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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Gunn-Truscinski Duo  Wythe Raag (excerpt) / Outro   Favoriting Sand City  Three Lobed  2010  CD      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Roy Montgomery  Riding   Favoriting RMHQ  Grapefruit  2016  CD    *   0:10:54 (Pop-up)
Robert Quine  Seven Mood Clips (excerpt)   Favoriting Robert Quine / Richard Hell  The Sound of White Columns  2016  LP  From 1995  *   0:21:15 (Pop-up)
Rob Noyes  Golden Week   Favoriting The Feudal Spirit  Poon Village  2016  LP    *   0:24:58 (Pop-up)
Rocks & Waves Song Circle  II (We Trust In Defeat)   Favoriting Songs I-V  Bongo Joe/Sing a Song Fighter  2016  LP    *   0:28:38 (Pop-up)
 
Ultimate Painting  Monday Morning, Somewhere Central   Favoriting Dusk  Trouble in Mind  2016  CD    *   0:43:52 (Pop-up)
The Seams  Remembrance Day   Favoriting Meet the Seams  Hand Drawn Dracula  2016  CD    *   0:46:11 (Pop-up)
Tuns  Throw It All Away   Favoriting Tuns  Royal Mountain  2016  CD    *   0:47:26 (Pop-up)
Eyelids  Slow It Goes   Favoriting single  Jealous Butcher  2016  45    *   0:49:59 (Pop-up)
Pezband  Waiting in Line   Favoriting Women & Politics  Common Market Media/Frodis  2016  EP  From 1982  *   0:53:52 (Pop-up)
The Strand  Second Waiting   Favoriting Seconds Waiting  Dig!  2016  LP  From 1983  *   0:57:08 (Pop-up)
The Bangles  Tell Me   Favoriting Ladies and Gentlemen...The Bangles!  Omnivore Recordings  2016  CD  live in 1984  *   0:59:39 (Pop-up)
Jimme Shelter  Achin' in My Heart   Favoriting Rhythm on the Radio: Oval Records Singles 1974-1987  Ace  2016  CD  From 1975  *   1:02:15 (Pop-up)
 
Akofa Akoussah  I Tcho Tchass   Favoriting Togo Soul 70  Hot Casa  2016  CD  "Jazz Dance"  *   1:11:20 (Pop-up)
Winslow Six  Roshi   Favoriting Sri Lanka: The Golden Era of Sinhalese & Tamil Folk-pop Music  Akuphone  2016  CD  From 1974  *   1:14:26 (Pop-up)
Funkees  Slipping into Darkness   Favoriting Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, Vol. 2 (1972-1977)  Now-Again  2016  CD  From 1973  *   1:17:40 (Pop-up)
Evinha  Esperar Pra Ver   Favoriting Mr Bongo Record Club Volume One  Mr Bongo  2016  CD  From 1971  *   1:21:54 (Pop-up)
Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker  I've Got the Music in Me   Favoriting I've Got the Music in Me  Sheffield Labs  1975  LP      1:24:07 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of random Xmas records in a row!
The Chambers Brothers  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year   Favoriting single  Columbia  1969  45      1:31:35 (Pop-up)
Rotary Connection  Silent Night Chant   Favoriting single  Cadet Concept  1968  45      1:34:06 (Pop-up)
The Free Design  Christmas Is the Day   Favoriting single  Project 3  1970  45      1:36:39 (Pop-up)
Little Cindy  Happy Birthday Jesus   Favoriting single  Salem  1959  45      1:40:12 (Pop-up)
Barry Gordon  I Like Christmas (I Like It, I Like It)   Favoriting single  MGM  1956  45      1:42:27 (Pop-up)
Alice Martin  Charlie, The Christmas Chimpanzee   Favoriting single  Kontention  1970  45      1:45:00 (Pop-up)
David DeBoy  Crabs for Christmas   Favoriting single  Outrageous  1981  45      1:47:32 (Pop-up)
63 Monroe  White Christmas   Favoriting single  Savvy  1984  45      1:50:56 (Pop-up)
The Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown  Greenwillow Christmas (Carol)   Favoriting single  RCA Victor  1960  45      1:53:21 (Pop-up)
Bill Withers  The Gift of Giving   Favoriting single  Sussex  1972  45      1:55:22 (Pop-up)
Charles Bevel  Black Santa Claus   Favoriting single  A&M/Collectables  1992  45  From 1973    1:57:52 (Pop-up)
Emmylou Harris  Light of the Stable   Favoriting single  Reprise  1975  45  with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Neil Young    2:00:56 (Pop-up)
 
