WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 28, 2017

Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Threemoons: Morning Joe, WoofMooPeeps, etc....Always love your intro. Yipyipyipyip.....
	9:04am melinda: Hi Joe and people!
	9:05am wendy del formaggio: Joe! This track just taught me "Bela Lugosi's Dead" starts as a bossa nova. Who knew?!
	9:06am SeanG: Howdy Joe and all
	♥ 9:08am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and Noisophiles. Swag arrived, so it's a very happy Monday!
	9:08am John in Bklyn: Hiya, Joe and Surface Noisers! That intro always reminds me of Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo! Do you think Stan Ridgway was influenced by The Muppets??
	9:09am V Priceless: hiya Joe!
	9:10am Phillio: Hey Joe and all! This is great! I grew up in Brazil so this is extra special.
	♥ 9:11am BnowB: God I needed this... I don't speak spanish well and i love the music. mindless joy! And I love the song... oh so much.
	♥ 9:11am BnowB: Portuguese sorry
	9:12am John in Bklyn: @Wendy Holy cow, I never even realized that! Context!
	9:12am ?: I just woke up and I came across portuguese at WFMU, what a good surprise. Hugs from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil!
	♥ 9:12am BnowB: I used to live with a man from Brazil. ooo la la lol
	9:12am Phillio: I'm fluent in Portuguese, thus feeling right at home with the current track.
	♥ 9:14am BnowB: Abraços from NYC :)
	9:16am Phillio: Visited São Paulo again about 2 years ago (it had been forever). It's like my wife had her own personal travel guide/translator the whole time. I'd love togo back again.
	9:17am wendy del formaggio: Orfeu Negro! My favorite soundtrack!
	9:17am mauri: a sunny day and bossa. a cool wind. squirrels chasing each other in a pine tree.
	♥ 9:18am steveo: Bom Dia, Joe. So hard to get to work in time for the Yeps on a Monday....
	9:18am Phillio: Wonder if Joe has anything off Jobim's "Stone Flowers" on deck.
	♥ 9:19am steveo: Or are they the yips? I can never remember.
	♥ 9:21am Passaic River Blues: "Orfeu Negro" is such a good movie.
	9:22am JakeGould: Blame the Monday on the bossa nova.
	♥ 9:25am Joe McG: Bom dia! Starting today in a mellow, mellow mood. Glad you could join me!
	♥ 9:27am JP from KC: Fabulous start, Bongo Joe! This may be the most pleasant Monday morning I've had in quite some time!
	9:28am Capt Hoggable: Super Show...hows about this stunning vinyl recording of the Maximo de Bossa
	♥ 9:28am steveo: lovin' the mello bossa
	9:29am KP: Hello, Joe McGasko!
	9:30am jess: I'm loving this music too. Good morning coffee music.
	♥ 9:32am doctorjazz: Herbie Mann must have really liked this tune (I always liked it as well). The Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida did a nice version of this.
	♥ 9:33am BnowB: this set is beautiful ... i think my blood pressure dropped to normal
	♥ 9:34am tadpoles: I always thought Bossa Nova translated as "New Wave"! But the only thing I could find on the internets is "New Tendency" .. either works for me.
	♥ 9:34am Uncle Michael: Joe, I approve of your recent Bossa-jag.
	♥ 9:36am Dominick: very nice
	♥ 9:37am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Just doing a crossword, clue was bossa nova hit in the Sixties (3,4,4,7)
	♥ 9:38am doctorjazz: Just got my FMU premium, can't wait to listen to it!
	♥ 9:39am pantz: What a great Sinatra song! I know he was a grade A jerk, but man could his voice emote.
	♥ 9:40am BnowB: My fav....Jobim & How insensitive. I remember David Lynch using this in a yard scene with a lounge chair. Lost highway?
	9:40am John in Bklyn: The Chairman did a great job with Bossas. I mean, to have lived and loved the way Frank did...
	♥ 9:41am doctorjazz: Sorry, just don't "get" Sinatra, doesn't do anything for me...
	♥ 9:41am Planet Tyler: Astrid cant be too far behind. But which one!!
	9:42am Phillio: Not as lush (or maybe lush in a different way?), but would love to hear Caetano Veloso's "Saudosismo".
	♥ 9:43am pantz: @doctorjazz Guess it's like the Blues. Some people just don't get it, others listen to nothing else.
	9:43am Stanley: Hi Joe. Enjoying a very lazy bank holiday afternoon here in England. Hi Brian. is it sunny and hot where you are?
	9:43am Phillio: Oh man, Nara Leão..
	9:43am melinda: Great set
	♥ 9:44am Planet Tyler: What a nice morning of beleza tropical. I can fave this show already
	9:44am Phillio: Elis!! This set is ezcellent!
	9:44am Itzall Ablurr: Too early for a Caipirinha? I've got the cachaça honey, if you got the limes! Great show this morning, Mr. McG! Monday suave...
	9:44am Yair Yona: Joe - thanks for the fun music. we're rocking here in Tel Aviv!
	9:45am John in Bklyn: Elis was the greatest. Check out the DVD from 1973, MPB Especial. It's just her and a trio... and 500 cigarettes.
	♥ 9:45am Brian in UK: Stanley, it is always sunny and hot where I am. They cancelled the racing in the Isle of Man today though. Did you enjoy the Magnetic Fields?
	♥ 9:47am steveo: YES -- that's August for me
	9:48am βrian: Cachaça makes my head hurt. No skies over the isthmus today. Just fog hanging low.
	♥ 9:49am Michele: Morning Joe! Looking forward to lunching with you today!
	9:49am paul: Live in south Florida. Would kill for cool weather.
	9:49am Stanley: The Magic Fingers? Good up to a point, Brian. Bit too twee and whimsical for me but The Prof loved it. (Boy, the weather is good here)
	9:51am paul: I remember Time Life compilations.
	♥ 9:52am Planet Tyler: There's some brazilian sci-fi on netflix - it's called "3%"
	♥ 9:54am Brian in UK: Stanley, I got as far as looking at the seating plan before I ducked out of buying tickets for their Barbican gig.
	9:55am Rev. Turnip Druid: [salutes the ISTHMUS.]
	9:55am Stanley: Swag? Did someone mention swag?
	9:55am Phillio: Portuguese is definitely a tricky language. I'm lucky to have lived there for long enough and at a young enough age to have learned through total immersion. Brazil has such a deep culture/place/music, etc
	9:57am annie: whew! just got in the door, i have a hall pass. sorry 'm late. it's such a joy to know i planned in advance and stashed a cup of coffee in the fridge for my return from the pet-sit. hi everyone!
	9:58am JakeGould: Already like this!
	9:59am Parq: "Bullfrog Dressed In Soldier's Clothes" begs a topical reference.
	10:00am Stanley: That was great and the first time I could make out the words (CF version by Joseph Spence)
	10:02am willcrete: This Emery Counard tune is so good! I've always wanted to know more about him... but the only think I can find is this one piece on this great Yazoo comp. He has such a cool lending of Trinidadian styles with killer slide technique. His playing is pure velocity of joy. Such good stuff for the morning.
