WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 2, 2019

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:02am 12539: No no no, not that one!
	♥ 9:03am LW Rhino: Good morning Joe. Happy Cyber-Monday !
	♥ 9:03am 12539: One day I'd like to hear that pseudo mariachi song they turn off.
	9:03am Snoochienucci: boing boing boing boing
	9:03am Snoochienucci: i feel like these guys should be my alarm clock
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Strandlund: The Great Joe McGasko!!!
	9:04am Renée in Fanwood: Yip-yip-yip... uh huh, uh huh.
	♥ 9:04am melinda: morning everyone
	♥ 9:04am LW Rhino: Is that Harpo Marx on ...harp?
	9:05am PKNY: Great way to start it off, @Joe!
	♥ 9:06am Krys O.: Greetings!
	♥ 9:06am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Where is the day going?
	9:06am CHAD PEARSON: Wonderful Alice Coltrane for this Mondey morning :) thank you!
	9:08am PKNY: I'm all about 3 hours of harp-music, if that's where we're heading!
	♥ 9:08am pantz: Morning Joe "Harpo" McGasko
	♥ 9:09am Joe McG: Easy entry to your Monday morning today with the instrument of the angels. Happy December, everybody.
	♥ 9:09am LW Rhino: Hey Joe, got any Kalimba tunes lined up for us ?
	♥ 9:09am Webhamster Henry: Harpy Monday at WFMU.
	♥ 9:10am Ken From Hyde Park: Whoops! It's snow globe time up here again!
	♥ 9:10am Webhamster Henry: My band is fronted by a harpist, hint hint.
	♥ 9:11am Joe McG: @Henry: Ha ha!
	♥ 9:12am LW Rhino: I prefer my Brandee... aged.
	♥ 9:16am LW Rhino: This is so smooooooth. Lovin' it.
	♥ 9:17am Joe McG: How was your Thanksgiving, LWR? Any kielbasi?
	♥ 9:20am LW Rhino: @ Joe: Good Thanksgiving, no room for kielbasi, but did have some pierogi appetizers. Did you get back to PA for Thanksgiving?
	♥ 9:21am melinda: Good snow music.
	♥ 9:22am Joe McG: @melinda: Is it snowy up north? Not yet here, but they're saying later today.
	9:25am TDK60: Morning Joe; spitting snow here in upper Manhattan.
	♥ 9:26am Webhamster Henry: Snowy in Kingston, NY. Not so much in Kingston,Jamaica.
	♥ 9:26am Joe McG: @TDK: Uh-oh, it's a-comin'!
	♥ 9:29am jinjabredboy: This is great - my son studies the clàrsach - i shall direct him to listen to this later
	♥ 9:30am The Oscar: Mornin' all! Working from home so I don't have to brave Boston public transit on this snowy day, and this harpistry is the perfect soundtrack.
	♥ 9:30am steveo: good morning Joe & all; pretty sleety in Brooklyn and Hells Kitchen this morning
	♥ 9:30am Brian in UK: @TDK the lineup for Cropredy 2020 is out now. Bit more folky this time. www.fairportconvention.com
	♥ 9:31am steveo: thanks for playing the exact piece I needed in this moment :)
	9:32am Snoochienucci: perfect stuff Joe! The only thing that could make it better would be if i was warm and cozy at home as opposed to sitting at my desk, guess a man can dream
	♥ 9:32am Brysers: Snow’s now started in earnest up in N Westchester. Harp accompaniment is most appreciated.
	♥ 9:32am Joe McG: @Brian: What a coincidence, I was just watching the Fairport 50th anniversary documentary on YouTube yesterday!
	9:33am emily: Thank you Joe for this soothing and beautiful way to begin the week. Lovely.
	9:33am morphe': Has an echo of the all Pan (SteelePan not PanPipes)opening of not long ago... nice.. Pan on Strings.....Harpsicord, Harp y???? Nice calm before the roaring blast of a 45.. Are ya still doing the 45 bit? Was out of the loop... "Listen children.. ye need not fear.. He is Joe... the GOOD WITCH>>>>" Thanks Joe!!! ps Simon got the Tees
	♥ 9:35am Joe McG: Thanks, all, glad you're enjoying the gentle sounds. We'll change tack after this set if you're jonesing for more uptempo treats. @morphe: There will be 45s, yes!
	♥ 9:35am Andrew_in_WI: Saw Mary Lattimore play on the banks of the Ohio River
	♥ 9:36am Brian in UK: Joe, saw that recently, it charted their path well. They will be playing Full House right through. fifty years old. Never.
	♥ 9:36am melinda: Snow up here is light but it's supposed to continue until Wednesday I think.
	9:38am TDK60: Didn't know Harpo had an album.
	🎸 ♥ 9:38am Strandlund: This is FANTASTIC, Joe! I don't know if I've ever heard Harpo on WFMU...
	9:38am kevlicki: Morning Joe! I’m about to jump into the skid steer and move some snow around the farm to your show. It’s quite beautiful out here in the Hudson valley
	9:39am Martinibomb: Beautiful show today. I am untangling spaghetti cords in my radio room.
	♥ 9:39am pantz: Why am I rolling my hand around as if it held a brandy snifter?
	9:40am TDK60: Brian in UK: I saw that! I get their email news. Looks like a good fest. Joe, I gotta see that F.C. documentary.
	9:41am CHAD PEARSON: Wonderful music making it easier to get back to work after a wonderful holiday! Thank you!
	♥ 9:41am steveo: oh fairport doc /me makes note
	9:42am morphe': Pants: perhaps you were playing a Theremin in yer ecstasy???
	♥ 9:42am steveo: even the bed gots harp
	♥ 9:44am Brian in UK: @TDK try this. www.youtube.com...
	9:44am TDK60: Kev - Have fun skidding in the snow.
	9:45am kevlicki: TDK60 will do! Good luck down in the uws muck!
