WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 20, 2018

Listener comments!
	9:02am Linda Lee: Good morning Joe!
	9:02am annie: ok, good now i can go make breakfast. goodmorning noisy ones!
	👻 9:03am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	9:03am pantz: Yo Joe!
	9:03am Krys O.: Howdy, Joe!
	9:05am Linda Lee: which came first, 'Lucifer Lady' or 'Spooky'?
	9:06am Rob (Jerzcity): Mornin', Joe, all!
	👻 9:06am Ken From Hyde Park: Yip yip! Monday morning McGasko music mayhem madness! Including surface noise. Swag packages received intact, thank you.
	9:06am queems: hey joe mcg & all
	👻 9:06am karlward: You can't beat Guaraldi's left hand on those bass keys. He's a machine.
	9:07am Aaron Working In Newark: Good morning Joe!
	9:08am Devin B.: Morning all. Happy to report my swag arrived over the weekend. Thanks Joe!!
	9:08am queems: love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you
	9:09am Linda Lee: glad i'm not the only one :-) & 'spooky' began as an instrumental, too!
	9:10am TheLoneliestMonk: 'spooky' - '67 'LL' - 69
	9:10am sinner: Hey Khrys O: wanna dance?
	9:10am Linda Lee: wow. thanks Monk!
	9:11am TheLoneliestMonk: hey joe: do some porto rican boogaloo today?
	9:11am queems: @linda great minds! i didn’t even see that you posted that
	9:11am Linda Lee: been waiting to hear Dennis Coffey on fmu for a while now! 'Scorpio' was the jam in 5th grade. :-D
	9:12am Linda Lee: it's so up front though, queems! how could you not? :-D
	9:13am pantz: Funky Flute
	9:13am queems: @linda i got in later than that!! haha
	9:14am Ritchy O: I'm starving
	9:15am Linda Lee: better late than never!
	9:15am Joe McG: Hola, radio friends. Thanks for joining me this morning. Let's see where it goes.
	9:15am Linda Lee: what came first, 'chicano' or 'spill the wine'? :-D
	9:17am Uncle Michael: It's the first day of fall term at work and I can feel the Damoclean sword swinging above my head. It's also the first day I'm using my swanky new WFMU lunch bag. Thank you, Joe!
	9:18am MD: ROCK ON FREEFORM ARMY!!!
	9:18am MD: really corny...I know!!!
	9:19am Rob (Jerzcity): Oh yeah, thanks for the swag, as well, Joe. Received it Friday, which is stupid fast given our correspondence about substitute items on Thursday!
	9:20am Santos L Halper: Yo Joe. Reveling in my Swagmas bounty, gracias!!!
	9:21am Linda Lee: Viva Santana!!!
	9:23am Linda Lee: just boogie on into my new york childhood, Joe. that's fine. :-)
	9:23am Joe McG: Great news, Rob! We're getting there! Still some swag to get out, but we're getting there...
	9:25am Linda Lee: thanks so much for brilliant listener services, Joe! honestly.
	👻 9:25am tadpoles: Santana for the anniversary of Woodstock Joe? 49 years young.
	9:26am pantz: Woodstock started on August 15th, 1969. The very day I was born, so we missed that by a few days.
	9:27am mikeB: awesome
	9:27am Linda Lee: living about 20 minutes from Bethel now. Woodstock changed the landscape so beautifully. still hearing echoes today.
	9:27am Joe McG: OK, quick, what song does "The Meditation" sound like?
	9:28am Linda Lee: grazin in the grass.
	9:28am Linda Lee: damn this board is slow .. :-D
	9:28am Joe McG: Linda Lee wins on all counts.
	9:29am Ike: The massive army of angry red-eyed vampire-zombie rats slowly advanced towards the pathetic, stupid, cowering, drooling Don Felder, and then... OOPS! Sorry! I thought it was Tuesday for a second there. Never mind!
	9:29am listener Rey: Jump call! Meditate
	9:29am Linda Lee: just about to ask which came first .. :-)
	9:30am melinda: hi everyone
	9:30am Linda Lee: wow they even took the breaks! :-)
	9:31am Uncle Michael: It's also got some "tighten up" in it.
	9:31am Linda Lee: that's right!
	9:32am Joe McG: @Uncle Michael: Most definitely!
	9:33am Linda Lee: but the piano! :-D
	9:35am Brendan: Joe McMambo!
	9:36am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: any chance of some joe bataan this mornin?
	9:38am Joe McG: @LoneMonk: Sure, I'll see what I can do!
	9:39am JakeGould: Mellow Monday Moodz
	👻 9:41am karlward: That's it, I'm buying a güiro.
	9:42am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: so, did you see 'carlito's way' over the weekend too? ;D
	9:42am pantz: @karlward is that a fancy name for a fried banana?
	9:42am Sem: Ah, yes, a Sandpipers-vibe from the mid-Sixties. Lovely. Good morning, Joe, McGaskoes, all. haha, Shaft, indeed.
	👻 9:43am karlward: pantz: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:43am Sem: Trouble had a wonderful long talk w/ Mr. Bataan on her show not so long ago. Some kinda guy:-D
	👻 9:44am karlward: Joe Bataan was playing in Nyack recently and I missed it. He's playing in Brooklyn Saturday and I'm going to miss that too.
	9:45am JakeGould: Shaft on caffeine.
	9:45am Linda Lee: really! fantastic! brilliant man.
	9:45am Linda Lee: this grooves harder than isaac's. amazing but true.
	👻 9:45am karlward: Joe: you might give Bataan's show a shout out: AUG 25TH UNIONPOOL UNION AVE BKLYN NY 2-6PM
	9:46am Joe McG: You're reading my mind, karl!
	9:46am PKNY: @karlward : I feel bad for you, I got to catch Joe last summer, such a great show and band. They did a really dope version of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody"!
	9:46am MD: WE CAN DIG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	9:46am Linda Lee: that will be a show.
	9:47am MD: SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!
	9:47am listener Rey: A rousing start to the show. Really like Bataan's phrasing here
	9:47am MD: ONLY TALKIN 'BOUT SHAFT!!
	9:47am TheLoneliestMonk: where's vic ruggiero when we really need him? he would LOVE this playlist!!
	9:47am Linda Lee: just a dynamite cover.
	9:48am Brendan: This set can only be resolved by Copacabana
	9:49am pantz: Ah, so this is where Supergrass get's their Coffee in the Pot rift
	9:49am MD: McGasko! FIRE IS FLYIN FROM YOUR FINGER TIPS THIS MORNING!!!
	9:49am TheLoneliestMonk: Bataan has quite the checkered past. could easily be a character from one of edwin torres' books...
	9:50am JakeGould: NOW THIS IS SOME COMFY BED MUSIC!
	9:50am Linda Lee: good lord! Free!!!! come on folks, go!!
	9:50am Brendan: I’d love to hear you talk over some Barry White backing tracks, Joe.
	9:51am queems: joe choking made me drink water
	9:52am MD: first time out wit da new vocal chords!? LOL!
	9:52am TheLoneliestMonk: dammit Joe: get yo'self some eucalyptus drops!
	9:52am Linda Lee: Sr. Bataan is 76 years old. the new 40, apparently :-D
	9:55am Linda Lee: yes!! bring that Single File Joe! brilliant!!!
	9:55am JakeGould: Here is the 411 on Joe Bataan at Union Pool. www.union-pool.com...
	👻 9:56am tadpoles: Wow Joe..I thought you said the Bats and the female voice threw me.
	9:56am MD: dirty word!!????
	9:57am MD: Or a Dirty sentence!!!?
	9:58am Joe McG: No, just sleepy DJ! Operator Error.
	9:58am JakeGould: Never was heard… A discouraging word…
	9:59am Brendan: I m okay with rolling it back. I thought we needed another take on that first verse. Once more with feeling.
	9:59am MD: ME LIKE THIS!!!
	10:00am MD: LIKE THE MUFFS MIT-OUT -DA SCREAMING!!!
	10:01am MD: M.O.S......MIT OUT SCREAMING...
	10:02am JakeGould: Tancred’s Bandcamp right here; very 1990s: tancred.bandcamp.com
	10:03am Joe McG: @Jake: Both of those songs are so '90s that I almost feel nostalgic listening to them and they're new!
	10:05am JakeGould: Exactly! And for some reason this Fall-ish weather in NYC and being around Chelsea makes me feel I should head over to Disc-O-Rama to check out new “promo” CDs then head over to Tramps and/or Irving Plaza for a show.
	10:05am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMcG: thanks for the latino boogaloo this morning, a great way to kick things (including my culo) into gear!
	10:06am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	10:06am JakeGould: And here’s the Shiny Coin’s Bandcamp: shinycoin.bandcamp.com...
	10:06am Linda Lee: seconded on the culo. :-D
	10:06am Krys O.: OOH! Thank you for the Joan!
