WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 6, 2016

Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: good morning...
	9:03am melinda: hello joe, annie & everyone!
	9:03am KP: Good morning, JMcG in the AM!
	9:06am Guido from Cologne: Good morning Joe! if I remember right, there were debates about how much of a bootleg "Dragon" is. Some say it is Aphrodite's Child -material actually.
	9:08am MD: Good Morning Freeform Hooligans!!!
	9:10am Cheri Pi: Yass Vangelis! it's gonna be a great day.
	9:10am Joe McG: Good Monday to you, radio friends! @Guido: I know that Vangelis didn't want it released, but as far as I know it was recorded in London, not Greece.
	9:11am Marcel M: Morning Joe and friends. Cool opening
	9:11am Guido from Cologne: actually sounds great.
	9:11am Marcel M: They were like, "You want to release that?! We were tripping face!"
	9:13am Joe McG: @Marcel: Ha ha ha! Probably not too far from the truth!
	9:16am Marcel M: @Joe: I'm sure! You know those Cosmic Joker records? Someone invited all those dudes over to take drugs and jam in his studio. Supposedly the players didn't realize he was going to release it, and one day Manuel Göttsching walked into a record store where it was playing and asked the clerk who it was cuz he dug it or something.
	9:17am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe, and assembled friends of Clan McGasko.
	9:18am Joe McG: @Marcel: Wow, that's screwed up. I only have one of them, but it sounds like they're having fun!
	9:19am Sem Chumbo: Puff: more Dragons in the mornings' mix.
	9:22am djsheilab: Morning Joe! Just tuning in and I see/ hear dragons!!! Haha! Excellent.
	9:22am PKNY: G'TZAG, Joe and everybody! I'm sensing a theme here...will we hearing Queen's "Dragon Attack"? crosses fingers
	9:24am Joe McG: @DJSheilaB: Yes, it's my new format for the summer. I hope everyone likes it!
	9:24am Brendan: Morning ...draggin my ass in
	👻 9:24am tadpoles: Ha Joe... there was a Kiwi band called Dragon in the '70's. I preferred Split EnZ myself. Cheers! en.wikipedia.org...
	9:25am Guido from Cologne: No request, just a guess: about to hear the Diabolical Biz Markie "The Dragon"?
	9:25am PKNY: @Guido - YES YES YES!
	9:26am Marcel M: Dudes we goin' all out dragon today. Can we get some Dragonball theme songs?
	9:26am JP from KC: Hey Y'all. Seems my computer is having a harder time waking up than even I am this morning. I think that's a sign that we should both take the day off.
	9:27am Joe McG: @tadpoles: How funny! We also have another record by a band called Dragon in the record library, but I think they are from somewhere else...Eastern Europe? BTW, I'm kidding about the dragon format, but all of your suggestions are excellent!
	9:29am Stanley: Hi Joe and all assembled. I'm a bit late for my dragon pun, so I'll just say I don't mind if this theme continues
	9:29am Sem Chumbo: hahaha, Joe
	9:30am Marcel M: Draggin hahha
	9:34am Guido from Cologne: hahaha: img.discogs.com...
	9:36am djsheilab: Chest hair + naked men! Getting mighty steamy this Monday morning, Joe.
	👻 9:37am Ken From Hyde Park: OK, it has come to my attention that today is Monday. Swell.
	9:39am Brendan: Smokin' Joe fan here
	9:40am Joe McG: @Sheilab: My glasses are foggy from looking at this picture of Tommy James.
	9:41am annie: i got a shiver of joy when i heard that sheila..
	9:42am KP: "Rocky" was based on the Bayonne Bleeder, Chuck Wepner, and the fight in which he knocked down (tripped) Ali.
	9:43am Joe McG: @KP: Wow, I didn't know that! @Brendan: Is Joe Frazier still with us?
	9:44am Cecile: nope, Frazier passed away about 5 years ago.
	9:44am Cecile: There was an Australian band called Dragon.
	9:45am Stanley: I'm up for a spin of Johnny Wakelin's 'In Zaire', if that's the groove
	9:45am djsheilab: This record is the greatest!!!!!
	9:45am Polyus: Who will fight Mr. Tooth Decay now?
	9:46am Joe McG: @Stanley: Damn, Stanley, I searched for that record for 15 minutes this morning. Allegedly we have it on a single, but I can't find it. @Polyus: I'm purposely not playing that, but it was on Beware of the Blog back in the day.
	9:46am Cecile: Or Wakelin's "Black Superman"
	9:47am Cecile: play a YouTube rip. We're all adults here.
	9:47am Brendan: There was a nice movie called Facing Ali that came out a while back ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M6PLAiguds ) . Interviews with his opponents and a great picture of the era. @Joe no, your namesake passed a few years ago.
	9:47am KP: Alcapone is such an awesome name
	9:48am Marcel M: Loving this Dennis Alcapone track.
	9:49am Cecile: I was always more of a Frazier fan. But I respect Ali's reputation.
	9:49am Joe McG: @Cecile: OK, Cecile, you convinced me. I usually hate playing YouTube clips, but I couldn't find the damn thing this morning, so I'll do it.
	👻 9:51am Ken From Hyde Park: The Democracy Now program this morning had a nice segment on Ali. I'll try to come back and post a link later on when its archive becomes available.
