WFMU: Jack Mello: Playlist from September 29, 2022

Listener comments!
	12:02pm rx scabin: Good afternoon.
	12:02pm bradford: hiya jack!
	12:03pm FletcherNYC: Strong start ! Japan Deep cut
	12:03pm prof.fuzz: greetings from howdy arabia!
	12:04pm SeanG: Yo JACK!
	12:05pm Dean: Image on the pop-up player is Television, Marquee Moon. Nice confusion.
	12:07pm Jack Mello: hey, welcome! thanks for listening and chatting.
	12:07pm Andres: Hi, Jack! Nothing mellow about this opener!
	12:08pm Marie: me dig!
	12:11pm Onion: Upgrade!
	12:14pm goes211: These beats are GENIUS!
	12:15pm rich the greeb: Jah wobbbbbllleeee!!
	12:16pm drr: Jack, you've really outdone yourself with these accuplaylist color choices. Never seen anything like it.
	12:16pm Passaic River Blues: YES!
	12:17pm drr: I have seen something like it actually: The Washington Commanders during Armed Forces Awareness Month.
	12:17pm Yetz: I used to have this record. Haven't thought about it in decades!
	12:20pm SeanG: Jack is the best DJ on FMU
	12:21pm Baja Joe: Greetings Jack and everyone listening
	12:22pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Hi Jack! HA!!!
	12:23pm Dean: I saw Japan at the Whisky around the time of Adolescent Sex. I'm definitely biased in favor of the older iteration of the band. Later, I interviewed Rob Dean when he was working with Vivabeat, a relatively unsung fun LA New Wave band promoted by Peter Gabriel.
	12:23pm listener james from westwood: Belated howdy, Jack!
	12:23pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Sylvian/Fripp was my gateway into both Crimson and Japan. Best blind buy I ever made.
	12:24pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. Welcome to the Mellodrome, everybody!
	12:25pm Krys O.: Good afternoon, Jack and all!
	12:26pm slugluv1313: greetings, Jack! Mellodians! so cool, another fill-in -- great to hear you again! 😺😺 gotta get back to lurk-n-wurk mode -- but will be listening!
	12:27pm Passaic River Blues: Truly excellent selections thus far.
	12:32pm Dean: Now the pop-up player is displaying Amy Grant's Heart in Motion.
	12:43pm Lixiviated Life: still here
	12:45pm abbazabba: Hell Jack Mello! Alway psyched when your show is on
	12:45pm Jason from Houston: Whoooooa! I love this song soooo much.
	12:46pm Jason from Houston: Good greetings!
	12:47pm rx scabin: I am in a meeting on Zoom. I am in a search committee getting yet another HR search comittee training. I have had it so many times that I could give it.
	12:48pm eileen_tooth: B
	12:48pm eileen_tooth: Hi
	12:50pm Niall: Yeah, love this BOC remix!
	12:50pm luka: this is tite
	12:50pm Niall: Never figured out whether he's saying "aw, sugar" or "or sugar."
	12:50pm ?: Lovin' todays show thank you Jack
	12:56pm JtotheK: Sade following Midas Touch -- back to back JAMMERS! hi jack mello, hi everyone.
	12:56pm eric from lake hiawatha: Bless you for playing SADE, as I sit waiting for the reformed Ian to visit South Carolina, she makes sense
	12:56pm JtotheK: b/w enjoyed your fill in last week as well!
	1:00pm Lana in Bucksom County: Jack, I love when you play your dance/funk/groove music - listening today, as well as on the archives!! Thank you!!!
	1:01pm timinoak: Sade is magic.
	1:01pm luka: “it’s tite” must credit luka, patent pending
	1:08pm Andres: Jam factory today! :)
	1:11pm Jack Mello: hahaha...absolutely, luka, spot on!
	1:13pm Jack Mello: you all are far too kind...but I'll take it! thank you so much for listening and hopefully enjoying. :)
	1:17pm Andres: Epic! So great!
	1:18pm Krys O.: It really is a pleasure to hear your shows, Jack. You have such deep and varied tastes. As it's been said, I don't listen to WFMU to hear what I like. When I listen, I like what I hear.
