live set from Fascinations Grand Chorus! : Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:05pm coelacanth∅:

Hey Joe!

12:06pm Scraps deSelby:

hey h’lo

12:07pm Renbo:

As long as I don't move the thick layer of dust stays put but my thoughts are powerfully boring the waves are stirring everything up! ugh but this music seems to be helping--Thanks Joe!!

12:07pm V Priceless:

hey Joe! Rock!

12:08pm steveo:

Hi Joe - fantastic opening here! (Also, didn't hear "we wanna get loaded"!)

12:08pm SmokinJ:

Feelin' great! Greetings jb! 8-)

12:09pm Ricky:

Joe, Almost Famous, good one.

12:11pm ndbob:

heya Joe and everyone

12:14pm KP:

Could of sworn Mark Lindsay was in there somewhere

12:14pm KP:

Hola, Joe

12:15pm coelacanth∅:

(orange machine song, "real life permanent dream")

12:16pm queems:

this is so ben folds fivesy

12:16pm Joe B:

greetings everyone! thanks for tuning in! great live set coming up at 1 pm from Fascinations Grand Chorus, excellent Blondie-influenced pop/rock duo from Brooklyn/Jersey City

12:18pm charbird:

Greetings Joe and all! Charlie here from CA!

12:19pm SmokinJ:

So much fun!

12:29pm Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Good Monday to you Joe!

12:31pm medson:

Joe Belock, tearing up another Monday Afternoon.

12:34pm SmokinJ:

And doing a good job of it! ;-)

12:37pm queems:

lolol sorry

12:38pm Joe B:

accurate though!

12:41pm ndbob:

nice version here

12:43pm Joe B:

scott mccaughey medical fund:

www.gofundme.com...

1:03pm coelacanth∅:

no relation to "angelsea"?

1:04pm Joe B:

en.wikipedia.org...

1:05pm Dennis Diken:

hey Joe and all! happy to say that Scott Mc seems to be doing better. indeed, the road is long and everyone's support is appreciated! no finer man than our boy Scott!

1:06pm Joe B:

hey Dennis, thanks for the update!

1:08pm coelacanth∅:

interesting. i wonder if the Cat Stevens song title was somehow inspired by "anglesea"...

1:10pm Joe B:

I don't know. but i kept saying Angelsea and they were like, no, it's anglesea!

1:11pm coelacanth∅:

haha!

1:11pm coelacanth∅:

(i would've too)

1:16pm mr_mike:

JOE B , THIS IS AWESOME

1:16pm BronwynB:

hello joe and everyone!

👻

1:16pm Hoboken Jack:

Joe! Charlie! Jeff! Bronwyn in absentia! I really dig Fascinations Grand Chorus.

1:18pm BronwynB:

hello jack! not absent today!

1:19pm Mark in Toronto:

Beautiful Gary Lewis & Playboys cover.

1:20pm Joe B:

i agree Mark!

1:21pm Joe B:

hey Bronwyn, after the set the band and I geeked out about the Beach Boys for about an hour and a half. I probably should have recorded that and added it to the end of the interview segment.

1:21pm Joe B:

hey Jack!

1:21pm Joe B:

I agree Mr Mike!

1:22pm Mark in Toronto:

As much as one might appreciate self-penned material, it's always nice to see what someone covers, gives you a better idea of where they are coming from, perhaps what initially inspired them.

1:22pm coelacanth∅:

i knew i recognised that, but... i thought gary lewis & the playboys only did covers. (?) have i been in error all these years?

1:22pm Joe B:

good point mark

1:24pm Joe B:

Hi coelacanth, scraps, Renbo, VP, Steveo, J, Ricky, KP, ndbob!

1:25pm Mark in Toronto:

There was usually always one "hit" on A Gary Lewis album, specially tailored for them. They didn't write it, probably came from Snuff Garrett of Al Kooper. All the rest of the album was covers.

1:25pm Joe B:

hey queems, charbird, medson, and Jeff!

1:27pm coelacanth∅:

okay, i wasn't thinking. i guess i thought that because they didn't pen their own material...but of course they did many of those songs first.

