Favoriting The Hotwire Mandate with Mike Lupica: Playlist from February 18, 2020 Favoriting

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Favoriting February 18, 2020: Probably Problematic

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
The Boys  You Can't Hurt a Memory   Favoriting To Hell With the Boys  Safari  1979  Sending this jam out to Scott Williams and Bill Zurat.    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band  Faith Healer   Favoriting Vambo Rools: Big Hits and Close Shaves  Vertigo  1977      0:06:58 (Pop-up)
Orville Peck  Turn to Hate   Favoriting Pony  Sub Pop  2019      0:13:59 (Pop-up)
Plates of Cake  How Did You Cross That River   Favoriting Decline & Fall  Western Revisions  2020    *   0:18:37 (Pop-up)
Shilpa Ray  Johnny Thunders Fantasy Space Camp   Favoriting Last Year's Savage  Northern Spy  2015  Best song / song title of 2015!    0:22:36 (Pop-up)
 
Kelley Stoltz  Still Feel   Favoriting Double Exposure  Third Man  2013      0:29:49 (Pop-up)
Allen Ginsberg & the Gluons  Sue Your Parents   Favoriting 7"  Alekos  1981  Actually, no Allen Ginsberg on this track.    0:35:17 (Pop-up)
Gudrun Gut  Garten   Favoriting Wildlife  Monika  2012      0:39:07 (Pop-up)
Cyrnai  Digital Grit Box   Favoriting Tens Across the Board  Dark Entries  2020    *   0:44:19 (Pop-up)
Big Stick  Pleased to Meet You   Favoriting LP  Drag Racing Underground  2019  Sleazy    0:49:00 (Pop-up)
Destroy All Monsters  Meet the Creeper   Favoriting 7"  Radiation  2019 (orig. 1979)      0:51:50 (Pop-up)
Juana Molina  The Punkish Rat   Favoriting For Fun 10"  Crammed Disc  2019    *   0:56:44 (Pop-up)
 
John Morrison  SWP Hellfire   Favoriting Southwest Psychedelphia  Deadverse  2016      1:06:06 (Pop-up)
Beans  Toast   Favoriting Tomorrow Right Now  Warp  2003      1:10:15 (Pop-up)
Ricardo Dias Gomes & Star Rover  A Parada   Favoriting This Whole Emptiness  Timballo  2019    *   1:14:15 (Pop-up)
Heron Oblivion  Beneath Fields   Favoriting Heron Oblivion  Sub Pop  2016      1:17:10 (Pop-up)
Carla dal Forno  No Trace   Favoriting Look Up Sharp  Kallista  2019    *   1:24:35 (Pop-up)
Spike  The Golden Eye   Favoriting Orange Cloud Nine  Golf Channel  2013  Don Johnson vibes.    1:28:37 (Pop-up)
 
Roy Montgomery  Cocktails With Can   Favoriting RMHQ  Grapefruit  2016      1:37:05 (Pop-up)
Big Blood  I Have Known Love   Favoriting The Daughters Union  Feeding Tube  2019  Silver Apples cover.    1:43:12 (Pop-up)
The Goon Sax  We Can't Win   Favoriting We're Not Talking  Wichita  2018      1:49:24 (Pop-up)
Sonny & the Sunsets  Drug Lake   Favoriting Hairdressers from Heaven  Rocks in Your Head  2019  Summer jam of 2019.    1:52:27 (Pop-up)
Peter Laughner  Down at the Bar   Favoriting Peter Laughner Box Set (Pledging my Time: 1973-1977)  Smog Veil  2019      1:57:41 (Pop-up)
Barbara Dane  Working Class Woman   Favoriting I Hate the Capitalist System  Paredon  1973      2:01:48 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Gall  Crush, Soar, Rinse, repeat   Favoriting MP3  (Self released)  2018      2:08:47 (Pop-up)
 
Patrick Cowley  Nightcrawler   Favoriting School Daze  Dark Entries  2013      2:24:34 (Pop-up)
(with) Ethyl Eichelberger  Jocasta   Favoriting The Uproar Tapes Vol. 1  Antilles  1986      2:25:52 (Pop-up)
Mamadou Kelly  Politiki   Favoriting Politiki  Clermont  2017      2:31:04 (Pop-up)
Steve Hauschildt  Subtractive Skies   Favoriting Nonlin  Ghostly International  2019    *   2:39:54 (Pop-up)
Yuk  Paraiso   Favoriting Paraiso EP  Leaving Records  2020    *   2:45:56 (Pop-up)
Iggy Pop  We Are the People   Favoriting Free  Loma Vista  2019  Lou Reed poem. Info here.    2:48:12 (Pop-up)
Sixtynine & the Continuous People  I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives   Favoriting On a Distant Shore: A Tribute to Syd Barrett  Windless Air  2002  TV Personalities cover.    2:51:22 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  9:01pm
JakeGould:

Hello!
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Irwin:

I've waited years for this show. It better be worth it.
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Yes:

hello
Avatar 9:04pm
khd:

hiya!
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khd:

i hope we're gonna hear some dc post-hardcore up in this piece
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Mike Lupica:

Hello my old friends. Please excuse the DJ mothball smell, this might take a while.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Alison Porchnik:

DJ mothball smell always preferable to DJ urine smell. Or usually preferable.
Avatar 9:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...that's just Staysh smoking DMT for his B-Day...
  9:15pm
seedfriend:

Lovin it
  9:28pm
Joe Mulligan:

MIKE LUPICA! jus like the ole days
  9:28pm
steveL:

Oh, that was YOUR toe. No trouble.
  9:29pm
sugarwolf:

What a nice surprise to hear you tonight, Mike!
Avatar 9:29pm
mb:

Oh that Mike L. Howdy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Chop Scott:

Mike! My old friend that I truly miss hearing coming out of my radio--Cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
Pseu Braun:

So great to hear you on these airwaves, Mike. Everything you have said so far is true. Irwin is dead.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hello, Mike. You should see! We have the internet now!
  9:35pm
Therese:

Woo-ooo! Mike Lupica!
  9:37pm
Joe Mulligan:

Kenny G missing in action tho
Avatar 9:37pm
RobinSays:

Hello Mike! Robin who volunteered at WFMU circa 2000/2001 here. Great to hear you on the air:)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
chris_in_space:

Mike! We've MISSED YOU! I still fondly recall one of my favourite Lupica shows: RNC Remix, with Reagan-era punk rock! That was 2004! We were so innocent then. Good to hear ya tonight!
  9:44pm
keith:

Wrinkles? check Grey Hair? check Liver Damage? check Tinnitus? check Anything else we should know about? Welcome back to the airwaves!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
Mike Lupica:

Wow, this is like an FMU Ouija Board! Lovely to hear from you all tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Aitch:

Residents vibes in the garden
Avatar 9:47pm
khd:

imagine you went to sleep in 2012 and woke up in 2020... aaaaaand you were completely unsurprised. sort of an anti-rip van winkle, really, when you think about it.
  9:47pm
John from Florham park:

@mike I guess your not the sports writer:)
Avatar 9:48pm
khd:

om g did i just write idiocracy
  9:49pm
Yes:

Dancing time
Avatar 9:55pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Well, well (well!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Mike Lupica:

Sorry for the puke-inducing color scheme of this playlist. I swear, this was all very chic in 2007.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
listener 126464:

Hi Mike, cheers everybody! Big Stick Jersey Strong
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Ignatatus666:

Like your tunes Mike L.
Hello everyone
Balmy 40° in wastechester
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Charlie:

Holy cow, it's good to hear your voice!
  10:03pm
pgalub:

PREIST!
  10:04pm
BH:

so, has the technology for doing radio has progressed any over the last 7 years?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07pm
Tome:

WoW Lupica ,,, nice surprise indeed !<>! @BH more "fringes" <>
  10:07pm
steveL:

#seanceforshuggie
Avatar 10:07pm
mb:

Where did that "I got bit by a rat at a Biohazard show last night" rant come from?
  10:09pm
?:

Listening here in Montclair. You haven't lost a step!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Handy Haversack:

Evening, all.
  10:15pm
CC:

Hi Mike... I remember going through your shows when I was on Web TV..!.. I saved quite a few songs you played until Real Audio didn't work anymore...(:
  10:20pm
mike p:

Damn good mix. I’m engaged
  10:22pm
Philippe bastille:

Damn this show has been nothing but wonderful
  10:24pm
CC:

I always wondered how much you played off the cuff and how much was from a prepared playlist???
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:25pm
Ike:

Welcome back.
  10:33pm
CC:

kind of like postmodern, progressive, psychedelic jams!!!
  10:35pm
CC:

Of course Don Johnson had some input on the Allman Brothers Enlightened Rogues Studio LP...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
chresti:

Hello
  10:43pm
Juan Rapido:

I knew I recognized that voice from the aughts! Welcome back Mike. Come back more often.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Handy Haversack:

Hoo, this set's off to a blister!

