's human nature with an uncomfortable looking Chala khan is also great
	9:42am PaulRobeson1920: Jim Morrison “See you all when I get back from Paris”
	9:42am Asheville Jon: a great read: www.jazzoasis.com...
	👻 9:42am Brian in UK: This is a faithful interpretation......for Miles.
	9:42am LP Stevenson: Wiggle Wiggle is sitting right there, Dylan fans.
	9:43am Joe McG: "Wiggle Wiggle," ha ha ha!
	9:43am Rich in Washington: I really enjoy reading Pat Metheny's rage piece on Kenny G having recorded himself soloing all over that Louis Armstrong piece. It's a real masterpiece of epic writing and I heartily recommend it to anyone who loathes Kenny G as much as I.
	👻 9:43am YETI BOB: If this is supposed to be "bad" - it's failing. Not Miles' greatest work, but still worthy. And good on him for mining contemporary pop, the way jazz did in the 30s.
	9:43am Tim 07030: Jeez Joe I'm trying to get some work done here! Might I suggest 'Too Much Blood' by the Stones or Bowie's version of 'God Only Knows'?
	9:44am steveo: who's playing the funny sounding hooter?
	9:44am Mary from Lisbon: Hello everyone
	9:44am Mike Sin: This Miles Davis track had to be used in a "Lifetime" movie at some point, no?
	9:44am Rick A.: I once played this on my college radio show in 1987. I wanted to play a contemporary Miles Davis track and liked the name of the album. I didn't notice the title of the song. As soon as I played it on the air, I realized, "Oh, it's that song." Former WFMU DJ Jeff Cobb was in the studio with me and calmed my panic, by saying "It's still Miles."
	9:44am WoodsOfNH: @Rich Yes! Metheny's generally a pretty amiable guy but man, he TEED OFF on the G-man there.
	9:45am ?: @mikesin the head of a&r at geffen during the 80s was john kalodner he at least had to sign off on it
	👻 9:45am YETI BOB: RickA: Where do you think all the jazz standards came from? Mostly "dumb" pop songs.
	9:45am Jim the Poet: I did laugh
	9:45am David (in London): Miles did this, and Human Nature, when I saw him in '86. He was still awesome even towards the end.
	9:45am Itzall Hear: Thank you, Joe. We CAN use a laugh. Not a lot of that happening here (ATL) these days...
	9:46am Mary from Lisbon: It is funny
	9:46am johnk77: ? is me
	9:46am Asheville Jon: hey Rich, this is for you, :) www.youtube.com...
	9:46am TDK60: No sexy, later Rod Stewart?
	9:47am David (in London): Bowie's 'proto-rapping' on African Night Flight is really incredible.
	👻 9:47am Hughie Considine: Miles also did a nice version of "Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti.
	9:47am Will in Bloomington: i kinda liked the miles davis track...
	9:48am Mike Sin: @? -- Thanks for the info!
	9:49am Peter K.: For what it's worth, I have to object strongly to the inclusion of Miles Davis's "Time After Time" in that set. Granted, it's not Miles at his best, but come on -- it is FAR from Miles at his worst. It's actually kind of pretty, and he still had his chops at the time. Some of his subsequent stuff was, in my humble opinion, much, much worse.
	9:49am Asheville Jon: lapse in taste? on her mind? DRUGS!!!!!!!
	9:49am Toothgrinder Tom: @David in London howdy, David! Good to see you.
	9:50am David (in London): After five years at home taking truly Biblical quantities of drugs, Miles was probably a little, ahem, 'changed'.
	9:50am Roberto: Yes, Billy never idles. I love that campaign.
	👻 9:50am YETI BOB: @JoeMcG: Dee Dee King doesn't rate a spot on the playlist?
	9:51am The Oscar: I just informed my fiancee that I was the one who requested Dee Dee King, and she literally walked out the door.
	9:52am Rev. Turnip Druid: Yes. I do recall when Lou's "original wrapper" came out. And I thought .......... i thought such dark thoughts.
	9:52am Krys O.: Piece of Crap still pops up in my head as an ear worm. Oh, and I hadn't thought of John Kolodner since the 80s.
	9:54am PaulRobeson1920: Jim Morrison “LA women is getting close, we are betting better, growing, the time has come” and off to Paris he goes
	9:54am WoodsOfNH: Gotta say, I kind of liked Celebration of the Lizard
	9:54am Handy Haversack: @The Oscar, she'll be back! Resistance is futile! All are Surface Noise!
	9:55am Terr in DE: I liked the Lou thing, I ll have to go to YouTube to see if I missed something..So that was Brian, cool idea to sample yourself.
	9:55am Mike Sin: I thought that first set was fun... anything to get me to crack any sort of smile on my face these days helps.
	9:57am Asheville Jon: Joe McG, i received my WFMU SWAG the other day, THANK YOU!!! i really needed a clean shirt!
	👻 9:58am Ken From Hyde Park: This has been Joe's "Desert Island" set. Songs you'd send to a desert island while you remain perfectly safe back on the mainland.
	9:58am Rick A.: I realized that most of the last set was from the 80s with one song from 1991. That was a decade when too many performers tried to stay "contemporary" when they should not have.
	10:00am Joe McG: Glad you guys enjoyed that set. We all needed a chuckle, I think. I know I did.
	10:00am Joe McG: @Ken: Ha ha!
	10:02am David (in London): Joe, it's easy to get rather po-faced about the sacred cows of music, so it's good to see (hear) their musical feet of clay from time to time. Sorry for over-mixing metaphors there, but you know what I mean.
	10:02am Joe McG: @David: Yes, I admire them all, but everyone steps wrong sometimes.
	10:04am TDK60: David, I looked at the WFMU Artist Browser. Rothko has been played 4 times on this station. I haven't heard 'em yet.
	10:05am Handy Haversack: It's good to remember that none of us is perfect. But that was also a seriously good time, Joe! Thanks! All of these notices of swag arrival are also heartening -- looking forward to it!
	10:05am TDK60: Handy, is Kate okay?
	👻 10:06am YETI BOB: this synth riff sounds very very familiar - is it just from hearing this track on WFMU, or does this sound like something else? (I love it either way)
	10:07am Handy Haversack: All recovered, TDK60. She came close to straining her neck while shaking her head at Tom Petty and Joni Mitchell, but we're back on track over here!
	10:17am melinda: @David in London I love mixed metaphors
	10:19am TDK60: Richard Fariña is one of my muses. (Wrote this.)
	10:19am Terr in DE: i donno Joe, I listened to Original Wrapper again and it seems just fine w its Talking Heads vibe and its excellent Falwell and Farakan from Iran line... Its not Bowie wearing a grunge knit winter hat.
	👻 10:20am YETI BOB: This is lovely! (18th Day of May).
	10:20am pantz: May 18 is celebrated as Revolution Day in Argentina, Normie.
	10:20am Malcolm: @tdk60 i've always wanted to read been down so long it looks up to me... any good?
	10:20am Joe McG: @Terr: Glad you dug it! Maybe I should have gone with "My Red Joystick." :)
	👻 10:20am karlward: I am officially requesting a photograph of Bowie wearing a grunge knit winter hat, preferably 5x7, preferably signed.
	10:20am Terr in DE: its not Bowie wearing grunge knit winter hat
	10:21am Jim the Poet: In Bowie's defense, he was afraid of Americans
	10:22am TDK60: Malcolm, I've never read his books, yet! I just think his 2 albums with Mimi F. are tops! I do some of his songs at open mikes.
	10:22am Malcolm: yeah their voices work so nicely together
	10:23am Terr in DE: ".. afraid of Americans-ly yours , David"
	10:23am sphere: Pac Man Fever was a little too obvious perhaps.
	10:24am TDK60: I was at Fairport Convention's annual fest 2 years back. It was the 40th anniversary of Sandy Denny's passing. They did a tribute, played a recording of her version of "Brotherhood" as we stood in silent awe.
	10:25am Malcolm: nice!
	10:25am egould310: Perfect soundtrack for a 7 mile run, in a gentle rain, along Puget Sound. Thanks Joe McG!!
	👻 10:26am Webhamster Henry: Yeah ! Now sounds of Today's Flower powered Generation™!
	10:27am Handy Haversack: That's great, TDK60 -- wish I'd heard it!
	10:28am TDK60: It's on record, Handy.
	10:29am Handy Haversack: Ah, nice!
	10:30am Jennica: @egould310: sounds heavenly!
	10:30am morphe': Thanks Joe - little man Simon here using the board so ----- that's all for me....
	10:30am sphere: Scary moment: realizing that you have half a terabytes-worth of music.
	10:31am TDK60: Handy, her 2nd album from '72. Eponymous.
	👻 10:33am karlward: sphere: ...and it's just one impeccably recorded 48 track bootleg of a Phish show
	10:33am Malcolm: I wonder if eighteen days of may were an influence on trembling bells, who emerged in the late 2000s, i think.
	10:33am Handy Haversack: Ah, meant I'd wish I'd been at the show, TDK -- but still! Hey there, morphe' and Simon!
	10:33am sphere: @ karlward - that's just about right lol
	👻 10:34am YETI BOB: JoeMcG: Thanks for the 18th Day of May - enjoyed that very much, I missed them completely the first time around. Reminded me ((as well as inevitable Fairport and Pentagle)) of Espers who were around the same time - and are maybe regrouping (?)
	10:36am Handy Haversack: I felt the same, Yeti Bob! Was listening to Espers just yesterday.
	10:36am Joe McG: @YETI: Oh, I'm glad I turned you onto them. This new reissue is a beaut, glad to see it get some attention!
