WFMU: Tony Coulter: Playlist from October 7, 2014

Listener comments!
	10:03am Tony Coulter: HUGE THANKS to Michael from NYC and Joseph from Brooklyn for pledging pre-show!!!!!
	♥ 11:52am listener james from westwood: Good Tuesday, Tony and all!! Ducking down to the mailbox now so's I can have 3 hr of uninterrupted unheard 80s!
	11:54am Tony Coulter: Hey James!
	♥ 12:01pm DCE: howdoo
	12:01pm Carmichael: Hey there Tony and world citizens. Ready for something completely different.
	12:02pm Tony Coulter: Hey ho, DCE and Carmichael! It'll be completely different, yet exactly the same.
	12:04pm still b/p: That would be pronounced Kin-boats, or Kinbotays?
	12:05pm V Priceless: Hey Tony!
	12:05pm Tony Coulter: The first, I think? Hola, still b/p!
	12:06pm Tony Coulter: Greetings, V Priceless!
	12:07pm Tony Coulter: "It takes a certain class ... to wiggle your ass"
	12:08pm Tony Coulter: By the way, for what it's worth, today's show will be all vinyl.
	♥ 12:10pm listener james from westwood: Fitting for a time when many still saw "CDs" as an investment vehicle.
	12:14pm Dean: Love this sampler. The Offs, one-of-a-kind.
	12:15pm Tony Coulter: BIG THANKS to Rich for his generous pledge!
	12:15pm Tony Coulter: Heya Dean!
	12:19pm Tony Coulter: That lost song was not intended as subliminal messaging -- I swear! Still, as you will have noticed, this week kicks of our October silent marathon. Please do consider helping out if you can!
	♥ 12:20pm Doug Schulkind: Sorry I'm late, Tony! I had my head buried in preparations for my own Joe Hill birthday special tonight on GtDR.
	12:22pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Doug!!
	♥ 12:24pm Rich in Washingtron: Tony's gone New Wave on us!
	12:29pm Dean: Well, then, I suppose we'll hear some Alessi Brothers...
	12:34pm Tony Coulter: I'm afraid their invitations got lost in the mail...
	12:37pm Carmichael: You're right, I have never heard a song about animal erections.
	12:37pm Tony Coulter: One of the advantages of being on the stream....
	12:38pm Tony Coulter: .... is being able to play songs about animal erections.
	12:41pm Carmichael: "Unknown Gender" pretty much describes most 80's artists.
	12:42pm still b/p: So much awful silliness can be cued by the term "animal erection," but I'll say just this: aard-on
	12:42pm InBrkly: Is anybody watching Halt and Catch Fire?
	12:45pm Tony Coulter: Heya, InBrkly! Speaking for myself, have no idea what that is!
	12:49pm InBrkly: It is a tv show scored by Paul Haslinger (Tangerine Dream)
	12:50pm Tony Coulter: Hey all, 'tis v-e-r-y- slow on the pledging front. Do consider helping out station and stream. Any little bit helps and will be greatly appreciated!!!
	12:51pm Tony Coulter: And don't let not pledging inhibit you from commenting. Comments are appreciated too!!
	12:52pm Tony Coulter: "It all started with one tangerine cordial...."
	12:52pm InBrkly: The show is set in 1983 and I've enjoyed it mainly for the tunes.
	12:53pm Tony Coulter: Aha! See the connection now. Sounds interesting....
	12:53pm Dean: I'll be there...but later this month.
	12:55pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, Dean!
	♥ 12:55pm listener james from westwood: Great stuff so far; these cuts could have emerged from no other decade!
	12:56pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, James! This particular cut has a bit of Beatles action going on.
	12:58pm Tony Coulter: BIG THANKS to Gabriel from Albany, CA for his super-generous pledge! HOORAY for GABRIEL!!
	12:59pm northguineahills: Hooray for Gabriel! picking up the slack when I can't!
	1:00pm InBrkly: You are quite welcome!
	1:00pm Tony Coulter: Heya, NGH! It's all about the slack....
	1:01pm MrFab: Listening to this show is somewhat of a strange experience; like I'm a kid again with KROQ on in my room as I'm doing my homework or sumthin.
	1:02pm Tony Coulter: Heya. MrFab! KROQ was the station that did that Devo tribute album, no?
	1:05pm Dean: Yes, but KROQ was once upon a time so much more than that. Rodney Bingenheimer's show was ground zero for punk as it emerged, both US and UK.
	1:06pm MrFab: Yes, "Devotees"! Some great stuff on it - 'Are we not clowns, we are Bozo,' another song played on a phone touch-tone...wonder if I still have my copy...
	1:06pm Dean: I remember hearing Devo's first single on Rodney's show, probably the first time it was heard on the West Coast. Bought a copy the next day, and I still have it.
	1:06pm V Priceless: wow! Produced by John Cale! great track!
	♥ 1:09pm listener james from westwood: IN other words re: Russia, nothing has changed.
	1:09pm MrFab: Yeah, I always really liked this record; the b-side is a devolved cover of The Doors' "Unknown Soldier."
	1:10pm V Priceless: this got some decent airplay here in NY back in the day on the local new wave radio station (WLIR/WDRE 0 we couldn't get FMU back then)
	♥ 1:15pm listener james from westwood: V Priceless, DRE was my go-to before learning about WFMU.
	1:16pm Cecile: Wow! I only know a handful of these names, and I listened to a lot of Noo Wave radio and read a lot of Trouser Press. Did the Pups eventually turn into LMNOP. That mag/band used to have a character named Baby Judy.
