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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán  Drume Negrita   Favoriting Mambo Sinuendo  Nonesuch  2003  CD      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
C Joynes  Nuevo Tango   Favoriting Poor Boy on the Wire  Sophomore Lounge / Cardinal Fuzz  2021  LP    *   0:07:12 (Pop-up)
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos  Esclavo Tristé   Favoriting Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos  Atlantic  1998  CD      0:10:11 (Pop-up)
Chico Hamilton  People   Favoriting El Chico  Impulse!  1965  LP  Guitar: Gabor Szabó    0:15:35 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabó  Yearning   Favoriting Spellbinder  Euphoria! Jazz  2007  LP  From 1966    0:21:38 (Pop-up)
Bola Sete  Samba de Verao   Favoriting Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968  Tompkins Square  2021  MP3  wrong time of year for a summer samba, but think good thoughts  *   0:24:32 (Pop-up)
Eliades Ochoa y el Cuarteto Patria  La comparsa   Favoriting Sublime Illusion  Higher Octave World/Virgin  1999  CD      0:29:28 (Pop-up)
Johnny Hartman  Nature Boy   Favoriting For Trane  Blue Note/Capitol  1995  CD  From 1972    0:32:37 (Pop-up)
Nat "King" Cole  Aqeullos Ojos Verdes   Favoriting In the Mood for Love: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture  Higher Octave/Virgin  2000  CD  From 1959    0:35:58 (Pop-up)
 
Neshoma Orchestra with Ella Adler  Warm Up   Favoriting Jewish Aerobics  M.A. Productions  1983  LP      0:48:02 (Pop-up)
The Mam'selles  Son of a Preacher Man   Favoriting It's a "Bubble Gum World"  Beat Rocket  2021  CD  From 1969  *   0:50:14 (Pop-up)
Silk & Silver  Elton John Medley   Favoriting Enjoy the Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992  Sinecure Books  2012  CD  From 1976    0:52:16 (Pop-up)
Leo Nocentelli  Your Song   Favoriting Another Side  Light in the Attic  2021  CD  circa 1972  *   1:01:25 (Pop-up)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio  Pull Your Pants Up   Favoriting Cold As Weiss  Colemine  2021  MP3    *   1:06:55 (Pop-up)
Neshoma Orchestra with Ella Adler  Aerobics #3   Favoriting Jewish Aerobics  M.A. Productions  1983  LP      1:11:30 (Pop-up)
Barnes & Barnes  I Have So Many Friends in Heaven   Favoriting Pancake Dream  Demented Punk  2021  CD    *   1:15:38 (Pop-up)
DEVO  The Words Get Stuck in My Throat   Favoriting No Album  No Label  1977  MP3  live in Akron, 2/77    1:19:12 (Pop-up)
Richard Trible  (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction   Favoriting single  Richard Trible  2021  CD-R    *   1:24:10 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
Bobby Moore's Rhythm Aces featuring Chico  Go Ahead and Burn   Favoriting single  Chess  1966  45      1:35:51 (Pop-up)
Bread  Could I   Favoriting single  Elektra  1969  45      1:38:03 (Pop-up)
The Waitresses  Go On   Favoriting single  Polydor  1982  45      1:40:47 (Pop-up)
Juice Newton & Slver Spur  Love Is a Word   Favoriting single  RCA  1975  45      1:43:43 (Pop-up)
Charm  The Morse Code of Love   Favoriting single  Clifton  1992  45  From 1983    1:46:33 (Pop-up)
Rod Stewart  Oh! No Not My Baby   Favoriting single  Mercury  1973  45      1:48:49 (Pop-up)
The Swinging Laurels  Hair by Mantini   Favoriting single  WEA  1982  45      1:52:34 (Pop-up)
Be-Bop Deluxe  Kiss of Light   Favoriting single  Harvest  1976  45      1:57:29 (Pop-up)
 
 
Michael Nesmith, R.I.P.
The Monkees  Papa Gene's Blues   Favoriting The Monkees  Colgems  1966  LP      2:12:10 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  The Kind of Girl I Could Love   Favoriting More of the Monkees  Colgems  1967  LP      2:13:44 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  You Just May Be the One   Favoriting Headquarters  Colgems  1967  LP      2:15:34 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  Don't Call on Me   Favoriting Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.  Rhino  1986  LP  From 1968    2:17:54 (Pop-up)
The Wichita Train Whislte  Sweet Young Thing   Favoriting The Wichita Train Whistle Sings  Dot  1968  LP  essentially his first solo LP (with Shorty Rogers)    2:20:22 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  Good Clean Fun   Favoriting Monkee Flips: Best of the Monkees, Volume Four  Rhino  1984  LP  From 1969    2:23:53 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band  Joanne   Favoriting single  RCA  1970  45  his big hit    2:26:10 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band  Conversations   Favoriting Loose Salute  RCA  1970  LP      2:29:20 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band  Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)   Favoriting Nevada Fighter  RCA  1971  LP      2:32:54 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith  The Upside of Good-Bye   Favoriting And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'  RCA  1972  LP      2:35:52 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band  Different Drum   Favoriting Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings  Real Gone Music  2021  CD  Alternate version from 1970    2:38:45 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith  Some of Shelley's Blues   Favoriting Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash  RCA  1973  LP      2:41:35 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith  Dance Between the Raindrops   Favoriting The Prison  Pacific Arts  1974  LP      2:44:55 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  I Know What I Know   Favoriting Good Times!  Rhino  2016  CD      2:51:39 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Strandlund:

Radio...Yip Yip Yip...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Rick from SC:

Good morning Joe and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Rick from SC:

Good morning Joe and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Handy Haversack:

Yipping on in. Hey, Joe and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
DjLorraine:

I'm over the moon over my sacredly wrapped swag that arrived. Thank you volunteers who put things inside other things.
  9:06am
Mike W.:

Good morning Joe, silver Surfacers, et al.

Joe, is this Ry on World Circuit/Nonesuch? He really tapped a vein in Cuba (metaphorically)...
  9:06am
bradford:

hiya joe & co.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
LW Rhino:

Good morning Joe McGasko and the Gas-kets.
Avatar 9:08am
Special_Vessels:

Silver Surfacers :) Wishing you all a Special hello from Tel Aviv this fine Monday
Avatar 9:09am
Juli:

Eep has anyone seen the haunted videos on TIKTOK noooooooo
Avatar 9:10am
Juli:

I have hand like many ghost experiences and used to play in abandoned buildings and I am so freaked out after seeing those lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
listener Rey:

Good morning Yippers, Yappers and Yahooies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
LW Rhino:

Fey Joe, this opening set is "instrumental" to my well being this morning. Thanx for that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
LW Rhino:

*Hey not Fey.
Avatar 9:11am
Juli:

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

Not into scary stuff anymore haha it got too real


TG WFMU is here to bring me back to normal reality
Avatar 9:13am
YETI BOB:

Good morning Joe, getting this thing started right!
Avatar 9:13am
Joe McG:

Good morning, all, and welcome to the show, whether you are from across the world or in our own backyard. Hope your Monday is OK so far!
  9:14am
Mike W.:

@Juli what are — or were — your three favorite horror films?
Avatar 9:17am
Juli:

These Tiktoks are the scariest things I have ever seen some girl on Facebook talks about them.

I liked in The Mouth of Madness
Insidious
The Omen

I don’t watch scary movies often bc I know first hand it is all real
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
LW Rhino:

People, People who are McGasko listeners, Are the luckiest people in the world...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Ken From Hyde Park:

¡Buenos días, Joe y yips!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Stephen O:

Safe in the sure hand of Joe McGasko
  9:19am
Mike W.:

Oh yeah, I watch scary movies to imagine a world whose horrors are at least entertaining, maybe have a cool soundtrack
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Handy Haversack:

Joe, is Joe B. OK? Saw that Jim is filling in today.
Avatar 9:20am
Juli:

I used to try and talk to ghosts and they began speaking back…no thanks I said lol….but they generally have a respect for me bc I respect them…I used to do scary things on purpose lol

Much less into it know after what I have seen

Will prolly make a horror film about it all one day!

Writing one now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
karlward:

This noise goes way below the surface
Avatar 9:20am
Juli:

Mike W share w me your favorites
  9:20am
Rick A:

Good morning, Joe and All,
I am happy to be listening to SN in its entirety for the first time in awhile. I'm doing some numbers crunching work which is being easily abetted by this music. Joe is spot on with tunes once again.
  9:23am
Jack:

Wow. That Chico Hamilton was great! A big fan of Gabor Szabo.
Avatar 9:24am
YETI BOB:

Digging it!
Avatar 9:26am
YETI BOB:

Szabó + Sete = Big Smiles All Around
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Maybe Joe B. is taking the day off to ruminate on the collective results of the Jets, Giants and Bills from yesterday. 🏈
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Marley P. Dogg:

Hello Joe McG! Thank you for the jazzy start to the week!
  9:28am
Mike W.:

@Juli i am waiting patiently for your film, i believe you

The Exorcist stands apart for me; I saw it when I was 8 and have not quite recovered. Also The Thing and most Carpenter’s, if sometimes just for the mood; Paperhouse for accurately rendered kid’s imagination; Alien; was grateful for the telling of The Witch; and coming up from the depths a truly batshit Mexican possessed-in-the-nunnery film called Alucarda. etc.
Avatar 9:28am
Joe McG:

Not sure what Joe B. is up to, but I'm sure he's fine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

Morning Joe McG, fellow YipYips.
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YETI BOB:

Hey Tri-Luna!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Handy Haversack:

Glad to hear it, Joe!