	10:36am David (in London): Hey morphe. Yeti Bob - I was a big fan of Espers, too.
	10:36am P-90: Nice start to Single File
	10:36am Morphe’: Moved to the tablet- hey joe.... where ya goin with those 45s in yer hand?
	10:37am Joe B: greetings Joe and everyone
	10:37am Handy Haversack: The People's Champ, warming up in the on-deck circle!
	10:37am Joe McG: Hey Joe! You were right, I should've played "Let's Roll"!
	10:38am Jim the Poet: Joe B!
	10:38am David (in London): Joe ^2, here to save us from 5pm ( / timezone-appropriate time) disappointment!
	10:39am TheLoneliestMonk: Hey Joe Mac! No need to apologise for today's first hour, it was fun! Any chance 'musical missteps' becomes a return feature?
	10:39am TonyR: Darn Tootin' there are people "out there" who like Single File. [hand enthusiaastically raised, sucking up to teacher...] Hello, Joe(s)!
	10:40am TheLoneliestMonk: No,.'let's roll' is SO jingoistic and SO much worse....perpetual ban!
	10:41am Joe McG: Hey Tony R, thanks for checkin' in! @LMR: Not a bad idea! God knows there are enough of them.
	10:41am TonyR: Neil's political radar needs smashing every coupla years.
	👻 10:41am YETI BOB: Oh, the 18th Day of May is sold out at the CardinalFuzz/FeedingTube webshop! Good for them, sad for me.
	👻 10:41am Hughie Considine: Apropos of nothing, in the recent Bob Dylan interview in the Times he says he's a fan of the Eagles' "New Kid in Town."
	10:41am annie: whew!!made it!
	10:41am Handy Haversack: "Malcolm McLaren, Georgie Best, Lou Reed ..."
	10:42am Joe McG: @YETI: Oh, no! I was going to get a copy after the show! :(
	10:43am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM I love you very much, and am willing to let you drive this musical short bus wherever u please, but if you ever do awful songs inspired by 9/11, and I hear lady macca's 'freedom'....I'm turning off the radio :P
	10:43am Joe McG: @LM: Ha ha ha!
	10:44am egould310: Alot of people wouldn’t write and record a song about their first boner.
	10:45am Joe McG: @egould: But Roy Wood would! Aptly.
	10:45am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM did u ever see that maysles brothers documentary, where he's describing the song to Clapton, and EC is basically snickering in his face! Hysterical!
	10:45am Handy Haversack: A lot of people don't make the cut to get played on Single File, though, @egould310!
	10:45am efd: this Starz song is great — a longtime fave!
	10:46am efd: @Joe is your copy on clear yellow vinyl?
	10:46am The Oscar: While we're talking about latter-day political Neil Young songs, one of my favorite TV interview questions ever, posed to Neil in 2004: "Your new album has a song called 'Let's Impeach the President.' What is this song about?"
	10:46am ratso: good song.
	10:47am Joe McG: @efd: Yes, kind of gold. It's a promo with the mono version on the other side. I love songs where guys are stuck in jail and singing about their gal!
	10:47am ?: Was Joni& Billy Idol supposed to be "ironic"? Liked that dong then; like it now.
	10:48am ?: _s_ong!!!
	10:49am Joe McG: Yeah, I guess a little! I don't think it's her (or his) best moment, but everyone has a different opinion.
	10:50am Brendan: Hey Joe. Fine show today... many nice cuts, known and unknown, like going into a deli with variety meats.
	10:51am ?: I'm just a Dancin' Clown .. for Joni's Geffen years!
	10:52am Joe B: yes! great PS song!
	10:52am Joe McG: @Brendan: I like the analogy! Some of the cuts were a bit off today, but always a big selection.
	10:52am TonyR: Oh, Bonnie. :(
	👻 10:55am Hughie Considine: And now that I've tried it, this Cotto salami is kinda tasty!
	10:55am TonyR: "Yes We Can Can" 7" was the only Blue THumb record I ever owned. Little miracle, that old single.
	👻 10:56am Brian in UK: Is it true that the Blue Thumb records whorl is Captain Beefhearts?
	10:56am Joe McG: @TonyR: I heard Sheila B. play it on Friday and it sounded as fresh and excellent as ever.
	10:57am TDK60: Brian, that's what Franco said recently, forget which WFMU show.
	👻 10:58am Brian in UK: TDK60, maybe that's where I picked it up.
	10:58am Morphe’: Brendan ,Joe= great variety but feel free to skip the headcheese
	10:59am Joe McG: @Morphe': And less tongue!
	11:00am Roberto: Can we talk about the video for Coming Up? Sir Paul actually impersonated Ron Mael of Sparks. Major cool points.
	11:00am Brendan: Some of those off cuts are the best. At least once you’ve gotten the acquired taste, for which there is no accounting. Take pepper loaf, or any of those composite meats for instance.
	11:00am wild neil peace all: this very compressed manic Paul McCartney song sounds like the Talking Heads.
	11:01am ratso: I dig the live version of this on the Kampuceia Concert record
	11:01am David in London: I like Macca’s weird squeaky songs. Temporary Secretary is another classic.
	11:01am TonyR: I liked "Coming up", but I was never a real McCartney fanatic. Like "Octopus' Garden", I know we're supposed to hate it, but not everything can be Tortured John 24/7....
	11:01am Joe McG: @Roberto: I forgot about that!!
	11:02am TDK60: I like this Paul song, dig the bass. You can dance to it too.
	11:02am TonyR: Kampuchea album had a near full-side of prime live Clash.
	11:02am ratso: @TonyR, yep, that's why I bought it. Armageddon Time
	11:03am ratso: and Ian Dury
	11:03am Rick A.: I bought the album McCartney II and it came with a 45 of a live version of "Coming Up" which really rocks.
	11:03am JG: I remember buying McCartney II in 1980
	11:04am Rich in Washington: I love McCartney II. I call it Paul Buys a Synthesizer.
	11:05am TonyR: Okay, Wiki says 1 live Clash track, but Kampuchea had three prime Pretenders cuts; Elvis Costello, The Specials and more!!
	11:06am Mike Sin: re: "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea" That double LP can still be found for pretty cheap, which is cool because it never saw a CD reissue. I guess considering it had all those artists under different contracts to different labels, the charity agreement only covered the initial run.
	👻 11:07am karlward: Ja-kki Sun Sun Sun was a major early disco 12", mixed by Walter Gibbons
	11:07am TonyR: Dug in crates for years for "Kampuchea" because my first find had one completely unplayable disc.
	11:07am jt: 'Coming Up' was my favorite song right when it came out in 1980, it got heavy air-play. Really love that song still. Can't really forgive Paul McCarney for the L & M / M & L thing though, the alphabet &( & reality.. ) V. his Ego. Ugh!
	11:08am TDK60: I remember that '30s/'40s style revival. You could still find some of those clothes in flea markets then. So, hippies in wide '40s ties, suits, dresses. (Pointers, Dan Hicks, Leon Redbone, Ry Cooder, etc.)
	👻 11:08am karlward: Great Walter Gibbons compilation: waltergibbons.bandcamp.com...
	11:10am Handy Haversack: Basecamp is a project-management service.
	11:11am p/b: Good morning all from Brooklyn, trying to make it a positive week. #BLM
	11:11am Morphe’: Joe... when you started yer sentence:”...why was.....” I thought you were launching into DOUBLE DUTCH RECESS joke sequence
	11:12am TonyR: @p/b: Oh, GOOD LUCK with that. Really.
	11:15am Joe McG: Thanks for the info, karl!
	11:16am wendy del formaggio: It’s always a good time to hear Allen Toussaint.
	11:16am Roberto: Oh I thought it was "Basscamp" lolz
	11:17am Itzall Hear: Poll: could Allen Toussaint be a vocal doppleganger for Mr. McGasko?!?
	11:17am Izzy: Hey Joe! Could you give a birthday shout out to my boyfriend Sage? He's been an FMU listener since he was a kid and he loves your show :)
	11:17am sphere: Da Feet!
	11:17am TDK60: Wow, Little Feat, great band I don't hear much anymore.
	11:18am sphere: Dixie Chicken is a really really good album.
	11:18am Davee: I second that comment
	11:19am Joe McG: @Izzy: Sure! I love the idea of doing a birthday shoutout!
	11:19am Joe McG: @Itzall: I couldn't could polish Allen's shoe!
	11:19am TheLoneliestMonk: Der shocket
	11:20am sphere: Not only does Fat Man In The Bathroom have the best song title in the world, it is one my all time faves.
	11:21am Itzall Hear: Haha. Maybe, but there are definitely similarities to MY ear... eh? Whatzat?!? Can you speak up, please?...
	11:21am sphere: *Bathtub i mean.
	11:22am WoodsOfNH: I have spent many, many, many, many hours listening to Waiting For Columbus
	11:24am Joe McG: This Chico Hamilton record is basically Little Feat with Chico sitting in on drums.
	11:24am ?: > Wondering if Prince ever did anything truly > terrible.... Ever hear the "Chaos and Disorder" slbum?
	11:25am Dean: One of the engineers of Waiting for Columbus has a stereo shop four blocks from my home. I brought my Mobile Fidelity pressing to the shop. We listened, and he remarked, "This sounds really good!" Hanging on the wall in his shop, the original painting, subsequently retouched here and there, that graces the album cover.
	11:25am Handy Haversack: Digging all these Little Feats! Hadn't listened to them in along time.
	11:27am WO Town Wick: Not sure I've heard any Chico Hamilton before but now I have the urge to hear lots more. Thanks JM.
	11:27am Joe McG: @Dean: Wow!