	1:18pm Tony Coulter: Hi Cecile! Don't think there's a connection between the Pups and LMNOP. Maybe Baby Judy was some kind of doll or sumpin?
	1:18pm V Priceless: @ ljfw - LIR/DRE was pretty cool in it's day...had (1) friend who could get FMU in the corner of his basement, back in '81/'82...but that was it!
	1:19pm Cecile: That could be, Tony.
	1:20pm northguineahills: So far, all I've heard before is the Surf Punks and Comateens.
	1:21pm Cecile: Anyone from Detroit? Remember Radios in Motion and Release the Bats radio shows?
	1:23pm Tony Coulter: BIG THANKS to Cecile for her generous pledge!! She sez it's "in honor of New Wave Nation!"
	1:23pm Cecile: Yeah, I still call myself a "reformed New Waver."
	1:24pm Cecile: And you're very welcome.
	1:25pm V Priceless: way to go, Cecile!
	1:26pm Cecile: Oh! Got Neo Boys?
	1:26pm Tony Coulter: Nope. Sorry!
	1:27pm Cecile: that's cool! You never know unless you ask!
	1:29pm Tony Coulter: That's one of the many things I miss about being at the station -- can't just run down the hall to pull a record I don't own. (I'm not big on using mp3s for the show, tho it does happen.)
	1:29pm Cecile: Yay! Carney!
	1:30pm Cecile: Okay, here's another one - Oil Tasters?
	1:31pm Tony Coulter: Them I never even heard of.
	1:32pm Cecile: They were a noisy trio with squonky sax out of Milwaukee. Much loved there. en.wikipedia.org...
	1:33pm Tony Coulter: OK, OK -- so maybe I'm straying from the pop. I'll get back to it, I swear....
	1:33pm Cecile: Yay! I was going to ask for some Fisk.
	1:34pm Tony Coulter: Hey! We're past the halfway point of today's show. A few more pledges would be greatly appreciated!!
	1:34pm northguineahills: This all sounds like pop to my ears.
	1:35pm northguineahills: I found a Steve Fisk cassette at a flea market a few years ago. I was surprised it was on SST records.
	1:35pm Tony Coulter: Soda pop for the ears....
	1:36pm Tony Coulter: Don't miss the lyrics of this track.....
	♥ 1:36pm Guido from Cologne: This IS pop!
	1:37pm Cecile: They put out a Pell Mell album on SST. Then they got picked up by a major for one album.
	1:37pm Tony Coulter: @ Guido: I told you we'd be popping again! Greetings Guido!!
	1:38pm Cecile: I think '83 was the last year of classic New Wave.
	♥ 1:38pm Guido from Cologne: Hi Tony! Back in K7-Heaven!
	♥ 1:38pm Brian in UK: Hello Tony & folks. I am guessing that the VIPs are the American version.
	♥ 1:39pm Brian in UK: You just answered my question on air.
	1:42pm Tony Coulter: Hey Brian! I read your mind.....
	1:43pm Cecile: Cheap keyboards? Check! Morricone guitar? check! Thinking they're cutting edge by playing an instrumental? Check! new wave in the house!
	1:44pm Cecile: great track.
	♥ 1:45pm Guido from Cologne: the good old new is the eternal wave
	1:45pm Tony Coulter: I love cheap keyboards! (And don't worry -- your cat's not in a fight.)
	♥ 1:47pm Guido from Cologne: ... were those keys cheap at the time actually? ... affortable , but cheap?
	♥ 1:48pm holland oats: BRING ME THE HEAD OF MICKEY MOUSE!!!
	1:48pm Tony Coulter: @ Guido: Good point: probably not!
	1:48pm Cecile: This should be your premium, Tony. Raybeats-quality instrumentals by unknowns. Yeah, they were Guido.
	1:49pm northguineahills: Yeah, I really like 84 Rooms...
	1:49pm Tony Coulter: Here's another one, Cecile! Greetings, Holland O!
	1:50pm Cecile: wonderful stuff. The return of the instrumental was one of the coolest things about the Noo Wave.
	1:51pm still b/p: I was in West Texas in these years. Guess what I wasn't hearing.
	♥ 1:55pm Guido from Cologne: Second Cure album has some cool instros. when was it ? '79 ?
	1:56pm Tony Coulter: The track on now features that famous new waver George Lewis on trombone....
	1:56pm Cecile: and it's on that punk-rock label Lovely
	1:58pm thriftstoreleather: amazing show Tony!
	1:59pm Tony Coulter: Thanks much, thriftstoreleather!!
	1:59pm northguineahills: woah, George Lewis! was that the Jill Kroesen track?
	2:00pm Tony Coulter: @ Guido: Have never heard that Cure album. Will keep an eye and an ear out for it....
	2:00pm Tony Coulter: @ NGH: Exactamento!
	2:01pm Cecile: Guido, is that the one with A Forest on it?
	2:02pm Dean: Dig the notes to the JK album: http://www.lovely.com/albumnotes/notes1501.html
	2:02pm Kurt Gottschalk: fully enjoying the 80s underground. thanks, tony!
	2:03pm northguineahills: Thanks Dean!
	2:03pm Cecile: this is like Happy Flowers, but for girls.
	2:03pm Tony Coulter: Hey there. Kurt-y Girl! Glad you like!
	♥ 2:05pm Guido from Cologne: @Cecile had to look after: "Seventeen Seconds" has "A Forest" included. The Cure album i like most.
