WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 4, 2015

Listener comments!
	9:04am Claw!: Good morning, Joe, and fellow Joesmen and Joeswomen! :-D
	9:04am OTB: Mornin' Mr. McGasko and fellow McGask-ettes!
	9:05am duke: Good Morning. Very nice version of Samba de Uma Nota Só
	9:06am herb.nyc: g'morning joe. i'm confused, i'm playing Wesley Willis cd now, 1st time. i may take him as my role model. plz don't think less of me. have a good show, herb
	♥ 9:07am Joe McG: Good Thursday, bonny radio friends. @Claw!: "Joe's Women" sounds like an early 70s movie starring George Segal directed by John Cassavetes.
	9:07am Roberto: Hmm...it's that time of the morning when I've yet to determine if that acrid odor around my person is my coffee or cat pee.
	9:07am Claw!: @herb - I hope that CD has "Rock n Roll McDonald's" on it...
	9:08am Claw!: Or even "I Whooped Batman's Ass."
	9:08am Roberto: There's no need to apologize for Wesley Willis ever. Except maybe to say "I'm Sorry I Got Fat."
	9:10am Cheri Pi: Good morning my peeps
	9:11am Claw!: Buenos dias, Cheri!
	♥ 9:12am common: joe! all yooooos!
	9:12am Claw!: common! :-D
	9:13am bobdoesthings: gooood morning joe and all.
	♥ 9:13am Marcel M: Morning Joe and friends
	♥ 9:14am common: claw!
	9:14am herb.nyc: but seriously, i saw Jon DeRosa sing at st. vitus last night. what a buncha serious room-silencing songs! fyi.
	9:14am bobdoesthings: fish! bear!
	9:14am Claw!: Oh, boy. It's bob. Got any more sexy animal pics, bob? Marcel!
	♥ 9:14am melinda: Good morning everyone!
	9:14am Claw!: Where is Fish????
	9:15am bobdoesthings: @claw.. I'll have to look deep in my stash..
	9:15am bobdoesthings: @claw - oh sorry.. fish isn't here.. I got excited.. ignore me.. havent had my caffeine drugs
	9:15am herb.nyc: oh, Wesley's Fabian Road Warrior cd
	♥ 9:17am Joe McG: Has Abe Vigoda been on the Comments Board recently?
	9:18am Claw!: nice, herb. :-)
	9:18am herb.nyc: back on point, i have libr copy of CVeloso
	9:18am bobdoesthings: @claw - this little guy has got a coy look about him... imgur.com...
	9:18am doca: Hi, Joe! Greetings from Brazil eheh Just to say, my name is Pedro and my parents introduced me to this song (which isn't necessarily a happy song)
	♥ 9:19am Joe McG: @doca: Tell me what it's about, I'm curious!
	9:20am Claw!: omg, bob. You are fucking my shit up.
	9:20am Claw!: I think that's a "she," btw.
	9:21am V Priceless: Hi Joe and peeps of Earth!
	9:21am doca: It's basically Raul Seixas comdemning his friend Pedro because he has turned himself into a square-minded conservative, while Seixas was the crazy lunatic guy
	9:21am Claw!: V is here! :-D
	9:21am Claw!: And right on time, I'd say.
	♥ 9:22am Joe McG: @doca: Wow, happens to a lot of us, I'm sure! Thanks!
	9:23am sphere: hey hey
	♥ 9:24am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe and fellow listeners!
	9:25am d¢ pät: Hola, wie gehts?
	9:25am doca: @Joe: I've beend digging the work of Sergio Sampaio lately, who recorded wi Raul Seixas in the early 70's. He's a tragic and forgotten character in Brazilian music.
	9:26am herb.nyc: ...CVeloso
	9:26am V Priceless: Hey Claw!
	♥ 9:26am Guido from Cologne: Holiday, sun, balcony, surface noice, enjoyment
	♥ 9:27am common: where's the balcony, guido? i wanna be there!
	♥ 9:29am Marcel M: Hi Claw! Common BOB! all. ALL!
	9:30am Rev. Turnip Druid: mah people.
	9:31am Claw!: There's a big difference between "that guy was hung" and "that guy was hanged."
	♥ 9:32am Polyus: Golly, I missed Raul Seixas.
	♥ 9:32am Rich in Washington: I've noticed, as of late - and perhaps with the exception of a radio air-room phone - no one really 'hangs up' anymore. It's more like pressing 'off'. I am pressing off.
	9:32am sugarwolf: People are hanged, pictures and horses are hung
	9:34am d¢ pät: Oh, so that's why people are hanged, because they're hung. Got it.
	9:36am Claw!: Play "Sister Christian" again!
	♥ 9:37am Joe McG: @Claw!: I know you're kidding. A once in a lifetime event, I'm afraid.
	9:38am bobdoesthings: what if we all request it Joe?!
	♥ 9:38am Joe McG: @bob: I shan't be bullied! :)
	♥ 9:39am common: really thought it was 1992 for a second
	9:39am Claw!: :-} It was worth a shot. I was helping a customer last time you played it, so I couldn't belt it out in the store. It's cool, though. I'm working from home today, so I will just play it later!
	♥ 9:40am Polyus: Raul being a crazy lunatic guy:www.youtube.com...
	9:40am bobdoesthings: requesting isn't bullying, per se.. but fair nuff!
	♥ 9:41am Joe McG: @common: It WAS. (shiver)
	♥ 9:41am Ken From Hyde Park: Morning, surface noisies.
	9:42am Claw!: Hola, Cken!
	♥ 9:42am common: @joe: ha! shiver indeed
	♥ 9:43am doctorjazz: Hi all! So, I listened a bit to last night's live broadcast in my car. I found the sound over the air to be a real disappointment-The Barcelona Broadcast actually sounded better, which is weird (but I listened to the stream/pop-up for that) Like this Deafening Colors track, heard it on some show or other past few days, downloaded on Bandcamp.
	♥ 9:44am Ken From Hyde Park: Hey, Claw!
	♥ 9:44am common: thanks for that link polyus!
	9:46am Claw!: OMG, i just noticed this band is called "Peaness." I love it.
	♥ 9:47am Joe McG: @Claw!: Three young ladies with a sense of humor, I guess. Great pop song!
	9:47am bobdoesthings: @polyus - thanks for that link... if for nothing else that opening laughter! wow! haha
	9:48am phat: Audentis Fortuna iuvat!
	9:53am Chris from DC: Yay, Felt.
	9:55am Cheri Pi: ditto on the yay tip
	9:55am tino: viva lawrence!
	♥ 9:57am Marcel M: This Felt is very cool. Love the mood and guitar sound.
	9:57am βrian: Bright skies over the isthmus today. Good morning.
	9:58am Claw!: Yes, this geetar shore is purdy.
	9:59am d¢ pät: wow, doctorjazz, I totally disagree. I listened with headphones on laptop and thought it sounded killer.
	10:00am Claw!: Does this kind of stuff count as "dream pop?" Because it sure sounds like it would.
	10:00am d¢ pät: but I was also watching the video so maybe that helped.
	10:00am Cheri Pi: THEE ISTHMUS!
	♥ 10:01am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...join page w/ 'Bouquet' whilst seeing Guido's flowers on fb...
	10:03am cory: mornin' all
	10:04am bobdoesthings: @claw - one more for ya' - i.imgur.com...
	10:04am d¢ pät: How the hell have I never heard this??
	♥ 10:04am common: wow!
	10:04am thedunkel: This is AWESOME!!!! Best cover I've ever heard of Pretty Vacant!! Thanks McGasko!
	10:05am fleep: And ze day, it commenceth.
	10:05am Roberto: Starry star star star
	♥ 10:05am MD: FMU's Got to much in for real!!!
	♥ 10:05am Joe McG: @thedunkel: Much smoother than the original. :)
	10:06am Claw!: That dog's got some real specs appeal... God damn it, bob.
	♥ 10:06am Greg from Bloomfield: Morning, gang!
	10:06am Claw!: FLEEP!
	10:06am bobdoesthings: I know I know.. I'll stop... I'll stop.
	10:06am Roberto: Okay, show of hands -- who else always thinks of this song whenever he/she sees a lavatory with a vacant sign?
	10:07am OTB: Roberto, I will now!
	10:07am herb.nyc: nice Pretty Vacant. reminds me of THE kiki
	♥ 10:07am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Is that Paul Jones, formerly of Manfred Mann?
	10:08am d¢ pät: I will say this--that whole Pistols album sounds way better played at 45 rpm.
	10:08am Claw!: @bob - You're gonna cause me to offend someone and their delicate sensibilities, and we all know how that goes...
	♥ 10:08am Michele: I like this song. I am surprised I like it.