	11:27am Handy Haversack: * al ong. * a long. ^^ Sigh. One of those days.
	11:28am sphere: I know the feeling, Handy.
	11:28am Dean: Nice guy. He also engineered the first two Boston albums, some Earth, Wind & Fire, a bunch of other stuff. His first job: Hendrix.
	11:29am TDK60: WO Town Wick: When he (C.H.) earlier came out with his own band, it was mellow West Coast "cool" jazz. en.wikipedia.org...
	11:29am Joe McG: @WO TW: Chico is a favorite of mine since his group in the '60s had Gabor Szabo in it. The "Transfusion" album is especially great.
	11:30am oshiwoshi: LOVING this slide selection - best version of On your way down! (not 2 trains btw...)
	11:31am TonyR: >In Bowie's defense, he was afraid of >Americans So ahead of the curve, that one.
	11:31am TDK60: The album cover photo to this Ry C. has that '30s/'40s feel. en.wikipedia.org...
	11:32am Jim the Poet: Funkier than the Beatles????
	11:33am Itzall Hear: Jim the Poet, AS IF.
	11:33am Joe B: honey pie wasn't funky enough for them ... I guess
	11:35am Mary from Lisbon: boy i sure love this show
	11:35am Brendan: Does this play in the WFMU elevator?
	11:35am TonyR: There's that "All Together Now" ad for that tele-conferencing software. Interesting choice, gotta give Mr. Advertising Man that, at least.
	11:36am Joe McG: Thanks, Mary! Hope to visit Lisbon one day.
	11:36am WoodsOfNH: Holy smokes, Supreme Court droppin' BOMBs today.
	11:37am Handy Haversack: @Joe B, it was making them crazy.
	11:39am Joe McG: Fun Fact: Steve Cropper had never heard "Abbey Road" when he recorded his guitar for this album. Booker coached him through it. He was somewhere else recording a band called Ambergris - who I played a few weeks ago!
	11:39am Joe B: @handy - ha good one! i know it makes me crazy. bad crazy
	11:40am Dennis Diken: diggin' it Joe!
	11:40am TonyR: [checks favorite news feed] good SCOTUS bombs. That's a small mercy. [wipes brow] Now, just hope that people don't die from fake vaccine because surely anything that is approved will be mandated for Unemployment claims.... (Have I stayed too long at the news site?)
	11:41am Handy Haversack: Come back to the music, @TonyR!
	11:41am jt: WoodsOfNH yes, good news (finally some good news) but what about the three(?) that did NOT support incl. Judge Gerard E. Lynch? Ugh.
	11:41am Joe McG: Hey Dennis! Al Jackson, right?
	11:42am jt: The Beatles could've learned something from Booker T. & the MGs ..organ solo! Wow.
	11:44am morphe': somebody put a spell on me!!! That is a staement - not a request....
	11:44am Malcolm: this song nicely complements the rainstorm outside my window
	11:44am Joe B: @Joe - yes!
	11:45am Joe B: al jackson - an unsolved murder.
	11:45am WoodsOfNH: @jt Yeah, kind of disgusting but not surprising.
	11:46am Handy Haversack: It seems to have soothed the savage breast, this one -- two squirrels, a starling, and some sparrows have decided to come out into the open.
	11:46am Kay: @jt: The Beatles did learn something...they learnt they should hire Billy Preston for organ. Here's the isolated organ solo: www.youtube.com...
	11:47am Joe McG: @JoeB: What a terrible waste to lose him so young.
	11:48am Kay: Yes, R.I.P. Billy Preston
	11:48am Joe B: plenty of those in music - bobby fuller etc
	11:49am morphe': Joey B and all..Al Jackson Chronology: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/25/al-jackson-jr-memphis-sunset-the-mysterious-death-of-stax-heartbeat
	👻 11:50am Marley P. Dogg: Great show today Joe McG!
	👻 11:50am nortonjutland: So much music! thanks Joe!
	11:50am morphe': ps. WHO KILLED SAL MINEO - a sort of good read
	11:51am Joe McG: Many thanks, guys! Glad you enjoyed!
	11:52am morphe': Thanks Joe and all and the here coming future Joe... sadly... must go out!!!
	11:52am sphere: thanks Joe.
	11:52am Handy Haversack: Lovely show, Joe! Gotta submit to exercise time now. Hopefully I will see many of you at Other Joe's! I'll be the one panting and gasping. Thanks again, Joe!
	11:52am TDK60: Brigid M.P. stands out. I first heard this Irish voice on a radio station from Jersey City a few years back.
	11:53am Mary from Lisbon: thanks joe
	11:53am Joe McG: @TDK60: :)
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe! Stay well!
	11:54am Joe B: thanks Joe
	11:54am TDK60: Thanks for the variety show, Joe. Mondays are more fine for it.
	11:54am Joe McG: From the silly to the sublime. Thanks to everyone who took the journey with me today! Have a great week and stay tuned for Three Chord Monte with Joe B.!
	11:55am Joe B: spoiler alert - more pointer sisters
	11:55am Izzy: Woohoo!! Thanks Joe. That was the best. Pretty sure that made his dreams come true. He keeps demanding “How did you do that!?” :)
	11:55am Malcolm: top show thanks joe
	11:56am Joe McG: @Izzy: So happy to hear! Happy Birthday, Sage!
	11:57am Brendan: Nice show today Joe, but you’re not getting me Lucky charms
	11:58am morphe': Nice ending Joe....As is said in Ireland at closing- ok now!!!!... ye don't have to be going home but ye can't be staying here
	12:00pm tom from Glasgow: cheers Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 15, 2020

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

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June 15, 2020: Rock On Out to Beat Really Stupid

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Doors	Celebration of the Lizard (An Experiment/Work in Progress)	Perception	Rhino/Elektra	2006	CD	From 1968		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan	Silver Bells "Silver Bells" by "Bob Dylan"	Christmas in the Heart	Columbia	2009	CD			0:26:57 (Pop-up)
Brian Wilson	Smart Girls "Smart Girls" by "Brian Wilson"	No Album	No Label	1991	MP3			0:29:42 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	The Original Wrapper "The Original Wrapper" by "Lou Reed"	Mistrial	RCA	1986	LP			0:33:44 (Pop-up)
Dee Dee King	Mashed Potato Time "Mashed Potato Time" by "Dee Dee King"	Standing in the Spotlight	Sire	1989	LP			0:37:12 (Pop-up)
Joni Mitchell	Dancin' Clown "Dancin' Clown" by "Joni Mitchell"	Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm	Geffen	1988	LP	with Billy Idol and Tom Petty		0:40:18 (Pop-up)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse	Piece of Crap	Sleeps with Angels	Reprise	1994	CD			0:43:53 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis	Time After Time "Time After Time" by "Miles Davis"	You're Under Arrest	Columbia	1985	LP			0:47:06 (Pop-up)

Hampelstern-Terzett	Manzarek's Cafe	Poisoned Fish	Torture Tape	2014	LP	From 2010		1:03:52 (Pop-up)
Sonic Boom	Just a Little Piece of Me	All Things Being Equal	Carpark	2020	CD		*	1:06:04 (Pop-up)
Mameen 3 and Rodion G.A.	Wireless C	Collapse EP	Pingipung	2020	MP3		*	1:11:28 (Pop-up)
Rodion G.A.	Bătrânul Cais "Bătrânul Cais" by "Rodion G.A."	Rozalia	Inversions Music	2018	LP	From 1983		1:16:23 (Pop-up)
The Eighteenth Day of May	The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood	The Eighteenth Day of May	Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube	2020	LP	From 2006	*	1:22:26 (Pop-up)
Hatchie and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	Sometimes Always	single	Double Double Whammy	2020	MP3		*	1:28:37 (Pop-up)
Group Nine	Days of a Quiet Sun "Days of a Quiet Sun" by "Group Nine"	Days of a Quiet Sun	Feel It	2020	LP	From 1967	*	1:31:41 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s all lined up in a row very neatly
Wilson Pickett	We Got to Have Love	single	Atlantic	1968	45			1:41:22 (Pop-up)
Thomas and Richard Frost	Got to Find the Light	single	Uni	1972	45			1:43:16 (Pop-up)
Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys	Ten Little Numbers	single	Columbia	1952	45			1:45:47 (Pop-up)
The Casuals	Naughty Boy "Naughty Boy" by "The Casuals"	single	Decca	1969	45			1:48:10 (Pop-up)
Starz	Cherry Baby "Cherry Baby" by "Starz"	single	Capitol	1977	45			1:51:06 (Pop-up)
Ja-kki	Sun...Sun...Sun... Pt. 1 "Sun...Sun...Sun... Pt. 1" by "Ja-kki"	single	Pyramid	1976	45			1:54:34 (Pop-up)
The Pointer Sisters	Love in Them There Hills	single	Blue Thumb	1974	45	R.I.P. Bonnie Pointer		1:58:10 (Pop-up)
Neal Ford and The Fanatics	I Have Thoughts of You	single	Hickory	1967	45			2:01:17 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney	Coming Up "Coming Up" by "Paul McCartney"	single	Columbia	1980	45			2:04:41 (Pop-up)

Allen Toussaint	Last Train "Last Train" by "Allen Toussaint"	The Complete Warner Recordings	Rhino Handmade	2016	CD	From 1975		2:21:25 (Pop-up)
Little Feat	Two Trains "Two Trains" by "Little Feat"	Dixie Chicken	Warner Bros.	1973	LP			2:23:44 (Pop-up)
Chico Hamilton	One Day Five Months Ago	The Master	Enterprise	1973	LP			2:27:09 (Pop-up)
Ry Cooder	On a Monday "On a Monday" by "Ry Cooder"	Into the Purple Valley	Reprise	1988	CD	From 1972		2:34:41 (Pop-up)
Booker T. & the MGs	Medley: Sun King / Mean Mr. Mustard / Polythene Pam / She Came in Through the Bathroom Window / I Want You (She's So Heavy)	Time Is Tight	Stax	1998	CD	From 1970		2:38:55 (Pop-up)
Dojo Cuts	Here We Are "Here We Are" by "Dojo Cuts"	single	Colemine	2020	MP3		*	2:49:10 (Pop-up)
Geronimo Black	Siesta "Siesta" by "Geronimo Black"	Geronimo Black	One Way	1995	CD	From 1972		2:52:42 (Pop-up)
Brigid Mae Power	The Blacksmith "The Blacksmith" by "Brigid Mae Power"	Head Above the Water	Fire	2020	CD		*	2:56:51 (Pop-up)
The Wild Irish Roses	The Snow It Melts the Soonest	Fill Yer Boots, Man!	POE	2016	CD			3:02:15 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 9:01am 12539: Yip yip YEP, RayDeeOh!
