Girls On Grass live in the studio!: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:01pm Carmichael:

Heya Joe & Peoples.

12:05pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, Joe #2!

12:05pm Joe B:

hey Carm!

Live music today from Girls On Grass! soundcheckigng now, gonna be great!

12:05pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Can't hear this without thinking of Rex's station ID…

12:06pm Adam from Philly:

This set is better than the entire Superbowl last night. Killin' it!

12:06pm Parq:

That's it! Thanks, Greg.

12:06pm doctorjazz:

This is GREAT!

12:07pm Listener Robert:

True, Greg. Until yesterday I'd forgotten that he uses that fragment, which IIRC was not among the selections on the last Morricone Is.

12:07pm Greg from ZONE 5:

@Parq: Devin played it on Thursday and it was driving me NUTS. "Where the hell do I know this from?!"

12:07pm Listener Robert:

I meant until Sat. Oh, well, weekend kind of blurs into 1 day.

12:07pm drr:

I'm thinking, "This sounds a lot like the music that plays during the NFL audio-only feed during the commercial breaks..."

12:07pm Cliff:

LOL Greg, I was wondering where the hell I'd heard this before

12:09pm Cliff:

And jeez, ANOTHER great musician died recently?!

12:09pm Claw!:

yooooooooo

nice selections. Mr. B

12:09pm Listener Robert:

"The Lineman" also got used as the music in the Simpson cartoon montage of Mrs. Simpson's Mafia-controlled pretzel biz.

12:10pm Parq:

I didn't know Spence had just died. What a time for him to go, one day before SB50.

12:10pm Cliff:

Maybe they're planning an amazing all-star festival up in heaven

12:10pm Parq:

Cliff, yeah, with Alan Rickman as emcee.

12:11pm Mick:

Whoa, great set to start things off! Hail and Farewell Sam Spence.

12:12pm Agent Peter:

Could listen to this all day, every day!

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12:12pm Ken From Hyde Park:

More football music by Sam Spence (RIP) and others on Devon E. Levins' recent show: www.wfmu.org...

12:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- very Kewl - SpaghettiWestern-esque work.

12:13pm Cliff:

Yep, I really liked that show Ken From Hyde Park

12:13pm Parq:

That was a terrific set, Joe, and I think the "Rock Music Reports" people would agree that youth should be encouraged toward healthy interests like football.

12:14pm Carmichael:

"On the frozen tundra of Lambeau field, tw sets of men faced one another in an epic battle to decide the fate of all makind. They were behemoths, and they were in a mood to tangle."

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12:15pm Hoboken Jack:

Am surprised Mr. Spence was on the Tommy Boy label!

12:16pm Listener Robert:

A few weeks ago one of the DJs here played "Drunken Sailor", and whenever I think of that song I think of the rubato-ed NFL Films version, of which I don't know whether it's by Spence.

12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Soundtrack Artists aren't afraid of large palettes & open up sound for everyone.

12:19pm Cliff:

I need to fill up my iPod with Sam Spence, then he can be the soundtrack for my life

12:19pm Todd-o-phonic:

I wanted to throw a challenge flag on the halftime show last night. That was even worse than the miserable game itself.

12:20pm Dominick:

this is a treat!

12:21pm coelacanth:

rest in peace Sam Spence
rest in peace Dan Hicks.

12:23pm AJ:

Hey Joe! Great tribute set! Also excellent piece for the NY Daily News.
Cheers bud

12:23pm coelacanth:

hey Joe and everyone

12:24pm Hackensack Slim:

@Toddophonic. You got that right.

12:25pm Cliff:

Do you have a link for that AJ?

12:28pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Happy Monday Joe B! Really diggin' this cut

12:31pm Claw!:

Oi, Fish!

12:42pm johnk77:

RIP Dan Hicks;<
he was a fixture and local legend
at the Old Mil Tavern
Mill Valley, Marin county, CA
afternoons and evenings
in the mid-seventies
we were setting up sound for
Rowdy & the Rivets
just starting out in
the entertainment biz
he would sit quietly at the bar
keeping generally to himself
but could be seen smiling
and enjoying the country rock
soundchecks and shows

12:42pm George Kopp:

Looking forward to Girls on Grass, really likin' the CD from the rent party show, Joe.