	10:07am queems: i like this bassline
	10:07am Roberto: Animal, mineral, physical, spirichal...
	10:07am MD: Armatrading...very interesting....I like...also...great seg....tnx!
	10:09am Linda Lee: wow, haven't heard this one in aeons!! :-)
	10:12am Brendan: I have no idea what the Joan’s lyrics meant: Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume Drop the mahout, I'm the Easy Rider Don't use your army to fight a losing battle Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual ... but who cares what a great song.
	10:12am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG all i know is i was very happy for the novelty of sleeping with the AC off last night!
	10:13am JakeGould: I need me my sunshine.
	10:13am Roberto: Yeah my friend and I played Track Record a lot in his car around '87-'88 and we took turns analyzing the wacky lyrics.
	10:14am JakeGould: @Brendan: I am utterly shocked that a pop artist’s lyrics would make no sense whatsoever. What do I pay taxes for?
	10:16am Joe McG: @Brendan: Joan's a pretty canny gal, I bet it all means something.
	10:19am Roberto: 'FMU be playin' the shirt outta the new Gene Clark release. That's a good thing.
	10:19am pantz: Ladies, please leave the room.
	10:19am Krys O.: Ah, good ole crazy Ira Louvin.
	10:20am choggie: Good ol Big Head
	10:21am melinda: Nice to hear the Louvins
	10:22am queems: oh wow, this is excellent
	👻 10:23am Brian in UK: Amazing to think that the comments board is in its twelfth year.
	👻 10:24am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Good music to come alive to this morning, Joe!
	10:25am JakeGould: And next year it will be it’s Bar Mitzvah!
	10:25am Krys O.: I recognized Chris Thile's playing from the first bars.
	10:25am Todd-o-phonic Todd: Great set, Joe. Thanks for introducing me to a bunch of acts in it, including Shiny Coin!
	10:25am fred: Good morning Joe and all
	10:26am SeanG: morning Joe!
	10:27am Joe McG: Hey, Brian! Hey Trista! :) Hey, Todd! Thanks to Jake for those handy bandcamp links. Hey Sean, fred, melinda, queems, all...
	10:28am pantz: This has Hot Tuna all over it!
	👻 10:29am Brian in UK: ...with mayo?
	10:29am JakeGould: The whole concept of literal “Hot Tuna” is disgusting.
	10:29am melinda: Reminds me of The Band.
	10:30am TheLoneliestMonk: Hey-O, ToPT!
	10:31am Chapelhillian: Sounds like grand theft of Up On Cripple Creek
	10:32am dave wuz here: hot tumor
	10:32am Linda Lee: Chris Thile is indeed hosting Prairie Home Companion. i don't like it either.
	10:32am JakeGould: YES! YOU ARE CORRECT! “Live from Here, formerly known as A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile, is an American variety radio show known for its musical guests, especially folk and traditional musicians, tongue-in-cheek radio drama, and relaxed humor.”
	10:32am TheLoneliestMonk: i was thinking 'little feat' myself...
	👻 10:33am Brian in UK: Joe, going to see Ethan Johns on Wednesday. a player as well as producer. He has a bit of the Band about him.
	10:33am TheLoneliestMonk: Garrison Keillor is such an over rated NPR vanilla whitebread loser.
	👻 10:33am doctorjazz: Yup, he took over for Prairy Home Companion but they renamed it ,Live From Here. Still just as bad ,though the music is better .
	10:33am Irene Trudel: Chris Thile (pronounced THEE-lee) is indeed the new host for at least the last year. The show is now called "Live From Here," not the most original name, and I do like the musical segments. The comedy, not so much.
	10:35am melinda: I have Track Record, and yes to more Joan Armatrading!
	10:35am Linda Lee: Keillor showed his true colors when he sued some young kid who posted a PHC parody online. honestly, really?
	10:35am JakeGould: Will just say this, I hated “Prairie Home Companion”’s humor when I first heard it, but then I laughed at a few shows before Garrison got kicked off. The kind of humor that “Live From Here” engages in is distinctly midwestern. And this Brooklyn born kid can’t stand it.
	10:36am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL: BwaHa, really? double dutch LOS-AR, and quite the nasty drunk (in the past) from what i've heard too
	10:37am Linda Lee: those beautiful red Atlantic 45s!!! let's go babe.
	10:37am Irene Trudel: Agreed, Jake, the comedy's not all that funny.
	10:37am MD: Now she's is gone I am realizing How AMAZING She truly was!!!
	10:37am melinda: @jake I agree hot tuna is gross
	10:38am fred: Any news about who will replace Tenderness Junction? (I loved that show)
	10:38am dave wuz here: retha!
	10:38am MD: I AM MAD AT MYSELF!!! I GUESS BETTER LATE...THAN NEVER...RIP THE QUEEN!!!
	10:39am TheLoneliestMonk: accoring to nat review, not quite in the same league as kelly clarkson or linda ronstadt! :D
	10:39am pantz: No one has had a tuna steak, I guess. Actually quite good.
	10:39am Linda Lee: always got a whiff of that innate nastiness, myself. & i think his fans did too. they liked it.
	10:39am Joe McG: Oops, my copy of "I Never Loved a Man" has seen better days. Sorry!
	10:40am JakeGould: “Chain of Fools” and “Rock Steady” are great! Joe! Did you read this interview with John Landis about Aretha Franklin? Some great stuff: “So we got a piano, she sat in a recording studio, and it was Universal Studios’ recording studios in Chicago, a very old, funky studio we were delighted to be in because it was where Chess Records did all their recordings. We had a piano for her. She sat with her back to us, at the keys, and the piano and her voice was mic’d. She did it once, listened to the playback. She said, “I’d like to do it again.” She played piano as she sang, and the second take is the one in the movie.” deadline.com...
	10:40am Kelly Jones: Aretha.... GAWD DAMN GIRL!
	👻 10:41am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Was in a thrift store in Gloucester yesterday and as soon as I came in the woman that owned the store started playing Aretha. We looked at each other and whooh. Heavy emotional moment. Felt my heart swell. Oy.
	10:41am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL: that's EVERY midwestener. the surface politeness is to cover the fact that they all have the soul of ed gein or martin bormann
	10:41am Linda Lee: Joe, this record won't sound bad 'less you burn it.
	10:41am JakeGould: @Irene: On the positive side I like to bring up “Prairie Home Companion”/“Live From Here” when I point out what the world of comedy would be if it was just WASPy. Bleagh!
	10:42am melinda: One of my Aretha favorites.
	10:42am Linda Lee: whoa! that's pretty inclusive :-D
	10:44am Krys O.: The world was lucky to have such a giant talent and stupendous human.
	10:44am Linda Lee: what a gorgeous cover! new to me. thanks Joe!
	10:44am Joe McG: @Linda Lee: Good point!
	10:44am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL we had one from michigan on my job for a coupla years. totally saccharine on the surface...was campaigning for my job and trashing me behind the scenes the entire time she was here...and i expected nothing less
	10:45am fred: @pantz: I have, and I love it
	10:46am melinda: @pantz I was thinking canned. Canned Tuna and Hot Heat would have been more logical band names, who knows what they were thinking.
	10:46am Itzall Ablurr: Busy Monday and loving this show so I went ahead and starred up on the entire episode. Thank you Joe, and thank you so much for the embarrassment of riches that was my Swag delivery last week! All shirts will be worn, if not simultaneously, and the Explorer's Room CD has been living in my deck for days. FUN!
	10:46am sinner: Ahh! I can't handle it.
	10:47am Linda Lee: gosh. why the midwestern thing? genetic boredom?
	10:48am Linda Lee: @melinda ~ thing is, band names in the 60s were purposely illogical :-)
	10:48am melinda: What's with the Midwest bashing? Geez.
	10:48am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL the children of the corn have invaded my city and turned it into a giant tourist trap (and strip mall) with the help of bloomberg. they are evil, EVIL i tells ya!
	10:50am Kelly Jones: I'm in an Aretha fever....
	10:50am Mick: Thanks much for this set, Joe
	10:52am Linda Lee: well, Bloomberg was from Massachusettes. so evil is truly just an aspect of our national character. :-D
	10:52am Joe McG: Hey, Kelly! @Mick: You bet. I think she sounds best on singles, actually. I have a few of her LPs and I like some of them, but my fave is still "Aretha's Gold," which is her first singles comp (I think).
	10:53am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL exactly! another carpet bagger!
	10:54am Linda Lee: i owned & loved Aretha's 'Spanish Harlem' new on 45. just loved it. (later to have my cherry stolen by Mr. Stoller's very progeny .. but that's another story.)
	10:54am Joe McG: Aretha was so considerate that she thought about the poor DJs who have to hang in there when they're tired! :)
	10:54am melinda: @Linda I know, it was a joke.
	10:55am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL - wait, what?? you mean as in 'leiber & stoller'?
