WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from February 11, 2019

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:03am 12539: Yip Yip!
	9:03am Linda Lee: Good morning Joe.
	♥ 9:05am melinda: hey Joe, good morning
	♥ 9:08am Asheville Jon: morning Joe. sorry for the loss of X-Ray.
	9:08am Morphe': Hey Joe...war'ya goin' wit dat vinyl in yer hand ..
	♥ 9:09am Uncle Michael: Happy to see this Peter Walker get some Surface Noise love. Good morning.
	9:11am mb: Morning DJ Joe McGasko
	♥ 9:12am queems: good morning joe!
	9:12am Felix: Feeling the funerary commemorative vibes here in Ithaca. Looks like I will be saying goodbye to my old pup today.DJs and Dogs 4 evah.
	♥ 9:13am Joe McG: Sorry to hear about your pup, Felix! Hey, everybody, welcome to the show! We're starting slow and gentle today, but we'll rev up later.
	9:14am TDK60: Morning Joe Mc. Walker and Fahey, can't go wrong.
	♥ 9:15am steveo: hello Joe. thanks for making my Monday better
	9:15am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Linda Lee-I thought your comment about some girl having crossed eyes was hilarious the other day. You were really on a roll! I think the DJ was playing really syrupy sappy love songs.
	9:15am Felix: Thanks, Joe. Her name is Tina Beans if you wanna shout her out. Long live RAY-D-OH!
	♥ 9:17am Krys O.: Greetings, Joe!
	9:18am prudy: loving this Michael Chapman...produced by Steve Gunn!
	♥ 9:18am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Great painting the kitchen music. @Felix. Tough call but you must always think of the dog's welfare first.
	9:19am TDK60: and Kottke..
	♥ 9:22am dale: felix - dj's and dogs can provide the same comfort.
	9:22am the yipster times: how about from that band U2 from England
	♥ 9:23am Joe McG: Thanks, steveo. And thanks to you guys for keeping me company on the comments board every week. Radio used to be a somewhat solitary business, but it doesn't feel like that much anymore.
	9:25am Felix: Thanks for being in that booth today, Joe!
	♥ 9:25am melinda: Nice set
	♥ 9:26am steveo: speaking of guitars, Sandy Bull's birthday is Monday in 2 weeks
	♥ 9:26am melinda: According to my calendar this is Random Acts of Kindness Week. Mental note.
	9:26am Brendan: @Felix, very sorry. I’m heavy hearted here as well. Lost mine in January. We’re broken/ permanently damaged every time this happens. But I keep coming back for more. They make us better people.
	9:27am Brendan: Hey Joe and folkies
	♥ 9:27am Joe McG: @steveo: Noted! :)
	♥ 9:29am dale: yeah - the only time a deejay knew he had a following is if he did a remote from a car dealership on saturday. but then maybe they showed up because the new ramblers for '64 came into the showroom and they were in a lather.
	♥ 9:30am WFMU listener WADE: Man. What a sad bit of news. I didn't learn of his passing until the evening yesterday after I got home from work. I started crying during "Sunday Will Never Be Same." I can't claim to have known X-Ray Burns. To those who knew him well and loved him, my heart goes out to you. Kudos and thanks to WFMU for being possibly the most real form entertainment out there.
	9:32am Brendan: @Joe, I promise not pop a vein and get all Newport Folk Fest when you go electric with the set. These acoustic intros perfect.
	9:33am Stashu: Good morning. We love the music you bring to our ears :)
	9:33am Linda Lee: what a beautiful set! thank you Joe!
	♥ 9:35am Asheville Jon: Todd's show was great this morning, no doubt
	9:35am Linda Lee: @Wild Neil ~ believe it or not, i don't remember that comment ~ but i'm glad you were amused! :-)
	♥ 9:36am Asheville Jon: Therese's how was the first place I heard about X-Ray. :( she did a fine show too.
	9:38am TDK60: ..gonna age myself: saw Peter Walker in '67.
	♥ 9:38am James Douglas: Here's the link to the GoFundMe page for Sharon: www.gofundme.com...
	♥ 9:38am Irene Trudel: Beautiful opening set, Joe! Reminds me of how much I miss being on air and playing this kind of music, and to be able to pay tribute to those departed. Thanks for starting us out with something gentle, given the news about X-Ray.
	9:39am northguineahills: Yaye, Peter Walker got his crowdfund. No words about, X-ray, just found out Friday he was ill.. jeese…...
	9:39am TDK60: Irene T. -We need ya back, on some evening slot..
	♥ 9:40am MD: Good Morning Freeform Family...Drove to work this morning with tears in my eyes on this cloudy Monday...
	9:40am Morphe': One of the 2 Farina's said," I've Been down So Long it looks like up to me"
	9:40am Itzall Ablurr: Good morning, Joe. Good morning ReSurfacers, "Enjoy every sandwich" (attr. Warren Zevon)
	9:40am TDK60: M. & R. Fariña were truly seminal to later musics.
	9:41am Roberto: I was drivin n cryin yesterday when Jonesey signed off at the end of his show.
	♥ 9:41am dale: fanfare for the common man.
	9:42am Linda Lee: please grace the airwaves again soon, Irene! we do miss you.
	9:42am Brendan: Yay Sunwatchers!
	♥ 9:42am Irene Trudel: Thanks TDK60! BTW, Peter Walker has a new live album ready to be released. He sent me a copy after I donated to his GoFundMe campaign following the fire at his place. Great way to get money into the hands of those in need. I also recommend donating to X-Ray's wife Sharon so they can pay all their expenses. Send her your love!
