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Favoriting January 8, 2018: West Milford to Groves' End

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Gimmer Nicholson  Hermetic Waltz   Favoriting Christopher Idylls  Light in the Attic  2016  LP  From 1969    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mark Fosson  Chineham Wood   Favoriting Solo Guitar  Drag City  2017  LP    *   0:05:37 (Pop-up)
Niilo Smeds  Betula   Favoriting Once You Were a Baby  Gold Stain  2017  LP    *   0:09:30 (Pop-up)
Shells  Recollection   Favoriting 2  Ginkgo  2017  LP    *   0:11:45 (Pop-up)
Gunn-Truscinski Duo  Quiet Storm (Taksim III)   Favoriting Bay Head  Three Lobed  2017  LP    *   0:16:17 (Pop-up)
Gospel of Mars  Tesla   Favoriting Gospel of Mars  Amish  2017  LP    *   0:21:28 (Pop-up)
 
Blush  Labor Days   Favoriting Blush  Arrowhawk  2017  CD    *   0:36:59 (Pop-up)
Long Neck  Elizabeth   Favoriting Will This Do?  Tiny Engines  2017  CD    *   0:39:45 (Pop-up)
Lee Hazlewood  If It's Monday Morning   Favoriting Requiem for an Almost Lady  Light in the Attic  2017  CD  From 1971  *   0:43:12 (Pop-up)
Ann-Margret  Slowly   Favoriting The Laziest Gal in Town: Sophisticated Boom Boom 2017 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2017  CD-R  From 1963    0:46:52 (Pop-up)
High Society  People Passing By   Favoriting Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook  Ace  2017  CD  From 1966  *   0:49:04 (Pop-up)
France Gall  Poupée de cire, poupée de son   Favoriting Eurovision Gala: 29 Winners-29 World Successes  Red Cross  1981  LP  From 1965; watch the actual Eurovision performance here    0:51:11 (Pop-up)
France Gall  Celui Que J'aime   Favoriting Les Sucettes  Philips/Universal  2000  CD  also known as "FG," 1966    0:53:47 (Pop-up)
France Gall  Le temps de la rentrée   Favoriting Baby Pop  Philips/Universal  2000  CD  From 1966    0:55:57 (Pop-up)
France Gall  Der Computer Nr. 3   Favoriting single  Decca  1968  45  thanks to Guido!    0:58:50 (Pop-up)
France Gall  Chanson pur que tu m'aimes un peu   Favoriting 1968  Polydor/Universal  2000  CD  From 1967; from the same album comes this one    1:01:03 (Pop-up)
France Gall  La Déclaration D'amour   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1974  MP3  by request; watch here    1:04:49 (Pop-up)
 
The 18th Century Concepts  Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadow   Favoriting In the 20th Century Bag  Sidewalk  1966  LP      1:12:22 (Pop-up)
Mike Nichols and Elaine May  Hair Hat   Favoriting Cass-CD: Artifacts From Irwin's Cassette Era 1974-1997  WFMU  2017  CD-R      1:14:26 (Pop-up)
Ben Vaughn Combo  I Dig Your Wig   Favoriting The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn Combo  Making Waves  1986  LP      1:16:47 (Pop-up)
I, Brute Force  No Olympian Height   Favoriting Confections of Love  Columbia  1967  LP      1:19:19 (Pop-up)
Paul Winter  Fallout   Favoriting The Cold War: Inflatable Squirrel Carcass 2017 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2017  CD-R      1:21:37 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of random singles all played in a row
The Fall  Hit the North Part 1   Favoriting single  Beggars Banquet  1987  45      1:28:40 (Pop-up)
The Eye-Full Tower  Carol Cartoon   Favoriting single  SSS International  1967  45      1:31:56 (Pop-up)
Johnny Darrell  The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp   Favoriting single  United Artists  1968  45      1:34:20 (Pop-up)
Cheech y Chong  Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces   Favoriting single  Ode  1973  45      1:37:16 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Lewis  Let's Call the Whole Thing Off   Favoriting single  Tangerine  1969  45      1:41:05 (Pop-up)
Brenda & the Tabulations  The Wash   Favoriting single  Dionn  1967  45  Thanks to Todd-o-phonic Todd and Kurt; Monday is wash day, after all    1:43:49 (Pop-up)
Gene and Debbe  I'll Come Running   Favoriting single  TRX  1967  45      1:46:08 (Pop-up)
The Brothers  Voce Abousou (Vo-Say Ah-Bu-So)   Favoriting single  RCA  1976  45      1:48:26 (Pop-up)
The Freshies  I Can't Get "Bouncing Babies" by The Teardrop Explodes   Favoriting single  Razz/MCA  1981  45      1:51:11 (Pop-up)
The Teardrop Explodes  When I Dream   Favoriting single  Mercury  1980  45  not "Bouncing Babies" because I couldn't get it, either!    1:55:23 (Pop-up)
 