Hey, Chresti.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
chresti:

Hi Handy.
  10:56pm
Tennessee Jeb:

This show is great
  10:57pm
CC:

Like a big breath of fresh old air!!!
  10:59pm
P-90:

Every track just hits the bulls-eye. Now this here is how a radio show is DONE.
Avatar 11:01pm
jt:

Never heard this version .. it's not on "Take the guitar player for a ride" now is it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Mike Lupica:

Nope, just on that bonkerz box set from last year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Mike Lupica:

Also, thanks all for the nice words on tonight's show! Forgot about what a swell bunch of folks you all are.
Avatar 11:02pm
jt:

Peter Laughner was so 'effing good. Makes me think Ohio must've been kinda cool at one point..
Avatar 11:03pm
jt:

Mike, yes, great show.. I kept trying to leave the room but didn't want to go too far from the speakers..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
mariano:

Oh wow, Barbara Dane's still alive, 92 years old!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Handy Haversack:

Damn. Augur.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
mariano:

Oh, that French bit was from La Haine (Hate), great movie. He's saying "When you're falling, all that matters is the landing."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
Mike Lupica:

Sharp ears, Mariano!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Handy Haversack:

Great movie. Nice catch, @mariano!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
mariano:

That's why they pay me the big bucks. Oh wait, nobody pays me the big bucks.
  11:12pm
CC:

I always like to guess the age of the DJs I'm listening to... Mike, I bet you're not a day over fifty four and a half???
  11:19pm
CC:

Are you sure this isn't Tom Waits.??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20pm
mariano:

Was about to say, CC - sounds like Tom Waits is having either a really good day or a really bad day!
  11:21pm
ParUbi’s phone □ □ □ □:

Very good! A nightmare crawled out of my rusted bbq
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Handy Haversack:

I was thinking someone finally realized the only way past Tom Waits is through him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
Matt Fiveash:

I recognize that voice! Mike! Holy shit! Sorry for saying Holy Shit! But exclamation point!
  11:23pm
Listener Robert:

Ach! Finally had to turn it off with the vomiting singing style, reminds me of death metal.
  11:24pm
Evan Cuts:

Rocks in your head? Now you're really taking me back...all the way to Prince Street. Good to hear you on the airwaves again, Mike!
  11:25pm
ameena from yugoslavia:

king
  11:25pm
abbie from mars:

KING!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
Chop Scott:

I've missed you on the air Brother!
  11:30pm
CC:

This kind of reminds me of Dr Smith from Lost in Space?!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30pm
Mike Lupica:

Thanks Scott! It's great to be here!
  11:31pm
ParUbi’s phone □ □ □ □:

Holy shit, this performance
  11:32pm
abbie from mars:

@CC I was thinking the exact same thing!!
  11:33pm
steveL:

Holy shit, indeed! Disturbingly relatable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34pm
Handy Haversack:

Fuckin' Tiresias, am I right?
  11:36pm
CC:

I love songs that have A minor in them!!!
  11:37pm
ameena from yugoslavia:

so good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38pm
Mike Lupica:

I hate Facebook, but finding myself wishing that I could 'like' all these comments. Glad you all dug the 'Jocasta' excerpt. It is a serious fave of mine.
  11:40pm
CC:

There's a lot better places than Facebook to go!!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:42pm
coelacanth∅:

hey Mike Lupica!
  11:44pm
maxi / kevin:

great show Mike!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:45pm
coelacanth∅:

haven't heard you in how many years? and managed to miss most of your rare fill-in.sorry!
i listened to you with regularity before the comments boards (or at least before *i* got on the comments boards)
  11:46pm
Jeremy:

Do you like Beatles songs Mike?
  11:52pm
P-90:

“...the density and immensity of a berserk nation...”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52pm
rsj:

you've still got it! do more fill-ins or whatever great to hear you on the air
  11:53pm
CC:

I'm voting for Bernie Sanders!!!
  11:53pm
steveL:

Killer show! Thanks.
  11:55pm
ameena from yugoslavia:

i'm voting for mike lupica
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55pm
Aitch:

Very nice indeed
  11:57pm
ParUbi’s phone □ □ □ □:

Great show, Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57pm
Handy Haversack:

Great show. Glad to have caught it. Thanks!
  11:57pm
dug:

love this set :-D
  11:58pm
CC:

a bow tie!!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
coelacanth∅:

damn. i know you're not close by here now but please do come around more (much more) often somehow
please!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
mariano:

Thanks Mike!
  11:59pm
ameena from yugoslavia:

mdou moctar?
  11:59pm
CC:

Righteous show!!!
Avatar 12:00am
mb:

thanks Mike Lupica. Twas a treat!
  12:00am
P-90:

MUST come back again SOON! Thanks, you still have that A-list FMU DJ knack for magically making three hours fly by.
  12:00am
P-90:

SEVEN YEARS?! God that makes me feel old
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:01am
coelacanth∅:

(...maybe the drummer stream?)

...shit i remember this bed music!
'Love you brother
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
Mike Lupica:

Tinariwen! That's what I was trying to think of. Sheesh!
  11:35am
Ali C:

We used to call it pork roll over in Central NJ
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