	♥ 9:43am Joe McG: Thanks, Stashu, and Irene, for your very nice words. @James: Thanks for posting that link.
	9:46am YETI BOB: It seems like Sunwatchers have found a new way to combine rock and jazz, and this time it actually works
	9:47am northguineahills: Trying a new experiment, baby bok choy quesedillas w/ queso Oaxaca...
	♥ 9:47am Henry in Hopatcong: Good morning Joe. Sunwatchers, nice!
	9:48am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @NGH-my brother lives in Putla, near Oaxaca, Mexico!
	♥ 9:49am Michele: Good morning Joe and all. Lovely opening set Joe. Sad news yesterday for the freeform family. xo
	♥ 9:51am Joe McG: Thanks, Michele. Yes, very sad day, indeed.
	♥ 9:51am dale: as a pet owner i also know that kissinger, nixon and eisenhower and any outdoor kiddies are waiting for their daddy to come home. that breaks my heart.
	♥ 9:51am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and noisemakers. X.Ray lives on in our hearts.
	♥ 9:53am dale: kitties, i meant....
	9:54am northguineahills: @WN: Cool Oaxaca cuisine is my favorite Mexi cuisine!
	9:55am Linda Lee: @northguinehills @Wild Neil ~ more WFMU synchronicity! just this morning i woke thinking of Oaxaca & sensing i should be there. what our painful losses remind us of is how little time we really have. why waste it?
	9:56am Linda Lee: have a first cousin with a place in Puerto Escondido ~ i have a standing invite.
	9:56am YETI BOB: keep waiting for this to turn into "Baby's On Fire"
	♥ 9:59am Irene Trudel: So true, dale. You can't explain to a pet that their "parent" is gone. He was a kindhearted soul underneath and made me smile at his outrageousness. I wasn't a big fan of the show but X-Ray and Jonesy would draw a belly-laugh out of me from time to time.
	9:59am Linda Lee: the people we love are part of us. no one is really lost when love is alive. for this reason it's hard to mourn, tbh.
	10:00am Linda Lee: not for long, anyway!
	♥ 10:00am Irene Trudel: Joe, thanks as always for getting my day started so nicely. Gotta run off for now but will catch the archive.
	10:01am northguineahills: Well, after I got laid off in January, my wife got laid off last week. As Johnny Cash penned, "I was just about to ask for you to help me out, but I'm busted". (the citizenship process in March might get interesting).
	♥ 10:02am Joe McG: Pleasure, Irene, thanks for saying hello. @ngh: Sorry to hear this news!
	10:02am Linda Lee: which one of you is the new citizen, ngh?
	♥ 10:03am Krys O.: Argh! Sorry, ngh.
	10:04am Linda Lee: would much rather deal with a rough exterior & a kind heart than a soft exterior & a heart of stone!
	10:05am northguineahills: (Was just about to ask her for a loan, oh well)
	10:05am the yipster times: a heart of gold
	10:05am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Linda Lee-PE is a HUGE surfing destination!
	10:07am Linda Lee: really! an international crowd then!
	10:07am John in Bklyn: Morning Joe and Noisers!
	10:07am Roberto: Jeez. Welcome to Bummer Monday, y'all.
	♥ 10:09am ⓘⓚⓔ: Wait, X-Ray's cats are named Kissinger, Nixon, and Eisenhower?!? I didn't know that. How very delightfully X-Ray. Rest in peace.
	♥ 10:10am ifeelfatnsassy: Y La Bamba has my attention.
	10:11am Linda Lee: i hate to be part of a 'wave' of gentrification, having been priced out of 5 different neighborhoods myself.. but honestly, it's brutal here & i'm pretty vulnerable!
	10:13am Kudubundu: Hi to everyone. Enjoying the show.
	10:13am northguineahills: Gracias, todos. Ok, back to being productive in the job search (prefer not to leave here)
	10:16am βrian: Sorry to hear that, NGH. My wife got laid off, as well. How far afield are you looking?
	10:16am Mike tp: y la Bamba has a sweet song titled Ponce pilato also.sorry about x ray.glen N he could really riff....
	10:18am northguineahills: βrian: Trying to stay in this county. I have a decent (small by FL standards, but large by NYC standards) house that is relatively cheap, and I can walk/bike I need to go. (can't do that in most of FL). Then there's the fact, I can't really afford to move.
	♥ 10:18am Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning, Joe, everyone on the comments page.
	♥ 10:18am dale: north guinea - sorry. i got married and 3 weeks later laid off. whenever i hear charlie rich 'life has it's little ups and down' i think of that period in my life.
	♥ 10:19am Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Good morning, Joe! We have a theory that this is a set that features drums... So very sad to hear of X-Ray. Sending love to all.
	♥ 10:19am dale: ike - his doggies.
	10:21am Marc Francis: Howdy Joe. Howdy Gang.
	♥ 10:21am dale: i'll miss his posts of late night steak from the grill, a baked potato done with those nails, and a can of orange soda, ICE COLD. and a ny post and daily news at the ready. then pills and whisky and old time radio dramas on the radio.
	10:22am Brendan: Feels like a gypsy lamenting a werewolf
	♥ 10:27am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother: How is it we've gotten this far into tributes for X-Ray and nobody has asked "How does he smell"?
	♥ 10:32am JG: I'll also miss that stuff, and Ill miss hearing the news from Kearny NJ
	♥ 10:38am steveo: IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW!
	♥ 10:38am tadpoles: Now I need me some John Lennon Joe. Cheers.