	2:05pm northguineahills: Why haven't I heard of the Sterilles before!!!!
	2:05pm Cecile: Yeah, Guido, the lead singer's voice is really buried in the mix.
	2:06pm Cecile: Not a fan of Smith's vocals or lyrics, but there's always good guitar in the Cure.
	♥ 2:06pm Brian in UK: @ngh there is always something (new) out there. This is the joy of FMU.
	♥ 2:07pm Guido from Cologne: ... but from 1980 ... ... yes good mix ... not so much of mr. smith An theese keyboard-appreccios right now in this song on the show sound like Stranglers somehow.
	2:08pm Cecile: this sounds like Alex Chilton fronting Shoes.
	2:11pm Tony Coulter: "You got screwed by a dwarf named Al, you look in mirrors and see Cosell."
	♥ 2:12pm Brian in UK: Love the pronounciation. Would have liked the label as Toe Jam but you cannot have everything.
	2:13pm Carmichael: I'm reading the comments while at a board meeting. I'm kinda glad I'm not listening ... :)
	2:13pm Cecile: Gusella was also a pioneering videographer. Interesting.
	♥ 2:14pm Brian in UK: Bored meeting, Carmichael.
	2:16pm Tony Coulter: Oops -- I mean Robert DERBY, not Darby. My brain! My brain!
	♥ 2:17pm Rich in Washington: I love that graphic, BTW Tony! I used to have one clipped out of a National Lampoon. Maybe still do. Pixel-free, on actual paper.
	♥ 2:17pm PMD: Listening live... amazing!
	2:18pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, PMD!!
	2:19pm Tony Coulter: This Bob song is pop ... because it's about dancing.
	2:19pm Carmichael: Exactly, Brian. Endless political grandstanding.
	2:22pm Tony Coulter: Would love a few more pledges, of any size, before today's show is through. C'mon, peeps! Zee station needs yer help, yes it do.
	♥ 2:23pm Guido from Cologne: Dog & Bob is definetely pop. I tried hard to convince the ularity on such stuff ... they just didn't get it.
	2:26pm Tony Coulter: By the way, every one of my shows this month will be a special. Next week: U.S. and Canadian AOR/prog. Do not be afraid!
	♥ 2:27pm DCE: I fear no prog
	2:27pm Cecile: Of course, you are going to feature Red Rider, right. hahahahahhaha
	♥ 2:27pm Jeff Golick: PROGnosis: yay.
	2:27pm Carmichael: No Rush!
	2:28pm Cecile: Zebra. Riot. Max Webster.
	2:28pm Dean: Symphonic Slam!
	2:28pm Tony Coulter: Also, each special will end with a track that is completely unrelated to the theme. That way, I'm technically still doing freeform!
	2:30pm Tony Coulter: Max Webster may just appear next week. However, their contract says that if they play, Rush also has to play.
	♥ 2:31pm Brian in UK: There was great POP that came out of punk on both sides of the water.
	2:31pm Cecile: bwahahahahahha You have to play By-Tor the War Dog then.
	2:31pm Dean: Split the diff and play Mahogany Rush.
	♥ 2:32pm Brian in UK: Well I guess if there are archives there is no rush to listen.
	2:33pm Cecile: Turning Curious! Produced by Mitch Easter. They were from Champaign, IL. Released on a Detroit label that tried to be the new Slash or IRS.
	2:33pm Cecile: Of course, since it was based in Detroit, it failed.
	♥ 2:36pm Jeff Golick: Simon Reynolds, who wrote a post-punk book called RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN, could write a completely separate book using this show as a template.
	2:37pm Tony Coulter: Only 25 small minutes left to pledge during today's show.... Do it for the cheap (or not-so-cheap) keyboards.
	♥ 2:37pm Jeff Golick: (I think Reynolds was mostly looking at UK bands.)
	2:37pm Cecile: Do it for the New Wave Children!
	2:38pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Jeff! "Rip Up the Ripped-Up Book"?
	2:39pm Cecile: the New Wave Children need their checked Vans and their horizontally striped boatneck shirts, and their capri pants!
	2:40pm Cecile: they need their posters with randomly floating triangles!
	2:41pm Cecile: they need tickets for the midnight showing of Eating Raoul!
	2:41pm Cecile: they need dippety-do, and long grey thrift shop overcoats!
	2:42pm Tony Coulter: Yes! Triangles are essential They can make even James Taylor new wave.
	2:42pm Cecile: that's right!!!
	♥ 2:43pm Jeff Golick: they also need asymmetric triangle sunglasses
	2:43pm Cecile: triangles and weird little streamer tendrils floating around. And Mistral font!
	2:43pm Cecile: that's right, Jeff, or barring that Ray-Bans.
	2:46pm MrFab: Don't forget the skinny neckties, preferably an odd color like purple.
	2:46pm Dean: Happy the Man, too. Symphonic Slam and Happy the Man.
	2:47pm Cecile: Exactly, MrFab!
	2:47pm Cecile: Give! Give until you skank!
	♥ 2:47pm Guido from Cologne: KILLER SHOW JEFF! Could not switch off! enjoyed every second of it!
	2:48pm Tony Coulter: HUGE THANKS to Mark from Chicago for his generous pledge!! HOORAY!!
	♥ 2:48pm Jeff Golick: Thanks, Guido, but I couldn't have done it without Tony's help.
	♥ 2:50pm Guido from Cologne: KILLER SHOW TONY! It's too late allreydy it seems ... uuuuuh!
	2:50pm Carmichael: Big Happy the Man fan here.