	10:03am CHAD PEARSON: Great show Joe!
	10:03am Stanley: The master himself
	♥ 10:03am doctorjazz: Love the guitar playing (Spence), vocals are the oddest thing (I'm really a crank this morning, aren't I...)
	10:04am willcrete: If any listeners happen to know more about Counard, please share what you know. Details are very scarse, For that matter, what does "Why My Craf Vex with Me" mean? I know "vex" is kind of like "mess with." But what is "craf?"
	10:04am Davee: This sounds a little like Dave Van Ronk
	♥ 10:05am MD: Good Morning Freeform World...!!!!
	10:07am John in Bklyn: Hey CHAD! Woke up too late for Pigeoning this morning.
	10:10am βrian: I drank the coffee, Annie. I'm sorry.
	10:10am βrian: ... and I ate the cold plums.
	10:11am Parq: By the way, agree with you totally, Joe, about Black Orpheus. Saw it at Film Forum about five years ago. Completely engrossing.
	♥ 10:11am MD: I GOT TO MAIN LINE ME SOME JESUS!!
	♥ 10:12am Passaic River Blues: @Parq: I saw it at Lincoln Center about 10 years ago, and it still lingers. So beautiful.
	10:12am annie: well, brian, it's fine i guess.... i have more plums coming in my groceries friday. hope the coffee was good, i always add sugar to the french press wth the coffee... "pre-press" application.
	10:13am Parq: Wow, the steel guitar really sets off this Aretha cover.
	10:16am Parq: And ow a sweet country song about fucking the milkman. Some show, Joe!
	10:16am Parq: "now"
	♥ 10:17am Joe McG: @Parq: Oh, Parq, you need to re-listen to that one. It's a real heartbreaker about uncaring parents.
	♥ 10:18am pantz: You're really pulling the heartstrings with this set @Joe
	10:20am Parq: @Joe, right, I got that. One of whom fucks the milkman.
	♥ 10:21am steveo: well, I picked a poor time to go get some tea and chat in the kitchen, didn't I? I guess later i'll be "doin' the (archive) stream"
	10:22am slugluv1313: good morning, Joe and Noisers! aww man -- this "Who Loves Who" REALLY hits hard! damn
	10:22am Stanley: A sad and ridiculous song that last song
	♥ 10:22am AbeSomething: My goodness! "Who Loves Who" just broke me to pieces.
	♥ 10:23am Uncle Michael: I mistook Bill's voice for Teddy's.
	♥ 10:23am Joe McG: Curly gave me chills with that song!
	10:24am Stanley: Sounds like this subject could be a genre in itself
	♥ 10:25am Brian in UK: Joe, remember the Goombay Dance Band? The last songs remind me of seeing Mary Gauthier & Jason Isbell, they both say in their sets 'If you are waiting for the happy songs you better leave now'.
	♥ 10:27am ⓔⓘⓚ: Wait, did I hear that right? Are these lyrics alleging this woman is stealing her friends' men and selling herself on the streets? Are there enough hours in the day for that? I wouldn't have the energy for that, personally.
	♥ 10:29am ɨkɛ: Is that what that 5-Hour Energy stuff is for? If I drink that, will I have the stamina to steal men and whore myself out, too? I've never tried it.
	♥ 10:29am Joe McG: @Stanley: I think it is! Doris Duke does the all-time killer diller.
	10:32am slugluv1313: @ ike (recognize the SUPER KITTY!) i agree! dudes do it all the time too -- maybe not the whoring out but lyin' and cheatin' etc. etc. etc. i always gotta wonder who has that much time & energy on their hands!
	10:33am JakeGould: 5 hour energy drink is just a pile of caffeine that makes you shit and pee a lot.
	♥ 10:33am Ken From Hyde Park: @ ɨkɛ - Better take two, just to be sure.
	10:36am βrian: Songs from a suicidal country. Very current, that.
	♥ 10:38am Joe McG: @Brian: Ha!
	♥ 10:39am steveo: Oh Joe, guess what? We drove by some signs that said HAZELTON this weekend, on our way to Ithaca (which is gorges). That's about where I missed our exit, costing us 30 minutes, but I'm not about to blame that on you.
	10:39am Itzall Ablurr: One of my first 45s was "Outa Space", another classic from the "other" 5th Beatle.
	♥ 10:39am ⓘⓚⓔ: I'd get that premium!
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: @steveo: You made the right decision to drive away from it. :)
	♥ 10:42am steveo: lol (and to spell it wrong, apparently)
	♥ 10:45am drr: Could "craf" be a boat?
	♥ 10:47am doctorjazz: Love this Jerry Lewis single (see, I'm not always cranky).
	10:48am Itzall Ablurr: Surrounded by musical giants, but he can't carry a note in a bucket, even if he's funny tripping over it.
	♥ 10:48am Joe McG: @drr: Sounds likely! Nice one.
	♥ 10:50am Joe McG: @Itzall: But have you heard his Al Jolson impression? ha ha
	10:54am SeanG: Nice!
	10:55am Cheri Pi: Excellent choice JMcG!
	♥ 10:55am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: Bagpipe solos are my go-to. ;)
	♥ 10:56am drr: It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock And Roll
	♥ 10:57am Joe McG: @drr: Always been mad at them for not pursuing that more.
	10:57am Cheri Pi: Did they do that live I wonder?
	♥ 11:00am Stevel: How in hell did I not hear The Church. Yes! Best bagpipe solo ever! Highway Song will help me recover.
	♥ 11:00am Joe McG: Another premium idea I have: Rock songs about "the road."
	11:01am Itzall Ablurr: Remember when every "Southern Rock" band had their very own "Freebird"? This is Blackfoot's.
	11:02am paul: Do not include "Life is a Highway" Do include "Thunder Road" by Robert Mitchum
	11:02am Dean: Quiet World has an entire album, "The Road." Early Steve Hackett band.
	♥ 11:03am Uncle Michael: Bands writing about "the road" is the jumping of the shark.
	11:03am Cheri Pi: Joe, the other day I heard on the radio 2 songs back to back both about a guy trying to get home to see his baby, and they kinda count down by distance how close he's getting, until-SUPRISE, he dies before he gets home. and thats the end of the song. I automatically thought of you immediately.
	11:03am melinda: I love Downtown!
	11:03am Claw!: Groundskeeper Willie did the best version of this
	♥ 11:04am Joe McG: @paul: Ha ha. What about Bob Seger's "Turn the Page"? @Dean: Whoa! Concept LP about The Road! Must check that out. @CP: My kinda tune!
	♥ 11:04am steveo: SHE SAID BOSSA NOVA!
	11:04am Itzall Ablurr: Wasn't there about another 20-30 minutes to go of Blackfoot's "Freebird", er, I mean "Highway Song"?!?
	11:04am Dennis Diken: "Downtown"...wow. one of the most delectably evocative cuts of all time. with the great Bobby Graham on drums
	11:04am Dean: How about songs about elevators? Let's see, there's Carla Bley and...and...uh...