	9:51am KP: "Dylan sang about the then Cassius Clay in his 1964 song, "I Shall Be Free, No. 10," writing in the style of the boxer's famous poetic pronouncements and mentioning him by name."
	9:52am Cecile: Yes!
	9:52am Cecile: it sounds pretty good, Joe!
	9:53am KP: Ali "Shuffle" ha ha ha!
	9:53am Roberto: This is my favorite Ali-related song.
	9:54am Joe McG: @Cecile: Not horrible, but it's pushed up to the top of the board. I didn't realize this was Top 10 and probably on those Billboard comps.
	9:54am coelacanth: greetings Smokin' Joe and contenders
	9:54am Tim 07030: Good morning Joe! This set is making me want to punch a coworker!
	9:55am Boomis: Has each song played featured the lyrics "Float like a butterfly and stings like a bee"? I feel they all started with that line and went from there.
	9:56am Cecile: Joe, you can't know everything. Thank you for playing it!
	9:56am Joe McG: @Tim: Ha ha ha! Just tell your boss it was a tribute to the memory of Ali.
	9:57am Brendan: Smokin Joe could seriously sing.
	10:01am kevlicki: Joe, Really enjoying this set. Good morning all!
	10:03am Joe McG: Hey kevlicki, thanks for stopping by!
	10:03am MD: RIP ALI! An amazing man and Truly a King!
	10:11am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Joe and all!
	10:11am Joe McG: Hey, Greg!
	10:12am Marc Francis: Hey all!
	10:13am Marcel M: "I had another wife and children.. maybe I wasn't true..." Yeah, maybe!
	10:13am annie: damn, i have to make a phone call... ...
	10:13am steve: wait what, electric chair?
	10:14am Parq: I .. uh .. I'm .. well .. I .. um ... I got nothing.
	10:16am Cecile: That Andre Williams song is half of the episodes of "Snapped" right there.
	10:18am Greg from ZONE 5: Joe likes boxing? That DOES surprise me.
	👻 10:18am Brian in UK: Hey Joe, I'll just tiptoe past the dragon.
	10:19am Brian in New Orleans: Marvin Hagler was my guy...He was from the next town over..Brockton Mass. I lived in Abington.....
	10:19am Brendan: Sugar Ray pride of Palmer Park
	10:20am Cecile: I want to see Creed.
	10:20am Brian in New Orleans: Best fight ever? Hagler vs Hearns go Youtube it....
	10:20am MD: STELLLLLLLLA!!!!
	10:21am Joe McG: @Brian: I remember that fight!
	👻 10:21am Ken From Hyde Park: Jonesey & X.Ray had a delightful boxing conversation yesterday. I liked the name Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.
	10:24am Brian in New Orleans: Saw it with my Dad on a big screen in Brockton Mass. Hagler lived in an apartment complex I was a security guard in . I still have the Christmas card he and his wife Berth gave me. I found a link to that fight but I'm not allowed to post it here..it is easy to find. 3 amzing rounds ...WOW!
	10:25am Greg from ZONE 5: @Ken: Their whole show yesterday was brilliant.
	10:25am Brendan: The USA 76 Olympic team was amazing Sugar Ray, the Spinks brothers, Howard Davis.
	10:26am Cecile: Brian, that's a great story. Thank you for sharing it.
	10:27am melinda: Man-hating chipmunk
	10:27am melinda: This is cracking me up.
	10:28am Boomis: I don't think men are too fond of her.
	10:28am Brian in New Orleans: His wife was Bertha..not Berth. Hagler was beloved in Massachusetts
	10:29am Cecile: I think it's a good idea to reach puberty before you limit your dating pool to that extent.
	10:31am Cecile: C30, C60, C90, go!
	10:31am Cecile: you make it sound so quaint.
	10:31am Cheri Pi: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	10:32am Cecile: upload.wikimedia.org... nice! Spanish version.
	10:32am Joe McG: @Cecile: Well, it is, at this point.
	10:32am Marcel M: Bow Wow Wow were too cool for school.
	10:33am melinda: I agree Marcel,
	10:34am MD: ANABELLA!!!!!
	10:35am ! I X Key !: !
	10:37am Marcel M: Oh snap... JAMAICA! Did you make her?
	10:37am Brendan: Oh
	10:43am Joe McG: @Marcel: I just read all about that title on Wikipedia!
	10:45am JakeGould: Hey there, Joe.
	10:45am Cecile: they were from Flint, MI. People were very excited in Lower Michigan when they had their hit.
	10:46am Boomis: OMG! The ode to Sheila E. haven't heard this in ages.
	10:48am Listener Alexandra: SO good!
	10:48am sphere: hey folks. could Oh Sheila be the best non-Prince Prince song?
	10:49am Goyim in the AM: Briefly went to college with a young man (from Michigan) who insisted that this song was about his sister, who was not Sheila E. Except for the two-chords-and-no-bridge thing, it's a passable Prince rip-off.
	10:49am Cecile: I think the Time did a few that were up there, but I have to say it's in the top three for sure.
	10:49am Joe McG: Hi Alex! Birthday week for you!
	10:50am JakeGould: @Cecile: Prince pretty much composed tons of “Time” tunes.
	10:50am Goyim in the AM: Crying at the Discotheque still gets entirely too much airplay over here. I nearly reached for the remote!
	10:54am Cecile: Whoops, I thought Pandemonium was farther removed from Prince than it was. Please ignore that last post.