	10:55am pantz: Aretha was from the Midwest, so let's consider that.
	10:56am TheLoneliestMonk: memphis is the midwest?
	10:57am Linda Lee: yes sir. the weasel.
	10:57am pantz: She wasn't from Detroit?
	10:57am melinda: @pantz good point
	10:57am JakeGould: @pantz: I kinda think if you are not white and from the Midwest it’s different. Just saying.
	10:57am Linda Lee: Aretha was born in Memphis.
	10:58am TheLoneliestMonk: and D-troit is its own thing
	10:58am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG x-actly
	10:59am Listener Alexandra: Beautiful tribute, Joe :-)
	10:59am Kelly Jones: Aretha is playing in Heaven.... hers and mine.
	11:00am melinda: The large cities of the Midwest are still Midwest.
	11:01am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: gonna play 'the weight' so you can sneak a little duane tribute in too?
	11:01am Passaic River Blues: This is my absolute favorite Aretha song. Do right, everyone.
	11:01am Linda Lee: Yes. "Do Right Woman" ~ her most gorgeous ballad, imo.
	11:02am Linda Lee: but Lord, who can really name one..
	11:03am JakeGould: @melinda: But slightly more tolerable and open-minded at best; more stratified and divided at worst. Look at St. Louis or Milwaukee for example. And even in NY state I’m learning about the divisions in upstate cities like Poughkeepsie. Anyway, THANKS FOR THIS SET OF ARETHA JOE!!!
	11:04am Linda Lee: those skips sure kept that rhythm. :-D
	11:04am TheLoneliestMonk: deniro ruined this tune for me, i always think of max cady trying to seduce a goofy teen aged chick
	11:05am Linda Lee: glad i haven't seen that one. :-)
	11:05am Somebody: What's the music that plays when the DJ is talking? I like it.
	11:05am TheLoneliestMonk: you never saw the remake of 'cape fear'?
	11:06am Sem: lead with wings
	11:06am Linda Lee: haven't even seen the original. i'm a real plebe. :-D
	👻 11:07am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Agreed (about singles)!
	11:08am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL aw hell, mitchum was wonderful in the original, and as crazed and over the top as the scorsese version is, it's probly the last movie he made with ANY passion in it at all
	11:08am Linda Lee: it's on the list. :-)
	11:09am Brett.L: Had to buy that Louvin record. Thanks Joe
	11:09am melinda: @Jake maybe so, I just have low tolerance for massive generalizations about large regions.
	11:10am Linda Lee: lately i find real life terrifying enough :-)
	11:10am pantz: Erin Go Bragh!
	11:10am JakeGould: @melinda: Fair enough.
	11:11am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL one thing cinema does well is revenge fantasies...you can work out a lot of bad sh*t vicariously!
	11:11am melinda: Though I understand it's fun to make them, I do it too sometimes.
	11:11am Rocky Horror: Love this one
	11:12am Linda Lee: y'know, i never approached it that way. it was always pure escapism.
	👻 11:12am Hughie Considine: Great show, Mr. McG! All hail Phil Lynott: Born August 20, 1949
	11:13am Devin B.: HBD Phil Lynott!
	11:13am TheLoneliestMonk: tarantino tries, but he just ends up making violent baby movies with snarky dialogue. he thinks he gets it, but he really doesn't. TOO much ya-yo, methinks..
	11:14am Joe McG: Apparently, Phil hated this song and the band never played it live. I think he was wrong!
	11:15am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL sergio leone & kurosawa made careers of it!
	11:15am Linda Lee: never felt attracted to Tarantino. i liked Pulp Fiction ok, but didn't everyone?
	11:15am Roberto: I like Lynott a lott.
	11:16am JakeGould: “Pulp Fiction” was fine until you realize that Tarantino is just rehashing the same formula over and over. I liked “Jackie Brown” but I can’t ever care to see his films more than once.
	11:16am rw: Good morning!
	11:16am Linda Lee: i do like sergio leone for the camp value. kurosawa is still unknown to me, generally. as i say: plebe. i spent 40 years in new york with full access to the world's great cinema, but i had my fun elsewhere.
	11:16am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL reservoir dogs & pulp fiction were engaging. like a friend of mine says, "he made 1 1/2 decent movies and has been living off it ever since"
	11:17am Linda Lee: wasn't the rehashing in PF the point? the story of the second chance?
	👻 11:17am karlward: I was bummed that I couldn't see the Lynott statue in Dublin, because someone hit it with a truck and it was removed from the street.
	11:17am Brian D: Man... two of my faves. Thin Lizzy and the Boomtown Rats!
	11:17am JakeGould: Oh wow! A “Boomtown Rats” track.
	👻 11:17am karlward: www.atlasobscura.com...
	11:18am TheLoneliestMonk: sadly, most of the repertory houses are gone (RIP theater 80), but walter reade is still there and a refurbished film forum. has anyone gone since it re-opened, BTW?
	11:18am Linda Lee: speaking of elsewhere .. that's where i have to be right now! :-D
	👻 11:18am Hughie Considine: It's a rat trap! Who'd have predicted his transition to Sir Bob?
	11:19am melinda: @loneliest monk haha, that is a good description of Tarantino and why I'm not a fan
	11:19am Linda Lee: God Bless Theater 80. :-)
	11:19am Little Danny: Mornin' Joe & all
	👻 11:19am tadpoles: Phil Lynott... proof that immigrants do great things for a country.
	11:20am JakeGould: If you listen to the demos “The Boomtown Rats” did back then around the time this album came out, it’s weird: Bob Geldof is clearly trying to be some weird new wave Mick Jagger with occasional allusions to Bruce Springsteen… Like this track. The demos not on the official album are straight out Stones wanna-be tracks.
	11:20am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL : ) TWO movies for 8 bucks and the friendliest roaches in the city!
	11:21am melinda: But I'm also not a huge fan of revenge movies either
	11:21am Aaron in Neukölln: I'm not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I"m getting a "service is unavailable" from the radio rethink player on the homepage. The pop-up player on the playlist is working fine however
	11:21am KP: Hello, Joe!
	11:22am Kelly Jones: Joe, you're killin' it this AM bruh!
	11:22am Tom Y.: Wow, this is so Springsteeny.
	11:22am Joe McG: Aw, thanks, KJ! @TomY: Very! Hey, KP! How's the Nation's Capitol?
	11:22am rw: Maybe it's just me but I heard traces of Springsteen in both the Thin Lizzy and Boomtown Rats songs
	11:22am Linda Lee: indeed. :-) got to boogie. just in time, too. have a great day today!
	11:23am Linda Lee: try a different browser, Aaron.
	11:23am fred: Dubliners! And I just came back from the store with a supply of Guinness
	11:23am rw: Tom Y! I guess you heard it too!
	11:23am TheLoneliestMonk: latah, LL!
	11:23am JakeGould: Speaking of revenge films, everyone needs to see “Death Wish” at least once: Charles Bronson’s wife is killed by a gang lead by Jeff Goldblum and the end of the film has Christopher Guest (as a cop) covering up for him. Also, Charles Bronson’s lack of emotions at all points is pretty hilarious. Especially when he is clearly trying to get upset. He just always is the same.
	11:23am KP: It's shaking and quaking but I live on a boardwalk and give all that no mind.
	👻 11:24am Brian in UK: Ronnie Drew, lead singer has one of the most powerful voices I have heard. Does not sound like him on BVB.
	11:24am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac are we goin' irish now? how 'bout some stiff little fingers!
	11:24am Tom Y.: Yes, rw, and so did Jake Gould earlier.
	11:24am mb: Tip o' the hat to you Joe
	11:24am pantz: Thinking wistfully of my trip to Ireland and especially the Cliffs of Moher. Thanks Joe!
	11:24am KP: I met Ronnie Drew of the Dubs. We talked for a quite a while.
	11:25am Listener Alexandra: Nice Rats pick, Joe! You couldn't have played 'I Don't Like Mondays'; that would have undermined all of the efforts Surface Noise has made over the years when it comes to making us actually look forward to Monday mornings ;-)
	11:25am rw: Oh, yeah. This playlist moves too fast. Hey Jake!
	11:26am Brian D: And then the Dubliners! You're making me weep, Joe McG. In a good way.
	11:26am KP: Ronnie wasnt really the lead singer. Luke Kelly was and is on most of the big early hits. He died and Ronnie move more to front..
	11:27am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG so, would you classify 'taxi driver' as a revenge movie, or just a profile of a disturbed, alienated mind. i think the latter.
	11:28am JakeGould: “The Handsome Cabin Boy” just reminds me of that failed Chris Elliot film.
	11:28am fred: Though I must admit that I associate Guinness more with Lee Scratch Perry by now, because of the insane ads (which everyone should see)
	11:28am museguy: Great show Joe ! Loved Thin Lizzy, Whiskey in the Jar youtu.be...