	10:39am Itzall Ablurr: Ah! "Me and Julio". Heard when it came out (I was 12), had NO idea what that "house of detention" business was all about! Hope he escaped! Thanks Joe, I needed this.
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: No problem, Itzall. @tadpoles: I actually have a lot of solo Lennon 45s. I should bring one!
	10:42am Pete: Hello Joe et. al, Did you know that FMU's own Seven Second Delay had an episode way back where they tried to reunite a 'one hit wonder' band? They ended up tracking down the lead singer from the Cyrkle, and getting him to sing part of "Red Rubber Ball" Here's a link to that episode from the archives (it's from 11/06/2002) Enjoy! https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=5627&archive=106021&starttime=
	10:42am Linda Lee: everything i've heard from Alphonse Sita is just gorgeous. than you for 'Regine', Joe!
	♥ 10:43am Joe McG: @pete: Didn't know that! Thanks for the story and link.
	♥ 10:43am Joe McG: @Linda Lee: Got this in Paris for 2 euros!
	10:43am reel man: hey, what was the title of that Bosso Nova song - "Blue__" something??
	10:44am Linda Lee: Love Is Blue.
	♥ 10:44am Hughie Considine: John Lennon suggested to the Cyrkle folks that they spell their band name with a "K." True story!
	10:45am Linda Lee: @Joe ~ quite the treasure!! bravo!
	10:45am prudy: Alphonse Sita...from Senegal?
	10:45am reel man: thanks Linda!
	♥ 10:46am tadpoles: Joe..I love the Lennon Apple labels with his face morphing into Yoko.
	10:48am Linda Lee: just found some Alphonse Sita recordings online ~ jacket says Sita Alphonse.
	10:49am Brendan: Good God thats a nice voice
	♥ 10:49am Joe McG: @tadpoles: I also like those. @Linda: My 45 cover says "Sita Alphose" but the label says "Alphonse Sita." Not sure which is correct, so I went with the label.
	10:50am Linda Lee: hmmm ...
	10:52am Linda Lee: .. the net says Sita is a surname. we all know Alphonse ..
	♥ 10:52am Hughie Considine: I'm a sucker for any country song that mentions "fangers"
	♥ 10:52am dale: lizardner dave - terrible.
	♥ 10:55am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Joe and radio family.
	10:55am Brendan: <- in love with Nina
	♥ 10:56am Joe McG: Hey Greg, hope you're holding up OK.
	♥ 10:56am dale: lazardner dave - check it out, only a few seconds: www.youtube.com...
	10:57am John in Bklyn: That sounded like a song from an imaginary French Brady Bunch episode. Le Bande du Bradie.
	10:57am Marc Francis: Chooooooon!
	♥ 10:57am Sem: hahaha, @dale.
	♥ 10:58am Joe McG: @Marc: You bet your sweet bippy it is!
	10:58am listener monica: i never stopped liking bubblegum.
	♥ 10:59am Hughie Considine: Too bad second-tier catch-phrases like this from "Laugh-In" didn't catch on the way "Sock it to Me" did. I kept waiting for "By Henry Gibson" to go viral but it never did. Ah, Undertones ....
	10:59am melinda: This is the funniest band name/song title combo.
	11:00am melinda: @Hughie haha
	♥ 11:00am Hughie Considine: Fearghal Sharkey always sounds like he has a little tickle in his throat.
	♥ 11:01am tadpoles: Undertones playing at Le Poisson Rouge in May.
	11:04am melinda: I'd like to hear the discussion that led to the decision to name the band Broadway Maintenance Tickle Co.
	11:04am John in Bklyn: The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate
	♥ 11:05am Barney Grubbs: I played the undertones for my kid when she was 4 and her response was, "why are all these songs about girls?" I had to break it to her that some of the songs were about chocolate (but different from Prince songs about chocolate)
	♥ 11:14am karlward: When I think of you, Joe, the first thing I think of is the word "distorto."
	♥ 11:15am Joe McG: @karl: Ha ha ha! Not "The Blues"?
	11:16am Mikey K.: For what it's worth, here's a lazy cut and paste about what "bippy" means. I missed what you said about someone whose last name is Buzzio. On Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, there was a comedian named Ruth Buzzi. Maybe a connection there? Anyway keep on truckin', brother. Hang in there! It's from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, a zany television show from the late 1960s. The word bippy, by the way, means “butt.” The phrase “You bet your sweet bippy” is a linguistic descendant of earlier versions that go back to at least the 1880s, when phrases like “You bet your sweet life” were commonly used.
	♥ 11:17am Joe McG: @Mikey: Cool, Mikey, it all makes sense!
	11:23am Marc Francis: Man. I love this song! I first heard it on some deleted scenes for Lynch's Wild At Heart. Such a CHOOOOOOOOON
	11:24am Marc Francis: I ended up tracking it down on Discogs. It gets regular play around here...
	11:27am Mark in Toronto: Yes to Tav Falco! Thanks Joe. Listen to that slightly out of time marching band.
	11:27am Marc Francis: I think Lynch had his son & pals try to recreate a much darker version of I Think She Likes Me for Twin Peaks The Return. If you haven't heard Snake Eyes by Trouble you should check it out Joe.
	11:29am Mark in Toronto: Also interesting is that song was written by R.L. Burnside.
	11:31am Carmichael: Heya Joe and listenerites.
	11:31am Brendan: Very White Stripey
	11:33am TheLoneliestMonk: Joe Mac's Blues Block: gawddamn, Joe! First time evah?