	10:57am ! I X Key !: ! I will make pasta that will make the internet go all up for the station wait till you see (o:
	10:59am Listener Alexandra: Wearing my awesome WoofMoo shirt today, even :-)
	10:59am Dennis Diken: digging the show Joe!
	11:00am Whosondephone: What radio station am I listening to?
	11:01am ChrisB.: I came this close to buying a jukebox last year, so I could do stuff like this.
	11:09am briaboy: PLAY MUSIC.
	11:10am KP: I failed Guitar Face
	👻 11:11am Brian in UK: First pub rock band?
	11:14am Cecile: I will say that Slade and the Sweet were closer to straight up rock 'n' roll than they were to glam or pomp rock. But they were considered teeny bop music, too. Snakefinger was from Chilly Willy.
	11:16am JP from KC: Don't yell at the DJ's, briaboy. They're liable to retaliate with shitty Eagles covers... or worse. Actually, I don't know what's worse than shitty Eagles covers.
	11:16am Cecile: having said that, though, Damn! Eggs over Easy!
	👻 11:17am Brian in UK: @Cecile Snakefinger and Martin Stone late of Mighty Baby formed the Willies. Pete Thomas was the drummer. That man hits the drums so darn hard.
	11:17am Joe McG: @briaboy: I talk for about 10 minutes every week at 11. If you don't like it, don't tune in at that time. The show is otherwise almost wall-to-wall music.
	11:19am Goyim in the AM: He registered to make that particular whine. That's thoroughly modern, which is not a complement.
	11:19am Cecile: BrianUK, yeah, Pete Thomas is a monster drummer, for sure!
	11:19am Joe McG: Info about the band: en.wikipedia.org...
	11:21am Joe McG: On Stage 3 tonight for the first time in a heckuva long time: www.rockwoodmusichall.com
	11:21am Cecile: I didn't know Max Merritt and the Meteors were considered among the pub rockers. They were an Australian band who were in the charts in the 60s, and had a hit in '76 after years over in England.
	👻 11:22am Brian in UK: Joe, this is totally bonkers hearing these gents after all this time.
	11:23am Joe McG: @Brian: Pretty wild, huh? Both of these dudes have been active in the music biz all of these years, but just recently EOE has been getting more attention. New anthology coming out soon on Yep Roc!!
	11:24am JP from KC: Plus, the time Joe, or any of the other FMU DJs spend talking is still less than half the time of most commercial DJ's. And nowhere near as vapid. I'd rather hear Joe talk for 10 minutes about something interesting and pertinent to the music, than any of my local DJs talk about nothing for 2.
	11:24am Dominick: very nice
	11:25am Joe McG: @JP: Thanks JP, I appreciate that.
	11:27am JP from KC: You're welcome, Joe. Now shut up and play the hits. ;)
	11:28am Joe McG: @JP: Ha ha! Every one a #1. :)
	11:29am em: I second JP from KC's comment. I had to listen to a commercial NYC classic rock station recently for the first time in years, and was absolutely appalled. They play four songs, then the DJ literally reads two commercials, then they play about 10 minutes of actual commercials. It is truly a dying medium. I'll take FMU DJ mic breaks full of erudite musings any day.
	11:30am Jeff: I like these guys. Their music is charmingly engaging.
	11:30am Joe McG: Thanks, em!
	11:31am Joe McG: WFMU Talk Warning: 10 minute interview coming up
	11:31am Jeff: A question, though: when does music begin to choogle? Is that a question like, "When does a spending increase begin to whop?"? (And who famously asked the latter question - was it Edwin Newman?)
	11:32am Joe McG: @Jeff: I think choogling began around 1968. Got intense in the early 70s.
	11:33am Greg from ZONE 5: @em: Seconded. I would put on Hot 97 on my way to the train sometimes and my whole drive was commercials from end to end. So I switched back to JM in the AM (and occasionally Uncle Floyd)
	11:36am geezerette: Went sort of Mose Allison for a moment. These guys are charming! Never heard this show before,Howdy Joe & company. :)
	11:37am Joe McG: Howdy, geezerette, and welcome! We're a friendly bunch here on Monday mornings.
	11:40am annie: did i miss anything good?
	11:41am Cecile: yeah. Good set and nice interview. But it'll be in the archives.
	11:41am Joe McG: @annie: How do you like your eggs? ;)
	11:42am Cecile: it seems like a great match.
	11:42am annie: i know... i over medium, joe.. but i'll take em over easy, too..:)
	11:44am Mike East: I used to be an over easy guy, but my wife likes sunnyside up which is actually much easier, so I've converted.
	11:45am Brendan: Eggs Over Easy . Glad the pub scene worked out but can't help but wonder if they missed out on the Diner Rock scene with their name.
	11:46am Joe McG: @Brendan: Ha!
	11:47am JP from KC: Delta Rae! They have some pretty good stuff. What a cool connection!
	11:48am Brendan: Great tracks
	👻 11:49am Brian in UK: Our chickens have gone off lay. Cool interview, Joe.
	11:49am JP from KC: Thanks for this set, Joe. I was completely unfamiliar, but now I'll be on the lookout for some EOE to add to my library.
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: That is about par for the Eggs Over Easy story.
	👻 11:50am Ken From Hyde Park: Could the playlist page provide some kind of "I Can't Take It" button that listeners could use to bail out? It could provide a menu of alternate sounds for X number of minutes. X=3, 5, 10 or "until the next show starts," etc. The alternate sounds could be Muzak®, crickets, the DJ's bed music on loop, a microphone on the roof, etc.