	9:01am common: yip
	9:01am David (in London): Let the Yipfest commence. Hey Joe and all you groovy folks.
	9:01am fleep: Yip!
	9:01am Deborah: Radio!
	9:01am Jim the Poet: Yip
	👻 9:01am YETI BOB: Top of the morning to you David and all Yippers!
	9:02am EdziuS: O, ah! Uh?
	9:02am Jennica: Hi Joe, David (iL), YETI BOB, common, all.
	9:02am Rachel Bo Bachel: Radio!
	9:03am Handy Haversack: Good morning, Joe and all the Yips. I finally get to stick around for the whole show -- no emergency trips to Manhattan this week!
	👻 9:03am Marley P. Dogg: All hail the yips! Hi Joe McG!
	9:05am Asheville Jon: J-MO and his ramblings!
	9:05am pantz: Just flew back from vacation and boy are my arms tired! Missed ya, Joe.
	9:05am PaulRobeson1920: Jim Morrison... fire
	9:05am Snoochienucci: Good morning all! Yippity Yipski to all you Yippies
	9:05am WoodsOfNH: Hey everybody. Gees, I've had daydreams that seemed to last longer than that weekend.
	9:05am Pale Son: He sounds like Bill Murray on this track.
	👻 9:05am YETI BOB: You just never know what you're going to get here. Some weird Doors noise-jam I never heard of? Why the heck not?
	👻 9:06am Marley P. Dogg: WAKE UP
	9:06am Colleen: Nicely done Joe....
	9:06am tom from Glasgow: this guy sounds high!
	9:06am David (in London): No one here gets out alive. Hey Yeti Bob, Handy, Jennica, Woods, Snoochie.
	9:06am fleep: Poetry. Uh huh.
	9:06am queems: such poetry
	9:07am Joe McG: Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin!
	9:07am Jeezuseffinchrist: very wow
	9:07am Mick: Well happy Monday to you too
	9:07am Snoochienucci: I think im here Joe.
	9:07am Asheville Jon: i'm in, but i'm just about to head out
	9:07am Jim the Poet: Lizard me
	9:08am Rick A.: This song also begins the concept album An American Prayer which I bought when I was 11, hoping for something like Light My Fire. I was disappointed and never made it through the entire album. I was 11.
	9:08am tom from Glasgow: why'd you fill your telly up with lizards?
	9:08am Joe McG: @Ashville Jon: Don't worry, Jon, it's only 17 minutes long!
	9:08am Snoochienucci: howdy DIL!
	👻 9:08am YETI BOB: ok... i'm going to ride this one out, but i'm reducing the volume somewhat until Jimmy stops screaming
	9:08am The Oscar: Mornin'! The funny thing about the Doors is that, over the past fifty years, they have only ever been overrated or underrated, and they go back and forth between the two every decade or so.
	9:08am Krys O.: Viva Le Doors! (via Bruce McCullough)
	9:09am David (in London): Tom, I didn't. It was Mr Lizard.
	9:09am peckinpah: Okay. Quick quiz: who's playing bass? Hmm? No bass. That's right, the Doors had no bass. You see, the gypsies had no homes. Don't let that scare you, let that free you. Let that liberate you. 'Cause when you're free-flying with the Doors, man, you don't need no safety net
	9:09am PaulRobeson1920: Yeti- I turned it high as it will go
	9:09am Krys O.: Exactly, peckinpah!
	9:11am Handy Haversack: He nails the science too. Hey, David, Snoochie, Jennica, Marley, JeffinC, everyone. Sanitizing the station, Joe?
	9:11am winston legthigh: thats so true @the oscar
	9:11am Peter from Dover NJ: Hello Joe McG and everyone.
	9:11am Krys O.: Wm Berger and I used to play The Doors back in the 80s.
	👻 9:11am YETI BOB: @pecinpah: No band without a bass has ever been any good. (And if you want, you can say that's a bassless allegation!) @joe: thanks for announcing the track length, that is useful information
	9:11am Asheville Jon: i'm right there with ya YETI BOB. used to really be into the doors, but now, kinda meh on all of that
	9:11am Roberto: I thought this was Bruce McCulloch at first.
	9:12am sphere: hullo. after hearing Howlin Wolf's version of Back Door Man, I could never take Jim Morrison seriously.
	9:12am Krys O.: @YetiBob: Bruce McCullough did a great sketch on Kinds in the Hall called Doors Fan. It's on his Shame Based Man cd too.
	9:12am Jennica: @Handy: hi there!! @Asheville Jon: me too.
	👻 9:12am YETI BOB: It's just a bit early in the morning for all the screaming.... wife and neighbors are still sleeping
	9:12am Krys O.: *Kids in the Hall
	9:13am Michele with One "L": Oh hell yes!!!!!!
	9:13am Marc Francis: I forgot how emo the Doors were.
	9:13am David (in London): Yeti Bob - The Cramps did pretty well without a bass IMHO.
	👻 9:13am Marley P. Dogg: Can I request all 27 minutes of In-a-gadda-da-vida for the next song?
	9:14am Joe McG: It's really a shame that they never finished this work in progress. Who knows what it might have become?
	9:14am sphere: ride the snake, right?
	9:14am Crudbringer: ...When I first switched the radio on, I was pretty sure Michele was filling in...
	👻 9:15am Hughie Considine: I love Surface Noise but this is testing me.
	9:15am TDK60: Morning Joe. I love the Doors, saw them once and they were excellent!
	9:15am Joe McG: @Hughie: Don't worry, I have some Starz coming up later. Seriously!
	9:15am Asheville Jon: anyone interested in a large usps flat rate box full of doors casettes? bootlegs, radio broadcats, etc?
	9:15am David (in London): Three large portions of Crud please. Hey TDK.
	9:16am sphere: The Lizard King Desperately Wants To Be Really, Really Meaningful And Significant.
	9:16am Joe McG: @TDK: That's so cool! I wish I'd seen them. All the parts you're supposed to see, anyway.
	9:17am LP Stevenson: You mean it might have been good, Joe?
	9:17am Krys O.: @TDK60: One of my sisters saw The Doors at her college. Jimi too. She went to SUNY at Stony Brook 67-70.
	9:17am TDK60: Joe, it was at Hunter College auditorium, 1968. Jim was disciplined, no silliness.
	9:17am Joe McG: @LP: I think J-Mo is one of rock's great comedians.
	👻 9:17am YETI BOB: @D(iL): I do love the Cramps. So I'll back down from my bassless accuation. But I think most "we don't have a bass player" bands would sound better with a bass. Like the time the bass player from Redd Cross added bass parts to the White Stripes ("Red Blood Cells"). Major improvment IMO. But then again I play bass so I'm biased in that direction.
	9:18am Handy Haversack: 9:18 -- right on time!
	9:18am Krys O.: I believe the Doors played at the Capitol in my hometown of Port Chester too. Not 100% sure though.
	9:19am Joe McG: Oh by the way, this first set is going to get A LOT worse.
	9:19am Handy Haversack: I spoke too soon.
	9:19am PaulRobeson1920: They played SUNY Oswego in 1967!
	9:19am Asheville Jon: bleh, off to the drummer stream until this is over
	9:19am Roberto: John Densmore was in my improv class in '88-'89. He wrote and performed a one-person work in which he played drums.
	👻 9:19am Hughie Considine: Thanks for the warning @Joe. That's why we keep coming back: the honesty!
	9:20am Snoochienucci: I saw Ray+Robby once a few years back. It was maybe a year or so before Ray passed. They were both fantastic. Ray had great energy.
	9:20am Jim the Poet: Play it again!
	👻 9:20am Ken From Hyde Park: It's cool, Joe. We're Surface Noisers and we can take it!
	9:20am Joe McG: @Jim: Ha ha ha!
	9:20am TDK60: Hello Krys O, David in London.
	9:20am PaulRobeson1920: Again again!
	9:20am WoodsOfNH: WTF?
	9:21am David (in London): Yeti Bob - Yeah, to be fair, Lux 'n' Ivy are probably the exception rather than the rule, and I tend to agree with you. Bass in the face. Are you aware of the first (i.e. late 90s / early 00s) version of Rothko? Just three bass guitars. Full Disclosure, they were friends of mine, but at that time were absolutely awesome bass power.
	9:21am Crudbringer: Okay, is this the low point or does it worse than this?
	9:21am melinda: Morning everyone!