	11:05am Serpico: Groundskeeper Willie is a hero to us all.
	♥ 11:07am Joe McG: @Dennis: One of my first favorite songs! I remember being in the back of my parents' car listening to it on the radio.
	♥ 11:07am Uncle Michael: Heaven on the Seventh Floor, Dean.
	11:07am paul: @Joe, yes to Turn the Page. I actually compiled a CD of road songs for Rand Macnally, which they included with their atlas. About 20 years ago.
	11:09am Dean: Yep, UM. I figured somebody'd think of one. There's Nanci Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," too, now that I think of it. And the Carla Bley album was about an escalator.
	11:10am paul: Trying to remember the name of the Clash song that starts with "Elevator going up"
	11:10am Serpico: isn't there a band called the 13th floor elevators?
	11:11am paul: Serpico. Yes, "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME"
	11:11am Itzall Ablurr: "Rudy Can't Fail" (Clash)
	11:11am Dean: Had to cheat, Paul, but "Kola Kola."
	♥ 11:11am Uncle Michael: I heard Mrs. Miller's "Downtown" first. Thanks, dad.
	♥ 11:11am Mike East: Roky Erickson is playing in Jersey City next month
	11:12am paul: Thanks, Dean.
	♥ 11:12am tadpoles: #Dean... Television Personalities early single about living in a London tower block.."14th Floor". Sort of about elevators if you think of living in a tower block.
	11:12am Dean: Heh, Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits is among the couple dozen LPs in the front room with the turntable. And I'm the dad.
	11:12am Itzall Ablurr: Mike East, he's playing here THIS SATURDAY, and oh hell yes I'm going!!!
	11:12am SeanG: Keith richard's guitar player
	11:13am paul: And Warren Zevon!
	♥ 11:13am Mike East: Awesome Itzall! I'm jealous
	11:14am βrian: What, are you EE CUMMINGS?
	11:14am Mark in Toronto: Liverpool, you are right re: dalek
	11:15am Itzall Ablurr: I've seen him before and it's transcendent. He's still great- saw him a couple of years ago and he killed it. Well, not literally, but maybe this time.
	11:16am βrian: The wiki: .. a 1950 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and introducing Polly Bergen.
	♥ 11:17am Krys O.: Waddy Wachtel was in the band that was in the original Poseidon Adventure movie.
	11:18am will: I remember hearing that Harlem shake charted pretty high a few years ago, not sure if it made it to the top 10
	♥ 11:21am Jeff Golick: Heyo. Re "the road": I dimly recall doing a road show when I had an hour-long program on the Drummer stream way back when, and it wasn't nearly long enough.
	11:22am Larry from Westwood now Chicago: Wow. What a great live show that must have been.
	♥ 11:22am Joe McG: @Krys O.: Now THAT'S some cool Waddy trivia! :)
	♥ 11:23am Joe McG: @Jeff G: Find a link and post it here, Jeff! Would love to hear it, and I'm sure other people would, too.
	♥ 11:23am joe mulligan: thanks for playing this live show Joe! I listened to a lot of WMMR in the early 80s
	♥ 11:26am Joe McG: @joe: No problem! I think they sound fantastic.
	♥ 11:26am Michael 98145: - fun -
	11:27am rob w: Hey I saw them in Ann Arbor on this tour!
	11:27am Dean: Brendan Mullen's book about the Masque, Nightmare in Punk Alley includes a proof sheet featuring a bunch of LA punks c.1978, including Charlotte and Belinda of The Go-Go's. Another of the photos is yours truly.
	11:27am Listener Alexandra: Loving the Go-Go goodness this morning, Joe!
	♥ 11:27am steveo: go great to hear this live Go-Go's!
	♥ 11:28am Joe McG: @RobW: That's so cool! @Dean: Wow! Dish! @Alex: Hey hey!
	11:28am herb.nyc: just tuned in - yeeeeah, La Go-Go's! i'm pretty sure WLIR aired a live show of theirs, maybe this very one, in early 80s. i mighta taped it. and, John Doe recently played Terry Hall at wfmu. great show (thx for not throwing me out, joe.). in his L.A. punk book, Jane Wiedlin (?) wrote a chapter, and said she was driving and cried when Rodney on the ROQ played their record, hearing her band for the first time on the airwaves. awww.
	♥ 11:28am James in ATL: Enjoying the show and loving the Go-Go's live! Thank Joe
	♥ 11:29am Dominick: this is great
	♥ 11:29am futurescamp: This sounds great! I grew up in Cherry Hill and I wish clubs like this had still been open when I was a teen.
	11:30am melinda: Digging all the Go-Gos. Fun to relive the better parts of adolescence.
	♥ 11:30am Joe McG: Should I play the encore?
	11:30am herb.nyc: and to show you how big the Go-Go's were then, i stepped into Sam Goody's (on e. 57th street) and saw they were giving out a single of theirs. thanks. i saw them outdoors, at Pier 84 (nyc).
	♥ 11:30am steveo: Go-go music really makes us dance Do the pony puts us in a trance Do the watusi just give us a chance That's when we fall in line
	♥ 11:31am Stevel: Yes, encore!
	♥ 11:31am steveo: /me lights lighter
	11:31am herb.nyc: encore!
	♥ 11:31am Devin B.: Encore!
	♥ 11:31am James in ATL: Encore!!!
	♥ 11:31am Joe McG: Ok, it's a short one, why not?
	♥ 11:32am Stevel: Whoooooootttttt!!
	♥ 11:33am Passaic River Blues: This encore is awesome!
	♥ 11:33am Joe McG: If anyone knows where I can hear some punk-era Go-Go's ('77-'79), drop me a line: jmcgasko@wfmu.org
	11:34am Claw!: killer surf track!
	11:34am Dean: Best underrated LA band, pre-Go-Go's, was The Eyes, featuring Charlotte, DJ Bonebrake, and Joe Ramirez.
	11:34am JakeGould: Any special reason for this Go-Gos live set? Loving it.
	11:35am Roberto: I think this guy from my high school class ended up marrying the bass player, Kathy Valentine. She's 7 years his senior, but hell yeah I would have too.
	♥ 11:36am steveo: that would have been awkward if you were both married to her at the same time....
	11:37am Roberto: They're divorced now, so...
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: @Dean: You don't have a cameo in the John Doe book, do you?
	♥ 11:37am Jeff Golick: Kill 'em and leave. Amazing.
	11:37am Roberto: Oh wait I'm still married. NM!
	11:39am Dean: Not to my knowledge, @Joe McG. Was pleasantly surprised to find myself (and my band!) in the Mullen book. I'm looking now for an opportunity to hear Masque-era Go-Go's for you. I know somebody who might have the goods.
	11:40am Dave Wright: Emerald City in Cherry hill , great club !
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: You guys like this one at 45?
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: @Dean: Excellent!
	♥ 11:42am Uncle Michael: I'm agnostic.
	11:43am JakeGould: No.
	11:43am djsheilab: YES! I love this even more at 45! Xo
	11:43am Agent Peter: How can we tell?
