WFMU: Mona: Playlist from May 12, 2023

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm common: mona! all!
	♥ 3:00pm Handy Haversack: Mona! Monadnocks!
	♥ 3:01pm Krys O.: Hidey-ho! Looking forward to the John Robb segment. I'm a Membranes fan from waaaaay back.
	🥀 ♥ 3:01pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Hello Mona and fellow Mona-ers!
	♥ 3:01pm DanielMac Listener 272753: It's FRIDAY Ya'll!!
	♥ 3:01pm Midge: Hey there everyone!
	3:02pm love2laf: Goth Mona Lisa, seems very apropos for today's super special series of not one, not two, but THREE special guests! Allo Friday friends, hope you're all settled in and ready for the weekend kick-off.
	3:02pm winston legthigh: its happy time with mona!
	🥀 ♥ 3:03pm courtneynoir: [swoooon]
	3:03pm winston legthigh: ❤️+🚀🚀
	3:05pm ryansterlingvirtue: So excited for this! My fav guitarist
	♥ 3:05pm DjLorraine: Because...they're " alive, so alive“. Greetings Mona and music lovers
	3:06pm winston legthigh: love and rockets, june 9, kings theater, brooklyn.
	♥ 3:06pm Handy Haversack: ↳ winston legthigh @3:06 We're seeing Sisters of Mercy there just one week before.
	3:06pm Aaron Working In Newark: Good Afternoon
	♥ 3:07pm Polyus: Uh oh, that means the Bubblemen are coming back.
	3:07pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:06 if i hit the lottery, oh boy look out brooklyn!
	♥ 3:10pm DjLorraine: ↳ winston legthigh @3:07 Hey the blood, sweat & tears movie is going to play in Maitland.
	♥ 3:10pm Krys O.: Loved that Bauhaus tune!
	♥ 3:11pm Handy Haversack: ↳ winston legthigh @3:07 If I'd bet the Derby, I guarantee you I'd have had the winner. No way I'd let a name like that go by. But Derby day did an excellent job of reminding me why I'm done with horse racing.
	♥ 3:13pm DjLorraine: And Bauhaus!
	3:14pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:11 had the exacta for a buck but yeah, its brutal. fred and alan's horrific horse training accident drove home the human toll for me as well.
	🥀 ♥ 3:14pm courtneynoir: Do you mean as Daniel questions besides "Will you marry me?"
	🥀 ♥ 3:15pm courtneynoir: *ask
	3:15pm ryansterlingvirtue: I have a question, what’s your least favorite thing to talk about, and what is it Bauhaus? Lol
	3:16pm ryansterlingvirtue: Why are you so godlike?
	♥ 3:16pm Krys O.: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @3:16 Ha!
	3:17pm Cheyenne: For Daniel: (1) What's your least favorite instrument and why? (2) Tell us a wild story that happened on a tour or at a show! (3) Is there a favorite visual artist/writer/non-musician whose work has influenced your music?
	♥ 3:17pm DjLorraine: 🔮 i see dancing
	3:17pm winston legthigh: ↳ DjLorraine @3:10 maitland huh? will check it out if we head down that way, thanks! 🙋‍♂️djlorraine.
	♥ 3:18pm Krys O.: It's been 40 years since The Hunger was released. Does Daniel have any fond or bad memories about filming their segment?
	3:18pm Juli: I want to understand what that song meant lol
	3:20pm ryansterlingvirtue: That’s a good question Krys
	3:20pm ?: Ball of Confusion was on Express here.
	♥ 3:20pm Krys O.: Myself and other WFMU DJs used to play the first album starting out back in 1985. I recall Ball of Confusion came out later as a 12".
	3:21pm Juli: I understand everything clearly:: Ppl join clarity:::
	3:21pm ryansterlingvirtue: I thought ball of confusion was on the self titled
	♥ 3:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: May the twelfth be with you, Mona and Monables.
	♥ 3:22pm Krys O.: ↳ @3:20 That is correct. In 1986.
	♥ 3:22pm DjLorraine: I wasn't expecting this and i feel honored to be handed this front row ticket.
	3:22pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:11 pletcher got caught with his hand in the steroid jar.
	♥ 3:23pm common: ↳ DjLorraine @3:22 yea! this is great
	3:23pm ryansterlingvirtue: But it doesn’t really fit in the album I feel
	3:23pm g00berz: He just called PiL “pill”! I always get corrected on that. Pill validated
	♥ 3:23pm Krys O.: By the way, WFMU LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Tones on Tail.
	♥ 3:24pm Krys O.: ↳ g00berz @3:23 I always say 'pill' too. It's the proper way.
	3:24pm ?: Who came up with the LnR band name? Who was the Hernandez brothers comics fan?
	♥ 3:25pm Krys O.: ↳ @3:24 Nice question.
	3:25pm ryansterlingvirtue: I got tones on tail at the wfmu record sale that they did out front, from Olivia herself lol
	3:25pm Aaron Working In Newark: isn'tit on Express
	3:25pm ryansterlingvirtue: I can validate that the record was pretty beat up
	♥ 3:26pm Krys O.: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @3:25 That could have had my handwriting on it. I worked in the record library as a student 1981-1983.
	3:27pm leah: ooh good question.
	♥ 3:27pm Krys O.: Yup, 1983.
	♥ 3:27pm Handy Haversack: ↳ winston legthigh @3:22 American racing is just too cruel and commoditized. I'm leery of the lack of meaningful consent in the best of circumstances, but nothing in American racing can even smell the best of circumstances.
	3:29pm ?: an otherworldly being
	3:29pm g00berz: Bowie did seem like a nice guy. It’s a shame I can’t stand his voice
	♥ 3:29pm Krys O.: Thanks for that answer.🖤
	3:29pm winston legthigh: ↳ Krys O. @3:18 nice one krys o!
