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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
The Philadelphia Orchestra  Claire de Lune   Favoriting Debussy's Greatest Hits  Columbia Masterworks  1972  LP  from "Suite Bergamasque," 1890    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Wild Irish Roses  All Tomorrow's Parties   Favoriting Full Bloom  POE  2019  CD  "Instrumental Bagpipe Edit"  *   0:14:16 (Pop-up)
Mekons  The Hope and The Anchor   Favoriting Natural  Quarterstick  2007  CD      0:19:39 (Pop-up)
Smokey Haangala  Times and Changes   Favoriting Aunka Ma Kwacha  Seance Centre  2019  LP  From 1977  *   0:24:00 (Pop-up)
Dion  Your Own Backyard   Favoriting Recorded Live at The Bitter End August 1971  Ace/Omnivore Recordings  2015  CD      0:28:04 (Pop-up)
Trini Lopez  What Have I Got of My Own   Favoriting On the Move  Reprise  1964  LP      0:31:38 (Pop-up)
Donnie Hathaway  I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know   Favoriting These Songs for You, Live!  Atlantic/Rhino  2004  CD  at The Bitter End, 1971, just like Dion!    0:35:01 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield  Just One Smile   Favoriting Dusty in Memphis  Atlantic/Rhino  1999  CD  From 1968    0:39:54 (Pop-up)
Lou Rawls  Love Is a Hurtin' Thing   Favoriting The Very Best of Lou Rawls: You'll Never Find Another  Capitol  2006  CD  From 1966    0:42:56 (Pop-up)
Louie and the Lovers  I've Always Got You on My Mind   Favoriting Rise  Acadia/Evangeline  2003  CD  From 1970    0:45:27 (Pop-up)
Barbara Lynn  (Unitl Then) I'll Suffer   Favoriting Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 5  Kent Soul  2019  CD  From 1968  *   0:48:29 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles  Drown in My Own Tears   Favoriting Live  Atlantic  1973  LP  live in Atlanta 1959    0:51:22 (Pop-up)
 
Ariel View  Friday Nights   Favoriting Until My Lungs Are Cleared  Epitaph  2019  CD    *   1:08:26 (Pop-up)
Kate Davis  Open Heart   Favoriting Trophy  Solitaire Recordings  2019  CD    *   1:12:25 (Pop-up)
Tracey Ullman  You Broke My Heart in 17 Places   Favoriting You Broke My Heart in 17 Places  MCA  1983  LP      1:15:42 (Pop-up)
T-Bone Burnett  Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her   Favoriting Behind the Trap Door  Demon  1984  EP      1:19:04 (Pop-up)
mmm with Emerson Kitamura  Chasing Giants   Favoriting Chasing Giants  Bubblingnotes  2019  CD    *   1:22:25 (Pop-up)
Viva Sherry  Paradise of Your Summer   Favoriting Silenzio EP  Motto Motto  2019  EP    *   1:28:04 (Pop-up)
Jennifer Gentle  Oscuro/Just Because   Favoriting Jennifer Gentle  La Tempesta  2019  CD    *   1:30:52 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: an orderly assemblage of happy little 45s
20/20  Giving It All   Favoriting single  Bomp!  1978  45      1:40:47 (Pop-up)
Nazz  Open My Eyes   Favoriting single  S.G.C.  1968  45      1:43:16 (Pop-up)
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan  Once You Get Started   Favoriting single  ABC  1974  45      1:45:59 (Pop-up)
Aaron Lightman  Now Is the Time   Favoriting single  Poppy  1970  45      1:49:17 (Pop-up)
Curly Barrix  I Talk in My Sleep   Favoriting single  Dunwich  1967  45      1:51:41 (Pop-up)
The Jam  Strange Town   Favoriting single  Polydor  1979  45      1:54:05 (Pop-up)
Shirley (and Company)  Cry, Cry, Cry   Favoriting single  Vibration  1975  45      1:57:55 (Pop-up)
Randy Horan  The Daydream   Favoriting single  TRX  1970  45      2:00:59 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Fantastic Voyage   Favoriting single  RCA  1979  45      2:04:05 (Pop-up)
 