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: Sheila B.! I'm so embarrassed, but that was so FUN!
	♥ 11:46am Brian in UK: Joe, kind of roller coaster show, great nonetheless. Time to walk the dog.
	♥ 11:47am Joe McG: Thanks, Brian! Say hi to Mary Mack dressed in black.
	♥ 11:49am Joe McG: I need another book song or two... any ideas?
	11:49am melinda: @Dean what was your band?
	11:49am Dave Wright: Saw the Go Gos in Passaic at Hitsville first tour.....
	♥ 11:50am pantz: "Here's Where the Story Ends" Sundays?
	11:50am djsheilab: Monotones' "The Book Of Love!"
	♥ 11:50am Joe McG: Good one, pantz! I'll see if I can find it.
	♥ 11:50am pantz: Of course there's Elvis Costello's book song
	♥ 11:51am Joe McG: @Sheila: Oh geez, of course!
	♥ 11:51am Jeff Golick: The Book of Love is Long and Stupid (Mag Fields)?
	11:51am Dean: @melinda: The band featured in Mullen's book was The Twits. But that was one of many, among them a group called M, not to be confused with the British techno-pop M. M was the first release on Flipside Records. We were dreadful.
	♥ 11:52am Tim 07030: Hi Joe! Talking heads The Book I Read
	♥ 11:52am doctorjazz: Nice segue...Booking it!
	♥ 11:53am Mick: Echo and the Bunnymen - Read It in Books
	♥ 11:53am Joe McG: Darn! I should've started this book idea earlier!
	11:54am Cooh John: I was anticipating this segue.
	♥ 11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: Something from Booker T & the MG's, maybe?
	♥ 11:54am frozen_peas: The Book of Love! (The Monotones or Fleetwood Mac)
	♥ 11:55am Jeff Golick: (belatedly, old road show: wfmu.org...)
	11:55am djsheilab: Hurray!
	♥ 11:56am frozen_peas: yay, instant gratification. :)
	♥ 11:56am Tim 07030: American Graffiti soundtrack, first record I ever received as a present
	11:56am Dean: Go-Go's, Whisky, '79, not great quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiLnh_kGh6E&list=PLB7B83EA94047676C&index=9
	11:56am medson: Great show as always Joe.
	11:57am slugluv1313: @ Tim 07030 -- way cool gift!
	11:57am Dean: Same year, Mabuhay in SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVlps-Z_uWM&index=6&list=PLlTvTow8zgsg7HOzIHBYvmR9YDZ_M-nuT
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone! Hope your September gets off to a great start. See you on Labor Day!
	11:58am melinda: I think this was one of my Dad's favorite songs from his youth, I think he would dance around to it in a sort of freestyle twist.
	♥ 11:58am Tim 07030: @slugluv AND I"VE STILL GOT IT
	♥ 11:58am steveo: well, that flew by! thanks joe; great show!
	♥ 11:59am steveo: shouldn't Bob Swanson have the BS-ers?
	♥ 11:59am pantz: Great show, Joe!
	♥ 12:00pm Michael 98145: thanks again, Joe McG
	♥ 12:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: Book 'em, Joe!
	12:02pm slugluv1313: @ Tim 07030 -- that is freakin' awesome!!!!!!! i still have the Beatles (in mono!) and Monkees records my parents got me when i was a kid :)

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 28, 2017

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August 28, 2017: Bossa Noisa

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Aloysio de Oliveira	O Que É Bossa Nova?	Máximo da Bossa	Elenco	1967	LP			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
João Gilberto	Corcovado "Corcovado" by "João Gilberto"	Brazil's Brilliant João Gilberto	Capitol	1960	LP			0:11:22 (Pop-up)
Luis Bonfa	Samba de Orfeu "Samba de Orfeu" by "Luis Bonfa"	Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro): The Original Sound Track of the Movie	Epic	1959	LP			0:13:21 (Pop-up)
Bud Shank/Clare Fischer/Joe Pass	Serenidade	Brasamba!	Pacific Jazz	1963	LP			0:15:35 (Pop-up)
Ike Quebec	Favela "Favela" by "Ike Quebec"	Gaylord Fields Presents: Fayelord '66 - Gaylord's 2017 Marathon Fundraising Premium	WFMU	2017	CD-R	From 1962	*	0:17:55 (Pop-up)
Zoot Sims and His Orchestra	Recado Bossa Nova Pt. 2	single	Colpix	1962	45			0:21:50 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann	One Note Samba "One Note Samba" by "Herbie Mann"	Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues	United Artists	1962	LP			0:24:48 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann with Antonio Carlos Jobim	One Note Samba	Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann	Atlantic	1962	LP	and now with words		0:29:16 (Pop-up)
Maysa	Nos e o Mar (The Sea and Us)	The Best of the Bossa by Brazil's Best	Monument	1967	LP	From 1962		0:34:07 (Pop-up)
Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim	How Insensitive (Insensatez)	Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim	Reprise	1967	LP			0:36:22 (Pop-up)
Nara Leão	Diz Que Fui Por Aí "Diz Que Fui Por Aí" by "Nara Leão"	Máximo da Bossa	Elenco	1967	LP	From 1964		0:38:57 (Pop-up)
Elis Regina	Roda "Roda" by "Elis Regina"	Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960s	Soul Jazz	2011	CD	From 1966		0:41:04 (Pop-up)

Delbon Johnson	Bullfrog Dressed in Soldier's Clothes	Goombay: Music from Bahamas 1951-1959	Bongo Joe	2017	LP		*	0:56:53 (Pop-up)
Emery Cournard	Why My Craf Vex with Me	Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon	YaZoo	2000	CD	From 1938		0:58:36 (Pop-up)
Joseph Spence	Bimini Gal "Bimini Gal" by "Joseph Spence"	Happy All the Time	Hannibal	1985	CD	From 1964		1:01:28 (Pop-up)
Hank Locklin	Blue Grass Skirt "Blue Grass Skirt" by "Hank Locklin"	Foreign Love	RCA Victor	1958	LP			1:04:25 (Pop-up)
Margie Singleton	Jesus Is My Pusher	Travelin' Gals!: Diesel Smoke & Dangerous Curves 2017 Premium	WFMU	2017	CD-R	From 1974	*	1:06:59 (Pop-up)
Jody Miller	Natural Woman "Natural Woman" by "Jody Miller"	The House of the Rising Sun	Epic	1974	LP			1:09:19 (Pop-up)
Curly Putman	Who Loves Who "Who Loves Who" by "Curly Putman"	Curly Putman's World of Country Music	abc	1969	LP			1:12:29 (Pop-up)
The Stylistics	Doin' the Streets "Doin' the Streets" by "The Stylistics"	Let's Put It All Together	Avco	1974	LP			1:15:43 (Pop-up)
Bill Brandon	The Streets Got My Lady	Bob Holmes' Nashville Soul	Kent Soul	2017	CD	From 1976	*	1:19:34 (Pop-up)
Grover Washington Jr.	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Anthology	Motown	1981	LP	From 1972		1:23:45 (Pop-up)