	3:31pm love2laf: ↳ Krys O. @3:29 Thanks Krys, that was a perfect question, and such a great response, and great memory for him too.
	3:31pm ?: ↳ Krys O. @3:29 that was a great question…
	♥ 3:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo ! How superkewl is this.
	3:32pm =e=: Come to Latín America!!!!!
	3:32pm ?: ha he’s totally without pretense. I love it.
	🥀 ♥ 3:34pm courtneynoir: If I were Mona, I would full-on turn into that Chris Farley interviewer character from SNL
	3:34pm winston legthigh: ↳ @3:24 i did not know that, thanks @?
	3:35pm ?: For Daniel: What were the inspirations for the videos - No New Tale to Tell and Yin and Ying the Flowerpot Man
	♥ 3:35pm DanielMac Listener 272753: These are some great stories...The Iggy/Ronson story is so incredible. What luck!
	♥ 3:35pm luka: when that bowie exhibition hit chicago 7-8 years ago they had that TOTP performance on a video wall and it felt like i stood there for a solid hour but it was only like 5 min. powerful.
	♥ 3:36pm Handy Haversack: Will Daniel answer the question about marrying courtneynoir? I mean, after a proper vetting process to make sure he's worthy.
	3:36pm ?: Cool! thanks for asking, Mona. I love that LA punk/art scene connection
	3:37pm Hubig Pie: ↳ courtneynoir @3:34 Ma-ma-ma-member the time when...... I love this song BTW
	3:37pm ITGLOWS: With such a long career, I wonder what motivates your songwriting today and if it is at all different from the start of your time as a musician? Have your musical tendencies changed?
	3:37pm love2laf: ↳ luka @3:35 Made a special trip to Toronto for the Bowie exhibit, it was just unreal. If Bowie came on set and said Oi you're wearing my shoes I'd be star struck too!
	♥ 3:39pm radioronan: This is amazing. Been waiting to hear the Ashes & Diamonds! Q: Any plans to reissue or mine his (Daniel's)solo works/ unreleased recordings? Q:He and the band worked quite a bit with John Rivers at Woodbine Studios - how did that come about? Thanks for adding east coast L&R dates!
	♥ 3:39pm prof.fuzz: afternoon y'all!
	♥ 3:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Just thot Bauhaus was super Creative with basically just the Guitar - Bass - Drums - Vocals format. (& so with all related - L&R, ToT) ...actually reminded me of the yARdbiRdS like that - not a comparison probly anyone might relate to... But just to make a point.
	🥀 ♥ 3:40pm courtneynoir: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:36 I've been vetting him since I was, like, 10 years old
	3:41pm TimC: I saw the Bubblemen open for Love & Rockets many years ago in NYC. Was it the band in the costumes or did you get other people to wear them?
	♥ 3:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:40 ...I suppose between yARdbiRdS & Bauhaus was Boowie, so to speak - straight lines of influence, not to overstate that...
	3:42pm Ejival: I think that after your successful 4th self-titled album, L&R, it seems, the band got seduced by the LA lifestyle. I always wondered why, after songs like Life in Laralay, An American Dream, LA got the best of you. That is my impression as a loving fan. Would love to hear about that. Gracias, from Tijuana (Mexico).
	♥ 3:43pm DanielMac Listener 272753: I got turned on to Bauhaus through Svengoolie on MeTV lol...through the Bela Lugosi's Dead
	3:43pm ryansterlingvirtue: I’m so happy I’m not the only one who suffers from this sleep disorder.
	♥ 3:44pm Krys O.: I've been getting up at 4am for 25 years for my job.
	3:45pm Mice of Mu: I vaguely remember a Love and Rockets appearance in one of Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes videos
	♥ 3:46pm prof.fuzz: Re: the "cut-up" method... do you also add non-cut /original lines to glue/blend the cut lines together?
	♥ 3:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Daniel Ash" 3-5 A.M. is Hour of 🐅Tiger in the Chinese system (accounting for Savings Time, one reason having that annoys me...) Two hours~ish before ⦿Sunrise, the ⦿Sun will be in the Astrological 1st House - self-expressive I suppose...
	3:49pm ?: thats awful
	3:50pm ?: wtf
	3:50pm Juli: <3
	♥ 3:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Daniel Ash" Oh yeah - the fire basically erasing his Studio is in the film about RickRubin - ShangraLa I think the name of both the place & the film...
	3:51pm ?: i don’t remember that fire being in the news. that’s insane
	♥ 3:51pm DjLorraine: I'm a bit vintage for a bumpy ride
	♥ 3:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:51 ShangrI* La
	♥ 3:51pm radioronan: Gen talks about the incident in their autobio.
	♥ 3:52pm DanielMac Listener 272753: ↳ DjLorraine @3:51 Ditto
	3:52pm Ejival: Tones on Tail was way ahead of its time, musically. Still sounds so adventurous today. Did Daniel Ash thought he was inventing the future of music (goth, electronic, ambient) back then?
	3:52pm ?: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:51 i’ll check it out, thanks
	3:53pm love2laf: Wow, thank you Daniel Ash for your time, thank you Mona for having this happen, great conversation. Excellent questions commenters, you all did a fantastic job.
	3:54pm Smog on the Tyne: Good evening all from a misty northern England. Mona, can we have something from The Associates please? "Skipping" or "Bap de lah Bap"?
	3:54pm Cheyenne: this was fantastic!
	3:54pm ?: Thank you Mona and Daniel
	🥀 ♥ 3:54pm courtneynoir: Damn I was hoping he'd blurt it out
	3:54pm winston legthigh: fantastic interview, thanks daniel and mona!
	♥ 3:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ @3:52 Saw it on the PlutoTV app : en.wikipedia.org... - def worth it.
	♥ 3:55pm prof.fuzz: very cool interview!
	3:56pm ryansterlingvirtue: Outstanding job Mona
	♥ 3:56pm Handy Haversack: That was great, Mona!