	10:08am fredr: Nice variety this morning Joe!
	10:08am PKNY: Just did a Discogs search, supposedly there's a cover of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" on the flip of that Paul Jones 45 --> www.discogs.com...
	♥ 10:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mike Lupica's WPRB program - fb page cover photo: Julian Cope: Like ! ...
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @Michele: You just love banjos! @fredr: Thanks! @PKNY: I got that too, but it's not as good.
	♥ 10:13am Michele: Joe I think you are right! Great show so far!
	10:13am Brendan: Nice set, nice show Nice guy that Joe Good music in my ear Good people commenting here Just sayin... Hello
	♥ 10:13am doctorjazz: ♥ Yeah, @d¢ pät, again, I was listening from my car radio, but it isn't bad, and I usually expect and hear a much clearer signal over the air than the one last night. I wonder if somehow the same signal used for the stream is sent over the air, and sounds worse done that way. If you ever listen to the WFUV Alternate Side show, it also sounds awful listened over the FM band in the car, suspect the stream is somehow compressed and loses something when sent as an FM signal. But, I really don't know this to be true, only that, to my ears, the sound is really bad. (I actually did listen on my phone for a bit last night, and it did sound better, which is why I'm guessing the above about the digital stream).
	♥ 10:14am doctorjazz: Of course, this only applies to the NY/NJ area, and that old fashioned gadget, the radio, not to the streamers
	♥ 10:14am Brian in UK: Jim Reeves next?
	10:14am herb.nyc: ...THE Kiki
	♥ 10:15am Brian in UK: @doctorjazz Internet radio. Ten thousand stations. Crazy.
	10:15am d¢ pät: yeah, good point: video stream over air waves.
	10:16am herb.nyc: ...
	♥ 10:24am doctorjazz: When I'm in the office, I work in Staten Island, which has terrible reception over the air, and I stream almost all the time (my office blocks most streaming, but somehow the pop-up sneaks by, though I think if anyone in charge here found out, I'd be dead meat...living dangerously!!!)
	10:24am Roberto: Ooh I likes dis tong
	10:24am Claw!: I love this song! I believe this was also on a comp series called "Dream Babes." I think. Either way - very nice to hear this!
	10:25am Claw!: fist bumps Roberto
	10:25am mauri: wfmu hooligans
	♥ 10:25am common: really diggin!
	♥ 10:27am doctorjazz: Loving the Spoonful cover.
	10:27am d¢ pät: Ha! docjazz, that's the way I feel. I've been streaming FMU in the office for almost 10 years and can't figure out how i haven't been caught yet. I really think the sys admins like me and are turning a blind eye to my streaming activities.
	10:28am Roberto: Y'always want to stay on the good side of the sys admins.
	10:30am tikk: favoriting this show, they're all number one hits, apologies to Mr. Shelley
	10:30am d¢ pät: I have to Roberto, or I can't get anything done.
	10:30am adrian in mpls: really liked that version!
	♥ 10:33am Nate K: I didn't know Jean Ritchie died. A truly wonderful singer.
	10:34am Claw!: Say "Peaness" again, Joe! :-D
	♥ 10:36am Nate K: Are there any bands anyone has dismissed out of hand w/o listening to them simply because of the name?
	10:36am Brendan: Beavis and Butthead are chuckling
	♥ 10:38am Joe McG: @NateK: ALL the time. I'd have to make a very long list!
	♥ 10:38am Greg from Bloomfield: Oh, so many, Nate. "Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin"..."I Am The World Trade Center"..."The Pain of Being Pure at Heart"...basically anything that sounds like it came from a Scharpling & Wurster bit...
	10:39am Claw!: Yes, Nate. Lots. I've noticed it's predominantly indie bands. Some names are just too precious or contrived.
	10:40am d¢ pät: Tons NateK. Even when I actually hear that groups with stupid names are kind of good, I still avoid them.
	10:41am Claw!: This song title, tho... Joe, you aren't making this easy for me today.
	♥ 10:42am common: agreed dcp hee, claw!
	♥ 10:42am Nate K: @Greg, yes, there are a few these days that almost seem like homages to S&W absurdity.
	10:43am adrian in mpls: @Nate K -- Yes - Greg definitely named off some of the ones that I can't stand - if the name makes me cringe, it makes it pretty difficult for me to take the music seriously
	♥ 10:43am Joe McG: There are some very good bands that have horrible names, like Master Musicians of Bukkake. Jesus, c'mon, guys!
	♥ 10:43am SeanG: Black Todd Rundgren!
	10:45am d¢ pät: However, one of my favorite names for a band was Come Off It Weller.
	♥ 10:45am Greg from Bloomfield: Pretty much any band name that is a pop culture reference. You're basically telling me before I even hear you that you're out of ideas.
	10:45am Claw!: Really, Joe? Master Musicians of Bukkake??? hahahahahah Methinks i need to look into these jokers...
	♥ 10:46am Nate K: The New Lou Reeds. That's bold fellas. Bold.
	♥ 10:46am Joe McG: @Claw!: Lot of FMU airplay, check 'em out!
	♥ 10:46am Nate K: They're actually solid, though.
	♥ 10:47am Joe McG: I was going to do a premium one year of those kind of pop reference bands: John Cougar Concentration Camp, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ringo Death Starr, etc. But it's a bit low concept!!
	♥ 10:48am Marcel M: On a roll Joe!
	♥ 10:48am Marcel M: Lemme get a Joeonaroll
	10:48am FernandoBelmondo: I missed the first hour of the show and now see you played Raul Seixas. He is such a great star. I'm a huge fan!
	10:49am Claw!: Good idea, Marcel! Better make that two.
	♥ 10:49am Joe McG: @Marcel: Joeonaroll is baloney on white bread, I think.
	10:50am Dean: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Butterfly Peter O'Toole Lending Library
	♥ 10:50am Greg from Bloomfield: Actually I guess it depends. Black Sabbath, They Might Be Giants, Titus Andronicus...there is room for lenience.
	♥ 10:50am Nate K: I think that concept could work for songs: "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" etc.
	♥ 10:51am Nate K: Black Sabbath is, to me, a near perfect name. Especially for that band at that time.
	♥ 10:51am melinda: @Dean is Peter O'Toole Lending Library a real band? I kind of like it.
	10:52am John Arthur: Titus Andronicus is the only of all of these which has a name I like, I think.
	10:52am V Priceless: don't forget REO Speedealer
	10:52am Claw!: @Joe - You're killin me, smalls.
	♥ 10:53am Greg from Bloomfield: Agreed, Nate. It was different pre-internet. You couldn't just stream Black Sabbath anytime you wanted. But those dudes probably watched it 100 times (because it RULES)
	10:53am Dean: @melinda: Alas, no. I made it up a couple weeks ago and, pace ELO, I can't get it out of my head.
	10:53am John Arthur: Part of it is that you come up with a name when you're, say, 18, and then ten years later if you're lucky you've built that name up...and then you're 28 with some dumbass name you came up with before your prefrontal cortex was even fully developed.
	♥ 10:54am melinda: Good one Dean!
	♥ 10:54am Marcel M: Black Sabbath is the greatest name and greatest band ever
	♥ 10:55am Joe McG: @Marcel: How do you feel about Brown Sabbath?
	10:55am Claw!: John Arthur nailed it!
	10:55am bobdoesthings: @marcel - I dunno.. what about Ween?
	10:55am d¢ pät: Actually Black Flag is the best name ever.
	10:55am Dean: Beg to differ, @Marcel. Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
	♥ 10:55am melinda: Death Cab for Cutie is one of my least favorite names. If it is a pop reference I don't get it. Sounds like an inside joke that should have stayed inside.
	10:55am John Arthur: @Claw! Haha thanks
	10:56am βrian: Some say Crucifixus nailed it.
	10:56am John Arthur: @Melinda...I'm with you with death cab. I despise that name.
	10:56am V Priceless: @ melinda - they took that from a tune by The Bonzo Dog Band.
	10:57am Brendan: Gee this sounds swell!
	♥ 10:57am Nate K: @Melinda, it's a Beatles/Bonzo Dog Band reference I believe.
	♥ 10:58am Greg from Bloomfield: Never, ever put the word "cutie" in your name. Ever.
	10:59am OTB: "Death Cab for Cutie" was also a song performed by the house band in a strip club in a scene in "O Lucky Man" early in the film.
	10:59am Dean: Fat & Fucked Up was the name of a string quartet in LA during the early punk years. I also dislike DCfC. And there's a new pop band with a dumb name the kids listen to these days. Can't remember it, though. SOMETHING the People.
	♥ 10:59am melinda: Thanks Priceless. Mystery solved. Still hate it. Doesn't stand on its own if you don't know the reference. Is that the name of the song, or is it different?