Single File: a line of 45s, fronts and sometimes backs
Billy Preston	Space Race "Space Race" by "Billy Preston"	single	A&M	1973	45			1:36:24 (Pop-up)
Earl Moodie & the Stepping Stones	Love Won't Let Me Wait	single	Tafari	1975	45	Thanks to Listener Bill D		1:39:32 (Pop-up)
Andrea Carroll	It Hurts to Be Sixteen	single	Big Top	1963	45			1:42:21 (Pop-up)
Jerry Lewis	Champagne and Wedding Cake/How Do You Speak to an Angel?	single	Capitol	1954	45	from "Living It Up" EP; R.I.P. Jerry		1:44:34 (Pop-up)
Conway Twitty	Heartache Just Walked In	single	Decca	1971	45			1:46:45 (Pop-up)
dalek i love you	Masks and Licences	single	Korova	1982	45			1:49:10 (Pop-up)
The Church	Under the Milky Way "Under the Milky Way" by "The Church"	single	Arista	1988	45			1:51:58 (Pop-up)
Blackfoot	Highway Song "Highway Song" by "Blackfoot"	single	Atco	1979	45			1:57:11 (Pop-up)
Petula Clark	Downtown "Downtown" by "Petula Clark"	single	Warner Bros.	1964	45			2:00:50 (Pop-up)
The Jam	Town Called Malice "Town Called Malice" by "The Jam"	single	Polydor	1982	45			2:03:51 (Pop-up)

The Go-Go's	Skidmarks on My Heart		No Label	1981	MP3	live on 8.31.81, Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ		2:19:54 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's	How Much More "How Much More" by "The Go-Go's"		No Label	1981	MP3	live		2:22:45 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's	Let's Have a Party "Let's Have a Party" by "The Go-Go's"		No Label	1981	MP3	live		2:26:03 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's	We Got the Beat "We Got the Beat" by "The Go-Go's"		No Label	1981	MP3	live		2:27:33 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's	Surfing and Spying "Surfing and Spying" by "The Go-Go's"		No Label	1981	MP3	live		2:31:36 (Pop-up)
The Go-Go's	Beatnik Beach "Beatnik Beach" by "The Go-Go's"		No Label	1981	MP3	live		2:33:08 (Pop-up)
Smart Remarks	Foreign Fields "Foreign Fields" by "Smart Remarks"	Foreign Fields: 1982-1984	Manufactured Recordings	2017	EP		*	2:35:33 (Pop-up)
The Nerves	When You Find Out "When You Find Out" by "The Nerves"	One-Way Ticket	Alive Natural Sound	2008	CD	From 1976		2:38:32 (Pop-up)
The Pandoras	About My Baby (I Could Write a Book)	Dream Babies: Girls and Girl Groups of the Sixties	EMI America	1985	LP	From 1967		2:40:45 (Pop-up)
Bob Swanson and the Bee Jays	Out of a Book	Live Every Minute!	RSP	1966	LP			2:44:43 (Pop-up)
Rockpile	When I Write the Book "When I Write the Book" by "Rockpile"	Seconds of Pleasure	Columbia	1980	LP			2:46:56 (Pop-up)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Everyday I Write the Book	Punch the Clock	Columbia	1983	LP			2:50:38 (Pop-up)
The Monotones	Book of Love "Book of Love" by "The Monotones"	The Doo Wop Box: 101 Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll	Rhino	1993	CD	From 1958		2:53:53 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Threemoons: Morning Joe, WoofMooPeeps, etc....Always love your intro. Yipyipyipyip.....
	9:04am melinda: Hi Joe and people!
	9:05am wendy del formaggio: Joe! This track just taught me "Bela Lugosi's Dead" starts as a bossa nova. Who knew?!
	9:06am SeanG: Howdy Joe and all
	♥ 9:08am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and Noisophiles. Swag arrived, so it's a very happy Monday!
	9:08am John in Bklyn: Hiya, Joe and Surface Noisers! That intro always reminds me of Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo! Do you think Stan Ridgway was influenced by The Muppets??
	9:09am V Priceless: hiya Joe!
	9:10am Phillio: Hey Joe and all! This is great! I grew up in Brazil so this is extra special.
	♥ 9:11am BnowB: God I needed this... I don't speak spanish well and i love the music. mindless joy! And I love the song... oh so much.
	♥ 9:11am BnowB: Portuguese sorry
	9:12am John in Bklyn: @Wendy Holy cow, I never even realized that! Context!
	9:12am ?: I just woke up and I came across portuguese at WFMU, what a good surprise. Hugs from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil!
	♥ 9:12am BnowB: I used to live with a man from Brazil. ooo la la lol
	9:12am Phillio: I'm fluent in Portuguese, thus feeling right at home with the current track.
	♥ 9:14am BnowB: Abraços from NYC :)
	9:16am Phillio: Visited São Paulo again about 2 years ago (it had been forever). It's like my wife had her own personal travel guide/translator the whole time. I'd love togo back again.
	9:17am wendy del formaggio: Orfeu Negro! My favorite soundtrack!
	9:17am mauri: a sunny day and bossa. a cool wind. squirrels chasing each other in a pine tree.
	♥ 9:18am steveo: Bom Dia, Joe. So hard to get to work in time for the Yeps on a Monday....
	9:18am Phillio: Wonder if Joe has anything off Jobim's "Stone Flowers" on deck.
	♥ 9:19am steveo: Or are they the yips? I can never remember.
	♥ 9:21am Passaic River Blues: "Orfeu Negro" is such a good movie.
	9:22am JakeGould: Blame the Monday on the bossa nova.
	♥ 9:25am Joe McG: Bom dia! Starting today in a mellow, mellow mood. Glad you could join me!
	♥ 9:27am JP from KC: Fabulous start, Bongo Joe! This may be the most pleasant Monday morning I've had in quite some time!
	9:28am Capt Hoggable: Super Show...hows about this stunning vinyl recording of the Maximo de Bossa
	♥ 9:28am steveo: lovin' the mello bossa
	9:29am KP: Hello, Joe McGasko!
	9:30am jess: I'm loving this music too. Good morning coffee music.
	♥ 9:32am doctorjazz: Herbie Mann must have really liked this tune (I always liked it as well). The Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida did a nice version of this.
	♥ 9:33am BnowB: this set is beautiful ... i think my blood pressure dropped to normal
	♥ 9:34am tadpoles: I always thought Bossa Nova translated as "New Wave"! But the only thing I could find on the internets is "New Tendency" .. either works for me.
	♥ 9:34am Uncle Michael: Joe, I approve of your recent Bossa-jag.
	♥ 9:36am Dominick: very nice
	♥ 9:37am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Just doing a crossword, clue was bossa nova hit in the Sixties (3,4,4,7)
	♥ 9:38am doctorjazz: Just got my FMU premium, can't wait to listen to it!
	♥ 9:39am pantz: What a great Sinatra song! I know he was a grade A jerk, but man could his voice emote.