	♥ 3:56pm DanielMac Listener 272753: yeah- great job with the questions everyone! Thanks so much Mona!
	♥ 3:57pm Bernardo: ↳ luka @3:35 Omg I loved the Bowie exhibit. Amazing
	3:58pm leah: Terrific interview!
	3:59pm love2laf: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:55 Thank you for that, going to see if Pluto Canada has it, hubby will absolutely plotz for this!
	3:59pm Faux Jean: GreatListeningToThis. MySpaceBarIsKaputt.
	3:59pm winston legthigh: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:55 need to see that, thanks rev rab nov63! were you tuned in for the part where daniel was talking about astrology? thought it might interest you. think he's a leo.
	3:59pm Barefoot Jimmy G: Mona! I know the sax. What's your email address again?
	4:00pm ryansterlingvirtue: Those are impossible to find
	♥ 4:02pm luka: ↳ Barefoot Jimmy G @3:59 i think it was mona@mute.com
	4:02pm Barefoot Jimmy G: Especially that one!
	♥ 4:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ winston legthigh @3:59 Some of it ? I will have to check the Archive from the top !
	♥ 4:04pm Mona: mona@mute.com for a chance to win the love and rockets box set!
	♥ 4:06pm DjLorraine: I saw PIL in Miami
	♥ 4:06pm Handy Haversack: OK, I gotta take off to go visit a friend in the hospital. Sounding great, Mona, thanks! Stay darked, pals!
	4:07pm love2laf: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:06 Hope it's a good visit Handy, safe travels.
	4:07pm winston legthigh: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:03 it was early in the interview.
	4:08pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:06 cheers handy.
	4:08pm TimC: John's book is great. Its actually a slow read because they're so many fascinating details in the footnotes on every page
	♥ 4:10pm Krys O.: I have Robb's book, Punk Rock: An Oral History. It's massive.
	♥ 4:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Most people ahead of the curve in any Movement end up resenting the Label & a good %age of the conventions & affectations later...
	4:12pm kuriousornj: i met John Robb in Kosovo, during doc film festival (DokuFest)!
	4:13pm ?: Robert Smith on guitar here!
	♥ 4:13pm Krys O.: Saw Siouxie at The Ritz in NYC in 1981.
	4:14pm ?: @Krys O: what a memory for you!
	♥ 4:17pm DanielMac Listener 272753: not tyrin to be a wise ass but I can't stop picturing Roy Kent...I'm waiting to hear "Go on then, fuck off"
	4:25pm winston legthigh: ↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors" this is the end for moi. thanks so much for a delightful afternoon mona!
	♥ 4:26pm radioronan: ↳ Krys O. @4:10 Yes, essential reading. Look forward to this goth book. For those that don't know, John also runs a great website Louder Than War louderthanwar.com
	♥ 4:29pm rsj: this reactivates some old neural pathways
	♥ 4:31pm Julian in LA: can someone let me know when this song is over
	♥ 4:32pm The Oscar: ↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors" This song and "Revolution 9" were my favorite things to play on the Pizza Hut jukebox as a snotty teenager.
	♥ 4:32pm DjLorraine: ↳ Song: "Painted Bird (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)" by ... I just saw some recent footage of Siouxie!!
	🥀 ♥ 4:32pm The Butterman: Oh jeez, happy Mother’s Day, ma!
	♥ 4:33pm Julian in LA: oh wait that's right it Never ends... the irony
	♥ 4:33pm DanielMac Listener 272753: #9...#9...I don't think I've ever seen a Jukebox with this tune or even Revolution 1. At a Pizza Hut no less.
	4:35pm karlos: I bet they didn't have THAT version on the jukebox at Pizza Hut.
	4:35pm winston legthigh: ↳ Julian in LA @4:31 this is the long version.
	♥ 4:36pm The Oscar: ↳ DanielMac Listener 272753 @4:33 Back in the '90s they all had CD-based jukeboxes with a standard set of albums, which VERY UNWISELY included both the White Album and the first Doors album!
	4:36pm love2laf: ↳ DjLorraine @4:32 I don't suppose you have a link to the recent footage of Siouxie?
	♥ 4:37pm DanielMac Listener 272753: I didn't know there was a short version.
	♥ 4:37pm DanFA: Hello Mona.
	♥ 4:38pm DanFA: Recent convert to Sparks here. Thank you, Edgar Wright.
	♥ 4:39pm Zipperhead7: Just able to tune in. Lost our power upstate. Guess they decided it was extaneous, overrated and ultimately unnecessary
	♥ 4:41pm DanFA: Siouxsie and the Banshees are on the Batman Returns soundtrack.
	♥ 4:44pm RevErie: ↳ love2laf @4:36 boingboing.net...
	♥ 4:44pm Mona: ↳ DanFA @4:41 do you remember the amazing video for face to face? i feel like it was on the soundtrack and incorporated the movie
	♥ 4:46pm DanFA: ↳ Mona @4:44 It's playing during the scene at the masquerade party where Bruce Wayne is dancing with Selina Kyle.
	♥ 4:47pm Mona: ↳ DanFA @4:46 omg you're right! the only thing i remember is this www.youtube.com...
	♥ 4:47pm DanFA: ↳ RevErie @4:44 She's gone from goth queen to white witch.
	♥ 4:47pm DjLorraine: ↳ RevErie @4:44 Thank you for the 2023 Brussels Siouxie
	♥ 4:49pm RevErie: this might be better www.slicingupeyeballs.com...
	4:52pm love2laf: ↳ RevErie @4:49 Thank you, much appreciated!
	♥ 4:52pm DanFA: The Cramps might be the most American of the early punk bands.
	♥ 4:52pm RevErie: ↳ RevErie @4:49 www.slicingupeyeballs.com...
	5:02pm ?: love this song...and urge overkill does a great version too.
