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Favoriting February 29, 2016: Moments

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Harry Richman  Puttin' on the Ritz   Favoriting The Vintage Irving Berlin  New World  1977  LP  From 1930    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Alice Faye  Slumming on Park Avenue   Favoriting Alice Faye in Hollywood (1934-1937)  Columbia  1973  LP  From 1937    0:04:08 (Pop-up)
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson with Don Redman and His Orchestra  Doin' the New Low-Down   Favoriting Follies Scandals & Other Diversions from Ziegfeld to the Shuberts  New World  1977  LP  From 1932    0:06:57 (Pop-up)
The Mills Brothers  I've Found a New Baby   Favoriting Chronological Volume 2  JSP  2000  CD  From 1934    0:09:09 (Pop-up)
Ruth Etting  Out of Nowhere   Favoriting Encores  Take Two  1981  LP  From 1931    0:11:59 (Pop-up)
Sam Browne with Ambrose and His Orchestra  Here Lies Love   Favoriting They Called It Crooning  ASV Living Era  1984  LP  From 1932    0:15:00 (Pop-up)
Harlan Lattimore  Strange As It Seems   Favoriting The Big Broadcast Vol. 11  Rivermont  2015  CD  From 1932  *   0:17:48 (Pop-up)
Russ Columbo  When You're in Love   Favoriting Charming Gents of Stage & Screen  Columbia Legacy  1994  CD  From 1934    0:20:48 (Pop-up)
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra  Are You Making Any Money?   Favoriting Where Have We Met Before? Forgotten Songs From Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley  New World  1977  LP  From 1933; vocal by Ramona    0:23:55 (Pop-up)
Leo Reisman and his Orchestra  The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)   Favoriting Leo Reisman, Volume 1  RCA Victor  1969  LP  From 1933; vocal by Fred Astaire    0:27:04 (Pop-up)
 
Cait Brennan  Good Morning and Goodnight   Favoriting Debutante  Black Market Glamour  2016  CD    *   0:36:15 (Pop-up)
Pony Time  Time Tells Me   Favoriting Rumours 2: The Rumours Are True  S-S  2016  LP    *   0:39:03 (Pop-up)
Quilt  Something There   Favoriting Plaza  Kemado  2016  CD    *   0:41:53 (Pop-up)
Living Hour  There Is No Substance Between   Favoriting Living Hour  Lefse  2016  CD    *   0:45:09 (Pop-up)
Tara Cross  Rain Sprouts   Favoriting Tempus Fugit  Permis de Construire  1988  CD-R      0:51:12 (Pop-up)
Cavern of Anti-Matter  Insect Fear   Favoriting Void Beats / Invocation Trex  Duophonic  2016  CD    *   0:56:09 (Pop-up)
The Bran Flakes  Feelings   Favoriting Ultimate Hits  Future Logic Dev Corp  2016  LP  mid-90s recording  *   1:01:41 (Pop-up)
The Rock-A-Teens  Woo Hoo   Favoriting Woo-Hoo  Roulette  1960  LP  At 45 (x2)    1:04:34 (Pop-up)
Roy Clark  Caravan   Favoriting The Roy Clark Guitar Spectacular  Capitol  1965  LP      1:07:33 (Pop-up)
Freddie Starr and the Midnighters  Peter Gunn Locomotion   Favoriting Mersey Beat '62-'64  United Artists  1974  LP      1:10:14 (Pop-up)
Puffy  Kore Ga Watashi No Ikiru Michi   Favoriting Jet CD  Epic/Sony Japan  1998  CD  This one goes out to Sheila B.!    1:12:51 (Pop-up)
Dionne Warwick  I Smiled Yesterday   Favoriting Presenting Dionne Warwick  Scepter  1963  LP      1:16:06 (Pop-up)
Squeeze  If I Didn't Love You   Favoriting Argy Bargy  A&M  1980  LP      1:18:48 (Pop-up)
Jonathan King  It's My Party   Favoriting Bubble Rock Is Here to Stay  UK/London  1972  LP      1:22:54 (Pop-up)
U.K. Subs  She's Not There   Favoriting We Do 'Em Our Way  Music for Pleasure  1980  LP      1:25:34 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for no reason at all
Lew Lewis  1-30 2-30 3-35   Favoriting single  Stiff  1980  45      1:34:13 (Pop-up)
The Everly Brothers  Temptation   Favoriting single  Warner Brothers  1961  45      1:36:13 (Pop-up)
Sally Skull  Bride of Frankenstein   Favoriting single  Vesuvius  1995  45      1:38:24 (Pop-up)
The Furnacemen  Sleeping Out the Storm   Favoriting single  Jubilee  1968  45  a.k.a. The Blades of Grass    1:40:43 (Pop-up)
The Mirettes  To Love Somebody   Favoriting single  Revue  1968  45      1:42:39 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Reed  Caress Me Baby   Favoriting single  Vee-Jay  1959  45      1:46:01 (Pop-up)
Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys  Tennessee Saturday Night   Favoriting single  Decca  1950  45  From 1948    1:48:54 (Pop-up)
The Status Quo  When My Mind Is Not Live   Favoriting single  Cadet Concept  1968  45      1:51:28 (Pop-up)
Tim Buckley  Who Could Deny You   Favoriting single  Discreet  1974  45      1:54:16 (Pop-up)
Iggy Pop and James Williamson  Consolation Prizes   Favoriting single  BOMP!  1977  45      1:58:38 (Pop-up)
 
Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band  High Castle Rock   Favoriting The Rarity of Experience I & II  No Quarter  2016  CD    *   2:11:14 (Pop-up)
William Tyler  No Marigolds in the Promised Land   Favoriting Parallelogram  Three Lobed Recordings  2015  LP    *   2:20:23 (Pop-up)
Disappears  A New Career in a New Town   Favoriting Low - Live in Chicago  Sonic Cathedral  2015  CD  Recorded live in November 2014  *   2:29:30 (Pop-up)
Heron Oblivion  Beneath Fields   Favoriting Heron Oblivion  Sub Pop  2016  CD    *   2:34:59 (Pop-up)
Shearwater  Radio Silence   Favoriting Jet Plane and Oxbow  Sub Pop  2016  CD    *   2:42:25 (Pop-up)
The Verlaines  Crisis After Crisis   Favoriting Juvenalia  Homestead  1987  LP  From 1982    2:48:54 (Pop-up)
The Kinks  Moments   Favoriting Percy  Essential/Castle Communications  1998  CD  From 1971    2:54:25 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Marcel M:

G'mornin' Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Marcel M:

I can't help but picture Gene Wilder and Abby Normal singing/dancing to this.
Avatar 9:03am
Wild Neil:

Good morning Joe et al. Peace be unto you all! Hey Marcel!
Avatar 9:03am
KP:

Morning, Joe.
Avatar 9:04am
wizard frog:

Fred Astaire did some insane tap dancing to this song. He was pretty good at dancing. Fred Astaire.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Marcel M:

Hey Neil, morning.
  9:06am
Brendan:

Hi Joe. Cool ! Just watched a movie , 'Blue Skies' last night and Fred Astaire killed it to Puttin' on the Ritz.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
doctorjazz:

Morning, all. Nice start to the show.
Avatar 9:10am
thedunkel:

Morning Joe! Morning All!
  9:14am
Billy London:

Ahh like a cool Monday salve this is
Avatar 9:17am
Joe McG:

Good morning, everyone, welcome to the week!
Avatar 9:20am
Wild Neil:

@Joe-great songs from the depths of the Great Depression...
Avatar 9:23am
annie:

sorry i'm late for class, i was making breakfast.. fore-going the second cuppa coffee
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:25am
ChrisB.:

Nothing like a little "Pops" on a Monday.
  9:26am
Brendan:

Aww might as well Jump err Leap!
  9:33am
Brendan:

The stream went haywire there a sec ago
Avatar 9:36am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Yes, apparently we're having some issues, folks. Are you getting both channels this morning?
Avatar 9:39am
bobdoesthings:

good morning! ... what is this about?! wfmu.org... it looks real?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Parq:

"Good Morning and Good Night" is how I feel. I've had my coffee and oatmeal, and a shower, and now I'm all set to go the hell back to bed.
Avatar 9:43am
Joe McG:

I hear you, Parq!
Avatar 9:44am
Wild Neil:

@Joe-yes, both channels in my new stereo headphones!
Avatar 9:45am
Joe McG:

@Neil: A relief to hear!
  9:46am
Brendan:

@Joe, streaming here. Lost a stereo channel for 5 secs , then it sounded like an alt stream came in over you during the set break for a couple seconds. Good since then.
Avatar 9:46am
Wild Neil:

@Joe-I was on the phone with NASA tech briefs, so I missed some of that...
  9:47am
BrianFromMA:

Ohh, this is great! I was just reading about Quilt on Friday and thinking I needed to check them out. This sounds great, thx for spinning it.
Avatar 9:48am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Thanks for keeping me up-to-date on the audio weirdness! There are gremlins on the wing.
Avatar 9:50am
Wild Neil:

@Joe-as they guy who played Captain Kirk said in the Twilight Zone-"There's someone....some...THING,....out on the Wing!!!"
Avatar 9:51am
Joe McG:

@Brian: No problem! I'd like to play more than one, I like the band's female singer, too.
  9:52am
MONEYBAG$:

I wasn't sure if there was an audio glitch or just something avant garde
Avatar 9:53am
Joe McG:

@Moneybag$: Ha! We like you to think that way.
  9:56am
Mark R:

Once I was listening to a very experimental electronic piece on FMU--a low rumbling sort of thing. After about 5 minutes I discovered that I had inadvertently switched from radio to turntable on my amplifier and the sound was the needle playing the rubber mat on my turntable.
  9:57am
Mark R:

PS I think Wild Neil would really like to tell us about his exciting new stereo headphones.
Avatar 10:00am
Wild Neil:

@Mark R. They are Sony MD-XD100's. They are tilted inside to point directly at my earholes. They are can type and surround my ear in luscious clear sound. They were only $15 but now they go for $60 or so on Amazon and are discontinued, kinda like one of those industry-standard Technics turntables. Very happy with them compared to the old 1970's headphones that did not work...
  10:02am
Mark R:

These are headphones, not earbuds, right? I love a tasty set of headphones. PS on a related subject, are Dr. Dre's Beats headphones all hype, a little hype or really fine headphones (albeit overpriced).
  10:03am
KP:

This is some Cavern
Avatar 10:04am
djsheilab:

Morning Joe + all! Annoyed I missed your 30s set. But this giddy spoken word ditty is FAB! I am holding onto the feeling and REALLY feeling that feeling.
Avatar 10:05am
Joe McG:

Sheila, I'm glad you're here, I'm going to play a song for you soon!
  10:06am
Mark R:

Oh, you loony-loony loony bird! "Woo-Hoo" is probably the best song lyric-wise, ever written.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:08am
JtotheK:

good morning all. i was tuned in via the app earlier - great 30s set to start the show!
Avatar 10:08am
annie:

the next toy i'm buying is a nice set of headphones... seriously.. and i decent player for streaming radio...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Parq:

Here's a cheery thought. Somewhere today, a greatest-generation grandma is explaining to her teenage granddaughter that, because today is Leap Day, she's allowed to ask boys out on a date. And the granddaughter is looking at her like she is speaking Chinese.
  10:11am
Mark R:

Annie, I'm not an audiophile, so take this with many grains of salt, but I use my laptop as my radio, streaming whichever stations I wish (usually WFMU, of course), hooked up through a very good amplifier and some good speakers, I think it sounds great. So if you've got a laptop, all you need is a plug--maybe you don't need to buy a streaming radio player. But you might have better ears than me.
  10:12am
Tim 07030:

I believe that was the quick-pickin' side of Roy, with the fun-strummin' held in abeyance.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:12am
tadpoles:

Mark R.....had to laugh at your turntable story. I once came home to find my toddler son playing with his metal Thomas the Tank Engine train on my turntable where I'd foolishly left a Scott Walker record.

Couldn't get mad at him as I'm sure those of you with kids know that Thomas and his pals go to bed via the big train turntable. Now have a precious Scott Walker LP pristine on one side and scratched to hell on the other. Of course it's only precious cos of the memory and I wouldn't sell it at any price.
Avatar 10:13am
djsheilab:

Yeeeeeaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Thanks Joe! Playing this loud!
Avatar 10:15am
Joe McG:

@sb: :)!
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annie:

thanks mark, i'm ready to graduate to a player i can use and not have to log on to the latop. the ipod touch works fine, but... well... i am looking for a table-top device, i've got a product in mind but well... wait a month and new technology will show up..listener Dale came up with a good one...Grace Digital has some nice refurbished for sale..and reasonably-priced
Avatar 10:17am
annie:

i rarely jump to these purchases swiftly..
  10:18am
Mark R:

I'm guessing this Dionne track is the one you're dedicating to Miss Sheila B.
Avatar 10:18am
djsheilab:

This Dionne Warwick song! Hadn't heard this before. SO good. Another one to add to the want list.
  10:19am
Mark R:

Oh, the Japanese one, of course! But I see you've also won her over with Dionne. Well done, sir.
  10:20am
Mark R:

That's one of the great lines ever.
Avatar 10:20am
Joe McG:

Singles remind me of kisses, albums remind me of plans. Eh?
  10:20am
Tim 07030:

How the HELL can this song be 36 years old this spring?
  10:20am
BrianFromMA:

I have the similar Sony MD-XD200, same story: I paid about $15 I see them online five years later for $60, WTF. They sound great for the price and are comfortable but they are "semi-open", not fully sealed. There's a switch on mine marked "music/movie" which is some kind of bass correction
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:20am
doctorjazz:

SQUEEZE!!!
(I use a Squeezebox Touch for streaming, can also stream what's on your hard drive. Can be had used probably about $50. Easy to use in general, but req3uires a bit of set up, which is not that easy, at least not for me...)
Avatar 10:22am
Ear Hammer:

SquEeEeEeEeze!
Avatar 10:23am
Ear Hammer:

This is a one-two punch of happiness.
Avatar 10:23am
annie:

yeah, he also recommended squeezebox...see, i'm the shopper who wants to SEE and TOUCH before i purchase, and all these things are online, no chance to fondle before i buy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Aw, I missed Puffy! Luckily I haven't missed the Debbie Gibson song that I assume is coming up soon…
Avatar 10:24am
still b/p:

Purchase Swiftly sounds like a woman of Salem in the witch-hunt era.
  10:24am
Brendan:

@sheila Leslie would be proud of Joe
Avatar 10:24am
Lewis:

more cowbell!
  10:25am
BrianFromMA:

Tim07030, Time sure gets compressed when listening to music you love. It seems like yesterday when it's decades old.
  10:27am
BrianFromMA:

Wow, the same guy who did Everyone's Gone To The Moon? Those crazy Brits.
Avatar 10:27am
djsheilab:

@Brendan Indeed! @Greg from Zone S Debbie + maybe "Silent Lucidity" too if we're lucky..haha! ; )
  10:32am
BrianFromMA:

When I was a college DJ I couldn't spin punk 45s for too long otherwise I couldn't make it to the bathroom ;)
Avatar 10:34am
Wild Neil:

@BrianFromMA-I get anxious when I visit NYC because there aren't a lot of public restrooms available and I go a lot...to the bathroom that is...
Avatar 10:38am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Ha, I have to go now... and it's too late! @Sheila: "Silent Lucidity" is VERY unlikely!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
Greg from ZONE 5:

QUEENSRYCHE RULEZ!!!

Wait…they're the ones that did "Radio Ga Ga", right?
Avatar 10:42am
Joe McG:

@Greg; Ha!
  10:43am
P-90:

Happy Monday Yipsters and Boingers
Avatar 10:44am
annie:

damn good show, i have to cut out early, though.. bummer.. enjoy the day people. remember to smile and love one another.
Avatar 10:45am
Joe McG:

Nice words, Annie, thanks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:53am
ChrisB.:

Status Quo on Cadet Concept? I never knew!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:54am
ChrisB.:

The sheer diversity of your singles collection is quite impressive, Joe.
Avatar 10:55am
Joe McG:

Thanks, ChrisB. My "taste" is all over the place, so it makes it really hard to be a collector in any sort of meaningful way! I just kind of accumulate favorite records as I go.
Avatar 10:56am
Lewis:

@Joe McG - I am familiar with that approach, and its ramifications...
Avatar 10:57am
Joe McG:

@Lewis: It would be better if I just liked ONE thing so that I could get everything I want!
  11:02am
Mark R:

I'm a big-time Iggy fan but I never heard this single. It's very cool--Williamson plays some nice slide on it.
Avatar 11:08am
Kurt Gottschalk:

never knew sally skull before, thanks for playing that. my bit of haphazard googling revealed that it's an all-female band (not one named sally) and that they only released two 7"s. now i wanna hear the flip.
Avatar 11:09am
Lewis:

I try to like a limited number of things at a time, but that doesn't really solve the problem
Avatar 11:12am
Joe McG:

@Kurt; The one I meant to play was called "Bone Monster."
Avatar 11:12am
djsheilab:

@JoeMcG + @Lewis I'm as specialized in my collecting habits as they come, but WFMU is chipping away at my one-track girl-pop mind. It's not good!!!
Avatar 11:13am
Joe McG:

@sb: It's a slippery slope! :(
  11:13am
Mark R:

Of course, but you couldn't stop giggling because you're in a state of arrested adolescence. "Bone Monster"--"we're targeting a14 year-olds!"
  11:16am
Mark R:

This Chris Forsyth track is very interesting. Is this a new release or a re-issue? This could be a mid-70s track, but I really like it.
Avatar 11:16am
Joe McG:

@Mark: New release, although he re-does a couple of old songs on it.
  11:16am
KP:

This Motel Band always gets to me
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:17am
doctorjazz:

Has a bit of a feel of Television, on quick listen (the Forsyth, that is)
  11:19am
Mark R:

Yeah I hear that Dr. Jazz--the twin guitar action, right? Really like it. I must confess I'm not familiar with this Forsyth fellow. Good stuff!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:19am
doctorjazz:

Not familiar either, the twin guitars, and a certain aggressive edgy energy...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:20am
doctorjazz:

You wouldn't think Allman Brothers.
  11:23am
Mark R:

No, that's a different twin guitar sound! Not all twin guitar bands sound alike! (Even the Beatles qualify, technically.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24am
Mike East:

This is that split LP with that droney guy, right? I think Fabio played the other side last week. Love William Tyler. I need more of his music.
Good morning Joe and everybody
  11:24am
Mark R:

This William Tyler track is gorgeous.
Avatar 11:25am
Carmichael:

Good morning Joe and listeners.
Avatar 11:25am
Joe McG:

Hey, Mike--Yes, droney dude on the other side. The other two albums in the set have some folky dudes and some noisy dudes also.
  11:26am
Brendan:

Hearing some Jansch influence
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:27am
doctorjazz:

Great guitar set so far!
Avatar 11:27am
djsheilab:

Gotta sign off now. Thanks for always setting the tone for my week, Joe! And for Puffy!
Avatar 11:28am
Joe McG:

Bye, Sheila, have a great week!
Avatar 11:31am
V Priceless:

Hey Joe! Digging the show! Way to go!
Avatar 11:32am
Joe McG:

Hey, VP, nice to see you!
  11:32am
Mark R:

Really loving this whole guitar instrumental set--really beautiful stuff. All by people I've never heard of. So very FMU to blow my mind with people I didn't know existed until this very second.
  11:33am
Ignore Function:

This Disappears record is great.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:37am
doctorjazz:

I generally think I've heard and know about lots of music, always surprised how much new stuff I hear on FMU as well. Didn't know a single artist in this set, have to do some catching up.
  11:37am
Mark R:

Now that it's almost March, I see the 2016 releases are starting to arrive in ample numbers!
Avatar 11:44am
Wild Neil:

Heron Oblivion blew...my...mind! You play stuff in genres I might never check out until you play it. So cool, Joe. Good job Mr. Dj!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Whosondephone:

Thank you Joe for helping me break free from my desire only to listen to KISS.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46am
Michael in Seattle:

i think SubPop continues to release some great music after all these years
Avatar 11:47am
Wild Neil:

@Whosondephone-my first concert, at the behest of a friend, was Kiss at Brendan Byrne Arena (the Meadowlands) back in 83 or so...the Lick it Up tour....
Avatar 11:48am
Joe McG:

@Whosondephone: I feel I've provided a very valuable service if that's the case. Although now I'm in the mood to hear "Love Gun."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
Greg from ZONE 5:

This is a JAM…
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:51am
tadpoles:

Your playlist today Joe reminds me how much I love your show. An eclectic mix of stuff that you obviously love and impart with passion to us. Thanks!
Avatar 11:52am
Joe McG:

Why, thanks, tadpoles! I'm glad you guys like some of the same junk I do.
  11:53am
Mark R:

Dumb question--is the Tom Verlaine in the Verlaines or did they just pick that name as a tribute or something?
Avatar 11:55am
Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, everybody. Have a great week! Stay tuned for the Three Chord Monte...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:56am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Checking the calendar and 02/29/2020 is going to be on a Saturday. The next Leap Day that's on a Monday is in 2044. Gosh!
  11:57am
TimBk:

Happy Bachelor's Day! So who's getting hitched?
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:57am
tadpoles:

No question Mark R. is dumb. Kiwi band Verlaines named after poet Paul Verlaine. They have a song called "Death and the Maiden" which references him. Cheers
Avatar 11:57am
Wild Neil:

Cool show Joe!
Avatar 11:57am
Kurt Gottschalk:

wow, that kinks song is really nice. never quite noticed it before - and i have the record. thanks, joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
tiago:

cheers for the show Joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks, Joe!
  11:58am
P-90:

Thanks Joe McG!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
Whosondephone:

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