	1:18pm TimSF: Great music Jack... I recognize the voice. Sounds so good.
	1:19pm Passaic River Blues: Glorious.
	1:25pm rx scabin: Meeting over. I like your fill-ins, Jack. you capture the spirit of WFMU.
	1:26pm Niall: Never heard Way of the West; interesting stuff.
	1:28pm Dean: Cristina is bringing to mind Roy Harper or Alan Hull. Who is the male vocalist?
	1:28pm listener james from westwood: Aw, Cristina.
	1:31pm Dean: Is this a Kurt Weill tune? Hans Eisler?
	1:31pm JW MCCORMACK: I love that Cristina version of The Ballad of Immoral Earnings. I listen to it almost weekly.
	1:31pm timinoak: I just tuned back in during that long high note!
	1:33pm Jack Mello: Dean, discogs says it's Ben Brierley. and yeah, Brecht/Weill composition from "Threepenny Opera"
	1:34pm Dean: Thank you!
	1:36pm Dean: Heh, Brierley appeared on Dave Goodman & Friends, a Sex Pistols spin-off 45 I once owned.
	1:39pm rx scabin: It is good to pledge early and often if you can.
	1:42pm eric from lake hiawatha: @Krys O well said
	1:43pm TimSF: Hey timinoak...oak as in Oakland CA?
	1:43pm AD: You’re a bop machine today Jack !!!
	1:44pm Andres: Digging Amerie! Echoes of young MJ vocal.
	1:48pm chuck friendly: Thought this was Alanis Morrisette from here pop years
	1:49pm Fidget: Once again SO happy to find Jack Mello doing a show. So good!
	1:50pm timinoak: Hi timSF! yup. the town.
	1:50pm TimSF: ok, timinoak...that's what I'm takin' about
	1:51pm timinoak: Good to see the original 415 covered here..
	1:52pm Andres: chuck: I heard it too.
	1:52pm luka: {scottish yelling intensifies}
	1:53pm TimSF: ain't no party like the west coast party...
	1:53pm Frank Verplanck: @ chuck friendly, knew it wasn't Alanis but sure sounded like "You Oughta Know". Not at all bad, though.
	1:54pm timinoak: I went to finishing school in North Jersey.
	1:55pm TimSF: did you finish?
	1:55pm Yes: 😎
	1:59pm timinoak: I was an out of towner, it wasn't easy. But yes.
	2:03pm TimSF: ..so you probably don't call that color arange or its size uge (silent h)?
	2:05pm Yes: Enjoying the mix, Jack
	2:05pm Niall: Hello, Fairlight ORCH samples.
	2:07pm Andres: I have to go do some things but no way I’m leaving before this show is over. Top shelf!
	2:07pm TimSF: wonder if it's the same producer as some of Madonna's stuff (e.g. Exotica?)
	2:08pm rx scabin: Jack, thanks for the music. It reset my mood. I hope it lasts until your next fill-in somewhere here. Good-bye, Everyone and Jack.
	2:08pm Jack Mello: MAW remixed everyone
	2:10pm morphe': Been A-listening but busy with laundry and food prep.... Must go deiver a baby gift .. Thanks Billy Jack.. oooppppss??? Mello Jack "Billy Jack" a really bad/good film for aan 11 year old in Bklyn in 1972.. Thanks JM !!!! and all..
	2:13pm MrDeb: Jack! So glad I tuned on while making lunch. Dancing while cooking and now dancing instead of eating. Can't stop movin'! It's not ovah!
	2:18pm Kat in Chicago: Jack playing the house classics
	2:20pm Jack Mello: haha Kat...someone has to!
	2:26pm Dean: Saw The Dils only once. Great band.
	2:28pm Dean: First single b/w "Mr. Big."
	2:29pm listener 126464: Speaking of R&F, Alejandro E. is playing Hoboken Fall fest 10/2.
	2:31pm Passaic River Blues: Speaking of classics!
	2:31pm Andres: Going to the big speakers!!
