Best of 2020 Part 2: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:01pm Son Of Pantz:

Howdy, Joe B!

12:01pm Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Joe and everyone else!

12:01pm spodiodi:

hi Joe B!
ready for all three chords B^D
hi all!

12:01pm P-90:

Belocklated Merry Christmas!

12:02pm hwait didmo:

Great show

12:02pm goes211:

Hidey Ho Joe and Co.!

12:03pm Threemoons:

Greets Joey B, fellow Chordates...

👻

12:03pm Ken From Hyde Park:

I want to be free to ride into 2021!

12:05pm spodiodi:

zero what now!? oh my

12:05pm Woo:

Go Go Joe!

12:05pm Mister Dobalina:

25¢

12:05pm listener monica:

love

12:06pm Candy-O'67:

Hey, Joe! Ready for some Three Chord Monte and the New Year!

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12:06pm OnTheTrain:

Joe B We were just playing the Go-Go's original LP at home on my kids toy record player.

12:07pm efd:

YEAH!!!

12:08pm egould310:

On vacation. Three chords and a cup of coffee. Might start some day drinking before the show is over.

12:08pm mariano:

Hey there Joe B, Crew, everyone. Happy almost New Year!

12:09pm PeterD:

I signed in to favorite this cover of Ah! Leah! . . . and it turns out I already had.

12:09pm Woo:

Donnie Iris Jagger

12:10pm dano59:

This cover is totally awesome

12:10pm Mike Steele:

Hey Joe!! Hey all!

12:12pm Candy-O'67:

I agree, dano59

12:14pm Son Of Pantz:

What a flamethrower of a start to the show!

12:14pm Cooh John:

Hello Joe B and listeners.

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12:14pm OnTheTrain:

Where are you moving to ?

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12:14pm xtrakrispy:

What @sonofpantz said!

12:15pm clarke:

hola from sunny NOLA, ya'll!!

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12:15pm OnTheTrain:

Tahiti, Bora Bora , Some other better place ?

12:15pm Candy-O'67:

Good luck on the move, Joe! I feel for you. I loathe moving

12:16pm clarke:

Donald Iris was The Man.

12:17pm Joe B:

Greetings all! Thanks for being here!

12:17pm clarke:

moving sucks!! sorry bout that!

12:19pm clarke:

that is the one time owning records is not great.

12:19pm Hubig Pie:

Throw the knuckle ball and you'll never need the Tommy John

12:21pm hifivicky:

lewsberg! excellent. I knew you were gonna play this!

12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Moving records Oof.
New beginnings !
Digging this LouReedy lyric...

12:21pm Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Lewsberg yeah!

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12:22pm Ken From Hyde Park:

♬ Grandma’s in the ICU this Christmas
Everyone was sick at Thanksgiving
You might say there’s no such thing as Covid
But I still can’t get Grandpa to believe ♪

12:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Even 'surge upon surge' sounds like fun : we need cameras on body bag piles. Ah well - pharma solution on its way USA. Roll up yer sleeve & bend over...

12:25pm Joe B:

Exactly Clarke.

12:26pm Joey joe joe:

Got Feelies vibe from that No Age song. Dug it.

12:26pm clarke:

i have a similar move to ponder in may...ouch

12:30pm clarke:

though i have never had to move on new year's day - extry ouch.

12:30pm mariano:

Where you moving to, clarke? Staying in NOLA or the area, I hope.

12:31pm clarke:

i don't know mariano?? not sure, atm

12:31pm McGroovey:

(late comment because I'm vacuuming) (taking a break) I live the Lewsburg Lewsberg whatever album. I got it the second time I heard a song from it. I need to play it more.

12:31pm Chop Scott:

Hey Joe!

12:32pm clarke:

rent is so much higher here than i expected, and i have some very specifics needs

12:32pm egould310:

The Slugs are like two 12 year old autists. Primal. Brilliant.

12:33pm Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Hi! Late cause I had to take security training for work. Eyes only. Hi everybody!

12:33pm spodiodi:

thanks, Michele!

12:33pm clarke:

also, not to pleased with the recent upsurge in crime!!

12:35pm clarke:

-too

12:35pm listener monica:

I bought 2 new LPs in 2020. "Foothills" is one of them.

12:39pm egould310:

Are we gonna get some Green/Blue in this 2020 retrospective? Asking for a friend...

12:39pm clarke:

funny monica, my record-ordering has fallen off, too (mostly because of pondering the aformentioned move). need to order new Bats.

12:40pm JG:

Show always makes my Monday, Happy New Year Joe and 3 Chorders

12:40pm bigplanetnoise:

Howdy JB and all!

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12:41pm Mike From Brooklyn:

Good afternoon Joe! Joining late but looking forward to your 2020 favorites or anything else you deem worthy of listening to.
Seasons greetings you, skeletons, and fellow listeners!