	2:51pm Tony Coulter: Thanks,Guido!!
	2:52pm Tony Coulter: Happy the Man may appear next week. I love 'em, but I'm not sure they're AOR at all. I'll look for a track that would fit.
	♥ 2:53pm DCE: who plays on this Mingus track?
	2:54pm Tony Coulter: The parameters for next week are: AOR bands letting their prog side show, or prog band trying to sound commercial.
	2:55pm Tony Coulter: @ DCE: Dolphy's in there, for one
	2:55pm northguineahills: Thanks for a fun show, Tony!
	2:56pm still b/p: Still have a few skinnies on the tie-rack, including a couple that were decades-old vintage when I bought 'em in the 80s. And I still like 'em. A local place has a long-running eighties night -- maybe I can rock a necktie on the sidelines down there.
	♥ 2:56pm DCE: oh I found it, thanks wikipedia
	2:56pm Tony Coulter: Paul Bley on piano....
	2:56pm Dean: Definitely, then, Gabriel Bondage.
	2:57pm Tony Coulter: Roger on GB.
	♥ 2:58pm Jeff Golick: Thanks for the New Wavers, Tony!
	2:58pm Tony Coulter: Thanks for tuning in everybody!! See you next week!!
	♥ 2:58pm listener james from westwood: Tremendously enjoyed the throwback, Tony! Many thanks!
	♥ 2:59pm Brian in UK: Nice one, Tony.
	2:51pm John Davison: Speaking of Devo and Hurricane Bob, it should be mentioned that the "Hurricane Bob" in question is none other than Devo co-founder Bob Lewis.

Tony Coulter: Playlist from October 7, 2014

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October 7, 2014: Pop Waves in the Basement: The Unheard '80s, American Style

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
The In-Theme	"The In-Theme"				0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Kinbotes	I Love Rock N Roll "I Love Rock N Roll" by "The Kinbotes"	The Kinbotes	Nix	1986	0:08:58 (Pop-up)
La Danza	Why Do I Disco "Why Do I Disco" by "La Danza"	La Danza	Frodo	1983	0:11:24 (Pop-up)
Timmy Spence	Brand New Dance "Brand New Dance" by "Timmy Spence"	V.A.: Rising Stars of San Francisco	War Bride	1981	0:15:03 (Pop-up)
The VIPs	She's a Put On "She's a Put On" by "The VIPs"	V.A.: 415 Music	415 Music	1980	0:18:04 (Pop-up)
Clean, Athletic & Talented	If Decibels Were Dollars	Women and Sports	Destiny	1982	0:20:56 (Pop-up)
Robert Derby	Take a Pill "Take a Pill" by "Robert Derby"	I'm Normal	Cachelot	1980	0:24:13 (Pop-up)
Tru Fax & the Insaniacs	Washingtron	Mental Decay	Wasp	1982	0:26:49 (Pop-up)
The Trend	(This Is) Future Shock "(This Is) Future Shock" by "The Trend"	The Trend	Brainwave	1980	0:29:42 (Pop-up)
Pastiche	This Reminds Me of the Future	V.A.: A Wicked Good Time!	Modern Method	1981	0:32:15 (Pop-up)

Surf Punks	Shark Attack "Shark Attack" by "Surf Punks"	Locals Only	Day-Glo	1982	0:39:15 (Pop-up)
Billy Jackitt & the Straight Jackets	Animal Erection	Billy Jackitt & the Straight Jackets	SMO	1985	0:41:34 (Pop-up)
Unknown Gender	Possessiveness "Possessiveness" by "Unknown Gender"	Exposé	Crush	1982	0:44:48 (Pop-up)
Clean, Athletic & Talented	Young Girls	Women and Sports	Destiny	1982	0:47:45 (Pop-up)
The Sterilles	Gravy Sucking Pig "Gravy Sucking Pig" by "The Sterilles"	On the Rag	Screaming Skull	1987	0:50:13 (Pop-up)
Amoebas In Chaos	Blank Emotion "Blank Emotion" by "Amoebas In Chaos"	On to Mayday	Hardly Music	1982	0:52:50 (Pop-up)
Innocence in Danger	Violate the Video	Violate the Video	CBS/Epic	1983	0:54:43 (Pop-up)
The Kind	In My Mind "In My Mind" by "The Kind"	Pain and Pleasure	Three-Sixty	1983	1:00:01 (Pop-up)
The Minx	Vision (Good Night) "Vision (Good Night)" by "The Minx"	Real Minx	Ashland	1983	1:03:36 (Pop-up)
Hurricane Bob	Andrea "Andrea" by "Hurricane Bob"	V.A.: Bowling Balls from Hell	Clone	1980	1:06:15 (Pop-up)

Made for TV	So Afraid of the Russians (1983)	Spies Everywhere	Vinyl Siding	1987	1:12:55 (Pop-up)
Comateens	Overseas "Overseas" by "Comateens"	V.A.: 2 x 5	Red Star	1980	1:18:06 (Pop-up)
The Hawaiian Pups	Baby Judy "Baby Judy" by "The Hawaiian Pups"	Split Second Precision	Portrait	1983	1:20:25 (Pop-up)
Human Hands	Lurk (1981) "Lurk (1981)" by "Human Hands"	Hereafter	Nate Starkman	1988	1:23:51 (Pop-up)
The Dark	Fashion Sharks "Fashion Sharks" by "The Dark"	Don't Feed the Fashion Sharks	Relativity	1983	1:28:40 (Pop-up)