	♥ 5:03pm DanFA: ↳ Mona @4:47 Maybe my favorite Siouxsie Banshees song
	5:03pm MarciB: In Goth heaven all afternoon while working - thank you Mistress Mona!
	5:05pm Juli: I wear my Goth Make Up At All Times lol
	5:08pm Stevel: Definitely getting the book. Thanks!
	5:08pm Late Bloomer: Urge overkill covered the sisters of mercy version of Emma🤯
	5:12pm Late Bloomer: Urge was how I found hot chocolate but whoa, sisters of mercy laid the blue print for em. So cool, love when that happens. Thank you fmu, and as a few close friends might ask, why don’t you haven’t you listened to the sisters of mercy? I am. Thank you fmu
	5:14pm Helen: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Ben Christo" John’s book’s a great read - love exploring the footnotes. Ask Ben if he’s brought Pawlette on tour 💎🖤🐰
	5:21pm northguineahills: now, that's a story! thanks for telling!
	5:24pm Helen: The new songs are soo good - great hearing them live & like a fusion of old & new as if eldritch’s old diary’s have been thrown at Ben, Dylan & Dave to bring to life
	♥ 5:26pm DjLorraine: Thanks Mona and Ben Christo!
	5:28pm Helen: Yeah! Going to see Lord of the Lost in Leeds soon - be great to hear a collab
	♥ 5:33pm DanFA: Mona, you need to start a band called Baroness Spooky and the Coffin Girls.
	♥ 5:35pm Mona: ↳ DanFA @5:33 you don't need to tell me twice!
	5:36pm Cheyenne: Haha hell yeah that is a great band name
	5:37pm Cheyenne: what a fang-tastic show Mona!!!
	5:37pm Helen: Lots of dry ice for that band for sure ✔️
	5:37pm northguineahills: wait, did dj julie take the decks? /she begins every show w/ gary numan...
	♥ 5:38pm Mona: aww thanks cheyenne! i can't wait to interview you when you write your book someday
	♥ 5:42pm DanFA: Next week, all pop music from Sweden to balance out the dark vibes today.
	5:45pm Gnomon: Thanks for all the good goth knowledge today Mona. Normally I tune out on anyone’s interview shows but I was rapt on this one.
	♥ 5:50pm Mona: thanks for listening! i don't take it for granted. thanks to everyone who tuned in and shared good vibes <3
	🥀 ♥ 5:51pm The Butterman: 3 special interviews in one show?! Take it easy, Mona! Too too good.
	♥ 5:52pm Krys O.: Thanks, Mona.
	♥ 5:52pm pollypinocle: Great show, thanks, Mona!
	5:52pm northguineahills: great show! so much input to digest. This was awesome, thanks!
	♥ 5:53pm DanFA: ↳ Mona @5:50 Great show Mona. You, Todd, and Mark are the best interviewers on this station.
	5:53pm love2laf: ↳ Mona @5:50 We don't take you for granted either, and appreciate the time and dedication you put into this show, especially today! Missed part of it due to a call, will catch up in the archives. First hour was absolutely amazing, and the last bit too. I'm sure archive me will be very happy to get the middle bit! Happy Friday everyone.
	♥ 5:54pm radioronan: Thanks Mona for show today..thanks interviewees! Cheers y'all!
	♥ 5:54pm Midge: Thank you Mona
	♥ 5:55pm DanFA: They should just rename Cruel World the Mona Festival.
	♥ 5:57pm DanFA: Have fun Mona.
	♥ 5:57pm DanFA: Man, when those drums kick in.
	5:58pm Helen: Enjoy Cruel World 🖤🎶
	6:00pm P-90: Thanks!

Mona: Playlist from May 12, 2023

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Mona brings you synthpop, disco, darkwave, electronic, new romantic, queer anthems, dance classics, post punk, soul, goth, shoegaze, industrial, britpop, retro r&b, breaks, and more...

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Upcoming events:

Fri. Feb 21st, 3pm - 6pm: Billyjam guest hosts Mona's show featuring Penelope Houston WFMU interview. (More info...)
In January 1978 San Francisco's The Avengers opened for what would be the Sex Pistols final show at hometown venue Winterland Ballroom. Around that same time the West Coast punk trailblazers traveled to NYC to play a memorable gig at CBGB. Fast forward 47 years and the Avengers will be back in NYC playing at Gold Sounds, March 7th 2025. In advance of this Brooklyn show the Avengers lead singer Penelope Houston will talk with Billy Jam when he guest hosts for Mona on Friday February 21st 3-6pm.