	♥ 9:40am BnowB: My fav....Jobim & How insensitive. I remember David Lynch using this in a yard scene with a lounge chair. Lost highway?
	9:40am John in Bklyn: The Chairman did a great job with Bossas. I mean, to have lived and loved the way Frank did...
	♥ 9:41am doctorjazz: Sorry, just don't "get" Sinatra, doesn't do anything for me...
	♥ 9:41am Planet Tyler: Astrid cant be too far behind. But which one!!
	9:42am Phillio: Not as lush (or maybe lush in a different way?), but would love to hear Caetano Veloso's "Saudosismo".
	♥ 9:43am pantz: @doctorjazz Guess it's like the Blues. Some people just don't get it, others listen to nothing else.
	9:43am Stanley: Hi Joe. Enjoying a very lazy bank holiday afternoon here in England. Hi Brian. is it sunny and hot where you are?
	9:43am Phillio: Oh man, Nara Leão..
	9:43am melinda: Great set
	♥ 9:44am Planet Tyler: What a nice morning of beleza tropical. I can fave this show already
	9:44am Phillio: Elis!! This set is ezcellent!
	9:44am Itzall Ablurr: Too early for a Caipirinha? I've got the cachaça honey, if you got the limes! Great show this morning, Mr. McG! Monday suave...
	9:44am Yair Yona: Joe - thanks for the fun music. we're rocking here in Tel Aviv!
	9:45am John in Bklyn: Elis was the greatest. Check out the DVD from 1973, MPB Especial. It's just her and a trio... and 500 cigarettes.
	♥ 9:45am Brian in UK: Stanley, it is always sunny and hot where I am. They cancelled the racing in the Isle of Man today though. Did you enjoy the Magnetic Fields?
	♥ 9:47am steveo: YES -- that's August for me
	9:48am βrian: Cachaça makes my head hurt. No skies over the isthmus today. Just fog hanging low.
	♥ 9:49am Michele: Morning Joe! Looking forward to lunching with you today!
	9:49am paul: Live in south Florida. Would kill for cool weather.
	9:49am Stanley: The Magic Fingers? Good up to a point, Brian. Bit too twee and whimsical for me but The Prof loved it. (Boy, the weather is good here)
	9:51am paul: I remember Time Life compilations.
	♥ 9:52am Planet Tyler: There's some brazilian sci-fi on netflix - it's called "3%"
	♥ 9:54am Brian in UK: Stanley, I got as far as looking at the seating plan before I ducked out of buying tickets for their Barbican gig.
	9:55am Rev. Turnip Druid: [salutes the ISTHMUS.]
	9:55am Stanley: Swag? Did someone mention swag?
	9:55am Phillio: Portuguese is definitely a tricky language. I'm lucky to have lived there for long enough and at a young enough age to have learned through total immersion. Brazil has such a deep culture/place/music, etc
	9:57am annie: whew! just got in the door, i have a hall pass. sorry 'm late. it's such a joy to know i planned in advance and stashed a cup of coffee in the fridge for my return from the pet-sit. hi everyone!
	9:58am JakeGould: Already like this!
	9:59am Parq: "Bullfrog Dressed In Soldier's Clothes" begs a topical reference.
	10:00am Stanley: That was great and the first time I could make out the words (CF version by Joseph Spence)
	10:02am willcrete: This Emery Counard tune is so good! I've always wanted to know more about him... but the only think I can find is this one piece on this great Yazoo comp. He has such a cool lending of Trinidadian styles with killer slide technique. His playing is pure velocity of joy. Such good stuff for the morning.
	10:03am CHAD PEARSON: Great show Joe!
	10:03am Stanley: The master himself
	♥ 10:03am doctorjazz: Love the guitar playing (Spence), vocals are the oddest thing (I'm really a crank this morning, aren't I...)
	10:04am willcrete: If any listeners happen to know more about Counard, please share what you know. Details are very scarse, For that matter, what does "Why My Craf Vex with Me" mean? I know "vex" is kind of like "mess with." But what is "craf?"
	10:04am Davee: This sounds a little like Dave Van Ronk
	♥ 10:05am MD: Good Morning Freeform World...!!!!
	10:07am John in Bklyn: Hey CHAD! Woke up too late for Pigeoning this morning.
	10:10am βrian: I drank the coffee, Annie. I'm sorry.
	10:10am βrian: ... and I ate the cold plums.
	10:11am Parq: By the way, agree with you totally, Joe, about Black Orpheus. Saw it at Film Forum about five years ago. Completely engrossing.
	♥ 10:11am MD: I GOT TO MAIN LINE ME SOME JESUS!!
	♥ 10:12am Passaic River Blues: @Parq: I saw it at Lincoln Center about 10 years ago, and it still lingers. So beautiful.
	10:12am annie: well, brian, it's fine i guess.... i have more plums coming in my groceries friday. hope the coffee was good, i always add sugar to the french press wth the coffee... "pre-press" application.
	10:13am Parq: Wow, the steel guitar really sets off this Aretha cover.
	10:16am Parq: And ow a sweet country song about fucking the milkman. Some show, Joe!
	10:16am Parq: "now"
	♥ 10:17am Joe McG: @Parq: Oh, Parq, you need to re-listen to that one. It's a real heartbreaker about uncaring parents.
	♥ 10:18am pantz: You're really pulling the heartstrings with this set @Joe
	10:20am Parq: @Joe, right, I got that. One of whom fucks the milkman.
	♥ 10:21am steveo: well, I picked a poor time to go get some tea and chat in the kitchen, didn't I? I guess later i'll be "doin' the (archive) stream"
	10:22am slugluv1313: good morning, Joe and Noisers! aww man -- this "Who Loves Who" REALLY hits hard! damn
	10:22am Stanley: A sad and ridiculous song that last song
	♥ 10:22am AbeSomething: My goodness! "Who Loves Who" just broke me to pieces.
	♥ 10:23am Uncle Michael: I mistook Bill's voice for Teddy's.
	♥ 10:23am Joe McG: Curly gave me chills with that song!
	10:24am Stanley: Sounds like this subject could be a genre in itself
	♥ 10:25am Brian in UK: Joe, remember the Goombay Dance Band? The last songs remind me of seeing Mary Gauthier & Jason Isbell, they both say in their sets 'If you are waiting for the happy songs you better leave now'.
	♥ 10:27am ⓔⓘⓚ: Wait, did I hear that right? Are these lyrics alleging this woman is stealing her friends' men and selling herself on the streets? Are there enough hours in the day for that? I wouldn't have the energy for that, personally.
	♥ 10:29am ɨkɛ: Is that what that 5-Hour Energy stuff is for? If I drink that, will I have the stamina to steal men and whore myself out, too? I've never tried it.
	♥ 10:29am Joe McG: @Stanley: I think it is! Doris Duke does the all-time killer diller.
	10:32am slugluv1313: @ ike (recognize the SUPER KITTY!) i agree! dudes do it all the time too -- maybe not the whoring out but lyin' and cheatin' etc. etc. etc. i always gotta wonder who has that much time & energy on their hands!
