WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from February 18, 2019

Listener comments!
	9:01am annie: :)
	9:01am Raydio: rayddioooooooooooo
	9:01am TheLoneliestMonk: mornin' joe mac: thanks for spending another holiday with the rest of us working saps
	👻 9:03am Webhamster Henry: thanks for the Ken Nordine! can this be a long set?
	9:04am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	9:04am pantz: I was hoping you'd play some Nordine, Joe! I learned today that he was the demon voice in the Exorcist.
	9:04am annie: that voice, seeping into our daily lives. so unobtrusive, yet unforgettable!
	9:05am BnowB: Loving this... reminds me of Joe Frank a bit.
	9:06am James Douglas: Love the Ken Nordine, but I'm pretty sure it's not from 1960.
	👻 9:07am queems: good morning, joe!
	9:07am dave wuz here: soundtrack for eating things out of an open fridge at 2 am
	9:08am TDK60: Morning DJ Joe Mc. I recall when we discovered Nordine back in '70! Sitting round listening, smoking herb.
	9:08am GListener MW: loving this multi-Nordine wave!
	9:08am duke: Ken Nordine - perfect voice
	9:08am Squints In Plymouth: Is Ken Nordine the fella who recited NatLamp's Deteriorata?
	9:09am Mike tp: fmu responsible for turning me on to to Nordine N joe Frank....job well done mighty radio!!!!!!
	9:10am BnowB: TDK thats what happened to us with Joe Frank, this is sorta blowing my mind. NOt very familiar with Ken Nordine.
	9:10am Mike tp: tdk60 things go better with herb
	9:11am Asheville Jon: oh those silly athiests!
	9:11am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:12am duke: @Squints Deteriorata was Les Crane
	9:12am Colleen: My God I always love your show Joe!
	9:12am melinda: I first heard Ken Nordine on WFMU.
	👻 9:12am tadpoles: "the members of the Finger Pointing Society"...love it!
	👻 9:13am Webhamster Henry: Nordine's Word Jazz radio show would turn up at odd hours on public stations, filling holes in the schedule with poetry and light jazz.
	9:13am Mike tp: listening to Joe while having ah cupah Joeeeeee
	9:13am Squints In Plymouth: @duke Thx. Eerie similarity. Then I bet if I relistened to Deteriorata, I'd say, "nahhhhh." 8^)
	9:14am melinda: I thought Mercedes McCambridge was the demon voice in The Exorcist.
	9:14am dale: joe frank HAD to be influenced by this.
	9:14am Diezel Tea: Well, this is a first for me on fmu.)))
	9:15am TDK60: Morning Diezel Tea over in Yervan where it's evening!
	9:16am James Douglas: I take it back, it was that early - 1960, where does time go?
	9:16am Irene Trudel: Joe, thanks for reminding us of Ken Nordine's brilliance!
	9:17am Listener Robert: For a while years ago I thought he was Val Nordine, because that's what it sounded like on the promos he cut for his programs. When I later heard of Ken Nordine, I figured he must've been Val's son! Then I thought Val was an odd name for a man, so maybe Al.
	9:17am annie: this voice and that of Studs Terkel were salves for my soul
	👻 9:17am Webhamster Henry: That bit - conversation with himself - was a big part of the Word Jazz Radio Show!
	9:17am melinda: @dale indeed
	9:18am Irene Trudel: I love Nordine's interior conversations.
	9:18am BnowB: agree Dale... It's like Joe frank meets twilight zone. loving it...
	9:20am Cheri Pi: what everyone said, I'm really enjoying this
	9:20am VincentNifigance: "...the pigeonhole your mind is used to roosting in..."
	9:22am melinda: This is going really well with the light snow and grey light outside. I need to get some Ken Nordine.
	9:24am Manana: Let’s go make crazy snow angels in the black snow. Before the buzz fades.
	9:25am VincentNifigance: @Melinda Hows THIS one for your grey outside?!!
	9:28am dave wuz here: rip ken : (
	9:29am melinda: @vince sheds new light on grey
	9:29am Joe McG: Good morning, everybody! Sorry not to check in earlier, but Ken's tracks are short!
	👻 9:31am Brian in UK: Hey Joe and listeners.
	9:31am Mike tp: lady in the cafeteria when in grammar school would say don't get smart stay stupid.
	9:32am TheLoneliestMonk: 98 years old?! he was still working as of 12 yrs ago en.wikipedia.org...
	9:33am morning: :coffee:
	9:35am melinda: There's something special about a classic voice-over style voice saying weird shit.
	9:38am BnowB: melinda- lol so true ha
	👻 9:39am Webhamster Henry: Ken Nordine "Topsy Turvy House" from the 365 Day's project: www.wfmu.org...
	9:40am melinda: John Lurie made good use of it in Fishing With John. It was hilarious.
	9:40am Krys O.: I first heard Ken Nordine on Sesame Street. He did Bumble Ardy. Roscoe was also prominent on Sesame Street.
	9:40am BnowB: Ken Nordine - I've heard him on wfmu before but I just never heard Reaching IN and it really grabbed to say "check this dude out". Ty so much. Awesome to find something so amazing and new to me.
	9:41am VincentNifigance: Delicious problem of what to play next.