	10:59am OTB: ...if I recall correctly, which I often don't....
	10:59am bobdoesthings: @melinda - i think it's referencing a song.. www.youtube.com...
	10:59am Claw!: Fuck Death Cab For Cutie. Gross.
	♥ 10:59am Greg from Bloomfield: Foster the People! AWFUL. That name makes me want to punch things.
	11:00am bobdoesthings: @greg - YES! THIS! x1000
	11:00am Dean: @Greg: That's it! Blech.
	♥ 11:00am Brian in UK: Brother in a box.
	11:01am d¢ pät: Bitney Spears has to be the dumbest...
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: Ben Gibbard has been a friend to WFMU. Be nice!
	11:01am John Arthur: It's pretty damn presumptuous to think that the people even WANT to be fostered. Leave the people alone, Foster The People.
	11:01am Dean: I was once in a band called Arbor Day. And Sweet Puddin'heads.
	11:01am V Priceless: yeah, name of the tune, as bobdoes just posted. Love the Bonzos.
	♥ 11:02am Greg from Bloomfield: I got no hate for Ben or Death Cab! I like a bunch of their songs. But THAT NAME, Joe!
	♥ 11:02am Brian in UK: Remember King L (say it quickly)
	♥ 11:02am Nate K: I have nothing against DCFC, not my bag, but the guy write and sing a song, no doubt.
	11:03am Claw!: Yes, Joe, I appreciate that - but THE NAME!
	11:03am John Arthur: I had some terrible band names: The Gathering Crowd (14 years old), The Morphine Lollipops (18 years old, not sure if I hate this or love this, still)
	♥ 11:03am Joe McG: @@Claw: Ha ha ha!
	♥ 11:04am Nate K: correction: "the guy CAN write and sing a song, no doubt."
	♥ 11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah, Bonzos do 'D Cab...' in Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour' film as a band in a strip club; parody/pastiche of such a song...
	11:04am V Priceless: saw a band in NJ once called 'Scrod Rocket' - name stayed with me
	11:05am Dean: @John Arthur: Morphine Lollipops works for me. Has a shoegaze/pop feel to it.
	♥ 11:05am Greg from Bloomfield: My band names, in order: Dagobah Playset, The Manny Trillo, The Groundlings, The Twtichgrass (UGH), Quit The Breathin', Lungs Of A Giant, Panglossian Prophets of Doom.
	11:06am Claw!: "Flying Burrito Brothers" still makes me gnash my teeth a little when I hear/see the name. gnashes
	11:06am OTB: AH, MMT! That's where it was! Similar Strip Club weirdness in O Lucky Man caused the conflation...
	♥ 11:06am Brian in UK: @Greg how about Candide Capers?
	11:06am Marcel M: Doesn't have the same ring to it Joe!!
	11:07am V Priceless: ......that and Meat Loaf!
	♥ 11:07am Greg from Bloomfield: Candide Capers? Is Marcel M in that band?
	11:08am Claw!: But you love Meat Loaf!
	♥ 11:08am Nate K: Meat Loaf works once you know what the guy looks like.
	♥ 11:08am Brian in UK: I made up a band name once called Plastic Tearful.
	11:08am Claw!: Amen, NateK! hahaha
	11:08am V Priceless: Claw! You are confusing me with you!
	11:08am βrian: "Captain Bee Fart" never did it for me.
	11:09am d¢ pät: Speaking of which, what should I have for lunch?
	11:09am d¢ pät: Some one on the comments came up with Toilet Spoon. I thought that was pretty good.
	11:09am Dean: Have a flying burrito, brother.
	11:09am V Priceless: The Night Beef Whore is amusing...
	♥ 11:09am Brian in UK: A big bowl of Singapore Laksa.
	11:10am Claw!: I always liked the idea of calling a band Brown Noise. We would play at really low frequencies and make the audience involuntarily poop themselves.
	♥ 11:11am Brian in UK: TrouserCoughs does it for me.
	11:11am Dean: I always wanted to run a bar/lounge, The Brown Candle.
	11:12am adrian in mpls: @Claw! - hahahahahaha - can I be in that band?
	11:12am Chris from DC: Did a one time trio thing as Fiscal Cliff once.
	♥ 11:12am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mike Mills: ...'a name we were considering before R.E.M. was Cans of Piss. That's good, but if you're Cans of Piss - there are only certain kinds of things you can play'... 'TrouserCoughs' hahahaha
	11:12am d¢ pät: I was in a band called Rock Pants...sort of. The dumb bass player didn't like it so we never got to use it. It came from his girlfriend who put on pants when she was a kid and realized there were rocks in them.
	11:13am Claw!: There's a local band around here called Free Lobster Buffet - I can't imagine how many people have showed up to whatever venue they were playing only to be terribly disappointed. It's a brilliant way to get people to show up to your gigs, though! Big ups to them.
	♥ 11:13am Polyus: @Brian UK, I want to bankroll that band.
	11:13am Claw!: Yes, Adrian. Yes you can.
	11:14am Brendan: Love the Osborne Bros Joe thx
	11:14am Dean: Fiscal Cliff kind of gives away the era during which the band played. Arbor Day had a song about Nelson Rockefeller, when he was VP. Free Lobster Buffet! A guy I knew back in the day wanted to name his band Twelve Kegs. The flyers would read, "Party with Twelve Kegs!"
	11:14am Claw!: Play some naughty bluegrass for us, Joe!
	♥ 11:15am Greg from Bloomfield: @Dean: Kinda like The Free Beer & Hot Wings Show
	11:15am d¢ pät: I was also in Mad Dog 20/20, Scar Tissue, Cool Italians, Tom Terrific, Sandwich...all fairly decent.
	11:15am βrian: Well, since y'all are getting scatological, I can't help but associate Tower of Power with the accreted remains in a sub-zero weather outhouse.
	11:15am Claw!: yeah, Dean. Those names kinda guarantee ticket sales. I would put a "no refunds" on those flyers somewhere. :-P
	11:16am d¢ pät: ..Master Cylinder..
	11:16am d¢ pät: RIP to all those groups...sniff..
	♥ 11:17am Mike East: those names are like Everybody Gets Laid from PCU. I've been in Plastic East, The Imperialists, The Volunteers, and Olivia Newton Rat, among others.
	11:17am Claw!: HOO-WEE! That's some furious banjo! I love it!
	11:18am Claw!: That kinda pickin' makes me wanna kick some heads in. In a good way!
	♥ 11:18am Brian in UK: Last time I saw Ralph Stanley over here his banjo player looked about sixteen. Bobby Gillespie was in the audience. Now there is a subject, famous people at gigs you would never imagine them to attend.
	11:18am V Priceless: Marilyn Monrodent
	11:18am Chris from DC: I shouldn't leave out Cable Rot. We had stickers.
	♥ 11:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...you guys is great @ names!...
	11:20am Carmichael: 'ello, Joseph. Howdy pahdnuhs.
	11:21am d¢ pät: I had cable rot on a mic cable from an old 50's era microphone. I had to fashion a new one out of a guitar cable.
	♥ 11:23am melinda: I haven't listened to Death Cab for Cutie because of the name. I might actually like the music, don't know.
	11:24am Claw!: I always think of band names and forget to write em, so I started jotting em down. Some selections: Fonzie Scheme Flamin' Babies Full-Blown Clown Sex Moron Tabernacle Choir The Page Scandals
	11:24am Carmichael: 'ello, Joseph. Howdy pahdnuhs.
	11:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: bloody meetings. What's all this about names? After nailing myself to "blue sausage infant" for a quarter of a century, I should not be allowed to comment. Clearly my judgement is suspect.
	11:26am Claw!: Yo, Carmichael!
	11:26am Carmichael: Kathleen Turner Overdrive is still my fave.
	♥ 11:26am drr: Flamin' Babies is great.
	♥ 11:26am melinda: Reuben's Train! yes
	11:27am Dean: Anticlimactic metal names are fun: Fünnel, Parägraph, Ümlaut, Scansion...
	11:27am V Priceless: good batch there, Claw! Rev. TD: bsi rules!
	♥ 11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Until a few weeks ago I was a Poker Knight. I was simply out-ranked & out-voted.
	11:27am Dean: Credenza
	11:27am MenfussMike: my friends had a band called The Diarrhea of Anne Frank. they were great. They opened for jesus lizard.
	11:28am Rev. Turnip Druid: No band name on earth, ever, in the history of humankind or its infinite future, could ever surpass the sheer majesty of TOE FAT.
	11:28am Claw!: Oooh, nice ones, Dean! Ümlaut, ftw.