Fairport Convention  Matty Groves   Favoriting Come All Ye: The First Ten Years  Universal  2017  CD  Take 1, 1969; Sandy Denny vocal  *   2:13:32 (Pop-up)
Fariport Convention  Matty Groves   Favoriting House Full: Fairport Convention Live in LA, 1970  Hannibal  1986  LP  Richard Thompson, vocal    2:19:57 (Pop-up)
Fairport Convention  Matty Groves   Favoriting Live in Finland 1971  Real Gone Music/Sony  2016  CD  Simon Nicol, vocal    2:28:57 (Pop-up)
 
Richard Thompson  Oops, I Did It Again   Favoriting RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson  Free Reed  2006  CD  live in 2002    2:42:00 (Pop-up)
Brigid Mae Power  I'm Grateful   Favoriting The Two Worlds  Tompkins Square  2017  CD    *   2:44:40 (Pop-up)
Holy  Heard Her   Favoriting All These Words Are Yours  PNKSLM  2018  CD    *   2:48:53 (Pop-up)
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn  No Exit   Favoriting A Man I'd Rather Be (Part 1)  Earth Recordings  2018  CD  From "Bert and John," 1966  *   2:54:23 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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annie:

good morning joe!!
  9:04am
medson:

Good Morning Joe.
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Brendan in Carroll Gardens:

ready to roll Joe! Good morning
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05am
12539:

Yip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Aaron Working In Newark:

Good morning Joe
  9:06am
queems:

good morning joe!
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Readie Righteous:

This is super good, Joe, good morning to you!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
pantz:

Hey, Joe! Thanks again for the Christmas music and happy new year.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy to report a swag delivery on Saturday. Up with turtles, I say! And, thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Guido from Cologne:

Hello Joe!
Happy new year!
  9:08am
queems:

i got my swag on saturday too! what an exciting time that was
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Aaron Working In Newark:

Yes!!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
melinda:

Hi all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Aaron Working In Newark:

hi
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
doctorjazz:

Pretty start, just stringin' us along.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:10am
Krys O.:

Nice way to ease into the work day. Thanks, Joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
dale:

break an acoustic guitar joe.
Avatar 9:15am
Joe McG:

Hey, good morning, everyone! I hope you're all feeling good this Monday morning, and thanks for spending some time with me on the radio and Internet.
Avatar 9:15am
V Priceless:

heya Joe! Nice DB BD trib on W&B!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Just read a blurb in the paper that HBO will air a Bowie documentary at 8PM tonight. It covers the last five years of DB's life.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
dale:

that was so dreamlike that it seemed to have a snoring sound in it.
  9:21am
Slaboch:

Free Gunn-Truscinski Duo show tomorrow at Union Pool with Vampire Belt (Bill Nace & Chris Corsano)!
  9:21am
medson:

Nice way to have my morning coffee break at work.
Avatar 9:22am
Joe McG:

@Slaboch: Ooh! Thanks for the head's up! @medson: And I know what you're drinking your coffee out of. :)
  9:24am
medson:

Yes Sir hahahaha
Avatar 9:26am
Sem:

Hello, and good morning, Joe, McGaskos, and all.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:27am
steveo:

Good morning! Coincidentally, this is the last song I played at home last night.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:27am
steveo:

also, this and the previous track are pre-clicky starred
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:28am
steveo:

and finally, I've missed you, Joe, and another Monday holiday next week, sigh
Avatar 9:29am
Joe McG:

@steveo: Why, thank you, steveo! Doing a Monday show always means I fall on these holidays.
Avatar 9:30am
fleep:

[surfacing] greetings from a (finally) wet SoCal
  9:31am
Listener Robert:

This "Tesla" perfectly suits my mood right now. I had a bad night sleeping (extra long), now trouble waking up.