12:42pm clarke:

nice lil' set you done put together here

12:42pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Always look forward to Joe's end of year wrap up shows...so many cool tunes I missed!

12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Damn but the Musics feel good.

12:43pm Mister Dobalina:

Pow pOw POW!

12:44pm clarke:

RR - u a fan of Letterkenny? (i am!)
TopT - fun show sat (the part i heard)

12:44pm Hubig Pie:

NOLA's cheap rents boho heyday ended in the late '90's

12:44pm Carmichael:

Hey Joe and Monday listeners.

12:47pm clarke:

i disagree that nola is cheap - it was when i grew up here, and lived here, again, before - NOT NOW.

12:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@clarke: I understand that as a result of Katrina things actually got more expensive down there.

12:48pm Dennis Diken:

go Joe! thanks for turning us on to so much cool noise this year!

12:48pm clarke:

it sure is gentrified here

12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

clarke - I rarely has / does contempo TVs - but I'll note your enthusiasm !
Yeah not usually into year-end roundups - NewYears too arbitrary & obligatory - but this year different somehow...

12:50pm Handy Haversack:

Joe and all the Montebanks! Sorry we're late. Important errands were run!

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12:50pm Hoboken Jack:

Hi Joe, skeleton, TOPT, EFD, HP Ken, Spodes, Jeff, Vicky, Mariano, Dennis, all!!

12:51pm clarke:

Dennis - can't wait until saturday! tell us about the Stymie and Spanky 'show'!!

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12:51pm John L:

Some more stuff for the next Bandcamp Friday. Extended to May, thankfully.

12:53pm Dennis Diken:

@clarke - will do this week in The Den, busy today!

12:53pm Handy Haversack:

clarke: Letterkenny: Can confirm!

12:53pm spodiodi:

hi Jack! hi Handy!

12:53pm clarke:

roger that, DD!

12:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Resonars - Nugget !

12:55pm McGroovey:

I want the new bats. I need to listen to more Resonars. Gateway Drugs: aren't some of them kids of someone from the eighties? I think I saw them opening for... someone... at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Swervedriver maybe? I may have that totally wrong.

12:55pm mariano:

Hey HoboJack, Handy, spodi!

clarke: Yeah, rents were so incredibly cheap here in the 90s. Then again, they were so much cheaper everywhere. When in lived in SF in the 90s, my then-GF had a studio on Haight a block or two from the park, and she was paying $575. Which at the time I thought was obscene.

12:55pm clarke:

howdy HH. still enjoying that tomato sauce batch???

12:56pm Handy Haversack:

spodi, Mariano, Jack: hello out there!

clarke, I made veggie parm subs last night -- a big hit! We siill have plenty of sauce. It's a hot one!

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12:57pm Hoboken Jack:

Hello McGroove and Handy!

12:57pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Matt from The Resonars had a banner musical year...he also produced The Exbats album!

12:58pm clarke:

that WAS obscene, Mar, ha ha. i need a place where i can make noise - a storefront or something detached from homes, plus can't afford a ton.

12:59pm Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Some tracks on the Marshall Holland Paper Airplane LP have a strong Elvis Costello vibe to them

12:59pm clarke:

been looking for ya, Mariano: have a report from Middendorf's!!!

1:00pm dave wuz here:

Middendorf's mmmmmm

1:00pm clarke:

Middendorf's was actually BETTER than i remember it last time or ANY time. got the thin-cut catfish (like i always do) - the BEST!

1:01pm Mike Sin:

I thank this show and WFMU for hipping me to the Exploding Flowers.

1:01pm Hubig Pie:

Mariano, we bought a house in Bywater '92. It was el-cheapo but surrounded by Sec 8 scatter sights and the crime was far worse

1:02pm McGroovey:

Yeah, I had it pretty much right. Three of the Gateway Drugs are kids of one of the Knack. And yes, it was Swervedriver they opened for. I think they were better than Swervedriver (who are one of my faves from the nineties) at least that night. Swervedriver had a sub bass player, playing a really wooly-sounding Gibson bass. Sounded like he was playing through a box of pillows.

1:02pm clarke:

Monsieur Sin!! sneakin' in.

1:02pm efd:

one of these years I'm going to wise up and just do two year-end best-of shows like this, instead of trying to rank albums and singles and comps and reissues and feeling bad about everything that gets left out.

Not this year, though.

1:03pm Handy Haversack:

A ton of the good things in our life have been possible only because we got into a rent-stabilized place in the late nineties and then another in 2004 before the rents around here went completely insane.

1:04pm clarke:

and veggie parms!!

1:04pm spodiodi:

hi mariano!