12:45pm AJ:

@Cliff Here ya go. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/sam-spence-greatest-hits-nfl-films-article-1.2523043

12:46pm Nate K.:

I really appreciate the sentiment of this Prefab Messiahs song.

12:48pm Cliff:

Thanks AJ

12:52pm coelacanth:

Hi Bear!!

12:54pm Cliff:

"Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive" - good motto for these times

12:55pm Bill in W.O.:

Great pre-GG set, Joe. Almost didn't want the live set to start, and we were looking forward to hearing it all weekend.

12:59pm Cliff:

Ah cool, the drummer's a DJ on WFMU

1:00pm geezerette:

Sounding very Laurel Canyon!

1:00pm Cliff:

Er, the bass player I mean

1:03pm Tommy:

WOW loving the Girls on Grass , thanks for putting it together Joe

1:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Nicely written, sung, played, arranged & broadcast. (Let's face it - anyone can bash Chuck Berry riffs real loud; some taste & ideas & ability can go a real long way...)

1:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...&...nice Chuck Berry riff...

1:11pm Parq:

A woman on drums -- I *love* bands with women on drums.

1:12pm Carmichael:

Dave Mandl! Did not know you rocked!

1:13pm Cliff:

Enjoying this band, nice set :)

1:16pm coelacanth:

Excellent!
...great sound on those rotosounds Dave!!
(teehee)

1:17pm Cliff:

"Has this been recorded yet?" - "Just now - you did" LOL

1:19pm coelacanth:

if you image search "girls on grass" you don't get pictures of reefer; but you don't get pictures of this band either.
- you get pictures of girls.
-on grass.

1:20pm dale:

gowanus canal diary would be a good band name.

1:21pm Cliff:

Haha coelacanth, it's true

1:23pm Cliff:

One of them is called "CRAZY GIRL SLEEPING ON GRASS", but she doesn't look crazy to me, just a hippie chick

1:24pm Cliff:

Though maybe she smoked some grass, then fell asleep...on the grass

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1:26pm ChrisB.:

Love Regular Einstein!

1:29pm glenn:

and i love maynard and the musties.

1:33pm geezerette:

So great,like velvet underground...in Laurel Canyon, on
grass!

1:37pm Carmichael:

Coel, their picture is on their bandcamp page.

1:46pm geezerette:

What a great show. Nothing's better to work to,thanks Joe B!

1:50pm doctorjazz:

TELEVISION! Great show!

1:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

39th Anniversary of 'Marquee Moon' today.

1:51pm doctorjazz:

Ahhhhh.....

1:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

www.thevinylfactory.com...

1:52pm Mike East:

@RR11/63 - on the lunar new year, no less.

1:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- it's an ♒Aquarius: independent original genius outside the boundaries of the Present.

1:57pm doctorjazz:

Still have my vinyl copies of the Television albums in the rack. They were just so different than everyone out at the time.

1:58pm doctorjazz:

Thanks for the link RR3, at work, will get to read it later.

1:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

They don't mention the Dead or Quicksilver. 'Marquee Moon' actually reminds me of 'Blonde on Blonde'.

2:01pm glenn:

television is the moby grape of punk.

2:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Nice one glenn!...Ghosts of San Francisco lately - sadly many passings...

2:05pm Nate K.:

Really enjoying the new Freakwater, per usual with them.

2:07pm glenn:

every year, thousands of people around the age of 70 die. it just so happens that we're hitting that time when a lot of the folks dying are musicians who are that age.

2:07pm Mark R.:

Really like this Freakwater album a lot. I've heard quite a few cuts on your show now. Love the harmonies and the fuzzy guitar. And they're just about as country as I can usually stand.

2:08pm doctorjazz:

I always thought I heard the Dead in Television myself.

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2:09pm David Shortell:

January 26 at the Brighton Bar I saw a group called "Animal Masks", who I was told featured Dave DeCastro of the Miracle Three. I remarked on what I thought was his resemblance to Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner. Then six days later -- well, you know what happened.

2:10pm glenn:

not that i'm trying to be any kind of a downer, but let's keep things in perspective.

2:11pm Joe B:

Thanks for tuning in everyone, digging the comments, can't respond to them all, always a little hectic with a live band in the studio; it is appreciated!