	9:43am TDK60: ..thanks for the Nordine. Joe. Glad some folks got turned onto him right here now.
	9:43am Joe McG: @BnowB: So glad to hear!
	9:46am BnowB: Ty Joe, 47 and still learning ... :) What a huge unknown library of work I get to enjoy.
	9:46am TDK60: ..saw on his Wikip. page he was briefly involved with the Dead and Bowie.
	9:49am TDK60: BnowB: yes! this surely is a music appreciation society --I call it Woofmoo University. (Save yer pennies for the marathon...)
	9:50am Mike tp: what song does this night beats remind me of? it's there somewhere.!!!! especially the opening.!!
	9:52am Pete: Ooh, good call on the Smithereens, Joe!
	👻 9:54am Ken From Hyde Park: Joe + Snow = Let's go!
	9:54am Joe McG: @Mike: I feel the same way! @Pete: Hi, Pete!
	9:55am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM damn, JoeMac: a smithereens deep cut!
	10:02am V Priceless: hey Joe!
	10:03am Joe McG: Hey, VP! @Ken: Is it going to snow?
	10:03am Mike East: Great line a few tracks back from Harlem: I put on a sad face But not really that sad But searching for sympathy So I guess kinda sad Brilliant! Hey Joe, thanks for the Ken Nordine!
	10:05am Joe McG: @Mike: I laughed aloud when I heard that line! This Harlem LP is full of good lyrics, I must say.
	10:07am morning: sounds matching the probably similar mid-atlantic weather here
	10:08am Mike East: @Joe McG - I gotta check out more. Really dug the drumming, too.
	10:10am Irene Trudel: I'd forgotten how sweet and sad that Smithereens song is! Fits today's mood nicely (no breakups here though).
	10:10am Joe McG: @morning: It's hard not to match the weather when it's light out! Doing radio at night in a way is less mood-based.
	10:10am Joe McG: @Irene: Whew! Happy anniversary! :)
	10:15am Irene Trudel: Thanks Joe! 23 years this past Saturday. Feels like yesterday.
	10:19am Joe McG: Congrats, Irene, that's so great that you found your mate and enjoyed that love for so many years.
	10:19am morning: @Joe McG, I like that. The night sets are more a homogeneous warm enveloping
	10:23am Joe McG: @morning: Although I realize I've moved into deep blue here. I'll pick it up with the 45s at 10:30!
	10:23am TDK60: that Rustin Man reminded me of Robert Wyatt a bit...
	10:24am morning: :)
	10:27am Aaron Working In Newark: I am enjoying being sad this morning. Just what I needed.
	10:28am zpulpa: My car broke down in the tow zone last night but no street cleaning on Presidents Day....
	👻 10:31am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Natural Light was a good one from that Casiotone
	10:34am TDK60: Forgot about Talk Talk. Wikip says later T.T. was more experimental, an influence on "post-rock."; huh.
	10:36am john the g: fun Secret Affair fact - they toured the US with another new band in 1981, or so. other band was U2. i went to their show in new orleans, but Secret Affair backed out... i'd never heard of U2, but thought they were pretty good
	10:38am Joe McG: @john: Ha ha, cool! @Trista: I agree, and hello! ;) @all: Unfortunate sax on that record, though.
	10:38am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM sendak & nordine www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:38am Ken From Hyde Park: @Joe @10:03 - It snowed a couple inches overnight here and flurries coming down presently.
	👻 10:45am Brian in UK: My World was one of my favourites from this time.
	10:45am βrian: Sitting with headphones on for 20 minutes before I remembered to turn the stream on. (Busy morning.)
	👻 10:45am Hughie Considine: What a great one-off thang by Elvis and T Bone.
	10:46am Tim 07030: Hi Joe! Sounding great on this dreary day!
	10:48am Tim 07030: Still not convinced T-Bone Burnett and T-Bone Wolk are not the same guy.
	👻 10:49am Hughie Considine: Big tall white dudes named T-Bone .... I mean, how many could there be?
	10:49am Joe McG: @Tim: I hope they aren't the same dude. One of them is dead!
	10:49am jayjay: Hi Joe!, This is a pretty obscene song playing now !(Les sucettes)
	10:49am βrian: Bright blue skies over the isthmus today.
	10:50am Joe McG: @jayjay: All in the mind of the hearer! :)
	10:51am TheLoneliestMonk: speaking of (an) elvis, has anyone heard anything off the new elvis costello disc?
	10:52am judy from croton: Know them voices
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: Apparently France Gall was justifiably aggrieved when she was hipped to the double entendre.
	10:52am βrian: Barley malt is good for your skin, they say.
	10:53am Tim 07030: Oops, I knew I shouldn’t have suspended my subscription to the T-Bone Mortality Update newsletter.
	10:53am BnowB: The show is sounding great, ty Joe. Dont get too sad Aaron but it's been a long sad wfmu week. I felt gutted more than a few times this week too. Peace my friend.
	10:54am judy from croton: Wish i had paid attention in French class
	10:54am TheLoneliestMonk: BwaHa! Gainsbourg wrote that? no wonder!! dangerousminds.net...
	10:56am jayjay: @TheLoneliestMonk: Almost NSFW
	10:56am glenn: y'all should appreciate the brexit muppet. www.bbc.com...