1:04pm NikiA:

so much love 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

1:05pm mariano:

Oh sorry, clarke, missed your Middendorf's comment. Glad to hear it's still good if not better -- haven't been there in years.

Hubig: One of my friends lived in the Marigny and Bywater in the 90s, was such a different area then, you're right. Unfortunately, in the 90s, Louisiana was still the place I was trying to escape from. So short-sighted. Then again, I got to live in some other cool places before they were totally Disneyfied.

1:05pm Joe B:

Whatever works efd!

1:06pm Handy Haversack:

Stick to your guns, efd!

1:06pm clarke:

that cheap place in SF was KEY, mariano!! little choice to NOT enjoy dat!!

1:07pm Megaroni:

Tuning in from Arizona- yeah baby! Feelin’ it

1:07pm spodiodi:

my first rent in sf in '96 was ~300/mo (x5 of us in a flat, SoMa)

1:07pm clarke:

i am considering going to Woodville, MS - a friend has an out-building on a farm there. not sure about anything these dayz.

1:08pm spodiodi:

i think a single one of my then-roomates is still there, enjoying the rent control

1:09pm spodiodi:

that sounds like something i'd be into, clarke. good luck with it

1:09pm Joe B:

@efd 2 shows wasn't enough anyway so might as well stick with one

1:09pm Handy Haversack:

spodi, that's a hypnotic avatar today!

1:10pm clarke:

yeah, have always dreamed about converting a barn into a studio.

1:10pm efd:

@Joe True, there's always going to be something that gets left out. I just can't shake that countdown fever! Too much Casey Kasem as a youth, I guess.

1:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

the rent is too damn high
the black market done gone thru the sky
around the block I'm standin' in the breadline
the company store owns my soul & all my time
cops put teargas up my eyes
...@ least we ain't no Socialists
(Repeat.)

1:11pm clarke:

maybe something will appear to keep me here.

1:11pm spodiodi:

must be part of why it appealed to me, Handy :)

1:13pm Carmichael:

Letterman's Top 10 lists for me.

1:14pm Dennis Diken:

yay Scott McCaughey!

1:14pm spodiodi:

speaking of icons, Carmichael, yours today has been making me smile :D nice

1:15pm Carmichael:

Thx spod!

1:17pm Handy Haversack:

Top Ten Punchlines to Scottish Dirty Jokes an all-time fave of mine, Carmichael.

1:18pm HyperDose:

Joe's show! Joe's show!

1:19pm mariano:

clarke: Those friends of mine in the Bywater in the 90s ended up moving to Picayune, MS, and really liked it. At the time, they made wrought-iron furniture, and they were able to have a large workspace.

1:20pm NikiA:

damn I'm on mobile and can't see @carmichael's icon. someone describe it to me!

1:20pm Carmichael:

"Of course she's served millions, she's a McDonald!"

1:20pm clarke:

oh, picayune is AWEsome - but, has been 'found' by the yups

1:20pm Handy Haversack:

This is one of our fave albums of the year, Eyelids. GREAT music for driving around in the sunshine on country roads.

1:21pm clarke:

i really love the folsom area, but same story there.

1:22pm Handy Haversack:

@NikiA: 2020 rated one star and "Would not recommend."

1:22pm mariano:

clarke: Oh really? Dang.

1:23pm clarke:

yes, picayune is THE horse area for the richies!! which is great, bcuz it is nice. but, not the cheap place it once was.

1:24pm clarke:

but... all those people probably want iron fences - so good fer yer pals!

1:25pm phoboken:

Loving these best of 2020 shows...

1:26pm clarke:

another thing i have considered is finding an old storefront in one of those towns where the downtown has died out.

1:26pm NikiA:

thanks Handy

1:26pm egould310:

Eyelids are promoting a listening party for today. Reissued vinyl and jeez they have alot of records. https://twitter.com/musicofeyelids/status/1343612717035266048?s=21

1:26pm Roberto:

Hard to believe it's been 100 years since the original version of this song came out.

1:27pm p/b:

Hey Joe - love this version

1:28pm Roberto:

Katie's voice is a revelation. I knew she could fiddle with the best of 'em but I had no idea she could sing!

1:28pm clarke:

oof! happened to see part of the film Tommy, last night - what a failure!!

1:28pm Warm custard:

Good Morning DJ THree Chord Monte. Love the Tommy cover for New years.

1:28pm Lizardner Dave !:

This is a great cover. Of course, the song is about a child witnessing a murder and being so traumatized by it he's struck dumb and unresponsive to visual and audio stimuli (though not physically deaf and blind) and people want it to be an optiimistic song about next year so...

1:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wrote a bit did Townshend. Loves Tummy & Quads rather great.