	11:29am KP: Sweeney's Men gave us Terry Woods of the Pogues.
	11:29am Joe McG: @List Alex: Ha ha ha! I forgot that that's a story song of sorts. @BrianD: Happy cry! Anyone ever hear Kate Bush's cover of this song? Quite nice.
	11:29am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG it ain't failed among potheads!!
	11:29am Rich in Washington: I learned of this song via Frank Zappa.
	11:30am Listener Alexandra: It's a story pretty well known in the city I call home...it happened here in San Diego.
	11:30am Ike: I'm late, but: Oh no, what happened to Mark V.'s show? Did she move away? I hope Jonathan Williger takes that slot (if he's able to do late nights). Also, I don't keep up with Tom Scharpling's show very well, but I love his parodies of Prairie Home Companion. Never could stand that show.
	11:31am JakeGould: @Ike: You ignorant slut, just look at the last playlist for that show. A job called! wfmu.org...
	11:32am lee in dublin: awesome set Joe!
	11:33am ɨkɛ: ROTFL. Guilty as charged.
	11:34am Joe McG: Ah, lee - an Irishman is in the house! :)
	11:37am fred: @KP: I have an infuriating non-story about The Pogues. Back in my college days, I once got to the pub where I spent a lot of class time, and the owner told me "sorry, we're out of Guinness; The Pogues came in last night and left in the early morning". Missing that night is one regret that still burns decades later
	11:37am melinda: @jake I thought of the movie too, though I haven't seen it.
	11:38am RomanDogBird: @Ike: what a coincidence, i was just listening to a clip of scharpling goofing on keillor about an hour ago
	11:39am Lixiviated Life: nothing changes
	11:43am JakeGould: Well, all I gotta say at this point is ragging on Garrison Keillor now as a schtick seems hacky at best. He’s gone and that’s that.
	11:45am ɨkɛ: Well, that's a long, long, long-running bit for Scharpling, and personally I always find it funny. We'll just have to agree to disagree, as with raccoons. (Jake likes raccoons. I think raccoons are CREEEEEEEEEPY AF and I hate it when they eat the food that my neighbors put out for the stray cats!)
	11:46am TheLoneliestMonk: @ike by "racoon", you mean possum, right?
	11:48am melinda: I liked PHC in the late 90s, maybe because I was in the Midwest at the time and it seemed relevant there. Watching the downfall of Keillor has been satisfying, though.
	11:48am Jeff Golick: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Mellow Candle, easily in the top 5 of Worst Band Names. Hi.
	11:48am ɨkɛ: Possums are kinda creepy too, but at least they eat ticks.
	11:48am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac stiff little fingers, please! i'm falling into a maudlin celtic spiral!
	11:48am MD: Rule of 3's BABY!!!
	11:49am MD: STOCKTONS WING please...
	11:49am Roger Roger: Another fine fine show!
	11:50am Joe McG: Whoops, James from Atlanta stopped in to say hello and things got a little sloppy! Had to recue VanMo.
	11:50am Dominick: nice nice nice
	11:50am fred: @Jeff G: I think you have a point
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: Great show, Joe. Alas no Horslips or Val Doonican!!
	11:51am Somebody: Yeah, great show as always! But seriously, what is the music that plays behind Joe when he talks? It sounds good.
	11:51am TheLoneliestMonk: @ike raccoons are delightful, mischievous lil' rascals..how can you hate on 'em?
	11:51am Joe McG: (Been that kind of program, but thanks for sticking with me, folks.)
	👻 11:51am tadpoles: #TLMonk...or some Undertones to go out with a blast!
	11:51am zopa: It's almost Van's birthday... and mine too!
	11:51am JakeGould: Thanks Joe!
	11:51am TheLoneliestMonk: ...of course, i never had 'em stow away in my attic tho
	11:52am Joe McG: @Brian: I checked out 3 Horslips LPs and didn't find one story song. Do they have any?
	11:52am MD: FADO...FADO...
	👻 11:52am Brian in UK: @tadpoles Positive Touch still get a spin in this house.
	11:53am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: an eclectic show that covered the 4 corners of the musical globe today...i enjoyed it thanks for the joe bataan!
	11:53am MD: a well deserved glass of Ishka-Baha for you sir! thanks!!!
	11:54am fred: I guess Scary Eire's The Dole Q doesn't qualify as a story, not fictional enough
	11:54am Joe McG: Bands I didn't get to: Loudest Whisper, De Danaan, Pogues, Dr. Strangely Strange...looks like there may be a Part 2 in the future...
	11:54am MD: Irish for whiskey...
	👻 11:54am Brian in UK: @Joe well there is The Táin but that is a concept album, outside your remit.
	11:55am TheLoneliestMonk: @tadpoles whoopwhoop!
	👻 11:55am tadpoles: #BrainUK...Val Dooegan makes me think of Viv...you know the Intro & the Outro!
	11:55am ɨkɛ: @TLMonk, I'll try to be nicer to the raccoons. Maybe I'll feed Don Felder to them. Thanks Joe!
	11:56am rw: Thanks Joe Mc Gasko! Good bye Madame George! Take care everyone!
	11:56am TheLoneliestMonk: @ike BwaHa!
	11:56am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everybody, as Van walks down the back street with the glove.... see you next week! Have a great one.
	👻 11:56am tadpoles: Thanks Joe... apologies for the spelling mistakes!
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: @tadpoles you might like this. www.youtube.com...
	11:57am KP: The rare auld stuff! Thanks, Joe.
	11:57am queems: thanks joe mcg!
	11:58am KP: Excellent Brian UK!
	11:59am blee: thanks Joe!
	11:59am melinda: Thanks Joe!
	12:00pm jt: thats a different version of Madam George....than on the album I think
	12:00pm Will: Mellow Candle needs to be heard again and again.
	12:03pm Irene Trudel: Lovely last set, Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 20, 2018

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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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August 20, 2018: And the loves to love to love the love

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Vince Guaraldi	Lucifer Lady "Lucifer Lady" by "Vince Guaraldi"	The Complete Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Recordings	Omnivore Recordings	2018	CD	From 1968	*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dennis Coffey	Chicano "Chicano" by "Dennis Coffey"	Instant Coffey	Sussex	1974	LP			0:08:47 (Pop-up)
El Chicano	Chicano Chant "Chicano Chant" by "El Chicano"	Revolución	Kapp	1971	LP			0:13:55 (Pop-up)
Santana	Se a Cabo "Se a Cabo" by "Santana"	Abraxas	Columbia	1970	LP			0:20:39 (Pop-up)
Malo	Just Say Goodbye "Just Say Goodbye" by "Malo"	Latin Bugaloo: The Warner Bros. Singles	Omnivore Recordings	2018	CD	From 1972	*	0:23:43 (Pop-up)
TNT Band	The Meditation "The Meditation" by "TNT Band"	Guarambembere: Nickel and Dime Radio 2018 Marathon Premium	WFMU	2018	CD-R	From 1968	*	0:27:10 (Pop-up)
Orquesta Akokán	Mambo Rapidito "Mambo Rapidito" by "Orquesta Akokán"	Orquesta Akokán	Daptone	2018	LP		*	0:30:51 (Pop-up)
Nick Ingman	Heartbeat "Heartbeat" by "Nick Ingman"	Big Beat	Modern Harmonic	2018	LP	From 1973	*	0:34:45 (Pop-up)
Gary McFarland	Fried Bananas "Fried Bananas" by "Gary McFarland"	The In Sound	Ace	2018	CD	From 1965	*	0:37:45 (Pop-up)
Joe Bataan	Shaft "Shaft" by "Joe Bataan"	Saint Latin's Day Massacre	Fania	2006	CD	From 1971		0:41:49 (Pop-up)

The Beths	You Wouldn't Like Me "You Wouldn't Like Me" by "The Beths"	Future Me Hates Me	Carpark	2018	CD		*	0:55:27 (Pop-up)
Tancred	Queen of New York "Queen of New York" by "Tancred"	Nightstand	Polyvinyl	2018	CD		*	0:59:52 (Pop-up)
Shiny Coin	What Would I Do "What Would I Do" by "Shiny Coin"	single	Shiny Coin	2018	MP3		*	1:02:48 (Pop-up)
Joan Armatrading	Drop the Pilot "Drop the Pilot" by "Joan Armatrading"	Track Record	A&M	1983	LP			1:05:51 (Pop-up)
Anemone	Baby Only You and I "Baby Only You and I" by "Anemone"	Baby Only You and I EP	Luminelle Recordings	2018	CD		*	1:10:08 (Pop-up)
Alan Munson	Good Morning World "Good Morning World" by "Alan Munson"	One Man's Journey: 1972-1979	Modern Harmonic	2018	CD	From 1975	*	1:12:57 (Pop-up)
Gene Clark	Yesterday, I Was Right	Gene Clark Sings for You	Ominvore Recordings	2018	CD	From 1967	*	1:15:00 (Pop-up)
The Louvin Brothers	Spoken Message from Ira Louvin / It's All Off	Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings	Modern Harmonic	2018	LP	circa 1951	*	1:17:54 (Pop-up)
Punch Brothers	Three Dots and a Dash	All Ashore!	Nonesuch	2018	CD		*	1:20:37 (Pop-up)
Cordovas	Step-Back Red "Step-Back Red" by "Cordovas"	That Santa Fe Channel	ATO	2018	CD		*	1:24:58 (Pop-up)

Single File: a special focus on Aretha this week, R.I.P.