	♥ 9:45am karlward: Joe play some Pigface
	9:46am TDK60: Day off, Kev. Chores, house cleaning, guitar practice.
	9:48am djsheilab: That was a stunning first set, Joe. Just what I needed. Thank you!
	9:49am TDK60: ..thanks Brian, will watch very soon!
	♥ 9:50am Brian in UK: Joe, that first set had a kind of first day after Marathon vibe.
	9:50am Brendan: I could’ve used some harp music last night. Couldn’t get to sleep- now late for work. Sounds like I missed a great set. That took a lot of pluck, Joe.
	9:53am morphe': Sadly, must run.. Hello all and Thanks Joe...
	9:53am chresti @griffith Park: Morning Joe and noises!
	♥ 9:55am Joe McG: @sheiilab: I'm so glad! I hope you had a lovely holiday! @Brian: Totally did!
	9:57am chresti @griffith Park: Sorry I missed Harpo
	9:58am Snoochienucci: wow this one is really hitting me
	♥ 10:01am Joe McG: @Brendan: Ha ha ha. Today's show's got alotta heart-er, I mean, harp.
	♥ 10:03am Webhamster Henry: No autoharps though.
	♥ 10:07am Webhamster Henry: Washington Phillips though,is plucking his manzarene.
	10:08am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM you faked me out before with that harp. thought it was chico hamilton, but it was that corky hale track
	♥ 10:08am LastWhiteRhino: I believe it's bowling day in heaven today.
	♥ 10:10am Brian in UK: Joe, did I mention that I bought a new copy of The True Story of Abner Jay on Mississippi a while back. Washington Phillips kind of set me off thinking of Abner.
	♥ 10:11am Joe McG: @Monk: Corky Hale is amazing, I was watching her on the "Tonight Show" yesterday.
	♥ 10:11am steveo: a guitar is basically a mini harp with frets
	♥ 10:11am Brian in UK: Corky? Was that a character in Circus Boy with Noah Beery and young Mickey Dolenz?
	♥ 10:12am LW Rhino: I think Ron Popiel invented the "Duck Baker".
	♥ 10:13am Brian in UK: My favourite instrument is the Kora, a kind of Lute/Harp.
	♥ 10:13am Mike Sin: Decided to forego the weather/transit nonsense and work remotely today -- Very happy to be able to catch this show live.
	♥ 10:14am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Oh I love this!
	♥ 10:15am Webhamster Henry: Maybe Joe can sneak in some kora or valiha tracks.
	10:15am TDK60: ...well, if ya wanna keep on harping on the subject, fine.
	♥ 10:17am Brian in UK: @WH is the Valiha unique to Madagaskar?
	♥ 10:18am steveo: here's an interesting sentence i have found (probably everyone else already know it): The Europeans added frets to the oud and called it a "lute" - this derives from the Arabic "Al'ud" (literally "the wood")
	10:21am iiibeat: I was in Columbus, Ohio for the holiday and picked up some Alice Coltrane for myself and for some friends. It was nice to hear that this morning. Thanks.
	♥ 10:22am Joe McG: @iiib: My pleasure! Congrats on your score.
	♥ 10:23am Webhamster Henry: @Brian/UK similar tubular zithers are used in Cambodia and Indonesia. I made one for my toddler son out of a cardboard tube and some monofilament many years ago. He called it "my vali".
	10:24am Martinibomb: At this other station i am part of I was chuckling that one of the young DJs couldn’t pronounce Dionne because hed never heard anyone say her same. Just discovered her thru a sample on his fave hip hop track
	10:28am Martinibomb: Mississippi Records is my neighbor
	10:29am TDK60: Hey, Martini Bomb. Mississippi Records was a great rekkid shop when I was there. Mostly used, right?
	10:29am Brendan: I was looking for a Duck Baker on Thanksgiving.
	10:29am Martinibomb: Earnest Hood KBOO yes here in Portland
	10:31am Martinibomb: @tdk they sell new and old and put out their own records. Toody from Dead Moon has a vintage shop in the basement now
	♥ 10:31am tim from champaign (now washington): Hey Joe and everybody!
	♥ 10:33am tim from champaign (now washington): @Martinibomb - that's incredible that Toody has a shop in the basement. The next time I'm in Portland, I am going to go there and thank her for all the great music.
	10:34am Tom from Boonton: Hey Joe! thank you for the sweet tunes and your commentary
	10:34am TDK60: You're at KBOO, Martini? / I admired the sign above the door at Miss. Records: "Love Over Gold". When I had to leave Portland, the owner said it was alright for me to have a personal flea market out front on the sidewalk; editing down all those cassettes, rekkids.
	♥ 10:35am Brian in UK: @Martinibomb, there is a RECORD shop aout ten miles away. The English man running it used to have a shop in Berkeley SF. Now he sells second hand and some (Mississippi) new. There should be health warnings on the door. Love your avatar.
	♥ 10:36am Joe McG: @Tom: You bet, Tom! Thanks for tuning in.
	10:36am Listener Alexandra: Howdy, Joe! Greetings from the Best Coast :)
	♥ 10:37am Joe McG: Hiya, Alex! It certainly is today!
	10:38am Listener Alexandra: It ill be for the next 48 hours, and then we get rain all day--thunderstorms even!
	♥ 10:39am pantz: I immediately smell Aquanet when I hear old Psych Furs.
	♥ 10:40am jillydg: Wee... The Furs! That's a good morning!!! Yaye Joe!
	♥ 10:40am Joe McG: @pantz: ha ha ha!
	♥ 10:41am tim from champaign (now washington): This is such a good song.