1:29pm Hubig Pie:

I can relate to the sentiments of this song

1:29pm mariano:

clarke: But on the other hand, you get to see Jack Nicholson in his only singing role ;)

1:30pm clarke:

ouch!! not while i am typing!!

1:31pm clarke:

...if you hear me typing.....

1:32pm spodiodi:

Lizardner Dave ! nice insight/comment

1:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Entwistle described Ken Russell as an insane Father Christmas. @ least the film is weird, has some surrealism - & a few good performances. & truly odd enuff can keep it away from the actual '69 Album in my head...

1:35pm clarke:

unfortunately the main problem with the film is that the songs were re-cut!! the performances are all awful. nothing has the impact of the original vocals.

1:35pm egould310:

Shadow Show yeah. That’s real nice rock n roll right there.

1:36pm Joe B:

@egould - definitely one of my fave discoveries of the year

1:37pm Handy Haversack:

Hotsie motsie, what a set that was, Joe! Every one a gem!

1:37pm p/b:

Acid Queen Sydney Powell

1:38pm clarke:

i mean, i LOVE ann-margret but damn.

1:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

clarke from the purely soundtrack view yeah - though Tina & especially Elton aren't bad. The 70s... An actually profound artful interpretation of Tommy it is not - true.

1:39pm Little Danny:

Hi Joe, hey everybody

1:39pm Joe B:

@ p/b - at least acid would explain a few things

1:39pm Joe B:

@handy - thanks!

1:39pm clarke:

tyler keith loves ann-margret!!

1:41pm clarke:

we have actually discussed that topic, b4

1:41pm Joe B:

@lizardner dave - well, we are already traumatized heading into '21 ...

1:42pm Joe B:

@roberto - agreed - check out the last two special pillow albums - she has a couple leads

1:43pm DjLorraine:

RevRabbi i look forward to your poems.

1:43pm ww:

JoeB - Like ToPT says, the People's Champ. Love your Album of the Year, despite it being more than 3 chords. I mean, that would be a feat: no more than 3 chords on one album.

1:43pm Handy Haversack:

clarke, Steve McQueen-level problems: deciding between Ann-Margaret and Tuesday Weld!

1:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

DjLorraine: Me too! Maybe I'll write one someday.

1:45pm ww:

To complicate things, I saw Raquel Welch in a 1970s western on Netflix the other night.

1:45pm clarke:

i'd take A-M there, steve-o (funny Thomas Crown was on last nite, too)

1:47pm clarke:

raquel gets a bad rap - i don't mind her acting.

1:47pm Son Of Pantz:

Who's singing this Swamp Dogg tune?

1:48pm clarke:

guessing here: Swamp Dogg?

1:49pm clarke:

loveless - good rekkid

1:49pm Devin B.:

Song of the year for me right here.

1:50pm egould310:

Finished my coffee. Just cracked a beer. Vacation hell yeah!

1:50pm ww:

@clarke: She sounds like a young Stevie Nicks to me...

1:50pm spodiodi:

this Lydia Loveless is great

1:51pm spodiodi:

cheers, egould!

1:51pm Joe B:

@pantz- record lists swamp dogg himself though there are many other guest vocalists. i guess autotuned?

1:51pm clarke:

there are a few clunkers on this album (unlike her others), but overall luv her writing.

1:52pm Joe B:

agreed clarke

1:52pm Handy Haversack:

Nice, egould! I just packed a six pack for our afternoon on the ferries!

1:52pm egould310:

Cheers spodiodi!

1:54pm clarke:

and when i say "clunkers" it is more production choices than song-writing

1:55pm clarke:

i am interested to hear what the gang thinks of McCartney III??? i think its ok.

1:55pm ww:

Hi-Risers!! Their Smooth Operator has become my new earwig. OMG.

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1:55pm Artie:

Just in time for lunch!

1:55pm clarke:

after a few listenings...

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1:56pm Jeff formerly from Rahway:

This track is so money baby!

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1:56pm Hoboken Jack:

Just play "Hot Banana" over and over again for the rest of the show. There's your best of right there.

1:57pm Warm custard:

I am lost in the playlist. Will someone please tell me the artist / song title of that Tommy cover earlier? Thanks
(I'm lookin' at you Rabbit)

1:58pm clarke:

1921

1:58pm Warm custard:

thanks clarke

1:59pm hifivicky:

well i'm assembling an office chair and this could not be a more perfect accompaniment! 🎶

1:59pm Joe B:

@clarke - haven't listened to mccartney III yet but plan to

2:00pm clarke:

i have mixed feelings for sure - but, have decided to like it, ha ha.

2:01pm clarke:

every song is a minute too long.

2:02pm Joe B:

I guess that makes up for mccartney 1 where every song was a minute too short!