Aretha Franklin	Chain of Fools "Chain of Fools" by "Aretha Franklin"	single	Atlantic	1968	45			1:36:37 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)	single	Atlantic	1967	45			1:38:46 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	You're All I Need to Get By	single	Atlantic	1971	45			1:41:35 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	If You Don't Think	single	Atlantic	1973	45	Aretha wrote this one		1:45:09 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing	single	Atlantic	1974	45			1:49:04 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	Mr. D.J. (5 for the D.J.)	single	Atlantic	1975	45			1:52:19 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	It Ain't Fair "It Ain't Fair" by "Aretha Franklin"	single	Atlantic	1969	45			1:56:29 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin	Do Right Woman - Do Right Man	single	Atlantic	1967	45			1:59:47 (Pop-up)

Story Corner: Songs That Tell Stories. This time: Ireland!
Thin Lizzy	Whiskey in the Jar "Whiskey in the Jar" by "Thin Lizzy"	Rocker (1971-1974)	London	1977	LP	From 1971		2:11:01 (Pop-up)
The Boomtown Rats	Joey's on the Street Again	The Boomtown Rats	Ensign	1977	LP			2:15:41 (Pop-up)
The Dubliners	Black Velvet Band "Black Velvet Band" by "The Dubliners"	The Second Album of The Very Best of the Dubliners	EMI	1972	LP	From 1967		2:21:30 (Pop-up)
Sweeney's Men	The Handsome Cabin Boy	Sweeney's Men	Transatlantic	1968	LP			2:26:00 (Pop-up)
The Johnstons	The Lambs on the Green Hills	The Johnstons	Transatlantic	1968	LP			2:30:44 (Pop-up)
Tír na nÓg	Tír na nÓg "Tír na nÓg" by "Tír na nÓg"	Tír na nÓg	Chrysalis	1971	LP			2:35:34 (Pop-up)
Trees	Geordie "Geordie" by "Trees"	On the Shore	Columbia	1993	CD	From 1970		2:40:55 (Pop-up)
Mellow Candle	Dan the Wing "Dan the Wing" by "Mellow Candle"	Swaddling Songs	Polydor	1994	CD	From 1972		2:45:56 (Pop-up)
Van Morrison	Madame George "Madame George" by "Van Morrison"	Astral Weeks	Warner Bros.	1968	LP			2:49:32 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am Linda Lee: Good morning Joe!
	9:02am annie: ok, good now i can go make breakfast. goodmorning noisy ones!
	👻 9:03am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	9:03am pantz: Yo Joe!
	9:03am Krys O.: Howdy, Joe!
	9:05am Linda Lee: which came first, 'Lucifer Lady' or 'Spooky'?
	9:06am Rob (Jerzcity): Mornin', Joe, all!
	👻 9:06am Ken From Hyde Park: Yip yip! Monday morning McGasko music mayhem madness! Including surface noise. Swag packages received intact, thank you.
	9:06am queems: hey joe mcg & all
	👻 9:06am karlward: You can't beat Guaraldi's left hand on those bass keys. He's a machine.
	9:07am Aaron Working In Newark: Good morning Joe!
	9:08am Devin B.: Morning all. Happy to report my swag arrived over the weekend. Thanks Joe!!
	9:08am queems: love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you
	9:09am Linda Lee: glad i'm not the only one :-) & 'spooky' began as an instrumental, too!
	9:10am TheLoneliestMonk: 'spooky' - '67 'LL' - 69
	9:10am sinner: Hey Khrys O: wanna dance?
	9:10am Linda Lee: wow. thanks Monk!
	9:11am TheLoneliestMonk: hey joe: do some porto rican boogaloo today?
	9:11am queems: @linda great minds! i didn’t even see that you posted that
	9:11am Linda Lee: been waiting to hear Dennis Coffey on fmu for a while now! 'Scorpio' was the jam in 5th grade. :-D
	9:12am Linda Lee: it's so up front though, queems! how could you not? :-D
	9:13am pantz: Funky Flute
	9:13am queems: @linda i got in later than that!! haha
	9:14am Ritchy O: I'm starving
	9:15am Linda Lee: better late than never!
	9:15am Joe McG: Hola, radio friends. Thanks for joining me this morning. Let's see where it goes.
	9:15am Linda Lee: what came first, 'chicano' or 'spill the wine'? :-D
	9:17am Uncle Michael: It's the first day of fall term at work and I can feel the Damoclean sword swinging above my head. It's also the first day I'm using my swanky new WFMU lunch bag. Thank you, Joe!
	9:18am MD: ROCK ON FREEFORM ARMY!!!
	9:18am MD: really corny...I know!!!
	9:19am Rob (Jerzcity): Oh yeah, thanks for the swag, as well, Joe. Received it Friday, which is stupid fast given our correspondence about substitute items on Thursday!
	9:20am Santos L Halper: Yo Joe. Reveling in my Swagmas bounty, gracias!!!
	9:21am Linda Lee: Viva Santana!!!
	9:23am Linda Lee: just boogie on into my new york childhood, Joe. that's fine. :-)
	9:23am Joe McG: Great news, Rob! We're getting there! Still some swag to get out, but we're getting there...
	9:25am Linda Lee: thanks so much for brilliant listener services, Joe! honestly.
	👻 9:25am tadpoles: Santana for the anniversary of Woodstock Joe? 49 years young.
	9:26am pantz: Woodstock started on August 15th, 1969. The very day I was born, so we missed that by a few days.
	9:27am mikeB: awesome
	9:27am Linda Lee: living about 20 minutes from Bethel now. Woodstock changed the landscape so beautifully. still hearing echoes today.
	9:27am Joe McG: OK, quick, what song does "The Meditation" sound like?
	9:28am Linda Lee: grazin in the grass.
	9:28am Linda Lee: damn this board is slow .. :-D
	9:28am Joe McG: Linda Lee wins on all counts.
	9:29am Ike: The massive army of angry red-eyed vampire-zombie rats slowly advanced towards the pathetic, stupid, cowering, drooling Don Felder, and then... OOPS! Sorry! I thought it was Tuesday for a second there. Never mind!
	9:29am listener Rey: Jump call! Meditate
	9:29am Linda Lee: just about to ask which came first .. :-)
	9:30am melinda: hi everyone
	9:30am Linda Lee: wow they even took the breaks! :-)
	9:31am Uncle Michael: It's also got some "tighten up" in it.
	9:31am Linda Lee: that's right!
	9:32am Joe McG: @Uncle Michael: Most definitely!
	9:33am Linda Lee: but the piano! :-D
	9:35am Brendan: Joe McMambo!
	9:36am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: any chance of some joe bataan this mornin?
	9:38am Joe McG: @LoneMonk: Sure, I'll see what I can do!
	9:39am JakeGould: Mellow Monday Moodz
	👻 9:41am karlward: That's it, I'm buying a güiro.
	9:42am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: so, did you see 'carlito's way' over the weekend too? ;D
	9:42am pantz: @karlward is that a fancy name for a fried banana?
	9:42am Sem: Ah, yes, a Sandpipers-vibe from the mid-Sixties. Lovely. Good morning, Joe, McGaskoes, all. haha, Shaft, indeed.
	👻 9:43am karlward: pantz: en.wikipedia.org...
	9:43am Sem: Trouble had a wonderful long talk w/ Mr. Bataan on her show not so long ago. Some kinda guy:-D
	👻 9:44am karlward: Joe Bataan was playing in Nyack recently and I missed it. He's playing in Brooklyn Saturday and I'm going to miss that too.
	9:45am JakeGould: Shaft on caffeine.
	9:45am Linda Lee: really! fantastic! brilliant man.
	9:45am Linda Lee: this grooves harder than isaac's. amazing but true.
	👻 9:45am karlward: Joe: you might give Bataan's show a shout out: AUG 25TH UNIONPOOL UNION AVE BKLYN NY 2-6PM
	9:46am Joe McG: You're reading my mind, karl!
	9:46am PKNY: @karlward : I feel bad for you, I got to catch Joe last summer, such a great show and band. They did a really dope version of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody"!
	9:46am MD: WE CAN DIG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	9:46am Linda Lee: that will be a show.
	9:47am MD: SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!