	♥ 10:45am adampsyche: this is a very good song
	10:47am dano59: I know a guy with a harp guitar - he used to bring it to contra dance jams
	♥ 10:47am Joe McG: I agree with both of you! :)
	10:47am Martinibomb: @brian thanks! I wanna visit that shop now
	♥ 10:50am Krys O.: Garland Jeffreys was a regular customer at the CE records location at 8th Street & 6th Avenue when I worked there in the mid-80s. We would have nice chats about all kinds of music. Sweet guy.
	♥ 10:51am Joe McG: @Krys O.: Neat! He seems like he was a real nice guy. I'm glad he got some recognition and wasn't just a "ghost writer," although I'm sure programmers didn't know what to do with his records since they were so varied.
	10:53am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from Tannersville. great Singles File this week so far! Q: is it still waking & baking if it's a CBD Dark Chocolate Bar? 120mg, it sez here. wig wam frightened of the dark!
	♥ 10:53am Krys O.: Janis!
	♥ 10:54am Brian in UK: Martinibomb it is called Mod Lang same name as his old shop and record label in the US. He used to have Chris Von Sneidern on the label for a while. I like CVS.
	10:54am Listener Bop Monroe: gonna fire up a big one just to make sure. snowed in and digging the tunes, all!
	♥ 10:58am tim from champaign (now washington): I take it that it's mighty snowy on the east coast?
	♥ 10:58am tim from champaign (now washington): The Tremoloes tremolo sounds pretty dang nice!
	10:59am Bill W: Gurus singer went to the Johnny Ray School for the Overwrought.
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: @Bill W: By the way of the subcontinent. Johnny Singh School, maybe!
	♥ 11:02am Brian in UK: First song I heard by the Band, on John Peel's show. It got my attention.
	♥ 11:02am pantz: Love me some Danko
	♥ 11:03am Joe McG: @Brian: I'm playing a UK copy of the single, so this is the one John Peel would have played.
	♥ 11:04am Webhamster Henry: The tune to sing as you turn onto rt 375 on the way to Woodstock. A/K/A Levon Helm Memorial Boulevard.
	♥ 11:04am Brian in UK: What I would give to sing like Rick Danko.
	♥ 11:06am pantz: Me too @Brian. So earnest
	♥ 11:06am Webhamster Henry: Cassandra Wilson does a good version of The Weight.
	11:06am melinda: Nice to hear The Weight with crackles
	11:07am Snoochienucci: Thought you fell asleep for a minute there Joe!
	11:07am johnk77: rick danko started drinking early afternoons the few times i worked w/him in the late seventies
	11:07am melinda: App keeps cutting out on me lately
	11:08am johnk77: great show so far selecter/selector
	11:09am johnk77: broadcast signal good here 91.1
	♥ 11:09am Brian in UK: That scratchy noise reminds me of a Monty Python sketch. Man walks into record shop 'Have you got World War 2 noises'. Assistant: 'Is that by the Ronettes' Man: 'No the French and the Germans'.
	11:11am Hubig Pie: Put him in a box marked "miscellaneous"
	11:13am Snoochienucci: Joe i like your point about The Band being an "American Band" me and my friends always joke that the Rolling Stones are one of the best "American Band" of all time lolol
	11:15am Hubig Pie: MST3K did a riff on that Santa vs Satan movie
	11:15am Roberto: I was actually thinking of bringing one of my children. She's 23 years old.
	11:15am the Canterbury forest mon: It's a silent "w" in "Norwich", Joe. Sorry to be pedantic!
	♥ 11:16am tim from champaign (now washington): "Unless you bring your own" hahahaha!
	11:16am the Canterbury forest monk: monk ( the wood-elf lost his password )
	11:17am βrian: Yes, like sandwich.
	♥ 11:18am Joe McG: I knew I was saying it wrong as I said it! Silent "w"s are tricky. :)
	♥ 11:19am Brian in UK: Try this one, Joe.Woolfardsisworthy. Comes out as Woolsery.
	11:19am Brendan: I’m gonna have visualize Fred dancing
	11:20am Brendan: Have to
	♥ 11:20am Joe McG: @Brian: Wowser.
	♥ 11:22am coelacanth∅: good morning nice to hear Fred singing
	♥ 11:22am pantz: Ba-ba-ba-booo
	♥ 11:22am queems: oh hell yes
	11:23am Brendan: Say, this is swell
	♥ 11:23am queems: i feel like i'm in my dad's car
	11:23am Mandy: every snow day, I remember how WfMu DJs take a long, dangerous trip to the station to do a VOLUNTEER job. I am so grateful for your dedication to radio!
	♥ 11:23am pantz: Let's have some Lipton's, Bing.
	11:24am Bill W: Astaire = underrated singer
	11:26am Brendan: Thought ya might follow ‘ Pass Your House’ w/ ‘Cmon a My House’
	11:26am Hubig Pie: Bing Crosby, the pride of Tumwater, WA
	♥ 11:26am coelacanth∅: Fred Astaire took up skateboarding in his 70s. maybe i should learn how to skateboard...good form of transportation.
	♥ 11:27am tim from champaign (now washington): Bing's from Tumwater? Cool.
	♥ 11:27am Joe McG: Thank you, Mandy!
	11:27am Brendan: But certainly not ‘Our House’ (that would be Madness)
	11:29am TDK60: Joe, is it possible to be nostalgic for 1930s songs if I was born much later? (Asking for a visitor.)
	♥ 11:29am queems: fanny brice! my dad used to play baby snooks for us when we were kids
	♥ 11:29am tim from champaign (now washington): Joe - thanks for playing the Dick Powell song. I was just about to head down to Hollywood for fame and fortune. But now I'm off to Arkansas instead.
	♥ 11:30am queems: this was like 20 years ago, he had cassettes
	11:31am Hubig Pie: Tim form C. , he was actually born in Tacoma but his grandparents house is a museum in Tumwater
	♥ 11:32am Joe McG: @TDK: I think so, sure! @tim: Good move.