May 12, 2023: Special guests Daniel Ash, John Robb, and Ben Christo

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Bo Diddley	Mona "Mona" by "Bo Diddley"	20th Century Masters: the Millennium Collection - The Best of Bo Diddley	UMG
Music behind DJ: Daniel Ash	Interview "Interview" by "Daniel Ash"			0:03:43 (Pop-up)
Love and Rockets	My Dark Twin (Doppelgänger mix)	My Dark Twin (Doppelgänger mix)	Beggars Banquet	0:14:31 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Daniel Ash	Interview "Interview" by "Daniel Ash"
Love and Rockets	Mirror People "Mirror People" by "Love and Rockets"	Earth Sun Moon	Beggars Banquet	0:34:36 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Daniel Ash	Interview "Interview" by "Daniel Ash"			0:37:55 (Pop-up)
Love and Rockets	I Feel Speed "I Feel Speed" by "Love and Rockets"	Love and Rockets	Beggars Banquet	0:55:43 (Pop-up)
Love and Rockets	Bound for Hell "Bound for Hell" by "Love and Rockets"	Love and Rockets	Beggars Banquet	0:58:15 (Pop-up)
The Membranes	Black Is The Colour	What Nature Gives... Nature Takes Away	Cherry Red	1:01:25 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: John Robb	Interview "Interview" by "John Robb"			1:03:02 (Pop-up)
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Painted Bird (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)	Nocturne	Geffen	1:11:30 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: John Robb	Interview "Interview" by "John Robb"			1:15:16 (Pop-up)
The Doors	The End "The End" by "The Doors"	The Doors	Elektra	1:24:10 (Pop-up)
John Robb	Interview "Interview" by "John Robb"			1:35:29 (Pop-up)
Joy Division	Dead Souls "Dead Souls" by "Joy Division"	Live At The Factory Hulme 1979	Not On Label	1:43:45 (Pop-up)
John Robb	Interview "Interview" by "John Robb"			1:49:00 (Pop-up)
Spear of Destiny	Liberator "Liberator" by "Spear of Destiny"	Liberator	Burning Rome	1:56:36 (Pop-up)
Sisters of Mercy	Emma "Emma" by "Sisters of Mercy"	Dominion	Merciful Release	2:00:59 (Pop-up)
Ben Christo	Interview "Interview" by "Ben Christo"			2:06:28 (Pop-up)
The Sisters of Mercy	No Time To Cry	No Time To Cry	Merciful Release	2:18:31 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ben Christo	Interview "Interview" by "Ben Christo"			2:22:33 (Pop-up)
Lord of the Lost	Blood & Glitter "Blood & Glitter" by "Lord of the Lost"	Blood & Glitter	Napalm	2:28:35 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Ben Christo	Interview "Interview" by "Ben Christo"			2:31:44 (Pop-up)
Tubeway Army	Me, I Disconnect From You	Replicas	Beggars Banquet	2:35:43 (Pop-up)
The Soft Moon	Try "Try" by "The Soft Moon"	Deeper	Captured Tracks	2:38:55 (Pop-up)
The Motels	Only The Lonely "Only The Lonely" by "The Motels"	Only the Lonely	Capitol Records	2:42:41 (Pop-up)
Riki	Bose Lugen (Body Mix) "Bose Lugen (Body Mix)" by "Riki"	Riki	Dais	2:45:39 (Pop-up)
Molchat Doma	тоска "тоска" by "Molchat Doma"	Etazhi	Detriti	2:48:53 (Pop-up)
Glass Spells	Thrills "Thrills" by "Glass Spells"	Shattered	Negative Gain Productions	2:51:44 (Pop-up)
Iggy Pop	The Passenger "The Passenger" by "Iggy Pop"	Lust for Life	RCA Victor	2:56:59 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm common: mona! all!
	♥ 3:00pm Handy Haversack: Mona! Monadnocks!
	♥ 3:01pm Krys O.: Hidey-ho! Looking forward to the John Robb segment. I'm a Membranes fan from waaaaay back.
	🥀 ♥ 3:01pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Hello Mona and fellow Mona-ers!
	♥ 3:01pm DanielMac Listener 272753: It's FRIDAY Ya'll!!
	♥ 3:01pm Midge: Hey there everyone!
	3:02pm love2laf: Goth Mona Lisa, seems very apropos for today's super special series of not one, not two, but THREE special guests! Allo Friday friends, hope you're all settled in and ready for the weekend kick-off.
	3:02pm winston legthigh: its happy time with mona!
	🥀 ♥ 3:03pm courtneynoir: [swoooon]
	3:03pm winston legthigh: ❤️+🚀🚀
	3:05pm ryansterlingvirtue: So excited for this! My fav guitarist
	♥ 3:05pm DjLorraine: Because...they're " alive, so alive“. Greetings Mona and music lovers
	3:06pm winston legthigh: love and rockets, june 9, kings theater, brooklyn.
	♥ 3:06pm Handy Haversack: ↳ winston legthigh @3:06 We're seeing Sisters of Mercy there just one week before.
	3:06pm Aaron Working In Newark: Good Afternoon
	♥ 3:07pm Polyus: Uh oh, that means the Bubblemen are coming back.
	3:07pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:06 if i hit the lottery, oh boy look out brooklyn!
	♥ 3:10pm DjLorraine: ↳ winston legthigh @3:07 Hey the blood, sweat & tears movie is going to play in Maitland.
	♥ 3:10pm Krys O.: Loved that Bauhaus tune!
	♥ 3:11pm Handy Haversack: ↳ winston legthigh @3:07 If I'd bet the Derby, I guarantee you I'd have had the winner. No way I'd let a name like that go by. But Derby day did an excellent job of reminding me why I'm done with horse racing.
	♥ 3:13pm DjLorraine: And Bauhaus!
	3:14pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:11 had the exacta for a buck but yeah, its brutal. fred and alan's horrific horse training accident drove home the human toll for me as well.
	🥀 ♥ 3:14pm courtneynoir: Do you mean as Daniel questions besides "Will you marry me?"
	🥀 ♥ 3:15pm courtneynoir: *ask
	3:15pm ryansterlingvirtue: I have a question, what’s your least favorite thing to talk about, and what is it Bauhaus? Lol
	3:16pm ryansterlingvirtue: Why are you so godlike?
	♥ 3:16pm Krys O.: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @3:16 Ha!
	3:17pm Cheyenne: For Daniel: (1) What's your least favorite instrument and why? (2) Tell us a wild story that happened on a tour or at a show! (3) Is there a favorite visual artist/writer/non-musician whose work has influenced your music?
	♥ 3:17pm DjLorraine: 🔮 i see dancing
	3:17pm winston legthigh: ↳ DjLorraine @3:10 maitland huh? will check it out if we head down that way, thanks! 🙋‍♂️djlorraine.
	♥ 3:18pm Krys O.: It's been 40 years since The Hunger was released. Does Daniel have any fond or bad memories about filming their segment?
	3:18pm Juli: I want to understand what that song meant lol
	3:20pm ryansterlingvirtue: That’s a good question Krys
	3:20pm ?: Ball of Confusion was on Express here.
	♥ 3:20pm Krys O.: Myself and other WFMU DJs used to play the first album starting out back in 1985. I recall Ball of Confusion came out later as a 12".