	10:59am cTarps: That’s what I’m talkin bout, Joe!
	👻 11:02am tadpoles: Gotta love Surface Noise.
	11:02am βrian: I had a dream that Kaspar Hauser did a cover of Love and Happiness. It did not groove.
	11:06am TDK60: ..didn't realize Stomp was a single. Have it on the 1st NRBQ LP, a great rockin' debut.
	11:07am judy from croton: “When I came into this world it was a great fall” paraphrasing kaspar hauser
	11:10am judy from croton: Last night I dreamed I was singing Strane Magic with ELO Killin it too
	11:13am Brendan: @judy, Face The Music what a great ELO record
	11:14am efd via mobile device: Ashes to Ashes is the second book, as I explained in the listing!
	11:14am Zetti: oooh, Joe Frank doc interview. Thanks for the reminder.
	11:14am Cmurtha: Apparently Baker Street was supposed to be recorded with a Soprano Sax, but it got Alto Sax instead.
	11:15am V Priceless: @ Joe: this is his follow-up Bowie book - the first one covered everything up to 'Station to Station'.
	👻 11:15am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Improve the environmental!
	11:16am Cmurtha: that "I don't know what that means" made me laugh so hard for some reason
	👻 11:17am Hughie Considine: Love the sense of space in this song
	👻 11:17am queems: whoa, the knife
	11:17am Joe McG: @EFD: I don't READ, Evan! Thanks for the clarification.
	👻 11:18am queems: also i loled irl at that psa
	11:18am listener 126464: get a taste of this song once in a while on wake n bake bed music
	11:19am Itzall Ablurr: Testing...testing...
	11:20am Asheville Jon: you have passed the test
	11:20am Joe McG: @Itzall: Coming through loud and clear!
	11:21am Itzall Ablurr: Good morning Joe and everyone. Looks like the veil has lifted vis-a-vis being blocked from posting. Nice to be back among friends.
	11:22am BnowB: For over 30 years I've had this visceral experience listening to FMU. The names of artists always sound familiar but its sometimes dreamy. I love being able to enjoy what seems to be a new experience every time I listen.
	11:23am judy from croton: Welcome back Itzall!
	11:24am judy from croton: Me too, Bnow
	11:25am Itzall Ablurr: Good morning, judy from croton, thank you.
	11:27am efd via mobile device: I thought this Charlotte Gainsbourg song was going to turn into a cover of Herb Alpert’s “Rise” for a minute there
	11:27am Joe McG: @EFD: Nice try, Evan! I'm not playing "Rise" after it. :)
	11:29am ?: 'Mixing Drinks on Aeroplanes' - Its a Mad Mad... World was on TCM this weekend. Jim Backus's character (a drunker version of Thurston Howell III) was piloting his plane and gave Buddy Hackett the controls while he went in the back to mix drinks and pass out.
	11:30am efd via mobile device: I am not disappointed in the least.
	11:31am Joe McG: @efd: Ha ha ha!
	11:31am BnowB: Judy.. how cool.. I remember Lee Renaldo from Sonic Youth talking of WFMU this way. How you turn it on and your just blown away by something new or unexpected constantly no matter how often you listen, it's such an "experience". I so related...
	11:33am Jeff Moore: Nice to hear you playing our station pals Prince Rama.
	11:33am clapper: Rama!
	11:35am Joe McG: @Jeff Moore: I was so excited to have them on the show. And then they played Monty Hall, too.
	11:38am Jeff Moore: Only in recent years did I learn that "Rise" wasn't just a thing we remembered from Herb Alpert's awkward disco phase; it had apparently also had a life as the accompaniment to a famous soap opera rape scene, and then became the victim's sort of leitmotif... do I have that right?
	11:39am Phillippe Bastille: Howdy do, everyone. Great show, Joe!
	11:39am Warwick joe: Great set. Really loved that Charlotte Gainsborough track.
	11:39am Raydio: @Jeff - no
	11:40am Joe McG: Thanks, Phillippe! Thanks for saying hello.
	11:40am Phillippe Bastille: @itzall did you do something bad?
	11:40am Michael 98145: left coast on the wire
	11:40am Joe McG: @Warwick: That's a really nice LP all the way through. Maybe her best?
	11:41am Itzall Ablurr: Depends. Define "bad"...
	👻 11:42am Brian in UK: Joe, great show. Got to cut and run. Taking cats to the vets for yearly checkup.
	11:43am jdaFromCologne: carmel. long time no hear. what happend to her?
	11:43am patrick321: Carmel! Go Joe! Bought this one back in the 80s.
	11:44am Brendan: Bongos!
	11:47am John in Bklyn: I thought it was Can at first!
	11:47am Brendan: Back to back bongo tracks! Joe ! Yes!
	11:48am patrick321: You're kidding me.
	11:48am Summer and Michael and Sylvia: What a wonderful tribute this morning to Ken Nordine, Joe. We noticed that his granddaughter, Maya, had tweeted about his passing and asked that people listen to his records today. Replied to say that you had done just that for the entirety of your opening set. All best...