Bay of Pigs	Aliens "Aliens" by "Bay of Pigs"	7"	Subterranean	1980	1:32:09 (Pop-up)
Ralph Carney	Closet Bears "Closet Bears" by "Ralph Carney"	V.A.: Bowling Balls from Hell	Clone	1980	1:35:41 (Pop-up)
Steve Fisk	You're Everything "You're Everything" by "Steve Fisk"	V.A.: Life Elsewhere	Mr. Brown	1980	1:38:26 (Pop-up)
Invisible Zoo	Synthesizer Man "Synthesizer Man" by "Invisible Zoo"	Invisible Zoo	Vanity	1983	1:42:08 (Pop-up)

TV Babies	Cold Coffee "Cold Coffee" by "TV Babies"	Apt. 621	Rockin' Horse	1981	1:48:44 (Pop-up)
84 Rooms	Camelboots "Camelboots" by "84 Rooms"	84 Rooms	Rackit	1982	1:51:33 (Pop-up)
Social Climbers	Ernie K "Ernie K" by "Social Climbers"	Social Climbers	Hoboken	1981	1:55:58 (Pop-up)
Incognito Rockers	Cat and Mouse "Cat and Mouse" by "Incognito Rockers"	Incognito Rockers	Mystic	1984	1:59:03 (Pop-up)
Jill Kroesen	Wayne Hayes Blues "Wayne Hayes Blues" by "Jill Kroesen"	Stop Vicious Cycles	Lovely Music	1982	2:02:09 (Pop-up)
No Guitars	Let's Get Stupid "Let's Get Stupid" by "No Guitars"	No Guitars	CMI	1982	2:05:00 (Pop-up)
The Sterilles	Shopping "Shopping" by "The Sterilles"	On the Rag	Screaming Skull	1987	2:08:06 (Pop-up)
The Toasters	Teenage Tease "Teenage Tease" by "The Toasters"	V.A.: Waves	Bomp	1980	2:10:04 (Pop-up)
The Virgins	She Just Needs Me "She Just Needs Me" by "The Virgins"	The Virgins	no label	1983	2:13:59 (Pop-up)
Ernest Gusella	Jean-Paul Sartre Said	The Lone Arranger Writhes Again!	Ear Wax	1980	2:16:31 (Pop-up)

Robert Derby	Dancin' "Dancin'" by "Robert Derby"	I'm Normal	Cachelot	1980	2:22:18 (Pop-up)
Bob	(My Pal) Joe "(My Pal) Joe" by "Bob"	Backward	Dumb	1983	2:24:21 (Pop-up)
Spanish Dogs	Serious Boys "Serious Boys" by "Spanish Dogs"	Mongol Lé Gan	Doggie Style	1983	2:27:28 (Pop-up)
Blackwood-Laird	Kindalike Melting	Blackwood-Laird	King Tut	1981	2:30:51 (Pop-up)
Rick Cuevas	The Birds "The Birds" by "Rick Cuevas"	Symbolism	no label	1984	2:33:44 (Pop-up)
Turning Curious	Shoot the Moon "Shoot the Moon" by "Turning Curious"	Soul Light Season	Metro-American	1985	2:38:22 (Pop-up)
Dizzy & the Romilars	She's Got ???	Daily Dose	Medical Records	1982	2:41:29 (Pop-up)
Folks on Fire	Dream of Jeanie "Dream of Jeanie" by "Folks on Fire"	Under the Hairy Sun	Hit-a-Note	1985	2:43:38 (Pop-up)
Bob	Bye-Bye "Bye-Bye" by "Bob"	Backward	Dumb	1983	2:47:14 (Pop-up)

Pacific Orchestra	Electricity "Electricity" by "Pacific Orchestra"	Electricity	Cargo	1983	2:54:06 (Pop-up)
Charles Mingus	Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1960)	Reincarnation of a Lovebird	Prestige	1974	2:57:17 (Pop-up)
The Out-Theme	Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]				3:04:15 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	10:03am Tony Coulter: HUGE THANKS to Michael from NYC and Joseph from Brooklyn for pledging pre-show!!!!!
	♥ 11:52am listener james from westwood: Good Tuesday, Tony and all!! Ducking down to the mailbox now so's I can have 3 hr of uninterrupted unheard 80s!
	11:54am Tony Coulter: Hey James!
	♥ 12:01pm DCE: howdoo
	12:01pm Carmichael: Hey there Tony and world citizens. Ready for something completely different.
	12:02pm Tony Coulter: Hey ho, DCE and Carmichael! It'll be completely different, yet exactly the same.
	12:04pm still b/p: That would be pronounced Kin-boats, or Kinbotays?
	12:05pm V Priceless: Hey Tony!
	12:05pm Tony Coulter: The first, I think? Hola, still b/p!
	12:06pm Tony Coulter: Greetings, V Priceless!
	12:07pm Tony Coulter: "It takes a certain class ... to wiggle your ass"
	12:08pm Tony Coulter: By the way, for what it's worth, today's show will be all vinyl.
	♥ 12:10pm listener james from westwood: Fitting for a time when many still saw "CDs" as an investment vehicle.
	12:14pm Dean: Love this sampler. The Offs, one-of-a-kind.
	12:15pm Tony Coulter: BIG THANKS to Rich for his generous pledge!
	12:15pm Tony Coulter: Heya Dean!
	12:19pm Tony Coulter: That lost song was not intended as subliminal messaging -- I swear! Still, as you will have noticed, this week kicks of our October silent marathon. Please do consider helping out if you can!