	2:31pm Dean: Speaking of Alejandro E., I saw The Nuns once, maybe twice.
	2:32pm Very: 🧐
	2:34pm Andres: Amongst the first Detroit house sounds to make it up the road to Toronto airwaves. Forever great!
	2:35pm Andres: Oop. Chicago!
	2:35pm Andres: It all came in a flood and there was no holding it back. :)
	2:37pm Jack Mello: hey, what's a show without at least one car crash segue!
	2:42pm Lana in Bucksom County: Jack Jack Jack - FANTASTIC SHOW!!! I can't stop dancing - you've got me worked into a frenzy. Thank you again!!
	2:48pm Jack Mello: hahaha...hey lana, glad to hear it! thanks so much! :))
	2:48pm Kat in Chicago: Great to hear you today, Jack!
	2:48pm Passaic River Blues: Such a great track. Released in 2017, but feels almost like 1987.
	2:49pm Jack Mello: yeah, PRB. a brazilian producer
	2:51pm eric from lake hiawatha: I thoroughly enjoyed the show, thanks
	2:52pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for filling in today!
	2:52pm AD: Smashed it
	2:53pm listener 126464: Thank you Jack!
	2:54pm Jack Mello: thanks all for listening, very much appreciated, take care, my lovelies. :))))
	2:54pm TimSF: thanks Jack...ok, Jack Your Body is your theme song..Yes. you do have one.
	2:55pm Passaic River Blues: Danny Krivit is playing the Good Room (98 Meserole Ave., BK, NY) on 10/9/22. If I had a life to speak of, I'd be there--great location, masterful DJ. Be better than me and go. @Jack: thank you, sir!
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thank you, Jack Mello!
	2:55pm Andres: Weekend opener! Loved it! Thanks, Jack! Come back soon!
	2:56pm the serpent: Is this cutting in and out for others or is it just me?
	3:01pm Very: 🚲

Jack Mello: Playlist from September 29, 2022

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September 29, 2022: Fill-in for Pseu

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Japan	Television "Television" by "Japan"	Adolescent Sex	Hansa		back when they looked like the ny dolls and were a glammy jammy rock band		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Idjut Boys & Quakerman	Radio Rage		Glasgow Underground	12"			0:08:23 (Pop-up)
Jah Wobble	Blueberry Hill "Blueberry Hill" by "Jah Wobble"	V.I.E.P.	Virgin	EP			0:15:04 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Junebug Productions	Tribute to BABA	The Orchard Compilation	Codek	EP			0:18:45 (Pop-up)
Family of God	Sabrina "Sabrina" by "Family of God"	The Orchard Compilation Volume 2	Codek	EP			0:25:16 (Pop-up)
Sin	Heartbeat "Heartbeat" by "Sin"	Insinuation	Abuse Industries		runaways cover		0:32:20 (Pop-up)
Attica Blues	Blueprint "Blueprint" by "Attica Blues"		Mo Wax	12"			0:35:56 (Pop-up)
Noah Lennon	Mr. Ordinary "Mr. Ordinary" by "Noah Lennon"		self released	MP3	straight outta brixton	*	0:41:31 (Pop-up)
Tricky	Makes Me Want to Die "Makes Me Want to Die" by "Tricky"		Island	EP			0:44:47 (Pop-up)
Midnight Star	Midas Touch (Hell Interface remix)	MASK 500	Skam				0:48:43 (Pop-up)
Sade	Paradise "Paradise" by "Sade"		Epic	12"			0:54:01 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Jill Scott	Bedda at Home (Instrumental)		Hidden Beach	12"			0:57:23 (Pop-up)
Ultra Nate	How Long (Original Extended Vocal)		Warners	12"			1:03:38 (Pop-up)
Mark E.	Sun Shadow "Sun Shadow" by "Mark E."		Creative Use	12"	exxxxtended edit of LaBelle's "Moon Shadow		1:09:49 (Pop-up)
Way of the West	Feel the Steel "Feel the Steel" by "Way of the West"		MCA	12"			1:19:44 (Pop-up)
Cristina	Ballad of Immoral Earnings	Sleep It Off	Mercury				1:26:42 (Pop-up)