	9:21am Rev. Turnip Druid: always have been absolutely, totally ambivalent about The Doors, BUT mister lizard man earned points for pronouncing the "T" in "listening" just there.
	9:21am Colleen: Omg....Joe...YOU ARE ON FIRE TODAY!!!
	👻 9:21am Marley P. Dogg: Uh oh - did Dylan die?
	9:21am pantz: Xmas music? Did you take your meds, Joe?
	9:21am Matt Fiveash: Joe you sick bastard
	9:21am Jeezuseffinchrist: what in the name of the Goat is happening?
	9:21am Handy Haversack: Can you really celebrate the lizard in under three hours? Also: this Dylan version got much more of a "WTF?" from Kate than the Doors.
	9:21am Asheville Jon: this dylan is way better than the morrison drivel
	9:21am TDK60: Joe, I like Bob Dylan but I don't like every song he's recorded. Some are great, some very good, some so-so. But I hope no one loses sleep over an opinion on it...
	9:21am Mick: Ok that got an authentic laugh. Did not see that coming
	9:22am Rick A.: Dylan joined a long and storied tradition of Jewish singers and songwriters writing and performing Christmas music.
	9:22am PaulRobeson1920: Interesting aside here -Jim Morrison would be the same age as Joe Biden...who is 7 days older than Jimi Hendrix wOuld be... A MAN CAN DREAM
	9:22am The Oscar: Oh holy crap. Going ahead and clickystarring this show in advance.
	👻 9:22am 12539: Hey whoever's in the dj booth, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH JOE?!?
	9:22am BVP: Shit I’ve gotta get to the mall. I hate the mall.
	9:22am efd: thought maybe this was Little Steven for a moment.
	9:22am The Butterman: Now I feel like I’m listening to SMK
	👻 9:22am Marley P. Dogg: Really curious what’s next
	9:22am Itzall Hear: Froggy went-a-courtin' and he did ride, aha, with Silver Bells and the like.
	9:22am Asheville Jon: at least Joe didn't play dylan's "Must Be Santa"!!
	9:22am Handy Haversack: 2009 -- so timely. He really had his finger on the cultural pulse. Always relevant, Bob.
	9:22am Jim the Poet: Call the kids. This show is going to be a classic.
	9:22am lukavino: oooh, do "must be santa" next. that song rips.
	9:22am TDK60: It might just be possible that our DJ is having some lighthearted fun. Okay?
	9:23am David (in London): Can't wait for Dylan's version of 'Little Donkey'.
	9:23am melinda: I like your bold choices this morning Joe.
	👻 9:23am Ken From Hyde Park: Half-Christmas isn't until next Thursday.
	9:23am Handy Haversack: Uh oh.
	9:23am sphere: What is THIS?
	9:23am Crudbringer: YES.
	👻 9:23am YETI BOB: D(iL): Thanks for the tip. I'll check out some Rothko - RIGHT NOW!
	👻 9:23am Marley P. Dogg: Oh wow
	👻 9:24am Bob in Oakland: Possibly the best set ever.
	9:24am Itzall Hear: -did I just "ironically" like Smart Girls? I think so.
	9:25am Rev. Turnip Druid: eh! Had no idea Rothko went back that far.
	9:25am Handy Haversack: How did Michael Shelley resist playing this around the interview he did this weekend?
	9:25am sphere: I am stunned.
	9:25am PaulRobeson1920: Ahahahaahah I wananangooo homes
	9:25am Blix: Wow...I had to stop what I was doing...how did I not know this existed?
	9:25am Toothgrinder Tom: Late stage Dylan is the ultimate troll.
	9:25am PaulRobeson1920: Home*
	9:25am common: wow
	9:25am tom from Glasgow: what in the world is this
	9:25am efd: I've never been happier to have a 9:30 meeting/ I've never been madder to have a 9:30 meeting
	9:25am The Oscar: Will Dee Dee King be next??
	9:25am pantz: Dr Demento? Izzat you?
	9:25am David (in London): I do hope that Brian was wearing a backwards baseball cap whilst he recorded this.
	9:26am Terr in DE: ...love these fake mashups
	9:26am Glorious Estephonic: I worked with a Brian Wilson at MoMA -- he is an art guard and is super cool.
	9:26am Joe McG: @Oscar: Great idea!!
	9:26am Pale Son: Next track: John Lennon burping for 7 minutes.
	9:26am tom from Glasgow: or Lou Reed "The Original Wrapper"
	9:26am Toothgrinder Tom: @Handy Haversack ha ha
	9:26am melinda: @Pale Son haha
	9:27am tom from Glasgow: oh my god
	9:27am TDK60: I like Led Zeppelin and The Moody Blues too.
	9:27am sphere: Of course.
	9:27am Joe McG: @Pale Son: "John and Yoko: Life After Dinner."
	9:27am WoodsOfNH: We still have our 1968-era ceramic Christmas Tree in our front window....because, yes, I am THAT lazy.
	👻 9:27am YETI BOB: @tom from Glasgow: Got any good lottery numbers for today?
	9:27am Asheville Jon: Joe, i thought you said this was going to get worse? this stuff (aside from the morrison nonsense) is great!
	9:28am bk845: I can't believe that anyone thought creating that Smart Girls song was a good idea, even in the context of 1991.
	9:28am Handy Haversack: Sweet Lou! Definitely giving Dylan a run for that troll title!
	9:28am Rich in Bay Ridge: OK, this is already a certifiable classic 4 songs in.
	9:28am lukavino: listening to this while thinking about Lou tearing his own face off in the "no money down" video.
	👻 9:28am Hughie Considine: You would think given Lou's tendency toward sprechgesang that he'd be a better than average rapper...
	9:29am The Oscar: @lukavino If you haven't, you should seek out the Beavis & Butthead clip with that video. "This guy should be in Gwar!!"
	9:29am Joe McG: It was a hard choice between this and "Disco Mystic."
	👻 9:29am YETI BOB: This is almost as bad as Debbie Harry's rap on "Rapture"
	👻 9:29am Hughie Considine: People tend to trash "Mistrial," but I'm fond of "I Remember You," his duet with Ruben Blades.
	9:29am lukavino: @the oscar a stone classic.
	9:29am dano59: Agreed it could only get better after the Morrison Nonsense. Xmas in June!
	9:29am Handy Haversack: If Lou and Brian can leave their comfort zones, so can we. Joe shows us the way.
	9:30am Rick A.: In playing the more eccentric and atypical work by famous singer/songwriters, there is always Elvis Costello's Juliet Letters.
	9:30am Blix: I remember that Ken played some Ron Isley rap on the air one day, figuring that, well, it can't be that bad. Wacky sax came in about halfway through.
	👻 9:30am Brian in UK: Hey Joe I believe the burger king was described as lewd, lascivious and wanton at the Miami fiasco.
	9:30am Terr in DE: wow, this ones real,...sort of Talking Heads
	👻 9:31am YETI BOB: @HH: But there are so many different directions out of the comfort zone.
	9:31am Handy Haversack: (Though at any point did Lou think to himself "you know what could help sell this? Disco!")
	9:31am Crudbringer: @Howie, it's like how (that actor whose name I can't summon) couldn't play drunk when he was drunk... Lou can't hit the target when he's aiming at it.
	9:31am Toothgrinder Tom: Did Sebastian Cabot pass on before the advent of rap?
	9:31am The Oscar: YES.
	9:31am Rich in Washington: Oh yeah. No we're talkin'!
	👻 9:31am Brian in UK: Are there any instructions for the Mashed Potato?
	9:32am Toothgrinder Tom: Slowest rapper in the game.
	9:32am Pale Son: Definition of flow.
	9:32am David (in London): Heavy 'Monster Mash' influence here.
	👻 9:32am Hughie Considine: I feel as if a track from Bruce Foxton's solo LP can't be far behind ...
	9:32am Bill W: I have an autographed copy of MISTRIAL... and Lou actually made civil small talk while he was signing it for me (at Tower Records on 4th Street).
	9:32am listener Rey: LOL. It's gotten much worse alright!
	9:32am Greg from ZONE 5: We haven't talked in a while, Joe. You been feelin' OK?
	9:33am Toothgrinder Tom: @Crudbringer are you talking about Peter O’Toole, or possibly Richard Burton?
	9:33am sydnius: That’s how Wiggles are born
	9:34am Crudbringer: Thank you, I think O'Toole was who I had in mind.
	9:34am PaulRobeson1920: I'm the freedom man Yeah, that's how lucky I am
	9:34am egould310: Dee Dee’s bass is up for auction. https://www.guitarworld.com/news/hey-ho-you-can-go-bid-on-dee-dee-ramones-1975-fender-precision-bass
	9:34am Handy Haversack: Kate: "What's going to happen NOW?!" Oh, just you wait!
	9:34am The Oscar: WHOA-- this one's new on me!
	9:34am Mike Sin: So far, in this set, Morrison wins!
	9:34am PaulRobeson1920: Is Dee Dee home?
	👻 9:34am 12539: Joe, this is only getting better, not worse!
	9:34am TDK60: Handy, does Kate need some "rescue remedy"?
	👻 9:35am Ken From Hyde Park: These songs are all collecting clicky-stars, so Joe is pleasing someone out there.
	9:35am David (in London): Joni and Billy, together at last. Just as I always wanted. Hey T.Tom.
	9:35am Asheville Jon: so, what is the 'theme' today Joe?
	9:35am Rich in Washington: Is this in Esperanto?
	9:35am common: good lord.
	9:35am The Oscar: Well, I mean, he IS...
	9:35am Joe McG: @David: Match made in heaven.