	11:32am frenchee: this set gets the Frenchee seal of approval....bubba bubba bubba....Yeah good thing Dick Powell warned us away from Hollywoodland, eh, Tim from Champaign?
	11:34am Mandy: crooning is the new yarling
	11:35am Bill W: the crooners are ascendant once more
	♥ 11:35am Webhamster Henry: This is a good snowy day set! I used to hole up at the Thalia for old movies on a snowy day.
	11:35am Brendan: Dames with gams
	♥ 11:35am queems: agreed, very good snowy day music
	♥ 11:36am tim from champaign (now washington): @Hubig - excellent! I want to stop by there the next time I travel through Tumwater.
	♥ 11:36am pantz: Sounds like Connee was given the High Hat
	11:42am frenchee: and top it off with Billie....stormy Monday is looking better and better!
	11:43am Brendan: When I bust outta the big house at 5 oclock, I’m goona get some hooch , see? Then get a heater and shake that gumshoe by hangin a couple of Louies
	11:44am Bill W: I am thankful for that set.
	11:44am Brendan: Almost time to 23 skidoo. You’re a good egg McGasko.
	♥ 11:48am coelacanth∅: so shangri-las
	♥ 11:50am Brian in UK: We only ever heard Captain of Your Ship over here. Did Weather Report ever do a version of Reperata & the Delrons?
	11:52am Rachel Bo Bachel: Lovely show today, Joe! My daughter is home sick from school and the last song reminded her of the Sesame Street theme (the old one, which is all I show her). Thanks for your company this morning!
	11:52am Snoochienucci: sweet show Joe! See ya next week
	♥ 11:53am Joe McG: @Brian: "Nobody's Baby Now" is one of my all-time favorite songs. @RBR: Thanks for saying hello, Rachel, glad I could be good company for you and your kiddo! Hope she feels better soon.
	♥ 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:54am listener monica: snowing lots up here in byram twp, nj. & i like this song.
	♥ 11:55am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:55am Joe McG: "Winter doesn't mean despair" - listen to those Hollies! Have a great week everyone, and thanks for listening and commenting!
	♥ 11:55am tim from champaign (now washington): Yes, thanks Joe! Your show is always a great way to start the work week.
	11:56am Listener Bop Monroe: thnx for a great morning mr. JM!! love this hollies deep cut.! bye!
	11:57am Brendan: Thanks Joe. Your harp set inspired me to design a guitar with a different string for every note. I haven’t done the math but it will have many necks. I’m pretty sure the guy in Cheap Trick will be interested.
	♥ 11:57am LW Rhino: Joe , you killed it today...May I call you "Killer Joe".

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 2, 2019

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Alice Coltrane	Paramahansa Lake "Paramahansa Lake" by "Alice Coltrane"	Huntington Ashram Monastery	Impulse!/Universal	2011	CD	From 1969		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Brandee Younger	Rama Rama / Hortense	No Album	No Label	2019	MP3	live at the Blue Note, 5/21/19		0:14:08 (Pop-up)
Dorothy Ashby	Rascallity "Rascallity" by "Dorothy Ashby"	In a Minor Groove	Prestige	1992	CD	From 1958		0:24:36 (Pop-up)
Corky Hale	I Can't Get Started "I Can't Get Started" by "Corky Hale"	Corky Hale	Croydon Municipal	2014	CD	From 1957		0:28:23 (Pop-up)
Joanna Newsom	Instrumental 1999 "Instrumental 1999" by "Joanna Newsom"	No Album	Drag City	2012	MP3	From 1999		0:32:55 (Pop-up)
Mary Lattimore	Hello from the Edge of the Earth	Hundreds of Days	Ghostly International	2018	CD			0:38:46 (Pop-up)
Harpo Marx	Guardian Angels "Guardian Angels" by "Harpo Marx"	Harpo	Mercury	1957	MP3			0:42:17 (Pop-up)
Robert Maxwell, His Harp and Orchestra	Bewtiched	Shangri-La	Decca	1963	LP			0:44:11 (Pop-up)
Gene Bianco and His Group	Harp, Skip & Jump	Harp, Skip, & Jump	RCA Camden	1958	LP			0:46:34 (Pop-up)

Vetiver	Wanted, Never Asked "Wanted, Never Asked" by "Vetiver"	Up on High	Mama Bird Recording Co.	2019	CD		*	0:57:24 (Pop-up)
Aaron Dolman	Willow Bunch "Willow Bunch" by "Aaron Dolman"	Nostalgia and Other Fantasies	Aaron Dolman	2019	CD		*	1:00:55 (Pop-up)
Ernest Hood	Saturday Morning Doze	Neighborhoods	Freedom to Spend	2019	CD	From 1975	*	1:06:15 (Pop-up)
Washington Phillips	What Are They Doing in Heaven Today	I Am Born to Preach the Gospel	YaZoo	1991	CD	From 1928		1:12:30 (Pop-up)
Duck Baker	Tintiyana "Tintiyana" by "Duck Baker"	The Art of Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar	Kicking Mule	1980	LP			1:16:36 (Pop-up)
George Sibanda	Gijma Mfana "Gijma Mfana" by "George Sibanda"	Bulawayo Blue Yodel	Olvido/Mississippi	2019	LP	From 1954	*	1:19:05 (Pop-up)
Angel Olson	Chance "Chance" by "Angel Olson"	All Mirrors	Jagjaguwar	2019	CD		*	1:22:04 (Pop-up)
