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Favoriting April 9, 2015: Root Down

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Miles Davis  Right Off   Favoriting A Tribute to Jack Johnson  Columbia Legacy  1992  CD  From 1970    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion of the World  My Own Story of the Big Fight at Reno, Nevada July 4 1910 (Part 1)   Favoriting Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922  Archeophone  2005  CD  From 1910; Watch the fight here    0:28:46 (Pop-up)
Leadbelly  The Titanic   Favoriting The Titanic  Rounder  1994  CD  From 1948    0:32:30 (Pop-up)
Sly & the Family Stone  Sing a Simple Song   Favoriting Stand!  Epic Legacy  2007  CD  From 1969    0:37:17 (Pop-up)
Lucky Brown  Negra Modelo   Favoriting Mystery Road  Tramp  2015  CD    *   0:41:08 (Pop-up)
The Singers and Musicians of Washington HIgh School  The Ladder   Favoriting Spiritual Jazz 6: Vocals  Jazzman  2015  CD  From 1973; vocal by Linda Theus  *   0:44:02 (Pop-up)
Marva Josie  You Lied   Favoriting New Breed Blues with Black Popcorn  Ace  2015  CD  From 1962  *   0:48:48 (Pop-up)
The In Crowd  Cat Dance   Favoriting Modernists: A Decade of Rhythm & Soul Dedication  Kent/Ace  2015  CD  From 1965  *   0:50:37 (Pop-up)
Powers of Blue  You Blow My Mind   Favoriting Flipout  Gear Fab  2015  CD  From 1967  *   0:52:53 (Pop-up)
 
Mandrill  Fencewalk   Favoriting Composite Truth  Universal Music  2014  CD  From 1973  *   1:05:01 (Pop-up)
The Sylvers  Don't Stop, Get Off   Favoriting Forever Yours  Casablanca  1978  LP      1:09:40 (Pop-up)
John Gibbs & the U.S. Steel Orchestra  J'ouvert   Favoriting single  Em  2014  12"  From 1979  *   1:12:42 (Pop-up)
Cynthia Richards  If You're Ready, Come Go with Me   Favoriting Here Comes That Feeling - Hit Songs Jamaican Style  Trojan / Sanctuary  2004  CD  From 1974    1:20:01 (Pop-up)
The Jan Davis Guitar  To the Door of the Sun   Favoriting Hot Sauce  Ranwood  1975  LP      1:22:47 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of random 45s played in a row
Cameo  Word Up   Favoriting single  Atlanta Artists  1986  45      1:29:16 (Pop-up)
Redbone  Come and Get Your Love   Favoriting single  Epic  1973  45      1:33:12 (Pop-up)
Plastic Idols  Remix   Favoriting single  Clay  1980  45      1:36:41 (Pop-up)
Teri DeSario  With Your Love   Favoriting single  Casablanca  1979  45      1:39:33 (Pop-up)
Wynton Kelly  Little Tracy   Favoriting single  Verve  1964  45      1:43:47 (Pop-up)
Alfi and Harry  The Trouble with Harry   Favoriting single  Liberty  1955  45  "Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Trouble with Harry'"    1:46:21 (Pop-up)
Salt Water Taffy  He'll Pay   Favoriting single  Buddah  1968  45      1:48:48 (Pop-up)
Leroy Hutson  In the Mood   Favoriting single  Curtom  1978  45      1:51:33 (Pop-up)
Karen Beth  The Joys of Life   Favoriting single  Decca  1969  45      1:55:09 (Pop-up)
 
Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with The Rootettes  Boogie Till You Puke   Favoriting Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with The Rootettes  Warner Bros.  1978  LP  To see the best in mid-70s eyewear, look no further    2:09:47 (Pop-up)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby   Favoriting Sun Zoom Spark 1970-1972  Rhino/Warner Bros.  2014  CD  From "The Spotlight Kid," 1972  *   2:12:27 (Pop-up)
Jay Boy Adams  The Legend of Jack Diamond   Favoriting Jay Boy Adams  Atlantic  1976  LP      2:17:00 (Pop-up)
Mekons  Diamonds   Favoriting Natural  Quarterstick  2007  CD  We'll be showing the Mekons documentary at Monty Hall in May    2:22:51 (Pop-up)
Simon Joyner  Nostalgia Blues   Favoriting Grass, Branch, & Bone  Woodsist  2015  LP    *   2:26:54 (Pop-up)
Ryley Walker  Summer Dress   Favoriting Primrose Green  Dead Oceans  2015  CD    *   2:33:55 (Pop-up)
Angela Babin  Thank U 2 4 the Uke   Favoriting I Never Meta Guitar Three  Clean Feed  2015  CD    *   2:39:41 (Pop-up)
Mink DeVille  Just to Walk That Little Girl Home   Favoriting Le Chat Bleu  Capitol  1980  LP      2:42:10 (Pop-up)
George Van Eps  It's Easy to Remember   Favoriting Once in Awhile  Delmark  2014  CD  From 1946; Eddie Miller, sax  *   2:45:52 (Pop-up)
Harry James and His Orchestra Featuring "Pretty" Kitty Kallen  I'm Beginning to See the Light   Favoriting Best of the Big Bands Series  Columbia  1990  CD  From 1944    2:49:02 (Pop-up)
Noro Morales & His Orchestra  Noro's Jump   Favoriting Tumba Rumba  University of Vice  2015  LP  From 1951  *   2:52:31 (Pop-up)
Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with The Rootettes  Mood Ring   Favoriting Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with The Rootettes  Warner Bros.  1978  LP  By popular demand!    2:55:29 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Cheri Pi:

JOE!
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Marcel M:

Morning Joe and people drinking Joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Marcel M:

I guess I shouldn't have capitalized the second Joe.

Edit: Good morning Joe and people drinking their joe.

There.
Avatar 9:04am
Sem Chumbo:

Hiya.Joe.
Avatar 9:05am
Joe McG:

Cheri, you're first today! Hi, Marcel! Hi, Sem!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
DCE:

nice, Joe! g'marnin
Avatar 9:07am
Joe McG:

Garmarnin, DCE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Polyus:

Arrived at work cold and wet, but things are now trending upward with Miles.
  9:08am
Claw!:

Yo, Joe!
Good morning, Folks!
Avatar 9:08am
Joe McG:

Yo, Claw! Hope you dry out, Polyus!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
MD:

"feelin' freeform man...feelin' freeform UP!!!"
Avatar 9:11am
Joe McG:

Feel the freeform, MD, feel the freeform, baby.
  9:13am
SeanG:

Miles and Mclaughlin are rippin' on this---hola Joe!
Avatar 9:13am
steve:

good mornin
Avatar 9:15am
Joe McG:

Hola, SeanG! Hey hey, Steve!
Avatar 9:16am
pierre:

7 th !
Avatar 9:16am
pierre:

Bonjour Joe !
Avatar 9:17am
Joe McG:

Bonjour, pierre!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Greg from Bloomfield:

Morning, gang! Working the late shift tonite, so I'm here early for once!
Avatar 9:19am
Joe McG:

Hey Greg! You're just in time for the first part of the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Andrew Waterloo:

Good morning!
  9:21am
Brendan:

Hi Joe
Avatar 9:21am
Joe McG:

Good morning, Andrew! Hi, Brendan!
Avatar 9:29am
redkayak:

Hi all! Sounding good out here in the Imperial Midwest :)
Avatar 9:31am
Joe McG:

Hi, redkayak from the wild woods of New Jersey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
dale:

love mr. johnson. oh, for a great white hope.
  9:32am
Brendan:

The intonation and enunciation is pure Ali
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

The timing and intonation of this Jack Johnson monologue almost sounds like an ecclesiastical Latin incantation. All on one note except the ending of each phrase where it descends. Morning Joe!
Avatar 9:33am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Wow, you're so right! @Canterbury: Morning! Welcome, dale!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Marcel M:

I love how people dragged out words back then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
dale:

wow, the fight is all over youtube. who knew?
Avatar 9:34am
redkayak:

@brendan @canterbury I was thinking the same thing...very cool
Avatar 9:36am
Joe McG:

Hey, dale: Can you throw up a link?
Avatar 9:37am
Parq:

Brilliant set so far.
Avatar 9:38am
Joe McG:

@Parq: I thought about going with the Jamie Brockett, but that's more about pot than Jack Johnson.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
dale:

two or three of them all seem to have the same narration, which is fine. from a site by max baer - father of jethro bodine?