	11:50am Joe McG: You bet, JP! Glad you enjoyed it, Brian! A few technical issues today, but I think it's sorted.
	11:52am JP from KC: That's actually a great idea, Ken. I like the mic on the roof suggestion. That seems very WFMU.
	11:53am Parq: Tangential but worth mentioning. A female comedian talked about getting worked over by a self-styled make out artist, who promised her breakfast -- "how do you like your eggs?" She answered, "I like my eggs unfertilized, now get out of my face."
	11:54am Joe McG: @Parq: Zing!
	👻 11:55am Brian in UK: @JP Meaghan's bed music was from Coney Island boardwalk. Street sounds.
	11:55am Mick: I've been on the outskirts of radioland this morning, but super show Joe (what I've been able to hear of it) Thanks for the Eggs Over Easy set & interview - a real treat!
	11:56am Ear Hammer: One more time for the cheap seats in the back! This song is very pretty.
	11:56am Joe McG: Thanks, Mick! Thanks, Ear Hammer! And thanks to everyone who listened in and commented today. Have a great first week of June!
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Don't drink and drive. You will spill it.
	11:58am Brendan: Dragons, Ali and Eggs Over Easy and some good talk... A typical day in the WFMU life. Cant wait for your Southern Special. Love you Joe. Outa here.
	11:58am Mister Dobalina: Pretty awesome track!
	11:58am JP from KC: @Brian in UK: That's awesome! Almost as good as Donna's purring cats bed. Or maybe that was Cheyenne. I don't remember.
	11:58am Sem Chumbo: So, so good today, again. Thx, Joe, See ya later.
	12:00pm Mark the Sardine: Fantastic show today!
	👻 5:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Here is the Muhammad Ali program I mentioned earlier. www.democracynow.org...
	6:24pm Mark in Toronto: Joe, I'm just astonished that you or anyone is aware of Eggs Over Easy. I have the Edsel reissue of the Good 'N' Cheap album. The song Arkansas is amazing, as though early Wilco heard that song and said "that's how we should sound". One of the earliest things you could call country rock.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 6, 2016

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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June 6, 2016: Sad Songs with Happy Souls (with Special Guest Eggs Over Easy)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Vangelis	The Dragon "The Dragon" by "Vangelis"	The Dragon	Oxford/Charly	1981	LP	From 1971		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Dragons	Cosmosis "Cosmosis" by "The Dragons"	BFI	Ninja Tune	2007	CD	From 1970		0:17:36 (Pop-up)
The P.T.S.	Dragon Rock "Dragon Rock" by "The P.T.S."	Praise Poems: A Journey into Deep, Soulful Jazz and Funk from the 1970s	Tramp	2015	CD	From 1968		0:20:47 (Pop-up)
Thomas Phale	Dragon Special "Dragon Special" by "Thomas Phale"	The Kings and Queens of Township Jive	Virgin	1990	CD			0:23:44 (Pop-up)
Tommy James	Draggin' the Line "Draggin' the Line" by "Tommy James"	Christian of the World	Roulette	1971	LP			0:28:55 (Pop-up)

Sir Mack Rice	Muhammad Ali "Muhammad Ali" by "Sir Mack Rice"	Hits and Misses - Muhammad Ali and the Ultimate Sound of Fistfighting	Trikont	2003	CD	From 1976		0:39:36 (Pop-up)
Bette McLaurin	You're the Greatest	Hits and Misses - Muhammad Ali and the Ultimate Sound of Fistfighting	Trikont	2003	CD	From 1964		0:42:39 (Pop-up)
Dennis Alcapone	Cassius Clay "Cassius Clay" by "Dennis Alcapone"	Hits and Misses - Muhammad Ali and the Ultimate Sound of Fistfighting	Trikont	2003	CD	From 1973		0:45:21 (Pop-up)
J.W. Grasshopper & the Butterfly	Ali Shuffle	Hits and Misses - Muhammad Ali and the Ultimate Sound of Fistfighting	Trikont	2003	CD	From 1974		0:48:42 (Pop-up)
Johnny Wakelin & His Kinshasa Band	Black Superman - 'Muhammad Ali'		No Label	1975	MP3			0:54:24 (Pop-up)
The Enchanters	A Fool Like Me "A Fool Like Me" by "The Enchanters"	Eccentric Soul: Sitting in the Park	The Numero Group	2016	CD		*	0:55:38 (Pop-up)
Lukas Lollipop	Don't Hold On to Someone (Who Don't Love You)	Loma: A Soul Music Love Affair - Volume Two	Future Days/Light in the Attic	2016	LP	From 1967	*	0:58:52 (Pop-up)
The Bo-Keys	I Threw It All Away "I Threw It All Away" by "The Bo-Keys"	Heartaches by the Number	Omnivore Recordings	2016	CD		*	1:01:58 (Pop-up)
William Bell	The Three of Me "The Three of Me" by "William Bell"	This Is Where I Live	Stax/Concord	2016	CD		*	1:04:51 (Pop-up)
Erma Franklin	Open Up Your Soul "Open Up Your Soul" by "Erma Franklin"	Silbing Soul: Duane Train 2016 Marathon Fundraising Premium	WFMU	2016	CD-R	From 1968	*	1:08:12 (Pop-up)
Andre Williams	Mississippi Sue "Mississippi Sue" by "Andre Williams"	I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City	Bloodshot	2016	CD		*	1:11:20 (Pop-up)