	9:47am listener Rey: A rousing start to the show. Really like Bataan's phrasing here
	9:47am MD: ONLY TALKIN 'BOUT SHAFT!!
	9:47am TheLoneliestMonk: where's vic ruggiero when we really need him? he would LOVE this playlist!!
	9:47am Linda Lee: just a dynamite cover.
	9:48am Brendan: This set can only be resolved by Copacabana
	9:49am pantz: Ah, so this is where Supergrass get's their Coffee in the Pot rift
	9:49am MD: McGasko! FIRE IS FLYIN FROM YOUR FINGER TIPS THIS MORNING!!!
	9:49am TheLoneliestMonk: Bataan has quite the checkered past. could easily be a character from one of edwin torres' books...
	9:50am JakeGould: NOW THIS IS SOME COMFY BED MUSIC!
	9:50am Linda Lee: good lord! Free!!!! come on folks, go!!
	9:50am Brendan: I’d love to hear you talk over some Barry White backing tracks, Joe.
	9:51am queems: joe choking made me drink water
	9:52am MD: first time out wit da new vocal chords!? LOL!
	9:52am TheLoneliestMonk: dammit Joe: get yo'self some eucalyptus drops!
	9:52am Linda Lee: Sr. Bataan is 76 years old. the new 40, apparently :-D
	9:55am Linda Lee: yes!! bring that Single File Joe! brilliant!!!
	9:55am JakeGould: Here is the 411 on Joe Bataan at Union Pool. www.union-pool.com...
	👻 9:56am tadpoles: Wow Joe..I thought you said the Bats and the female voice threw me.
	9:56am MD: dirty word!!????
	9:57am MD: Or a Dirty sentence!!!?
	9:58am Joe McG: No, just sleepy DJ! Operator Error.
	9:58am JakeGould: Never was heard… A discouraging word…
	9:59am Brendan: I m okay with rolling it back. I thought we needed another take on that first verse. Once more with feeling.
	9:59am MD: ME LIKE THIS!!!
	10:00am MD: LIKE THE MUFFS MIT-OUT -DA SCREAMING!!!
	10:01am MD: M.O.S......MIT OUT SCREAMING...
	10:02am JakeGould: Tancred’s Bandcamp right here; very 1990s: tancred.bandcamp.com
	10:03am Joe McG: @Jake: Both of those songs are so '90s that I almost feel nostalgic listening to them and they're new!
	10:05am JakeGould: Exactly! And for some reason this Fall-ish weather in NYC and being around Chelsea makes me feel I should head over to Disc-O-Rama to check out new “promo” CDs then head over to Tramps and/or Irving Plaza for a show.
	10:05am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMcG: thanks for the latino boogaloo this morning, a great way to kick things (including my culo) into gear!
	10:06am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	10:06am JakeGould: And here’s the Shiny Coin’s Bandcamp: shinycoin.bandcamp.com...
	10:06am Linda Lee: seconded on the culo. :-D
	10:06am Krys O.: OOH! Thank you for the Joan!
	10:07am queems: i like this bassline
	10:07am Roberto: Animal, mineral, physical, spirichal...
	10:07am MD: Armatrading...very interesting....I like...also...great seg....tnx!
	10:09am Linda Lee: wow, haven't heard this one in aeons!! :-)
	10:12am Brendan: I have no idea what the Joan’s lyrics meant: Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume Drop the mahout, I'm the Easy Rider Don't use your army to fight a losing battle Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual ... but who cares what a great song.
	10:12am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG all i know is i was very happy for the novelty of sleeping with the AC off last night!
	10:13am JakeGould: I need me my sunshine.
	10:13am Roberto: Yeah my friend and I played Track Record a lot in his car around '87-'88 and we took turns analyzing the wacky lyrics.
	10:14am JakeGould: @Brendan: I am utterly shocked that a pop artist’s lyrics would make no sense whatsoever. What do I pay taxes for?
	10:16am Joe McG: @Brendan: Joan's a pretty canny gal, I bet it all means something.
	10:19am Roberto: 'FMU be playin' the shirt outta the new Gene Clark release. That's a good thing.
	10:19am pantz: Ladies, please leave the room.
	10:19am Krys O.: Ah, good ole crazy Ira Louvin.
	10:20am choggie: Good ol Big Head
	10:21am melinda: Nice to hear the Louvins
	10:22am queems: oh wow, this is excellent
	👻 10:23am Brian in UK: Amazing to think that the comments board is in its twelfth year.
	👻 10:24am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Good music to come alive to this morning, Joe!
	10:25am JakeGould: And next year it will be it’s Bar Mitzvah!
	10:25am Krys O.: I recognized Chris Thile's playing from the first bars.
	10:25am Todd-o-phonic Todd: Great set, Joe. Thanks for introducing me to a bunch of acts in it, including Shiny Coin!
	10:25am fred: Good morning Joe and all
	10:26am SeanG: morning Joe!
	10:27am Joe McG: Hey, Brian! Hey Trista! :) Hey, Todd! Thanks to Jake for those handy bandcamp links. Hey Sean, fred, melinda, queems, all...
	10:28am pantz: This has Hot Tuna all over it!
	👻 10:29am Brian in UK: ...with mayo?
	10:29am JakeGould: The whole concept of literal “Hot Tuna” is disgusting.
	10:29am melinda: Reminds me of The Band.
	10:30am TheLoneliestMonk: Hey-O, ToPT!
	10:31am Chapelhillian: Sounds like grand theft of Up On Cripple Creek
	10:32am dave wuz here: hot tumor
	10:32am Linda Lee: Chris Thile is indeed hosting Prairie Home Companion. i don't like it either.
	10:32am JakeGould: YES! YOU ARE CORRECT! “Live from Here, formerly known as A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile, is an American variety radio show known for its musical guests, especially folk and traditional musicians, tongue-in-cheek radio drama, and relaxed humor.”
	10:32am TheLoneliestMonk: i was thinking 'little feat' myself...
	👻 10:33am Brian in UK: Joe, going to see Ethan Johns on Wednesday. a player as well as producer. He has a bit of the Band about him.
	10:33am TheLoneliestMonk: Garrison Keillor is such an over rated NPR vanilla whitebread loser.
	👻 10:33am doctorjazz: Yup, he took over for Prairy Home Companion but they renamed it ,Live From Here. Still just as bad ,though the music is better .
	10:33am Irene Trudel: Chris Thile (pronounced THEE-lee) is indeed the new host for at least the last year. The show is now called "Live From Here," not the most original name, and I do like the musical segments. The comedy, not so much.
	10:35am melinda: I have Track Record, and yes to more Joan Armatrading!
	10:35am Linda Lee: Keillor showed his true colors when he sued some young kid who posted a PHC parody online. honestly, really?
	10:35am JakeGould: Will just say this, I hated “Prairie Home Companion”’s humor when I first heard it, but then I laughed at a few shows before Garrison got kicked off. The kind of humor that “Live From Here” engages in is distinctly midwestern. And this Brooklyn born kid can’t stand it.
	10:36am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL: BwaHa, really? double dutch LOS-AR, and quite the nasty drunk (in the past) from what i've heard too
	10:37am Linda Lee: those beautiful red Atlantic 45s!!! let's go babe.
	10:37am Irene Trudel: Agreed, Jake, the comedy's not all that funny.
	10:37am MD: Now she's is gone I am realizing How AMAZING She truly was!!!
	10:37am melinda: @jake I agree hot tuna is gross
	10:38am fred: Any news about who will replace Tenderness Junction? (I loved that show)
	10:38am dave wuz here: retha!
	10:38am MD: I AM MAD AT MYSELF!!! I GUESS BETTER LATE...THAN NEVER...RIP THE QUEEN!!!
	10:39am TheLoneliestMonk: accoring to nat review, not quite in the same league as kelly clarkson or linda ronstadt! :D
	10:39am pantz: No one has had a tuna steak, I guess. Actually quite good.
	10:39am Linda Lee: always got a whiff of that innate nastiness, myself. & i think his fans did too. they liked it.
	10:39am Joe McG: Oops, my copy of "I Never Loved a Man" has seen better days. Sorry!
	10:40am JakeGould: “Chain of Fools” and “Rock Steady” are great! Joe! Did you read this interview with John Landis about Aretha Franklin? Some great stuff: “So we got a piano, she sat in a recording studio, and it was Universal Studios’ recording studios in Chicago, a very old, funky studio we were delighted to be in because it was where Chess Records did all their recordings. We had a piano for her. She sat with her back to us, at the keys, and the piano and her voice was mic’d. She did it once, listened to the playback. She said, “I’d like to do it again.” She played piano as she sang, and the second take is the one in the movie.” deadline.com...
	10:40am Kelly Jones: Aretha.... GAWD DAMN GIRL!
	👻 10:41am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Was in a thrift store in Gloucester yesterday and as soon as I came in the woman that owned the store started playing Aretha. We looked at each other and whooh. Heavy emotional moment. Felt my heart swell. Oy.