2:02pm Joe B:

@Jack - sounds like a plan

2:02pm p/b:

dont you boys know any nice songs?

2:03pm clarke:

maybe - but shorter is better!!

2:03pm medson:

Hey Joe B and everyone. Rockin show, late chiming in

2:04pm Warm custard:

@clarke I heard one of the Mccartney songs and agree it was about a minute too long- That was the first minute LOL. Seriously, any artist that continues working all their life into old age is okee dokee with me. Artists seem to have lousy work when just starting and lousy stuff after the creativity has expired.

2:04pm mikecmusic:

Never chatted through the app before here but just checking in to say awesome show, Joe!

2:05pm Joe B:

hey mike! thanks!

2:05pm Joe B:

hey medson!

2:06pm Joe B:

thanks everyone for listening and checking in here, appreciate it

2:06pm clarke:

well - unfortunately macca's voice doesn't allow for the melody he once wielded - but, it suits this album.

2:07pm clarke:

this IS a fantasmic show, btw!!

2:07pm clarke:

i wuz supposed to be showered and outta here - nice day in new orleans!

2:08pm Mike in S. Jersey:

Weird Little Falls

2:08pm clarke:

luncheon can wait!

2:08pm Warm custard:

You don't appreciate me DJ Joe. I know i'm just your plaything. I know at 3:00 PM you'll drop me like a hot mess.

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2:08pm Hackensack Slim:

Hey Joe, Fine Sounding show! Looking forward to the Norton/Billy Miller trib on Friday.

2:09pm clarke:

where is Great Notch Inn??

2:09pm Handy Haversack:

We're heading out to ride the ferries! Crossing two rivers and touching New Jersey soil! Thanks for a great one, Joe B! Wish we could hear the whole thing, but time and tide.

Happy New Year, Lockers and Rockers and Montebanks, all! See youse next year!

2:09pm clarke:

probably in Great Notch

2:09pm spodiodi:

bon voyage, Handy!

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2:10pm Hackensack Slim:

Great Notch is in West Paterson NJ.

2:10pm clarke:

HH - sounds like a nice outing!! HF!! HNY!!

2:10pm Joe B:

great notch is in little falls NJ

2:10pm McGroovey:

I have a couple things by the Fox Sisters. They've put out a lot of stuff (including side things). I've lost touch with the Rochester music scene since I moved out of the in 2003. I used to go see all the local bands. Most were as good as any national touring band. See: The Quitters, The Priests, The Bloody Hollies (maybe they were from Buffalo), The Riviera Playboys, The Hi-Risers (and all Greg Townson's other bands),
..., and those are the roots/garage ones. There also noisey artsy bands.

2:11pm clarke:

ah.

2:11pm Joe B:

alright handy, have fun!

2:12pm p/b:

Who's Gonna Cry yup that says it all

2:12pm Mike in S. Jersey:

Hackensack Slim --- West Paterson is now Woodland Park.

2:13pm Mike in S. Jersey:

But they'll always be East Paterson and West Paterson to me :)

2:14pm Jeffrey Doucette:

Wait! Why does the image next to The Piggies' song show a KMFDM Single????

2:14pm clarke:

Lee Circle is always gonna be Lee Circle.

2:14pm mariano:

Bye Handy!

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2:15pm Hackensack Slim:

Thanks Mike S. Elmwood Park just doesn't have the same ring to it.

2:15pm clarke:

and i have MUCH respect for Leah Chase!!

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2:16pm brycepunk1:

Really digging this OT Sykes track

2:17pm clarke:

this is a stone jam my man!!

2:17pm Joe B:

@mcgroovey - wow riviera playboys! great band! bloody hollies were buffalo, yes

2:18pm clarke:

sadly - not this year's release, tho

2:19pm clarke:

ain't no one doin' it like this any more.

2:19pm Cooh John:

DjLorraine, good to see you on the comments board. Lydia Loveless is from Columbus.

2:21pm McGroovey:

The Facebook page for the Great Notch Inn says it's in Little Falls, but Google Maps says it's in Woodland Park. I'm gonna guess located in one of them, and has a USPS mailing address from the other.

2:22pm ww:

I have to say Champ, "you make my Mondays". Awesome.

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2:22pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Jack. Standing in line at the cable TV store to exchange my cable box that died the other night when the power glitched. They should have an app for Android TVs so a person can get the channels without a stupid cable box.

2:22pm clarke:

the only reason to look fwd to mondays

2:22pm ww:

McGroovey, it's all about the zip code.

2:24pm clarke:

ahhhh, THAT'S what its all about!! and i was thinking it was the hokey-pokey all this time!

2:25pm ww:

Glad to help straighten you out, Clarke!

2:25pm ww:

Although the hokey-pokey is right up there...