Dionne Warwick	Goin' Out of My Head	Yesterday Has Gone: The Songs of Teddy Randazzo	Ace	2019	CD	From 1970	*	1:27:49 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row "Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row"
Tim Hardin	Don't Make Promises "Don't Make Promises" by "Tim Hardin"	single	Verve Folkways	1966	45			1:38:47 (Pop-up)
Franco IV and Franco I	Sole "Sole" by "Franco IV and Franco I"	single	Style	1969	45			1:40:43 (Pop-up)
Psychedelic Furs	Love My Way "Love My Way" by "Psychedelic Furs"	single	Columbia	1982	45			1:43:57 (Pop-up)
Sylvia	My Thing "My Thing" by "Sylvia"	single	Vibration	1973	45			1:47:31 (Pop-up)
Garland Jeffreys	Ghost Writer "Ghost Writer" by "Garland Jeffreys"	single	A&M	1977	45			1:50:34 (Pop-up)
Boxer	Hey Bulldog "Hey Bulldog" by "Boxer"	single	Virgin	1976	45			1:56:09 (Pop-up)
Janis Martin	Barefoot Baby "Barefoot Baby" by "Janis Martin"	single	RCA Victor	1956	45			1:59:20 (Pop-up)
Gurus	Blue Snow Night "Blue Snow Night" by "Gurus"	single	United Artists	1966	45	Careful out there		2:01:27 (Pop-up)
The Tremeloes	I Shall Be Released	single	Epic	1969	45			2:03:51 (Pop-up)
Jaime Robbie Robertson - Rick Danko - Richard Manuel - Garth Hudson - Levon Helm - (The Band)	The Weight	single	Capitol	1968	45			2:07:29 (Pop-up)

Fred Astaire	Maybe I Love You Too Much	Rarities	RCA/BMG	1990	Cassette	From 1933		2:25:01 (Pop-up)
Bing Crosby	I've Got to Pass Your House to Get to My House	The Crooner: The Columbia Years 1928-1934	Columbia	1988	LP	From 1933		2:27:41 (Pop-up)
Dick Powell	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Rare Recordings 1934 to 1951	Sandy Hook	1981	LP	From 1934		2:30:34 (Pop-up)
Helen Morgan	Body and Soul "Body and Soul" by "Helen Morgan"	Fanny Brice - Helen Morgan	RCA	1969	LP	From 1930		2:33:51 (Pop-up)
Russ Columbo	Just Friends "Just Friends" by "Russ Columbo"	Prisoner of Love	ASV Living Era	1997	CD	From 1932		2:36:52 (Pop-up)
Connee Boswell	Say It Isn't So "Say It Isn't So" by "Connee Boswell"	There's No Business Like Show Business: The Magical Songs of Irving Berlin	Book-of-the-Month	1978	LP	From 1932		2:40:05 (Pop-up)
Alice Faye	There's a Lull in My Life	Alice Faye in Hollywood (1934-1937)	Columbia	1973	LP	From 1937		2:43:16 (Pop-up)
Billie Holiday	If You Were Mine "If You Were Mine" by "Billie Holiday"	Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday	Columbia Legacy	2001	CD	From 1935		2:46:57 (Pop-up)

Reperata & The Delrons	Weather Report	The Best Of Reperata & The Delrons	Ace	2005	CD	From 1968		2:55:00 (Pop-up)
Sex Clark Five	Home at Last "Home at Last" by "Sex Clark Five"	Orange Album	Rockets to Russia	2019	CD		*	2:56:27 (Pop-up)
The Hollies	Marigold Gloria Swansong	Moving Finger	Sundazed	1997	CD	From 1970		2:58:35 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:02am 12539: No no no, not that one!
	♥ 9:03am LW Rhino: Good morning Joe. Happy Cyber-Monday !
	♥ 9:03am 12539: One day I'd like to hear that pseudo mariachi song they turn off.
	9:03am Snoochienucci: boing boing boing boing
	9:03am Snoochienucci: i feel like these guys should be my alarm clock
	🎸 ♥ 9:04am Strandlund: The Great Joe McGasko!!!
	9:04am Renée in Fanwood: Yip-yip-yip... uh huh, uh huh.
	♥ 9:04am melinda: morning everyone
	♥ 9:04am LW Rhino: Is that Harpo Marx on ...harp?
	9:05am PKNY: Great way to start it off, @Joe!
	♥ 9:06am Krys O.: Greetings!
	♥ 9:06am Brian in UK: Hey Joe. Where is the day going?
	9:06am CHAD PEARSON: Wonderful Alice Coltrane for this Mondey morning :) thank you!
	9:08am PKNY: I'm all about 3 hours of harp-music, if that's where we're heading!
	♥ 9:08am pantz: Morning Joe "Harpo" McGasko
	♥ 9:09am Joe McG: Easy entry to your Monday morning today with the instrument of the angels. Happy December, everybody.
	♥ 9:09am LW Rhino: Hey Joe, got any Kalimba tunes lined up for us ?
	♥ 9:09am Webhamster Henry: Harpy Monday at WFMU.
	♥ 9:10am Ken From Hyde Park: Whoops! It's snow globe time up here again!
	♥ 9:10am Webhamster Henry: My band is fronted by a harpist, hint hint.
	♥ 9:11am Joe McG: @Henry: Ha ha!
	♥ 9:12am LW Rhino: I prefer my Brandee... aged.
	♥ 9:16am LW Rhino: This is so smooooooth. Lovin' it.
	♥ 9:17am Joe McG: How was your Thanksgiving, LWR? Any kielbasi?
	♥ 9:20am LW Rhino: @ Joe: Good Thanksgiving, no room for kielbasi, but did have some pierogi appetizers. Did you get back to PA for Thanksgiving?
	♥ 9:21am melinda: Good snow music.
	♥ 9:22am Joe McG: @melinda: Is it snowy up north? Not yet here, but they're saying later today.
	9:25am TDK60: Morning Joe; spitting snow here in upper Manhattan.
	♥ 9:26am Webhamster Henry: Snowy in Kingston, NY. Not so much in Kingston,Jamaica.
	♥ 9:26am Joe McG: @TDK: Uh-oh, it's a-comin'!
