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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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Listener comments! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:05am
Sue:
Joe!! Happy Saturday night into Sunday morn! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:06am
Minnesota Jeff:
Howdy, Joe. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:08am
Joe McG:
Hey, Sue! Hey, Jeff! Happy happy! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:09am
12539:
Joy joy! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:09am
Sue:
Indeed! Funky and happy! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:10am
Joe McG:
Those happy, happy/joy, joy guys are due for a comeback.... | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:11am
Holly in NC:
It's better than bad, it's good! :-) | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:11am
Sue:
that's for sure. R&S should never go away | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:13am
Joe McG:
Hey, Holly! So bad it's good? So good it's bad? So far, so good. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:25am
Holly in NC:
'twas a "Log" reference. Log log log... ooh! How the heck do the Norton folks keep finding cool songs? Especially within their self-prescribed genres? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:31am
Sue:
woo hoo! man... or astron-man!! love this surfer theme | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:31am
T-Zero:
Reminds me of the Ventures | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:39am
chris:
thanks for the warning, joe. i'm going to bring air freshener with me | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:40am
kiemzi:
joe, your single file intro rhymed! nice! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:42am
Joe McG:
Hey, Chris! Hey, Kiemzi! I knows nada...you ARE on the radio tonight for real, yes? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:44am
chris:
without a doubt i am really on the radio tonight whether they like it or not. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:47am
Joe McG:
Excellent! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:54am
Minnesota Jeff:
You are killin' it tonight, Joe! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:55am
Joe McG:
Thanks, man! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:56am
Joe D.:
Joe I just checked the playlist archives and you are the only DJ who has ever properly punctuated and capitalized the name of Man... or ASTRO-man?. and I was impressed enough about that to write a comment about it. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 12:57am
Joe McG:
Really, Duffy? So many DJs here are copyeditors! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:02am
Joe McG:
Ha ha! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:06am
yair Yona (Tel Aviv, Earth):
Morning guys | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:09am
Joe McG:
Hey, Yair! What's happening? Jogging? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:11am
yair Yona (Tel Aviv, Earth):
Back from jogging ;) All good, great set ! That's a great non Tom Waits piece! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:13am
slugluv1313:
ahhhhh loving this YAT-KHA version of "Levee" . . . ! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:17am
Matt from Springfield:
Hello Joe! Hey everyone! Intercontinental glories here! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:17am
Julie:
I want log for girls | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:18am
Joe McG:
Hey, Matt! Hey, slugluv! Hey, Julie! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:19am
Matt from Springfield:
@Julie,Holly: Are you guys talking about the Ren & Stimpy "It's LOG, It's LOG" song? :) | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:19am
Julie:
oooh this is cool @Matt yep | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:19am
Matt from Springfield:
From the Itsy Bits and Bubbles album, a request from a fellow FMU DJ! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:21am
Matt from Springfield:
@Julie: Yeah, I'd like to see this performed live! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:23am
Matt from Springfield:
I've heard M83 before, cool electronica. The album title "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" is the perfect fit for this song! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:25am
12539:
Ribbit. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:26am
Euoll Gibbons:
Some Pine Cones are Edible | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:28am
dave:
hot choc-o-late | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:40am
Matt from Springfield:
Awesome version of GTO! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:40am
Julie:
this sounds a lot like Blondie | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:43am
Matt from Springfield:
Debbie Harry was my first reaction when it came on. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:43am
Joe McG:
It's Debbie under an alias recording for Bomp! Her record co. wouldn't let her do it under her own name. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:44am
Matt from Springfield:
"The New York Blondes" = "BLONDIE"??! Wha...???!! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:44am
Julie:
Ah I knew there had to be some connection. Why didn't she do it with Blondie? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:45am
Julie:
is there a B-side? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:47am
Matt from Springfield:
Wow, didn't know the Ruffin brothers ever recorded together. Kind of nice, they were great singers. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:47am
Joe McG:
@Julie: She probably did, but they never recorded it. The B-side is some nonsense called "Holocaust on Sunset Blvd" which is a sort of noise-collage with local voices popping in and out (I hear Rodney Bingenheimer in there, I think). | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:48am
Julie:
Weirdness. Cool find, Joe ;) | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:50am
Joe McG:
I'm a Blondie groupie. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:50am
Julie:
Wind in the Willows? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:52am
Joe McG:
Sure, I like them, even though she's sort of embarrassed by it. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:54am
Julie:
Why was Blondie characterized as punk/new wave anyhow? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:55am
Marmalade kitty:
Good morning! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:56am
Matt from Springfield:
Morning MK! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:56am
Joe McG:
Hey, Kitty! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:56am
Julie:
hiya MK! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:57am
Marmalade kitty:
:) I missed shonen knife.. I saw them in 93 or 94 | |
Sun. 12/4/11 1:58am
Joe McG:
@MK: I saw 'em a bunch of time back then, the original 3. Only Naoko is left from the original band now. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:08am
Julie:
Mary Mary! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:13am
Marmalade kitty:
I was confused about the skids. I knew of the Scotish group, but I remember Nirvana talking about the Skids in Kurts Biography and thinking it couldn't be the same band. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:13am
Julie:
Radio thrift shop! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:15am
Matt from Springfield:
Good ol' Luis-ville Slugger, eh Joe? :) | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:16am
Matt from Springfield:
@MK: Cool, I didn't know Shonen Knife was popular outside of Japan--this was my first time hearing them, and I liked them. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:16am
Joe McG:
Indeed! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:19am
Joe McG:
Has anybody seen my marmalade kitty? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:19am
Matt from Springfield:
@Joe: For your "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" set, you played from an LP that had Judy Garland on a radio show, a dramatization of being "pitched" the song. Is that from the same series of LPs as this one? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:19am
Marmalade kitty:
oops no! Kurt apparently played with Skid Row.. nothing to do with the skids! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:20am
Matt from Springfield:
There's our Marmalade Kitty, our Marmalade cat! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:21am
Joe McG:
@Matt: No, this is a different company entirely. Big points for remembering my Wizard of Oz show, though!! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:22am
Matt from Springfield:
Twas a good'un, Joe! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:23am
Joe McG:
Why, thankyee, Springfield Matt. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:24am
Marmalade kitty:
how sweet :) | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:26am
Marmalade kitty:
I want a hippopotamus for christmas! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:26am
Julie:
Phenomenal Cat | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:27am
slugluv1313:
@ Julie -- good question! all these bands -- Blondie, Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, etc., all played at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City, etc. during that mid-1970s time period -- ALL had way different sounds but were all way different from what was popular at the time -- disco, "progressive" rock, etc. . . at some point, the media decided to lump 'em all together under the terms "punk," "new wave," etc. . . | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:28am
Matt from Springfield:
No crocodiles or rhinoceros-es-es, I only like hippopotamus-es-es! Maybe they'll soon start playing that this time of year. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:29am
T-Zero:
I like that kids song, but forget what it's called. Just heard it played on The Kids' show in New Zealand the other day. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:31am
Matt from Springfield:
Duh oh! Get out yer hankies, everyone! Joe's reaching into the spoken interlude/ country song bag! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:32am
Matt from Springfield:
@TZ: How's it going! Do you mean "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas"? That's the title. Are they playing that in NZ now? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:32am
Julie:
How the eff did it get to be december 4th?? | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:35am
T-Zero:
I'm not sure if it was that Christmas song or not, but it was some kids song about wanting a hipo. I'd have to hear it again to be sure. It was a couple of weeks ago. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:35am
Joe McG:
@T-Zero: I know the one about wanting an elephant. That's Hank Thompson, I think. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:37am