The Secret Service	Snake Charmer "Snake Charmer" by "The Secret Service"	The Girl in the Glass Case	Damaged Goods	2016	CD		*	1:21:01 (Pop-up)
Les Agamemnonz	Marathon "Marathon" by "Les Agamemnonz"	Les Agamemnonz De A à Z	Kythibong/Green Cookie	2015	CD			1:23:15 (Pop-up)
Little Carolyn Sue with Highway Rythum Boys	I Hate Men	Twisted Tales from the Vinyl Wastelands, Volume 1	Trailer Park	2015	CD	From 1963		1:25:51 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row "Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row"
Bow Wow Wow	C-30, C-60, C-90, Anda!	single	EMI	1980	45			1:32:04 (Pop-up)
Will Sanders and the Duprees	Summertime	single	Regatta	1961	45			1:34:27 (Pop-up)
Led Zeppelin	D'yer Mak'er "D'yer Mak'er" by "Led Zeppelin"	single	Atlantic	1973	45			1:36:39 (Pop-up)
Pluto	Screwface (Can't Frighten Blindman)	single	Wild Flower	1976	45			1:41:02 (Pop-up)
Ready for the World	Oh Sheila "Oh Sheila" by "Ready for the World"	single	MCA	1985	45			1:44:37 (Pop-up)
Sheila and B. Devotion	Spacer "Spacer" by "Sheila and B. Devotion"	single	Carrere	1979	45			1:48:21 (Pop-up)
Chim Kothari	Indian Bat "Indian Bat" by "Chim Kothari"	single	Deram	1967	45			1:52:07 (Pop-up)
John D. Loudermilk	Mister Jones "Mister Jones" by "John D. Loudermilk"	single	RCA Victor	1962	45			1:54:49 (Pop-up)
Horatio	A Sad Song with a Happy Soul	single	Event	1969	45			1:56:41 (Pop-up)

Eggs Over Easy: Jack O'Hara (vocals, guitar), Austin Delone (vocals, keyboards). Engineer: Mario Santana.
Eggs Over Easy	Arkansas "Arkansas" by "Eggs Over Easy"	Live on WFMU						2:15:46 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	Party Party "Party Party" by "Eggs Over Easy"	Live on WFMU						2:19:07 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	Pistol on the Shelf	Live on WFMU						2:22:36 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	The Factory "The Factory" by "Eggs Over Easy"	Live on WFMU						2:26:30 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	I'm Funky But I'm Clean	Live on WFMU						2:29:56 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	Interview "Interview" by "Eggs Over Easy"							2:33:23 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	Goin' to Canada "Goin' to Canada" by "Eggs Over Easy"	Good 'N' Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story	Yep Roc	2016	MP3		*	2:47:39 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	Across from Me "Across from Me" by "Eggs Over Easy"	Good 'N' Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story	Yep Roc	2016	MP3		*	2:50:12 (Pop-up)
Eggs Over Easy	I'm Gonna Put a Bar in My Car (and Drive Myself to Drink)	Good 'N' Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story	Yep Roc	2016	MP3		*	2:53:44 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: good morning...
	9:03am melinda: hello joe, annie & everyone!
	9:03am KP: Good morning, JMcG in the AM!
	9:06am Guido from Cologne: Good morning Joe! if I remember right, there were debates about how much of a bootleg "Dragon" is. Some say it is Aphrodite's Child -material actually.
	9:08am MD: Good Morning Freeform Hooligans!!!
	9:10am Cheri Pi: Yass Vangelis! it's gonna be a great day.
	9:10am Joe McG: Good Monday to you, radio friends! @Guido: I know that Vangelis didn't want it released, but as far as I know it was recorded in London, not Greece.
	9:11am Marcel M: Morning Joe and friends. Cool opening
	9:11am Guido from Cologne: actually sounds great.
	9:11am Marcel M: They were like, "You want to release that?! We were tripping face!"
	9:13am Joe McG: @Marcel: Ha ha ha! Probably not too far from the truth!
	9:16am Marcel M: @Joe: I'm sure! You know those Cosmic Joker records? Someone invited all those dudes over to take drugs and jam in his studio. Supposedly the players didn't realize he was going to release it, and one day Manuel Göttsching walked into a record store where it was playing and asked the clerk who it was cuz he dug it or something.
	9:17am Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Joe, and assembled friends of Clan McGasko.
	9:18am Joe McG: @Marcel: Wow, that's screwed up. I only have one of them, but it sounds like they're having fun!
	9:19am Sem Chumbo: Puff: more Dragons in the mornings' mix.
	9:22am djsheilab: Morning Joe! Just tuning in and I see/ hear dragons!!! Haha! Excellent.
	9:22am PKNY: G'TZAG, Joe and everybody! I'm sensing a theme here...will we hearing Queen's "Dragon Attack"? crosses fingers
	9:24am Joe McG: @DJSheilaB: Yes, it's my new format for the summer. I hope everyone likes it!
	9:24am Brendan: Morning ...draggin my ass in
	👻 9:24am tadpoles: Ha Joe... there was a Kiwi band called Dragon in the '70's. I preferred Split EnZ myself. Cheers! en.wikipedia.org...
	9:25am Guido from Cologne: No request, just a guess: about to hear the Diabolical Biz Markie "The Dragon"?