	11:29am Claw!: Yeah, Toe Fat is a pretty great name. That one record in particular has a great cover, too.
	♥ 11:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hahahaha! Bands.
	11:29am V Priceless: yeah, Toe Fat is up there, Rev!
	11:29am Claw!: @MenfussMike - How delightfully tasteless! I love it.
	♥ 11:30am Mike East: Oh, I played drums for a keyboard/drums/vocal experimental metal group called Monsterbaiter once.
	11:30am βrian: the Üm Louts.
	11:30am Chris from DC: Rev, we shouldn't leave out Sarcastic Orgasm, though.
	♥ 11:30am melinda: @MenfussMike that's a great name. The kind that won't be long lived but at least they put it out there.
	11:31am Claw!: God damn, this shreds.
	♥ 11:31am Greg from Bloomfield: This is some might fine a-pickin' and a-singin'
	♥ 11:31am drr: Diarrhea of Anne Frank gives me hope for civilization.
	11:31am Dean: Great names above! Monsterbaiter makes me think of a band I adore, but whose name seems just a wee bit inapt: Meshuggah.
	11:32am Claw!: DOLLY! <3
	♥ 11:32am drr: I was in a band called The Red M&Ms. We were all very young.
	♥ 11:32am common: dolly's singing my theme!
	11:33am MenfussMike: Diarrhea live were as offensive as their name
	♥ 11:33am Greg from Bloomfield: "A broken heart won't kill you / You'll just want to die" Fucking badass.
	♥ 11:33am ChrisB.: Could have picked Dolly's bluegrass LP up at this year's RSD. Sorry I passed now.
	11:35am Claw!: @MenfussMike - I LOVE your avatar, btw. One of my all-time favorite flicks. :-)
	11:36am Rev. Turnip Druid: Good point, Hypnotoad from DC. Never forget.
	11:39am βrian: The Peanut S&Ms
	♥ 11:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: facebook masturbators (visualize logo) ...this could quickly become a musician's version of the 'Aristocrats' joke; race to the bottom...
	♥ 11:45am Ken From Hyde Park: Liz Berg was playing Japanther frequently a couple years ago. For whatever reason, it was a band name earworm for me.
	11:45am Claw!: I was MySpace friends a million years ago with a band called Retard Strength. As un-PC as it is, I'll admit that I still kind of love that name.
	11:45am βrian: Well, there's the Japancakes, of course.
	♥ 11:46am drr: You know what's a terrible name? The "Beatles".
	11:48am Dean: Soüfflé, Swingset, Lünette, Red Hot Chili Dogs
	11:49am John Arthur: I can't believe this conversation is still going
	♥ 11:49am Mike East: seriously guys, please stop, I have work to do.
	11:49am John Arthur: If I ever become a rapper, I'm going to be Dank Sinatra
	♥ 11:49am Brian in UK: The Three-Toed Sloths never caught on. Great single 'Hangin' Around'.
	11:49am John Arthur: And my MC will be Smiles Davis
	11:49am Lewis: this is a really great set!
	♥ 11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: "ugh 'Beatles' why 'Beatles'"? en Francais: Force Retard
	11:50am bobdoesthings: What about Japandroids? equally as cringe worthy... iMO
	11:51am Dean: Rolling Kidney Stones
	♥ 11:51am Brian in UK: Joe has sensibly gone quiet. Great show, Joe.
	11:51am Chris from DC: I saw Bandroidz listed somewhere the other day. Really?
	♥ 11:52am melinda: Another good one Dean!
	11:52am βrian: @Dean: "This, too, shall pass."
	♥ 11:52am melinda: Jim & Jesse!
	11:53am Dean: Always liked Alternative TV.
	11:54am Brendan: Thanks Joe
	11:54am V Priceless: My Mother The Car Bomb Thanks Joe!
	11:54am Dean: Elvis, Abbott & Costello.
	11:55am βrian: BDN with Charlie, coming up: wfmu.org...
	11:56am bobdoesthings: thanks JOE!!
	♥ 11:56am Greg from Bloomfield: Thanks, Joe!
	11:56am Claw!: Thank you, Joe! You're the best!
	11:56am David Basso: Poker Knights...horrible name.
	11:56am Dean: Yäwl
	11:57am Ear Hammer: Y'ALL! Excellent show today Joe!
	11:57am Claw!: Don't knock the "y'all"
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting today, everybody. I hope you got all those bad band names out of your system! :)
	11:58am bobdoesthings: time to go listen to Sister Christian..
	11:58am Claw!: :-)
	11:59am V Priceless: Herman's Woody! haha...you're a great sport JM! cheers
	♥ 11:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...but then - so is David Basso... - Thx Joe !
	11:59am JakeGould: Am I early?

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 4, 2015

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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June 4, 2015: Baloney on White Bread

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd	Samba de Uma Nota Só	The Girl from Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook	Verve	1995	CD	From 1962		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Nelson Angelo and Joyce	Vivo ou Morto	Nelson Angelo e Joyce	Odeon	2002	CD	From 1972		0:08:19 (Pop-up)
Orquestra e Côro	Kriola "Kriola" by "Orquestra e Côro"	Black Rio: Brazil Soul Power 1971-1980	Strut	2002	CD	From 1973		0:10:43 (Pop-up)
Alceu Valença	Punhal de Prata "Punhal de Prata" by "Alceu Valença"	Molhado de Suor	Sol Re Sol	2015	CD	From 1974	*	0:13:07 (Pop-up)
Raul Seixas	Meu Amigo Pedro "Meu Amigo Pedro" by "Raul Seixas"	Nuts for Brazil: Scott Williams' 2015 Marathon Premium	WFMU	2015	CD-R	From 1976	*	0:16:18 (Pop-up)
Smoke City	Numbers "Numbers" by "Smoke City"	Brasil 2 mil: The Soul of Bass-O-Nova	Six Degrees	1999	CD	From 1997		0:20:58 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé	La Vem a Onda "La Vem a Onda" by "Tom Zé"	Tom Zé	Mr Bongo/RGE	2015	CD	From 1970	*	0:25:19 (Pop-up)

Flyying Colours	Feathers "Feathers" by "Flyying Colours"	EP x 2	Shelflife	2015	CD		*	0:36:29 (Pop-up)
The Deafening Colors	Mary-Anne "Mary-Anne" by "The Deafening Colors"	single	Deafening Colors	2015	MP3		*	0:38:59 (Pop-up)
Shiny Coin	Green Smoothie "Green Smoothie" by "Shiny Coin"	Living in a Shadow: A Vacant Valley Compilation	Vacant Valley	2015	CD		*	0:42:33 (Pop-up)
Peaness	Fortune Favours the Bold "Fortune Favours the Bold" by "Peaness"	single	Peaness	2015	MP3		*	0:45:15 (Pop-up)
Totally Mild	When I'm Tired "When I'm Tired" by "Totally Mild"	Down Time	Bedroom Suck	2015	CD		*	0:48:12 (Pop-up)
Cinerama	Meet Cute "Meet Cute" by "Cinerama"	Valentina	Scopitones	2015	CD		*	0:49:51 (Pop-up)
Felt	Evergreen Dazed "Evergreen Dazed" by "Felt"	Absolute Classic Masterpieces	Cherry Red	1991	CD	From 1981		0:52:37 (Pop-up)
Bouquet	In a Dream "In a Dream" by "Bouquet"	In a Dream	Ulrike/Folktale	2015	CD		*	0:57:39 (Pop-up)
Paul Jones	Pretty Vacant "Pretty Vacant" by "Paul Jones"	single	RSO	1978	MP3	Brazenly pilfered from Mike Lupica's WPRB program from this week		1:02:41 (Pop-up)
Banditos	Blue Mosey #2 "Blue Mosey #2" by "Banditos"	Banditos	Bloodshot	2015	CD		*	1:06:36 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	Britches "Britches" by "Lonnie Mack"	Home at Last	Capitol	1977	LP			1:10:41 (Pop-up)
Dave Dudley	I Feel a Cry Comin' On	Down the Road	Springboard	1976	LP	From 1963		1:12:57 (Pop-up)
Jean Ritchie	Careless Love "Careless Love" by "Jean Ritchie"	Field Trip	Greenhays	2001	CD	From 1954; R.I.P.		1:15:41 (Pop-up)
Norma Jean	The Box It Came In "The Box It Came In" by "Norma Jean"	Please Don't Hurt Me	RCA Victor	1966	LP			1:18:07 (Pop-up)
RAW	Well All Right "Well All Right" by "RAW"	Holly	Coral	1971	LP			1:20:19 (Pop-up)