	♥ 9:29am jinjabredboy: This is great - my son studies the clàrsach - i shall direct him to listen to this later
	♥ 9:30am The Oscar: Mornin' all! Working from home so I don't have to brave Boston public transit on this snowy day, and this harpistry is the perfect soundtrack.
	♥ 9:30am steveo: good morning Joe & all; pretty sleety in Brooklyn and Hells Kitchen this morning
	♥ 9:30am Brian in UK: @TDK the lineup for Cropredy 2020 is out now. Bit more folky this time. www.fairportconvention.com
	♥ 9:31am steveo: thanks for playing the exact piece I needed in this moment :)
	9:32am Snoochienucci: perfect stuff Joe! The only thing that could make it better would be if i was warm and cozy at home as opposed to sitting at my desk, guess a man can dream
	♥ 9:32am Brysers: Snow’s now started in earnest up in N Westchester. Harp accompaniment is most appreciated.
	♥ 9:32am Joe McG: @Brian: What a coincidence, I was just watching the Fairport 50th anniversary documentary on YouTube yesterday!
	9:33am emily: Thank you Joe for this soothing and beautiful way to begin the week. Lovely.
	9:33am morphe': Has an echo of the all Pan (SteelePan not PanPipes)opening of not long ago... nice.. Pan on Strings.....Harpsicord, Harp y???? Nice calm before the roaring blast of a 45.. Are ya still doing the 45 bit? Was out of the loop... "Listen children.. ye need not fear.. He is Joe... the GOOD WITCH>>>>" Thanks Joe!!! ps Simon got the Tees
	♥ 9:35am Joe McG: Thanks, all, glad you're enjoying the gentle sounds. We'll change tack after this set if you're jonesing for more uptempo treats. @morphe: There will be 45s, yes!
	♥ 9:35am Andrew_in_WI: Saw Mary Lattimore play on the banks of the Ohio River
	♥ 9:36am Brian in UK: Joe, saw that recently, it charted their path well. They will be playing Full House right through. fifty years old. Never.
	♥ 9:36am melinda: Snow up here is light but it's supposed to continue until Wednesday I think.
	9:38am TDK60: Didn't know Harpo had an album.
	🎸 ♥ 9:38am Strandlund: This is FANTASTIC, Joe! I don't know if I've ever heard Harpo on WFMU...
	9:38am kevlicki: Morning Joe! I’m about to jump into the skid steer and move some snow around the farm to your show. It’s quite beautiful out here in the Hudson valley
	9:39am Martinibomb: Beautiful show today. I am untangling spaghetti cords in my radio room.
	♥ 9:39am pantz: Why am I rolling my hand around as if it held a brandy snifter?
	9:40am TDK60: Brian in UK: I saw that! I get their email news. Looks like a good fest. Joe, I gotta see that F.C. documentary.
	9:41am CHAD PEARSON: Wonderful music making it easier to get back to work after a wonderful holiday! Thank you!
	♥ 9:41am steveo: oh fairport doc /me makes note
	9:42am morphe': Pants: perhaps you were playing a Theremin in yer ecstasy???
	♥ 9:42am steveo: even the bed gots harp
	♥ 9:44am Brian in UK: @TDK try this. www.youtube.com...
	9:44am TDK60: Kev - Have fun skidding in the snow.
	9:45am kevlicki: TDK60 will do! Good luck down in the uws muck!
	♥ 9:45am karlward: Joe play some Pigface
	9:46am TDK60: Day off, Kev. Chores, house cleaning, guitar practice.
	9:48am djsheilab: That was a stunning first set, Joe. Just what I needed. Thank you!
	9:49am TDK60: ..thanks Brian, will watch very soon!
	♥ 9:50am Brian in UK: Joe, that first set had a kind of first day after Marathon vibe.
	9:50am Brendan: I could’ve used some harp music last night. Couldn’t get to sleep- now late for work. Sounds like I missed a great set. That took a lot of pluck, Joe.
	9:53am morphe': Sadly, must run.. Hello all and Thanks Joe...
	9:53am chresti @griffith Park: Morning Joe and noises!
	♥ 9:55am Joe McG: @sheiilab: I'm so glad! I hope you had a lovely holiday! @Brian: Totally did!
	9:57am chresti @griffith Park: Sorry I missed Harpo
	9:58am Snoochienucci: wow this one is really hitting me
	♥ 10:01am Joe McG: @Brendan: Ha ha ha. Today's show's got alotta heart-er, I mean, harp.
	♥ 10:03am Webhamster Henry: No autoharps though.
	♥ 10:07am Webhamster Henry: Washington Phillips though,is plucking his manzarene.
	10:08am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM you faked me out before with that harp. thought it was chico hamilton, but it was that corky hale track
	♥ 10:08am LastWhiteRhino: I believe it's bowling day in heaven today.
	♥ 10:10am Brian in UK: Joe, did I mention that I bought a new copy of The True Story of Abner Jay on Mississippi a while back. Washington Phillips kind of set me off thinking of Abner.
	♥ 10:11am Joe McG: @Monk: Corky Hale is amazing, I was watching her on the "Tonight Show" yesterday.
	♥ 10:11am steveo: a guitar is basically a mini harp with frets
	♥ 10:11am Brian in UK: Corky? Was that a character in Circus Boy with Noah Beery and young Mickey Dolenz?
	♥ 10:12am LW Rhino: I think Ron Popiel invented the "Duck Baker".
	♥ 10:13am Brian in UK: My favourite instrument is the Kora, a kind of Lute/Harp.
	♥ 10:13am Mike Sin: Decided to forego the weather/transit nonsense and work remotely today -- Very happy to be able to catch this show live.
	♥ 10:14am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Oh I love this!
	♥ 10:15am Webhamster Henry: Maybe Joe can sneak in some kora or valiha tracks.
	10:15am TDK60: ...well, if ya wanna keep on harping on the subject, fine.