 
Fans of power plants
Troublefunk  Trouble Funk Express   Favoriting Early Singles  Infinite Zero  1997  CD  From 1981    2:17:23 (Pop-up)
Glass Candy  Computer Love   Favoriting Beat Box  Italians Do It Better  2007  CD      2:22:03 (Pop-up)
Stereo Total  Tour de France   Favoriting Baby Ouh!  Kill Rock Stars  2010  CD      2:28:56 (Pop-up)
Seu Jorge and Almaz  The Model   Favoriting Seu Jorge and Almaz  Cafune  2010  CD      2:31:46 (Pop-up)
Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha  Man Machine   Favoriting Re-Covers  World Village  2005  CD      2:34:52 (Pop-up)
The Balanescu Quartet  Autobahn   Favoriting Possessed  Mute  1992  CD      2:36:55 (Pop-up)
The Ebony Steel Band  Kometenmelodie 2   Favoriting Pan Machine  Om Swagger  2019  CD    *   2:42:58 (Pop-up)
Siouxsie and the Banshees  Hall of Mirrors   Favoriting Through the Looking Glass  Geffen  1987  LP      2:48:49 (Pop-up)
Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto  The Robots (Cha-Cha-Chá)   Favoriting El Baile Alemán  Emperor Norton  1999  CD  by popular demand    2:53:51 (Pop-up)
Love Tractor  Neon Lights   Favoriting 'Til the Cows Come Home  DB Recs  1997  CD  From 1984    2:59:06 (Pop-up)


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melinda:

Hello!
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Davee:

Greetings from Flanders
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pantz:

Joe's about to class this joint up.
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TDK60:

Hello Joe. Can you make it all better? A little better? Claire de Lune helps..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Aaron Working In Newark:

Good Morning Joe!
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Brian in UK:

Hey Joe.
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Colleen:

This is perfect.....
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LastWhiteRhino:

Morning Joe. Cherish is the word !
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Colleen:

Lookin forward to the show, Joe!
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Brian in UK:

Anyone want to join me painting skirting boards? Life in the fast lane.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05am
The Oscar:

Aw, Claire de Lune-- Had this in a music box as a baby, and it still always kinda gets me.
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Krys O.:

Aw, shucks. Clair de Lune reminds me of loss. Dang it.
  9:05am
MplsCoco:

I ❤️ this song! Sending ❤️ to you Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Krys O.:

I still love it, but it makes me weep.
Avatar 9:06am
fleep:

Greetings from predawn L.A.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Strandlund:

The Great Joe McGasko!!!
Avatar 9:06am
Snoochienucci:

Hello friends!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Krys O.:

That PA Turnpike accident was tragic.
Avatar 9:07am
Joe McG:

Welcome to the show, everybody!
Avatar 9:08am
annie:

do you have anything for the birth anniversary ofJeanne D'arc?
Avatar 9:08am
VincentNifigance:

Aw yeah.
Avatar 9:08am
TDK60:

I was in a faraway city once, feeling very homesick. I happened to cross a hotel lobby and a fellow sat a piano, played "Claire." It helped.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Handy Haversack:

This is a good thing that's happening right now!
Avatar 9:09am
Snoochienucci:

was trying to place the melody, i succeeded!
  9:09am
Listener Robert:

Is there some sort of news hook to this? Everyone at the station's been playing some version or other of this the past 3 days.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:10am
Andrew_in_WI:

This cover makes sense
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
TheLoneliestMonk:

HNY, Joe!...fellow surface noisers
Avatar 9:11am
TDK60:

Listener Rob. it's probably that W.I.R. is climbing the WFMU smash hit charts, climbing, into the Top 30,000.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
crateslinger:

@Snoochie - I heard three different versions of this in the last week. Birthday Party, some indie band, and now this. Maybe it’s for the new year - party’s and whatnot...
  9:12am
Listener Robert:

And the covers are riding their coattails, TDK?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
crateslinger:

not complaining at all
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Handy Haversack:

I hope the fame doesn't ruin them.
  9:13am
Listener Robert:

That must be it, crateslinger -- parties! Thanks, good explanation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
crateslinger:

:)
  9:17am
Listener Robert:

It's like when everybody's drinking, they play Beethoven's Fifth.
  9:20am
Listener Robert:

Or how after election day, you know how they all play "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
Avatar 9:22am
Joe McG:

I played it because I like bagpipes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Cal Zone!:

Mott The Hoople cover this! Never heard the original! Thanks JM!
  9:25am
Mike Wolf:

best Trini cut, thx Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Ken From Hyde Park:

The ensemble includes an accordionist, too. thewildirishroses.bandcamp.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
crateslinger:

Just shows we’re all part of the cosmic unconcious.
Avatar 9:26am
Snoochienucci:

@crateslinger as long as there is a party im not complaining :)
Avatar 9:26am
Joe McG:

@Cal Zone!: I like the Mott version, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
crateslinger:

Yeah man - I support the multiple party system.
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TDK60:

The Bitter End club is still going!
Avatar 9:28am
Colleen:

Sooooo gooood
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djsheilab:

God I adore this song. So much heart, so intense.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Strandlund:

Nice!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
Phillippe Bastille:

Good morning
Avatar 9:32am
Joe McG:

@SheilaB: I've been listening to this CD all weekend, it kills me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM clay had pixie dust, any chance you can blow some ibogaine powder at the SS office i'm gonna hit later, mello out some bureaucrats for me?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Planet Tyler:

Dusty in Memphis is a great great great record
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Krys O.:

Dusty!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
briania:

This set's getting to me on a post-holiday Monday morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Planet Tyler:

Plus the Muppets did Windmills of My Mind
  9:36am
Mike Wolf:

These days Dusty just makes me think of Norma.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:37am
TristaC.LadyCaveBrat:

Now that I got some tunes. I can make breakfast! Thanks Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Phillippe Bastille:

I forget, what did Lou Rawls do a commercial for? Was it beer?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Krys O.:

Aw. man. Ticking all the boxes, Joe!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
tadpoles:

This Lou Rawls is Great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Cal Zone!:

Rawls is so great! Let it be Lowenbrau
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Webhamster Henry:

Guitar riff taken from Dylan's Tangled Up In Blue.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Webhamster Henry:

Except it predates it.
  9:43am
Brendan:

I recall Lou Rawls doing life insurance commercials. That smooth silver tongued devil. Wish he sang them though...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Brian in UK:

Joe, exemplary set.
Avatar 9:45am
duke:

I stumbled in just in time for a whole raft of great soul tunes.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Strandlund:

Joe...you know how to start the week off right!!
  9:46am
Brendan:

Colonial Penn baby, affordable premiums ..and my darling , guaranteed acceptance. A better deal you’ll never find.
  9:49am
Earth Walker:

Ain’t no one that can sing em like Ray
  9:51am
Brendan:

He went all Otis Day and the Knights at the end there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
briania:

Rawls did a a few different jingles for Anheuser-Busch. A memorable one was "When you say Bud, you've said it all." There was even an album named after it, "When You Say Lou..."
  9:52am
chresti > coffee > Griffith Park:

Morning Joe and woke surface noises!
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steve mcsteve:

whats the background track right now?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:54am
karlward:

Phenomenal backup on that Ray Charles.
  9:54am
Earth Walker:

Thanks Joe great music
  9:54am
Mr. Palchepo.:

I don’t know man. There’s no way of knowing which way the moods will carry one. That’s the bumper sticker.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Phillippe Bastille:

Ah, I had forgotten about the Colonial Penn!
  9:55am
Brendan:

My drummer gets lost every time I order a pizza
  9:55am
John in Bklyn:

Happy New Year, Joe and Noisers!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:57am
steveo:

I biked by the Bitter End on Friday, but Dion had left by then...
  9:58am
John in Bklyn:

Does anyone remember a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon in the 70s called Sealab 2020?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Phillippe Bastille:

@John in Bklyn I do!
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Davee:

Kiss me where?
  10:00am
kevlicki:

Joe, I repurchased the Lou Rawls Live ‘68 album at last years WFMU Rec fair. It’s got some amazing Rawls covers of Tobacco Road, shadow of her smile and more. Def my fave period for Rawls
Avatar 10:01am
duke:

Sealab was on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network a while back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
jinjabredboy:

Joe sings Wire? - I'd take five minutes of that
Avatar 10:02am
Lixiviated Life:

I'm not listening right now.
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Joe McG:

@kevlicki: One of the great live albums...if I were a better DJ, since I was playing all that live stuff, I would've gotten Lou live in there.
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duke:

@kevlicki That Lou Rawls Live album is one of my most favorite albums.
  10:04am
Brendan:

Whoa ... after a first set of mostly dead soulful folks, this is like opening the blinds and force feeding coffee and and ice bucket down my back.
Avatar 10:06am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Ha ha, yeah, I need more bagpipes after that one.
  10:09am
Brendan:

Thats okay Joe sometimes we need some sunshine were the sun don’t shine.
  10:09am
John in Bklyn:

Glad someone else remembers! Now a cartoon would be called Sea Waste Garbage Scow 2020.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Mick:

Like this Kate Davis. She performed with Dorrance Dance at the Joyce this season - really magnetic
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:11am
pantz:

That Tracy Ullman, she's just so unusual!
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βrian:

Wow, it's been an arduous trip to work, after having emerged from the tar pits. Praise coffee.
  10:14am
Brendan:

Oh, I like this.
  10:14am
JakeGould:

Tracey Ullman’s music ages well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
TheLoneliestMonk:

the web portal worked!
don't have to go to the damn SS office after all...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Handy Haversack:

@βrian: Did you have to cross the East River by subway? Everything is screwed.
  10:17am
Brendan:

Wow that guy got over her quick , well not really . But he did get around ... nice visa stamps
Avatar 10:22am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: The consolations of travel.
Avatar 10:24am
βrian:

Mass transit is relatively smooth here on the isthmus. But the long holiday break had a kind of black-hole effect.
  10:25am
JakeGould:

@HandyHaversack: Ever been to Jersey City? You have to cross TWO rivers. And all without the help of a Native American guide.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:26am
Handy Haversack:

Terrifying!
  10:28am
Brendan:

Bowie ish
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The Oscar:

Just 505 years until you can play Zager & Evans! (provided one or two preconditions)
Avatar 10:35am
Lixiviated Life:

not listening still.
nothing personal just not listening
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Brian in UK:

Joe, we are 20% into this century. It is now starting to take shape. Like it or not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
David (in London):

@The Oscar - If Man is still alive...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
TheLoneliestMonk:

jersey city was bloomberg's NY BEFORE bloomberg's NY
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Joe McG:

@Oscar: Ha! I can't wait.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
pantz:

This one goes out to Barbara Walters!
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V Priceless:

bridge: 2, 4, 6, 8...GO!
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Krys O.:

Rufus! YES!!!!! Dancing at my desk.
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djsheilab:

Your show today is just MIND-BLOWING, Joe. Freeform at its best!
Avatar 10:43am
Joe McG:

@SheilaB: Aw, you're so sweet. So far to me it's been more NOSE blowing. But I'm going to the CVS after this. :)
  10:44am
JakeGould:

@TheLoneliestMonk: “jersey city was bloomberg's NY BEFORE bloomberg's NY” Understatement of the century…
Avatar 10:46am
βrian:

Sounds a bit like Jimmie Dale Gilmore. (I hope all twangs don't sound alike to me.)
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Hubig Pie:

The Jam , now that's entertainment
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49am
David (in London):

@Joe McG - Don't knock it, man. At this time of year a show that's nose-blowing is a God-send...
  10:49am
The illuminated void:

Jam oh boy long time since i heard them. yeah ha
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Brian in UK:

Joe, are you going to play some Chris Von Sneidern or did I misread that comment.
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Joe McG:

@David: Ha ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
zopa:

1979...
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Joe McG:

Sending "Strange Town" out to Jersey City!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Webhamster Henry:

Don't the Fabulosen Thekenschlampe sing this one (in German)?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
zopa:

Scham Scham Scham!
  10:54am
Mark in Toronto:

Don't let others rip you off, do it yourself!
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VincentNifigance:

Station Manager Ken on Techtonic with Mark Hurst today.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Hi Joe and everybody!
Avatar 10:56am
Marc Francis:

CHOOOOOOOOON
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tim from champaign (now washington):

I'm feeling a little weird. I think it's because Joe is skimming awfully close to 1980.
  11:00am
miketp:

driving with DAVID.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM 'strange town'.
HaHa!, i like it!
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LastWhiteRhino:

Hey Joe ,I just had an Epiphany... could you play a "3 Kings Day "set featuring B.B. King, Carole King, and the King Sisters or perhaps Alan King????
Avatar 11:09am
Joe McG:

@LWR: That's an epiphany alright! Esp. the King Sisters!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:10am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Teutonic Go-Go! Makes perfect sense.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am
David (in London):

Chuck in Albert King and King Curtis whilst you're about it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM Big Al re-named his show to Signal to Noise on 'FDU.
starting a jersey beef?
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βrian:

@LWR: So that would be like an WFMU King cake, or galette des rois? It's the season.

en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:11am
The Oscar:

Also Kings Tubby, Curtis, Khan, and Diamond.
  11:12am
paul:

If you haven't see the documentary "linda ronstadt: the sound of my voice," you should check it out.
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Joe McG:

@Monk: Hey, can he do that? Hmmm....
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Joe McG:

More Kings, please!
  11:13am
paul:

Jonathan King
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LastWhiteRhino:

King Crimson
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tim from champaign (now washington):

King Kong!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:14am
pantz:

Elvis as "King Creole"
  11:15am
paul:

Chesterfield Kings and Kings of Leon. King Kong Bundy.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:15am
The Oscar:

Albert King, Gipsy Kings, Kings of Convenience, Kings of Leon, King Singers, the Lion King soundtrack...
Avatar 11:15am
βrian:

And King Missile, of course.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:16am
Webhamster Henry:

I play Computer Love on my autoharp.
  11:16am
Mark in Toronto:

King Kurt - english psychobilly
  11:16am
Nate K.:

Is this TF song sampling "Planet Rock"/"Trans-Europe Express" or am I hearing things?
Avatar 🎸 11:16am
PKNY:

No one's mentioned King Diamond yet!?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16am
Rich in Washington:

There are also two volumes of Kraftwerk covers by Balkan bands: Trans Slovenian Express.
  11:16am
paul:

Joe King Carasco.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Handy Haversack:

Queen. Wait, no.
  11:18am
paul:

Ben E. King
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Joe McG:

@Rich: Ha! I'll need to investigate. @Nate: It is! @Henry: That is EXCELLENT!
  11:18am
paul:

King Sunny Ade
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Hubig Pie:

Earl King. He's an earl , he's a king, why is this man not president ?
Happy 12th night, carnival revelers .
  11:19am
Mark in Toronto:

There is a band just called King. Freddie King BB King, Carole King
  11:20am
paul:

Freddie King
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:20am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Is The Peoples' Champ Joe Belock close enough to king territory?
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Joe McG:

Not one of you has mentioned King Uszniewicz yet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21am
TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM actually, it's one of the few interesting shows left over there.
what barry has done to that station is atrocious!
  11:21am
Mark in Toronto:

King Tubby, King Curtis
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:21am
tim from champaign (now washington):

New Zealand band King Loser. Their song Shake Your Wings makes my brain go loco.
  11:22am
paul:

Nat King Cole
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22am
Wendy del Formaggio:

King Tuff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23am
David (in London):

And King Diamond should be the co-host.
  11:23am
Mark in Toronto:

Earl King, King Buzzo
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:24am
tim from champaign (now washington):

It took me three songs but I figured out the theme here. I ain't no box of rocks, you know.
Avatar 11:24am
Joe McG:

@tim: I've played King Loser on the show. In fact, I've played most of these people except King Diamond and King's X.
  11:25am
Mark in Toronto:

Joe, in this vein, you need to play Senor Coconut
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26am
ParUbi:

Kraft-on, Joe! Nice set so far!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:26am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Oh excellent! King Loser is a hidden gem in my opinion.
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zopa:

king missile?
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Listener Alexandra:

I went from wanting to do cardio over Stereo Total to wanting to go back to sleep over Seu Jorge. Yer killin' me today, Joe :)
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PKNY:

Fun story, was vacationing in WI this summer, and had the local 70s/80s channel on the radio in the rental car. They played standard issue stuff, but then played Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" for some reason.
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artbrau:

Until today I thought Kraftwerk was an under-covered band.
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jmd:

King Snake Roost?
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Joe McG:

@Mark: Perhaps I shall!
  11:27am
paul:

King Princess
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Joe McG:

@artbrau: There must be 5000 covers of "The Model." I like the Cardigans version! :)
  11:28am
paul:

Ellie King. That's it. I'm done.
  11:29am
Mark in Toronto:

The Members do a nice version of The Model on Live in Berlin
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zopa:

oops. i see now that βrian already mentioned them.
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Joe McG:

@Mark: Yeah, reggae style! I also like Snakefinger's version.
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βrian:

You could throw in some Prince, just for fun.
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paul:

Make that Elle, not Ellie.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

I don't think King Louie's been mentioned yet.
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sphere:

hullo. was on the Give The Drummer Some stream for a good long while until i realized that there were no DJ breaks!
  11:32am
Mike tp:

JOE you hit my MOOD JUGULAR....loving it...
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crateslinger:

Haha @sphere - I've done that. At least you didn't post something unrelated about something none of us can hear but you. I've done that too.
  11:33am
Sean from Iowa:

Chris Thomas King. King Geedorah.
  11:33am
Mark in Toronto:

I presume most of what was suggested is already on the set list as planned by you. The omniscient DJ.
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crateslinger:

one time I had spotify on and I thought Irwin was playing Taylor Swift - not impossible, but still unlikely.
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Joe McG:

@Mark: Jeez, I hope so, or I'll lose my WFMU DJ Know It All Badge. ;)
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Will:

Joe, if you've never heard it, you should find the band Peglegasus and their version of "Autobahn'! Fun fun fun!
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Joe McG:

@Will: Never heard it! I'll find it!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Steel drums and Kraftwerk - now that's a good combination!
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Mark in Toronto:

This Kometenmelodie is beautiful. Thanks Joe.
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Joe McG:

@Miketp: Glad it's hitting you where you live! @Alex: Howdy, Alex! @Mark: This whole set is just an excuse to play more steel band Kraftwerk covers on my show. :)
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Matt CARR:

Beautiful set
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Nice!
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Planet Tyler:

fun set
  11:43am
sufferwords:

Senor Coconut?
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Planet Tyler:

Peglegasus' Autobahn is on You Tube :)
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tim from champaign (now washington):

I'm pretty sure I got my tape of Through The Looking Glass from Columbia House.
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Brian in UK:

Joe, truly freeform. Start the year how you mean to go on.
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Joe McG:

@tim: Not through the Happy House? ;)
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Handy Haversack:

Hit after hit. Great set here.
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βrian:

Coconut cream pie.
  11:49am
rw:

Hmmm.... what could the theme of this set be?
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Joe McG:

@rw: Neu! covers.
  11:51am
rw:

Haha! Good morning everyone and thank you Joe McGasko!
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sphere:

in "We Are The Robots," there's a line "we are dancing mechanique." i wonder if that's a reference to Antheil?
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tim from champaign (now washington):

@Joe - hahahaha!
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Tiago from Portugal:

I guess Big Black would ruin the mood.
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12539:

Thanks Joe! And Happy New Year!
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Joe McG:

This was just as much fun as the time I did the Sex Pistols covers. Thanks for indulging me, everybody. Hope you have a good week, and thanks for listening and commenting!
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Phillippe Bastille:

Damn, haven't heard this Love Tractor in ages! Thanks for playing it and an overall great show
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Krys O.:

Evelyn "Champagne" King
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Webhamster Henry:

Again, excellent curation from Joe McG!
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Krys O.:

King Oliver
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Mark in Toronto:

The first album by Fetchin' Bones on DB Records is aso very good.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Thanks for the super fun show, Joe! Happy 20/20! Keep away from the little yellow pills.
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Brian in UK:

Have we had King Tubby or King Creosote?
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Krys O.:

There's Pee Wee King--Slowpoke.
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Hubig Pie:

Does Afrika Bambaattaa's Planet Rock count ?
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Krys O.:

Thanks, Joe!
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David (in London):

Great show Joe.
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Joe. Excellent show!
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Brendan:

Appreciate the music Joe, thanks.
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briania:

Good werk, Joe.
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dave wuz here:

im the operator with my pocket calculator
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Krys O.:

I have that Love Tractor song on a fill-up tape recorded off of FMU for one of the Vanilla Bean's shows.
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sphere:

thanks Joe
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LastWhiteRhino:

Joe , you are the KING of Monday morning radio !!!!
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