	♥ 12:20pm Doug Schulkind: Sorry I'm late, Tony! I had my head buried in preparations for my own Joe Hill birthday special tonight on GtDR.
	12:22pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Doug!!
	♥ 12:24pm Rich in Washingtron: Tony's gone New Wave on us!
	12:29pm Dean: Well, then, I suppose we'll hear some Alessi Brothers...
	12:34pm Tony Coulter: I'm afraid their invitations got lost in the mail...
	12:37pm Carmichael: You're right, I have never heard a song about animal erections.
	12:37pm Tony Coulter: One of the advantages of being on the stream....
	12:38pm Tony Coulter: .... is being able to play songs about animal erections.
	12:41pm Carmichael: "Unknown Gender" pretty much describes most 80's artists.
	12:42pm still b/p: So much awful silliness can be cued by the term "animal erection," but I'll say just this: aard-on
	12:42pm InBrkly: Is anybody watching Halt and Catch Fire?
	12:45pm Tony Coulter: Heya, InBrkly! Speaking for myself, have no idea what that is!
	12:49pm InBrkly: It is a tv show scored by Paul Haslinger (Tangerine Dream)
	12:50pm Tony Coulter: Hey all, 'tis v-e-r-y- slow on the pledging front. Do consider helping out station and stream. Any little bit helps and will be greatly appreciated!!!
	12:51pm Tony Coulter: And don't let not pledging inhibit you from commenting. Comments are appreciated too!!
	12:52pm Tony Coulter: "It all started with one tangerine cordial...."
	12:52pm InBrkly: The show is set in 1983 and I've enjoyed it mainly for the tunes.
	12:53pm Tony Coulter: Aha! See the connection now. Sounds interesting....
	12:53pm Dean: I'll be there...but later this month.
	12:55pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, Dean!
	♥ 12:55pm listener james from westwood: Great stuff so far; these cuts could have emerged from no other decade!
	12:56pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, James! This particular cut has a bit of Beatles action going on.
	12:58pm Tony Coulter: BIG THANKS to Gabriel from Albany, CA for his super-generous pledge! HOORAY for GABRIEL!!
	12:59pm northguineahills: Hooray for Gabriel! picking up the slack when I can't!
	1:00pm InBrkly: You are quite welcome!
	1:00pm Tony Coulter: Heya, NGH! It's all about the slack....
	1:01pm MrFab: Listening to this show is somewhat of a strange experience; like I'm a kid again with KROQ on in my room as I'm doing my homework or sumthin.
	1:02pm Tony Coulter: Heya. MrFab! KROQ was the station that did that Devo tribute album, no?
	1:05pm Dean: Yes, but KROQ was once upon a time so much more than that. Rodney Bingenheimer's show was ground zero for punk as it emerged, both US and UK.
	1:06pm MrFab: Yes, "Devotees"! Some great stuff on it - 'Are we not clowns, we are Bozo,' another song played on a phone touch-tone...wonder if I still have my copy...
	1:06pm Dean: I remember hearing Devo's first single on Rodney's show, probably the first time it was heard on the West Coast. Bought a copy the next day, and I still have it.
	1:06pm V Priceless: wow! Produced by John Cale! great track!
	♥ 1:09pm listener james from westwood: IN other words re: Russia, nothing has changed.
	1:09pm MrFab: Yeah, I always really liked this record; the b-side is a devolved cover of The Doors' "Unknown Soldier."
	1:10pm V Priceless: this got some decent airplay here in NY back in the day on the local new wave radio station (WLIR/WDRE 0 we couldn't get FMU back then)
	♥ 1:15pm listener james from westwood: V Priceless, DRE was my go-to before learning about WFMU.
	1:16pm Cecile: Wow! I only know a handful of these names, and I listened to a lot of Noo Wave radio and read a lot of Trouser Press. Did the Pups eventually turn into LMNOP. That mag/band used to have a character named Baby Judy.
	1:18pm Tony Coulter: Hi Cecile! Don't think there's a connection between the Pups and LMNOP. Maybe Baby Judy was some kind of doll or sumpin?
	1:18pm V Priceless: @ ljfw - LIR/DRE was pretty cool in it's day...had (1) friend who could get FMU in the corner of his basement, back in '81/'82...but that was it!
	1:19pm Cecile: That could be, Tony.
	1:20pm northguineahills: So far, all I've heard before is the Surf Punks and Comateens.
	1:21pm Cecile: Anyone from Detroit? Remember Radios in Motion and Release the Bats radio shows?
	1:23pm Tony Coulter: BIG THANKS to Cecile for her generous pledge!! She sez it's "in honor of New Wave Nation!"
	1:23pm Cecile: Yeah, I still call myself a "reformed New Waver."
	1:24pm Cecile: And you're very welcome.
	1:25pm V Priceless: way to go, Cecile!
	1:26pm Cecile: Oh! Got Neo Boys?
	1:26pm Tony Coulter: Nope. Sorry!
	1:27pm Cecile: that's cool! You never know unless you ask!
	1:29pm Tony Coulter: That's one of the many things I miss about being at the station -- can't just run down the hall to pull a record I don't own. (I'm not big on using mp3s for the show, tho it does happen.)
	1:29pm Cecile: Yay! Carney!
	1:30pm Cecile: Okay, here's another one - Oil Tasters?
	1:31pm Tony Coulter: Them I never even heard of.
	1:32pm Cecile: They were a noisy trio with squonky sax out of Milwaukee. Much loved there. en.wikipedia.org...