	♥ 11:34am Joe McG: @Monk: Why should Fiveash have all the fun? :)
	11:35am CarolCrow: Junior's son Robert on Three Chord Monte in April!
	11:36am Joe B: whoops that comment was not from Carol
	♥ 11:36am steveo: sometimes nothing else will do but the blues
	♥ 11:36am Joe McG: @CC: Ah, thanks for reminding the people, Carol!
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: Well, thanks Joe B. or Carol or whoever you are!
	♥ 11:39am Sem: Lovin' the groove, Joe. Thx!
	11:40am Brendan: BB King was on American Experience this week and Buddy Guy was on Austin City Limits. Bono was talking about he and Edge explaining the chords to Love Comes to Town to BB, and BB quietly interrupts him ‘Fellas, Fellas ... I don’t do chords.’
	11:41am dez: loving your set this morning, joe!
	11:42am kimzilla: Haha, Dez- I came in here to say the same thing!
	11:42am listener monica: GREAT blues set!!
	♥ 11:43am Barney Grubbs: a little late on the bippy thing, but one time drinking lucky lager in college early 90s, I ended up with a rebus under the cap that nobody could figure out. Years later with the help of the internet I found out it was "You bet your bippy": thismatters.net...
	♥ 11:47am Joe McG: Hey, dez and kim, you blues sweethearts, you!
	11:48am Itzall Ablurr: Well, well, well...
	11:50am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM
	♥ 11:50am tadpoles: Enjoyed hangin' with you and your turntable this morning Joe. Thanks!
	11:51am Marc Francis: RL is a hero to me.
	11:51am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I saw BB King in Syracuse back in the 80's. The crowd was pretty rowdy.
	♥ 11:51am Krys O.: Thanks for another great show, Joe!
	♥ 11:54am Joe McG: Thanks, Krys! And thanks for everyone who listened and commented today. See you again next week! Stay tuned for Three Chord Monte with the one and only Joe Belock!
	11:55am Brendan: Well about time to go fetch a piece o catfish and some cornbread, w/ some greens and some salt pork. Joe. I thank you.
	♥ 11:55am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:56am whattawino: Wow! Jim Dickinson right here, folks!
	♥ 11:56am steveo: thanks again; super show
	11:58am TheLoneliestMonk: Thumbs up, joe! Rest in powah at the gathering of juggalos in the sky, Burnsy!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from February 11, 2019

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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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February 11, 2019: You Bet Your Sweet Bippy

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Isasa	Cuesta Ramón "Cuesta Ramón" by "Isasa"	Isilio	La Castanya	2019	MP3		*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Peter Walker	River "River" by "Peter Walker"	Rainy Day Raga	Harte	2009	LP	From 1966		0:05:29 (Pop-up)
John Fahey	The Portland Cement Factory of Monolith, California	Days Gone By - Volume 6	Takoma	2001	CD	From 1967		0:10:36 (Pop-up)
Michael Chapman	Eleuthera "Eleuthera" by "Michael Chapman"	True North	Paradise of Bachelors	2019	CD		*	0:14:37 (Pop-up)
Leo Kottke	Easter and the Sargasso Sea	Circle 'Round the Sun	Symposium	1970	LP			0:17:26 (Pop-up)
Will Faber	Primrose "Primrose" by "Will Faber"	Folded Hills	Cord	2018	CD			0:21:00 (Pop-up)
Mimi & Richard Fariña	V. "V." by "Mimi & Richard Fariña"	Celebrations for a Grey Day	Vanguard	1965	LP			0:27:54 (Pop-up)

Sunwatchers	Beautiful Crystals "Beautiful Crystals" by "Sunwatchers"	IIIegal Moves	Trouble in Mind	2019	CD		*	0:40:50 (Pop-up)
Cave	San' Yago "San' Yago" by "Cave"	Allways	Drag City	2018	LP			0:47:03 (Pop-up)
Ivan 'Mamão' Conti	Aroeira "Aroeira" by "Ivan 'Mamão' Conti"	Poison Fruit	Far Out Recordings	2019	CD		*	0:52:51 (Pop-up)
Tito Puente	Tito on Timbales "Tito on Timbales" by "Tito Puente"	Puente in Percussion	Tico	1956	LP			0:56:09 (Pop-up)
Nicola Cruz	Arka "Arka" by "Nicola Cruz"	Siku	ZZK	2019	CD	con Esteben Valdivia	*	1:02:03 (Pop-up)
Y La Bamba	Mujeres "Mujeres" by "Y La Bamba"	Mujeres	Tender Loving Empire	2019	CD		*	1:06:16 (Pop-up)
Kou Keri Kou	Canto Negro "Canto Negro" by "Kou Keri Kou"	single	Electric Cowbell	2019	45		*	1:09:34 (Pop-up)
Juan Wauters	Camdombe "Camdombe" by "Juan Wauters"	La Onda de Juan Pablo	Captured Tracks	2019	MP3		*	1:12:55 (Pop-up)
Don Telling's Island Mysteries	Love Is Blue	Don Telling's Island Mysteries	Don Telling	2019	LP		*	1:15:31 (Pop-up)
Yulya	Solovyi (The Nightingales) "Solovyi (The Nightingales)" by "Yulya"	Yulya Sings Russian & Gypsy Songs	Monitor	1966	LP	recorded at home in the early '60s		1:19:08 (Pop-up)
Deidre & the Dark	Don't Say Goodbye	Live on Sophisticated Boom Boom with Sheila B., February 8, 2019	No Label	2019	WAV		*	1:21:25 (Pop-up)