	11:48am Michael 98145: incredible
	11:48am Itzall Ablurr: Somebody must need to go potty
	11:48am Agent Peter: Powerful cover :-)
	11:49am Cmurtha: I am sure this will have a far better drum solo than the actual song does, though I assume based on the time left it won't reach the 17ish minutes of the original
	11:49am chresti at work: Howdy Joe! Weeee!
	11:50am Cmurtha: amazing
	11:50am Brendan: Gettin primitive with it! It’s loincloth Monday!
	11:50am John in Bklyn: @Cmurtha: The guy from Iron B. is STILL playing that solo! It's not over yet.
	11:50am TDK60: wow man.
	11:52am Brendan: Danger Island Theme Song please.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:54am John in Bklyn: More phase shifter!
	11:54am frankem: Thanks for the Nordine this AM
	11:55am Jeff Moore: Whoa, check out this Swingin' Gadda Da Vida!
	11:55am Michael 98145: thanks again, Joe McG
	11:55am Joe McG: My pleasure, frankem! And thanks to everyone for listening and commenting this morning! See you next time. Have a great week!
	11:56am Brendan: If I ever did a 70s Rockumentary I would have The rest of the band go out for dinner during the drum solo.
	11:56am TDK60: ..saw Iron Butterfly "back in the day" --they were actually quite good; double bill with the Staples Singers!
	11:56am BnowB: What a great show Joe, Ty man. Have a good day folks. Thanks for chat.
	11:57am chresti at work: Wowza TDK60!
	11:57am John in Bklyn: Fresh off their successful appearance at the San Remo Festival '67!
	👻 11:58am Webhamster Henry: Good in any language! "The beat .. what is it ?"
	11:59am John in Bklyn: La boom boom, capice? La boom boom!
	12:01pm TheLoneliestMonk: thanks for the nordine tribute, JoeMac. well done
	8:50pm coelacanth∅: Thanks for the Ken Nordine Joe. he was a big part of my Life and cementing my marriage to wfmu. rest in peace.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from February 18, 2019

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

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Ken Nordine	Reaching Into In "Reaching Into In" by "Ken Nordine"	The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1	Rhino Word Beat	1990	CD	From 1960		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Windshield Wipers "Windshield Wipers" by "Ken Nordine"	Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's Twink	Asphodel	2003	CD	From 1967		0:04:13 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Green "Green" by "Ken Nordine"	Colors	Asphodel	1995	CD	From 1967		0:05:23 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Confessions of 349-18-5171	The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1	Rhino Word Beat	1990	CD	From 1960		0:07:08 (Pop-up)
H.P. Lovecraft	Nothing's Boy "Nothing's Boy" by "H.P. Lovecraft"	H.P. Lovecraft II	Radioactive	2004	CD	Featuring Ken Nordine; from 1968		0:14:06 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Nothing "Nothing" by "Ken Nordine"	Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's Twink	Asphodel	2003	CD	From 1967		0:14:44 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Turquoise "Turquoise" by "Ken Nordine"	Colors	Asphodel	1995	CD	From 1967		0:16:04 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Quark "Quark" by "Ken Nordine"	A Transparent Mask	Asphodel	2001	CD			0:17:38 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine with Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz	Desolation Theme	Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films	A&M	1988	LP			0:19:53 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Breathing "Breathing" by "Ken Nordine"	Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's Twink	Asphodel	2003	CD	From 1967		0:21:52 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Grey "Grey" by "Ken Nordine"	Colors	Asphodel	1995	CD	From 1967		0:23:00 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	What Time Is it? "What Time Is it?" by "Ken Nordine"	The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1	Rhino Word Beat	1990	CD	From 1957		0:25:20 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	You're Getting Better	The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1	Rhino Word Beat	1990	CD	From 1960		0:29:08 (Pop-up)

Our Girl	Our Girl "Our Girl" by "Our Girl"	Stranger Today	Cannibal Hymns	2019	CD		*	0:42:06 (Pop-up)
Harlem	Cry Now Cry Later "Cry Now Cry Later" by "Harlem"	Oh Boy	Female Fantasy	2019	CD		*	0:45:07 (Pop-up)
Night Beats	Her Cold Cold Heart "Her Cold Cold Heart" by "Night Beats"	Myth of a Man	Heavenly/PIAS	2019	CD		*	0:48:17 (Pop-up)
The Smithereens	In a Lonely Place	Especially for You	Engima	1986	LP			0:51:32 (Pop-up)
Beat Circus	Rosita (Tango) "Rosita (Tango)" by "Beat Circus"	These Wicked Things	Innova	2019	CD		*	0:55:22 (Pop-up)