Mike W., we saw Nina Forever recently and thought it did a really good job looking at haunting and grief and who ends up carrying the burdens of loss. It's also pretty funny.

Hey, Threemoons! How goes?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

The last horror movie I saw was The Blair Witch Project, which totally creeped me out.
  9:31am
skyline chili:

Goody good good morning Joey McGaskoey and noise surfer's.
Avatar 9:31am
Juli:

The Witch was excellent

Ty! Yeah I will finish it in my forties and try to sell it

Ty!

Pulling together a few projects now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Son Of Pantz:

A lot of people are suffering in my home state right now. I'm lucky not to know anyone who lost a home or a family member, but I'll keep them in my thoughts.
Avatar 9:32am
DJ Guin:

Last Call for anyone interested in a Spare Ticket courtesy of Joe McG to see The Lemon Twigs this Wednesday in NYC - DM me, or not
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
melinda:

Nice set
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Juli:

Blair Witch was great too

I will send the name of the girl w the Tiktok video discussions: omg
Avatar 9:33am
Juli:

Sorry to hear about your home state…a lot suffering in the world and it is too many
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
melinda:

@Mike W Paperhouse was really good. The part where Ben Cross suddenly gets mean scared me even as an adult.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

@HH hanging in there I guess; coffee is imminent. How is the kitty with digestive issues? Other house critters?
Avatar 9:35am
Juli:

Loey Lane on Facebook

Look thru her videos especially the TIKTOK videos of ghosts holy hell these are real stories


Anyway on a lighter no the sun is shining and we are magical beings in outer space

Thanks for the music Joe
Avatar 9:36am
YETI BOB:

The kid's right
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

I've never seen a TikTok video.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Handy Haversack:

All were well when I left the apartment, Threemoons. We gave the kittens double breakfast to try to forestall any eating of Very bad Things while we're out. The one breakfast just did not seem to satisfy them. A little worried about Callipygian, who has not been eating much. She's 19, so there's not a lot of intervening we will do at this point.
Avatar 9:39am
Juli:

TikTok is generally really fun but really creepy and ppl post ghost sightings constantly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
listener Rey:

Great opening set Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

@HH Sorry to hear about Kitty Dietary Management Issues.....remember, aluminum foil is your friend re keeping kitties out of Very Bad Things...I take it that Bagpipe is just sitting around tolerantly during these feline hijinks?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41am
listener Rey:

I love how he enunciates, even if the accents aren't always in the right place
  9:43am
skyline chili:

Didn't they make a reboot of The Blair witch project, or was it a bwp sequel.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:43am
yerfriendpaul:

Hi Joe, everyone!
  9:43am
JohnPietaro:

Have you heard Dave Sewelson’s immortal rendition?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Noise Surfacers!
  9:44am
JohnPietaro:

….Sewelson’s rendition of NATURE BOY, that is.
Avatar 9:45am
Juli:

Please don’t watch Loey Lanes video on FB if you get really scared, it will ruin your nights haha
  9:46am
Mike W.:

@Melinda a truly brilliant and affecting moment, I remember it v well
  9:46am
TerrDE:

Gabor speaks to us on San Francisco nites
  9:46am
skyline chili:

Hey yerpalpaul
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
listener Rey:

George Benson's version was the biggest hit in my lifetime
  9:47am
Mike W.:

Joe we are here right now in your anarchic streaming service
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
queems:

didn't know i needed a jewish aerobics record but i definitely do
  9:49am
D Free:

This is fantastic!
  9:49am
Tom in St. Paul:

This track is a mahaya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Jim the Poet:

This is good. I needed to get my workout in!
  9:50am
Rick A:

This music could also double as 70s porn music.
  9:50am
Heidella:

This is amazing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Hughie Considine:

I'm schvitzing.
  9:50am
TerrDE:

the writer was a "Hippy" during the beatnik era. long hair and clothes. He did an Exotica album w folk flutes and sailboats creaking. free download at internet archives
  9:52am
TerrDE:

Nature Boy writter. It was autobiographical
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
The Oscar:

SILK & SILVER!!!!
  9:54am
emily:

Fun Fun Fun
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Hughie Considine:

Neil Innes's "Godfrey Daniel" is the only Elton John parody I know. Leave it to ace DJ Joe McGasko to open my eyes.
  9:55am
TerrDE:

it took that commercial for me to find out wtf Elton is saying
  9:55am
Tom in St. Paul:

"...Running' on issues of hair alone"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Hughie Considine:

I mean, I know this is an absolutely sincere cover, but the Innes song comes to mind ...
  9:55am
Rick A:

I remember last March, I think, Joe did a whole set of Billy Joel covers. Maybe a set of Elton John covers at some point???
Avatar 9:56am
Joe McG:

@Rick: Good idea!
  9:56am
bradford:

seriously off kilter
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
karlward:

Come on Biz Markie!
  9:57am
Rick A:

You could end it with this medley. I must admit that I don't know that many Elton John covers.
Avatar 9:57am
Joe McG:

Silk and Silver are sort of like the Quasi of 1976.
  9:57am
emily:

kinda dyin here
  9:57am
TerrDE:

Bernie sometimes writes lyrics as bad as America . Mars is cold as Hell. Gee , whats wrong w that line ?
  9:58am
egould310:

What the hell? Good morning, Joe M. This got me out of bed a little earlier than I was planning. :-)
  9:59am
JohnPietaro:

It’s happy hour somewhere
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
The Oscar:

When I saw Dune I couldn't stop singing "Bene Geserit" to the tune of "Benny and the Jets."
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Claire from Montclair:

Killing it! 💀
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
karlward:

Now I want to hear a piano bar Silk & Silver medley of Jimmy Buffett
  👻 Swag For Life Member 10:00am
12539:

I hope this covers the entire Elton catalog.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
karlward:

It'll be a cheeseburger in paradise
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
Mick:

Oh my goodness!
  10:01am
Dave R:

These guys are butchering the songs in a monumental way! someone needs a metronome too!
  10:01am
bradford:

holy moly
  10:02am
TerrDE:

? not bad enough to be good-bad, and certainly not good enough to be good
Avatar 10:03am
YETI BOB:

TerrDE - what was interesting to me was the way it was almost-good. Piano chops were there, he was rushing the tempo a bit but he was singing his heart out.
  10:03am
Polly:

these remind me of some of what Micah plays! cringeworthy
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Webhamster Henry:

Then again... no.
  10:03am
Rick A:

I now know of an Elton John cover!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04am
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

If there's a cover of Don't Go Breakin' My Heart...I'm out! ;-)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:04am
yerfriendpaul:

I'm on board with this!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Alvy Singer:

Leo recorded this when the Meters were between record contracts.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
JeremyB:

I'm slow to get to the computer this morning, but that jewish aerobics was hilarious! Hello Everyone! Good morning Joe!
  10:08am
listener monica:

it's a long unusual sweet story. the guy who took me to my prom- we really didn't know each other- had 7 joints rolled, and an 8-track player in his car, and every Elton John album then available on 8 track. I had never heard empty sky before. I should have asked him out for another date. 1976.
  10:08am
TerrDE:

I m always amazed at what gets recorded. If this was open mike night I'd be having a conversation, tho I would applaud since at least they're trying...why are there so many singers who can't
  10:08am
FletcherNYC:

@webmaster Henry easily one of Bernie’s best lines
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Joe McG:

@Jeremy: Oh, we're not done yet. We'll get one more workout in, bubbale.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
JeremyB:

Excellent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Son Of Pantz:

Good. I need to work off these latkes.
  10:12am
Andres:

Good morning! Pull Your Pants Up. I will take that as part of the get out of bed ritual. Funky as heck!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Webhamster Henry:

I actually made latkes this morning too! WFMU breakfast club!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Jim the Poet:

I'm inhaling when I'm supposed to be exhaling
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Stanley:

I never inhale
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Claire from Montclair:

It was just a warmup earlier
Avatar 10:14am
DJ Guin:

exercise? i'd settle for some homemade chicken soup
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Joe McG:

@Claire: This where it gets serious.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:14am
yerfriendpaul:

I'm schvitzing!
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Claire from Montclair:

Bounce bounce bounce!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

I'm not working out but I _am_ sipping some No Chicken broth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
queems:

i was sitting bobbing my head to this without even noticing
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Webhamster Henry:

"Arch back and forth and rock" -> davening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Son Of Pantz:

She's kicking my toosh!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
Stanley:

Can gentiles take part?
  10:15am
Andres:

This would be perfect for your next Dance With Me Stanley fill-in!
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YETI BOB:

I can't quite touch the floor. I guess I really need this! Thanks Joe.
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Roberto:

If this is a bit, it's an elaborate one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Strandlund:

This should be on Wake 'n' Bake...
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DJ Guin:

what does one ass cheek clapping sound like i wonder
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Handy Haversack:

The Chosenrobics!
  10:17am
egould310:

Oy!robics.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Webhamster Henry:

Sh'ma Yisrael! Step to the left, slap!
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Roberto:

Wow, new B & B! Now available at Barnes & Barnes & Noble.
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Joe McG:

Taking suggestions for Magnetic Fields to follow this song with.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Welp, if Double Dip Roger loses track of his exercise record, here is a suitable replacement.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Handy Haversack:

"Papa Was a Rodeo"?
Avatar 10:19am
DJ Guin:

Magneto & Titanium Man?
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Roberto:

Favorite this song or get wished into the cornfield.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
The Oscar:

Oh my god-- how did I not know there's a new Barnes & Barnes out?!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Webhamster Henry:

Not Magnetic Fields, but Gothic Archies' "Smile - No One Cares How You Feel"
  10:21am
skyline chili:

Hey Joe, I have a couple of Sound a like songs for you if you are interested?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
The Oscar:

Between B&B and Booji Boy, it's like you're raiding my teenage CD collection!
  Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Garth:

I love the recordings of those early live Devo shows. So unhinged and amazing!
Avatar 10:22am
Joe McG:

@Henry: We'll get it next time!
  10:22am
gauche knee:

Loved That workout song, was like my stories: hard to follow & full of enthusiasm.
Avatar 10:23am
Joe McG:

The source for this cover: culturalgutter.com...
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Rich in Bristol:

Wing?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Webhamster Henry:

That's OK, if everyone played my requests, I'd be forced to clean the WFMU bathrooms.
  10:24am
Rick A:

If it's not too late, Andrew in Drag??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
The Oscar:

I saw War of the Gargantuas on some UHF station as a teen, and I spent YEARS trying to figure out what I had seen!
Avatar 10:25am
Roberto:

Can someone explain to me why "Booji" is pronounced "Boogie?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
listener Rey:

He said "Raaaydio"!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
Son Of Pantz:

@Roberto they ran out of g's.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
The Oscar:

@Roberto It's a hard J.
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Roberto:

Duh! Thankz Pantz.
  10:27am
rw:

Good morning! Is it Wednesday?
  10:27am
kev:

lovin' it Joe
  10:27am
TerrDE:

lol, hard J
Avatar 10:28am
DJ Guin:

this cover has a very Nixon-esque vibe.
Dick, not Mojo
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Son Of Pantz:

No zweat @ Roberto
  10:29am
TerrDE:

I had a hard J , never overpaper w 2 more papers, just start again
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DjLorraine:

Just in case anyone missed some lyrics - we can put our arms down.; )
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karlward:

I know I liked that
  10:30am
su:

can i get a fade out some time soon? HA
  10:31am
TerrDE:

reminded me of Dick too, in that a Nixon imitation would have worked better. he like Harry played piano
  10:31am
Andres:

Stan Ridgway vocal like.
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Jim the Poet:

FISH HEADS
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DjLorraine:

Fish heads
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Roberto:

They've come a long way from "Swallow My Love."
  10:34am
gauche knee:

Thnx for all things “Words Get Stuck in My Throat”, Joe! Never heard any of it & now…obsessed!
  10:36am
Skyline 🌶️:

I was just going to say that, featuring Young Will Robinson. Of whom is probably on the constant lookout to this day from being constantly warned back in the day.
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Joe McG:

@gauche: You bet! @jim the Poet: Hey Jim! See you soon.
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Roberto:

And before Lost in Space, he was wishin' suckas into the cornfield.
  10:38am
TVP:

I remember Weird Al telling a funny story on a podcast a while back that he was hanging out and jamming with Bill Mumy one day in the late 70s/early 80s, never putting two and two together that the Barnes and Barnes singer was previously Will Robinson, despite all the Lost in Space memorabilia in his place.
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Joe McG:

@Roberto: Ah yes! what an episode that was!
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yerfriendpaul:

Happy birthday, Dick Van Dyke! 96 today. If anyone knows him, please relay my best wishes
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Joe McG:

Yay, Dick Van Dyke is the best ever.
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Son Of Pantz:

I might like you better if we Surface Noised together.
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Roberto:

YASS Waitresses!
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Roberto:

My dad was in a TV movie with Dick once, if that helps.
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Skyline 🌶️:

You're a bad man! And then you would hear bongos, and then suddenly "pop".You find yourself in a cornfield. That is if you're lucky, cuz he could do worse to you.
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Barno:

Waitresses, YES!! Akron, Ohio represent!
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yerfriendpaul:

Roberto - that DOES help! Please fill us in with details!
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Roberto:

It was a movie and it was on TV.
  10:45am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Ooh, this song is sad! Ha social workers represent :D love the waitresses great show so far Joe!
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yerfriendpaul:

Roberto - good to know!
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Rache!
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Joe McG:

@Pantz: Ha ha! @RBR: Good to see you!
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TerrDE:

kid don't play all those video games, you could buy this Juice Newton record instead
  10:46am
Reno D:

Splendid show, Joe. Sailing us merrily across genre lines with masterly precision.
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Joe McG:

Shucks, Reno, glad you're enjoying the most freeform section of the show.
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

Reno D well put! Handy! Did you end up seeing our pal Winston Legthigh? I meant to email you but my life is outta control w/ all these babies
  10:49am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Joe baby Arlo loves your show so much he is trying to eat the speaker
  10:49am
TerrDE:

not 50s, recent ?
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Stanley:

I knew this was Rod from the first few notes.
Oo la la
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Joe McG:

@RBR: Now THAT'S what I call a listener! :)
  10:51am
Listener Robert:

I clicky-starred that "Satisfaction", but it's still not as good as the Reportage version.
  10:51am
Skyline 🌶️:

Bill Mumy reprised that role in the then new 1980's Twilight zone episodes. He was still in the same town doing the same s terrifying everyone there and even had a daughter with the same gnarly powers.
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Handy Haversack:

We had some veterinary emergencies going on when winston was here, Rachel. Hopefully next year!
  10:52am
TerrDE:

what album is this ?
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Joe McG:

@TerrDE: Non-album single!
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chresti:

Morning Joe and company! Listening in the tennis booth (weather permitting).
  10:53am
Paul:

In the TZ movie, had a cameo in that segment, just playing pinball.
  10:54am
Paul:

Billy, that is.
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Joe McG:

This record reminds me that I could really use a haircut.
  10:55am
TerrDE:

thanks Joe, i must have missed it. WBCN listener at the time and maybe it was too top 40 for them
  10:59am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Handy oh no how’s everybody doing now? Yes Joe I keep missing Wake and Bake because I have two simultaneous drop-offs at two different schools so early morning is just pandemonium. But now I get a nice quiet rest of the morning w/ the baby and Surface Noise, which has always been a favorite w/ the kids <3 hope you are having a peaceful, warm and joyous holiday season!
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Woo:

@Joe McG, you don't have to cut it, it will stop by itself
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DJ Guin:

Last Call for anyone interested in a Spare Ticket courtesy of Joe McG to see The Lemon Twigs this Wednesday in NYC - DM me, or not
i really need to get friends
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StringOFperils:

Futurist Guitar Emo Glam
  11:01am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Ps Joe I am still cutting everyone in my family’s hair for better or worse. Feel free to come over for a mediocre haircut anytime!
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Woo:

EBS sounding great
  11:02am
TerrDE:

Jelly and juice and bubbles on the floor
  11:02am
BaBa:

BeBop Deluxe - most underrated band on the planet.
  11:03am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Arlo got so mad about the emergency broadcast system test he thought the speaker was broken
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@Rachel - Haha ... We need some pictures of that. And also maybe some pictures of your haircutting skills.
  11:05am
Paul:

My cats hate those EBS tests on TV.
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Andres:

EBS always confuses the family. I have stopped explaining.
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JG:

There are a million great Rod Stewart songs
  11:07am
TerrDE:

During those NUCLEAR WAR duck and cover drills my teacher didn't find it amusing when i pointed out that we were the same distance as Dover Air Force Base from the Russian Air Burst they'd use to vaporize it
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iiibeat:

Sidewalk Jr.
  11:09am
Birdy girl:

Hi Joe, just listening in now. I like your show.
🌲
  11:11am
TerrDE:

Mike was good
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Son Of Pantz:

I remember Graham Nash briefly had a talk/jam show on VH1 that was great. He had some great guests and was a brilliant host.
  11:12am
Paul:

The most talented Monkee, but Mickey was always my favorite.
  11:13am
Skyline 🌶️:

As I mentioned before Joe I have a couple of sound alikes for you. Here they iz. Peter Green; albatross, Pere Ubu; Irene.
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StringOFperils:

Thanks for playing this!
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DJ Guin:

too bad it wasn't Mike's "magic fingers" he was a better bassist than guitar player
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DJ Guin:

actually, Peter was the most talented instrumentalist. Mike was passable.
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Jim the Poet:

I always wanted to be a Monkee
  11:14am
TerrDE:

I guess it was too Country at the time for me to get ito his solo stuff , but i always liked his songs on the Monkees albums
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DJ Guin:

@Jim the Poet - they have some openings i think
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Paul:

Mike's "Cruisin" is still one of the greatest music videos ever.
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Rich in Washington:

'Magic fingers' was James Burton.
  11:16am
Lightcap:

Mike was by far the best songwriter in the Monkees…. “You Just May Be the One” is a legit great song and the best original penned by one of them IMO. RIP
  11:16am
Brendan:

@Joe I knew you’d get around to Mike this morning. Tip of the beanie cap to you.
  11:17am
Lightcap:

You played it! Great minds and whatnot…
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pgalub:

Hey Joe and everyone. Yep. Great songwriting!
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John L:

BaBa: A couple of my high school buddies started an official BeBop Deluxe fan club, putting an ad in, I think, Trouser Press. After a few months they only got a couple of members, so they gave up the idea. Be Bop Deluxe never got beyond cult status in the U.S., sadly.
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bbob:

Lurv.
  11:19am
TerrDE:

Mersey Mike
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

@John L: And really too bad. I saw them open for Blue Oyster Cult (Spectres tour) and they were great.
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Jim the Poet:

Mike taught me it was OK to always wear a winter cap
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Lightcap:

Also he nailed “Love is Only Sleeping” by Mann/Weill. Next level avant-pop.
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Woo:

ME-TV showed some Mike-centric episodes of the TV show yesterday. One had Mickey singing Goin Down' which is still amazing.
  11:21am
Rick A:

Michael was always the one who continually pointed out that The Monkees were never meant to be a rock n' roll band, that they were created for a television show. That made him appear smart and self-aware which was reinforced by him avoiding the reunions for many years because he had his own work post-Monkees.
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TerrDE:

Mickey on Goin Down is up there w Paul on Got to Get You Into My Life
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Rachel Bo Bachel:

Ken from Hyde Park is there still a Flickr page? I don’t have social media really but there was a Wake n Bake that I’ve posted on and I think there’s an FMU page too. One of my kids definitely got a dumb and dumber haircut at one point but I do ok with my husband’s hair. I keep offering him the hot towel but he doesn’t take it!
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Woo:

Mike also didn't need the money
  11:24am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Love when you play the Monkees Joe <3
  11:26am
Ira:

Was talking about "Sweet Young Thing" yesterday (though not that version). Does anyone know the background on what I think is its unique songwriting credit?
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DJ Guin:

"Got to Get You Into My Life" is about Macca's love of weed.
  11:27am
TerrDE:

I remember seeing Be Bop Deluxe only once on TV and liking them, but 0 radio play. Whats a good intro album
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Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

Gotcha Gitcha Inta My LIE-EEEF!
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Asheville Jon:

her name was Rodanne
www.youtube.com...
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DJ Guin:

this is a Magnolia Simms retread
  11:28am
BaBa:

@JohnL. Sadly, indeed. Criminally so. Five studio albums that still stand the test of time. And besides Television and maybe Parquet Courts, one of few bands that knew how to seamlessly bake all types of stellar guitar solos right into the song structures.
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Jim the Poet:

I'm a Believer
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TerrDE:

Paul's Sweet Leaf
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Joe McG:

@TerrDE: They're all a little different. The first couple are very glam; by the time of 'Drastic Plastic" they're pretty new wave.
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

You guys won't believe that but I literally have never heard this song before. (Joanne)
  11:32am
TerrDE:

thanks Joe, what I heard on Don Kirshner or one of the many others was lead guitar driven
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Woo:

Now you have @WoodsOfNH and isn't it great?
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WoodsOfNH (now Maine):

Dang it....now time for meetings....

@Woo: Yes!
  11:33am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Oh no… I didn’t realize Mike Nesmith has died. This is so sad. He was so special!
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Asheville Jon:

thanks for the tribute Joe. Been really bummed by Nez's passing
  11:34am
Paul:

Will Joe play "Cruisin"?
  11:35am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

I went to camp one summer w/ a girl who took piano lessons with him and he had given her his hat and she wore it every day. I would too if I were her
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chresti:

Country road take me home..
  11:37am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

My band used to cover “you just may be the one”. You got that one Joe??
  11:38am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Not that you need any direction; everything you’re playing is great
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Handy Haversack:

It was the third song of the set, Rache!

And we think all is at least calm, veterinarianly, right now -- thanks!
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Therese:

Totally stealing this version for Wednesday night!
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Stanley:

I've just realised Mike Nesmith has passed.
How sad. Thanks for these tunes, Joe.
  11:41am
Rachel Bo Bachel:

Oh man I missed it!! Ran downstairs for a sec. will listen on the archives. Glad things are calmer Handy- you seem like such a good cat dad :)
  11:41am
Paul:

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs did a nice version of Drum
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Listener Baby:

Morning Joe. Loved your Genesis recap last week. So happy is was a good show. I’ll mention that the fellow behind the drums that night isn’t old enough to buy a beer. Sad they aren’t coming to the west coast. I’ll just be happy to experience it through your able eye and ears. Happy Holidays, Joe and the whole Gand out there!
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Joe McG:

Hey Therese! Didn't know that you and Amanda were doing a thing until literally 11 a.m. this morning. But can't have enough Papa Nes, right?
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Skyline 🌶️:

I wanted to grow my hair long like the Monkees to appeal to the girlies so that they would take a shine to me, and I got good head start over the summer vacation. so when it came time to get ready to go back to school I wanted to keep my hair long, but my dad wasn't going to have any of that and forced me to get one of those ugly God forsaking regular haircut. So I went off to school not having that Monkee appeal look that I wanted to impress the girlies.
  11:43am
Paul:

"Borrowed" Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash from my college radio station and played it all the time.
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Therese:

@Joe McG- never enough!
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iiibeat:

Did Circle Sky trigger?
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Webhamster Henry:

I used to look like Davy.
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Joe McG:

Glad you enjoyed that, Listener Baby!
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Joe M:

Great selections Joe thanks for the music
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vietnam_veterinarian:

really great vibe!!
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Creature Boy:

Nez was the nazz
  11:45am
Paul:

"Wool Hat" would approve of this tribute.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Baby!
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Listener Baby:

Hi Handy!,, Happy Holidays.
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Handy Haversack:

Same to you! Hope you're getting to relax some.
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Rich in Washington:

I grew up in a one TV household, so could never watch the (by then syndicated) Monkees TV show, but would frequently see the commercial for it. As a very young kid, I assumed they were supposed to be monkeys or something.
I never actually watched the show until it was picked up by Nickelodeon, on their then-new Nick At Night channel in the mid 80s. I watched a 24 hour marathon on them while convalescing from a long illness.
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DJ Guin:

bye joe
seeya kids
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βrian:

@Rich: What about the Banana Splits? I remember them being paired during the Saturday morning cartoon slots.
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Handy Haversack:

later, DJG. Wish I had time to take you up on that ticket!
  11:50am
BaBa:

Man, at times Nesmith and David Gates' voice sound so much alike. Just noticed that.
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patrick321:

Nice thoughtful tribute. Thanks Joe!
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Rich in Washington:

@βrian: I think I was just too young to have tuned into the Banana Splits. I remember them, but I was possibly too young to figure out how to tune them in or possibly being nearly the youngest sibling, was too slow on the uptake to beat my older siblings to the TV.
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Rich in Washington:

I wish Nesmith's company would reissue Elephant Parts on some medium again. I think they were selling them on DVD a while ago but it doesn't seem to be in print now.
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βrian:

Irene is back in the saddle on the Drummer Stream:

wfmu.org...
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Handy Haversack:

Great set and show, Joe! A very fitting tribute. And a lot new to me.

Can't believe it's almost over. This day has been getting away from me from the jump!

Later on, Surfactants. Stay deep.
  11:54am
Skyline 🌶️:

I would not have pegged dance between The raindrops as a Michael Nesmith song if I didn't know it was him.
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Jim the Poet:

I don't want it to end Joe!!!
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chresti:

We had 2 tvs, 1 for sound and 1 for picture.
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McGroovey:

I Know What I Know : never noticed the auto tune on this before. At least, it sounds like auto tune.
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Rich in Washington:

This is lovely, Joe!
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βrian:

Oh, it won't end Joe. Joe endures.
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Have a great week!
  11:55am
Andres:

That was a wonderful tribute! Thank you, Joe.
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Rich in Washington:

I seem to recall us going through a phase like that, chresti!
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Jim the Poet:

I don't want it to end Joe!!!
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chresti:

*B+W of course.
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12539:

Thanks Joe!
  11:56am
TerrDE:

thanks Joe, enjoy the day
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Rich in Washington:

That Sandoval interview was really nice.
  11:57am
AS from MP:

Glen Jones read a very thoughtful and interesting eulogy (?) yesterday that Nesmith had made for Davy Jones
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radioronan:

Thank you Joe!
  11:57am
TomTom:

We all should make peace with our monkey past.
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Mister Dobalina:

Great show, Joe.
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chresti:

Hi Rich, yeah when we first came to CA. my dad would shop the thrift stores for everything.
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DjLorraine:

Chresti that's interesting. We had a black n white zenith 3 1/2 channels.
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McGroovey:

I just turned on the radio. I didn't catch the whole Nesmith set. I'll have to listen in the archives.
  11:59am
dano59:

That Nez set was wonderful. ty
  11:59am
dano59:

That Nez set was wonderful. ty
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Rich in Washington:

Love the Bill Griffith anecdote about him - while trying to develop a Zippy The Pinhead movie on Nesmith's Pacific Arts - how Nez had a sign on the wall 'NO MONKEES JOKES' but his office was right across the street from a Chinese restaurant called Mon Kee.
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βrian:

Even if it wasn't in quadrophonic sound, it was really nice.
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