	3:21pm Juli: I understand everything clearly:: Ppl join clarity:::
	3:21pm ryansterlingvirtue: I thought ball of confusion was on the self titled
	♥ 3:22pm Ken From Hyde Park: May the twelfth be with you, Mona and Monables.
	♥ 3:22pm Krys O.: ↳ @3:20 That is correct. In 1986.
	♥ 3:22pm DjLorraine: I wasn't expecting this and i feel honored to be handed this front row ticket.
	3:22pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:11 pletcher got caught with his hand in the steroid jar.
	♥ 3:23pm common: ↳ DjLorraine @3:22 yea! this is great
	3:23pm ryansterlingvirtue: But it doesn’t really fit in the album I feel
	3:23pm g00berz: He just called PiL “pill”! I always get corrected on that. Pill validated
	♥ 3:23pm Krys O.: By the way, WFMU LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Tones on Tail.
	♥ 3:24pm Krys O.: ↳ g00berz @3:23 I always say 'pill' too. It's the proper way.
	3:24pm ?: Who came up with the LnR band name? Who was the Hernandez brothers comics fan?
	♥ 3:25pm Krys O.: ↳ @3:24 Nice question.
	3:25pm ryansterlingvirtue: I got tones on tail at the wfmu record sale that they did out front, from Olivia herself lol
	3:25pm Aaron Working In Newark: isn'tit on Express
	3:25pm ryansterlingvirtue: I can validate that the record was pretty beat up
	♥ 3:26pm Krys O.: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @3:25 That could have had my handwriting on it. I worked in the record library as a student 1981-1983.
	3:27pm leah: ooh good question.
	♥ 3:27pm Krys O.: Yup, 1983.
	♥ 3:27pm Handy Haversack: ↳ winston legthigh @3:22 American racing is just too cruel and commoditized. I'm leery of the lack of meaningful consent in the best of circumstances, but nothing in American racing can even smell the best of circumstances.
	3:29pm ?: an otherworldly being
	3:29pm g00berz: Bowie did seem like a nice guy. It’s a shame I can’t stand his voice
	♥ 3:29pm Krys O.: Thanks for that answer.🖤
	3:29pm winston legthigh: ↳ Krys O. @3:18 nice one krys o!
	3:31pm love2laf: ↳ Krys O. @3:29 Thanks Krys, that was a perfect question, and such a great response, and great memory for him too.
	3:31pm ?: ↳ Krys O. @3:29 that was a great question…
	♥ 3:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo ! How superkewl is this.
	3:32pm =e=: Come to Latín America!!!!!
	3:32pm ?: ha he’s totally without pretense. I love it.
	🥀 ♥ 3:34pm courtneynoir: If I were Mona, I would full-on turn into that Chris Farley interviewer character from SNL
	3:34pm winston legthigh: ↳ @3:24 i did not know that, thanks @?
	3:35pm ?: For Daniel: What were the inspirations for the videos - No New Tale to Tell and Yin and Ying the Flowerpot Man
	♥ 3:35pm DanielMac Listener 272753: These are some great stories...The Iggy/Ronson story is so incredible. What luck!
	♥ 3:35pm luka: when that bowie exhibition hit chicago 7-8 years ago they had that TOTP performance on a video wall and it felt like i stood there for a solid hour but it was only like 5 min. powerful.
	♥ 3:36pm Handy Haversack: Will Daniel answer the question about marrying courtneynoir? I mean, after a proper vetting process to make sure he's worthy.
	3:36pm ?: Cool! thanks for asking, Mona. I love that LA punk/art scene connection
	3:37pm Hubig Pie: ↳ courtneynoir @3:34 Ma-ma-ma-member the time when...... I love this song BTW
	3:37pm ITGLOWS: With such a long career, I wonder what motivates your songwriting today and if it is at all different from the start of your time as a musician? Have your musical tendencies changed?
	3:37pm love2laf: ↳ luka @3:35 Made a special trip to Toronto for the Bowie exhibit, it was just unreal. If Bowie came on set and said Oi you're wearing my shoes I'd be star struck too!
	♥ 3:39pm radioronan: This is amazing. Been waiting to hear the Ashes & Diamonds! Q: Any plans to reissue or mine his (Daniel's)solo works/ unreleased recordings? Q:He and the band worked quite a bit with John Rivers at Woodbine Studios - how did that come about? Thanks for adding east coast L&R dates!
	♥ 3:39pm prof.fuzz: afternoon y'all!
	♥ 3:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Just thot Bauhaus was super Creative with basically just the Guitar - Bass - Drums - Vocals format. (& so with all related - L&R, ToT) ...actually reminded me of the yARdbiRdS like that - not a comparison probly anyone might relate to... But just to make a point.
	🥀 ♥ 3:40pm courtneynoir: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:36 I've been vetting him since I was, like, 10 years old
	3:41pm TimC: I saw the Bubblemen open for Love & Rockets many years ago in NYC. Was it the band in the costumes or did you get other people to wear them?
	♥ 3:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:40 ...I suppose between yARdbiRdS & Bauhaus was Boowie, so to speak - straight lines of influence, not to overstate that...
	3:42pm Ejival: I think that after your successful 4th self-titled album, L&R, it seems, the band got seduced by the LA lifestyle. I always wondered why, after songs like Life in Laralay, An American Dream, LA got the best of you. That is my impression as a loving fan. Would love to hear about that. Gracias, from Tijuana (Mexico).
	♥ 3:43pm DanielMac Listener 272753: I got turned on to Bauhaus through Svengoolie on MeTV lol...through the Bela Lugosi's Dead
	3:43pm ryansterlingvirtue: I’m so happy I’m not the only one who suffers from this sleep disorder.
	♥ 3:44pm Krys O.: I've been getting up at 4am for 25 years for my job.
