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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Feu Robertson  Roeuf Sonbert (Folklore)   Favoriting Overshoot and Collapse  Partycul System  2020  CD    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Lazy Salon  Hey Day   Favoriting Lazy Salon  Lazy Salon  2020  CD    *   0:06:01 (Pop-up)
Eli Winter  Maroon   Favoriting Unbecoming  American Dreams  2020  CD    *   0:09:07 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo  Wasn't Born to Follow   Favoriting Sleepless Night EP  Matador  2020  MP3    *   0:16:18 (Pop-up)
Talking Book  Absent Horizon   Favoriting Talking Book II  Koolarrow  2020  CD    *   0:18:22 (Pop-up)
Isobel Campbell  Never My Love   Favoriting Voices in the Sky EP  Cooking Vinyl  2020  MP3    *   0:20:56 (Pop-up)
Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks  Rhapsody in Blue   Favoriting Orange Crate Art- 25th Anniversary Edition  Omnivore Recordings  2020  CD    *   0:24:25 (Pop-up)
Dent May  Hotel Stationery   Favoriting Late Checkout  Car Park  2020  CD    *   0:27:55 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton  Motel Blues   Favoriting Electricity by Candlelight NYC 2/13/97  Bar None  2013  LP      0:30:47 (Pop-up)
The Golden Dregs  Hope Is for the Hopeless   Favoriting Hope Is for the Hopeless  Funnel Music  2020  CD    *   0:33:53 (Pop-up)
 
Thibault  Continuer   Favoriting Or Not Thibault  Chapter Music  2020  MP3    *   0:49:41 (Pop-up)
Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Marcos Valle  A Gente Volta Amanhã   Favoriting Jazz Is Dead 3  Jazz Is Dead  2020  CD    *   0:52:58 (Pop-up)
Single  El sueño   Favoriting Hola  Elefant  2020  CD    *   0:56:08 (Pop-up)
Jess Cornelius  Love and Low Self-Esteem   Favoriting Distance  Loantaka  2020  MP3    *   1:01:21 (Pop-up)
Sweeping Promises  Cross Me Out   Favoriting Hunger for a Way Out  Feel It  2020  LP  at the wrong speed  *   1:05:37 (Pop-up)
The fun time Commission  Welcome to My Shop   Favoriting single  The fun time Commission  2020  45    *   1:09:34 (Pop-up)
Vintage Crop  Streetview   Favoriting Serve to Serve Again  Upset! The Rhythm  2020  LP    *   1:13:11 (Pop-up)
Dry Cleaning  New Job   Favoriting Sweet Princess EP  Dry Cleaning  2019  MP3      1:19:24 (Pop-up)
The Slugs  Last Night I Had a Dream I Had Conical Breasts   Favoriting Don't Touch Me, I'm Too Slimy! EP  Related  2018  EP      1:22:13 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
Love Childs Afro-Cuban Blues Band  Bang Bang   Favoriting single  Roulette  1975  45      1:31:48 (Pop-up)
The Maskman and the Agents  Love Bandito   Favoriting single  Dynamo  1969  45  with the Billy Clarke Orchestra    1:34:42 (Pop-up)
Ethel Merman  Can You Use Any Money Today?   Favoriting single  Decca  1950  45      1:37:10 (Pop-up)
The Method Actors  Rang-A-Tang   Favoriting single  Press  1982  45      1:39:30 (Pop-up)
Kris Kristofferson  Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)   Favoriting single  Monument  1973  45      1:42:27 (Pop-up)
Barbara Love  Alice   Favoriting single  Epic  1970  45      1:44:50 (Pop-up)
Phil Manzanera/801  Car Rhumba   Favoriting single  Polydor  1977  45      1:47:05 (Pop-up)
Cat  We're All in This Together   Favoriting single  RCA  1970  45      1:51:42 (Pop-up)
ABBA  Knowing Me, Knowing You   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1977  45      1:55:17 (Pop-up)
 
ABBA  Happy Hawaii   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1977  45  at 78    2:01:07 (Pop-up)
 