Hearing Things	Wooden Leg "Wooden Leg" by "Hearing Things"	Here's Hearing Things	Yeggs	2019	LP		*	0:58:08 (Pop-up)
Sam Valdez	Funeral "Funeral" by "Sam Valdez"	Mirage	Nevado	2019	CD		*	1:02:37 (Pop-up)
Advance Base	Dolores & Kimberly "Dolores & Kimberly" by "Advance Base"	Animal Companionship	Run for Cover	2018	MP3			1:06:50 (Pop-up)
Beirut	Family Curse "Family Curse" by "Beirut"	Gallipoli	4AD	2019	CD		*	1:11:23 (Pop-up)
Bill Ryder-Jones	There's Something on Your Mind	Yawn	Domino	2018	MP3			1:14:54 (Pop-up)
Rustin Man	Brings Me Joy "Brings Me Joy" by "Rustin Man"	Drift Code	Domino	2019	CD		*	1:19:51 (Pop-up)
Robert Wyatt	Memories of You "Memories of You" by "Robert Wyatt"	Mid-Eighties	Gramavision	1993	CD	From 1982		1:22:55 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row
Secret Affair	My World "My World" by "Secret Affair"	single	I-Spy	1980	45			1:35:03 (Pop-up)
The Wedding Present	Waiting on the Guns	single	Merge	1995	45			1:37:39 (Pop-up)
Paul Revere & the Raiders	Him or Me - What's It Gonna Be?	single	Columbia	1967	45			1:40:59 (Pop-up)
The Coward Brothers	The People's Limousine	single	Demon	1985	45			1:43:38 (Pop-up)
France Gall	Les Sucettes "Les Sucettes" by "France Gall"	single	Philips	1966	45			1:47:27 (Pop-up)
Heart	Love "Love" by "Heart"	single	Look	1970	45	not that Heart		1:49:51 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Stomp "Stomp" by "NRBQ"	single	Columbia	1969	45			1:52:43 (Pop-up)
Billy Joe Shaver	I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train	single	Monument	1973	45			1:54:33 (Pop-up)
Betty Wright	Ooohla La "Ooohla La" by "Betty Wright"	single	Alston	1975	45			1:56:41 (Pop-up)
Earnest Jackson	Love and Happiness	single	Stone	1973	45			1:59:34 (Pop-up)

The Knife	Silent Shout "Silent Shout" by "The Knife"	Silent Shout	Rabid	2006	CD			2:16:36 (Pop-up)
Philip Sanderson	Mixing Drinks on Aeroplanes	On One of These Bends	Séance Centre	2019	CD	Circa 1981	*	2:21:01 (Pop-up)
Charlotte Gainsbourg	Deadly Valentine	Rest	Because Music	2017	LP			2:23:25 (Pop-up)
Prince Rama	Your Life in the End "Your Life in the End" by "Prince Rama"	X-Treme Now	Carpark	2016	LP			2:29:28 (Pop-up)
Anemone	Daffodils "Daffodils" by "Anemone"	Beat My Distance	Luminelle Recordings	2019	CD		*	2:33:29 (Pop-up)
TMBOY	Held Under "Held Under" by "TMBOY"	TMBOY	TMBOY	2019	CD		*	2:37:21 (Pop-up)
Carmel	Tracks of My Tears "Tracks of My Tears" by "Carmel"	The Drum Is Everything	Warner Bros.	1984	LP			2:40:52 (Pop-up)
Angelo and Eighteen	Flight 22 "Flight 22" by "Angelo and Eighteen"	The Pop Genius of Mickie Most	Ace	2019	CD	From 1972	*	2:44:50 (Pop-up)
Incredible Bongo Band	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	Bongo Rock	Strut	2001	CD	From 1973		2:47:39 (Pop-up)
La Ragazza 77	Il Beat...Cos 'E? "Il Beat...Cos 'E?" by "La Ragazza 77"	Bellissima! More 1960s She-Pop from Italy	Ace International	2019	CD	From 1967	*	2:55:25 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:01am annie: :)
	9:01am Raydio: rayddioooooooooooo
	9:01am TheLoneliestMonk: mornin' joe mac: thanks for spending another holiday with the rest of us working saps
	👻 9:03am Webhamster Henry: thanks for the Ken Nordine! can this be a long set?
	9:04am Krys O.: Hello, Joe!
	9:04am pantz: I was hoping you'd play some Nordine, Joe! I learned today that he was the demon voice in the Exorcist.
	9:04am annie: that voice, seeping into our daily lives. so unobtrusive, yet unforgettable!
	9:05am BnowB: Loving this... reminds me of Joe Frank a bit.
	9:06am James Douglas: Love the Ken Nordine, but I'm pretty sure it's not from 1960.
	👻 9:07am queems: good morning, joe!
	9:07am dave wuz here: soundtrack for eating things out of an open fridge at 2 am
	9:08am TDK60: Morning DJ Joe Mc. I recall when we discovered Nordine back in '70! Sitting round listening, smoking herb.
	9:08am GListener MW: loving this multi-Nordine wave!
	9:08am duke: Ken Nordine - perfect voice
	9:08am Squints In Plymouth: Is Ken Nordine the fella who recited NatLamp's Deteriorata?
	9:09am Mike tp: fmu responsible for turning me on to to Nordine N joe Frank....job well done mighty radio!!!!!!
	9:10am BnowB: TDK thats what happened to us with Joe Frank, this is sorta blowing my mind. NOt very familiar with Ken Nordine.
	9:10am Mike tp: tdk60 things go better with herb
	9:11am Asheville Jon: oh those silly athiests!
	9:11am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:12am duke: @Squints Deteriorata was Les Crane
	9:12am Colleen: My God I always love your show Joe!
	9:12am melinda: I first heard Ken Nordine on WFMU.
	👻 9:12am tadpoles: "the members of the Finger Pointing Society"...love it!
	👻 9:13am Webhamster Henry: Nordine's Word Jazz radio show would turn up at odd hours on public stations, filling holes in the schedule with poetry and light jazz.