www.youtube.com...
Avatar 9:43am
jennielowe:

good morning all..Miles of movement getting the body shaking! Great show so far Joe with a capital J!
Avatar 9:44am
Joe McG:

@dale: Yeah, it was a silent, so any narration would be after the fact. The Jack Johnson record was actually meant to be a soundtrack for it!
  9:45am
Brendan:

Modelos for everyone, this rounds on me
Avatar 9:45am
Joe McG:

Thanks, jennielowe! Good morning!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Alert and focuseded this morning!
  9:48am
Mick:

Joe McG is BRINGING IT today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Marcel M:

This is a bunch of HS kids? Wow!
Avatar 9:48am
Parq:

Joe, are there copies of the Brocket left in the world that aren't all scratched and poppy?
Avatar 9:48am
Joe McG:

@Parq: I found one! :) Hi, Mick, Ken from HP!
Avatar 9:50am
jennielowe:

the singer on ladder was feeling it...: O
Avatar 9:51am
Joe McG:

@jennielowe: She co-wrote it, so it was hers all the way!
Avatar 9:53am
jennielowe:

what?!...that makes sense! Her name?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Polyus:

Oh hey Joe - I picked up a sci-fi disco record last week by a band called Apollo, from '79. Perchance did they make it on to your 2015 premium? Apparently Berry Gordy's kid was in the band,
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Uncle Michael:

Good morning.
  9:58am
Claw!:

Joe, you STAY blowing my mind.
Avatar 9:59am
bobdoesthings:

Is Marcel here?! It's his birthday! Happy Birthday Marcel!
Avatar 10:00am
jennielowe:

oh i see her name!
  10:01am
Claw!:

Holy shit!
Marcel! Berfday??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Marcel M:

Yes the rumors are true!

Thanks Bob!
Avatar 10:03am
βrian:

Leaden skies over the isthmus today. Good morning.
  10:03am
Claw!:

Happy Berfay, Marcel! Hope it's hella sweet.
Mine is next Thursday. ;-}
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Marcel M:

Hehe. Thanks Joe!

Thanks Claw! Happy almost birthday!
Avatar 10:05am
bobdoesthings:

Wahaha! I let the cat out of the bag (which is a bizarre expression)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
Guido from Cologne:

Guten TZAG everyone!
Spring and sun over here!
Avatar 10:06am
Joe McG:

Marcel, I hope you have a GREAT one! Guten tzag, Guido!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Marcel M:

@Bob: hehe. yes ... it is quite bizarre... and kind of dark.
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Mark the Sardine:

This grey day just got funky and it's all better now. Thanks, Joe
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Joe McG:

Good morning, Brian and bobdoes!
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Brian in UK:

After a misty start the sun filters around the mosque today.

Hey Joe.
  10:07am
Brendan:

The duality of Jack Johnson's psyche is boggling. He can go from soft pop feel good surf folk music to bludgeoning another man into submission with either weapon.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Brian in UK:

Joe, is this the one with the mandrill on the cover?
Avatar 10:08am
Joe McG:

@Brian: No, this just has the fellows standing around looking cool. Hey, Brian! And Mark the Sardine!
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bobdoesthings:

hey Joe!

@marcel - well we can't say for sure.. maybe the bag is where it's at for cats.. could be a happenin' time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Marcel M:

@Bob: True, cats DO like going into bags.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Marcel M:

My mind goes right to the darkness I guess..
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jennielowe:

shout out to @Marcel! Happy Birthday...April is full of some amazing bday folks...Billie Holiday...and now you : )
  10:11am
Brendan:

That's just their bag man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Marcel M:

Thanks Jinnielowe! One of the many things Lady Day and I have in common..
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DCE:

funkee Thursdee
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Brian in UK:

Happy bday Marcel. Make the most....
Avatar 10:15am
Sem Chumbo:

Love the steel. Thx, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Marcel M:

Thanks Brian!
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bobdoesthings:

cherish every moment
Avatar 10:18am
Joe McG:

Good advice, bdt!
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Marcel M:

Well I didn't die at 27... I guess that was my last shot at getting into THAT club.
  10:20am
oks:

Marcel, is it your b-day?! :O
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Marcel M:

Yep Oks.. the secret is out! And now, thanks to Joe, the whole tri state area is gonna be all over me today!
  10:22am
oks:

SWEET!! HAPPY B-DAY!!! XX
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Joe McG:

@Marcel: I'm glad you didn't join the 27 Chump Club.
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jennilowe:

oh man..i was just craving some old school reggae! u read my mind Joe!
  10:22am
Claw!:

Marcel, do you have any plans for your special day?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Marcel M:

Thanks OKS!