Claudia Thompson	Goodbye "Goodbye" by "Claudia Thompson"	Goodbye to Love	Modern Harmonic	2016	LP	From 1959		1:24:53 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row for about a half-hour
The Cyrkle	Please Don't Ever Leave Me	single	Columbia	1966	45			1:34:42 (Pop-up)
Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard	single	Columbia	1972	45			1:36:12 (Pop-up)
Alphonse Sita et Ses Super Kwala-Kwa	Regine	single	EMI Pathé	1974	45			1:38:53 (Pop-up)
Sly Roker, The Slick Connection	Like Hollywood, Humpty Dumpty	single	Duke Reid	1974	45			1:43:50 (Pop-up)
Candi Staton	Evidence "Evidence" by "Candi Staton"	single	Fame	1970	45			1:47:03 (Pop-up)
Wynn Stewart	That Just Kills Me "That Just Kills Me" by "Wynn Stewart"	single	Capitol	1956	45			1:49:59 (Pop-up)
Nina Lizell	Man Nehme... "Man Nehme..." by "Nina Lizell"	single	Golden 12	1967	45			1:52:11 (Pop-up)
Broadway Maintenance Tickle Co.	You Bet Your Sweet Bippy	single	Harbour	1969	45			1:54:40 (Pop-up)
The Undertones	Wednesday Week "Wednesday Week" by "The Undertones"	single	Sire	1980	45			1:57:45 (Pop-up)

Lonesome Shack	Lonely "Lonely" by "Lonesome Shack"	Desert Dreams	Alive Naturalsound	2019	CD		*	2:13:00 (Pop-up)
The Black Keys	Hold Me in Your Arms	Thickfreakness	Fat Possum	2003	CD			2:17:11 (Pop-up)
Treat Her Right	I Think She Likes Me	Treat Her Right	RCA	1988	LP			2:20:29 (Pop-up)
Tav Falco's Panther Burns	Snake Drive	Behind the Magnolia Curtain	Fat Possum	2011	CD	From 1981		2:24:10 (Pop-up)
Luther Dickinson and Sharde Thomas	Chevrolet	Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul In Music's Hometown	Fat Possum	2018	LP	From 2014		2:27:19 (Pop-up)
Junior Kimbrough	Burn in Hell "Burn in Hell" by "Junior Kimbrough"	Most Things Haven't Worked Out	Fat Possum	1997	LP			2:31:19 (Pop-up)
Mississippi Fred McDowell	Baby Please Don't Go	"I Do Not Play No Rock 'N' Roll"	Capitol	1969	LP			2:38:56 (Pop-up)
Henry Townshend	Tears Come Rollin' Down	Mule	Omnivore Recordings	2019	CD	From 1980; vocal by Vernell Townshend	*	2:44:30 (Pop-up)
R.L. Burnside	Goin' Down South "Goin' Down South" by "R.L. Burnside"	A Ass Pocket of Whiskey	Matador	1996	CD			2:46:17 (Pop-up)
Mud Boy and the Neutrons	Bo Diddley	Known Felons in Drag	New Rose	1986	LP			2:51:13 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:03am 12539: Yip Yip!
	9:03am Linda Lee: Good morning Joe.
	♥ 9:05am melinda: hey Joe, good morning
	♥ 9:08am Asheville Jon: morning Joe. sorry for the loss of X-Ray.
	9:08am Morphe': Hey Joe...war'ya goin' wit dat vinyl in yer hand ..
	♥ 9:09am Uncle Michael: Happy to see this Peter Walker get some Surface Noise love. Good morning.
	9:11am mb: Morning DJ Joe McGasko
	♥ 9:12am queems: good morning joe!
	9:12am Felix: Feeling the funerary commemorative vibes here in Ithaca. Looks like I will be saying goodbye to my old pup today.DJs and Dogs 4 evah.
	♥ 9:13am Joe McG: Sorry to hear about your pup, Felix! Hey, everybody, welcome to the show! We're starting slow and gentle today, but we'll rev up later.
	9:14am TDK60: Morning Joe Mc. Walker and Fahey, can't go wrong.
	♥ 9:15am steveo: hello Joe. thanks for making my Monday better
	9:15am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Linda Lee-I thought your comment about some girl having crossed eyes was hilarious the other day. You were really on a roll! I think the DJ was playing really syrupy sappy love songs.
	9:15am Felix: Thanks, Joe. Her name is Tina Beans if you wanna shout her out. Long live RAY-D-OH!
	♥ 9:17am Krys O.: Greetings, Joe!
	9:18am prudy: loving this Michael Chapman...produced by Steve Gunn!
	♥ 9:18am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Great painting the kitchen music. @Felix. Tough call but you must always think of the dog's welfare first.
	9:19am TDK60: and Kottke..
	♥ 9:22am dale: felix - dj's and dogs can provide the same comfort.
	9:22am the yipster times: how about from that band U2 from England
	♥ 9:23am Joe McG: Thanks, steveo. And thanks to you guys for keeping me company on the comments board every week. Radio used to be a somewhat solitary business, but it doesn't feel like that much anymore.
	9:25am Felix: Thanks for being in that booth today, Joe!
	♥ 9:25am melinda: Nice set
	♥ 9:26am steveo: speaking of guitars, Sandy Bull's birthday is Monday in 2 weeks
	♥ 9:26am melinda: According to my calendar this is Random Acts of Kindness Week. Mental note.
	9:26am Brendan: @Felix, very sorry. I’m heavy hearted here as well. Lost mine in January. We’re broken/ permanently damaged every time this happens. But I keep coming back for more. They make us better people.