	9:13am Mike tp: listening to Joe while having ah cupah Joeeeeee
	9:13am Squints In Plymouth: @duke Thx. Eerie similarity. Then I bet if I relistened to Deteriorata, I'd say, "nahhhhh." 8^)
	9:14am melinda: I thought Mercedes McCambridge was the demon voice in The Exorcist.
	9:14am dale: joe frank HAD to be influenced by this.
	9:14am Diezel Tea: Well, this is a first for me on fmu.)))
	9:15am TDK60: Morning Diezel Tea over in Yervan where it's evening!
	9:16am James Douglas: I take it back, it was that early - 1960, where does time go?
	9:16am Irene Trudel: Joe, thanks for reminding us of Ken Nordine's brilliance!
	9:17am Listener Robert: For a while years ago I thought he was Val Nordine, because that's what it sounded like on the promos he cut for his programs. When I later heard of Ken Nordine, I figured he must've been Val's son! Then I thought Val was an odd name for a man, so maybe Al.
	9:17am annie: this voice and that of Studs Terkel were salves for my soul
	👻 9:17am Webhamster Henry: That bit - conversation with himself - was a big part of the Word Jazz Radio Show!
	9:17am melinda: @dale indeed
	9:18am Irene Trudel: I love Nordine's interior conversations.
	9:18am BnowB: agree Dale... It's like Joe frank meets twilight zone. loving it...
	9:20am Cheri Pi: what everyone said, I'm really enjoying this
	9:20am VincentNifigance: "...the pigeonhole your mind is used to roosting in..."
	9:22am melinda: This is going really well with the light snow and grey light outside. I need to get some Ken Nordine.
	9:24am Manana: Let’s go make crazy snow angels in the black snow. Before the buzz fades.
	9:25am VincentNifigance: @Melinda Hows THIS one for your grey outside?!!
	9:28am dave wuz here: rip ken : (
	9:29am melinda: @vince sheds new light on grey
	9:29am Joe McG: Good morning, everybody! Sorry not to check in earlier, but Ken's tracks are short!
	👻 9:31am Brian in UK: Hey Joe and listeners.
	9:31am Mike tp: lady in the cafeteria when in grammar school would say don't get smart stay stupid.
	9:32am TheLoneliestMonk: 98 years old?! he was still working as of 12 yrs ago en.wikipedia.org...
	9:33am morning: :coffee:
	9:35am melinda: There's something special about a classic voice-over style voice saying weird shit.
	9:38am BnowB: melinda- lol so true ha
	👻 9:39am Webhamster Henry: Ken Nordine "Topsy Turvy House" from the 365 Day's project: www.wfmu.org...
	9:40am melinda: John Lurie made good use of it in Fishing With John. It was hilarious.
	9:40am Krys O.: I first heard Ken Nordine on Sesame Street. He did Bumble Ardy. Roscoe was also prominent on Sesame Street.
	9:40am BnowB: Ken Nordine - I've heard him on wfmu before but I just never heard Reaching IN and it really grabbed to say "check this dude out". Ty so much. Awesome to find something so amazing and new to me.
	9:41am VincentNifigance: Delicious problem of what to play next.
	9:43am TDK60: ..thanks for the Nordine. Joe. Glad some folks got turned onto him right here now.
	9:43am Joe McG: @BnowB: So glad to hear!
	9:46am BnowB: Ty Joe, 47 and still learning ... :) What a huge unknown library of work I get to enjoy.
	9:46am TDK60: ..saw on his Wikip. page he was briefly involved with the Dead and Bowie.
	9:49am TDK60: BnowB: yes! this surely is a music appreciation society --I call it Woofmoo University. (Save yer pennies for the marathon...)
	9:50am Mike tp: what song does this night beats remind me of? it's there somewhere.!!!! especially the opening.!!
	9:52am Pete: Ooh, good call on the Smithereens, Joe!
	👻 9:54am Ken From Hyde Park: Joe + Snow = Let's go!
	9:54am Joe McG: @Mike: I feel the same way! @Pete: Hi, Pete!
	9:55am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM damn, JoeMac: a smithereens deep cut!
	10:02am V Priceless: hey Joe!
	10:03am Joe McG: Hey, VP! @Ken: Is it going to snow?
	10:03am Mike East: Great line a few tracks back from Harlem: I put on a sad face But not really that sad But searching for sympathy So I guess kinda sad Brilliant! Hey Joe, thanks for the Ken Nordine!
	10:05am Joe McG: @Mike: I laughed aloud when I heard that line! This Harlem LP is full of good lyrics, I must say.
	10:07am morning: sounds matching the probably similar mid-atlantic weather here
	10:08am Mike East: @Joe McG - I gotta check out more. Really dug the drumming, too.
	10:10am Irene Trudel: I'd forgotten how sweet and sad that Smithereens song is! Fits today's mood nicely (no breakups here though).
	10:10am Joe McG: @morning: It's hard not to match the weather when it's light out! Doing radio at night in a way is less mood-based.
	10:10am Joe McG: @Irene: Whew! Happy anniversary! :)
	10:15am Irene Trudel: Thanks Joe! 23 years this past Saturday. Feels like yesterday.