	3:45pm Mice of Mu: I vaguely remember a Love and Rockets appearance in one of Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes videos
	♥ 3:46pm prof.fuzz: Re: the "cut-up" method... do you also add non-cut /original lines to glue/blend the cut lines together?
	♥ 3:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Daniel Ash" 3-5 A.M. is Hour of 🐅Tiger in the Chinese system (accounting for Savings Time, one reason having that annoys me...) Two hours~ish before ⦿Sunrise, the ⦿Sun will be in the Astrological 1st House - self-expressive I suppose...
	3:49pm ?: thats awful
	3:50pm ?: wtf
	3:50pm Juli: <3
	♥ 3:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Daniel Ash" Oh yeah - the fire basically erasing his Studio is in the film about RickRubin - ShangraLa I think the name of both the place & the film...
	3:51pm ?: i don’t remember that fire being in the news. that’s insane
	♥ 3:51pm DjLorraine: I'm a bit vintage for a bumpy ride
	♥ 3:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:51 ShangrI* La
	♥ 3:51pm radioronan: Gen talks about the incident in their autobio.
	♥ 3:52pm DanielMac Listener 272753: ↳ DjLorraine @3:51 Ditto
	3:52pm Ejival: Tones on Tail was way ahead of its time, musically. Still sounds so adventurous today. Did Daniel Ash thought he was inventing the future of music (goth, electronic, ambient) back then?
	3:52pm ?: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:51 i’ll check it out, thanks
	3:53pm love2laf: Wow, thank you Daniel Ash for your time, thank you Mona for having this happen, great conversation. Excellent questions commenters, you all did a fantastic job.
	3:54pm Smog on the Tyne: Good evening all from a misty northern England. Mona, can we have something from The Associates please? "Skipping" or "Bap de lah Bap"?
	3:54pm Cheyenne: this was fantastic!
	3:54pm ?: Thank you Mona and Daniel
	🥀 ♥ 3:54pm courtneynoir: Damn I was hoping he'd blurt it out
	3:54pm winston legthigh: fantastic interview, thanks daniel and mona!
	♥ 3:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ @3:52 Saw it on the PlutoTV app : en.wikipedia.org... - def worth it.
	♥ 3:55pm prof.fuzz: very cool interview!
	3:56pm ryansterlingvirtue: Outstanding job Mona
	♥ 3:56pm Handy Haversack: That was great, Mona!
	♥ 3:56pm DanielMac Listener 272753: yeah- great job with the questions everyone! Thanks so much Mona!
	♥ 3:57pm Bernardo: ↳ luka @3:35 Omg I loved the Bowie exhibit. Amazing
	3:58pm leah: Terrific interview!
	3:59pm love2laf: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:55 Thank you for that, going to see if Pluto Canada has it, hubby will absolutely plotz for this!
	3:59pm Faux Jean: GreatListeningToThis. MySpaceBarIsKaputt.
	3:59pm winston legthigh: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:55 need to see that, thanks rev rab nov63! were you tuned in for the part where daniel was talking about astrology? thought it might interest you. think he's a leo.
	3:59pm Barefoot Jimmy G: Mona! I know the sax. What's your email address again?
	4:00pm ryansterlingvirtue: Those are impossible to find
	♥ 4:02pm luka: ↳ Barefoot Jimmy G @3:59 i think it was mona@mute.com
	4:02pm Barefoot Jimmy G: Especially that one!
	♥ 4:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ winston legthigh @3:59 Some of it ? I will have to check the Archive from the top !
	♥ 4:04pm Mona: mona@mute.com for a chance to win the love and rockets box set!
	♥ 4:06pm DjLorraine: I saw PIL in Miami
	♥ 4:06pm Handy Haversack: OK, I gotta take off to go visit a friend in the hospital. Sounding great, Mona, thanks! Stay darked, pals!
	4:07pm love2laf: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:06 Hope it's a good visit Handy, safe travels.
	4:07pm winston legthigh: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:03 it was early in the interview.
	4:08pm winston legthigh: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:06 cheers handy.
	4:08pm TimC: John's book is great. Its actually a slow read because they're so many fascinating details in the footnotes on every page
	♥ 4:10pm Krys O.: I have Robb's book, Punk Rock: An Oral History. It's massive.
	♥ 4:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Most people ahead of the curve in any Movement end up resenting the Label & a good %age of the conventions & affectations later...
	4:12pm kuriousornj: i met John Robb in Kosovo, during doc film festival (DokuFest)!
	4:13pm ?: Robert Smith on guitar here!
	♥ 4:13pm Krys O.: Saw Siouxie at The Ritz in NYC in 1981.
	4:14pm ?: @Krys O: what a memory for you!
	♥ 4:17pm DanielMac Listener 272753: not tyrin to be a wise ass but I can't stop picturing Roy Kent...I'm waiting to hear "Go on then, fuck off"
	4:25pm winston legthigh: ↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors" this is the end for moi. thanks so much for a delightful afternoon mona!
	♥ 4:26pm radioronan: ↳ Krys O. @4:10 Yes, essential reading. Look forward to this goth book. For those that don't know, John also runs a great website Louder Than War louderthanwar.com
	♥ 4:29pm rsj: this reactivates some old neural pathways
	♥ 4:31pm Julian in LA: can someone let me know when this song is over
	♥ 4:32pm The Oscar: ↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors" This song and "Revolution 9" were my favorite things to play on the Pizza Hut jukebox as a snotty teenager.
	♥ 4:32pm DjLorraine: ↳ Song: "Painted Bird (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)" by ... I just saw some recent footage of Siouxie!!
	🥀 ♥ 4:32pm The Butterman: Oh jeez, happy Mother’s Day, ma!
	♥ 4:33pm Julian in LA: oh wait that's right it Never ends... the irony
	♥ 4:33pm DanielMac Listener 272753: #9...#9...I don't think I've ever seen a Jukebox with this tune or even Revolution 1. At a Pizza Hut no less.