	9:27am Brendan: Hey Joe and folkies
	♥ 9:27am Joe McG: @steveo: Noted! :)
	♥ 9:29am dale: yeah - the only time a deejay knew he had a following is if he did a remote from a car dealership on saturday. but then maybe they showed up because the new ramblers for '64 came into the showroom and they were in a lather.
	♥ 9:30am WFMU listener WADE: Man. What a sad bit of news. I didn't learn of his passing until the evening yesterday after I got home from work. I started crying during "Sunday Will Never Be Same." I can't claim to have known X-Ray Burns. To those who knew him well and loved him, my heart goes out to you. Kudos and thanks to WFMU for being possibly the most real form entertainment out there.
	9:32am Brendan: @Joe, I promise not pop a vein and get all Newport Folk Fest when you go electric with the set. These acoustic intros perfect.
	9:33am Stashu: Good morning. We love the music you bring to our ears :)
	9:33am Linda Lee: what a beautiful set! thank you Joe!
	♥ 9:35am Asheville Jon: Todd's show was great this morning, no doubt
	9:35am Linda Lee: @Wild Neil ~ believe it or not, i don't remember that comment ~ but i'm glad you were amused! :-)
	♥ 9:36am Asheville Jon: Therese's how was the first place I heard about X-Ray. :( she did a fine show too.
	9:38am TDK60: ..gonna age myself: saw Peter Walker in '67.
	♥ 9:38am James Douglas: Here's the link to the GoFundMe page for Sharon: www.gofundme.com...
	♥ 9:38am Irene Trudel: Beautiful opening set, Joe! Reminds me of how much I miss being on air and playing this kind of music, and to be able to pay tribute to those departed. Thanks for starting us out with something gentle, given the news about X-Ray.
	9:39am northguineahills: Yaye, Peter Walker got his crowdfund. No words about, X-ray, just found out Friday he was ill.. jeese…...
	9:39am TDK60: Irene T. -We need ya back, on some evening slot..
	♥ 9:40am MD: Good Morning Freeform Family...Drove to work this morning with tears in my eyes on this cloudy Monday...
	9:40am Morphe': One of the 2 Farina's said," I've Been down So Long it looks like up to me"
	9:40am Itzall Ablurr: Good morning, Joe. Good morning ReSurfacers, "Enjoy every sandwich" (attr. Warren Zevon)
	9:40am TDK60: M. & R. Fariña were truly seminal to later musics.
	9:41am Roberto: I was drivin n cryin yesterday when Jonesey signed off at the end of his show.
	♥ 9:41am dale: fanfare for the common man.
	9:42am Linda Lee: please grace the airwaves again soon, Irene! we do miss you.
	9:42am Brendan: Yay Sunwatchers!
	♥ 9:42am Irene Trudel: Thanks TDK60! BTW, Peter Walker has a new live album ready to be released. He sent me a copy after I donated to his GoFundMe campaign following the fire at his place. Great way to get money into the hands of those in need. I also recommend donating to X-Ray's wife Sharon so they can pay all their expenses. Send her your love!
	♥ 9:43am Joe McG: Thanks, Stashu, and Irene, for your very nice words. @James: Thanks for posting that link.
	9:46am YETI BOB: It seems like Sunwatchers have found a new way to combine rock and jazz, and this time it actually works
	9:47am northguineahills: Trying a new experiment, baby bok choy quesedillas w/ queso Oaxaca...
	♥ 9:47am Henry in Hopatcong: Good morning Joe. Sunwatchers, nice!
	9:48am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @NGH-my brother lives in Putla, near Oaxaca, Mexico!
	♥ 9:49am Michele: Good morning Joe and all. Lovely opening set Joe. Sad news yesterday for the freeform family. xo
	♥ 9:51am Joe McG: Thanks, Michele. Yes, very sad day, indeed.
	♥ 9:51am dale: as a pet owner i also know that kissinger, nixon and eisenhower and any outdoor kiddies are waiting for their daddy to come home. that breaks my heart.
	♥ 9:51am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, Joe and noisemakers. X.Ray lives on in our hearts.
	♥ 9:53am dale: kitties, i meant....
	9:54am northguineahills: @WN: Cool Oaxaca cuisine is my favorite Mexi cuisine!
	9:55am Linda Lee: @northguinehills @Wild Neil ~ more WFMU synchronicity! just this morning i woke thinking of Oaxaca & sensing i should be there. what our painful losses remind us of is how little time we really have. why waste it?
	9:56am Linda Lee: have a first cousin with a place in Puerto Escondido ~ i have a standing invite.
	9:56am YETI BOB: keep waiting for this to turn into "Baby's On Fire"
	♥ 9:59am Irene Trudel: So true, dale. You can't explain to a pet that their "parent" is gone. He was a kindhearted soul underneath and made me smile at his outrageousness. I wasn't a big fan of the show but X-Ray and Jonesy would draw a belly-laugh out of me from time to time.
	9:59am Linda Lee: the people we love are part of us. no one is really lost when love is alive. for this reason it's hard to mourn, tbh.
	10:00am Linda Lee: not for long, anyway!
	♥ 10:00am Irene Trudel: Joe, thanks as always for getting my day started so nicely. Gotta run off for now but will catch the archive.
	10:01am northguineahills: Well, after I got laid off in January, my wife got laid off last week. As Johnny Cash penned, "I was just about to ask for you to help me out, but I'm busted". (the citizenship process in March might get interesting).