	1:33pm Tony Coulter: OK, OK -- so maybe I'm straying from the pop. I'll get back to it, I swear....
	1:33pm Cecile: Yay! I was going to ask for some Fisk.
	1:34pm Tony Coulter: Hey! We're past the halfway point of today's show. A few more pledges would be greatly appreciated!!
	1:34pm northguineahills: This all sounds like pop to my ears.
	1:35pm northguineahills: I found a Steve Fisk cassette at a flea market a few years ago. I was surprised it was on SST records.
	1:35pm Tony Coulter: Soda pop for the ears....
	1:36pm Tony Coulter: Don't miss the lyrics of this track.....
	♥ 1:36pm Guido from Cologne: This IS pop!
	1:37pm Cecile: They put out a Pell Mell album on SST. Then they got picked up by a major for one album.
	1:37pm Tony Coulter: @ Guido: I told you we'd be popping again! Greetings Guido!!
	1:38pm Cecile: I think '83 was the last year of classic New Wave.
	♥ 1:38pm Guido from Cologne: Hi Tony! Back in K7-Heaven!
	♥ 1:38pm Brian in UK: Hello Tony & folks. I am guessing that the VIPs are the American version.
	♥ 1:39pm Brian in UK: You just answered my question on air.
	1:42pm Tony Coulter: Hey Brian! I read your mind.....
	1:43pm Cecile: Cheap keyboards? Check! Morricone guitar? check! Thinking they're cutting edge by playing an instrumental? Check! new wave in the house!
	1:44pm Cecile: great track.
	♥ 1:45pm Guido from Cologne: the good old new is the eternal wave
	1:45pm Tony Coulter: I love cheap keyboards! (And don't worry -- your cat's not in a fight.)
	♥ 1:47pm Guido from Cologne: ... were those keys cheap at the time actually? ... affortable , but cheap?
	♥ 1:48pm holland oats: BRING ME THE HEAD OF MICKEY MOUSE!!!
	1:48pm Tony Coulter: @ Guido: Good point: probably not!
	1:48pm Cecile: This should be your premium, Tony. Raybeats-quality instrumentals by unknowns. Yeah, they were Guido.
	1:49pm northguineahills: Yeah, I really like 84 Rooms...
	1:49pm Tony Coulter: Here's another one, Cecile! Greetings, Holland O!
	1:50pm Cecile: wonderful stuff. The return of the instrumental was one of the coolest things about the Noo Wave.
	1:51pm still b/p: I was in West Texas in these years. Guess what I wasn't hearing.
	♥ 1:55pm Guido from Cologne: Second Cure album has some cool instros. when was it ? '79 ?
	1:56pm Tony Coulter: The track on now features that famous new waver George Lewis on trombone....
	1:56pm Cecile: and it's on that punk-rock label Lovely
	1:58pm thriftstoreleather: amazing show Tony!
	1:59pm Tony Coulter: Thanks much, thriftstoreleather!!
	1:59pm northguineahills: woah, George Lewis! was that the Jill Kroesen track?
	2:00pm Tony Coulter: @ Guido: Have never heard that Cure album. Will keep an eye and an ear out for it....
	2:00pm Tony Coulter: @ NGH: Exactamento!
	2:01pm Cecile: Guido, is that the one with A Forest on it?
	2:02pm Dean: Dig the notes to the JK album: http://www.lovely.com/albumnotes/notes1501.html
	2:02pm Kurt Gottschalk: fully enjoying the 80s underground. thanks, tony!
	2:03pm northguineahills: Thanks Dean!
	2:03pm Cecile: this is like Happy Flowers, but for girls.
	2:03pm Tony Coulter: Hey there. Kurt-y Girl! Glad you like!
	♥ 2:05pm Guido from Cologne: @Cecile had to look after: "Seventeen Seconds" has "A Forest" included. The Cure album i like most.
	2:05pm northguineahills: Why haven't I heard of the Sterilles before!!!!
	2:05pm Cecile: Yeah, Guido, the lead singer's voice is really buried in the mix.
	2:06pm Cecile: Not a fan of Smith's vocals or lyrics, but there's always good guitar in the Cure.
	♥ 2:06pm Brian in UK: @ngh there is always something (new) out there. This is the joy of FMU.
	♥ 2:07pm Guido from Cologne: ... but from 1980 ... ... yes good mix ... not so much of mr. smith An theese keyboard-appreccios right now in this song on the show sound like Stranglers somehow.
	2:08pm Cecile: this sounds like Alex Chilton fronting Shoes.
	2:11pm Tony Coulter: "You got screwed by a dwarf named Al, you look in mirrors and see Cosell."
	♥ 2:12pm Brian in UK: Love the pronounciation. Would have liked the label as Toe Jam but you cannot have everything.
	2:13pm Carmichael: I'm reading the comments while at a board meeting. I'm kinda glad I'm not listening ... :)
	2:13pm Cecile: Gusella was also a pioneering videographer. Interesting.
	♥ 2:14pm Brian in UK: Bored meeting, Carmichael.
	2:16pm Tony Coulter: Oops -- I mean Robert DERBY, not Darby. My brain! My brain!
	♥ 2:17pm Rich in Washington: I love that graphic, BTW Tony! I used to have one clipped out of a National Lampoon. Maybe still do. Pixel-free, on actual paper.
	♥ 2:17pm PMD: Listening live... amazing!
	2:18pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, PMD!!
	2:19pm Tony Coulter: This Bob song is pop ... because it's about dancing.
	2:19pm Carmichael: Exactly, Brian. Endless political grandstanding.