America  Jameroony   Favoriting Heritage II: Demos/Alternate Takes 1971-1976  Omnivore Recordings  2020  CD  From 1971  *   2:12:35 (Pop-up)
Mossy Kilcher  Come Back, Come Back   Favoriting Northwind Calling  Tompkins Square  2020  MP3  From 1977  *   2:24:03 (Pop-up)
Sally Anne Morgan  Polly on the Shore   Favoriting Thread  Thrill Jockey  2020  CD    *   2:28:10 (Pop-up)
Trees  Black Widow   Favoriting Trees  Fire  2020  MP3  from upcoming 4-CD box set!  *   2:33:55 (Pop-up)
The Loudest Whisper  Silent O'Moyle   Favoriting The Children of Lir  Sunbeam  2006  CD  From 1974    2:37:08 (Pop-up)
Sairie  The Trembling Earth   Favoriting The Trembling Earth EP  Sairie  2020  CD  now I've played the whole thing!  *   2:42:57 (Pop-up)
Keith Christmas  The Fawn   Favoriting Fable of the Wings  Polydor  1970  LP      2:47:59 (Pop-up)
Espers  Tomorrow   Favoriting The Weed Tree EP  Locust  2005  CD      2:52:52 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Strandlund:

Yip Yip Yip...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Handy Haversack:

Good morning, Joe, and all the Yips in Yippertown.
Avatar 9:02am
deborah:

Radio Radio!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe.
  9:05am
David in London:

Hello Yippers. Greeting Joe.
Hi Handy. How goes mon ami?
  9:05am
David in London:

Hi Brian.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Hughie Considine:

Ah, the journey begins!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Krys O.:

Greetings! I was listening yesterday to your 2020 premium, Joe. Great fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Handy Haversack:

David -- saw that you were on early today. Day off?

Staggering into consciousness here, I guess. We are getting a few days of weather that is not actively hostile to human life, so I'm grateful for that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Joe McG:

Hey, everybody, and welcome to the show! @Krys: Glad to hear that you got a kick out of it!
  9:09am
KWilde:

Hey Joe!
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Marc Francis:

Hey Joe! So far so lovely!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Yes:

hello all
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Brian in UK:

Hello David. Still grasping a paint brush.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Hughie Considine:

Rainy Mondays during the pandemic are especially hard to take -- so glad for Surface Noise as an antidote to the blues.
  9:15am
David in London:

Handy, it’s a public holiday here today. Plus I couldn’t resist Almost Famous today.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Brian in UK:

Joe, have you ever done a Pedal Steel through the ages show?
  9:16am
Rick A.:

Picking up where you left off last week, Joe.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Brian in UK:

Joe what is the special today, not corned beef hash again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Joe McG:

@Brian: I've done pedal steel spotlights, I know. Don't remember when, though! @Rick: A bit!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:19am
Brian in UK:

I'm on that Harley.
  9:19am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Aww, never heard this version! One of my favorite songs... Gm Joe!! Yay, nicely done YLT <3
  9:19am
Rick A.:

This is a bonafide WFMU hit. This is at least the third DJ to play this song.
  9:20am
Aj:

There's a new YLT EP?? Happy, happy!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Joe McG:

@Rick A: Was Ira playing YLT records again on his show? ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Handy Haversack:

Very nice, David. We get one next Monday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Phillippe Bastille:

This so pretty
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Marley P. Dogg:

Yip-yip-a-doodle-do! Morning Joe McG! Morning Handy! Morning amigos!
Avatar 9:25am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I blame it on the bossa-nova!...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Marley, Phillippe!
  👻 Swag For Life Member 9:26am
12539:

(Shamefully late Yip!)
Avatar 9:28am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...so - which one of those Beach Boys Arranged that stuff again??...I wasn't quite clear on that..recognizing Parks too...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
ratso:

Hey Joe McG, Monday to ya.
Avatar 9:29am
nematomorpha:

Hello from Vienna. It's grey and rainy here and it's monday.
  9:29am
Dennis Diken:

hey Joe, 'morning all!
  9:31am
TVP:

Funny thing: every time I hear Rhapsody in Blue, I immediately think of the old commercials from the 90s for United Airlines.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:31am
LastWhiteRhino:

Golly Joe McGasko, this is a purdy first set this morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
Joe McG:

Hope you guys are having an OK Monday so far! Thanks for joining me today.
  9:32am
David in London:

Hey Phillippe! Rev!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Strandlund:

Morning Joe! Fantastic show so far!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
PaulRobeson1920:

Good stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Handy! How's the wildlife in your neck of the woods.. er, bricks? Hey DiL, how are things behind the fox mask?
Avatar 9:35am
Marc Francis:

It's so strange hearing people in the audience laugh during this heartbreaking song....
  9:35am
Doctor B.:

I first heard the Loudon Wainwright version of Motel Blues back in the day. I heard Big Star's version on Big Star Live. I like the version you're spinning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
PaulRobeson1920:

Hey, like, if your not doing anything later come up to my hotel room and save my life
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Joe McG:

@MarcF: You're right, the audience is a bit too drunk to deal with this one, but the little Nick Drake rhythmic thing appeals to me about this version.
  9:38am
Mark R:

Very rarely catch your show live--really, really enjoying it, Joe!
Avatar 9:38am
Really Lisa:

Hi Joe and everyone. Glad to be tuned in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
ratso:

@TVP, not coincidentally, that was UA's most popular advertising campaign since the 1970's "Fly the Friendly Skies", and haven't struck ad gold since.
  9:40am
Zimharry:

Fantastic set, Joe!!
  9:42am
Mark R:

Sometimes a new marketing director comes in and throws out a campaign that's working just because he wants to make his mark and sales plummet and he gets fired and usually takes a lot of people with him over the cliff.
  9:43am
Pat Sabbath:

Or driving
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Handy Haversack:

(Or Arthur Dent, David.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Brian in New Orleans:

As a Bostonian raised ..the correct pronounciation is "Bucky Fu@$kin Dent"
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Hughie Considine:

Similar to Aaron F#%~! Boone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Handy Haversack:

Hughie: I was at that game in 2003.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
WoodsOfNH:

Bill F#%%!!! Buckner
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Brian in New Orleans:

@WoodsOfNH....YES!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am
Brian in New Orleans:

And then they brought him back as a coach or something????
  9:54am
yerfriendpaul:

@Brian - ha ha! I’m a New Englander so I know that pain
  9:54am
David in London:

Phillippe, all is well behind the fox mask. It’s a holiday here, and I have you guys and Joe McG to keep me company whilst I do some pre-barbecue gardening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Joe McG:

Whenever I hear "coach" lately I think of "Cheers" because I've been rewatching it.
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TDK60:

Morning Joe, surfacers.
  9:56am
yerfriendpaul:

Joe - how does Cheers hold up? I used to love the show but am hesitant to watch again
  9:56am
Zimharry:

@WoodsOfNH...............McNamara shoulda brought Stapleton in as a defensive replacement.............
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Brian in New Orleans:

@yerfriendpaul...And to think the new generation of fans only know the Red Sox as winners! They are on my "cancel" list this year for trading Mookie
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Joe McG:

@paul: Holding up! Only 5 episodes into Season 1 but I'm enjoying it very much. Great comic actors on that show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Brian in New Orleans:

My sister used to wait tables at the real Cheers in Boston back in the day
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
pantz:

What a Major Tom guitar tease
  9:58am
yerfriendpaul:

@Brian - that trade hurt for sure. My nephew’s favorite player. That would’ve been like them trading Yaz when I was a kid. It would’ve crushed me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
WoodsOfNH:

@ZimHarry Ugh. I'm sorry I even brought it up! ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Brian in New Orleans:

FUCK!...now I'm sad. #byemookie
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Hughie Considine:

@Handy, wow, that was one for the ages!
  10:00am
yerfriendpaul:

Joe - the actor who played Coach was so good! Ok, you’ve convinced me! Thanks!
  10:01am
Zimharry:

@WoodsOfNH....................LOL..........acknowledged and understood..........
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Handy Haversack:

This season is so majorly effed up in so many ways that I can barely even take joy in the Red Sox being in such disarray.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Brian in New Orleans:

When I was roadtripping a while back my friend's sister was housesitting for the actor who played Norm on cheers. He lived on Vachon Island in Seattle I used his rowboat and wore his yellow rubber boots..lol
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TDK60:

Don't follow sports really, but glad there was the recent wildcat strike for BLM.
  10:03am
yerfriendpaul:

Handy - ha ha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Brian in New Orleans:

This thread is very "Boston" centric
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Brian in New Orleans:

As opposed to "Boston Celtics".
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PKNY:

Jess Cornelius' voice reminds me of the singer of the Motels, great tune!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Joe McG:

@PKNY: Totally! She's like a millennial Martha Davis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Handy Haversack:

Hoping that momentum continues, TDK60. It's unevenly distributed right now. What isn't, I know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Ike:

Got my swag! Thanks Joe and all skeletons!
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SheWolf:

I thought the same about Jess's voice. Love that track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Joe McG:

@Ike: Excellent!
  10:09am
Mark R:

Still killing it, Joe! Love the Jess Cornelius and Sweeping Promises tracks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Joe McG:

@Mark: This song actually sounds better at the proper speed, but live and learn!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Cal Zone!:

I got my swag a couple weeks ago. Best shirts ever! Thanks JMCG and Skels!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
PaulRobeson1920:

Until the...
  10:12am
Rick A.:

I'm sorry, Joe, I have to disappear periodically from the chat while listening to your show. I heard Clay and Todd play the YLT Byrds cover. You three are almost the holy trinity of WFMU, except Sheila has to fit in there too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
PaulRobeson1920:

Two Ices Creams please. One for me and one for my old lady the Queen.
  10:13am
Heh:

Entering wfmu chat room is a bit like walking into Cheers bar full of the regulars ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Yes:

:)
  10:13am
Mark R:

Now THAT's a tagline!
  10:14am
queems:

i love this
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Begging Pardon - was it the Golden Dregs that I was sure was Mark Lanegan ??
  10:16am
P-90:

Eclecticism thy name is McGasko
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Joe McG:

I'm going to try to resist playing the Fall.
  10:16am
zopa:

who are the people in your neighborhood?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Joe McG:

@Heh: I like the idea of this chatroom as "Cheers." "HEY, Heh!" sounds funny!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Handy Haversack:

Resistance is futile, Joe!
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Marc Francis:

DON'T RESIST
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Ike:

Do more people per capita live in "council flats" in the UK than live in "projects" in the US, I wonder?
Avatar 10:18am
nematomorpha:

reminds me of country teasers. only more family friendly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Joe McG:

I like when people sing about their neighborhoods. Like Mr. Rogers and Tom Waits.
  10:19am
P-90:

A version of Cheers where all the regulars are slightly different versions of Cliff...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Jason from Houston:

Millie Jackson, Child of God...
  10:20am
Heh:

Must... not... Mark E... must... resist... or at least, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBUiPs1PxKo
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Brian in UK:

Joe, this show is so new, you will be playing something from 2021 by the end.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
WoodsOfNH:

@Joe McG If you imagine "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis" being sung by Mr. Rogers, you will be entertained for hours, if not days.
  10:22am
zopa:

oh the dj is a person in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood, in your neigh-bor-hood.
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TDK60:

DJs live in neighborhoods too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
pantz:

Not in my neighborhood!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Joe McG:

@pantz: Smart man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Jason from Houston:

꒰。•‿•。꒱
  10:24am
?:

Hi Joe,from Griffith park!
  10:25am
chresti:

yours truly...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:25am
Brian in UK:

zopa, for some reason I was thinking about the south-east side coast of South America earlier, then you came to mind and now here you are.
  10:26am
chresti:

Back to work..
  10:26am
zopa:

it's my birthday Brian, and i refuse to get out of bed.
  10:27am
P-90:

Mr. Rogers would have been perfectly happy to have Tom Waits on his show to talk about writing and playing music, telling stories in lyrics, etc. and he would have been welcome to sing a little (relatively hooker-free material) too.
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brainiac:

Good morning from Califorina's slimy chip bowl, Sacramento
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
PaulRobeson1920:

The SLUGS from the Lower East Side?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
PaulRobeson1920:

Oh yes
  10:29am
Dean:

"The Piano's Been Drinking Fruit Punch Again."
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:30am
Brian in UK:

zopa, is it Porto Alegre, where you live?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
PaulRobeson1920:

@P-90 When you are play 15’s there are never enough hookers. “If i was the marrying kind if be a rugby...”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
PaulRobeson1920:

Playing*
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
Ike:

I didn't realize that was the song title at first, so I thought momentarily, "Wow, Joe has really bizarre dreams, but more power to him, I guess."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
PaulRobeson1920:

Oh boy
  10:31am
zopa:

Brian, close. upstate New York.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
PaulRobeson1920:

Probably doesn’t translate as well without the tune behind the song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
PaulRobeson1920:

Play those 45’s!!
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TDK60:

Can we hear a 45 sped up to 78?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
PaulRobeson1920:

Right on
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brainiac:

Faster, play the 45s FASTER!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:33am
Brian in UK:

Oh, different zopa then. Have a lazy day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
PaulRobeson1920:

Hang loose everybody
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Marc Francis:

This is ACE. Never heard this version before.
  10:35am
zopa:

thanks brian! happy to be zopa #2.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Joe McG:

@TDK60: Maybe!
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northguineahills:

What Marc said...
  10:35am
Earth Walker:

Nice one to move to !
  10:36am
MplsCoco:

Good morning Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
PaulRobeson1920:

Talking about me and you baby
  10:39am
yerfriendpaul:

Ethel!!
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Lixiviated Life:

oh,
hi joe
Avatar 10:40am
TDK60:

Joe, or slowed to 33 & 1/3 RPM, don't care.
  10:40am
P-90:

Voice like Cadillac horn. But very musical.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Joe McG:

Hi, Coco, Lixiviated, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
PaulRobeson1920:

“A great big tree growing green and free... You could back up your truck and fill it up
The doors were open wide. It was company policy, we did alll the time.”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
PaulRobeson1920:

*We did it all time! Hahah
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brainiac:

I'd go see a musical featuring Rang-A-Tang, provided social distancing guidelines were being observed .
  Swag For Life Member 10:44am
gwtg:

I like to think that Ethel Merman's song was from her character in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad world when Mama was younger.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Jason from Houston:

So fine...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Joe - this is what I'd call a singles potpourri this morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Joe McG:

@Henry: Ah good, that's the Platonic ideal of this segment!
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TDK60:

Good Kris kut.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Webhamster Henry:

That Ethel Song is a studio version of a tune from Call Me Madam.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
PaulRobeson1920:

Really good stuff being played on the Radio
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
Handy Haversack:

It gets personal fast, this one! Not 78 fast, but fast!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Jason from Houston:

Whoa...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Joe McG:

@Handy: You ain't kiddin'!
  10:49am
ami ad:

Hello DJ. Hello all. Fine tunes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
Cal Zone!:

Single file is my favorite part of your show! Always love the variety!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:50am
tim from champaign (now washington):

Hey Joe and Single Filers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Joe McG:

I guess I should've played this rumba after "Love Bandito"!
  10:52am
zopa:

Tim!!
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brainiac:

@Joe, I'm editing the play order in my mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
WoodsOfNH:

I think I still have my 45 of The Ohio Players "Funky Worm" around here somewhere...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:54am
tim from champaign (now washington):

I thought this was Humble Pie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
Yes:

i dig cat
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am
Joe McG:

@brainiac: A helpful approach at any time! :)
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Stillwell Coney Islander:

Ethel Agnes Zimmerman shortened her last name to Merman. That's so cool
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am
Joe McG:

@SCI: Little known fact: She's Bob Dylan's mother.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
efd:

loved that Cat record, Joe!
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brainiac:

I'm begging for this ABBA tune to be played at 78.
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JM sorry, joe mac, i ain't buyin'. he's WAY too much of a wimp to be ethel's baby boy!
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Heh:

@ Joe you almost got me
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Joe McG:

@Monk: Ha ha ha!
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Joe McG:

@efd: The LP, which I don't have, looks interesting by the song titles: www.discogs.com...
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TDK60:

Joe Strummer said he liked ABBA.
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efd:

I was just looking at that! A real sign of the times that it has a song called "I'm Gonna Hijack A Plane To Cuba"
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WoodsOfNH:

It would be even better if Dylan was the child of Merman and Ernest Borgnine.
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efd:

honestly I'm surprised I don't have that album, it looks familiar to me.. Plus they're Canadian!
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Jeff Golick:

Alan Partridge is happy somewhere.
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Mick:

Happy Monday all - jumping in to share two high compliments from the GF this morning. While having coffee she asked which DJ this is; then when I told her, she said "Thank god for Joe McGasko." Then a while later, she said from the other room, "You can turn this up if you want."
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Dean:

Dylan had parents?
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Jason from Houston:

Hahaha...
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12539:

Helium Boing Boing!
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TDK60:

My caffeine kicked in.
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brainiac:

"Thank god for Joe McGasko" needs to be emblazoned on a T-shirt.
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12539:

brainiac - I had that same thought!
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Handy Haversack:

Well, this completes all sorts of urges I didn't know I had.