Marilyn Powell	Something to Hold On To	Keep Lookin': 80 More Mod, Soul, and Freakbeat Nuggets	RPM	2014	CD	From 1968		1:22:48 (Pop-up)
Maxine Brown	Darling, Be Home Soon	We'll Cry Together	Commonwealth United	1969	LP			1:25:37 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s (yes, 45s) all in a row for no reason in particular
The Shirelles	Not for All the Money in the World	single	Scepter	1963	45			1:35:29 (Pop-up)
Nick Lowe	Wish You Were Here "Wish You Were Here" by "Nick Lowe"	single	Columbia	1983	45	with Paulie Carrack		1:37:18 (Pop-up)
Peter Blake	Clever Dick "Clever Dick" by "Peter Blake"	single	United Artists	1977	45	It's becoming a theme....		1:40:33 (Pop-up)
Cláudio Fontana	O Homem de Nazaré	single	Copacabana	1974	45			1:43:30 (Pop-up)
The Joneses	Sugar Pie Guy, Pt. 1 "Sugar Pie Guy, Pt. 1" by "The Joneses"	single	Mercury	1974	45			1:48:13 (Pop-up)
The Joneses	Sugar Pie Guy, Pt. 2 "Sugar Pie Guy, Pt. 2" by "The Joneses"	single	Mercury	1974	45	Oh, what the hell, here's the other side, too!		1:51:42 (Pop-up)
Lynn Hope & Orchestra	Rose Room "Rose Room" by "Lynn Hope & Orchestra"	single	Aladdin	1953	45			1:55:25 (Pop-up)
Jimmie Davis	My Boy's Coming Home	single	Decca	1971	45			1:58:06 (Pop-up)
The Caboose	In My Hour of Need "In My Hour of Need" by "The Caboose"	single	Enterprise	1970	45			2:00:49 (Pop-up)

The Grass Is Blue "The Grass Is Blue"
The Osborne Brothers	Me and My Old Banjo	Voices in Bluegrass	Stetson	?	LP	From 1965		2:13:13 (Pop-up)
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Orange Blossom Special	Bean Blossom	MCA	1973	LP	Featuring Carl Jackson; live at the Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, Indiana		2:15:06 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys	Homesick	Don't Cry to Me	Thrill Jockey	2004	LP	live on the Louisiana Hayride, 1960		2:17:35 (Pop-up)
Dillard-Hartford-Dillard	Artificial Limitations	Dillard-Hartford-Dillard	Flying Fish	1978	LP			2:22:58 (Pop-up)
Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman	Reuben's Train	Dueling Banjos	Warner Bros.	1973	LP	Originally from 1963		2:25:24 (Pop-up)
James Monroe and the Midnight Ramblers	Train '45'	Bean Blossom	MCA	1973	LP			2:28:25 (Pop-up)
Dolly Parton	Endless Stream of Tears	The Grass Is Blue	Sugar Hill	1999	CD			2:30:54 (Pop-up)
The Stanley Brothers	Pretty Polly	The Stanley Brothers of Virginia, Vol. 2: Long Journey Home	County	1973	LP	From 1965		2:33:39 (Pop-up)
Gary Stewart	Pretend I Never Happened	Your Place or Mine	RCA	1977	LP	written by Willie Nelson		2:37:32 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Mack	The Other Side "The Other Side" by "Lonnie Mack"	Home at Last	Capitol	1977	LP	Back to Lonnie for a nice bluegrass-style tune		2:39:56 (Pop-up)
The Cox Family with Alison Krauss	When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart	Blue Ribbon Bluegrass	Rounder	1993	CD			2:43:52 (Pop-up)
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Quartet	Be Ready For Tomorrow May Never Come	You Can Feel It in Your Soul	County	1987	LP	From 1953		2:48:16 (Pop-up)
Jim & Jesse	The River of Jordan "The River of Jordan" by "Jim & Jesse"	The Essential Jim & Jesse	Epic Legacy	1998	CD	From 1966		2:50:57 (Pop-up)

Woody Herman and His Orchestra	G'bye Now	At the Woodchopper's Ball	ASV/Living Era	1995	CD	From 1941; Vocal: Muriel Lane		2:56:42 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:04am Claw!: Good morning, Joe, and fellow Joesmen and Joeswomen! :-D
	9:04am OTB: Mornin' Mr. McGasko and fellow McGask-ettes!
	9:05am duke: Good Morning. Very nice version of Samba de Uma Nota Só
	9:06am herb.nyc: g'morning joe. i'm confused, i'm playing Wesley Willis cd now, 1st time. i may take him as my role model. plz don't think less of me. have a good show, herb
	♥ 9:07am Joe McG: Good Thursday, bonny radio friends. @Claw!: "Joe's Women" sounds like an early 70s movie starring George Segal directed by John Cassavetes.
	9:07am Roberto: Hmm...it's that time of the morning when I've yet to determine if that acrid odor around my person is my coffee or cat pee.
	9:07am Claw!: @herb - I hope that CD has "Rock n Roll McDonald's" on it...
	9:08am Claw!: Or even "I Whooped Batman's Ass."
	9:08am Roberto: There's no need to apologize for Wesley Willis ever. Except maybe to say "I'm Sorry I Got Fat."
	9:10am Cheri Pi: Good morning my peeps
	9:11am Claw!: Buenos dias, Cheri!
	♥ 9:12am common: joe! all yooooos!
	9:12am Claw!: common! :-D
	9:13am bobdoesthings: gooood morning joe and all.
	♥ 9:13am Marcel M: Morning Joe and friends
	♥ 9:14am common: claw!
	9:14am herb.nyc: but seriously, i saw Jon DeRosa sing at st. vitus last night. what a buncha serious room-silencing songs! fyi.
	9:14am bobdoesthings: fish! bear!
	9:14am Claw!: Oh, boy. It's bob. Got any more sexy animal pics, bob? Marcel!
	♥ 9:14am melinda: Good morning everyone!
	9:14am Claw!: Where is Fish????
	9:15am bobdoesthings: @claw.. I'll have to look deep in my stash..
	9:15am bobdoesthings: @claw - oh sorry.. fish isn't here.. I got excited.. ignore me.. havent had my caffeine drugs
	9:15am herb.nyc: oh, Wesley's Fabian Road Warrior cd
	♥ 9:17am Joe McG: Has Abe Vigoda been on the Comments Board recently?
	9:18am Claw!: nice, herb. :-)
	9:18am herb.nyc: back on point, i have libr copy of CVeloso
	9:18am bobdoesthings: @claw - this little guy has got a coy look about him... imgur.com...
	9:18am doca: Hi, Joe! Greetings from Brazil eheh Just to say, my name is Pedro and my parents introduced me to this song (which isn't necessarily a happy song)
	♥ 9:19am Joe McG: @doca: Tell me what it's about, I'm curious!
	9:20am Claw!: omg, bob. You are fucking my shit up.
	9:20am Claw!: I think that's a "she," btw.
	9:21am V Priceless: Hi Joe and peeps of Earth!
	9:21am doca: It's basically Raul Seixas comdemning his friend Pedro because he has turned himself into a square-minded conservative, while Seixas was the crazy lunatic guy
	9:21am Claw!: V is here! :-D
	9:21am Claw!: And right on time, I'd say.
	♥ 9:22am Joe McG: @doca: Wow, happens to a lot of us, I'm sure! Thanks!
	9:23am sphere: hey hey
	♥ 9:24am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe and fellow listeners!
	9:25am d¢ pät: Hola, wie gehts?
	9:25am doca: @Joe: I've beend digging the work of Sergio Sampaio lately, who recorded wi Raul Seixas in the early 70's. He's a tragic and forgotten character in Brazilian music.
	9:26am herb.nyc: ...CVeloso
	9:26am V Priceless: Hey Claw!
	♥ 9:26am Guido from Cologne: Holiday, sun, balcony, surface noice, enjoyment
	♥ 9:27am common: where's the balcony, guido? i wanna be there!
	♥ 9:29am Marcel M: Hi Claw! Common BOB! all. ALL!
	9:30am Rev. Turnip Druid: mah people.
	9:31am Claw!: There's a big difference between "that guy was hung" and "that guy was hanged."
	♥ 9:32am Polyus: Golly, I missed Raul Seixas.
	♥ 9:32am Rich in Washington: I've noticed, as of late - and perhaps with the exception of a radio air-room phone - no one really 'hangs up' anymore. It's more like pressing 'off'. I am pressing off.
	9:32am sugarwolf: People are hanged, pictures and horses are hung
	9:34am d¢ pät: Oh, so that's why people are hanged, because they're hung. Got it.
	9:36am Claw!: Play "Sister Christian" again!
	♥ 9:37am Joe McG: @Claw!: I know you're kidding. A once in a lifetime event, I'm afraid.