	2:22pm Tony Coulter: Would love a few more pledges, of any size, before today's show is through. C'mon, peeps! Zee station needs yer help, yes it do.
	♥ 2:23pm Guido from Cologne: Dog & Bob is definetely pop. I tried hard to convince the ularity on such stuff ... they just didn't get it.
	2:26pm Tony Coulter: By the way, every one of my shows this month will be a special. Next week: U.S. and Canadian AOR/prog. Do not be afraid!
	♥ 2:27pm DCE: I fear no prog
	2:27pm Cecile: Of course, you are going to feature Red Rider, right. hahahahahhaha
	♥ 2:27pm Jeff Golick: PROGnosis: yay.
	2:27pm Carmichael: No Rush!
	2:28pm Cecile: Zebra. Riot. Max Webster.
	2:28pm Dean: Symphonic Slam!
	2:28pm Tony Coulter: Also, each special will end with a track that is completely unrelated to the theme. That way, I'm technically still doing freeform!
	2:30pm Tony Coulter: Max Webster may just appear next week. However, their contract says that if they play, Rush also has to play.
	♥ 2:31pm Brian in UK: There was great POP that came out of punk on both sides of the water.
	2:31pm Cecile: bwahahahahahha You have to play By-Tor the War Dog then.
	2:31pm Dean: Split the diff and play Mahogany Rush.
	♥ 2:32pm Brian in UK: Well I guess if there are archives there is no rush to listen.
	2:33pm Cecile: Turning Curious! Produced by Mitch Easter. They were from Champaign, IL. Released on a Detroit label that tried to be the new Slash or IRS.
	2:33pm Cecile: Of course, since it was based in Detroit, it failed.
	♥ 2:36pm Jeff Golick: Simon Reynolds, who wrote a post-punk book called RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN, could write a completely separate book using this show as a template.
	2:37pm Tony Coulter: Only 25 small minutes left to pledge during today's show.... Do it for the cheap (or not-so-cheap) keyboards.
	♥ 2:37pm Jeff Golick: (I think Reynolds was mostly looking at UK bands.)
	2:37pm Cecile: Do it for the New Wave Children!
	2:38pm Tony Coulter: Hey, Jeff! "Rip Up the Ripped-Up Book"?
	2:39pm Cecile: the New Wave Children need their checked Vans and their horizontally striped boatneck shirts, and their capri pants!
	2:40pm Cecile: they need their posters with randomly floating triangles!
	2:41pm Cecile: they need tickets for the midnight showing of Eating Raoul!
	2:41pm Cecile: they need dippety-do, and long grey thrift shop overcoats!
	2:42pm Tony Coulter: Yes! Triangles are essential They can make even James Taylor new wave.
	2:42pm Cecile: that's right!!!
	♥ 2:43pm Jeff Golick: they also need asymmetric triangle sunglasses
	2:43pm Cecile: triangles and weird little streamer tendrils floating around. And Mistral font!
	2:43pm Cecile: that's right, Jeff, or barring that Ray-Bans.
	2:46pm MrFab: Don't forget the skinny neckties, preferably an odd color like purple.
	2:46pm Dean: Happy the Man, too. Symphonic Slam and Happy the Man.
	2:47pm Cecile: Exactly, MrFab!
	2:47pm Cecile: Give! Give until you skank!
	♥ 2:47pm Guido from Cologne: KILLER SHOW JEFF! Could not switch off! enjoyed every second of it!
	2:48pm Tony Coulter: HUGE THANKS to Mark from Chicago for his generous pledge!! HOORAY!!
	♥ 2:48pm Jeff Golick: Thanks, Guido, but I couldn't have done it without Tony's help.
	♥ 2:50pm Guido from Cologne: KILLER SHOW TONY! It's too late allreydy it seems ... uuuuuh!
	2:50pm Carmichael: Big Happy the Man fan here.
	2:51pm Tony Coulter: Thanks,Guido!!
	2:52pm Tony Coulter: Happy the Man may appear next week. I love 'em, but I'm not sure they're AOR at all. I'll look for a track that would fit.
	♥ 2:53pm DCE: who plays on this Mingus track?
	2:54pm Tony Coulter: The parameters for next week are: AOR bands letting their prog side show, or prog band trying to sound commercial.
	2:55pm Tony Coulter: @ DCE: Dolphy's in there, for one
	2:55pm northguineahills: Thanks for a fun show, Tony!
	2:56pm still b/p: Still have a few skinnies on the tie-rack, including a couple that were decades-old vintage when I bought 'em in the 80s. And I still like 'em. A local place has a long-running eighties night -- maybe I can rock a necktie on the sidelines down there.
	♥ 2:56pm DCE: oh I found it, thanks wikipedia
	2:56pm Tony Coulter: Paul Bley on piano....
	2:56pm Dean: Definitely, then, Gabriel Bondage.
	2:57pm Tony Coulter: Roger on GB.
	♥ 2:58pm Jeff Golick: Thanks for the New Wavers, Tony!
	2:58pm Tony Coulter: Thanks for tuning in everybody!! See you next week!!
	♥ 2:58pm listener james from westwood: Tremendously enjoyed the throwback, Tony! Many thanks!
	♥ 2:59pm Brian in UK: Nice one, Tony.
	2:51pm John Davison: Speaking of Devo and Hurricane Bob, it should be mentioned that the "Hurricane Bob" in question is none other than Devo co-founder Bob Lewis.

Tony Coulter: Playlist from October 7, 2014

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