	♥ 10:17am Brian in UK: @WH is the Valiha unique to Madagaskar?
	♥ 10:18am steveo: here's an interesting sentence i have found (probably everyone else already know it): The Europeans added frets to the oud and called it a "lute" - this derives from the Arabic "Al'ud" (literally "the wood")
	10:21am iiibeat: I was in Columbus, Ohio for the holiday and picked up some Alice Coltrane for myself and for some friends. It was nice to hear that this morning. Thanks.
	♥ 10:22am Joe McG: @iiib: My pleasure! Congrats on your score.
	♥ 10:23am Webhamster Henry: @Brian/UK similar tubular zithers are used in Cambodia and Indonesia. I made one for my toddler son out of a cardboard tube and some monofilament many years ago. He called it "my vali".
	10:24am Martinibomb: At this other station i am part of I was chuckling that one of the young DJs couldn’t pronounce Dionne because hed never heard anyone say her same. Just discovered her thru a sample on his fave hip hop track
	10:28am Martinibomb: Mississippi Records is my neighbor
	10:29am TDK60: Hey, Martini Bomb. Mississippi Records was a great rekkid shop when I was there. Mostly used, right?
	10:29am Brendan: I was looking for a Duck Baker on Thanksgiving.
	10:29am Martinibomb: Earnest Hood KBOO yes here in Portland
	10:31am Martinibomb: @tdk they sell new and old and put out their own records. Toody from Dead Moon has a vintage shop in the basement now
	♥ 10:31am tim from champaign (now washington): Hey Joe and everybody!
	♥ 10:33am tim from champaign (now washington): @Martinibomb - that's incredible that Toody has a shop in the basement. The next time I'm in Portland, I am going to go there and thank her for all the great music.
	10:34am Tom from Boonton: Hey Joe! thank you for the sweet tunes and your commentary
	10:34am TDK60: You're at KBOO, Martini? / I admired the sign above the door at Miss. Records: "Love Over Gold". When I had to leave Portland, the owner said it was alright for me to have a personal flea market out front on the sidewalk; editing down all those cassettes, rekkids.
	♥ 10:35am Brian in UK: @Martinibomb, there is a RECORD shop aout ten miles away. The English man running it used to have a shop in Berkeley SF. Now he sells second hand and some (Mississippi) new. There should be health warnings on the door. Love your avatar.
	♥ 10:36am Joe McG: @Tom: You bet, Tom! Thanks for tuning in.
	10:36am Listener Alexandra: Howdy, Joe! Greetings from the Best Coast :)
	♥ 10:37am Joe McG: Hiya, Alex! It certainly is today!
	10:38am Listener Alexandra: It ill be for the next 48 hours, and then we get rain all day--thunderstorms even!
	♥ 10:39am pantz: I immediately smell Aquanet when I hear old Psych Furs.
	♥ 10:40am jillydg: Wee... The Furs! That's a good morning!!! Yaye Joe!
	♥ 10:40am Joe McG: @pantz: ha ha ha!
	♥ 10:41am tim from champaign (now washington): This is such a good song.
	♥ 10:45am adampsyche: this is a very good song
	10:47am dano59: I know a guy with a harp guitar - he used to bring it to contra dance jams
	♥ 10:47am Joe McG: I agree with both of you! :)
	10:47am Martinibomb: @brian thanks! I wanna visit that shop now
	♥ 10:50am Krys O.: Garland Jeffreys was a regular customer at the CE records location at 8th Street & 6th Avenue when I worked there in the mid-80s. We would have nice chats about all kinds of music. Sweet guy.
	♥ 10:51am Joe McG: @Krys O.: Neat! He seems like he was a real nice guy. I'm glad he got some recognition and wasn't just a "ghost writer," although I'm sure programmers didn't know what to do with his records since they were so varied.
	10:53am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from Tannersville. great Singles File this week so far! Q: is it still waking & baking if it's a CBD Dark Chocolate Bar? 120mg, it sez here. wig wam frightened of the dark!
	♥ 10:53am Krys O.: Janis!
	♥ 10:54am Brian in UK: Martinibomb it is called Mod Lang same name as his old shop and record label in the US. He used to have Chris Von Sneidern on the label for a while. I like CVS.
	10:54am Listener Bop Monroe: gonna fire up a big one just to make sure. snowed in and digging the tunes, all!
	♥ 10:58am tim from champaign (now washington): I take it that it's mighty snowy on the east coast?
	♥ 10:58am tim from champaign (now washington): The Tremoloes tremolo sounds pretty dang nice!
	10:59am Bill W: Gurus singer went to the Johnny Ray School for the Overwrought.
	♥ 11:01am Joe McG: @Bill W: By the way of the subcontinent. Johnny Singh School, maybe!
	♥ 11:02am Brian in UK: First song I heard by the Band, on John Peel's show. It got my attention.
	♥ 11:02am pantz: Love me some Danko
	♥ 11:03am Joe McG: @Brian: I'm playing a UK copy of the single, so this is the one John Peel would have played.
	♥ 11:04am Webhamster Henry: The tune to sing as you turn onto rt 375 on the way to Woodstock. A/K/A Levon Helm Memorial Boulevard.
	♥ 11:04am Brian in UK: What I would give to sing like Rick Danko.
	♥ 11:06am pantz: Me too @Brian. So earnest
	♥ 11:06am Webhamster Henry: Cassandra Wilson does a good version of The Weight.
	11:06am melinda: Nice to hear The Weight with crackles
	11:07am Snoochienucci: Thought you fell asleep for a minute there Joe!
	11:07am johnk77: rick danko started drinking early afternoons the few times i worked w/him in the late seventies
	11:07am melinda: App keeps cutting out on me lately
	11:08am johnk77: great show so far selecter/selector
	11:09am johnk77: broadcast signal good here 91.1
	♥ 11:09am Brian in UK: That scratchy noise reminds me of a Monty Python sketch. Man walks into record shop 'Have you got World War 2 noises'. Assistant: 'Is that by the Ronettes' Man: 'No the French and the Germans'.