1:28pm Joe B:

fascinationsgrandchorus.bandcamp.com

1:29pm BronwynB:

@Joe: that's awesome :D

1:37pm coelacanth∅:

Thank you Andrew and Stephanie
- and Mario, and Bryn!

1:39pm charbird:

Hi Jack! Our Monday is off to a good start thanks to Joe B. I wasn't familiar with Fascinations Grand Chorus, but I'm a fan now! Even their name is cool!

1:41pm Dominick:

Wow!

1:41pm V Priceless:

Holy smokes! GG on FMU!! Whoa!

1:43pm V Priceless:

heard GG's going to be part of Ringo's next All-Star band...

1:44pm Joe B:

wow that might get me to go back! i only saw the first one in 1989

1:45pm Lixiviated Life:

More Ramones please. (I'll wait)

1:49pm V Priceless:

@ JB: me too! I saw the band when Jack Bruce and Gary Brooker were in it. Weird, but I can't remember who the guitarist was - I wanna say Todd....but might have been Frampton.

1:49pm Stevel:

Always loved "Questioningly". One of my favorite Ramones songs.

1:51pm Lixiviated Life:

Hey!

1:51pm Rich in Washington:

Did anyone ever do a Ramones On 45 remix? I'd love to hear one.

1:53pm Lixiviated Life:

@Rich in Washington Indeed

1:56pm Lixiviated Life:

@ Joe B I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

1:57pm johnk77:

thinking of the rocket to russia
reissue as a gift for someone
bubbles was the only
ramones insider i got to know well
saw joey backstage
@lineup of losers randalls island
skinniest ankles!

1:58pm Joe B:

Hi Rich! me too Stevel

1:59pm Rich in Washington:

Rocket To Russia was my first ever Ramones album. I bought it on 8-track out of a closeout bin at some huge department store. It was utterly life-changing for me. It's still my favorite Ramones album.

2:00pm Joe B:

welcone, Lixiviated! hey JohnK. thinking of getting it for myself!

2:02pm coelacanth∅:

Rich @1.51 if you've seen them live that's about the same, no?! 30 songs in 45 minutes with basically no breaks in-between.

2:03pm Rich in Washington:

only broken up by 1,2,3,4!!!

2:04pm coelacanth∅:

hahaha exactly!

2:04pm Hackensack Slim:

Hey Joe,
Another exemplary show. Hope to see you Friday at Monty Hall.

2:05pm Joe B:

i will be there HS!

2:07pm johnk77:

the late brian marnell of svt
his band opened for ramones
his favorite ramones disk
rocket to russia
just saw jack + jorma acoustic
thank u jack ohara
the interview w/engineer
ed stasium very interesting
thank u selecter

2:10pm coelacanth∅:

my first ramones album was leave home. when i got home my friends came over and i decided to be all "punk" and rip the album open with my teeth - damaging the album cover fairly badly.
as it turns out, that first pressing is a bit of a collectors' item.
oh, well.

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2:19pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Diane Kamikaze's excellent Peer Pressure segment the other day with Ed Stasium. www.wfmu.org...

2:21pm Joe B:

that was a great one

2:23pm Carmichael:

Heya Joe and rekkid luvahs.

2:23pm Dominick:

Such great stuff!

2:24pm johnk77:

please wfmu
more recording and live
engineer/producers content
interviews + playlists etc.

2:25pm PJ:

Thanks for more TK, Joe.

2:28pm geezerette:

Wow, before looking I thought this was Nilsson!

2:29pm Carmichael:

Is this close to the original? I have heard a much faster version on the Nilsson tribute album.

2:29pm Joe B:

modern folk quartet did the fast version

2:30pm queems:

second doors cover of the day that is easier to listen to than the doors

2:30pm Dominick:

This is better than the doors

2:30pm steveo:

2 for 2 on doors covers today; i wonder which one Scotty M will play (jinx @queems)

2:30pm Carmichael:

On the tribute For the Love of Harry, it was done by the Beach Boys.

2:31pm queems:

@steveo turns out i like the doors when the doors aren't playing

2:32pm geezerette:

Shame on me!
Carm, don't know, it's good though. I'm one of millions who just thought of him as a Tiger Beat cover rather than a singer.
Thanks again, Joe B. & WFMU!