FASTER!
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nematomorpha:

someone put acid in my tea
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TheLoneliestMonk:

ABBA as helium chipmunks is SO appropriate, as they're lighter than air!
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@JG A-HAaaaaaa!
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Mick:

Heheheh, @brainiac. Next year's swag. FWIW, in response to the sped up ABBA she just said "Joe McGasko, what are you doing?" Maybe that goes on the back...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

ABBA = Robot Mamas & Papas
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PaulRobeson1920:

@nemTomorpha The Beatles dentist probably
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@woods now that would be one tough fuggo of a kid!
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Heh:

I move that the station change the schedule so Stashu follows Joe McG or vice versa
  11:05am
Heh:

@ Joe: I typed that before you said that
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TheLoneliestMonk:

@TDK elvis costello claims he's a big fan too.
i don't get it...
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Hughie Considine:

Songs like "Oliver's Army" show the ABBA influence clearly.
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Brian in UK:

@brainiac, who is this god you write of?
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PaulRobeson1920:

G-d* ?
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brainiac:

@UK Bri: He's the little boy that lives in my mouth.
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PaulRobeson1920:

There is a “Balm is Gilead”
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PaulRobeson1920:

In*
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Toothgrinder Tom:

More Ethel Merman? To what do we owe this honor?
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WoodsOfNH:

@TheLoniestMonk Ha! No doubt. I also love that Merman and Borgnine were married for an entire 32 days.
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PaulRobeson1920:

Buler, Buuler, Buuler
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TDK60:

TheLoneliestMonk: As I recall the Strummer interview was with a US rock mag. His defense was: I'm European, I can't help it.
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PaulRobeson1920:

Fine fine Station WFMU!
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Joe McG:

Come for the fine fine music, stay for the fine cuisine.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Hahahaha! This song is actually titled Jameroony. I wonder if this jameroony involved some tootskyroo and doobers.
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Good morning, Joe!
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zopa:

for a minute i thought this was seven ships...
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Listener Alexandra:

Howdy Joe! Missed you last week due to some fire drama involving my in-laws in NorCal. Everyone's back home and doing fine :)
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Joe McG:

@tim: Undoubtedly!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Fine but I'm waiting for Tim Buckley to sing...
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Joe McG:

@S&M: Howdy! @Alex: Wow, glad no one was hurt! Scary!
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Dean:

MUSICIAN (June 1, 1981, interview with Strummer and Robert Fripp): Speaking of evolving musical forms and working in different styles: I got the new Ellen Foley record recently and I noticed that you and Mick wrote most of the tunes, and that you all (the Clash) back her up on the record. I played it for a few people and asked "now, who do you think this is?" Most people thought it was Abba...
STRUMMER: That's a compliment!
FRIPP: Abba are very, very good.
MUSICIAN: I agree, but I'm surprised to hear you both say that. What do you like about them?
STRUMMER: They hardly ever lay a turkey on you. They've kind of hit a rut these days, but they were in there just blammin' 'em onto the charts for ages, which is admirable...also the girls are nice looking!
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Listener Alexandra:

It was a week; thankfully the town they live in was spared, but it was pretty touch and go for a bit. Now we can all go back to our usual abnormal, LOL. Glad to be on here and calm again!
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Joe McG:

@Dean: "Blammin' 'em into the charts for ages" is genius. Thanks for posting.
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zopa:

wooden*
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Joe McG:

BTW, "Jameroony" is only 45 minutes long, so it will be over in no time (I kid).
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Too long since jammed Acoustics with sumbody... everyone should do that regularly...
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WoodsOfNH:

I keep thinking this Jameroony is going to turn into "Ridin' The Storm Out"
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...OK not too regularly...
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Joe McG:

@Woods: I WISH!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Jameroony is the soundtrack for the whole voyage.
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Hughie Considine:

Not to be confused with Dig (aroonie) by Nervous Norvis
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Joe McG:

@Hughie: Or "Bony Maronie."
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Yes:

lovely song
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tim from champaign (now washington):

This Sally Anne Morgan is fantastic!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Or Only the Ronery by Roy Orbison with ScoobyDo...
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Joe. Surface Noise is part of a balanced breakfast.
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Hughie Considine:

Indeed, @Joe! I would certainly dig an "a-roony" set - obviously Slim & Slam would be on it.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Robyn Hitchcock does a great Polly.
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Joe McG:

@Ken: Or an unbalanced lunch. @Hughie: That certainly sounds possible-a-roonie.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Joe - have you heard other tracks on this Sally Anne record?
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Meesalikeu:

wow sally anne morgan is just super
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Joe McG:

@tim: I have. All good!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

With Andy Rooney reviews...
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Handy Haversack:

Fingers crossed that both Andy and Mickey have some pop tunes recorded that Joe can include-a-Rooney!
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Hughie Considine:

haha! @Rev Rabbit
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Handy Haversack:

Ha, great minds, Rev Rab!
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Joe B:

the Slugs - the new FMU breakout hit!
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Meesalikeu:

yes i believe ive heard hitchcock play polly live, in fact right there in monty hall if im not mistaken.
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brainiac:

What about Sam The Sham and The Phaeroes "Ring Dang Doo"? Can you slip them in too Joe?
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

FOKES!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

not familiar with these Trees. Groovy. There's a phantasmagoria-era curved air thing going on here.
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Meesalikeu:

i request pere ubu birdies
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Woh. Trees. Fairport Oblivian territories...dig.
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brainiac:

How did I manage to mangle "Pharaohs" like that? Better go get some coffee now.
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PaulRobeson1920:

Good stuff
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Meesalikeu:

whoa this took a nice psych turn
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Yes:

jams
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bo:

call my spirit to beezlebub
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Alvy Singer:

The Loudest Whisper record has become one of the rarest records ever issued in Ireland.
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Joe McG:

@Alvy: I wonder if it's rarer than the Mellow Candle LP.
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PaulRobeson1920:

Never heard of them before now
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Meesalikeu:

who says music cant take you somewhere else?
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northguineahills:

Nice echoes of Espers...
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pantz:

This set has made me wish to sit on a giant toadstool and smoke a hookah.
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TDK60:

Aging folk rockers are trudging on the forest path, coming right toward you!
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Handy Haversack:

I don't know why I have yet to pick up Sairie on a Bandcamp Friday yet ... oh, hello, September 4!
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chris_in_space:

Great shoe today, @Joe McG
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Meesalikeu:

at first i thought this was solo alex chilton, like holocaust.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Loves UK / Irish FolkRawk set.
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PaulRobeson1920:

Rock and Roll?! It was never new, it will never grow old!
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Joe! Fantastic set to end a fantastic show. Or maybe phantastic set!

Be well, all. See you rockers with the Next Joe Up!
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Chris! They're my psychedelic folk shoes imported from the United Kingdom.
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Hubig Pie:

The footwear is of the highest quality, indeed
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12539:

Thanks, Joe! Take care.
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TDK60:

Good day, thanks.
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Andrew_in_WI:

Thank you Joe McG for all you do!
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Heh:

Green shoes that curl up at the toes and have a little bell?
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PaulRobeson1920:

Old burlap and shreds of care tire sandals
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Joe B:

Joe I need you to start having worse endings to your show so I can stop listening and prepare. you're too good.
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pantz:

Bard's Boots of +2 DJ'ing. Now roll initiative @JoeMcG
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PaulRobeson1920:

Car* ahah Good Program you have here!
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Hubig Pie:

Ghillie Brogues , naturally
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Joe McG:

Jeez, Joe, you just made my day! That's so nice. I hope this means you won't mind when I go a minute over today! :)
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Meesalikeu:

@northguineahills for the win
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ami ad:

Thank you DJ,Crew.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Beware Ye thuh wearin' o' thuh Faerie Shooz ~
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northguineahills:

Boss, Joe, thanks! (I see the Espers echo reverberated...)
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Strandlund:

Thanks for the show, Joe! It's one of my favorites on WFMU...
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Corey:

Thanks Joe for the great show! Really nice accompaniment to this bright, but definitely autumnal Michigan morning.
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brainiac:

Thanks Joe. Let's do this again real soon, k?
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Handy Haversack:

Gonna need to listen to "Flaming Telepaths" now, too.
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Thanks Joe!
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northguineahills:

@Meesailkeu; lultz!
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Joe McG:

Thanks, Strandlund, ngh, Corey and all! Have a great week and I'll see you next time. Be well!
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mariano:

Been working and lurking, great show as always, Joe - loved the Brit-psych-folk last set! Take care folks.
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(another) Patrick in Hoboken:

Love this collection of songs with these high harmonies.
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Yes:

thanks friends
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Joe B:

go as long as you need
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Terr in DE:

Great folk set ! Nice early end of summer day, fits perfectly.
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Andrew_in_WI:

No time for Comus though
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PaulRobeson1920:

We never have to hurry baby
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PaulRobeson1920:

Good Stuff! Thanks Joe and Skelton Crew!
  11:59am
Meesalikeu:

dry cleaning was played i am whole now — last concert i saw before the ‘rona
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P-90:

Thanks Joe McG!
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