Jocelyn Brown	Somebody Else's Guy		Vinyl Dreams	12"			1:31:04 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Jill Scott	Bedda at Home (Instrumental)		Hidden Beach	12"			1:37:28 (Pop-up)
Amerie	Talkin' About "Talkin' About" by "Amerie"		Columbia	12"			1:40:59 (Pop-up)
Gabrielle	Going Nowhere (Laws House Mix)		London	12"			1:45:21 (Pop-up)
Justified Ancients of Mu Mu	Down Town		KLF	12"	hallelujah!!		1:51:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Jill Scott	Bedda at Home (Instrumental)		Hidden Beach	12"			1:58:27 (Pop-up)
Debbie Gibson	One Step Ahead (Masters at Work Club mix)		Atlantic	12"	yeah, that Debbie gibson. prod by jellybean Benitez		2:02:59 (Pop-up)
First Choice	Let No Man Put Asunder (Shep Pettibone mix)		Salsoul	12"	the frankie knuckles mix is the classic but can't throw any shade on shep pettibone. also, never mind all the scratches...		2:10:05 (Pop-up)
Crystal Waters	Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (Red Bone Club mix)		Mercury	12"			2:16:34 (Pop-up)
Blackbird	Class War "Class War" by "Blackbird"		Helter Skelter	12"	the kinman bros do an electro version of their Dils' single		2:23:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Chris Reynolds and Leon Roberts	Check It Out	Hi-Fidel-ity Beats #1	Grand Plan	12"			2:26:53 (Pop-up)
Steve "Silk" Hurley	Jack Your Body (Club Your Body)		Underground	12"	my theme song. if i had one, anyway		2:30:33 (Pop-up)
Masters at Work	Alright Alright "Alright Alright" by "Masters at Work"		Fourth Floor	12"	this track is by todd terry, before kenny gonzales and louie vega joined MAW		2:37:23 (Pop-up)
CoastDream	Soft Moon "Soft Moon" by "CoastDream"		X-Kalay	12"			2:43:47 (Pop-up)
MFSB	Love is the Message (Danny Krivit re-edit)		T.D.	12"			2:50:47 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:02pm rx scabin: Good afternoon.
	12:02pm bradford: hiya jack!
	12:03pm FletcherNYC: Strong start ! Japan Deep cut
	12:03pm prof.fuzz: greetings from howdy arabia!
	12:04pm SeanG: Yo JACK!
	12:05pm Dean: Image on the pop-up player is Television, Marquee Moon. Nice confusion.
	12:07pm Jack Mello: hey, welcome! thanks for listening and chatting.
	12:07pm Andres: Hi, Jack! Nothing mellow about this opener!
	12:08pm Marie: me dig!
	12:11pm Onion: Upgrade!
	12:14pm goes211: These beats are GENIUS!
	12:15pm rich the greeb: Jah wobbbbbllleeee!!
	12:16pm drr: Jack, you've really outdone yourself with these accuplaylist color choices. Never seen anything like it.
	12:16pm Passaic River Blues: YES!
	12:17pm drr: I have seen something like it actually: The Washington Commanders during Armed Forces Awareness Month.
	12:17pm Yetz: I used to have this record. Haven't thought about it in decades!
	12:20pm SeanG: Jack is the best DJ on FMU
	12:21pm Baja Joe: Greetings Jack and everyone listening
	12:22pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Hi Jack! HA!!!
	12:23pm Dean: I saw Japan at the Whisky around the time of Adolescent Sex. I'm definitely biased in favor of the older iteration of the band. Later, I interviewed Rob Dean when he was working with Vivabeat, a relatively unsung fun LA New Wave band promoted by Peter Gabriel.
	12:23pm listener james from westwood: Belated howdy, Jack!
	12:23pm Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Sylvian/Fripp was my gateway into both Crimson and Japan. Best blind buy I ever made.
	12:24pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. Welcome to the Mellodrome, everybody!
	12:25pm Krys O.: Good afternoon, Jack and all!