T-Zero:
It wasn't Hank Thompson. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:38am
Julie:
Oh I know the hippo one too. Sung by a kid. Why would anyone want an elephant when you could have a hippo. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:38am
Joe McG:
Hmmm...Buck Owens? That doesn't seem right. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:39am
Julie:
Or teeth. Teeth are always a good xmas gift. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:39am
Brian in UK:
Hello, no idea how it got to be 4th Dec, Julie. Sounds from the talk it is getting late. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:40am
T-Zero:
I didn't think it was anyone American. I thought it was some old British kids song. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:40am
Marmalade kitty:
"I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" sung by Gayla Peevy, written by John Rox #24 on Billboard magazine's pop chart December 1953 ..I thought it was sung by shirley temple, but i was wrong! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:41am
Julie:
Was it last year Joe did that wonderful winter-themed show? Or was that more like later in winter. That was a goodie. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:41am
Brian in UK:
Julie. All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:41am
Julie:
gayla peevy cool name | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:42am
T-Zero:
I really don't think that it was about wanting a Hippo for Christmas, just about wanting/having a hippo. I really wish they kept an archive. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:42am
Julie:
I have my front teeth. But I'd be happy to take extras in case I take up hockey. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:42am
Joe McG:
@Julie: I'm on Xmas Eve this year. I'm doing a Xmas show. You've been warned. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:43am
Julie:
There can't be two songs about wanting a hippo, could there? @Joe as long as you play Father Christmas by the Kinks I'll be happy. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:44am
Matt from Springfield:
Yes, that wonderful winter folk show was this time last year! The tempus, it fugit... | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:46am
Matt from Springfield:
@Julie: Sounds fun, though I won't be able to make that show live I'm intrigued what you might pull out! (The Gremlins snippet again?) :) | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:49am
T-Zero:
It was Flanders and Swann | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:49am
Matt from Springfield:
Btw, once I heard an awful version of "Father Christmas" on the radio! Some woman was singing it lounge-style, scat vocaling around to the rhythm of a piano. Totally loses its context and spirit. Worse still, I DON'T think it was supposed to be funny!!! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:51am
Matt from Springfield:
Hey Joe, that album "the descendants" made me think of Dave Bartholomew's "The Monkey Speaks His Mind". Have you heard of that one? Do you HAVE it? On a 45?? Single File GOLD if you do have that one, it's great! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:51am
Julie:
Joe's doing the Xmas thing...not sure I'll go that route again | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:51am
Brian in UK:
T-Zero Mud, mud, glorious mud nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:52am
Joe McG:
@Matt: I wish I had that record, it's great. Rex probably has it. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:52am
Julie:
And yeah the gremlins into the heavy metal carol of the bells was one of my favorite things I ever did | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:53am
T-Zero:
Yeah. I think that was it, Brian. I knew for sure it was British. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:53am
Julie:
Wow very nice Roy | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:54am
T-Zero:
I'm usually half napping when I listen to the kids show for the story, so my memory gets foggy. lol | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:55am
kiemzi:
awesome show, joe! hi, btw. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:56am
Matt from Springfield:
From 1970. Excellent Roy Harper, I think you pretty much can't miss with his songs. @Julie: That WAS a great thing! If you did industrial mixes, that would be the sort of audio sample you would play over your mix. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:56am
Joe McG:
Thanks, kiemzi! Shucks. Hi and bye! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:58am
Joe McG:
Thanks for listening everyone, have a great week! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:59am
Brian in UK:
Au Revoir. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:59am
Matt from Springfield:
Great show Joe! Have a good night! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:59am
T-Zero:
Thanks. You, too, Joe! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:59am
kiemzi:
bon soir et matin or whatevers! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 2:59am
12539:
Thanks Joe, and hippos to all. | |
Sun. 12/4/11 3:00am
Julie:
Thanks Joe! | |
Sun. 12/4/11 3:32am
T-Zero:
Ok. After listening on YouTube, MK and Brian were both right. The kids show has played both songs, but it was the Christmas song MK brought up that was what I was thinking of. | |
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