	9:25am PKNY: @Guido - YES YES YES!
	9:26am Marcel M: Dudes we goin' all out dragon today. Can we get some Dragonball theme songs?
	9:26am JP from KC: Hey Y'all. Seems my computer is having a harder time waking up than even I am this morning. I think that's a sign that we should both take the day off.
	9:27am Joe McG: @tadpoles: How funny! We also have another record by a band called Dragon in the record library, but I think they are from somewhere else...Eastern Europe? BTW, I'm kidding about the dragon format, but all of your suggestions are excellent!
	9:29am Stanley: Hi Joe and all assembled. I'm a bit late for my dragon pun, so I'll just say I don't mind if this theme continues
	9:29am Sem Chumbo: hahaha, Joe
	9:30am Marcel M: Draggin hahha
	9:34am Guido from Cologne: hahaha: img.discogs.com...
	9:36am djsheilab: Chest hair + naked men! Getting mighty steamy this Monday morning, Joe.
	👻 9:37am Ken From Hyde Park: OK, it has come to my attention that today is Monday. Swell.
	9:39am Brendan: Smokin' Joe fan here
	9:40am Joe McG: @Sheilab: My glasses are foggy from looking at this picture of Tommy James.
	9:41am annie: i got a shiver of joy when i heard that sheila..
	9:42am KP: "Rocky" was based on the Bayonne Bleeder, Chuck Wepner, and the fight in which he knocked down (tripped) Ali.
	9:43am Joe McG: @KP: Wow, I didn't know that! @Brendan: Is Joe Frazier still with us?
	9:44am Cecile: nope, Frazier passed away about 5 years ago.
	9:44am Cecile: There was an Australian band called Dragon.
	9:45am Stanley: I'm up for a spin of Johnny Wakelin's 'In Zaire', if that's the groove
	9:45am djsheilab: This record is the greatest!!!!!
	9:45am Polyus: Who will fight Mr. Tooth Decay now?
	9:46am Joe McG: @Stanley: Damn, Stanley, I searched for that record for 15 minutes this morning. Allegedly we have it on a single, but I can't find it. @Polyus: I'm purposely not playing that, but it was on Beware of the Blog back in the day.
	9:46am Cecile: Or Wakelin's "Black Superman"
	9:47am Cecile: play a YouTube rip. We're all adults here.
	9:47am Brendan: There was a nice movie called Facing Ali that came out a while back ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M6PLAiguds ) . Interviews with his opponents and a great picture of the era. @Joe no, your namesake passed a few years ago.
	9:47am KP: Alcapone is such an awesome name
	9:48am Marcel M: Loving this Dennis Alcapone track.
	9:49am Cecile: I was always more of a Frazier fan. But I respect Ali's reputation.
	9:49am Joe McG: @Cecile: OK, Cecile, you convinced me. I usually hate playing YouTube clips, but I couldn't find the damn thing this morning, so I'll do it.
	👻 9:51am Ken From Hyde Park: The Democracy Now program this morning had a nice segment on Ali. I'll try to come back and post a link later on when its archive becomes available.
	9:51am KP: "Dylan sang about the then Cassius Clay in his 1964 song, "I Shall Be Free, No. 10," writing in the style of the boxer's famous poetic pronouncements and mentioning him by name."
	9:52am Cecile: Yes!
	9:52am Cecile: it sounds pretty good, Joe!
	9:53am KP: Ali "Shuffle" ha ha ha!
	9:53am Roberto: This is my favorite Ali-related song.
	9:54am Joe McG: @Cecile: Not horrible, but it's pushed up to the top of the board. I didn't realize this was Top 10 and probably on those Billboard comps.
	9:54am coelacanth: greetings Smokin' Joe and contenders
	9:54am Tim 07030: Good morning Joe! This set is making me want to punch a coworker!
	9:55am Boomis: Has each song played featured the lyrics "Float like a butterfly and stings like a bee"? I feel they all started with that line and went from there.
	9:56am Cecile: Joe, you can't know everything. Thank you for playing it!
	9:56am Joe McG: @Tim: Ha ha ha! Just tell your boss it was a tribute to the memory of Ali.
	9:57am Brendan: Smokin Joe could seriously sing.
	10:01am kevlicki: Joe, Really enjoying this set. Good morning all!
	10:03am Joe McG: Hey kevlicki, thanks for stopping by!
	10:03am MD: RIP ALI! An amazing man and Truly a King!
	10:11am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Joe and all!
	10:11am Joe McG: Hey, Greg!
	10:12am Marc Francis: Hey all!
	10:13am Marcel M: "I had another wife and children.. maybe I wasn't true..." Yeah, maybe!
	10:13am annie: damn, i have to make a phone call... ...
	10:13am steve: wait what, electric chair?
	10:14am Parq: I .. uh .. I'm .. well .. I .. um ... I got nothing.
	10:16am Cecile: That Andre Williams song is half of the episodes of "Snapped" right there.
	10:18am Greg from ZONE 5: Joe likes boxing? That DOES surprise me.
	👻 10:18am Brian in UK: Hey Joe, I'll just tiptoe past the dragon.
	10:19am Brian in New Orleans: Marvin Hagler was my guy...He was from the next town over..Brockton Mass. I lived in Abington.....
	10:19am Brendan: Sugar Ray pride of Palmer Park
	10:20am Cecile: I want to see Creed.