Fraser & DeBolt  Zero ± 22 and Holding (Flight of the Light Air Force)   Favoriting single  Roaratorio  2016  7"  From 1971  *   2:15:24 (Pop-up)
The Band  Where Do We Go from Here?   Favoriting Cahoots  Capitol  1971  LP      2:22:46 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan  Dusty Old Fairgrounds   Favoriting Visions of Johanna  Berkeley  1972  LP  From 1963    2:26:36 (Pop-up)
Hedy West  The Wife Wrapt in Werther's Skin   Favoriting Old Times & Hard Times  Folk-Legacy  1967  LP      2:31:46 (Pop-up)
Karen Dalton  Green Rocky Road   Favoriting Green Rocky Road: The Loop Tapes Volume Two  Megaphone Music  2008  CD  From 1963    2:35:05 (Pop-up)
Marty Robbins  The Little Rosewood Casket   Favoriting Just Me and My Guitar  Bear Family  1983  LP  From 1959    2:38:27 (Pop-up)
Steven Fromholz  Hobo Bob   Favoriting A Rumor in My Own Time  Capitol  1976  LP      2:41:16 (Pop-up)
Eddy Arnold  (Jim) I Wore a Tie Today   Favoriting Cattle Call  RCA Victor  1963  LP      2:45:06 (Pop-up)
Gillian Welch  Orphan Girl   Favoriting Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg  Acony  2016  CD  demo version, 1996  *   2:47:46 (Pop-up)
Terry Allen  High Plains Jamboree   Favoriting Lubbock (On Everything)  Paradise of Bachelors  2016  CD  From 1979  *   2:51:07 (Pop-up)
C. Strøm  All Over the World   Favoriting Home Sweet Home  C. Strøm  2016  MP3    *   2:54:38 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:02am
pantz:

Morning Joe. Let's get this Monday started.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
fred:

Good morning Joe and listeners
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Heh...after listening to the Yips several hundred times, I finally got the gag. They're averse to human music, but attracted to the between-station whistling noise (I don't know what's the sniglet for that sound, though). Boing boing!
  9:05am
Brendan:

Surfacing for another week
Avatar 9:08am
annie:

ack!! i missed the yipyip!! good morning everyone!
  9:10am
SeanG:

morning folks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Sem Chumbo:

Hello to you, Joe, and McGasko-listeners around the free-form world.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Guido from Cologne:

hello Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:12am
melinda:

good morning
Avatar 9:12am
Joe McG:

Good morning, radio friends, I hope your Monday is off to a swell beginning. @Ken: That moment when something kicks in, nothing like it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Bronwyn Bishop:

Happy Monday Joe and everyone!
  9:15am
KP:

Sounding great over cold, crisp air, Joe
Avatar 9:15am
V Priceless:

mornin' Joe and all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe

Ken from HP. Guess you got down off the roof. I sent you a song link on Mayuko's show. At 1:56. Hope you like it.
wfmu.org...
Avatar 9:16am
Cheri Pi:

Good morning
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Brian in UK:

Joe crappy, classic Monday. Threats of strikes from baggage handlers, postal workers and Santa threatening to work to rule.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Brian in UK:

No, architects threatening to work to rule. Ta Da.
  9:23am
Brendan:

Nice chords
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:29am
doctorjazz:

Hey all, happy Monday!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
foofs:

This Rocks & Waves record is so lovely. I'm glad the hipper WFMU DJs are playing trax from it, cos it costs $25 and you can't even get it on CD.
Avatar 9:33am
annie:

@Ken in Hyde Park- i'm sure there must be a modern version of that book... i betcha!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, @Brian. All is well. I will give that a listen in the near future.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Brian in UK:

Guess with maybe more LPs appearing in the new bin you have to make more effort than just flipping through CD tracks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
MD:

SANTA!!!!
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annie:

any pagan stuff?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
MD:

WE MUST COUNTER $ATAN WITH SANTA!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:43am
ChrisB.:

Fair enough, Joe. Something for everyone.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Brian in UK:

Mining the pop seam.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
doctorjazz:

Power Pop, making me smile (the Seams and the Tuns tracks, which I walked in to)
Avatar 9:48am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Brian! I only caught Mayuko's first hour and so I missed the link.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
doctorjazz:

Power Pop, making me smile (the Seams and the Tuns tracks, which I walked in to)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Andrew Waterloo:

Tuns has an amazing rhythm section.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Uncle Michael:

The Tuns record is goooood.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50am
pantz:

This is some great stuff, Joe.
Avatar 9:51am
Joe McG:

Some very nice new pop records here this December!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Andrew Waterloo:

Tuns is a Canadian super group with members of Inbreds, Sloan, and Superfriendz
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Andrew Waterloo:

Wow, this to me is a return to 90s Canadian indie.
  9:55am
JakeGould:

Hey!
Avatar 9:56am
βrian:

-9℉ last night. Our furnace was working overtime. MPLS was due to get truly cold.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:01am
pantz:

This was live? Damn, the Bangles were tight.
Avatar 10:01am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Chilly!
Avatar 10:05am
βrian:

And now Zsa Zsa Gabor. Criminy!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Brian in UK:

Charlie used to have a great Saturday night show on Radio London playing 'world music' a sad loss to music. He started radio ping pong. Good fun. Lovely man. Good 220m runner. Useless fact.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Joe and all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Brian in UK:

Here is Charlie's obit by another quality music writer Richard Williams.
www.theguardian.com...
  10:13am
djsheilab:

Woah....this Togo soul record. Heavy! Morning Joe McG + everyone!
Avatar 10:14am
Joe McG:

Hi, Sheila B, happy Monday to you! And you too, Greg!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Sweet pierogi hangover
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Ike:

Wait, did somebody say that Santa is threatening to strike? What's he demanding, expensive specialized animal handlers to help him with the ornery reindeer?
Avatar 10:18am
Joe McG:

@Greg: Ha ha! I'm still in a coma.
Avatar 10:20am
βrian:

How would Peter Sellers pronounce the name of this group?
  10:25am
JakeGould:

She's got the music in her.
  10:25am
JakeGould:

And it sounds great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
Sem Chumbo:

I've long wanted to be a Pressure Cooker, just to get close to Thelma, who, I have heard, has considerable music in her.
  Swag For Life Member 10:29am
Walt:

@βrian: Fünke
  Swag For Life Member 10:29am
Walt:

... or Fünkes for the plural
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
Bronwyn Bishop:

I'm feeling Christmas music! :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
Sem Chumbo:

OK, Joe, cross the Rubricon. Let's hear Xmas music, for good or ill.
Avatar 10:33am
βrian:

That must be the Red River of Script, Sem.
  10:34am
SeanG:

yeah dude
Avatar 10:35am
Joe McG:

OK, here we go!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Greg from ZONE 5:

YES! SHRED IT!
  10:36am
JakeGould:

Santa is shredding! Or at least one of his helpers is.
Avatar 10:37am
βrian:

Look, a brand new B&W Polaroid camera!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:38am
pantz:

The Free Design definitely have a distinctive sound.
Avatar 10:38am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Ha ha ha!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:38am
pantz:

Reminds me of the Up WIth People superbowl halftime shows back in the 70's-80's.
  10:39am
KP:

Yes, pantz, a distinctive Carpenters sound!
  10:39am
KP:

Merry Christmas, Joe Mc!
Avatar 10:40am
annie:

well, just wave that FD tune over my coffee, no need to add any more sugar
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Bronwyn Bishop:

oh dear god i love this
Avatar 10:40am
Joe McG:

Thanks, KP, to you, too!
  10:41am
JakeGould:

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Bronwyn Bishop:

its like little marcy with an actual child (?)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Brian in UK:

This record is on SALEM.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
pantz:

"It's Shake and Bake and I helped!"
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Mick:

This is amazing
Avatar 10:42am
V Priceless:

abowie, baby Jesus, abowie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Sem Chumbo:

This one could clear a mall in five minutes flat.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Single File Christmas! Sweet!
  10:43am
Dennis Diken:

digging the show Joe! love that Free Design cut. Merry Christmas everyone!
Avatar 10:43am
Joe McG:

@Sem: Ha ha ha!
  10:43am
JakeGould:

Barry Gordon is one annoyingly chipper little shit.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
ChrisB.:

From the mawkish to the manic. This single file has everything!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Whosondephone:

What the EFFF?
Avatar 10:44am
Joe McG:

@Jake: He would go on to star on TV's "Fish"!
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annie:

oh, geez, now i want to sing along!... i refuse to be jolly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Greg from ZONE 5:

But how do you feel about Christmas?
Avatar 10:45am
βrian:

There's corn in my ear.
  10:45am
JakeGould:

All of those little orphans in Aleppo make me feel sad. Tell me Barry Gordon is under a pile of rubble and man...
Avatar 10:46am
annie:

sounds like darla strait(?) from the little rascals.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:47am
pantz:

Now I've heard it all. A Christmas Chimpanzee?
  10:47am
JakeGould:

I like this Christmas monkey song.
Avatar 10:47am
Joe McG:

I'd like to send the Alice Martin out to Dave the Spazz.
Avatar 10:48am
annie:

this is eclectic enough... yes, joe, i was thinking about that!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Bronwyn Bishop:

incredible
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Sem Chumbo:

You're pulling our legs, Joe. Crabs for Xmas.hahaha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Philly Boy Roy?
  10:50am
melinda:

Thanks for playing happy Birthday Jesus. It's one of my favorites from A John Waters Christmas.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Barney Grubbs:

What's the pluperfect subjunctive of crab?
Avatar 10:52am
Joe McG:

@melinda: I was very happy to find this single for $1.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Faye:

this segment needs to be saved & podcasted as the most truly WFMU-eque Christmas mix you could possibly achieve. HILARIOUS!
Avatar 10:53am
βrian:

A single for a single.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Sem Chumbo:

@BarneyG: here you go.
www.verbix.com...
Avatar 10:54am
annie:

well, joe, you passed the test! this was great!
Avatar 10:54am
Joe McG:

@Faye: I very much enjoyed your show last night! (Heard almost the whole thing for a change....)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:56am
Brian in UK:

Far and wide. Is that a description of Santa?
  10:56am
JakeGould:

I like Bill Withers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
Barney Grubbs:

@Sem, I guess that's why the joke's about scrod & not crab
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
Sem Chumbo:

heh.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
pantz:

Don't let the Fox & Friends learn about this song. They'll foam at the mouth.
Avatar 11:01am
βrian:

Let there be no crabs in the codpiece.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:01am
Brian in UK:

We seem to have lost our sense of humour. The youngest track is 25 years old.
Avatar 11:03am
βrian:

Sometimes it takes 25 years to get the joke.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Mick:

Truly, you have saved Christmas
  11:12am
sugarwolf:

What is so wrong about Jews singing and writing Christmas songs, they're all mostly about a Jewish guy.
Avatar 11:12am
annie:

tamar!!!! yay
  11:13am
sugarwolf:

What annie said!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14am
Sem Chumbo:

Yes, fraser and debolt. Great!
Avatar 11:15am
annie:

as much as i love the regular DJs, i love this flip to the older DJs just as much, a christmas present in itself.
Avatar 11:16am
Joe McG:

@sugarwolf: Ha ha, so true!
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Joe McG:

Yes, annie, it's such a pleasure to have Tamar on the air at anytime.
Avatar 11:17am
βrian:

A lot of us atheists and Spaghetti Monster followers are huge fans of liturgical music, too.
Avatar 11:21am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

what βrian said. This atheist is a huge fan of the Turkish Adhan + various sincere adaptations of churchy stuff by modern composers...
Avatar 11:21am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Just got here. Probably missing all context for that comment, but what the hell...
Avatar 11:25am
Joe McG:

I'm not particularly religious these days, but I still love the passion of so many kinds of religious and spiritual music.
  11:26am
Cee Dubbles:

Whole Foods, Trader Joes, or BOTH? Maybe Mitsuwa?
  11:27am
SeanG:

zimmy!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:27am
tadpoles:

Am looking forward to People Like Us too...excellent.
Avatar 11:27am
Joe McG:

@CD: If you're in Edgewater, do them all in a row!
  11:27am
melinda:

When Little Cindy was singing a customer asked "is this Christian radio?" and I said "no it's WFMU". Frequently confused, I'm sure.
  11:28am
Ashamedd & Out of practice:

embarrassed to say lissening to Trouble from Thursday.
Avatar 11:29am
Joe McG:

@melinda: Ha ha!
  11:30am
JakeGould:

There is nothing wrong with Jews singing/writing Christmas songs, but still... If you ain't Christian (practicing or otherwise) this can be the most tedious time of the year. Tired of being on the receiving end of "So what do you do?" conversations.

Anyway! Joe's selections are spot on today.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:32am
Brian in UK:

Hildegarde of Bingen rules. (sounds like some arcane game)
Avatar 11:32am
Joe McG:

@Jake: It's not even "2016," as we both know, so these Christians really are pushy. Hang tough, Jake.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:34am
Brian in UK:

Moving into Harry Smith territory.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34am
northguineahills:

Hedy West's voice sounds familiar somehow...
Avatar 11:34am
annie:

i love the folk motif of the devil taking the evil wife to hell and he brings her back when she gets downright mean.
Avatar 11:35am
annie:

ngh, i was immediatly reminded of anna mcgarrigle
  11:35am
Listner Alexandra:

Gorgeous stuff today, Joe!
  11:36am
sugarwolf:

Someone put a keep Christ on Christmas magnet on their locker at work and I am not really sure what to think about it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am
upsetter5001:

Never cared for Dalton but " Green Rock Road" has some serious feeling!
  11:36am
JakeGould:

Yeah, 5776 so us Jews are celebrating the Quincentennial of this great nation's independence.

Also, this Santa in front of a picture of Mecca in Middle Eastern store kinda sums up the awkwardness. https://instagram.com/p/BOLMdSCgGJM/
  11:36am
melinda:

Green Rocky Road is one of my favorite folk songs
  11:36am
sugarwolf:

I prefer to keep Saturn in Saturnalia.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am
northguineahills:

I hear that too, annie.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:37am
ChrisB.:

Let's all remember to Keep Chris in Christmas!
Avatar 11:37am
annie:

and Han in Hannukah
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38am
northguineahills:

My sister-in-law's family is Muslim, and their xmas decor rival's any one else's in suburbia...
  11:38am
Dean:

Fuck Christmas.
Avatar 11:38am
MenfussMike:

i am OBSESSED with Karen Dalton
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:38am
Uncle Michael:

Love Marty so much...
  11:39am
JakeGould:

Keep Han in Hanukkah is funny! Nice one Annie. But we should also keep the Chew in the 8 days of Chewbacca.
Avatar 11:39am
βrian:

And the Bach in Bacchanalia, of course.
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βrian:

@Dean: Are you referring the the illustrated guide?
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Great thing about being midway up an apartment building in a narrow dense street is ... no point in setting up xmas lights & such, since the neighbors' windows are right there. "Passive outsourcing" you might call it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:41am
Brian in UK:

We had a card from our neighbour. He is part of a group Muslims for Peace. We are all the same colour under the skin.
Peaceful 2017 everyone.

Joe, thank you for the wonderful musical guidance, year long.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:41am
Barney Grubbs:

keep the christ in "jesus christ, not this shit again"
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βrian:

@JakeGould: By some miracle, the spittoon never overflowed.
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Joe McG:

@BrianUK: Thanks, sir! Sorry no Xmas CD this year, I got very lazy. Next year!
  11:43am
sugarwolf:

I finally saw the Star Wars Holiday Special, and oooooohhhh noooooooo.
Avatar 11:44am
annie:

that bill murray christamas from last year was actually pretty damn good
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:45am
pantz:

Something tells me Mr Fromholz was a big fan of Paul Williams
Avatar 11:46am
annie:

oh christ, this is going to make me cry..and i was doing so well..
Avatar 11:46am
Joe McG:

@pantz: He's one of that Texas posse that Lyle Lovett covered on his "Here's the Texas songwriters I love" album, the name of which escapes me.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:47am
pantz:

@Joe Interesting. I'll have to explore.
  11:47am
JakeGould:

@sugarwolf: But you got to see Chewbacca's family.
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βrian:

Can't mistake that L.A. twang.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
Bronwyn Bishop:

Gillian Welch's parents composed the music for the Star Wars Holiday Special.

I was planning on sharing that fact anyway as soon as she started singing, and then discovered you guys were already talking about it. Huh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
Parq:

I dunno why, but somehow, these songs are bringing me down.
Avatar 11:49am
Joe McG:

@Bronwyn: Ha ha! @Parq: Ha ha ha!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Brian in UK:

Jeez this sounds like Diana Jones.
Avatar 11:50am
βrian:

Joe's Ballast for the Soul.
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Bronwyn Bishop:

Terry Allen!!!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I, for one, am looking forward to listener Lyle's Christmas story where the tour bus broke down and the band spent the night in a manger behind the local Denny's.
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Brian in UK:

Joe, Killing it now. Truckload of Art is a belter.
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Sem Chumbo:

Lovely morning of spins, Joe. Thanks so much. See you and all next time, if the Fates allow.
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annie:

i'm in absolute heaven
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Brian in UK:

See you Sem.
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Brian in UK:

You might called this show a roller coaster ride.
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annie:

yep^
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Joe McG:

Thanks so much for listening and commenting today and all year long. Let's hope that 2017 holds something good for us. Happy holidays, everyone! See you in the new year!
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Sem Chumbo:

@BiUK, later!
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annie:

<3
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Dean:

Ran off for coffee. @βrian: Like others above, I don't have a religious bone in my body, yet I appreciate Christmas music. But the holiday just sucks.
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Brendan:

Thank Joe for today and all the year(s).
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melinda:

Thanks Joe!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks, Joe!
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βrian:

Heh, I'm no fan of Christmas music, but I do appreciate the excuse to cook.
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Mick:

Happy Holidays Joe & all! Here's to 2017
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Ken From Hyde Park:

May all your surfaces be noisy in 2017!
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northguineahills:

Thanks Joe!
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Passaic River Blues:

Sorry to have missed Joe live this morning. I pray to Black Santa every night to deliver us from evil.
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