2:25pm clarke:

well - screw this hokey-pokey stuff

2:26pm McGroovey:

OK.

The boundary between Little Falls and Woodland Park goes down the middle of Rt 46 there. The Great Notch Inn is on the Woodland Park side of the road. But most of the area called Great Notch is in Little Falls (there's no inutilement Great Notch municipality). So it's settled then.

2:26pm clarke:

i have been trying to put my left foot IN fer forever!!

2:27pm clarke:

are those the same falls that Sam Patch dove off of??

2:27pm ww:

"and you shake it all around..."

2:28pm clarke:

well, it was kinda tough getting my right foot OUT first!!

2:29pm ww:

That would be a mess....

2:30pm Jimmy:

Joe, Thanks for including The Fox Sisters (as well as our friends The Hi-Risers & Trevor Lake) in your 2020 review. We appreciate it!

2:30pm ww:

But it would describe my dancing ability!

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2:31pm Hackensack Slim:

McGroovey, Thanks for settling that raging controversy.

2:31pm Joe B:

hey Jimmy! you got it, thanks!

2:32pm Joe B:

@hackensack slim - glad i didn't go with my first guess of Montclair!

2:32pm Warm custard:

All that Hokey Pokey subversive singing about 'putting it in and out' is alone responsible for all of America's wasted youth spent in the skating rinks and meth labs.

2:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

United States Pokey Service
...the Grinch Who Stole the Mail Sorters... except this Grinch doesn't even have a dog...

2:33pm ww:

WC, I think that might be the first time I ever saw meth labs and skating rinks used in the same sentence.

2:33pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Hi Joe!!

2:33pm McGroovey:

There was a great Rochester hard-rockabilly band around 2000-2003... What was it called? They were kinda like the Stray Cats with bigger amps.... with healthy doses of Black Flag and The Cramps. I wish I could remember their name. They did your a bit. I saw them opening for Hot Hot Heat (who were almost local, since Toronto isn't far away).

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2:34pm Ken From Hyde Park:

@Rabbit - The two small packages I sent out on the 17th finally arrived today.

2:34pm Warm custard:

Don't get me started on 'cruzin the Sonic' WW

2:34pm egould310:

Heavy Nebula/Fu Manchu vibe from this. I dig it.

2:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I tried IceSkating but I just feared breaking my bad...

2:35pm Stephanie:

Hi Joe! Honored FGC made the best of 2020!! And thanks for the birthday wishes!!!

2:35pm mariano:

Electric Wizard vibe, this River Cult.

2:35pm medson:

Good album.

2:35pm Joe B:

hey cheryl!

2:36pm Joe B:

@stephanie - happy belated!

2:37pm Joe B:

good call mariano

2:37pm ww:

WC, how the heck did I ever get so OLD?

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2:37pm Mike From Brooklyn:

Great show Joe! I've got to dash. I can't wait to hear what 3CM has is store for us in 2021!

2:37pm clarke:

we'll all do the hokey-pokey in honor of the bday!!

2:38pm myron feld:

this Idolizers song is pretty neat

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2:38pm Hackensack Slim:

Hey Medson, Happy Xmas and all that.

2:38pm McGroovey:

Frantic Flattops! (The exclamation point is mine)

2:38pm medson:

River Cult rocks in more ways than one. ;)

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2:38pm xtrakrispy:

smokin'

2:38pm mariano:

Later, Mike!

2:38pm medson:

Same to you Slim

2:38pm Warm custard:

The USPS delays are simply criminal. The head guy is UPS / Fed Ex type who is destroying the USPS for the benefit of those private carriers. i had to cancel order today that never arrived....yet

2:39pm myron feld:

and if it's any sort of tribute to The Saints "Stranded" then all the better.

2:39pm Joe B:

@mcgroovey - yes, they were (are?) great!

2:39pm Joe B:

@myron - definitely a nod/homage

2:40pm Son Of Pantz:

Whoever says there isn't any good new music out there certainly isn't listening to FMU.

2:40pm Joe B:

agreed, warm custard - a fucking disgrace

2:40pm clarke:

(again)

2:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Idolizers idolize Sonics Rendezvous? Works for me.

2:42pm clarke:

historically, the post office in new orleans has been NOTORIOUSLY horrible. yet, during the pre-xmas rush, they are pretty ON - which is even more maddening!!

2:42pm Michael K.:

Joe , I wish you and yours the very best new year. you deserve because you are the best !

2:43pm Joe B:

thanks Michael, same to you! hope to see you again one of these years!

2:43pm myron feld:

just bot the Idolizers EP -- thanks, Joe B!

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2:43pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Marcel M. still one of the River Cult members?