	9:38am bobdoesthings: what if we all request it Joe?!
	♥ 9:38am Joe McG: @bob: I shan't be bullied! :)
	♥ 9:39am common: really thought it was 1992 for a second
	9:39am Claw!: :-} It was worth a shot. I was helping a customer last time you played it, so I couldn't belt it out in the store. It's cool, though. I'm working from home today, so I will just play it later!
	♥ 9:40am Polyus: Raul being a crazy lunatic guy:www.youtube.com...
	9:40am bobdoesthings: requesting isn't bullying, per se.. but fair nuff!
	♥ 9:41am Joe McG: @common: It WAS. (shiver)
	♥ 9:41am Ken From Hyde Park: Morning, surface noisies.
	9:42am Claw!: Hola, Cken!
	♥ 9:42am common: @joe: ha! shiver indeed
	♥ 9:43am doctorjazz: Hi all! So, I listened a bit to last night's live broadcast in my car. I found the sound over the air to be a real disappointment-The Barcelona Broadcast actually sounded better, which is weird (but I listened to the stream/pop-up for that) Like this Deafening Colors track, heard it on some show or other past few days, downloaded on Bandcamp.
	♥ 9:44am Ken From Hyde Park: Hey, Claw!
	♥ 9:44am common: thanks for that link polyus!
	9:46am Claw!: OMG, i just noticed this band is called "Peaness." I love it.
	♥ 9:47am Joe McG: @Claw!: Three young ladies with a sense of humor, I guess. Great pop song!
	9:47am bobdoesthings: @polyus - thanks for that link... if for nothing else that opening laughter! wow! haha
	9:48am phat: Audentis Fortuna iuvat!
	9:53am Chris from DC: Yay, Felt.
	9:55am Cheri Pi: ditto on the yay tip
	9:55am tino: viva lawrence!
	♥ 9:57am Marcel M: This Felt is very cool. Love the mood and guitar sound.
	9:57am βrian: Bright skies over the isthmus today. Good morning.
	9:58am Claw!: Yes, this geetar shore is purdy.
	9:59am d¢ pät: wow, doctorjazz, I totally disagree. I listened with headphones on laptop and thought it sounded killer.
	10:00am Claw!: Does this kind of stuff count as "dream pop?" Because it sure sounds like it would.
	10:00am d¢ pät: but I was also watching the video so maybe that helped.
	10:00am Cheri Pi: THEE ISTHMUS!
	♥ 10:01am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...join page w/ 'Bouquet' whilst seeing Guido's flowers on fb...
	10:03am cory: mornin' all
	10:04am bobdoesthings: @claw - one more for ya' - i.imgur.com...
	10:04am d¢ pät: How the hell have I never heard this??
	♥ 10:04am common: wow!
	10:04am thedunkel: This is AWESOME!!!! Best cover I've ever heard of Pretty Vacant!! Thanks McGasko!
	10:05am fleep: And ze day, it commenceth.
	10:05am Roberto: Starry star star star
	♥ 10:05am MD: FMU's Got to much in for real!!!
	♥ 10:05am Joe McG: @thedunkel: Much smoother than the original. :)
	10:06am Claw!: That dog's got some real specs appeal... God damn it, bob.
	♥ 10:06am Greg from Bloomfield: Morning, gang!
	10:06am Claw!: FLEEP!
	10:06am bobdoesthings: I know I know.. I'll stop... I'll stop.
	10:06am Roberto: Okay, show of hands -- who else always thinks of this song whenever he/she sees a lavatory with a vacant sign?
	10:07am OTB: Roberto, I will now!
	10:07am herb.nyc: nice Pretty Vacant. reminds me of THE kiki
	♥ 10:07am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Is that Paul Jones, formerly of Manfred Mann?
	10:08am d¢ pät: I will say this--that whole Pistols album sounds way better played at 45 rpm.
	10:08am Claw!: @bob - You're gonna cause me to offend someone and their delicate sensibilities, and we all know how that goes...
	♥ 10:08am Michele: I like this song. I am surprised I like it.
	10:08am fredr: Nice variety this morning Joe!
	10:08am PKNY: Just did a Discogs search, supposedly there's a cover of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" on the flip of that Paul Jones 45 --> www.discogs.com...
	♥ 10:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mike Lupica's WPRB program - fb page cover photo: Julian Cope: Like ! ...
	♥ 10:09am Joe McG: @Michele: You just love banjos! @fredr: Thanks! @PKNY: I got that too, but it's not as good.
	♥ 10:13am Michele: Joe I think you are right! Great show so far!
	10:13am Brendan: Nice set, nice show Nice guy that Joe Good music in my ear Good people commenting here Just sayin... Hello
	♥ 10:13am doctorjazz: ♥ Yeah, @d¢ pät, again, I was listening from my car radio, but it isn't bad, and I usually expect and hear a much clearer signal over the air than the one last night. I wonder if somehow the same signal used for the stream is sent over the air, and sounds worse done that way. If you ever listen to the WFUV Alternate Side show, it also sounds awful listened over the FM band in the car, suspect the stream is somehow compressed and loses something when sent as an FM signal. But, I really don't know this to be true, only that, to my ears, the sound is really bad. (I actually did listen on my phone for a bit last night, and it did sound better, which is why I'm guessing the above about the digital stream).
	♥ 10:14am doctorjazz: Of course, this only applies to the NY/NJ area, and that old fashioned gadget, the radio, not to the streamers
	♥ 10:14am Brian in UK: Jim Reeves next?
	10:14am herb.nyc: ...THE Kiki
	♥ 10:15am Brian in UK: @doctorjazz Internet radio. Ten thousand stations. Crazy.
	10:15am d¢ pät: yeah, good point: video stream over air waves.
	10:16am herb.nyc: ...
	♥ 10:24am doctorjazz: When I'm in the office, I work in Staten Island, which has terrible reception over the air, and I stream almost all the time (my office blocks most streaming, but somehow the pop-up sneaks by, though I think if anyone in charge here found out, I'd be dead meat...living dangerously!!!)
	10:24am Roberto: Ooh I likes dis tong
	10:24am Claw!: I love this song! I believe this was also on a comp series called "Dream Babes." I think. Either way - very nice to hear this!
	10:25am Claw!: fist bumps Roberto
	10:25am mauri: wfmu hooligans
	♥ 10:25am common: really diggin!
	♥ 10:27am doctorjazz: Loving the Spoonful cover.
	10:27am d¢ pät: Ha! docjazz, that's the way I feel. I've been streaming FMU in the office for almost 10 years and can't figure out how i haven't been caught yet. I really think the sys admins like me and are turning a blind eye to my streaming activities.
	10:28am Roberto: Y'always want to stay on the good side of the sys admins.
	10:30am tikk: favoriting this show, they're all number one hits, apologies to Mr. Shelley
	10:30am d¢ pät: I have to Roberto, or I can't get anything done.
	10:30am adrian in mpls: really liked that version!
	♥ 10:33am Nate K: I didn't know Jean Ritchie died. A truly wonderful singer.
	10:34am Claw!: Say "Peaness" again, Joe! :-D
	♥ 10:36am Nate K: Are there any bands anyone has dismissed out of hand w/o listening to them simply because of the name?
	10:36am Brendan: Beavis and Butthead are chuckling
	♥ 10:38am Joe McG: @NateK: ALL the time. I'd have to make a very long list!
	♥ 10:38am Greg from Bloomfield: Oh, so many, Nate. "Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin"..."I Am The World Trade Center"..."The Pain of Being Pure at Heart"...basically anything that sounds like it came from a Scharpling & Wurster bit...
	10:39am Claw!: Yes, Nate. Lots. I've noticed it's predominantly indie bands. Some names are just too precious or contrived.
	10:40am d¢ pät: Tons NateK. Even when I actually hear that groups with stupid names are kind of good, I still avoid them.
	10:41am Claw!: This song title, tho... Joe, you aren't making this easy for me today.
	♥ 10:42am common: agreed dcp hee, claw!
	♥ 10:42am Nate K: @Greg, yes, there are a few these days that almost seem like homages to S&W absurdity.
	10:43am adrian in mpls: @Nate K -- Yes - Greg definitely named off some of the ones that I can't stand - if the name makes me cringe, it makes it pretty difficult for me to take the music seriously
	♥ 10:43am Joe McG: There are some very good bands that have horrible names, like Master Musicians of Bukkake. Jesus, c'mon, guys!
	♥ 10:43am SeanG: Black Todd Rundgren!
	10:45am d¢ pät: However, one of my favorite names for a band was Come Off It Weller.
	♥ 10:45am Greg from Bloomfield: Pretty much any band name that is a pop culture reference. You're basically telling me before I even hear you that you're out of ideas.