	10:19am Joe McG: Congrats, Irene, that's so great that you found your mate and enjoyed that love for so many years.
	10:19am morning: @Joe McG, I like that. The night sets are more a homogeneous warm enveloping
	10:23am Joe McG: @morning: Although I realize I've moved into deep blue here. I'll pick it up with the 45s at 10:30!
	10:23am TDK60: that Rustin Man reminded me of Robert Wyatt a bit...
	10:24am morning: :)
	10:27am Aaron Working In Newark: I am enjoying being sad this morning. Just what I needed.
	10:28am zpulpa: My car broke down in the tow zone last night but no street cleaning on Presidents Day....
	👻 10:31am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Natural Light was a good one from that Casiotone
	10:34am TDK60: Forgot about Talk Talk. Wikip says later T.T. was more experimental, an influence on "post-rock."; huh.
	10:36am john the g: fun Secret Affair fact - they toured the US with another new band in 1981, or so. other band was U2. i went to their show in new orleans, but Secret Affair backed out... i'd never heard of U2, but thought they were pretty good
	10:38am Joe McG: @john: Ha ha, cool! @Trista: I agree, and hello! ;) @all: Unfortunate sax on that record, though.
	10:38am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM sendak & nordine www.youtube.com...
	👻 10:38am Ken From Hyde Park: @Joe @10:03 - It snowed a couple inches overnight here and flurries coming down presently.
	👻 10:45am Brian in UK: My World was one of my favourites from this time.
	10:45am βrian: Sitting with headphones on for 20 minutes before I remembered to turn the stream on. (Busy morning.)
	👻 10:45am Hughie Considine: What a great one-off thang by Elvis and T Bone.
	10:46am Tim 07030: Hi Joe! Sounding great on this dreary day!
	10:48am Tim 07030: Still not convinced T-Bone Burnett and T-Bone Wolk are not the same guy.
	👻 10:49am Hughie Considine: Big tall white dudes named T-Bone .... I mean, how many could there be?
	10:49am Joe McG: @Tim: I hope they aren't the same dude. One of them is dead!
	10:49am jayjay: Hi Joe!, This is a pretty obscene song playing now !(Les sucettes)
	10:49am βrian: Bright blue skies over the isthmus today.
	10:50am Joe McG: @jayjay: All in the mind of the hearer! :)
	10:51am TheLoneliestMonk: speaking of (an) elvis, has anyone heard anything off the new elvis costello disc?
	10:52am judy from croton: Know them voices
	👻 10:52am Hughie Considine: Apparently France Gall was justifiably aggrieved when she was hipped to the double entendre.
	10:52am βrian: Barley malt is good for your skin, they say.
	10:53am Tim 07030: Oops, I knew I shouldn’t have suspended my subscription to the T-Bone Mortality Update newsletter.
	10:53am BnowB: The show is sounding great, ty Joe. Dont get too sad Aaron but it's been a long sad wfmu week. I felt gutted more than a few times this week too. Peace my friend.
	10:54am judy from croton: Wish i had paid attention in French class
	10:54am TheLoneliestMonk: BwaHa! Gainsbourg wrote that? no wonder!! dangerousminds.net...
	10:56am jayjay: @TheLoneliestMonk: Almost NSFW
	10:56am glenn: y'all should appreciate the brexit muppet. www.bbc.com...
	10:59am cTarps: That’s what I’m talkin bout, Joe!
	👻 11:02am tadpoles: Gotta love Surface Noise.
	11:02am βrian: I had a dream that Kaspar Hauser did a cover of Love and Happiness. It did not groove.
	11:06am TDK60: ..didn't realize Stomp was a single. Have it on the 1st NRBQ LP, a great rockin' debut.
	11:07am judy from croton: “When I came into this world it was a great fall” paraphrasing kaspar hauser
	11:10am judy from croton: Last night I dreamed I was singing Strane Magic with ELO Killin it too
	11:13am Brendan: @judy, Face The Music what a great ELO record
	11:14am efd via mobile device: Ashes to Ashes is the second book, as I explained in the listing!
	11:14am Zetti: oooh, Joe Frank doc interview. Thanks for the reminder.
	11:14am Cmurtha: Apparently Baker Street was supposed to be recorded with a Soprano Sax, but it got Alto Sax instead.
	11:15am V Priceless: @ Joe: this is his follow-up Bowie book - the first one covered everything up to 'Station to Station'.
	👻 11:15am TristaC.LadyCaveBrat: Improve the environmental!
	11:16am Cmurtha: that "I don't know what that means" made me laugh so hard for some reason
	👻 11:17am Hughie Considine: Love the sense of space in this song
	👻 11:17am queems: whoa, the knife
	11:17am Joe McG: @EFD: I don't READ, Evan! Thanks for the clarification.
	👻 11:18am queems: also i loled irl at that psa
	11:18am listener 126464: get a taste of this song once in a while on wake n bake bed music
	11:19am Itzall Ablurr: Testing...testing...
	11:20am Asheville Jon: you have passed the test
	11:20am Joe McG: @Itzall: Coming through loud and clear!
	11:21am Itzall Ablurr: Good morning Joe and everyone. Looks like the veil has lifted vis-a-vis being blocked from posting. Nice to be back among friends.