	12:26pm slugluv1313: greetings, Jack! Mellodians! so cool, another fill-in -- great to hear you again! 😺😺 gotta get back to lurk-n-wurk mode -- but will be listening!
	12:27pm Passaic River Blues: Truly excellent selections thus far.
	12:32pm Dean: Now the pop-up player is displaying Amy Grant's Heart in Motion.
	12:43pm Lixiviated Life: still here
	12:45pm abbazabba: Hell Jack Mello! Alway psyched when your show is on
	12:45pm Jason from Houston: Whoooooa! I love this song soooo much.
	12:46pm Jason from Houston: Good greetings!
	12:47pm rx scabin: I am in a meeting on Zoom. I am in a search committee getting yet another HR search comittee training. I have had it so many times that I could give it.
	12:48pm eileen_tooth: B
	12:48pm eileen_tooth: Hi
	12:50pm Niall: Yeah, love this BOC remix!
	12:50pm luka: this is tite
	12:50pm Niall: Never figured out whether he's saying "aw, sugar" or "or sugar."
	12:50pm ?: Lovin' todays show thank you Jack
	12:56pm JtotheK: Sade following Midas Touch -- back to back JAMMERS! hi jack mello, hi everyone.
	12:56pm eric from lake hiawatha: Bless you for playing SADE, as I sit waiting for the reformed Ian to visit South Carolina, she makes sense
	12:56pm JtotheK: b/w enjoyed your fill in last week as well!
	1:00pm Lana in Bucksom County: Jack, I love when you play your dance/funk/groove music - listening today, as well as on the archives!! Thank you!!!
	1:01pm timinoak: Sade is magic.
	1:01pm luka: “it’s tite” must credit luka, patent pending
	1:08pm Andres: Jam factory today! :)
	1:11pm Jack Mello: hahaha...absolutely, luka, spot on!
	1:13pm Jack Mello: you all are far too kind...but I'll take it! thank you so much for listening and hopefully enjoying. :)
	1:17pm Andres: Epic! So great!
	1:18pm Krys O.: It really is a pleasure to hear your shows, Jack. You have such deep and varied tastes. As it's been said, I don't listen to WFMU to hear what I like. When I listen, I like what I hear.
	1:18pm TimSF: Great music Jack... I recognize the voice. Sounds so good.
	1:19pm Passaic River Blues: Glorious.
	1:25pm rx scabin: Meeting over. I like your fill-ins, Jack. you capture the spirit of WFMU.
	1:26pm Niall: Never heard Way of the West; interesting stuff.
	1:28pm Dean: Cristina is bringing to mind Roy Harper or Alan Hull. Who is the male vocalist?
	1:28pm listener james from westwood: Aw, Cristina.
	1:31pm Dean: Is this a Kurt Weill tune? Hans Eisler?
	1:31pm JW MCCORMACK: I love that Cristina version of The Ballad of Immoral Earnings. I listen to it almost weekly.
	1:31pm timinoak: I just tuned back in during that long high note!
	1:33pm Jack Mello: Dean, discogs says it's Ben Brierley. and yeah, Brecht/Weill composition from "Threepenny Opera"
	1:34pm Dean: Thank you!
	1:36pm Dean: Heh, Brierley appeared on Dave Goodman & Friends, a Sex Pistols spin-off 45 I once owned.
	1:39pm rx scabin: It is good to pledge early and often if you can.
	1:42pm eric from lake hiawatha: @Krys O well said
	1:43pm TimSF: Hey timinoak...oak as in Oakland CA?
	1:43pm AD: You’re a bop machine today Jack !!!
	1:44pm Andres: Digging Amerie! Echoes of young MJ vocal.
	1:48pm chuck friendly: Thought this was Alanis Morrisette from here pop years
	1:49pm Fidget: Once again SO happy to find Jack Mello doing a show. So good!
	1:50pm timinoak: Hi timSF! yup. the town.
	1:50pm TimSF: ok, timinoak...that's what I'm takin' about
	1:51pm timinoak: Good to see the original 415 covered here..