	9:36am dano59: Now i'm wodering about the Manson song GunsNRoses did ... No, don't play it
	9:36am Joe McG: Oh yeah, Tom Petty is on this, too!
	9:36am Roberto: I sense a theme forming.
	9:36am TDK60: That first Generation X album was pretty good.
	9:36am Mike Sin: Did the A&R person who set up this Mitchell/Idol collaboration receive a promotion or get fired after its release?
	9:36am Handy Haversack: She's running possible lines in the conversation between Joni and Billy that led to this.
	9:36am Roberto: Smart artists, bad choices?
	9:36am tom from Glasgow: there's also "Dumb All Over" by Zappa for terrible white guy rapping, but as always it depends on how sour you're feeling
	👻 9:36am Brian in UK: Keep thinking of Zappa's Dancing Fool.
	9:36am WoodsOfNH: Oh gawd, I just goggled something about Sebastian Cabot and discovered that he did a dramatic reading album of Bob Dylan.
	9:37am bk845: TOM PETTY!?!?
	9:37am David (in London): Billy, you should be dancing with yourself, not with Joni Mitchell. That's not what you promised!
	👻 9:37am Marley P. Dogg: This song has put me in such a good mood
	9:37am Jim the Poet: I like the guy in back just going "woo"
	9:38am Roberto: Piece of Crap rules tho.
	👻 9:38am YETI BOB: "Piece of Crap" is a definite improvement
	9:38am Asheville Jon: at least THIS song is aptly titled
	9:38am Pale Son: Oh my god, I just listened to this song last night intentionally!
	9:38am Rick A.: Nice job of crossing it up, Joe, the obvious Neil Young choice wojld be something from Trans or Landing on Water, the latter being a really execrable album.
	9:38am Malcolm: Stinkers from the rock and roll hall of fame.
	9:38am Jim the Poet: PIECE! OF! CRAP!
	9:38am Handy Haversack: This would pair nicely with Zappa's "Flakes."
	9:38am Erin in TO: I love Piece of Crap, this song has always entertained me
	9:38am LP Stevenson: Screwed up here, Joe. Piece of Crap is good. Sort of.
	9:39am David (in London): The original crapper.
	9:39am Rich in Washington: Bob Dylan's Everything Is Broken.
	9:39am Joe McG: I knew this choice would be controversial. But it was too aptly named. Joe B. said I should play "Let It Roll."
	9:40am Colleen: I love whatever mood your in for all of this fun stuff!!
	9:40am Rich in Washington: The can't fix your breaks, Handy!
	9:40am Malcolm: Jazz Police by Leonard Cohen
	👻 9:40am Hughie Considine: "Let's Roll"? The 9/11 song? yeah... worse
	9:40am Mike Sin: The backing vocals on this Neil Young track took the longest to complete here due to their harmonic structure.
	👻 9:41am Brian in UK: And here's the man who made money out of crap. www.thomas-crapper.com...
	9:41am Rick A.: I bought this album when it came out. It's an elegy to Kurt Cobain and contains mostly quiet ambient types of songs. This is the lone outlier of a rock song on it, almost as if he threw it on here because there needed to be one rock song. I never really grew to appreciate this album, either.
	9:41am sphere: Rod McKuen himself is always a good option at times like these.
	👻 9:41am Hughie Considine: OK, so maybe Bruce Foxton doesn't belong in this set after all...
	9:41am Asheville Jon: ooooh, i hope Kenny G's version of what a wonderful world will be next!!!
	👻 9:41am Marley P. Dogg: Amazing
	9:41am Rich in Washington: We're on an elevator to hell!
	9:42am WoodsOfNH: I dunno, the sludge at the bottom of the Dylan barrel is that "God Named The Animals" thing. Yuck.
	9:42am rich: i knew you would eventually get to this
	9:42am Handy Haversack: Oooo, Malcolm: good call!
	9:42am Snoochienucci: i actually have this LP. not the worst thing out there lol
	9:42am Really Lisa: Rich in Washington guessed the theme, right?!
	👻 9:42am Hughie Considine: Wondering if Prince ever did anything truly terrible....
	9:42am Malcolm: I love this miles Davis Cyndi version! His live version of MJ's human nature with an uncomfortable looking Chala khan is also great
	9:42am PaulRobeson1920: Jim Morrison “See you all when I get back from Paris”
	9:42am Asheville Jon: a great read: www.jazzoasis.com...
	👻 9:42am Brian in UK: This is a faithful interpretation......for Miles.
	9:42am LP Stevenson: Wiggle Wiggle is sitting right there, Dylan fans.
	9:43am Joe McG: "Wiggle Wiggle," ha ha ha!
	9:43am Rich in Washington: I really enjoy reading Pat Metheny's rage piece on Kenny G having recorded himself soloing all over that Louis Armstrong piece. It's a real masterpiece of epic writing and I heartily recommend it to anyone who loathes Kenny G as much as I.
	👻 9:43am YETI BOB: If this is supposed to be "bad" - it's failing. Not Miles' greatest work, but still worthy. And good on him for mining contemporary pop, the way jazz did in the 30s.
	9:43am Tim 07030: Jeez Joe I'm trying to get some work done here! Might I suggest 'Too Much Blood' by the Stones or Bowie's version of 'God Only Knows'?
	9:44am steveo: who's playing the funny sounding hooter?
	9:44am Mary from Lisbon: Hello everyone
	9:44am Mike Sin: This Miles Davis track had to be used in a "Lifetime" movie at some point, no?
	9:44am Rick A.: I once played this on my college radio show in 1987. I wanted to play a contemporary Miles Davis track and liked the name of the album. I didn't notice the title of the song. As soon as I played it on the air, I realized, "Oh, it's that song." Former WFMU DJ Jeff Cobb was in the studio with me and calmed my panic, by saying "It's still Miles."
	9:44am WoodsOfNH: @Rich Yes! Metheny's generally a pretty amiable guy but man, he TEED OFF on the G-man there.
	9:45am ?: @mikesin the head of a&r at geffen during the 80s was john kalodner he at least had to sign off on it
	👻 9:45am YETI BOB: RickA: Where do you think all the jazz standards came from? Mostly "dumb" pop songs.
	9:45am Jim the Poet: I did laugh
	9:45am David (in London): Miles did this, and Human Nature, when I saw him in '86. He was still awesome even towards the end.
	9:45am Itzall Hear: Thank you, Joe. We CAN use a laugh. Not a lot of that happening here (ATL) these days...
	9:46am Mary from Lisbon: It is funny
	9:46am johnk77: ? is me
	9:46am Asheville Jon: hey Rich, this is for you, :) www.youtube.com...
	9:46am TDK60: No sexy, later Rod Stewart?
	9:47am David (in London): Bowie's 'proto-rapping' on African Night Flight is really incredible.
	👻 9:47am Hughie Considine: Miles also did a nice version of "Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti.
	9:47am Will in Bloomington: i kinda liked the miles davis track...
	9:48am Mike Sin: @? -- Thanks for the info!
	9:49am Peter K.: For what it's worth, I have to object strongly to the inclusion of Miles Davis's "Time After Time" in that set. Granted, it's not Miles at his best, but come on -- it is FAR from Miles at his worst. It's actually kind of pretty, and he still had his chops at the time. Some of his subsequent stuff was, in my humble opinion, much, much worse.
	9:49am Asheville Jon: lapse in taste? on her mind? DRUGS!!!!!!!
	9:49am Toothgrinder Tom: @David in London howdy, David! Good to see you.
	9:50am David (in London): After five years at home taking truly Biblical quantities of drugs, Miles was probably a little, ahem, 'changed'.
	9:50am Roberto: Yes, Billy never idles. I love that campaign.
	👻 9:50am YETI BOB: @JoeMcG: Dee Dee King doesn't rate a spot on the playlist?
	9:51am The Oscar: I just informed my fiancee that I was the one who requested Dee Dee King, and she literally walked out the door.
	9:52am Rev. Turnip Druid: Yes. I do recall when Lou's "original wrapper" came out. And I thought .......... i thought such dark thoughts.
	9:52am Krys O.: Piece of Crap still pops up in my head as an ear worm. Oh, and I hadn't thought of John Kolodner since the 80s.
	9:54am PaulRobeson1920: Jim Morrison “LA women is getting close, we are betting better, growing, the time has come” and off to Paris he goes
	9:54am WoodsOfNH: Gotta say, I kind of liked Celebration of the Lizard
	9:54am Handy Haversack: @The Oscar, she'll be back! Resistance is futile! All are Surface Noise!
	9:55am Terr in DE: I liked the Lou thing, I ll have to go to YouTube to see if I missed something..So that was Brian, cool idea to sample yourself.
	9:55am Mike Sin: I thought that first set was fun... anything to get me to crack any sort of smile on my face these days helps.
	9:57am Asheville Jon: Joe McG, i received my WFMU SWAG the other day, THANK YOU!!! i really needed a clean shirt!
	👻 9:58am Ken From Hyde Park: This has been Joe's "Desert Island" set. Songs you'd send to a desert island while you remain perfectly safe back on the mainland.
	9:58am Rick A.: I realized that most of the last set was from the 80s with one song from 1991. That was a decade when too many performers tried to stay "contemporary" when they should not have.
	10:00am Joe McG: Glad you guys enjoyed that set. We all needed a chuckle, I think. I know I did.
	10:00am Joe McG: @Ken: Ha ha!
	10:02am David (in London): Joe, it's easy to get rather po-faced about the sacred cows of music, so it's good to see (hear) their musical feet of clay from time to time. Sorry for over-mixing metaphors there, but you know what I mean.
	10:02am Joe McG: @David: Yes, I admire them all, but everyone steps wrong sometimes.