2:44pm Joe B:

enjoy Myron. if this shot ever ends, they will be in here playing live. well, at FMU I mean if we ever get back

2:46pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Rookie display veteran poise!

2:47pm clarke:

Packers win the superbowl TopT!!

2:47pm Chop Scott:

@Ken HP: Yes, Marcel is in River Cult.

2:48pm Joe B:

would be great to have packers chiefs rematch from super bowl 1

2:49pm Joe B:

hey scott! thanks, wasn't sure

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2:49pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Cool! Thanks, Chop Scott.

2:49pm clarke:

can the chiefs make it w/o edwards-helaire?

2:50pm clarke:

clyde is out for the season

2:50pm McGroovey:

Syracuse had some good bands, but not as many as Rochester. The best Syracuse band is still The Flashcubes/Screen Test, who don't play a lot anymore, but are fantastic.

2:51pm clarke:

most syracuse rockers moved to boston

2:51pm myron feld:

Bengals in 2022! Who Dey!

2:51pm TomDash:

Oh man, just able to tune in now - a belated thanks for Fun Time Objects, Joe! Will tuck into the archive when it hits...Happy New Year and all that...

2:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Saints are jelling at right time...I think besides The Packers...Saints, Seahawks or Bucs could wind up representing NFC. Bills could oust Chiefs, maybe Ravens.

2:52pm clarke:

Fuzzy, The Count Me Out's and a few more originally came from 'cuse

2:52pm medson:

Thanks for the great show Joe. See ya Friday

2:52pm radioronan:

Thanks Joe - great selections for year end. Best of luck with your move. Hope the new space is a step towards resetting 2021 for the better. Thanks skeletons..Cheers all!

2:52pm McGroovey:

This Nude band song is Todd Rundgren's I Saw The Light without the 7th chords, and with a dose of ELO added.

2:53pm clarke:

as huge of a saints fan as i am - we are ALWAYS going to get screwed by the refs

2:54pm Joe B:

thanks everyone! see you friday on the rock n soul stream and/or back here next week!

2:55pm egould310:

Thanks for the tunes. Be good. Be lock.

2:55pm spodiodi:

thank you for Part 2, Joe B!
thanks, Michele!
to the new year, all!

2:55pm clarke:

fine fine FINE show here, duuuuude!!
good luck with moving!!

2:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Darwin Galapagos Theory of Scene Evolution :
- isolated enuff to be distinct
- large enuff to be sustained
...far enuff from a larger Scene to prevent migration & miscegenation...

2:55pm HyperDose:

Thanks Joe! Nice way to wrap up the year.

2:56pm Woo:

Thanks for everything this year Joe and Michele and everybody. Good luck in the New Year.

2:56pm Stillwell Coney Islander:

Thank you Joe B

2:56pm Joe B:

yes thanks Michele!

2:57pm McGroovey:

The Flashcubes moved to Boston briefly, because one of the Flashcubes had moved there (the one who also leads former Syracuse band, now Boston band 1.4.5). My cousin moved there with them all, because he did sound and management for stove of them. The of the Flashcubes moved back to Syracuse. the 1.4.5 guy stayed in Boston. the drummer moved to NYC and it's still active around here.

2:57pm Warm custard:

Thanks so much DJ Joe Belock just beyond words of thanks

2:57pm Mike Steele:

Thank You Joe!

2:58pm JR HTX:

Thanks Joe!!!

2:58pm clarke:

be lock down!!

2:58pm hifivicky:

that was a really fun best-of! thanks Joe!

2:58pm Candy-O'67:

Thx, Joe! See you Friday!

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2:58pm Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Fantastic show Joe thank you!

2:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

' I like Joe Belock a lot. '

3:00pm mariano:

clarke: My mail carrier is an absolute angel.

Thank you Joe B!!!

3:10pm McGroovey:

To many typos in my last comment.

3:11pm McGroovey:

Tooo

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Sam Elwitt and his Swingin' Guitars	Green Grass	single	bandcamp	2020, duh		0:00:00 Pop-up)
The Go-Go's`	Club Zero	single				0:03:36 Pop-up)
The Isolation Jams	Ah! Leah!	single			Kay Hanley on lead vocal	0:07:27 Pop-up)
Howling Hex	Lies	Knuckleball Express	Fat Possum		for phil niekro? Neil Haggerty	0:09:57 Pop-up)
Fun Time Objects	Switchblade Serenade	C20/20 Go-Go!				0:13:06 Pop-up)

Silver Synthetic	Making Time	Out Of The Darkness EP	Third Man		new orleans	0:16:22 Pop-up)
Lewsberg	Through the Garden	In This House	12XU			0:19:55 Pop-up)
No Age	Sandalwood	Goons Be Gone	Drag City			0:25:06 Pop-up)
Vintage Crop	Gridlock	Serve To Serve Again	Upset The Rhythm			0:27:58 Pop-up)
The Slugs	Girly Gang	Don't Touch Me I'm Too Slimy	Related Records			0:31:34 Pop-up)