	1:52pm Andres: chuck: I heard it too.
	1:52pm luka: {scottish yelling intensifies}
	1:53pm TimSF: ain't no party like the west coast party...
	1:53pm Frank Verplanck: @ chuck friendly, knew it wasn't Alanis but sure sounded like "You Oughta Know". Not at all bad, though.
	1:54pm timinoak: I went to finishing school in North Jersey.
	1:55pm TimSF: did you finish?
	1:55pm Yes: 😎
	1:59pm timinoak: I was an out of towner, it wasn't easy. But yes.
	2:03pm TimSF: ..so you probably don't call that color arange or its size uge (silent h)?
	2:05pm Yes: Enjoying the mix, Jack
	2:05pm Niall: Hello, Fairlight ORCH samples.
	2:07pm Andres: I have to go do some things but no way I’m leaving before this show is over. Top shelf!
	2:07pm TimSF: wonder if it's the same producer as some of Madonna's stuff (e.g. Exotica?)
	2:08pm rx scabin: Jack, thanks for the music. It reset my mood. I hope it lasts until your next fill-in somewhere here. Good-bye, Everyone and Jack.
	2:08pm Jack Mello: MAW remixed everyone
	2:10pm morphe': Been A-listening but busy with laundry and food prep.... Must go deiver a baby gift .. Thanks Billy Jack.. oooppppss??? Mello Jack "Billy Jack" a really bad/good film for aan 11 year old in Bklyn in 1972.. Thanks JM !!!! and all..
	2:13pm MrDeb: Jack! So glad I tuned on while making lunch. Dancing while cooking and now dancing instead of eating. Can't stop movin'! It's not ovah!
	2:18pm Kat in Chicago: Jack playing the house classics
	2:20pm Jack Mello: haha Kat...someone has to!
	2:26pm Dean: Saw The Dils only once. Great band.
	2:28pm Dean: First single b/w "Mr. Big."
	2:29pm listener 126464: Speaking of R&F, Alejandro E. is playing Hoboken Fall fest 10/2.
	2:31pm Passaic River Blues: Speaking of classics!
	2:31pm Andres: Going to the big speakers!!
	2:31pm Dean: Speaking of Alejandro E., I saw The Nuns once, maybe twice.
	2:32pm Very: 🧐
	2:34pm Andres: Amongst the first Detroit house sounds to make it up the road to Toronto airwaves. Forever great!
	2:35pm Andres: Oop. Chicago!
	2:35pm Andres: It all came in a flood and there was no holding it back. :)
	2:37pm Jack Mello: hey, what's a show without at least one car crash segue!
	2:42pm Lana in Bucksom County: Jack Jack Jack - FANTASTIC SHOW!!! I can't stop dancing - you've got me worked into a frenzy. Thank you again!!
	2:48pm Jack Mello: hahaha...hey lana, glad to hear it! thanks so much! :))
	2:48pm Kat in Chicago: Great to hear you today, Jack!
	2:48pm Passaic River Blues: Such a great track. Released in 2017, but feels almost like 1987.
	2:49pm Jack Mello: yeah, PRB. a brazilian producer
	2:51pm eric from lake hiawatha: I thoroughly enjoyed the show, thanks
	2:52pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for filling in today!
	2:52pm AD: Smashed it
	2:53pm listener 126464: Thank you Jack!
	2:54pm Jack Mello: thanks all for listening, very much appreciated, take care, my lovelies. :))))
	2:54pm TimSF: thanks Jack...ok, Jack Your Body is your theme song..Yes. you do have one.
	2:55pm Passaic River Blues: Danny Krivit is playing the Good Room (98 Meserole Ave., BK, NY) on 10/9/22. If I had a life to speak of, I'd be there--great location, masterful DJ. Be better than me and go. @Jack: thank you, sir!
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thank you, Jack Mello!
	2:55pm Andres: Weekend opener! Loved it! Thanks, Jack! Come back soon!
	2:56pm the serpent: Is this cutting in and out for others or is it just me?
	3:01pm Very: 🚲

Jack Mello: Playlist from September 29, 2022

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