	10:20am Brian in New Orleans: Best fight ever? Hagler vs Hearns go Youtube it....
	10:20am MD: STELLLLLLLLA!!!!
	10:21am Joe McG: @Brian: I remember that fight!
	👻 10:21am Ken From Hyde Park: Jonesey & X.Ray had a delightful boxing conversation yesterday. I liked the name Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.
	10:24am Brian in New Orleans: Saw it with my Dad on a big screen in Brockton Mass. Hagler lived in an apartment complex I was a security guard in . I still have the Christmas card he and his wife Berth gave me. I found a link to that fight but I'm not allowed to post it here..it is easy to find. 3 amzing rounds ...WOW!
	10:25am Greg from ZONE 5: @Ken: Their whole show yesterday was brilliant.
	10:25am Brendan: The USA 76 Olympic team was amazing Sugar Ray, the Spinks brothers, Howard Davis.
	10:26am Cecile: Brian, that's a great story. Thank you for sharing it.
	10:27am melinda: Man-hating chipmunk
	10:27am melinda: This is cracking me up.
	10:28am Boomis: I don't think men are too fond of her.
	10:28am Brian in New Orleans: His wife was Bertha..not Berth. Hagler was beloved in Massachusetts
	10:29am Cecile: I think it's a good idea to reach puberty before you limit your dating pool to that extent.
	10:31am Cecile: C30, C60, C90, go!
	10:31am Cecile: you make it sound so quaint.
	10:31am Cheri Pi: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	10:32am Cecile: upload.wikimedia.org... nice! Spanish version.
	10:32am Joe McG: @Cecile: Well, it is, at this point.
	10:32am Marcel M: Bow Wow Wow were too cool for school.
	10:33am melinda: I agree Marcel,
	10:34am MD: ANABELLA!!!!!
	10:35am ! I X Key !: !
	10:37am Marcel M: Oh snap... JAMAICA! Did you make her?
	10:37am Brendan: Oh
	10:43am Joe McG: @Marcel: I just read all about that title on Wikipedia!
	10:45am JakeGould: Hey there, Joe.
	10:45am Cecile: they were from Flint, MI. People were very excited in Lower Michigan when they had their hit.
	10:46am Boomis: OMG! The ode to Sheila E. haven't heard this in ages.
	10:48am Listener Alexandra: SO good!
	10:48am sphere: hey folks. could Oh Sheila be the best non-Prince Prince song?
	10:49am Goyim in the AM: Briefly went to college with a young man (from Michigan) who insisted that this song was about his sister, who was not Sheila E. Except for the two-chords-and-no-bridge thing, it's a passable Prince rip-off.
	10:49am Cecile: I think the Time did a few that were up there, but I have to say it's in the top three for sure.
	10:49am Joe McG: Hi Alex! Birthday week for you!
	10:50am JakeGould: @Cecile: Prince pretty much composed tons of “Time” tunes.
	10:50am Goyim in the AM: Crying at the Discotheque still gets entirely too much airplay over here. I nearly reached for the remote!
	10:54am Cecile: Whoops, I thought Pandemonium was farther removed from Prince than it was. Please ignore that last post.
	10:57am ! I X Key !: ! I will make pasta that will make the internet go all up for the station wait till you see (o:
	10:59am Listener Alexandra: Wearing my awesome WoofMoo shirt today, even :-)
	10:59am Dennis Diken: digging the show Joe!
	11:00am Whosondephone: What radio station am I listening to?
	11:01am ChrisB.: I came this close to buying a jukebox last year, so I could do stuff like this.
	11:09am briaboy: PLAY MUSIC.
	11:10am KP: I failed Guitar Face
	👻 11:11am Brian in UK: First pub rock band?
	11:14am Cecile: I will say that Slade and the Sweet were closer to straight up rock 'n' roll than they were to glam or pomp rock. But they were considered teeny bop music, too. Snakefinger was from Chilly Willy.
	11:16am JP from KC: Don't yell at the DJ's, briaboy. They're liable to retaliate with shitty Eagles covers... or worse. Actually, I don't know what's worse than shitty Eagles covers.
	11:16am Cecile: having said that, though, Damn! Eggs over Easy!
	👻 11:17am Brian in UK: @Cecile Snakefinger and Martin Stone late of Mighty Baby formed the Willies. Pete Thomas was the drummer. That man hits the drums so darn hard.
	11:17am Joe McG: @briaboy: I talk for about 10 minutes every week at 11. If you don't like it, don't tune in at that time. The show is otherwise almost wall-to-wall music.
	11:19am Goyim in the AM: He registered to make that particular whine. That's thoroughly modern, which is not a complement.
	11:19am Cecile: BrianUK, yeah, Pete Thomas is a monster drummer, for sure!
	11:19am Joe McG: Info about the band: en.wikipedia.org...
	11:21am Joe McG: On Stage 3 tonight for the first time in a heckuva long time: www.rockwoodmusichall.com
	11:21am Cecile: I didn't know Max Merritt and the Meteors were considered among the pub rockers. They were an Australian band who were in the charts in the 60s, and had a hit in '76 after years over in England.
	👻 11:22am Brian in UK: Joe, this is totally bonkers hearing these gents after all this time.
	11:23am Joe McG: @Brian: Pretty wild, huh? Both of these dudes have been active in the music biz all of these years, but just recently EOE has been getting more attention. New anthology coming out soon on Yep Roc!!