	10:04am TDK60: David, I looked at the WFMU Artist Browser. Rothko has been played 4 times on this station. I haven't heard 'em yet.
	10:05am Handy Haversack: It's good to remember that none of us is perfect. But that was also a seriously good time, Joe! Thanks! All of these notices of swag arrival are also heartening -- looking forward to it!
	10:05am TDK60: Handy, is Kate okay?
	👻 10:06am YETI BOB: this synth riff sounds very very familiar - is it just from hearing this track on WFMU, or does this sound like something else? (I love it either way)
	10:07am Handy Haversack: All recovered, TDK60. She came close to straining her neck while shaking her head at Tom Petty and Joni Mitchell, but we're back on track over here!
	10:17am melinda: @David in London I love mixed metaphors
	10:19am TDK60: Richard Fariña is one of my muses. (Wrote this.)
	10:19am Terr in DE: i donno Joe, I listened to Original Wrapper again and it seems just fine w its Talking Heads vibe and its excellent Falwell and Farakan from Iran line... Its not Bowie wearing a grunge knit winter hat.
	👻 10:20am YETI BOB: This is lovely! (18th Day of May).
	10:20am pantz: May 18 is celebrated as Revolution Day in Argentina, Normie.
	10:20am Malcolm: @tdk60 i've always wanted to read been down so long it looks up to me... any good?
	10:20am Joe McG: @Terr: Glad you dug it! Maybe I should have gone with "My Red Joystick." :)
	👻 10:20am karlward: I am officially requesting a photograph of Bowie wearing a grunge knit winter hat, preferably 5x7, preferably signed.
	10:20am Terr in DE: its not Bowie wearing grunge knit winter hat
	10:21am Jim the Poet: In Bowie's defense, he was afraid of Americans
	10:22am TDK60: Malcolm, I've never read his books, yet! I just think his 2 albums with Mimi F. are tops! I do some of his songs at open mikes.
	10:22am Malcolm: yeah their voices work so nicely together
	10:23am Terr in DE: ".. afraid of Americans-ly yours , David"
	10:23am sphere: Pac Man Fever was a little too obvious perhaps.
	10:24am TDK60: I was at Fairport Convention's annual fest 2 years back. It was the 40th anniversary of Sandy Denny's passing. They did a tribute, played a recording of her version of "Brotherhood" as we stood in silent awe.
	10:25am Malcolm: nice!
	10:25am egould310: Perfect soundtrack for a 7 mile run, in a gentle rain, along Puget Sound. Thanks Joe McG!!
	👻 10:26am Webhamster Henry: Yeah ! Now sounds of Today's Flower powered Generation™!
	10:27am Handy Haversack: That's great, TDK60 -- wish I'd heard it!
	10:28am TDK60: It's on record, Handy.
	10:29am Handy Haversack: Ah, nice!
	10:30am Jennica: @egould310: sounds heavenly!
	10:30am morphe': Thanks Joe - little man Simon here using the board so ----- that's all for me....
	10:30am sphere: Scary moment: realizing that you have half a terabytes-worth of music.
	10:31am TDK60: Handy, her 2nd album from '72. Eponymous.
	👻 10:33am karlward: sphere: ...and it's just one impeccably recorded 48 track bootleg of a Phish show
	10:33am Malcolm: I wonder if eighteen days of may were an influence on trembling bells, who emerged in the late 2000s, i think.
	10:33am Handy Haversack: Ah, meant I'd wish I'd been at the show, TDK -- but still! Hey there, morphe' and Simon!
	10:33am sphere: @ karlward - that's just about right lol
	👻 10:34am YETI BOB: JoeMcG: Thanks for the 18th Day of May - enjoyed that very much, I missed them completely the first time around. Reminded me ((as well as inevitable Fairport and Pentagle)) of Espers who were around the same time - and are maybe regrouping (?)
	10:36am Handy Haversack: I felt the same, Yeti Bob! Was listening to Espers just yesterday.
	10:36am Joe McG: @YETI: Oh, I'm glad I turned you onto them. This new reissue is a beaut, glad to see it get some attention!
	10:36am David (in London): Hey morphe. Yeti Bob - I was a big fan of Espers, too.
	10:36am P-90: Nice start to Single File
	10:36am Morphe’: Moved to the tablet- hey joe.... where ya goin with those 45s in yer hand?
	10:37am Joe B: greetings Joe and everyone
	10:37am Handy Haversack: The People's Champ, warming up in the on-deck circle!
	10:37am Joe McG: Hey Joe! You were right, I should've played "Let's Roll"!
	10:38am Jim the Poet: Joe B!
	10:38am David (in London): Joe ^2, here to save us from 5pm ( / timezone-appropriate time) disappointment!
	10:39am TheLoneliestMonk: Hey Joe Mac! No need to apologise for today's first hour, it was fun! Any chance 'musical missteps' becomes a return feature?
	10:39am TonyR: Darn Tootin' there are people "out there" who like Single File. [hand enthusiaastically raised, sucking up to teacher...] Hello, Joe(s)!
	10:40am TheLoneliestMonk: No,.'let's roll' is SO jingoistic and SO much worse....perpetual ban!
	10:41am Joe McG: Hey Tony R, thanks for checkin' in! @LMR: Not a bad idea! God knows there are enough of them.
	10:41am TonyR: Neil's political radar needs smashing every coupla years.
	👻 10:41am YETI BOB: Oh, the 18th Day of May is sold out at the CardinalFuzz/FeedingTube webshop! Good for them, sad for me.
	👻 10:41am Hughie Considine: Apropos of nothing, in the recent Bob Dylan interview in the Times he says he's a fan of the Eagles' "New Kid in Town."
	10:41am annie: whew!!made it!
	10:41am Handy Haversack: "Malcolm McLaren, Georgie Best, Lou Reed ..."
	10:42am Joe McG: @YETI: Oh, no! I was going to get a copy after the show! :(
	10:43am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM I love you very much, and am willing to let you drive this musical short bus wherever u please, but if you ever do awful songs inspired by 9/11, and I hear lady macca's 'freedom'....I'm turning off the radio :P
	10:43am Joe McG: @LM: Ha ha ha!
	10:44am egould310: Alot of people wouldn’t write and record a song about their first boner.
	10:45am Joe McG: @egould: But Roy Wood would! Aptly.
	10:45am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM did u ever see that maysles brothers documentary, where he's describing the song to Clapton, and EC is basically snickering in his face! Hysterical!
	10:45am Handy Haversack: A lot of people don't make the cut to get played on Single File, though, @egould310!
	10:45am efd: this Starz song is great — a longtime fave!
	10:46am efd: @Joe is your copy on clear yellow vinyl?
	10:46am The Oscar: While we're talking about latter-day political Neil Young songs, one of my favorite TV interview questions ever, posed to Neil in 2004: "Your new album has a song called 'Let's Impeach the President.' What is this song about?"
	10:46am ratso: good song.
	10:47am Joe McG: @efd: Yes, kind of gold. It's a promo with the mono version on the other side. I love songs where guys are stuck in jail and singing about their gal!
	10:47am ?: Was Joni& Billy Idol supposed to be "ironic"? Liked that dong then; like it now.
	10:48am ?: _s_ong!!!
	10:49am Joe McG: Yeah, I guess a little! I don't think it's her (or his) best moment, but everyone has a different opinion.
	10:50am Brendan: Hey Joe. Fine show today... many nice cuts, known and unknown, like going into a deli with variety meats.
	10:51am ?: I'm just a Dancin' Clown .. for Joni's Geffen years!
	10:52am Joe B: yes! great PS song!
	10:52am Joe McG: @Brendan: I like the analogy! Some of the cuts were a bit off today, but always a big selection.
	10:52am TonyR: Oh, Bonnie. :(
	👻 10:55am Hughie Considine: And now that I've tried it, this Cotto salami is kinda tasty!
	10:55am TonyR: "Yes We Can Can" 7" was the only Blue THumb record I ever owned. Little miracle, that old single.
	👻 10:56am Brian in UK: Is it true that the Blue Thumb records whorl is Captain Beefhearts?
	10:56am Joe McG: @TonyR: I heard Sheila B. play it on Friday and it sounded as fresh and excellent as ever.
	10:57am TDK60: Brian, that's what Franco said recently, forget which WFMU show.
	👻 10:58am Brian in UK: TDK60, maybe that's where I picked it up.
	10:58am Morphe’: Brendan ,Joe= great variety but feel free to skip the headcheese
	10:59am Joe McG: @Morphe': And less tongue!
	11:00am Roberto: Can we talk about the video for Coming Up? Sir Paul actually impersonated Ron Mael of Sparks. Major cool points.
	11:00am Brendan: Some of those off cuts are the best. At least once you’ve gotten the acquired taste, for which there is no accounting. Take pepper loaf, or any of those composite meats for instance.
	11:00am wild neil peace all: this very compressed manic Paul McCartney song sounds like the Talking Heads.
	11:01am ratso: I dig the live version of this on the Kampuceia Concert record
	11:01am David in London: I like Macca’s weird squeaky songs. Temporary Secretary is another classic.
	11:01am TonyR: I liked "Coming up", but I was never a real McCartney fanatic. Like "Octopus' Garden", I know we're supposed to hate it, but not everything can be Tortured John 24/7....
	11:01am Joe McG: @Roberto: I forgot about that!!
	11:02am TDK60: I like this Paul song, dig the bass. You can dance to it too.
	11:02am TonyR: Kampuchea album had a near full-side of prime live Clash.