2:32pm Joe B:

what was the other doors cover?

2:32pm johnk77:

@queems u might be right
but seeing the doors live
was transformative for iggy
+others

2:33pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

I could always hear Dean Martin singing "Touch Me"--in fact, I'd rather than the Doors. For me, 2/3 of Doors would be improved with Dino. Jim Morrison's voice was like hippie Dino, but with less soul. My opinion

2:33pm queems:

@johnk i can respect that

2:34pm steveo:

JB: Joe played
The Enoch Light Singers Hello, I Love You (1968)

2:34pm northguineahills:

Wow, nice Mark Lanegan, rather different then what I've heard before.

2:36pm Joe B:

thanks steveo. yeah NGH, different sounding record but i am getting into this new one

2:36pm coelacanth∅:

the doors were revolutionary, musically and culturally; and excellent instrumentalists...it's just that they sucked sometimes!

2:36pm Joe B:

i can take morrison but in small doses

2:37pm steve∅:

sure thing; really enjoying this set right here

2:39pm coelacanth∅:

i can enjoy both the first doors album and l.a.woman all the way through, except i'd skip the song "l.a.woman".

2:40pm geezerette:

Coel,
Joe B,
A little Morrison goes a long way for me too. It's the darkness that drives me batty, but at their best I think of them as almost a jazz band.

2:42pm steveo:

My main problem with the Doors in the main problem I have with every band I grew up listening too much to, thanks to classic rock radio; I always like the covers though. Fresh twist and all....

2:44pm coelacanth∅:

they definitely had some jazz, and blues, influence.
really brilliant musicians; but in my asshole opinion, as well as composing some of the most genius songs of the time, penned lots of trite crap. (almost all of the soft parade album, ie)

2:45pm steveo:

for some reason I never get tired of wfmu dj talkover bed music, though :)

2:45pm johnk77:

for more on media sound nyc
where ramones cut
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-a-with-michael-h-brauer/42376-media-sound.html
great show today @joeb

2:52pm geezerette:

Thanks, Joe B.,another excellent show!

2:53pm thecarvelsnyc:

Thanks for playing us Joe! Great show!

2:54pm Bill in W.O.:

The TK with Velvet Crush live thing was originally on an 8-song EP(ish) thing called ROCK CONCERT on VC's little
Action Musik label. Just FWIW. Great show today, Joe!

2:57pm ndbob:

excellent show joe!

2:58pm coelacanth∅:

Thanks Great show Joe!

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Sonny and Cher	Monday	7"	Atco	1966		0:00:00 Pop-up)
The Orange Machine	Real Life Permanent Dream	various - Real Life Permanent Dreams: A Cornucopia of British Psychedelia 1965-70	Castle	1968/2008		0:03:15 Pop-up)
Sweet Apple	Thank You	Sing the Night In Sorrow	Tee Pee	2017		0:05:30 Pop-up)
Dirty Fences	Teen Angel	Goodbye Love	Greenway Records	2017		0:10:39 Pop-up)
Ted Leo	Can't Go Back	The Hanged Man	self-released	2017		0:13:04 Pop-up)
Kelley Stoltz	For You	Que Aura	Castle Face	2017		0:16:25 Pop-up)
Los Tones	The Door	What Happened	Off the Hip	2017		0:19:39 Pop-up)
Black Flamingos	The Gurch	Neon Boneyard	Little Dickman	2017	any relation to the Gorch?	0:22:31 Pop-up)
Los Straitjackets	Galaxy Drive	Supersonic Guitars in 3-D		2003	AT MONTY HALL FRIDAY NIGHT!	0:24:20 Pop-up)
Los Straitjackets	Tempest	The Velvet Touch of Los Straitjackets	Cavalcade	1999	AT MONTY HALL FRIDAY NIGHT!	0:26:24 Pop-up)
Nick Lowe	Heart of the City	Pure Pop For Now People	Columbia	1978	has been known to play with Los Straitjackets lately	0:29:50 Pop-up)