The Bats	Trade In Silence	Foothills	Flying Nun Records			0:33:16 Pop-up)
Matt Berry	Something In My Eye	Phantom Birds	Acid Jazz			0:36:34 Pop-up)
Gary Olson	Afternoon Into Evening	s/t	Tapete			0:40:31 Pop-up)
Exploding Flowers	Imagine All the Possibilities	Stumbling Blocks				0:42:38 Pop-up)
Gateway Drugs	Invitation	PSA	Aporia			0:45:54 Pop-up)

The Resonars	Even If I Could	2020 Blindside				0:51:25 Pop-up)
The Resonars	We Will Welcome You Back Home	Disappear				0:53:31 Pop-up)
Marshall Holland	When the Rain Comes	Paper Airplane	Mystery Lawn			0:55:20 Pop-up)
Sally Crewe & the Sudden Moves	Out There	Corona Drive	bandcamp			0:59:17 Pop-up)
Nada Surf	So Much Love	Never Not Together	Barsuk			1:01:11 Pop-up)
Sir Chloe	Sedona	Party Favors	Terrible Records			1:04:43 Pop-up)
Joy Cleaner	Selling the Mood					1:08:02 Pop-up)

The Junior League with Scott the Hoople	Summer of Flies	Summer of Lies				1:12:15 Pop-up)
Scott the Hoople	All Strung Together	Sad Box & Other Hits	bandcamp			1:15:03 Pop-up)
Eyelids	The Accidental Falls	The Accidental Falls	Decor Records			1:19:52 Pop-up)
Bully	What I Wanted	SUGAREGG	Sub Pop			1:23:33 Pop-up)
The Special Pillow	1921				The Who cover	1:26:15 Pop-up)
The Special Pillow	The Week In Review	World's Finest	Zofko			1:29:01 Pop-up)
Shadow Show	What Again Is Real	single			produced by matthew smith of outrageous cherry	1:34:11 Pop-up)

Tyler Keith	The Last Drag	The Last Drag	Black & Wyatt Records		Three Chord Monte album of the year!	1:39:24 Pop-up)
Bette Smith	Everybody Needs Love	The Good, the Bad and the Bette				1:42:07 Pop-up)
Swamp Dogg	A Good Song	Sorry You Couldn't Make It	Joyful Noise Recordings			1:45:40 Pop-up)
Lydia Loveless	Love Is Not Enough	Daughter				1:48:38 Pop-up)

The Hi-Risers	Hot Banana	single	Hi-Tide Recordings			1:54:15 Pop-up)
Trevor Lake	Quaran-Teen	Bunker Stew				1:56:44 Pop-up)
The Fox Sisters	Windows Down	Bust Out!				1:58:43 Pop-up)
The Pacifics	Laughin'	You Know You Make Wanna Stout!	Mistkäfer			2:01:05 Pop-up)
The Piggies	Love Letters	single				2:02:51 Pop-up)
Deena With The Poor Man's Opera	Thursday	single			any song about The Great Notch Inn is all right with me	2:05:14 Pop-up)
Girls on Grass	Who's Gonna Cry	single				2:08:16 Pop-up)

O.T. Sykes	Stone Crush On You	various - Stone Crush: Memphis Modern Soul 1977-1987	Light in the Attic Records		the singing dentist!	2:13:48 Pop-up)
Leisure	Lonely Nights	Side A	Nettwerk			2:18:50 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus	Wherever You Go	single	Silent Stereo		happy birthday yesterday to Stephanie Cupo of Fascinations Grand Chorus	2:22:22 Pop-up)
Thibault	Drama	Or Not Thibault	Chapter Music			2:24:47 Pop-up)
Sargeant X Comrade	Take Me Higher (Who Let the Devil In)	Magic Radio	Black Buffalo Records			2:28:11 Pop-up)

River Cult	Neo Dog	Chilling Effecrt	Tee Pee			2:32:43 Pop-up)
Idolizers	Stranded (Again)	Rusty Beanie's Bicycle Shop	Rum Bar			2:35:56 Pop-up)
Xetas	The Martyr	The Cypher	12XU			2:38:30 Pop-up)
Public Practice	Compromised	Gentle Grip	Wharf Cat			2:41:15 Pop-up)

ROOKIE	Sunglasses	s/t				2:45:24 Pop-up)
The Nude Party	Shine Your Light	Midnight Manor	New West			2:48:46 Pop-up)
Strange Magic	Master Blaster	Melatonin Doomsday Blues				2:52:38 Pop-up)

December 28, 2020

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