@Claw!: Lunch with my sister and dinner with my wife just chillin'
  10:23am
Cooh John:

Hello Joe and all extraneous noisemakers. Made it in time for single file.
Avatar 10:24am
Joe McG:

Hey, CJ! Hey, oks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Marcel M:

Gotta head to work, bye Joe and thanks all!
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bobdoesthings:

HappybirthdayMARCEL
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fleep:

[waves to the departing birthday human] Greetings, Joe and everyone heading nowhere.
  10:30am
oks:

Marcel say hi to your lovely lady <3
Hi, Joe :)
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SeanG:

WORD
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Joe McG:

Greetings, fleep!
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Sem Chumbo:

No sleep for fleep of the deep. G'day.
Avatar 10:31am
Joe McG:

If you missed DJ Therese performing this song at the end of the fundraiser, you owe it to yourself to dial up the archive!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Mike Sin:

Very happy to be listening to the live broadcast signal today... adjusting an antenna and everything... Hello!
  10:32am
Cooh John:

Humming the song earlier today. Mmmmmm
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
DCE:

oh gawd...
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Brian in UK:

I am heading to see Noura Mint Seymali tonight. That is not nowhere.
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Joe McG:

Hey, Mike Sin! Very happy to have you tune in!
  10:34am
Claw!:

I love that you decided to play this song.
  10:34am
KP:

I should be dancing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

what's up? > wuddup? > word up > word
(word to everyone's mothers)
The nasal vocals and funk-squelch on this are just perfect!
I never appreciated it in '86, but saw the wonderful Ahoribuzz mash this up with "Purple Haze" live in NZ last year and that changed everything...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Uncle Michael:

The two native-American brothers at my boarding school would kick your ass if you disagreed that Redbone was the best band *ever*.
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fleep:

And everyone heading somewhere.
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Joe McG:

Hey, KP! Hey, Unca Mikey!
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Sem Chumbo:

@BrianiUK: I see Noura Mint Seymali is in London tonight, and in Brooklyn at Roulette on the 30th of the month. World music, world traveler.
Avatar 10:38am
d¢ pät:

Hey Joe McG, can you play that good song?
Avatar 10:39am
Joe McG:

@dcpat: Nah, I only like the bad ones!
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d¢ pät:

oh, OK. Just checking, thanks.
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steve:

if single file is truly random... does that imply 80+% of 45s are good?
Avatar 10:42am
Joe McG:

@steve: How kind! Well, no, there's selecting going on, believe it or not. I don't play the ones I don't like!
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steve:

ah! you really had me wondering. also wondering if ~10% of all songs contain sexy moaning
Avatar 🎸 10:45am
Sparkle Tornado:

WWWWwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Brian in UK:

Sem, Well you got to spread the message. I pointed the Brooklyn date out to Bill Mac who seemed to play her last album a few times. Do not know if he has plans to see her.
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Joe McG:

@steve: At least 40% on the Casablanca label.
  10:47am
Brendan:

Don't read to much into numbers or percentages. 84.3 percent of statistics are made up on the spot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
Santos L Halper:

Good morning, Joe "Funk" McGasko! Hot start w/Miles, still burning it up
Avatar 10:47am
fleep:

DJ Stashu must have some really good coffee this morning.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:47am
Brian in UK:

40% of the White House is GOOD!!!
Avatar 10:48am
Joe McG:

Hey Santos! Hey, Sparkle T!
  10:48am
JakeGould:

Woke up to “Cameo” in 2015. Thanks, Joe!
Avatar 10:49am
fleep:

The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, so songs are a tad superfluous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49am
DCE:

f*in Harry
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Joe McG:

You bet, JakeG! @DCE: Ha ha ha!
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d¢ pät:

god Harry's a DICK!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:50am
Brian in UK:

New biography of Hitchcock just come out by Peter Ackroyd.
www.independent.co.uk...
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Joe McG:

Ha ha ha! That Harry. @Brian: Neat-o!
  10:52am
Brendan:

Thats alright they'll sign the first Harry Dick or Tom session pianist that walks through the door
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Joe McG:

@Brendan: But he took the damn piano with him!
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Parq:

Leave it to Beaver to find the body. Again.
  10:56am
Brendan:

Yeah like a folk singer, a ramblin guy. Threw his piano on his back , hopped a freight and traveled this great country, going from hobo jungle camp to camp singin songs
Avatar 10:57am
Joe McG:

He's a ramblin' guy!
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Claw!:

This track is really good, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58am
dale:

wow - karen beth is great.
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bobdoesthings:

Karen Beth... huh..
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Joe McG:

@Claw!: I like Karen Beth. She has that weird Karen Dalton sound, which I love.
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βrian:

Yes, Dalton comes to mind immediately.
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dale:

just searched her and that image of her in front of the tree is familiar. she must have gotten play here before and i searched her then. i thought karen dalton as a muppet at first.
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bobdoesthings:

@Brian - I thought this was Karen Dalton at first as well..
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OTB:

@ dale - I thought muppet also.
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herb.nyc:

hi joe, and all. nice set of music, and glad we're all learning of KAREN BETH. and LEROY HUTSON gives me a chance to tell you that the HUDSON park branch of ny pub libr, 66 LEROY street, will have a 2pm showing of "plan 9 from outer space" today. plus, i read this play many moons ago:
The Great White Hope is a 1967 play written by Howard Sackler, later adapted in 1970 for a film of the same name.
Avatar 11:04am
Sem Chumbo:

Used to a session moaner for Casablanca. Just braggin'.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:05am
ChrisB.:

I say yes to "Harry," Joe. Features a very young Jerry "Beaver" Mathers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Polyus:

Did Kiss ever use a session moaner?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Neil:

My feeling is that The Trouble with Harry is for hard core Hitchcock fans. Not one of his best by a long shot, but it's still Hitchcock. Also not sure what the song has to do with that movie. It has more to do with Rear Window to me as it sounds like Ross Bagdasarian, who appears in that movie as a piano player/songwriter playing the same song throughout the entire movie, although not for laughs.
Avatar 11:07am
Andy:

Well I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one that gets "Come and Get Your Love" stuck in his head relentlessly.
  11:07am
rw:

What's a session moaner? I think I may have kissed one.
Avatar 11:09am
Sem Chumbo:

@Polyus:Gene used to borrow my tongue when his got tired. Giraffe tongues are longer, and tireless. And blue.
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OTB:

Joe - The Wrecking Crew is showing at IFC center, though only at 12:30 PM after today....
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Joe McG:

Thanks for the info, Chris and Neil! I'll check it out eventually! @OTB; Thanks for the IFC info, I'll try to get there....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am
BLCKDGRD:

As a DC native THANKS FOR ROOT BOY!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am
Greg from Bloomfield:

YES!!
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MD:

ROOT BOY!!! I HAVE NOT HEARD HIM SINCE MY COLLEGE YEARS IN CENTRAL NY...!!!
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OTB:

You're welcome, Joe. I've been meaning to get over there for several weeks now....
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Claw!:

Whoa! Root Boy is a huge guy in the local scene here in MD. All the boomer dads around here turn into major fanboys when they reminisce over him. I never really got into him like that, but it really surprises me to hear him played right now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am
MD:

he was really big up there,,,,but now I listen to Beef Heart...
  11:12am
GUMBY:

Root Boy Slim Christmas at KMart Greatest Story ever told!
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Claw!:

See?
hahaha
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Carmichael:

Root Boy! What an incredible song, by an incredible band.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Uncle Michael:

Only five archived instances of the Root Boy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Greg from Bloomfield:

YES YES YES!!!
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MenfussMike:

ahhh, my 2ND favorite Beef song.
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d¢ pät:

perfect! Beefheart! ..I was thinking the same damn thing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14am
paul b:

Root Boy Slim. Good lord! I saw him play once. So long ago I've forgotten everything about it, like when or where -- DC, sometime in the early eighties
  11:15am
oks:

yes! captain beefheart!!
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KP:

Saw some great Captain Beefheart vids at Moma. Wonder if they are permanent.
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Carmichael:

Root Boy was a contemporary of George Dubya. They went to Yale together. Root Boy called him "a stuffed shirt".
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Joe McG:

@KP: Really? What was that about, KP?
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Carmichael:

Oh, and Hi Joe!
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Joe McG:

Hi, Carmichael! Love the Dubya story!
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Chris from DC:

Aw man, yeah. Sorry I missed Root Boy.
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KP:

There was real Tv commericial for an album, i guess his first one. And other clips.
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Joe McG:

@Chris from DC: Maybe I'll hit "Mood Ring" before the show is over. I love that song.
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Chris from DC:

Me too. That would be great.
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SeanG:

"Legs" is a great book about ole Jack Diamond
  11:24am
Brendan:

a friend from way back tells me we did bong hits in someones living room in MD with Root Boy in the late 70s. Didn't seem unusual as there were always new folks
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SeanG:

love this song
  11:25am
Brendan:

Me Love the Mekons
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d¢ pät:

whoa. Don't have this Mekons album. What the HELL?
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Carmichael:

Here's a complete background on the Root Boy for anyone who cares to read it: www.furious.com...
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Carmichael:

Mood Ring is such fun, demented Southern Rock.
  11:28am
jt:

Listen: You have got to see "Trouble with Harry".
Then I will talk to you again.
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KP:

Re: Decals/Beefheart, i saw this stuff at Moma: An early promotional music video was made of its title song, and a bizarre television commercial was also filmed that included excerpts from "Woe-Is-uh-Me-Bop", silent footage of masked Magic Band members using kitchen utensils as musical instruments, and Beefheart kicking over a bowl of what appears to be porridge onto a dividing stripe in the middle of a road. The video was rarely played but was accepted into the Museum of Modern Art, where it has been used in several programs.
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Joe McG:

@jt: Ha! @KP: I'll see if that stuff is on the YouTubery.
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ChrisB.:

I remember seeing the Beefheart commercial during the "Midnight Special" show. It all happened so fast, and I never saw it again.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Fokes!
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chris:

I missed a Cameo cameo. Man, this Ryley Walker is good stuff!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Aw hell, missed Root Boy's signature tune! Local legend..
  11:40am
Laura L:

Got this new Ryley Walker--it's a keeper. BTW, Joe, thanks for the fine proofreading on "Radio Alphabet"--it turned out great, didn't it.
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Joe McG:

@Rev/chris: I think I'm gonna bring the Root Boy back for a cameo, so don't worry!
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Brian in UK:

Great show as ever, Joe. Got to cut & run. Griots to see.
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Joe McG:

@Laura: It looks great! You did an incredible job!!
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common:

diggin. happy thursday!
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Claw!:

Hola, common!
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Joe McG:

Happy Thursday, common!
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tonyb:

two of my pet artists in one set
must be my day!
  11:45am
Laura L:

Aw, thanks--glad to contribute work to benefit WFMU--I think will delight all who receive it.
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Joe McG:

@tonyb: Your story the other day made me pull this LP!
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steve:

i got to flip through the Radio Alphet book and WOW it is a beautiful thing. it'd go straight onto my coffee table, if i had a coffee table. wait maybe i should get a coffee table.
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tonyb:

hope there's a happier asbury story
for the sonics tonite

sounds like irwin had a blast last night
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bobdoesthings:

thanks Joe!! great show.
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Joe McG:

Thanks, bobdoesthings! And thanks everyone for listening and commenting today! Have a great weekend.
  11:53am
Listening Out There:

Am I too early?
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Sem Chumbo:

Been wonderful, Joe. Later!
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Claw!:

Thanks for another great show, Joe!
  11:55am
Laura L:

@ Steve--I'm so glad you enjoy the book. We don't know who made the orig. illustrations, but they are wonderful. It was a pleasure to re-create the book for the station. Cheers--and may your day not turn into a clambake.
  11:55am
Brendan:

Thank you yet again
  11:55am
Ben:

Joe, this has been an incredible freeform show
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Chris from DC:

Thanks Joe!
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BLCKDGRD:

Damn. I was young once.
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d¢ pät:

Yeah more Root Boy!
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ChrisB.:

Keep Root Boy in mind for the Holiday show with "Christmas at K-Mart."
  11:58am
oks:

Great show Joe! Thank you!!!!!
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bobdoesthings:

OH MAN. root boy is gold..
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Carmichael:

Yeah baby ...
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