2:12pm Cliff:

Yeah but glenn, most people live into their 80's in the developed world. Though musicians are probably short of the bell curve given their typical lifestyle

2:12pm Cliff:

And nice show today Joe :)

2:13pm Mark R.:

Wow, man, the colors are so groovy!

2:14pm Mark R.:

BTW that NFL music made me feel nine years old in my pajamas on a Saturday morning--NFL films were much better than the actual games could ever be!

2:17pm John Baumgartner:

Great show, Joe.

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2:20pm David Shortell:

I recently borrowed that San Francisco Nuggets book set from the Toms River library and thought that Fifty Foot Hose track was the best thing on it. I'd never heard of them before but it appears they put out an LP in 1967. And supposedly when the band broke up, many of them joined the cast of "Hair"!

2:20pm Parq:

Dang, two weeks in a row I've been out of the room for Freakwater.

2:20pm Parq:

But I'm way-digging this Dalton Boys.

2:24pm glenn:

i think tom petty's about the only artist i like who's done the super bowl.

2:25pm Nate K.:

"When it doubt, go to Charlie Fathers," genuine life advice.

2:32pm Mark R.:

Tom Petty's still my favorite Super Bowl halftime, too, Glenn.

2:34pm flashbazbo:

Can someone post the old nfl films on YouTube ? What is this the 20th century?

2:37pm flashbazbo:

Super Bowl 51 halftime show will have Blohanna and The Greengrocers! I can't wait

2:39pm Cliff:

Naw, it's the 21st century, where media conglomerates have overreaching copyright control

2:41pm Cliff:

And armies of copyright bots constantly searching to take down any of their content

2:42pm coelacanth:

Great song Joe!

2:43pm flashbazbo:

Seriously are those on DVD? I mean the 50s and 60s ones.

2:44pm coelacanth:

i'm out. Thanks Joe and Thanks girls on grass!
ciao people.

2:44pm Cliff:

For example: kotaku.com...

2:45pm geezerette:

Who else plays Swamp Dogg? Incredible!

2:45pm Cliff:

Yes, thanks to Girls on Grass the band, and all other girls on grass too

2:48pm coelacanth:

amen Cliff!

2:48pm Carmichael:

I was lucky enough to find lots of Swamp Dogg vinyl a few years back, for reasonable prices. I was shopping in Berkeley, maybe that's why.

2:48pm Cliff:

Heheh

2:49pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Once again thanking the People's Champ for a great show!

2:51pm Bluesman:

Thanks for keeping me entertained today while I'm home with two so-called sick boys.

2:52pm Joe B:

thanks everybody! sorry for not keeping up with the comments, thanks to Girls on Grass for playing a great set and mario for engineering

2:53pm chris:

thank you, Joe, for another great show!

2:54pm Cliff:

Yep, thanks Joe!

2:54pm Stevel:

"Some people drive you crazy like it was their only goddamned job."

Preach, Dan Baird & Homemade Sin!

2:55pm Cliff:

I quit my job last year because my boss thought it was her job to drive me crazy.

2:58pm Cliff:

See you next week Joe

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Sam Spence	The Lineman	The Power And The Glory: The Original Music & Voices of NFL Films	Tommy Boy	1969/1998		0:00:00 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	Sideline To Sideline	Autumn Thunder: 40 Years NFL Films Music		1972/2004		0:02:17 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	Ramblin' Man From Gramblin'	The Power And The Glory: The Original Music & Voices of NFL Films	Tommy Boy	1969/1998	RIP Mr Spence on Saturday	0:04:58 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	Sunday With Soul			1972		0:07:44 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	Cossacks Charge	The Power And The Glory: The Original Music & Voices of NFL Films		1970/1998		0:10:11 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	Electric Texas	Sam Spence Sounds	Finders Keepers	1972/2010		0:14:27 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	Sunken Ship 2	Sam Spence Sounds	Finders Keepers	1972/2010		0:16:21 Pop-up)
Sam Spence	The Over the Hill Gang			1971?		0:17:29 Pop-up)