	11:11am Hubig Pie: Put him in a box marked "miscellaneous"
	11:13am Snoochienucci: Joe i like your point about The Band being an "American Band" me and my friends always joke that the Rolling Stones are one of the best "American Band" of all time lolol
	11:15am Hubig Pie: MST3K did a riff on that Santa vs Satan movie
	11:15am Roberto: I was actually thinking of bringing one of my children. She's 23 years old.
	11:15am the Canterbury forest mon: It's a silent "w" in "Norwich", Joe. Sorry to be pedantic!
	♥ 11:16am tim from champaign (now washington): "Unless you bring your own" hahahaha!
	11:16am the Canterbury forest monk: monk ( the wood-elf lost his password )
	11:17am βrian: Yes, like sandwich.
	♥ 11:18am Joe McG: I knew I was saying it wrong as I said it! Silent "w"s are tricky. :)
	♥ 11:19am Brian in UK: Try this one, Joe.Woolfardsisworthy. Comes out as Woolsery.
	11:19am Brendan: I’m gonna have visualize Fred dancing
	11:20am Brendan: Have to
	♥ 11:20am Joe McG: @Brian: Wowser.
	♥ 11:22am coelacanth∅: good morning nice to hear Fred singing
	♥ 11:22am pantz: Ba-ba-ba-booo
	♥ 11:22am queems: oh hell yes
	11:23am Brendan: Say, this is swell
	♥ 11:23am queems: i feel like i'm in my dad's car
	11:23am Mandy: every snow day, I remember how WfMu DJs take a long, dangerous trip to the station to do a VOLUNTEER job. I am so grateful for your dedication to radio!
	♥ 11:23am pantz: Let's have some Lipton's, Bing.
	11:24am Bill W: Astaire = underrated singer
	11:26am Brendan: Thought ya might follow ‘ Pass Your House’ w/ ‘Cmon a My House’
	11:26am Hubig Pie: Bing Crosby, the pride of Tumwater, WA
	♥ 11:26am coelacanth∅: Fred Astaire took up skateboarding in his 70s. maybe i should learn how to skateboard...good form of transportation.
	♥ 11:27am tim from champaign (now washington): Bing's from Tumwater? Cool.
	♥ 11:27am Joe McG: Thank you, Mandy!
	11:27am Brendan: But certainly not ‘Our House’ (that would be Madness)
	11:29am TDK60: Joe, is it possible to be nostalgic for 1930s songs if I was born much later? (Asking for a visitor.)
	♥ 11:29am queems: fanny brice! my dad used to play baby snooks for us when we were kids
	♥ 11:29am tim from champaign (now washington): Joe - thanks for playing the Dick Powell song. I was just about to head down to Hollywood for fame and fortune. But now I'm off to Arkansas instead.
	♥ 11:30am queems: this was like 20 years ago, he had cassettes
	11:31am Hubig Pie: Tim form C. , he was actually born in Tacoma but his grandparents house is a museum in Tumwater
	♥ 11:32am Joe McG: @TDK: I think so, sure! @tim: Good move.
	11:32am frenchee: this set gets the Frenchee seal of approval....bubba bubba bubba....Yeah good thing Dick Powell warned us away from Hollywoodland, eh, Tim from Champaign?
	11:34am Mandy: crooning is the new yarling
	11:35am Bill W: the crooners are ascendant once more
	♥ 11:35am Webhamster Henry: This is a good snowy day set! I used to hole up at the Thalia for old movies on a snowy day.
	11:35am Brendan: Dames with gams
	♥ 11:35am queems: agreed, very good snowy day music
	♥ 11:36am tim from champaign (now washington): @Hubig - excellent! I want to stop by there the next time I travel through Tumwater.
	♥ 11:36am pantz: Sounds like Connee was given the High Hat
	11:42am frenchee: and top it off with Billie....stormy Monday is looking better and better!
	11:43am Brendan: When I bust outta the big house at 5 oclock, I’m goona get some hooch , see? Then get a heater and shake that gumshoe by hangin a couple of Louies
	11:44am Bill W: I am thankful for that set.
	11:44am Brendan: Almost time to 23 skidoo. You’re a good egg McGasko.
	♥ 11:48am coelacanth∅: so shangri-las
	♥ 11:50am Brian in UK: We only ever heard Captain of Your Ship over here. Did Weather Report ever do a version of Reperata & the Delrons?
	11:52am Rachel Bo Bachel: Lovely show today, Joe! My daughter is home sick from school and the last song reminded her of the Sesame Street theme (the old one, which is all I show her). Thanks for your company this morning!
	11:52am Snoochienucci: sweet show Joe! See ya next week
	♥ 11:53am Joe McG: @Brian: "Nobody's Baby Now" is one of my all-time favorite songs. @RBR: Thanks for saying hello, Rachel, glad I could be good company for you and your kiddo! Hope she feels better soon.
	♥ 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:54am listener monica: snowing lots up here in byram twp, nj. & i like this song.
	♥ 11:55am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	♥ 11:55am Joe McG: "Winter doesn't mean despair" - listen to those Hollies! Have a great week everyone, and thanks for listening and commenting!
	♥ 11:55am tim from champaign (now washington): Yes, thanks Joe! Your show is always a great way to start the work week.
	11:56am Listener Bop Monroe: thnx for a great morning mr. JM!! love this hollies deep cut.! bye!
	11:57am Brendan: Thanks Joe. Your harp set inspired me to design a guitar with a different string for every note. I haven’t done the math but it will have many necks. I’m pretty sure the guy in Cheap Trick will be interested.
	♥ 11:57am LW Rhino: Joe , you killed it today...May I call you "Killer Joe".

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 2, 2019

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