	♥ 10:02am Joe McG: Pleasure, Irene, thanks for saying hello. @ngh: Sorry to hear this news!
	10:02am Linda Lee: which one of you is the new citizen, ngh?
	♥ 10:03am Krys O.: Argh! Sorry, ngh.
	10:04am Linda Lee: would much rather deal with a rough exterior & a kind heart than a soft exterior & a heart of stone!
	10:05am northguineahills: (Was just about to ask her for a loan, oh well)
	10:05am the yipster times: a heart of gold
	10:05am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: @Linda Lee-PE is a HUGE surfing destination!
	10:07am Linda Lee: really! an international crowd then!
	10:07am John in Bklyn: Morning Joe and Noisers!
	10:07am Roberto: Jeez. Welcome to Bummer Monday, y'all.
	♥ 10:09am ⓘⓚⓔ: Wait, X-Ray's cats are named Kissinger, Nixon, and Eisenhower?!? I didn't know that. How very delightfully X-Ray. Rest in peace.
	♥ 10:10am ifeelfatnsassy: Y La Bamba has my attention.
	10:11am Linda Lee: i hate to be part of a 'wave' of gentrification, having been priced out of 5 different neighborhoods myself.. but honestly, it's brutal here & i'm pretty vulnerable!
	10:13am Kudubundu: Hi to everyone. Enjoying the show.
	10:13am northguineahills: Gracias, todos. Ok, back to being productive in the job search (prefer not to leave here)
	10:16am βrian: Sorry to hear that, NGH. My wife got laid off, as well. How far afield are you looking?
	10:16am Mike tp: y la Bamba has a sweet song titled Ponce pilato also.sorry about x ray.glen N he could really riff....
	10:18am northguineahills: βrian: Trying to stay in this county. I have a decent (small by FL standards, but large by NYC standards) house that is relatively cheap, and I can walk/bike I need to go. (can't do that in most of FL). Then there's the fact, I can't really afford to move.
	♥ 10:18am Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning, Joe, everyone on the comments page.
	♥ 10:18am dale: north guinea - sorry. i got married and 3 weeks later laid off. whenever i hear charlie rich 'life has it's little ups and down' i think of that period in my life.
	♥ 10:19am Summer and Michael and Sylvia: Good morning, Joe! We have a theory that this is a set that features drums... So very sad to hear of X-Ray. Sending love to all.
	♥ 10:19am dale: ike - his doggies.
	10:21am Marc Francis: Howdy Joe. Howdy Gang.
	♥ 10:21am dale: i'll miss his posts of late night steak from the grill, a baked potato done with those nails, and a can of orange soda, ICE COLD. and a ny post and daily news at the ready. then pills and whisky and old time radio dramas on the radio.
	10:22am Brendan: Feels like a gypsy lamenting a werewolf
	♥ 10:27am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother: How is it we've gotten this far into tributes for X-Ray and nobody has asked "How does he smell"?
	♥ 10:32am JG: I'll also miss that stuff, and Ill miss hearing the news from Kearny NJ
	♥ 10:38am steveo: IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW!
	♥ 10:38am tadpoles: Now I need me some John Lennon Joe. Cheers.
	10:39am Itzall Ablurr: Ah! "Me and Julio". Heard when it came out (I was 12), had NO idea what that "house of detention" business was all about! Hope he escaped! Thanks Joe, I needed this.
	♥ 10:41am Joe McG: No problem, Itzall. @tadpoles: I actually have a lot of solo Lennon 45s. I should bring one!
	10:42am Pete: Hello Joe et. al, Did you know that FMU's own Seven Second Delay had an episode way back where they tried to reunite a 'one hit wonder' band? They ended up tracking down the lead singer from the Cyrkle, and getting him to sing part of "Red Rubber Ball" Here's a link to that episode from the archives (it's from 11/06/2002) Enjoy! https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=5627&archive=106021&starttime=
	10:42am Linda Lee: everything i've heard from Alphonse Sita is just gorgeous. than you for 'Regine', Joe!
	♥ 10:43am Joe McG: @pete: Didn't know that! Thanks for the story and link.
	♥ 10:43am Joe McG: @Linda Lee: Got this in Paris for 2 euros!
	10:43am reel man: hey, what was the title of that Bosso Nova song - "Blue__" something??
	10:44am Linda Lee: Love Is Blue.
	♥ 10:44am Hughie Considine: John Lennon suggested to the Cyrkle folks that they spell their band name with a "K." True story!
	10:45am Linda Lee: @Joe ~ quite the treasure!! bravo!
	10:45am prudy: Alphonse Sita...from Senegal?
	10:45am reel man: thanks Linda!
	♥ 10:46am tadpoles: Joe..I love the Lennon Apple labels with his face morphing into Yoko.
	10:48am Linda Lee: just found some Alphonse Sita recordings online ~ jacket says Sita Alphonse.
	10:49am Brendan: Good God thats a nice voice
	♥ 10:49am Joe McG: @tadpoles: I also like those. @Linda: My 45 cover says "Sita Alphose" but the label says "Alphonse Sita." Not sure which is correct, so I went with the label.
	10:50am Linda Lee: hmmm ...
	10:52am Linda Lee: .. the net says Sita is a surname. we all know Alphonse ..
	♥ 10:52am Hughie Considine: I'm a sucker for any country song that mentions "fangers"
	♥ 10:52am dale: lizardner dave - terrible.
	♥ 10:55am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Joe and radio family.
	10:55am Brendan: <- in love with Nina
	♥ 10:56am Joe McG: Hey Greg, hope you're holding up OK.