	4:35pm karlos: I bet they didn't have THAT version on the jukebox at Pizza Hut.
	4:35pm winston legthigh: ↳ Julian in LA @4:31 this is the long version.
	♥ 4:36pm The Oscar: ↳ DanielMac Listener 272753 @4:33 Back in the '90s they all had CD-based jukeboxes with a standard set of albums, which VERY UNWISELY included both the White Album and the first Doors album!
	4:36pm love2laf: ↳ DjLorraine @4:32 I don't suppose you have a link to the recent footage of Siouxie?
	♥ 4:37pm DanielMac Listener 272753: I didn't know there was a short version.
	♥ 4:37pm DanFA: Hello Mona.
	♥ 4:38pm DanFA: Recent convert to Sparks here. Thank you, Edgar Wright.
	♥ 4:39pm Zipperhead7: Just able to tune in. Lost our power upstate. Guess they decided it was extaneous, overrated and ultimately unnecessary
	♥ 4:41pm DanFA: Siouxsie and the Banshees are on the Batman Returns soundtrack.
	♥ 4:44pm RevErie: ↳ love2laf @4:36 boingboing.net...
	♥ 4:44pm Mona: ↳ DanFA @4:41 do you remember the amazing video for face to face? i feel like it was on the soundtrack and incorporated the movie
	♥ 4:46pm DanFA: ↳ Mona @4:44 It's playing during the scene at the masquerade party where Bruce Wayne is dancing with Selina Kyle.
	♥ 4:47pm Mona: ↳ DanFA @4:46 omg you're right! the only thing i remember is this www.youtube.com...
	♥ 4:47pm DanFA: ↳ RevErie @4:44 She's gone from goth queen to white witch.
	♥ 4:47pm DjLorraine: ↳ RevErie @4:44 Thank you for the 2023 Brussels Siouxie
	♥ 4:49pm RevErie: this might be better www.slicingupeyeballs.com...
	4:52pm love2laf: ↳ RevErie @4:49 Thank you, much appreciated!
	♥ 4:52pm DanFA: The Cramps might be the most American of the early punk bands.
	♥ 4:52pm RevErie: ↳ RevErie @4:49 www.slicingupeyeballs.com...
	5:02pm ?: love this song...and urge overkill does a great version too.
	♥ 5:03pm DanFA: ↳ Mona @4:47 Maybe my favorite Siouxsie Banshees song
	5:03pm MarciB: In Goth heaven all afternoon while working - thank you Mistress Mona!
	5:05pm Juli: I wear my Goth Make Up At All Times lol
	5:08pm Stevel: Definitely getting the book. Thanks!
	5:08pm Late Bloomer: Urge overkill covered the sisters of mercy version of Emma🤯
	5:12pm Late Bloomer: Urge was how I found hot chocolate but whoa, sisters of mercy laid the blue print for em. So cool, love when that happens. Thank you fmu, and as a few close friends might ask, why don’t you haven’t you listened to the sisters of mercy? I am. Thank you fmu
	5:14pm Helen: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Ben Christo" John’s book’s a great read - love exploring the footnotes. Ask Ben if he’s brought Pawlette on tour 💎🖤🐰
	5:21pm northguineahills: now, that's a story! thanks for telling!
	5:24pm Helen: The new songs are soo good - great hearing them live & like a fusion of old & new as if eldritch’s old diary’s have been thrown at Ben, Dylan & Dave to bring to life
	♥ 5:26pm DjLorraine: Thanks Mona and Ben Christo!
	5:28pm Helen: Yeah! Going to see Lord of the Lost in Leeds soon - be great to hear a collab
	♥ 5:33pm DanFA: Mona, you need to start a band called Baroness Spooky and the Coffin Girls.
	♥ 5:35pm Mona: ↳ DanFA @5:33 you don't need to tell me twice!
	5:36pm Cheyenne: Haha hell yeah that is a great band name
	5:37pm Cheyenne: what a fang-tastic show Mona!!!
	5:37pm Helen: Lots of dry ice for that band for sure ✔️
	5:37pm northguineahills: wait, did dj julie take the decks? /she begins every show w/ gary numan...
	♥ 5:38pm Mona: aww thanks cheyenne! i can't wait to interview you when you write your book someday
	♥ 5:42pm DanFA: Next week, all pop music from Sweden to balance out the dark vibes today.
	5:45pm Gnomon: Thanks for all the good goth knowledge today Mona. Normally I tune out on anyone’s interview shows but I was rapt on this one.
	♥ 5:50pm Mona: thanks for listening! i don't take it for granted. thanks to everyone who tuned in and shared good vibes <3
	🥀 ♥ 5:51pm The Butterman: 3 special interviews in one show?! Take it easy, Mona! Too too good.
	♥ 5:52pm Krys O.: Thanks, Mona.
	♥ 5:52pm pollypinocle: Great show, thanks, Mona!
	5:52pm northguineahills: great show! so much input to digest. This was awesome, thanks!
	♥ 5:53pm DanFA: ↳ Mona @5:50 Great show Mona. You, Todd, and Mark are the best interviewers on this station.
	5:53pm love2laf: ↳ Mona @5:50 We don't take you for granted either, and appreciate the time and dedication you put into this show, especially today! Missed part of it due to a call, will catch up in the archives. First hour was absolutely amazing, and the last bit too. I'm sure archive me will be very happy to get the middle bit! Happy Friday everyone.
	♥ 5:54pm radioronan: Thanks Mona for show today..thanks interviewees! Cheers y'all!
	♥ 5:54pm Midge: Thank you Mona
	♥ 5:55pm DanFA: They should just rename Cruel World the Mona Festival.
	♥ 5:57pm DanFA: Have fun Mona.
	♥ 5:57pm DanFA: Man, when those drums kick in.
	5:58pm Helen: Enjoy Cruel World 🖤🎶
	6:00pm P-90: Thanks!

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