	10:45am Claw!: Really, Joe? Master Musicians of Bukkake??? hahahahahah Methinks i need to look into these jokers...
	♥ 10:46am Nate K: The New Lou Reeds. That's bold fellas. Bold.
	♥ 10:46am Joe McG: @Claw!: Lot of FMU airplay, check 'em out!
	♥ 10:46am Nate K: They're actually solid, though.
	♥ 10:47am Joe McG: I was going to do a premium one year of those kind of pop reference bands: John Cougar Concentration Camp, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ringo Death Starr, etc. But it's a bit low concept!!
	♥ 10:48am Marcel M: On a roll Joe!
	♥ 10:48am Marcel M: Lemme get a Joeonaroll
	10:48am FernandoBelmondo: I missed the first hour of the show and now see you played Raul Seixas. He is such a great star. I'm a huge fan!
	10:49am Claw!: Good idea, Marcel! Better make that two.
	♥ 10:49am Joe McG: @Marcel: Joeonaroll is baloney on white bread, I think.
	10:50am Dean: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Butterfly Peter O'Toole Lending Library
	♥ 10:50am Greg from Bloomfield: Actually I guess it depends. Black Sabbath, They Might Be Giants, Titus Andronicus...there is room for lenience.
	♥ 10:50am Nate K: I think that concept could work for songs: "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" etc.
	♥ 10:51am Nate K: Black Sabbath is, to me, a near perfect name. Especially for that band at that time.
	♥ 10:51am melinda: @Dean is Peter O'Toole Lending Library a real band? I kind of like it.
	10:52am John Arthur: Titus Andronicus is the only of all of these which has a name I like, I think.
	10:52am V Priceless: don't forget REO Speedealer
	10:52am Claw!: @Joe - You're killin me, smalls.
	♥ 10:53am Greg from Bloomfield: Agreed, Nate. It was different pre-internet. You couldn't just stream Black Sabbath anytime you wanted. But those dudes probably watched it 100 times (because it RULES)
	10:53am Dean: @melinda: Alas, no. I made it up a couple weeks ago and, pace ELO, I can't get it out of my head.
	10:53am John Arthur: Part of it is that you come up with a name when you're, say, 18, and then ten years later if you're lucky you've built that name up...and then you're 28 with some dumbass name you came up with before your prefrontal cortex was even fully developed.
	♥ 10:54am melinda: Good one Dean!
	♥ 10:54am Marcel M: Black Sabbath is the greatest name and greatest band ever
	♥ 10:55am Joe McG: @Marcel: How do you feel about Brown Sabbath?
	10:55am Claw!: John Arthur nailed it!
	10:55am bobdoesthings: @marcel - I dunno.. what about Ween?
	10:55am d¢ pät: Actually Black Flag is the best name ever.
	10:55am Dean: Beg to differ, @Marcel. Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
	♥ 10:55am melinda: Death Cab for Cutie is one of my least favorite names. If it is a pop reference I don't get it. Sounds like an inside joke that should have stayed inside.
	10:55am John Arthur: @Claw! Haha thanks
	10:56am βrian: Some say Crucifixus nailed it.
	10:56am John Arthur: @Melinda...I'm with you with death cab. I despise that name.
	10:56am V Priceless: @ melinda - they took that from a tune by The Bonzo Dog Band.
	10:57am Brendan: Gee this sounds swell!
	♥ 10:57am Nate K: @Melinda, it's a Beatles/Bonzo Dog Band reference I believe.
	♥ 10:58am Greg from Bloomfield: Never, ever put the word "cutie" in your name. Ever.
	10:59am OTB: "Death Cab for Cutie" was also a song performed by the house band in a strip club in a scene in "O Lucky Man" early in the film.
	10:59am Dean: Fat & Fucked Up was the name of a string quartet in LA during the early punk years. I also dislike DCfC. And there's a new pop band with a dumb name the kids listen to these days. Can't remember it, though. SOMETHING the People.
	♥ 10:59am melinda: Thanks Priceless. Mystery solved. Still hate it. Doesn't stand on its own if you don't know the reference. Is that the name of the song, or is it different?
	10:59am OTB: ...if I recall correctly, which I often don't....
	10:59am bobdoesthings: @melinda - i think it's referencing a song.. www.youtube.com...
	10:59am Claw!: Fuck Death Cab For Cutie. Gross.
	♥ 10:59am Greg from Bloomfield: Foster the People! AWFUL. That name makes me want to punch things.
	11:00am bobdoesthings: @greg - YES! THIS! x1000
	11:00am Dean: @Greg: That's it! Blech.
	♥ 11:00am Brian in UK: Brother in a box.
	11:01am d¢ pät: Bitney Spears has to be the dumbest...
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: Ben Gibbard has been a friend to WFMU. Be nice!
	11:01am John Arthur: It's pretty damn presumptuous to think that the people even WANT to be fostered. Leave the people alone, Foster The People.
	11:01am Dean: I was once in a band called Arbor Day. And Sweet Puddin'heads.
	11:01am V Priceless: yeah, name of the tune, as bobdoes just posted. Love the Bonzos.
	♥ 11:02am Greg from Bloomfield: I got no hate for Ben or Death Cab! I like a bunch of their songs. But THAT NAME, Joe!
	♥ 11:02am Brian in UK: Remember King L (say it quickly)
	♥ 11:02am Nate K: I have nothing against DCFC, not my bag, but the guy write and sing a song, no doubt.
	11:03am Claw!: Yes, Joe, I appreciate that - but THE NAME!
	11:03am John Arthur: I had some terrible band names: The Gathering Crowd (14 years old), The Morphine Lollipops (18 years old, not sure if I hate this or love this, still)
	♥ 11:03am Joe McG: @@Claw: Ha ha ha!
	♥ 11:04am Nate K: correction: "the guy CAN write and sing a song, no doubt."
	♥ 11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah, Bonzos do 'D Cab...' in Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour' film as a band in a strip club; parody/pastiche of such a song...
	11:04am V Priceless: saw a band in NJ once called 'Scrod Rocket' - name stayed with me
	11:05am Dean: @John Arthur: Morphine Lollipops works for me. Has a shoegaze/pop feel to it.
	♥ 11:05am Greg from Bloomfield: My band names, in order: Dagobah Playset, The Manny Trillo, The Groundlings, The Twtichgrass (UGH), Quit The Breathin', Lungs Of A Giant, Panglossian Prophets of Doom.
	11:06am Claw!: "Flying Burrito Brothers" still makes me gnash my teeth a little when I hear/see the name. gnashes
	11:06am OTB: AH, MMT! That's where it was! Similar Strip Club weirdness in O Lucky Man caused the conflation...
	♥ 11:06am Brian in UK: @Greg how about Candide Capers?
	11:06am Marcel M: Doesn't have the same ring to it Joe!!
	11:07am V Priceless: ......that and Meat Loaf!
	♥ 11:07am Greg from Bloomfield: Candide Capers? Is Marcel M in that band?
	11:08am Claw!: But you love Meat Loaf!
	♥ 11:08am Nate K: Meat Loaf works once you know what the guy looks like.
	♥ 11:08am Brian in UK: I made up a band name once called Plastic Tearful.
	11:08am Claw!: Amen, NateK! hahaha
	11:08am V Priceless: Claw! You are confusing me with you!
	11:08am βrian: "Captain Bee Fart" never did it for me.
	11:09am d¢ pät: Speaking of which, what should I have for lunch?
	11:09am d¢ pät: Some one on the comments came up with Toilet Spoon. I thought that was pretty good.
	11:09am Dean: Have a flying burrito, brother.
	11:09am V Priceless: The Night Beef Whore is amusing...
	♥ 11:09am Brian in UK: A big bowl of Singapore Laksa.
	11:10am Claw!: I always liked the idea of calling a band Brown Noise. We would play at really low frequencies and make the audience involuntarily poop themselves.
	♥ 11:11am Brian in UK: TrouserCoughs does it for me.
	11:11am Dean: I always wanted to run a bar/lounge, The Brown Candle.
	11:12am adrian in mpls: @Claw! - hahahahahaha - can I be in that band?
	11:12am Chris from DC: Did a one time trio thing as Fiscal Cliff once.
	♥ 11:12am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mike Mills: ...'a name we were considering before R.E.M. was Cans of Piss. That's good, but if you're Cans of Piss - there are only certain kinds of things you can play'... 'TrouserCoughs' hahahaha
	11:12am d¢ pät: I was in a band called Rock Pants...sort of. The dumb bass player didn't like it so we never got to use it. It came from his girlfriend who put on pants when she was a kid and realized there were rocks in them.