	10:41am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL: that's EVERY midwestener. the surface politeness is to cover the fact that they all have the soul of ed gein or martin bormann
	10:41am Linda Lee: Joe, this record won't sound bad 'less you burn it.
	10:41am JakeGould: @Irene: On the positive side I like to bring up “Prairie Home Companion”/“Live From Here” when I point out what the world of comedy would be if it was just WASPy. Bleagh!
	10:42am melinda: One of my Aretha favorites.
	10:42am Linda Lee: whoa! that's pretty inclusive :-D
	10:44am Krys O.: The world was lucky to have such a giant talent and stupendous human.
	10:44am Linda Lee: what a gorgeous cover! new to me. thanks Joe!
	10:44am Joe McG: @Linda Lee: Good point!
	10:44am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL we had one from michigan on my job for a coupla years. totally saccharine on the surface...was campaigning for my job and trashing me behind the scenes the entire time she was here...and i expected nothing less
	10:45am fred: @pantz: I have, and I love it
	10:46am melinda: @pantz I was thinking canned. Canned Tuna and Hot Heat would have been more logical band names, who knows what they were thinking.
	10:46am Itzall Ablurr: Busy Monday and loving this show so I went ahead and starred up on the entire episode. Thank you Joe, and thank you so much for the embarrassment of riches that was my Swag delivery last week! All shirts will be worn, if not simultaneously, and the Explorer's Room CD has been living in my deck for days. FUN!
	10:46am sinner: Ahh! I can't handle it.
	10:47am Linda Lee: gosh. why the midwestern thing? genetic boredom?
	10:48am Linda Lee: @melinda ~ thing is, band names in the 60s were purposely illogical :-)
	10:48am melinda: What's with the Midwest bashing? Geez.
	10:48am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL the children of the corn have invaded my city and turned it into a giant tourist trap (and strip mall) with the help of bloomberg. they are evil, EVIL i tells ya!
	10:50am Kelly Jones: I'm in an Aretha fever....
	10:50am Mick: Thanks much for this set, Joe
	10:52am Linda Lee: well, Bloomberg was from Massachusettes. so evil is truly just an aspect of our national character. :-D
	10:52am Joe McG: Hey, Kelly! @Mick: You bet. I think she sounds best on singles, actually. I have a few of her LPs and I like some of them, but my fave is still "Aretha's Gold," which is her first singles comp (I think).
	10:53am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL exactly! another carpet bagger!
	10:54am Linda Lee: i owned & loved Aretha's 'Spanish Harlem' new on 45. just loved it. (later to have my cherry stolen by Mr. Stoller's very progeny .. but that's another story.)
	10:54am Joe McG: Aretha was so considerate that she thought about the poor DJs who have to hang in there when they're tired! :)
	10:54am melinda: @Linda I know, it was a joke.
	10:55am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL - wait, what?? you mean as in 'leiber & stoller'?
	10:55am pantz: Aretha was from the Midwest, so let's consider that.
	10:56am TheLoneliestMonk: memphis is the midwest?
	10:57am Linda Lee: yes sir. the weasel.
	10:57am pantz: She wasn't from Detroit?
	10:57am melinda: @pantz good point
	10:57am JakeGould: @pantz: I kinda think if you are not white and from the Midwest it’s different. Just saying.
	10:57am Linda Lee: Aretha was born in Memphis.
	10:58am TheLoneliestMonk: and D-troit is its own thing
	10:58am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG x-actly
	10:59am Listener Alexandra: Beautiful tribute, Joe :-)
	10:59am Kelly Jones: Aretha is playing in Heaven.... hers and mine.
	11:00am melinda: The large cities of the Midwest are still Midwest.
	11:01am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: gonna play 'the weight' so you can sneak a little duane tribute in too?
	11:01am Passaic River Blues: This is my absolute favorite Aretha song. Do right, everyone.
	11:01am Linda Lee: Yes. "Do Right Woman" ~ her most gorgeous ballad, imo.
	11:02am Linda Lee: but Lord, who can really name one..
	11:03am JakeGould: @melinda: But slightly more tolerable and open-minded at best; more stratified and divided at worst. Look at St. Louis or Milwaukee for example. And even in NY state I’m learning about the divisions in upstate cities like Poughkeepsie. Anyway, THANKS FOR THIS SET OF ARETHA JOE!!!
	11:04am Linda Lee: those skips sure kept that rhythm. :-D
	11:04am TheLoneliestMonk: deniro ruined this tune for me, i always think of max cady trying to seduce a goofy teen aged chick
	11:05am Linda Lee: glad i haven't seen that one. :-)
	11:05am Somebody: What's the music that plays when the DJ is talking? I like it.
	11:05am TheLoneliestMonk: you never saw the remake of 'cape fear'?
	11:06am Sem: lead with wings
	11:06am Linda Lee: haven't even seen the original. i'm a real plebe. :-D
	👻 11:07am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Agreed (about singles)!
	11:08am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL aw hell, mitchum was wonderful in the original, and as crazed and over the top as the scorsese version is, it's probly the last movie he made with ANY passion in it at all
	11:08am Linda Lee: it's on the list. :-)
	11:09am Brett.L: Had to buy that Louvin record. Thanks Joe
	11:09am melinda: @Jake maybe so, I just have low tolerance for massive generalizations about large regions.
	11:10am Linda Lee: lately i find real life terrifying enough :-)
	11:10am pantz: Erin Go Bragh!
	11:10am JakeGould: @melinda: Fair enough.
	11:11am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL one thing cinema does well is revenge fantasies...you can work out a lot of bad sh*t vicariously!
	11:11am melinda: Though I understand it's fun to make them, I do it too sometimes.
	11:11am Rocky Horror: Love this one
	11:12am Linda Lee: y'know, i never approached it that way. it was always pure escapism.
	👻 11:12am Hughie Considine: Great show, Mr. McG! All hail Phil Lynott: Born August 20, 1949
	11:13am Devin B.: HBD Phil Lynott!
	11:13am TheLoneliestMonk: tarantino tries, but he just ends up making violent baby movies with snarky dialogue. he thinks he gets it, but he really doesn't. TOO much ya-yo, methinks..
	11:14am Joe McG: Apparently, Phil hated this song and the band never played it live. I think he was wrong!
	11:15am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL sergio leone & kurosawa made careers of it!
	11:15am Linda Lee: never felt attracted to Tarantino. i liked Pulp Fiction ok, but didn't everyone?
	11:15am Roberto: I like Lynott a lott.
	11:16am JakeGould: “Pulp Fiction” was fine until you realize that Tarantino is just rehashing the same formula over and over. I liked “Jackie Brown” but I can’t ever care to see his films more than once.
	11:16am rw: Good morning!
	11:16am Linda Lee: i do like sergio leone for the camp value. kurosawa is still unknown to me, generally. as i say: plebe. i spent 40 years in new york with full access to the world's great cinema, but i had my fun elsewhere.
	11:16am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL reservoir dogs & pulp fiction were engaging. like a friend of mine says, "he made 1 1/2 decent movies and has been living off it ever since"
	11:17am Linda Lee: wasn't the rehashing in PF the point? the story of the second chance?
	👻 11:17am karlward: I was bummed that I couldn't see the Lynott statue in Dublin, because someone hit it with a truck and it was removed from the street.
	11:17am Brian D: Man... two of my faves. Thin Lizzy and the Boomtown Rats!
	11:17am JakeGould: Oh wow! A “Boomtown Rats” track.
	👻 11:17am karlward: www.atlasobscura.com...
	11:18am TheLoneliestMonk: sadly, most of the repertory houses are gone (RIP theater 80), but walter reade is still there and a refurbished film forum. has anyone gone since it re-opened, BTW?
	11:18am Linda Lee: speaking of elsewhere .. that's where i have to be right now! :-D
	👻 11:18am Hughie Considine: It's a rat trap! Who'd have predicted his transition to Sir Bob?
	11:19am melinda: @loneliest monk haha, that is a good description of Tarantino and why I'm not a fan
	11:19am Linda Lee: God Bless Theater 80. :-)
	11:19am Little Danny: Mornin' Joe & all
	👻 11:19am tadpoles: Phil Lynott... proof that immigrants do great things for a country.
	11:20am JakeGould: If you listen to the demos “The Boomtown Rats” did back then around the time this album came out, it’s weird: Bob Geldof is clearly trying to be some weird new wave Mick Jagger with occasional allusions to Bruce Springsteen… Like this track. The demos not on the official album are straight out Stones wanna-be tracks.
	11:20am TheLoneliestMonk: @LL : ) TWO movies for 8 bucks and the friendliest roaches in the city!
	11:21am melinda: But I'm also not a huge fan of revenge movies either
	11:21am Aaron in Neukölln: I'm not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I"m getting a "service is unavailable" from the radio rethink player on the homepage. The pop-up player on the playlist is working fine however
	11:21am KP: Hello, Joe!