	♥ 10:56am dale: lazardner dave - check it out, only a few seconds: www.youtube.com...
	10:57am John in Bklyn: That sounded like a song from an imaginary French Brady Bunch episode. Le Bande du Bradie.
	10:57am Marc Francis: Chooooooon!
	♥ 10:57am Sem: hahaha, @dale.
	♥ 10:58am Joe McG: @Marc: You bet your sweet bippy it is!
	10:58am listener monica: i never stopped liking bubblegum.
	♥ 10:59am Hughie Considine: Too bad second-tier catch-phrases like this from "Laugh-In" didn't catch on the way "Sock it to Me" did. I kept waiting for "By Henry Gibson" to go viral but it never did. Ah, Undertones ....
	10:59am melinda: This is the funniest band name/song title combo.
	11:00am melinda: @Hughie haha
	♥ 11:00am Hughie Considine: Fearghal Sharkey always sounds like he has a little tickle in his throat.
	♥ 11:01am tadpoles: Undertones playing at Le Poisson Rouge in May.
	11:04am melinda: I'd like to hear the discussion that led to the decision to name the band Broadway Maintenance Tickle Co.
	11:04am John in Bklyn: The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate
	♥ 11:05am Barney Grubbs: I played the undertones for my kid when she was 4 and her response was, "why are all these songs about girls?" I had to break it to her that some of the songs were about chocolate (but different from Prince songs about chocolate)
	♥ 11:14am karlward: When I think of you, Joe, the first thing I think of is the word "distorto."
	♥ 11:15am Joe McG: @karl: Ha ha ha! Not "The Blues"?
	11:16am Mikey K.: For what it's worth, here's a lazy cut and paste about what "bippy" means. I missed what you said about someone whose last name is Buzzio. On Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, there was a comedian named Ruth Buzzi. Maybe a connection there? Anyway keep on truckin', brother. Hang in there! It's from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, a zany television show from the late 1960s. The word bippy, by the way, means “butt.” The phrase “You bet your sweet bippy” is a linguistic descendant of earlier versions that go back to at least the 1880s, when phrases like “You bet your sweet life” were commonly used.
	♥ 11:17am Joe McG: @Mikey: Cool, Mikey, it all makes sense!
	11:23am Marc Francis: Man. I love this song! I first heard it on some deleted scenes for Lynch's Wild At Heart. Such a CHOOOOOOOOON
	11:24am Marc Francis: I ended up tracking it down on Discogs. It gets regular play around here...
	11:27am Mark in Toronto: Yes to Tav Falco! Thanks Joe. Listen to that slightly out of time marching band.
	11:27am Marc Francis: I think Lynch had his son & pals try to recreate a much darker version of I Think She Likes Me for Twin Peaks The Return. If you haven't heard Snake Eyes by Trouble you should check it out Joe.
	11:29am Mark in Toronto: Also interesting is that song was written by R.L. Burnside.
	11:31am Carmichael: Heya Joe and listenerites.
	11:31am Brendan: Very White Stripey
	11:33am TheLoneliestMonk: Joe Mac's Blues Block: gawddamn, Joe! First time evah?
	♥ 11:34am Joe McG: @Monk: Why should Fiveash have all the fun? :)
	11:35am CarolCrow: Junior's son Robert on Three Chord Monte in April!
	11:36am Joe B: whoops that comment was not from Carol
	♥ 11:36am steveo: sometimes nothing else will do but the blues
	♥ 11:36am Joe McG: @CC: Ah, thanks for reminding the people, Carol!
	♥ 11:37am Joe McG: Well, thanks Joe B. or Carol or whoever you are!
	♥ 11:39am Sem: Lovin' the groove, Joe. Thx!
	11:40am Brendan: BB King was on American Experience this week and Buddy Guy was on Austin City Limits. Bono was talking about he and Edge explaining the chords to Love Comes to Town to BB, and BB quietly interrupts him ‘Fellas, Fellas ... I don’t do chords.’
	11:41am dez: loving your set this morning, joe!
	11:42am kimzilla: Haha, Dez- I came in here to say the same thing!
	11:42am listener monica: GREAT blues set!!
	♥ 11:43am Barney Grubbs: a little late on the bippy thing, but one time drinking lucky lager in college early 90s, I ended up with a rebus under the cap that nobody could figure out. Years later with the help of the internet I found out it was "You bet your bippy": thismatters.net...
	♥ 11:47am Joe McG: Hey, dez and kim, you blues sweethearts, you!
	11:48am Itzall Ablurr: Well, well, well...
	11:50am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM
	♥ 11:50am tadpoles: Enjoyed hangin' with you and your turntable this morning Joe. Thanks!
	11:51am Marc Francis: RL is a hero to me.
	11:51am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I saw BB King in Syracuse back in the 80's. The crowd was pretty rowdy.
	♥ 11:51am Krys O.: Thanks for another great show, Joe!
	♥ 11:54am Joe McG: Thanks, Krys! And thanks for everyone who listened and commented today. See you again next week! Stay tuned for Three Chord Monte with the one and only Joe Belock!
	11:55am Brendan: Well about time to go fetch a piece o catfish and some cornbread, w/ some greens and some salt pork. Joe. I thank you.
	♥ 11:55am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:56am whattawino: Wow! Jim Dickinson right here, folks!
	♥ 11:56am steveo: thanks again; super show
	11:58am TheLoneliestMonk: Thumbs up, joe! Rest in powah at the gathering of juggalos in the sky, Burnsy!

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