	11:13am Claw!: There's a local band around here called Free Lobster Buffet - I can't imagine how many people have showed up to whatever venue they were playing only to be terribly disappointed. It's a brilliant way to get people to show up to your gigs, though! Big ups to them.
	♥ 11:13am Polyus: @Brian UK, I want to bankroll that band.
	11:13am Claw!: Yes, Adrian. Yes you can.
	11:14am Brendan: Love the Osborne Bros Joe thx
	11:14am Dean: Fiscal Cliff kind of gives away the era during which the band played. Arbor Day had a song about Nelson Rockefeller, when he was VP. Free Lobster Buffet! A guy I knew back in the day wanted to name his band Twelve Kegs. The flyers would read, "Party with Twelve Kegs!"
	11:14am Claw!: Play some naughty bluegrass for us, Joe!
	♥ 11:15am Greg from Bloomfield: @Dean: Kinda like The Free Beer & Hot Wings Show
	11:15am d¢ pät: I was also in Mad Dog 20/20, Scar Tissue, Cool Italians, Tom Terrific, Sandwich...all fairly decent.
	11:15am βrian: Well, since y'all are getting scatological, I can't help but associate Tower of Power with the accreted remains in a sub-zero weather outhouse.
	11:15am Claw!: yeah, Dean. Those names kinda guarantee ticket sales. I would put a "no refunds" on those flyers somewhere. :-P
	11:16am d¢ pät: ..Master Cylinder..
	11:16am d¢ pät: RIP to all those groups...sniff..
	♥ 11:17am Mike East: those names are like Everybody Gets Laid from PCU. I've been in Plastic East, The Imperialists, The Volunteers, and Olivia Newton Rat, among others.
	11:17am Claw!: HOO-WEE! That's some furious banjo! I love it!
	11:18am Claw!: That kinda pickin' makes me wanna kick some heads in. In a good way!
	♥ 11:18am Brian in UK: Last time I saw Ralph Stanley over here his banjo player looked about sixteen. Bobby Gillespie was in the audience. Now there is a subject, famous people at gigs you would never imagine them to attend.
	11:18am V Priceless: Marilyn Monrodent
	11:18am Chris from DC: I shouldn't leave out Cable Rot. We had stickers.
	♥ 11:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...you guys is great @ names!...
	11:20am Carmichael: 'ello, Joseph. Howdy pahdnuhs.
	11:21am d¢ pät: I had cable rot on a mic cable from an old 50's era microphone. I had to fashion a new one out of a guitar cable.
	♥ 11:23am melinda: I haven't listened to Death Cab for Cutie because of the name. I might actually like the music, don't know.
	11:24am Claw!: I always think of band names and forget to write em, so I started jotting em down. Some selections: Fonzie Scheme Flamin' Babies Full-Blown Clown Sex Moron Tabernacle Choir The Page Scandals
	11:24am Carmichael: 'ello, Joseph. Howdy pahdnuhs.
	11:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: bloody meetings. What's all this about names? After nailing myself to "blue sausage infant" for a quarter of a century, I should not be allowed to comment. Clearly my judgement is suspect.
	11:26am Claw!: Yo, Carmichael!
	11:26am Carmichael: Kathleen Turner Overdrive is still my fave.
	♥ 11:26am drr: Flamin' Babies is great.
	♥ 11:26am melinda: Reuben's Train! yes
	11:27am Dean: Anticlimactic metal names are fun: Fünnel, Parägraph, Ümlaut, Scansion...
	11:27am V Priceless: good batch there, Claw! Rev. TD: bsi rules!
	♥ 11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Until a few weeks ago I was a Poker Knight. I was simply out-ranked & out-voted.
	11:27am Dean: Credenza
	11:27am MenfussMike: my friends had a band called The Diarrhea of Anne Frank. they were great. They opened for jesus lizard.
	11:28am Rev. Turnip Druid: No band name on earth, ever, in the history of humankind or its infinite future, could ever surpass the sheer majesty of TOE FAT.
	11:28am Claw!: Oooh, nice ones, Dean! Ümlaut, ftw.
	11:29am Claw!: Yeah, Toe Fat is a pretty great name. That one record in particular has a great cover, too.
	♥ 11:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hahahaha! Bands.
	11:29am V Priceless: yeah, Toe Fat is up there, Rev!
	11:29am Claw!: @MenfussMike - How delightfully tasteless! I love it.
	♥ 11:30am Mike East: Oh, I played drums for a keyboard/drums/vocal experimental metal group called Monsterbaiter once.
	11:30am βrian: the Üm Louts.
	11:30am Chris from DC: Rev, we shouldn't leave out Sarcastic Orgasm, though.
	♥ 11:30am melinda: @MenfussMike that's a great name. The kind that won't be long lived but at least they put it out there.
	11:31am Claw!: God damn, this shreds.
	♥ 11:31am Greg from Bloomfield: This is some might fine a-pickin' and a-singin'
	♥ 11:31am drr: Diarrhea of Anne Frank gives me hope for civilization.
	11:31am Dean: Great names above! Monsterbaiter makes me think of a band I adore, but whose name seems just a wee bit inapt: Meshuggah.
	11:32am Claw!: DOLLY! <3
	♥ 11:32am drr: I was in a band called The Red M&Ms. We were all very young.
	♥ 11:32am common: dolly's singing my theme!
	11:33am MenfussMike: Diarrhea live were as offensive as their name
	♥ 11:33am Greg from Bloomfield: "A broken heart won't kill you / You'll just want to die" Fucking badass.
	♥ 11:33am ChrisB.: Could have picked Dolly's bluegrass LP up at this year's RSD. Sorry I passed now.
	11:35am Claw!: @MenfussMike - I LOVE your avatar, btw. One of my all-time favorite flicks. :-)
	11:36am Rev. Turnip Druid: Good point, Hypnotoad from DC. Never forget.
	11:39am βrian: The Peanut S&Ms
	♥ 11:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: facebook masturbators (visualize logo) ...this could quickly become a musician's version of the 'Aristocrats' joke; race to the bottom...
	♥ 11:45am Ken From Hyde Park: Liz Berg was playing Japanther frequently a couple years ago. For whatever reason, it was a band name earworm for me.
	11:45am Claw!: I was MySpace friends a million years ago with a band called Retard Strength. As un-PC as it is, I'll admit that I still kind of love that name.
	11:45am βrian: Well, there's the Japancakes, of course.
	♥ 11:46am drr: You know what's a terrible name? The "Beatles".
	11:48am Dean: Soüfflé, Swingset, Lünette, Red Hot Chili Dogs
	11:49am John Arthur: I can't believe this conversation is still going
	♥ 11:49am Mike East: seriously guys, please stop, I have work to do.
	11:49am John Arthur: If I ever become a rapper, I'm going to be Dank Sinatra
	♥ 11:49am Brian in UK: The Three-Toed Sloths never caught on. Great single 'Hangin' Around'.
	11:49am John Arthur: And my MC will be Smiles Davis
	11:49am Lewis: this is a really great set!
	♥ 11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: "ugh 'Beatles' why 'Beatles'"? en Francais: Force Retard
	11:50am bobdoesthings: What about Japandroids? equally as cringe worthy... iMO
	11:51am Dean: Rolling Kidney Stones
	♥ 11:51am Brian in UK: Joe has sensibly gone quiet. Great show, Joe.
	11:51am Chris from DC: I saw Bandroidz listed somewhere the other day. Really?
	♥ 11:52am melinda: Another good one Dean!
	11:52am βrian: @Dean: "This, too, shall pass."
	♥ 11:52am melinda: Jim & Jesse!
	11:53am Dean: Always liked Alternative TV.
	11:54am Brendan: Thanks Joe
	11:54am V Priceless: My Mother The Car Bomb Thanks Joe!
	11:54am Dean: Elvis, Abbott & Costello.
	11:55am βrian: BDN with Charlie, coming up: wfmu.org...
	11:56am bobdoesthings: thanks JOE!!
	♥ 11:56am Greg from Bloomfield: Thanks, Joe!
	11:56am Claw!: Thank you, Joe! You're the best!
	11:56am David Basso: Poker Knights...horrible name.
	11:56am Dean: Yäwl
	11:57am Ear Hammer: Y'ALL! Excellent show today Joe!
	11:57am Claw!: Don't knock the "y'all"
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting today, everybody. I hope you got all those bad band names out of your system! :)
	11:58am bobdoesthings: time to go listen to Sister Christian..
	11:58am Claw!: :-)
	11:59am V Priceless: Herman's Woody! haha...you're a great sport JM! cheers
	♥ 11:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...but then - so is David Basso... - Thx Joe !
	11:59am JakeGould: Am I early?

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