	11:24am JP from KC: Plus, the time Joe, or any of the other FMU DJs spend talking is still less than half the time of most commercial DJ's. And nowhere near as vapid. I'd rather hear Joe talk for 10 minutes about something interesting and pertinent to the music, than any of my local DJs talk about nothing for 2.
	11:24am Dominick: very nice
	11:25am Joe McG: @JP: Thanks JP, I appreciate that.
	11:27am JP from KC: You're welcome, Joe. Now shut up and play the hits. ;)
	11:28am Joe McG: @JP: Ha ha! Every one a #1. :)
	11:29am em: I second JP from KC's comment. I had to listen to a commercial NYC classic rock station recently for the first time in years, and was absolutely appalled. They play four songs, then the DJ literally reads two commercials, then they play about 10 minutes of actual commercials. It is truly a dying medium. I'll take FMU DJ mic breaks full of erudite musings any day.
	11:30am Jeff: I like these guys. Their music is charmingly engaging.
	11:30am Joe McG: Thanks, em!
	11:31am Joe McG: WFMU Talk Warning: 10 minute interview coming up
	11:31am Jeff: A question, though: when does music begin to choogle? Is that a question like, "When does a spending increase begin to whop?"? (And who famously asked the latter question - was it Edwin Newman?)
	11:32am Joe McG: @Jeff: I think choogling began around 1968. Got intense in the early 70s.
	11:33am Greg from ZONE 5: @em: Seconded. I would put on Hot 97 on my way to the train sometimes and my whole drive was commercials from end to end. So I switched back to JM in the AM (and occasionally Uncle Floyd)
	11:36am geezerette: Went sort of Mose Allison for a moment. These guys are charming! Never heard this show before,Howdy Joe & company. :)
	11:37am Joe McG: Howdy, geezerette, and welcome! We're a friendly bunch here on Monday mornings.
	11:40am annie: did i miss anything good?
	11:41am Cecile: yeah. Good set and nice interview. But it'll be in the archives.
	11:41am Joe McG: @annie: How do you like your eggs? ;)
	11:42am Cecile: it seems like a great match.
	11:42am annie: i know... i over medium, joe.. but i'll take em over easy, too..:)
	11:44am Mike East: I used to be an over easy guy, but my wife likes sunnyside up which is actually much easier, so I've converted.
	11:45am Brendan: Eggs Over Easy . Glad the pub scene worked out but can't help but wonder if they missed out on the Diner Rock scene with their name.
	11:46am Joe McG: @Brendan: Ha!
	11:47am JP from KC: Delta Rae! They have some pretty good stuff. What a cool connection!
	11:48am Brendan: Great tracks
	👻 11:49am Brian in UK: Our chickens have gone off lay. Cool interview, Joe.
	11:49am JP from KC: Thanks for this set, Joe. I was completely unfamiliar, but now I'll be on the lookout for some EOE to add to my library.
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: That is about par for the Eggs Over Easy story.
	👻 11:50am Ken From Hyde Park: Could the playlist page provide some kind of "I Can't Take It" button that listeners could use to bail out? It could provide a menu of alternate sounds for X number of minutes. X=3, 5, 10 or "until the next show starts," etc. The alternate sounds could be Muzak®, crickets, the DJ's bed music on loop, a microphone on the roof, etc.
	11:50am Joe McG: You bet, JP! Glad you enjoyed it, Brian! A few technical issues today, but I think it's sorted.
	11:52am JP from KC: That's actually a great idea, Ken. I like the mic on the roof suggestion. That seems very WFMU.
	11:53am Parq: Tangential but worth mentioning. A female comedian talked about getting worked over by a self-styled make out artist, who promised her breakfast -- "how do you like your eggs?" She answered, "I like my eggs unfertilized, now get out of my face."
	11:54am Joe McG: @Parq: Zing!
	👻 11:55am Brian in UK: @JP Meaghan's bed music was from Coney Island boardwalk. Street sounds.
	11:55am Mick: I've been on the outskirts of radioland this morning, but super show Joe (what I've been able to hear of it) Thanks for the Eggs Over Easy set & interview - a real treat!
	11:56am Ear Hammer: One more time for the cheap seats in the back! This song is very pretty.
	11:56am Joe McG: Thanks, Mick! Thanks, Ear Hammer! And thanks to everyone who listened in and commented today. Have a great first week of June!
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Don't drink and drive. You will spill it.
	11:58am Brendan: Dragons, Ali and Eggs Over Easy and some good talk... A typical day in the WFMU life. Cant wait for your Southern Special. Love you Joe. Outa here.
	11:58am Mister Dobalina: Pretty awesome track!
	11:58am JP from KC: @Brian in UK: That's awesome! Almost as good as Donna's purring cats bed. Or maybe that was Cheyenne. I don't remember.
	11:58am Sem Chumbo: So, so good today, again. Thx, Joe, See ya later.
	12:00pm Mark the Sardine: Fantastic show today!
	👻 5:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Here is the Muhammad Ali program I mentioned earlier. www.democracynow.org...
	6:24pm Mark in Toronto: Joe, I'm just astonished that you or anyone is aware of Eggs Over Easy. I have the Edsel reissue of the Good 'N' Cheap album. The song Arkansas is amazing, as though early Wilco heard that song and said "that's how we should sound". One of the earliest things you could call country rock.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from June 6, 2016

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