	10:33am JakeGould: 5 hour energy drink is just a pile of caffeine that makes you shit and pee a lot.
	♥ 10:33am Ken From Hyde Park: @ ɨkɛ - Better take two, just to be sure.
	10:36am βrian: Songs from a suicidal country. Very current, that.
	♥ 10:38am Joe McG: @Brian: Ha!
	♥ 10:39am steveo: Oh Joe, guess what? We drove by some signs that said HAZELTON this weekend, on our way to Ithaca (which is gorges). That's about where I missed our exit, costing us 30 minutes, but I'm not about to blame that on you.
	10:39am Itzall Ablurr: One of my first 45s was "Outa Space", another classic from the "other" 5th Beatle.
	♥ 10:39am ⓘⓚⓔ: I'd get that premium!
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: @steveo: You made the right decision to drive away from it. :)
	♥ 10:42am steveo: lol (and to spell it wrong, apparently)
	♥ 10:45am drr: Could "craf" be a boat?
	♥ 10:47am doctorjazz: Love this Jerry Lewis single (see, I'm not always cranky).
	10:48am Itzall Ablurr: Surrounded by musical giants, but he can't carry a note in a bucket, even if he's funny tripping over it.
	♥ 10:48am Joe McG: @drr: Sounds likely! Nice one.
	♥ 10:50am Joe McG: @Itzall: But have you heard his Al Jolson impression? ha ha
	10:54am SeanG: Nice!
	10:55am Cheri Pi: Excellent choice JMcG!
	♥ 10:55am Joe McG: @Cheri Pi: Bagpipe solos are my go-to. ;)
	♥ 10:56am drr: It's A Long Way To The Top If You Want To Rock And Roll
	♥ 10:57am Joe McG: @drr: Always been mad at them for not pursuing that more.
	10:57am Cheri Pi: Did they do that live I wonder?
	♥ 11:00am Stevel: How in hell did I not hear The Church. Yes! Best bagpipe solo ever! Highway Song will help me recover.
	♥ 11:00am Joe McG: Another premium idea I have: Rock songs about "the road."
	11:01am Itzall Ablurr: Remember when every "Southern Rock" band had their very own "Freebird"? This is Blackfoot's.
	11:02am paul: Do not include "Life is a Highway" Do include "Thunder Road" by Robert Mitchum
	11:02am Dean: Quiet World has an entire album, "The Road." Early Steve Hackett band.
	♥ 11:03am Uncle Michael: Bands writing about "the road" is the jumping of the shark.
	11:03am Cheri Pi: Joe, the other day I heard on the radio 2 songs back to back both about a guy trying to get home to see his baby, and they kinda count down by distance how close he's getting, until-SUPRISE, he dies before he gets home. and thats the end of the song. I automatically thought of you immediately.
	11:03am melinda: I love Downtown!
	11:03am Claw!: Groundskeeper Willie did the best version of this
	♥ 11:04am Joe McG: @paul: Ha ha. What about Bob Seger's "Turn the Page"? @Dean: Whoa! Concept LP about The Road! Must check that out. @CP: My kinda tune!
	♥ 11:04am steveo: SHE SAID BOSSA NOVA!
	11:04am Itzall Ablurr: Wasn't there about another 20-30 minutes to go of Blackfoot's "Freebird", er, I mean "Highway Song"?!?
	11:04am Dennis Diken: "Downtown"...wow. one of the most delectably evocative cuts of all time. with the great Bobby Graham on drums
	11:04am Dean: How about songs about elevators? Let's see, there's Carla Bley and...and...uh...
	11:05am Serpico: Groundskeeper Willie is a hero to us all.
	♥ 11:07am Joe McG: @Dennis: One of my first favorite songs! I remember being in the back of my parents' car listening to it on the radio.
	♥ 11:07am Uncle Michael: Heaven on the Seventh Floor, Dean.
	11:07am paul: @Joe, yes to Turn the Page. I actually compiled a CD of road songs for Rand Macnally, which they included with their atlas. About 20 years ago.
	11:09am Dean: Yep, UM. I figured somebody'd think of one. There's Nanci Griffith's "Love at the Five and Dime," too, now that I think of it. And the Carla Bley album was about an escalator.
	11:10am paul: Trying to remember the name of the Clash song that starts with "Elevator going up"
	11:10am Serpico: isn't there a band called the 13th floor elevators?
	11:11am paul: Serpico. Yes, "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME"
	11:11am Itzall Ablurr: "Rudy Can't Fail" (Clash)
	11:11am Dean: Had to cheat, Paul, but "Kola Kola."
	♥ 11:11am Uncle Michael: I heard Mrs. Miller's "Downtown" first. Thanks, dad.
	♥ 11:11am Mike East: Roky Erickson is playing in Jersey City next month
	11:12am paul: Thanks, Dean.
	♥ 11:12am tadpoles: #Dean... Television Personalities early single about living in a London tower block.."14th Floor". Sort of about elevators if you think of living in a tower block.
	11:12am Dean: Heh, Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits is among the couple dozen LPs in the front room with the turntable. And I'm the dad.
	11:12am Itzall Ablurr: Mike East, he's playing here THIS SATURDAY, and oh hell yes I'm going!!!
	11:12am SeanG: Keith richard's guitar player
	11:13am paul: And Warren Zevon!
	♥ 11:13am Mike East: Awesome Itzall! I'm jealous
	11:14am βrian: What, are you EE CUMMINGS?
	11:14am Mark in Toronto: Liverpool, you are right re: dalek
	11:15am Itzall Ablurr: I've seen him before and it's transcendent. He's still great- saw him a couple of years ago and he killed it. Well, not literally, but maybe this time.
	11:16am βrian: The wiki: .. a 1950 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and introducing Polly Bergen.
	♥ 11:17am Krys O.: Waddy Wachtel was in the band that was in the original Poseidon Adventure movie.
	11:18am will: I remember hearing that Harlem shake charted pretty high a few years ago, not sure if it made it to the top 10
	♥ 11:21am Jeff Golick: Heyo. Re "the road": I dimly recall doing a road show when I had an hour-long program on the Drummer stream way back when, and it wasn't nearly long enough.
	11:22am Larry from Westwood now Chicago: Wow. What a great live show that must have been.
	♥ 11:22am Joe McG: @Krys O.: Now THAT'S some cool Waddy trivia! :)
	♥ 11:23am Joe McG: @Jeff G: Find a link and post it here, Jeff! Would love to hear it, and I'm sure other people would, too.
	♥ 11:23am joe mulligan: thanks for playing this live show Joe! I listened to a lot of WMMR in the early 80s
	♥ 11:26am Joe McG: @joe: No problem! I think they sound fantastic.
	♥ 11:26am Michael 98145: - fun -
	11:27am rob w: Hey I saw them in Ann Arbor on this tour!
	11:27am Dean: Brendan Mullen's book about the Masque, Nightmare in Punk Alley includes a proof sheet featuring a bunch of LA punks c.1978, including Charlotte and Belinda of The Go-Go's. Another of the photos is yours truly.