	11:22am Kelly Jones: Joe, you're killin' it this AM bruh!
	11:22am Tom Y.: Wow, this is so Springsteeny.
	11:22am Joe McG: Aw, thanks, KJ! @TomY: Very! Hey, KP! How's the Nation's Capitol?
	11:22am rw: Maybe it's just me but I heard traces of Springsteen in both the Thin Lizzy and Boomtown Rats songs
	11:22am Linda Lee: indeed. :-) got to boogie. just in time, too. have a great day today!
	11:23am Linda Lee: try a different browser, Aaron.
	11:23am fred: Dubliners! And I just came back from the store with a supply of Guinness
	11:23am rw: Tom Y! I guess you heard it too!
	11:23am TheLoneliestMonk: latah, LL!
	11:23am JakeGould: Speaking of revenge films, everyone needs to see “Death Wish” at least once: Charles Bronson’s wife is killed by a gang lead by Jeff Goldblum and the end of the film has Christopher Guest (as a cop) covering up for him. Also, Charles Bronson’s lack of emotions at all points is pretty hilarious. Especially when he is clearly trying to get upset. He just always is the same.
	11:23am KP: It's shaking and quaking but I live on a boardwalk and give all that no mind.
	👻 11:24am Brian in UK: Ronnie Drew, lead singer has one of the most powerful voices I have heard. Does not sound like him on BVB.
	11:24am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac are we goin' irish now? how 'bout some stiff little fingers!
	11:24am Tom Y.: Yes, rw, and so did Jake Gould earlier.
	11:24am mb: Tip o' the hat to you Joe
	11:24am pantz: Thinking wistfully of my trip to Ireland and especially the Cliffs of Moher. Thanks Joe!
	11:24am KP: I met Ronnie Drew of the Dubs. We talked for a quite a while.
	11:25am Listener Alexandra: Nice Rats pick, Joe! You couldn't have played 'I Don't Like Mondays'; that would have undermined all of the efforts Surface Noise has made over the years when it comes to making us actually look forward to Monday mornings ;-)
	11:25am rw: Oh, yeah. This playlist moves too fast. Hey Jake!
	11:26am Brian D: And then the Dubliners! You're making me weep, Joe McG. In a good way.
	11:26am KP: Ronnie wasnt really the lead singer. Luke Kelly was and is on most of the big early hits. He died and Ronnie move more to front..
	11:27am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG so, would you classify 'taxi driver' as a revenge movie, or just a profile of a disturbed, alienated mind. i think the latter.
	11:28am JakeGould: “The Handsome Cabin Boy” just reminds me of that failed Chris Elliot film.
	11:28am fred: Though I must admit that I associate Guinness more with Lee Scratch Perry by now, because of the insane ads (which everyone should see)
	11:28am museguy: Great show Joe ! Loved Thin Lizzy, Whiskey in the Jar youtu.be...
	11:29am KP: Sweeney's Men gave us Terry Woods of the Pogues.
	11:29am Joe McG: @List Alex: Ha ha ha! I forgot that that's a story song of sorts. @BrianD: Happy cry! Anyone ever hear Kate Bush's cover of this song? Quite nice.
	11:29am TheLoneliestMonk: @JG it ain't failed among potheads!!
	11:29am Rich in Washington: I learned of this song via Frank Zappa.
	11:30am Listener Alexandra: It's a story pretty well known in the city I call home...it happened here in San Diego.
	11:30am Ike: I'm late, but: Oh no, what happened to Mark V.'s show? Did she move away? I hope Jonathan Williger takes that slot (if he's able to do late nights). Also, I don't keep up with Tom Scharpling's show very well, but I love his parodies of Prairie Home Companion. Never could stand that show.
	11:31am JakeGould: @Ike: You ignorant slut, just look at the last playlist for that show. A job called! wfmu.org...
	11:32am lee in dublin: awesome set Joe!
	11:33am ɨkɛ: ROTFL. Guilty as charged.
	11:34am Joe McG: Ah, lee - an Irishman is in the house! :)
	11:37am fred: @KP: I have an infuriating non-story about The Pogues. Back in my college days, I once got to the pub where I spent a lot of class time, and the owner told me "sorry, we're out of Guinness; The Pogues came in last night and left in the early morning". Missing that night is one regret that still burns decades later
	11:37am melinda: @jake I thought of the movie too, though I haven't seen it.
	11:38am RomanDogBird: @Ike: what a coincidence, i was just listening to a clip of scharpling goofing on keillor about an hour ago
	11:39am Lixiviated Life: nothing changes
	11:43am JakeGould: Well, all I gotta say at this point is ragging on Garrison Keillor now as a schtick seems hacky at best. He’s gone and that’s that.
	11:45am ɨkɛ: Well, that's a long, long, long-running bit for Scharpling, and personally I always find it funny. We'll just have to agree to disagree, as with raccoons. (Jake likes raccoons. I think raccoons are CREEEEEEEEEPY AF and I hate it when they eat the food that my neighbors put out for the stray cats!)
	11:46am TheLoneliestMonk: @ike by "racoon", you mean possum, right?
	11:48am melinda: I liked PHC in the late 90s, maybe because I was in the Midwest at the time and it seemed relevant there. Watching the downfall of Keillor has been satisfying, though.
	11:48am Jeff Golick: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Mellow Candle, easily in the top 5 of Worst Band Names. Hi.
	11:48am ɨkɛ: Possums are kinda creepy too, but at least they eat ticks.
	11:48am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac stiff little fingers, please! i'm falling into a maudlin celtic spiral!
	11:48am MD: Rule of 3's BABY!!!
	11:49am MD: STOCKTONS WING please...
	11:49am Roger Roger: Another fine fine show!
	11:50am Joe McG: Whoops, James from Atlanta stopped in to say hello and things got a little sloppy! Had to recue VanMo.
	11:50am Dominick: nice nice nice
	11:50am fred: @Jeff G: I think you have a point
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: Great show, Joe. Alas no Horslips or Val Doonican!!
	11:51am Somebody: Yeah, great show as always! But seriously, what is the music that plays behind Joe when he talks? It sounds good.
	11:51am TheLoneliestMonk: @ike raccoons are delightful, mischievous lil' rascals..how can you hate on 'em?
	11:51am Joe McG: (Been that kind of program, but thanks for sticking with me, folks.)
	👻 11:51am tadpoles: #TLMonk...or some Undertones to go out with a blast!
	11:51am zopa: It's almost Van's birthday... and mine too!
	11:51am JakeGould: Thanks Joe!
	11:51am TheLoneliestMonk: ...of course, i never had 'em stow away in my attic tho
	11:52am Joe McG: @Brian: I checked out 3 Horslips LPs and didn't find one story song. Do they have any?
	11:52am MD: FADO...FADO...
	👻 11:52am Brian in UK: @tadpoles Positive Touch still get a spin in this house.
	11:53am TheLoneliestMonk: @JoeMac: an eclectic show that covered the 4 corners of the musical globe today...i enjoyed it thanks for the joe bataan!
	11:53am MD: a well deserved glass of Ishka-Baha for you sir! thanks!!!
	11:54am fred: I guess Scary Eire's The Dole Q doesn't qualify as a story, not fictional enough
	11:54am Joe McG: Bands I didn't get to: Loudest Whisper, De Danaan, Pogues, Dr. Strangely Strange...looks like there may be a Part 2 in the future...
	11:54am MD: Irish for whiskey...
	👻 11:54am Brian in UK: @Joe well there is The Táin but that is a concept album, outside your remit.
	11:55am TheLoneliestMonk: @tadpoles whoopwhoop!
	👻 11:55am tadpoles: #BrainUK...Val Dooegan makes me think of Viv...you know the Intro & the Outro!
	11:55am ɨkɛ: @TLMonk, I'll try to be nicer to the raccoons. Maybe I'll feed Don Felder to them. Thanks Joe!
	11:56am rw: Thanks Joe Mc Gasko! Good bye Madame George! Take care everyone!
	11:56am TheLoneliestMonk: @ike BwaHa!
	11:56am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everybody, as Van walks down the back street with the glove.... see you next week! Have a great one.
	👻 11:56am tadpoles: Thanks Joe... apologies for the spelling mistakes!
	👻 11:56am Brian in UK: @tadpoles you might like this. www.youtube.com...
	11:57am KP: The rare auld stuff! Thanks, Joe.
	11:57am queems: thanks joe mcg!
	11:58am KP: Excellent Brian UK!
	11:59am blee: thanks Joe!
	11:59am melinda: Thanks Joe!
	12:00pm jt: thats a different version of Madam George....than on the album I think
	12:00pm Will: Mellow Candle needs to be heard again and again.
	12:03pm Irene Trudel: Lovely last set, Joe!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 20, 2018

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