It was fortuitous (I thought) when Ms. Berg used to play on Mon. morning, then Ms. Trudel on Mon. at noon, because the 1st show would get me going, then then 2nd would mellow me out.
  9:32am
Brendan:

Digging this drum pattern on the times. A tribal hello Joe and listeners
  9:33am
Brendan:

toms <sp>
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Hughie Considine:

Hitting my pop sweet spot with this Blush, Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:41am
melinda:

This sounded kind of 90s until she mentioned cellphones.
Avatar 9:41am
Joe McG:

Real nice simple pop song!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:42am
The Oscar:

Morning all! Seconding everyone else on this one-- lovely little song.
  9:45am
Leelee:

Sad news about France Gall. Would you consider playing La Declaration? I know it's pop-py, but still.
  9:46am
queems:

is she singing about west milford
Avatar 9:46am
mb:

Good morning Joe and all the peoples. Swag arrived on Friday with a surprise bonus. Joy was displayed which led to sheer terror than back to joy. Thx!
Avatar 9:47am
Joe McG:

@queems: Yes, I think so! @Leelee: I will play some France, not sure what tracks yet. Just a couple since I'm anticipating a significant, better informed tribute later this week on Sheila B's show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
dale:

ray thomas couldn't live in a world without france gall...sigh.
  9:50am
queems:

@joe yay passaic county
  9:50am
Leelee:

Thank you, Joe; appreciate any.
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djsheilab:

Hello Joe + friends! Thank you for "Slowly!" Nothing like Ann Margret's purr to ease us into the week.
Avatar 9:54am
Joe McG:

Oh, good, Sheila is here! Sheila, will you be doing something for France Gall this week on your show? No pressure! ;)
  9:54am
Leelee:

:) Was gonna ask for this one too, or Laisse Tomber les Filles Thank you!
Avatar 9:55am
djsheilab:

Oh France! Somehow I thought she'd be with us forever :(
Avatar 9:55am
djsheilab:

Joe McG—I will indeed :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
NotARealDoctor:

Oh this is terrific! Sheila B! I just logged in to mention you when I heard this song!
  9:57am
Leelee:

Will be tuning in, thank you too, @ djsheilab
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
dale:

the video for les sucettes is hilarious.
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fred von helsing:

requiet in pacem
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djsheilab:

NotARealDoctor—So nice that you thought of me when hearing France Gall.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00am
NotARealDoctor:

I feel like you just played Poupée de cire, poupée de son a couple weeks ago, even though I know it was way back in October when you had the all doll intro set
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:00am
The Oscar:

Aw, love FG. @djsheilab Your Instagram was where I first heard the news, which seems appropriate :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
Guido from Cologne:

Cult! :-D
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djsheilab:

Love France Gall's silly German side! This is great Joe McG—thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
adampsyche:

holler from Utah, Joe! Thanks for the tunes,glad to take wfmu with me on this trip.
  10:02am
queems:

german sure is something
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Krys O.:

Der Computer Nr. 3 is great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
dale:

ha ha - this is great.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:03am
pantz:

This is zany
  10:03am
Listener Christoph:

Wow, that song is about computer-matched dating!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
NotARealDoctor:

@queems, it's definitely a language! That much I know!
  10:03am
Dennis Diken:

also mourning France Gall's passing, but digging the show Joe. love Ann-Margret's "Slowly," a textbook example of Otis Blackwell's writing style
  10:03am
Brad:

Listening in Denmark Joe. Thanks for the great show thus far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
NotARealDoctor:

Wow, I hadn't heard about FG's passing until just now. Very sad. :(
Avatar 10:04am
djsheilab:

"Chanson pour que tu m'aimes"!!!!! In my top 3 France Gall songs!
  10:08am
sugarplumfairywolf:

I own all these FG songs yet I still am going to put off getting up so I can listen to this set.
  10:09am
KP:

Hello from the treadmill, Jooooooooeee
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
NotARealDoctor:

This is a beautiful song, makes my heart ache <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
dale:

trying to find a good johnny and france video, they performed together often...
  10:13am
sugarplumfairywolf:

I only recently found out that the British performer at Eurovision that year slapped France Gall!!!
  10:14am
queems:

i love silly albums
  10:15am
queems:

this sounds pretty much exactly like what i expected
Avatar 10:16am
annie:

here's an odd question: there's a netflix series called "Haters back off"... the lead character's name is amanda (??). she wants to break into the music industry. her singing is awful.. i wonder if she's a spin-off of another amanda we know..
  10:17am
queems:

i thought her name was miranda
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Krys O.:

Oh, Nichols and May... <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
dale:

joe, have you ever heard 'when dalliance was in flower (and women lost their heads)?' - ed mccurdy, alan arkin and i forget the third person.
Avatar 10:18am
annie:

in the show, she is mistakenly called amanda ... so... close..
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βrian:

I don't feel dressed without my merkin.
  10:19am
queems:

this guy is making me furious
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annie:

i broke my eyeteeth on N&M..
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Hughie Considine:

Kind of interesting that Nichols plumbed wigs for comedy when he suffered from alopecia totalis. Maybe it helped him process his follicular deficiency?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:22am
steveo:

"that's right"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
dale:

this sounds like steve martins' 'king tut' slowed down.
Avatar 10:23am
βrian:

Follicular deficiency, or apparent deficiency, is very much in fashion these days.
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βrian:

With the exception of the beardy, I guess.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
dale:

is this the brute force of the fuh king?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:25am
The Oscar:

Has anyone ever made a comp of faux Tom Lehrers?
Avatar 10:25am
Joe McG:

@dale: Yes, that's the fella.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
NotARealDoctor:

@The Oscar, you just read my mind, was thinking the same thing
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annie:

this guy could be tom lerher
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annie:

great brains think in the same gutter y'all
  10:27am
Leelee:

@Brian, eyebrows are an exception. If you've got to draw on eyebrows, for lack thereof, it's noticed. Ever notice someone w/o eyebrows? You kind of can't help noticing. Not in a good way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
MD:

Hello Gang! Happy 1918...!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
NotARealDoctor:

I remember reading about someone else recently who copied Tom Lehrer's sound, but I can't remember who it was
Avatar 10:29am
βrian:

Some time back, a cafe forbade its employees to have facial hair, thinking it unseemly. So they shaved off their eyebrows.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:29am
The Oscar:

I used to work at a record store in Harvard Square down the street from Tom Lehrer's house. It was always amusing reading articles about what a recluse he was when I could see him ambling down the street nearly every day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
dale:

cool and strange music did nice pieces on both tom lehrer and brute force. that was a fun zine .
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Cheri Pi:

Joe! First day back at work and the boards
  10:31am
Paul D:

Is Michele C. at the station? Tell her Paul D. from the comments board said thanks for the cool NJ turnpike sticker with my WFMU devo shirt.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:31am
Hughie Considine:

Whoopie Goldberg made shaving off eyebrows hip, I do believe.
  10:31am
Dean:

Charlie Byrd plays guitar on the album on which "Fallout" appears. And the liner notes are in English and hieroglyphics. That has to be a first.
Avatar 10:32am
Joe McG:

Hey Cheri! Happy New Year! @PaulD: I'll definitely tell her!
  10:32am
Paul D:

Thanks Joe
Happy New Year
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

It's the real Morning Joe.
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northguineahills:

I don't believe I've ever heard the Fall on WFMU ;)
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Joe McG:

Hey, Todd! Ha ha @Dean: Wow!
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glenn:

no eyebrows or a unibrow? tough decision.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:36am
steveo:

@ngh Brian Turner had them on live a while ago, IIRC
Avatar 10:36am
βrian:

"I'm with Frida."
  10:37am
Leelee:

Yikes, reading Brian's and Hughie C's comments sent me to google. Surprised to see shaving off eyebrows is/was a thing.
Avatar 10:38am
βrian:

Yup, akin to a hunger strike with those employees.
Avatar 10:38am
glenn:

is hickory holler in harlan county?
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northguineahills:

I'm more of a Frida Kahlo *sees Brian* Damn it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:39am
pantz:

It's just south of Big Bone Lick, KY.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:39am
steveo:

speaking of country music, this weekend I learned that Hank Williams passed away on new year's day in 1953 (wkcr has great country music shows on sundays...)
  10:39am
Brendan:

Oh man poor kid!
Avatar 10:40am
annie:

i have a friend who had her eyebrows shaved and got tatooed replacements
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:40am
pantz:

Cheech & Chong!
  10:40am
queems:

i like all of these stories of southern hussies
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Hughie Considine:

Ever since I was a little baby, I always be dribblin'... poetry!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
karlward:

YES. "Earache My Eye" is my personal theme song. "Basketball Jones" was once in the running though, in eighth grade.
Avatar 10:41am
annie:

i love this... i lol each time i hear it
  10:41am
jess:

on the radioewwwewww
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
dale:

yes! who all is on this? george harrison, carole king, billy preston...
  10:41am
queems:

so good
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Parq:

Chris Shenkel, don't sing nuthin'.
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Mister Dobalina:

That basketball was like a basketball to me....hahahah. Never heard this before!
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CeeDubbles:

I shaved my eyebrows after seeing The Wall in Times Sq high as a mountain goat, tanked on gin and apple cider. Not a good look with a full beard and jewfro, only slightly better with a high&tight a week later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
dale:

i didn't hear the cheech and chong christmas thing this year. i heard the waitresses way too much.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:43am
pantz:

Alopecia Universalis has made me hip, like Whoopi.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Hughie Considine:

I got more moves than Ex-Lax!
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Jim Devoid:

Ha! Just called my kid Basketball Jones this morning!
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annie:

i've been wondering what to YT binge on... chhech and ching, here i caom...after the noisy hour
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
dale:

you can tell that single was well loved.
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annie:

ok, who took over my keyboard??
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
steveo:

Musicians who appeared on the record included George Harrison,[1] Billy Preston, Tom Scott, and Carole King (the record became the highest peaking single on which King appeared during 1973). The Blossoms and Michelle Phillips (from The Mamas & the Papas) performed vocals as cheerleaders on the track. [wikipedia]
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
dale:

my keyboard is so full of cat hair and cookie crumbs - amazing it still works.
  10:45am
eric from lake hiawatha:

I have not heard this in Years, bless you
Avatar 10:46am
Parq:

Digging this deep cut from the "Fatal Attraction" soundtrack.
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βrian:

Are you sure those aren't kibble crumbs?
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annie:

mine is full of fabric dross... lint, etc..
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:47am
JtotheK:

oh cool - 'the wash!' -- hi Joe, hi everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
dale:

i've never eaten cat food. sampled dog food when i was a kid, not so bad really.
  10:49am
JakeGould:

Hey Joe! I did the wash yesterday!
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Joe McG:

Good job, Jake!
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glenn:

bone appetit, y'all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
dale:

my cat peanut who had a leaky bladder got onto my mac laptop once and i chased her off and the screen was dark and i heard sizzling. by that point it was too old to bother fixing.
  10:51am
queems:

poor peanut
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
dale:

is this the gene and debbie who did 'playboy?'
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Joe McG:

@dale: Yup! I played the B.
  10:56am
melinda:

Dale when I was a kid I sampled and liked both.
  10:56am
josh in the uk:

What a great song! Never heard of this band before. Love the synth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
dale:

melinda - did you have a shiny coat?
  10:58am
josh in the uk:

Oh, it's Frank Sidebottom!
  10:58am
melinda:

Haha, no
  10:58am
Dean:

There's a theme for a show, or some portion thereof: songs by one musical artist about another musical artist. "Roll Over, Beethoven"?
Avatar 10:58am
Joe McG:

@josh: Yes, one and the same!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Krys O.:

This Teardrop song reminds me of high school.
  10:59am
Paul D:

Love this teardrop explodes song
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Hughie Considine:

The Negro Problem was also compelled to sing about The Teardrop Explodes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am
dale:

haven't heard this in - forever.
  11:01am
judy from croton:

Thinking about Sharpie as eyebrow pencil. Anyone? Hate makeup but want eyebrows
  11:01am
whattawino:

Julian Cope, people! Yay!
  11:01am
queems:

@judy i’ve done it
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herb.nyc:

nice TEARDROP segment. (aside - i mentioned a "first bounce" remark that w.c. fields said in The Bank Dick, to friend yesterday)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:02am
officina:

Hey Joe, Digging the TE. Looking forward to another year of great shows...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Aaron Working In Newark:

Great song!!! Love this!
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glenn:

i use sharpies to fix dings in stained wood. they'll probably work on eyebrows.
  11:05am
josh in the uk:

They did - Fassbender was playing FS.
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pantz:

Yes, "Frank, with Michael Fassbinder!
  11:05am
Tomophobic Tom from Detroit:

Do that to me one more time once is never enough with a test of the emergency broadcast system like you.....
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NotARealDoctor:

It was a decent movie, too!
  11:06am
Brendan:

That EAS / Kevin Ayers remix is dope
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annie:

i'm so glad the EAS is anthropomorphising itself. has anyone adopted it yet?
  11:08am
melinda:

I wonder when and why eyebrow sculpting became the norm. I missed the memo.
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MD:

tie your own shoe laces MAN!!!
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NotARealDoctor:

You know during his solo career, Chris Seivey wrote a computer program for the Sinclair ZX81 to create a music video on the computer. The catch was that you had to copy the B side of his record to a cassette tape, then play the cassette in your ZX81.
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NotARealDoctor:

Here is that music video/single if anyone cares. It's a pretty catchy tune, though. www.youtube.com...
  11:11am
queems:

i REALLLLY want to go to golden fest
  11:12am
queems:

i want to take my macedonian-american mom
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karlward:

Love the Allman Brothers.
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northguineahills:

Fairport reporting!
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karlward:

Oh wait.
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steveo:

My Macedonian deskmate was happy to hear about Golden Fest... He says that weekend in the orthodox christian new year also.. (Cool queems.)
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dale:

i could listen to matty groves for hours.
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dale:

little matty warwick....
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northguineahills:

Matty groves is probably my favorite Fairport track.
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steveo:

...took the train to grove street and walked over to fmu?
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Joe McG:

@dale: It will only be about a half hour! :) @Brendan: Thanks, I worked on it all weekend. ;)
  11:17am
Will:

Wait, Matty Groves is 8 minutes long! That means....
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northguineahills:

haha, Will! yep!
  11:18am
queems:

@steveo orthodox christmas was on saturday, too. but my family just does regular christmas because it’s easier. i’ve been wanting to go to golden fest for a couple years now, so maybe this is finally the year!
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annie:

well, ya went and done it, you got me to clicky-star this episode..
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steveo:

@queems He does both Christmases, haha. I hope you can go.
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northguineahills:

Hey, I'm more of an Armenian Xmas guy, (which was on Friday, the only xtian faith to celebrate it then).
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MD:

when will the FMU DJ's Re-discover...SONGS FROM THE WOOD???!!!!???
  11:21am
judy from croton:

Strictly a personal graphic preference, eyebrows. Also somebody said i needed them. Ah, vanity.
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karlward:

For future reference, I would be completely OK / ecstatic with hearing different versions of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" as well. I've never heard the Judy Collins or Nina Simone versions. It's a masterpiece of a song.
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Joe McG:

@MD: Once our Fairport box set wears out. :) @karl: Nice idea!
  11:21am
queems:

@steveo that takes determination! after the first christmas, i’m christmased out. we used to do a small lunch thing on orthodox christmas when the older generation was still alive, but now that they are gone we are kind of meh on it
  11:23am
queems:

@md hopefully soon
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karlward:

Love Merle Haggard.
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karlward:

Oh wait.
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glenn:

norman and nancy blake do a good matty groves.
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steveo:

i think the 25th is more for his kids so they don't feel left out / sing it Richard Thompson!
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herb.nyc:

@glenn - are you spk'ng of Teenage Fan Club's Norman Blake? is Nancy his wife?
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glenn:

this was the tour where fairport and zeppelin jammed in l.a. after a zeppelin show, richard burned jimmy page to the ground, and peter grant destroyed the soundboard tapes.
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dale:

you could also slip in shady grove and no one would ever know.
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glenn:

no, the other norman blake.
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MD:

GOD BLESS THE MURDER BALLAD!!!
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vanya moscow:

well, it's a good way to learn the lyrics anyway
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Joe McG:

A lot of killin' goin' on in this particular song. Violent world!
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steveo:

i hope the sex was good, at least
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Hughie Considine:

Next I'd like to hear a more soulful take by Barry White.
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Joe McG:

@glenn: Wow, I never heard that story, but I don't doubt it! BTW, this "Full House" era version of "Matty Groves" KICKS ASS!
  11:29am
judy from croton:

Sounds like someone may have been a little high while singing. But what guitar!!!
  11:29am
Will:

So much for worry that the versions would sound too much alike...!
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dale:

4 in the morning by jesse colin young, john finn's wife by nick cave, long time man by tim rose...
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northguineahills:

Ok, we have a Lord Donald version, and Lord Arnold version, what's next?
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Booz:

Jeezum crow that's some pickin
  11:31am
Agent Peter:

there's always the Tom Waits version
  11:32am
queems:

you don’t say
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dale:

i'm curious to hear the joan baez version.
  11:32am
queems:

ok this one is funkiest and thus my favorite
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Asheville Jon:

no no no! no tom waits!
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MD:

tHIS IS cOOL joE! tHANKS!
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Mick:

This set is above and beyond!!
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glenn:

holy cow, there is a tom waits version, except it's entitled mathie grove.
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herb.nyc:

@glenn thanks for korrecting me on blake
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Joe McG:

@queems: Yes, it got a little funky. A later version of the band even did it with a reggae lilt, not kidding! Jah Arnold.
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abutthegreat:

All Matty Grove radio?
  11:35am
David in London:

Joe, don’t worry about song overkill. Please keep playing versions of Matty Goves for the next 8 weeks...
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steveo:

@ngh quite a list of variants at en.wikipedia.org...
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glenn:

fun fact - matty groves is child ballad #81.
  11:36am
Will:

Jeez did even this band get into the amphetamines?
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dale:

ugh, just ran out of cooking propane before i got to add the 'HAM FLAVOR' packet to my pea soup. it's cooked anyway.
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Joe McG:

@Will: They are certainly speeding!
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Asheville Jon:

what are the ingredients for 'ham FLAVOR' ?
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northguineahills:

@steveo: I think I've been to that page before, thanks!
  11:37am
queems:

that is some aggro fiddle
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MD:

BIG ENDING!!!
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dale:

i was listing to some carolann pegg last night and i know she's a musicologist - i wonder if she works on categorizing and keeping the history of this music
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dale:

hoping for an edgar winter's frankenstin conclusion.
  11:40am
SeanG:

happy birthday elvis presley!
  11:40am
KP:

Woo. Matty’s not getting up after that one
  11:42am
rw:

Poor Matty.
  11:43am
KP:

Where does Judy Dyble fit into all this
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glenn:

irie matty.
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Asheville Jon:

one step beyond!
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steveo:

Fairport is playing in Bromsgrove, England on my birthday. Should I go?
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CeeDubbles:

WHOOPS DON"T DO IT AGAIN!
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glenn:

judy gets short shrift, but frankly, i'd replace her with sandy denny too.
  11:45am
queems:

o dear
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Joe McG:

@steveo: Definitely! They still got it.
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Asheville Jon:

hmm, debating whether or not to continue to like Richard after this.....
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pantz:

Oh Richard, no.
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glenn:

i love 1000 years of popular music. play i live in trafalgar square, please, joe.
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steveo:

better work on my passport :)
  11:46am
queems:

well he definitely gave it the old white dude spin
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Joe McG:

When he sings it, it drips with venom, doesn't it?
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jess:

hilarious
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Joe McG:

And now, from the silly to the sublime...
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Listener Scott:

He does own it. I think there are a few versions of that.
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Scott Williams:

Thanks Joe! I wonder what he'd do with "Email My Heart"...
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Joe McG:

@ScottW: Or "Call Me Maybe," which would probably sound like a threat.
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Marc Francis:

Damn. This song is gorgeous. Perfect for this snowy Quebec Monday morning.
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Scott Williams:

@Joe, I think he might leave off the "maybe"!
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slugluv1313:

@ steveo -- YES YES YES!!!!!!!!
@ Joe McG -- THANK YOU for a brilliant show! been listening but just hadda tell you how cool and great it is to hear those different versions of "Matty Groves;" really helps to heal a thoroughly crappy morning!
as does RT covering "Oops, I Did It Again" -- thoroughly BIZARRE but i like it!
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Joe McG:

@slugluv: Glad you enjoyed the show!
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12539:

Thanks, Joe!
  11:54am
queems:

thanks joe! great show, as always
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Booz:

Great show end to end!
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steveo:

thanks for the great show, Joe. See you in a coupla weeks.
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everybody! Stay tuned for Lola Pistola on Three Chord Monte. See you next time!
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northguineahills:

Thanks Joe!
  11:56am
rw:

Thank you Mr. McGasko!
  11:57am
Ochre Ogre:

Oops is a solid pop song, heard it just the other day and I wasn't repulsed, but R T's cover does drip, wonder why he covered it.
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annie:

thanks joe.... great show today!
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Ochre Ogre:

Cheers Joe, was going to request some Trees- Garden of Jane Delawney.
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doctorjazz:

Like that RT cover myself
Thanks, Joe
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