Young Fresh Fellows	Love Is a Beautiful Thing	It's Lowbeat Time	Frontier	1992		0:39:06 Pop-up)
Minus 5	Crater of Diamonds	Scott the Hoople in the Dungeon of Horror Part III: An Accumulation of Soot		2014	Scott McCaughey medical fund: https://www.gofundme.com/c3npfr-scott-mccaughey-medical-fund	0:41:32 Pop-up)
Filthy Friends	You and Your King	invitation	Kill Rock Stars	2017		0:46:13 Pop-up)
The Tripwires	I Stand Corrected	Fat City Let's Go!	Folc	2017	Minus 5, Mudhoney and Young Fresh Fellows members	0:49:18 Pop-up)
Matthew Sweet	Music For Love	Tomorrow Forever	Honeycomb Hideout	2017		0:52:44 Pop-up)

Fascinations Grand Chorus live in the studio!
Engineer: Mario Santana; assistant engineer: Bryn Scharenberg; recorded Dec. 1
Andrew Pierce - drums; Stephanie Cupo - keyboards, vocals
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	Welcome					1:02:06 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	Growing					1:04:56 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	Actor/Actress					1:08:41 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	When You're Mine					1:12:05 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	She's Just My Style					1:17:50 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	I Don't Wanna Fall In Love					1:19:06 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	Can't Let Go					1:23:51 Pop-up)
Fascinations Grand Chorus live on WFMU!	interview					1:26:51 Pop-up)

Graham Gouldman	Stop! Stop! Stop!	various - The Mod Scene	Deram	1966/1998	on the Todd-o-phonic Todd Show this saturday!	1:40:41 Pop-up)
Ramones	7-11	Pleasant Dreams	Sire	1981	produced by Graham Gouldman	1:43:06 Pop-up)
The Carvels NYC	Questioningly	Everything With You is a Travesty	The Carvels NYC	2017		1:46:48 Pop-up)
Ramones	Joey RTR Radio Spot	Rocket to Russia 40th Anniversay Deluxe Edition	Rhino	1977/2017		1:50:40 Pop-up)
Ramones	Surfin' Bird (alternate vocal)	Rocket to Russia 40th Anniversay Deluxe Edition	Rhino	1977/2017		1:51:01 Pop-up)
Ramones	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (acoustic version)	Rocket to Russia 40th Anniversay Deluxe Edition	Rhino	1977/2017		1:53:33 Pop-up)
Proto Idiot	Yes Yes Yes Yes	Leisure Opportunity	Slovenly	2017		1:58:28 Pop-up)
Reanimadores	Mandulete	Me Das Asco	Cha Cho	2016		2:01:29 Pop-up)
The Senders	6th Street	Seven Song Super Single	Max's Kansas City	1980	RIP Wild Bill	2:03:50 Pop-up)

Velvet Crush	My Blank Pages	Pre-Teen Symphonies	Omnivore	1995/2016	Tommy Keene lead guitar	2:11:53 Pop-up)
Paul Westerberg	Love Untold			1996	Tommy Keene on lead guitar & backing vox, live on Letterman	2:15:12 Pop-up)
Keene Brothers	Beauty of the Draft	Blues and Boogie Shoes	Fading Captain	2006	Robert Pollard and Tommy Keene	2:18:40 Pop-up)
Tommy Keene	The World Outside	Isolation Party	Matador	1998	jeff tweedy backing vocals	2:21:47 Pop-up)
David Cassidy	This Could Be the Night	The Higher They Climb - The Harder They Fall	RCA Victor	1975	Nilsson song, with Bruce Johnston as producer	2:25:45 Pop-up)
Hugo Montenegro	Touch Me	Mr. Groovy	Omni Recording Corporation	1969/2008	The Quadfather!	2:28:19 Pop-up)
Mark Lanegan Band	First Day of Winter	Gargoyle	PIAS/Heavenly	2017		2:31:00 Pop-up)
Antietam	And Then	Intimations of Immortality	Motorific Sounds	2017		2:34:20 Pop-up)
Antietam	On the Humble	Opus Mixtum	Carrot Top	2008		2:39:03 Pop-up)

Ty Segall	Another Hustle	Fried Shallots	Drag City	2017		2:51:02 Pop-up)
Sic Alps	The News Today	A Long Way Around To a Shortcut	Animal Disguise	2008		2:54:05 Pop-up)

December 4, 2017

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