Miriam	Which End Is Up	Down Today	Norton	2015		0:23:54 Pop-up)
Tall David	Can't Be Alone	Remedies		2015		0:26:42 Pop-up)
Dany Laj and the Looks	Small Town Kid	Word On the Street	Squirtgun Records	2015		0:29:27 Pop-up)
Tweedy	Low Key	Sukierae	dBPm Records	2014		0:33:16 Pop-up)
Dressy Bessy	I Saw Cinnamon	Sound Round	Kindercore	2002?	coming to town thurs and fri	0:35:44 Pop-up)
The On and Ons	Not a Friend	The On and Ons Calling ...	Citadel	2015		0:37:57 Pop-up)

Prefab Messiahs	Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive	Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive	Klyam/Burger	2015		0:44:57 Pop-up)
Sonny Vincent	Nitro	Bizarro Hymns	Get Hip	2015		0:48:00 Pop-up)
Little Murders	Take Me I'm Yours	Stop plus singles 1978-1986	Off the Hip	1979/2009		0:49:24 Pop-up)

Girls On Grass live in the studio!
Engineer: Mario Santana
Barbara Endes - guitar, lead vocals; Nancy Polstein - drums, vocals; Sean Eden - guitar, Dave Mandl - bass
Girls On Grass live on WFMU!	Father Says Why					0:54:22 Pop-up)
Girls On Grass live on WFMU!	Too Pretty					0:57:15 Pop-up)
Girls On Grass live on WFMU!	What They Wrought					1:00:09 Pop-up)
Girls On Grass live on WFMU!	Two Places					1:03:55 Pop-up)
Girls On Grass live on WFMU!	Street Fight					1:08:22 Pop-up)
Girls On Grass live on WFMU!	Drowning In Ego					1:11:19 Pop-up)

Velvet Underground	I Can't Stand It (version 1)	The Complete Matrix Tapes	Universal	1969/2015		1:28:38 Pop-up)
Allah-Las	Follow You Down	Worship the Sun	Innovative Leisure	2014		1:35:48 Pop-up)
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3	The Death of Donny B	Northern Aggression		2010		1:48:40 Pop-up)
Glenn Mercer	Two Rights	Wheels In Motion	Pravda	2007		1:48:58 Pop-up)
Television	Glory	Adventure	Elektra	1978	going out to Bob Torsello!	1:49:25 Pop-up)
OBN IIIs	Yo Can let Me Down Now	Worth a Lot of Money	12XU	2015		1:56:32 Pop-up)
Parkay Quarts	Every Day It Starts	Content Nausea	What's Your Rupture?	2014		1:56:55 Pop-up)

Freakwater	Down Will Come Baby	Scheherazade	Bloodshot	2015	on the show Feb 22!	2:05:59 Pop-up)
Tom Waits	Book of Moses	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards	Anti-	2006	Skip Spence cover	2:09:41 Pop-up)
Fifty Foot Hose	Red the Sign Post	various - Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970	Rhino	1968/2007		2:11:32 Pop-up)
Thee Oh Sees	Two Drummers Disappear	The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night In	Tomlab	2008		2:14:24 Pop-up)
The Dalton Boys	I've Been Cheated	various - The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 5: 1965	Hip-O Select	1965/2006		2:18:19 Pop-up)

Charlie Feathers	Can't Hardly Stand It	s/t 10"	Sundazed	2015	great release collecting the 4 King label singles	2:25:12 Pop-up)
Andy Dale Petty	Keraxa Lu	Frick's Lament	Voodoo Rhythm	2015		2:27:23 Pop-up)
Chatham County Line	Day I Die	Speed of the Whippoorwill		2006		2:29:47 Pop-up)
Heavy Trash	Last Saturday Night	Noir!	Bronze Rat	2015		2:32:02 Pop-up)

Tortoise	Yonder Blue	The Catastrophist	Thrill Jockey	2016	w/ Georgia Hubley; damn woulda been a great segue out of that heavy trash number	2:38:07 Pop-up)
Swamp Dogg	I Was Born Blue	Total Destruction to Your Mind	Alive Natural Sound	1970/2013		2:40:18 Pop-up)
The Magic Numbers	Runnin' Out	Those the Brokes	Astralwerks	2007		2:44:22 Pop-up)
Evil Farm Children	Compelled					2:47:17 Pop-up)
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin	Runnin' Out Of Time	Get Loud		2015		2:51:36 Pop-up)
Noise Addict	The Frail Girl					2:55:01 Pop-up)

February 8, 2016

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