	11:02am ratso: @TonyR, yep, that's why I bought it. Armageddon Time
	11:03am ratso: and Ian Dury
	11:03am Rick A.: I bought the album McCartney II and it came with a 45 of a live version of "Coming Up" which really rocks.
	11:03am JG: I remember buying McCartney II in 1980
	11:04am Rich in Washington: I love McCartney II. I call it Paul Buys a Synthesizer.
	11:05am TonyR: Okay, Wiki says 1 live Clash track, but Kampuchea had three prime Pretenders cuts; Elvis Costello, The Specials and more!!
	11:06am Mike Sin: re: "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea" That double LP can still be found for pretty cheap, which is cool because it never saw a CD reissue. I guess considering it had all those artists under different contracts to different labels, the charity agreement only covered the initial run.
	👻 11:07am karlward: Ja-kki Sun Sun Sun was a major early disco 12", mixed by Walter Gibbons
	11:07am TonyR: Dug in crates for years for "Kampuchea" because my first find had one completely unplayable disc.
	11:07am jt: 'Coming Up' was my favorite song right when it came out in 1980, it got heavy air-play. Really love that song still. Can't really forgive Paul McCarney for the L & M / M & L thing though, the alphabet &( & reality.. ) V. his Ego. Ugh!
	11:08am TDK60: I remember that '30s/'40s style revival. You could still find some of those clothes in flea markets then. So, hippies in wide '40s ties, suits, dresses. (Pointers, Dan Hicks, Leon Redbone, Ry Cooder, etc.)
	👻 11:08am karlward: Great Walter Gibbons compilation: waltergibbons.bandcamp.com...
	11:10am Handy Haversack: Basecamp is a project-management service.
	11:11am p/b: Good morning all from Brooklyn, trying to make it a positive week. #BLM
	11:11am Morphe’: Joe... when you started yer sentence:”...why was.....” I thought you were launching into DOUBLE DUTCH RECESS joke sequence
	11:12am TonyR: @p/b: Oh, GOOD LUCK with that. Really.
	11:15am Joe McG: Thanks for the info, karl!
	11:16am wendy del formaggio: It’s always a good time to hear Allen Toussaint.
	11:16am Roberto: Oh I thought it was "Basscamp" lolz
	11:17am Itzall Hear: Poll: could Allen Toussaint be a vocal doppleganger for Mr. McGasko?!?
	11:17am Izzy: Hey Joe! Could you give a birthday shout out to my boyfriend Sage? He's been an FMU listener since he was a kid and he loves your show :)
	11:17am sphere: Da Feet!
	11:17am TDK60: Wow, Little Feat, great band I don't hear much anymore.
	11:18am sphere: Dixie Chicken is a really really good album.
	11:18am Davee: I second that comment
	11:19am Joe McG: @Izzy: Sure! I love the idea of doing a birthday shoutout!
	11:19am Joe McG: @Itzall: I couldn't could polish Allen's shoe!
	11:19am TheLoneliestMonk: Der shocket
	11:20am sphere: Not only does Fat Man In The Bathroom have the best song title in the world, it is one my all time faves.
	11:21am Itzall Hear: Haha. Maybe, but there are definitely similarities to MY ear... eh? Whatzat?!? Can you speak up, please?...
	11:21am sphere: *Bathtub i mean.
	11:22am WoodsOfNH: I have spent many, many, many, many hours listening to Waiting For Columbus
	11:24am Joe McG: This Chico Hamilton record is basically Little Feat with Chico sitting in on drums.
	11:24am ?: > Wondering if Prince ever did anything truly > terrible.... Ever hear the "Chaos and Disorder" slbum?
	11:25am Dean: One of the engineers of Waiting for Columbus has a stereo shop four blocks from my home. I brought my Mobile Fidelity pressing to the shop. We listened, and he remarked, "This sounds really good!" Hanging on the wall in his shop, the original painting, subsequently retouched here and there, that graces the album cover.
	11:25am Handy Haversack: Digging all these Little Feats! Hadn't listened to them in along time.
	11:27am WO Town Wick: Not sure I've heard any Chico Hamilton before but now I have the urge to hear lots more. Thanks JM.
	11:27am Joe McG: @Dean: Wow!
	11:27am Handy Haversack: * al ong. * a long. ^^ Sigh. One of those days.
	11:28am sphere: I know the feeling, Handy.
	11:28am Dean: Nice guy. He also engineered the first two Boston albums, some Earth, Wind & Fire, a bunch of other stuff. His first job: Hendrix.
	11:29am TDK60: WO Town Wick: When he (C.H.) earlier came out with his own band, it was mellow West Coast "cool" jazz. en.wikipedia.org...
	11:29am Joe McG: @WO TW: Chico is a favorite of mine since his group in the '60s had Gabor Szabo in it. The "Transfusion" album is especially great.
	11:30am oshiwoshi: LOVING this slide selection - best version of On your way down! (not 2 trains btw...)
	11:31am TonyR: >In Bowie's defense, he was afraid of >Americans So ahead of the curve, that one.
	11:31am TDK60: The album cover photo to this Ry C. has that '30s/'40s feel. en.wikipedia.org...
	11:32am Jim the Poet: Funkier than the Beatles????
	11:33am Itzall Hear: Jim the Poet, AS IF.
	11:33am Joe B: honey pie wasn't funky enough for them ... I guess
	11:35am Mary from Lisbon: boy i sure love this show
	11:35am Brendan: Does this play in the WFMU elevator?
	11:35am TonyR: There's that "All Together Now" ad for that tele-conferencing software. Interesting choice, gotta give Mr. Advertising Man that, at least.
	11:36am Joe McG: Thanks, Mary! Hope to visit Lisbon one day.
	11:36am WoodsOfNH: Holy smokes, Supreme Court droppin' BOMBs today.
	11:37am Handy Haversack: @Joe B, it was making them crazy.
	11:39am Joe McG: Fun Fact: Steve Cropper had never heard "Abbey Road" when he recorded his guitar for this album. Booker coached him through it. He was somewhere else recording a band called Ambergris - who I played a few weeks ago!
	11:39am Joe B: @handy - ha good one! i know it makes me crazy. bad crazy
	11:40am Dennis Diken: diggin' it Joe!
	11:40am TonyR: [checks favorite news feed] good SCOTUS bombs. That's a small mercy. [wipes brow] Now, just hope that people don't die from fake vaccine because surely anything that is approved will be mandated for Unemployment claims.... (Have I stayed too long at the news site?)
	11:41am Handy Haversack: Come back to the music, @TonyR!
	11:41am jt: WoodsOfNH yes, good news (finally some good news) but what about the three(?) that did NOT support incl. Judge Gerard E. Lynch? Ugh.
	11:41am Joe McG: Hey Dennis! Al Jackson, right?
	11:42am jt: The Beatles could've learned something from Booker T. & the MGs ..organ solo! Wow.
	11:44am morphe': somebody put a spell on me!!! That is a staement - not a request....
	11:44am Malcolm: this song nicely complements the rainstorm outside my window
	11:44am Joe B: @Joe - yes!
	11:45am Joe B: al jackson - an unsolved murder.
	11:45am WoodsOfNH: @jt Yeah, kind of disgusting but not surprising.
	11:46am Handy Haversack: It seems to have soothed the savage breast, this one -- two squirrels, a starling, and some sparrows have decided to come out into the open.
	11:46am Kay: @jt: The Beatles did learn something...they learnt they should hire Billy Preston for organ. Here's the isolated organ solo: www.youtube.com...
	11:47am Joe McG: @JoeB: What a terrible waste to lose him so young.
	11:48am Kay: Yes, R.I.P. Billy Preston
	11:48am Joe B: plenty of those in music - bobby fuller etc
	11:49am morphe': Joey B and all..Al Jackson Chronology: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/25/al-jackson-jr-memphis-sunset-the-mysterious-death-of-stax-heartbeat
	👻 11:50am Marley P. Dogg: Great show today Joe McG!
	👻 11:50am nortonjutland: So much music! thanks Joe!
	11:50am morphe': ps. WHO KILLED SAL MINEO - a sort of good read
	11:51am Joe McG: Many thanks, guys! Glad you enjoyed!
	11:52am morphe': Thanks Joe and all and the here coming future Joe... sadly... must go out!!!
	11:52am sphere: thanks Joe.
	11:52am Handy Haversack: Lovely show, Joe! Gotta submit to exercise time now. Hopefully I will see many of you at Other Joe's! I'll be the one panting and gasping. Thanks again, Joe!
	11:52am TDK60: Brigid M.P. stands out. I first heard this Irish voice on a radio station from Jersey City a few years back.
	11:53am Mary from Lisbon: thanks joe
	11:53am Joe McG: @TDK60: :)
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe! Stay well!
	11:54am Joe B: thanks Joe
	11:54am TDK60: Thanks for the variety show, Joe. Mondays are more fine for it.
	11:54am Joe McG: From the silly to the sublime. Thanks to everyone who took the journey with me today! Have a great week and stay tuned for Three Chord Monte with Joe B.!
	11:55am Joe B: spoiler alert - more pointer sisters
	11:55am Izzy: Woohoo!! Thanks Joe. That was the best. Pretty sure that made his dreams come true. He keeps demanding “How did you do that!?” :)
	11:55am Malcolm: top show thanks joe
	11:56am Joe McG: @Izzy: So happy to hear! Happy Birthday, Sage!
	11:57am Brendan: Nice show today Joe, but you’re not getting me Lucky charms
	11:58am morphe': Nice ending Joe....As is said in Ireland at closing- ok now!!!!... ye don't have to be going home but ye can't be staying here
	12:00pm tom from Glasgow: cheers Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 15, 2020

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