	11:22am BnowB: For over 30 years I've had this visceral experience listening to FMU. The names of artists always sound familiar but its sometimes dreamy. I love being able to enjoy what seems to be a new experience every time I listen.
	11:23am judy from croton: Welcome back Itzall!
	11:24am judy from croton: Me too, Bnow
	11:25am Itzall Ablurr: Good morning, judy from croton, thank you.
	11:27am efd via mobile device: I thought this Charlotte Gainsbourg song was going to turn into a cover of Herb Alpert’s “Rise” for a minute there
	11:27am Joe McG: @EFD: Nice try, Evan! I'm not playing "Rise" after it. :)
	11:29am ?: 'Mixing Drinks on Aeroplanes' - Its a Mad Mad... World was on TCM this weekend. Jim Backus's character (a drunker version of Thurston Howell III) was piloting his plane and gave Buddy Hackett the controls while he went in the back to mix drinks and pass out.
	11:30am efd via mobile device: I am not disappointed in the least.
	11:31am Joe McG: @efd: Ha ha ha!
	11:31am BnowB: Judy.. how cool.. I remember Lee Renaldo from Sonic Youth talking of WFMU this way. How you turn it on and your just blown away by something new or unexpected constantly no matter how often you listen, it's such an "experience". I so related...
	11:33am Jeff Moore: Nice to hear you playing our station pals Prince Rama.
	11:33am clapper: Rama!
	11:35am Joe McG: @Jeff Moore: I was so excited to have them on the show. And then they played Monty Hall, too.
	11:38am Jeff Moore: Only in recent years did I learn that "Rise" wasn't just a thing we remembered from Herb Alpert's awkward disco phase; it had apparently also had a life as the accompaniment to a famous soap opera rape scene, and then became the victim's sort of leitmotif... do I have that right?
	11:39am Phillippe Bastille: Howdy do, everyone. Great show, Joe!
	11:39am Warwick joe: Great set. Really loved that Charlotte Gainsborough track.
	11:39am Raydio: @Jeff - no
	11:40am Joe McG: Thanks, Phillippe! Thanks for saying hello.
	11:40am Phillippe Bastille: @itzall did you do something bad?
	11:40am Michael 98145: left coast on the wire
	11:40am Joe McG: @Warwick: That's a really nice LP all the way through. Maybe her best?
	11:41am Itzall Ablurr: Depends. Define "bad"...
	👻 11:42am Brian in UK: Joe, great show. Got to cut and run. Taking cats to the vets for yearly checkup.
	11:43am jdaFromCologne: carmel. long time no hear. what happend to her?
	11:43am patrick321: Carmel! Go Joe! Bought this one back in the 80s.
	11:44am Brendan: Bongos!
	11:47am John in Bklyn: I thought it was Can at first!
	11:47am Brendan: Back to back bongo tracks! Joe ! Yes!
	11:48am patrick321: You're kidding me.
	11:48am Summer and Michael and Sylvia: What a wonderful tribute this morning to Ken Nordine, Joe. We noticed that his granddaughter, Maya, had tweeted about his passing and asked that people listen to his records today. Replied to say that you had done just that for the entirety of your opening set. All best...
	11:48am Michael 98145: incredible
	11:48am Itzall Ablurr: Somebody must need to go potty
	11:48am Agent Peter: Powerful cover :-)
	11:49am Cmurtha: I am sure this will have a far better drum solo than the actual song does, though I assume based on the time left it won't reach the 17ish minutes of the original
	11:49am chresti at work: Howdy Joe! Weeee!
	11:50am Cmurtha: amazing
	11:50am Brendan: Gettin primitive with it! It’s loincloth Monday!
	11:50am John in Bklyn: @Cmurtha: The guy from Iron B. is STILL playing that solo! It's not over yet.
	11:50am TDK60: wow man.
	11:52am Brendan: Danger Island Theme Song please.
	👻 11:54am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:54am John in Bklyn: More phase shifter!
	11:54am frankem: Thanks for the Nordine this AM
	11:55am Jeff Moore: Whoa, check out this Swingin' Gadda Da Vida!
	11:55am Michael 98145: thanks again, Joe McG
	11:55am Joe McG: My pleasure, frankem! And thanks to everyone for listening and commenting this morning! See you next time. Have a great week!
	11:56am Brendan: If I ever did a 70s Rockumentary I would have The rest of the band go out for dinner during the drum solo.
	11:56am TDK60: ..saw Iron Butterfly "back in the day" --they were actually quite good; double bill with the Staples Singers!
	11:56am BnowB: What a great show Joe, Ty man. Have a good day folks. Thanks for chat.
	11:57am chresti at work: Wowza TDK60!
	11:57am John in Bklyn: Fresh off their successful appearance at the San Remo Festival '67!
	👻 11:58am Webhamster Henry: Good in any language! "The beat .. what is it ?"
	11:59am John in Bklyn: La boom boom, capice? La boom boom!
	12:01pm TheLoneliestMonk: thanks for the nordine tribute, JoeMac. well done
	8:50pm coelacanth∅: Thanks for the Ken Nordine Joe. he was a big part of my Life and cementing my marriage to wfmu. rest in peace.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from February 18, 2019

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