	11:27am Listener Alexandra: Loving the Go-Go goodness this morning, Joe!
	♥ 11:27am steveo: go great to hear this live Go-Go's!
	♥ 11:28am Joe McG: @RobW: That's so cool! @Dean: Wow! Dish! @Alex: Hey hey!
	11:28am herb.nyc: just tuned in - yeeeeah, La Go-Go's! i'm pretty sure WLIR aired a live show of theirs, maybe this very one, in early 80s. i mighta taped it. and, John Doe recently played Terry Hall at wfmu. great show (thx for not throwing me out, joe.). in his L.A. punk book, Jane Wiedlin (?) wrote a chapter, and said she was driving and cried when Rodney on the ROQ played their record, hearing her band for the first time on the airwaves. awww.
	♥ 11:28am James in ATL: Enjoying the show and loving the Go-Go's live! Thank Joe
	♥ 11:29am Dominick: this is great
	♥ 11:29am futurescamp: This sounds great! I grew up in Cherry Hill and I wish clubs like this had still been open when I was a teen.
	11:30am melinda: Digging all the Go-Gos. Fun to relive the better parts of adolescence.
	♥ 11:30am Joe McG: Should I play the encore?
	11:30am herb.nyc: and to show you how big the Go-Go's were then, i stepped into Sam Goody's (on e. 57th street) and saw they were giving out a single of theirs. thanks. i saw them outdoors, at Pier 84 (nyc).
	♥ 11:30am steveo: Go-go music really makes us dance Do the pony puts us in a trance Do the watusi just give us a chance That's when we fall in line
	♥ 11:31am Stevel: Yes, encore!
	♥ 11:31am steveo: /me lights lighter
	11:31am herb.nyc: encore!
	♥ 11:31am Devin B.: Encore!
	♥ 11:31am James in ATL: Encore!!!
	♥ 11:31am Joe McG: Ok, it's a short one, why not?
	♥ 11:32am Stevel: Whoooooootttttt!!
	♥ 11:33am Passaic River Blues: This encore is awesome!
	♥ 11:33am Joe McG: If anyone knows where I can hear some punk-era Go-Go's ('77-'79), drop me a line: jmcgasko@wfmu.org
	11:34am Claw!: killer surf track!
	11:34am Dean: Best underrated LA band, pre-Go-Go's, was The Eyes, featuring Charlotte, DJ Bonebrake, and Joe Ramirez.
	11:34am JakeGould: Any special reason for this Go-Gos live set? Loving it.
	11:35am Roberto: I think this guy from my high school class ended up marrying the bass player, Kathy Valentine. She's 7 years his senior, but hell yeah I would have too.
	♥ 11:36am steveo: that would have been awkward if you were both married to her at the same time....
	11:37am Roberto: They're divorced now, so...
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: @Dean: You don't have a cameo in the John Doe book, do you?
	♥ 11:37am Jeff Golick: Kill 'em and leave. Amazing.
	11:37am Roberto: Oh wait I'm still married. NM!
	11:39am Dean: Not to my knowledge, @Joe McG. Was pleasantly surprised to find myself (and my band!) in the Mullen book. I'm looking now for an opportunity to hear Masque-era Go-Go's for you. I know somebody who might have the goods.
	11:40am Dave Wright: Emerald City in Cherry hill , great club !
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: You guys like this one at 45?
	♥ 11:42am Joe McG: @Dean: Excellent!
	♥ 11:42am Uncle Michael: I'm agnostic.
	11:43am JakeGould: No.
	11:43am djsheilab: YES! I love this even more at 45! Xo
	11:43am Agent Peter: How can we tell?
	♥ 11:44am Joe McG: Sheila B.! I'm so embarrassed, but that was so FUN!
	♥ 11:46am Brian in UK: Joe, kind of roller coaster show, great nonetheless. Time to walk the dog.
	♥ 11:47am Joe McG: Thanks, Brian! Say hi to Mary Mack dressed in black.
	♥ 11:49am Joe McG: I need another book song or two... any ideas?
	11:49am melinda: @Dean what was your band?
	11:49am Dave Wright: Saw the Go Gos in Passaic at Hitsville first tour.....
	♥ 11:50am pantz: "Here's Where the Story Ends" Sundays?
	11:50am djsheilab: Monotones' "The Book Of Love!"
	♥ 11:50am Joe McG: Good one, pantz! I'll see if I can find it.
	♥ 11:50am pantz: Of course there's Elvis Costello's book song
	♥ 11:51am Joe McG: @Sheila: Oh geez, of course!
	♥ 11:51am Jeff Golick: The Book of Love is Long and Stupid (Mag Fields)?
	11:51am Dean: @melinda: The band featured in Mullen's book was The Twits. But that was one of many, among them a group called M, not to be confused with the British techno-pop M. M was the first release on Flipside Records. We were dreadful.
	♥ 11:52am Tim 07030: Hi Joe! Talking heads The Book I Read
	♥ 11:52am doctorjazz: Nice segue...Booking it!
	♥ 11:53am Mick: Echo and the Bunnymen - Read It in Books
	♥ 11:53am Joe McG: Darn! I should've started this book idea earlier!
	11:54am Cooh John: I was anticipating this segue.
	♥ 11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: Something from Booker T & the MG's, maybe?
	♥ 11:54am frozen_peas: The Book of Love! (The Monotones or Fleetwood Mac)
	♥ 11:55am Jeff Golick: (belatedly, old road show: wfmu.org...)
	11:55am djsheilab: Hurray!
	♥ 11:56am frozen_peas: yay, instant gratification. :)
	♥ 11:56am Tim 07030: American Graffiti soundtrack, first record I ever received as a present
	11:56am Dean: Go-Go's, Whisky, '79, not great quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiLnh_kGh6E&list=PLB7B83EA94047676C&index=9
	11:56am medson: Great show as always Joe.
	11:57am slugluv1313: @ Tim 07030 -- way cool gift!
	11:57am Dean: Same year, Mabuhay in SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVlps-Z_uWM&index=6&list=PLlTvTow8zgsg7HOzIHBYvmR9YDZ_M-nuT
	♥ 11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening, everyone! Hope your September gets off to a great start. See you on Labor Day!
	11:58am melinda: I think this was one of my Dad's favorite songs from his youth, I think he would dance around to it in a sort of freestyle twist.
	♥ 11:58am Tim 07030: @slugluv AND I"VE STILL GOT IT
	♥ 11:58am steveo: well, that flew by! thanks joe; great show!
	♥ 11:59am steveo: shouldn't Bob Swanson have the BS-ers?
	♥ 11:59am pantz: Great show, Joe!
	♥ 12:00pm Michael 98145: thanks again, Joe McG
	♥ 12:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: Book 'em, Joe!
	12:02pm slugluv1313: @ Tim 07030 -- that is freakin' awesome!!!!!!! i still have the Beatles (in mono!) and Monkees records my parents got me when i was a kid :)

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from August 28, 2017

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