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Favoriting November 15, 2013: Worm Eaten Wood, or The Bridge of Impotence (Fill-In for Uncle Michael)

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
The ADC Band  Stank Machine   Favoriting Talk That Stuff  Cotillion  1979  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Heywood Cash  Give It Up   Favoriting   Epic  1976  12"      0:08:18 (Pop-up)
Millie Jackson  Give It Up / A Moment's Pleasure   Favoriting Live and Uncensored  Spring  1979  LP      0:15:26 (Pop-up)
Instant Funk  Dark Vader   Favoriting Instant Funk  Salsoul  1979  LP      0:27:18 (Pop-up)
The Gap Band  Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)   Favoriting Mercury Dance Classics  Mercury  1985  LP  From 1980    0:34:39 (Pop-up)
 
The Poets of Rhythm  No Mess on My Thing   Favoriting Anthology 1992-2003  Daptone  2013  CD    *   0:46:11 (Pop-up)
Mary Jane Hooper  I've Got What You Need   Favoriting   Power Pac  2012  45  ca. 1969-70    0:49:14 (Pop-up)
Master Plan, Inc.  Bag Up   Favoriting Master Plan, Inc.  Jazzman  2013  CD  Feat. Joann Addison; somewhere between '73 and '84    0:52:46 (Pop-up)
Chick Willis  Stoop Down Baby, Let Your Daddy See   Favoriting Stoop Down Baby, Let Your Daddy See  Collectables  1989  CD      0:56:43 (Pop-up)
 
Fiddlin' Powers and Family  Old Virginia Reel   Favoriting Rural String Bands of Virginia  County  1993  CD  From 1927    1:22:15 (Pop-up)
Jimmie Revard and his Oklahoma Playboys  Cats Are Bad Luck   Favoriting Devil with the Devil: Hot Western Swing from the 1930's  Rambler  1984  LP  c. 1937    1:28:02 (Pop-up)
Light Crust Doughboys  Pussy Pussy Pussy   Favoriting Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing  Proper  1999  CD  From 1938    1:30:35 (Pop-up)
Birdcloud  Saving Myself for Jesus   Favoriting Birdcloud  Birdcloud  2011  MP3      1:32:45 (Pop-up)
Hayseed Dixie  Let's Get It Up   Favoriting A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC  Western Beat  2001  CD      1:35:03 (Pop-up)
Charlie Robison  Tonight   Favoriting Live  Sony  2003  CD      1:38:34 (Pop-up)
Neil Young  Cripple Creek Ferry   Favoriting After the Gold Rush  Reprise  1970  LP      1:49:37 (Pop-up)
Buffy Sainte-Marie  Cripple Creek   Favoriting It's My Way!  Vanguard  1964  LP      1:51:11 (Pop-up)
Daniel Bachman  Jesus I'm a Sinner   Favoriting Jesus I'm a Sinner  Tompkins Square  2013  CD    *   1:53:36 (Pop-up)
No Right Turn  The Gold Ring   Favoriting No Right Turn  Em  2013  CD  From 1983  *   1:56:22 (Pop-up)
The Young Tradition  The Bold Fisherman   Favoriting Oberlin 1968  Fledg'ling  2013  CD    *   2:00:10 (Pop-up)
 
Al Stewart  Love Chronicles   Favoriting Love Chronicles  Epic  1969  LP      2:13:15 (Pop-up)
Donovan  I Like You   Favoriting To Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan  Epic Legacy  2005  CD  From 1973    2:30:48 (Pop-up)
The Rattles  Worm Eaten Wood   Favoriting The Witch  Philips  1971  MP3      2:35:57 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo  Ferris Wheel   Favoriting Dreams  Blue Moon  2007  CD  written by Donovan, recorded in 1968 (to make a nice Donovan sandwich)    2:39:25 (Pop-up)
Stonefield Tramp  Doing Things Naturally   Favoriting Dreaming Again  Riverman Music  2013  CD  From 1974  *   2:45:06 (Pop-up)
Don and Stevie  Another Blue Day   Favoriting Don & Stevie  Finders Keepers  2013  CD  late 60s demos  *   2:47:21 (Pop-up)
Anne Kirkpatrick  Feel a Whole Lot Better   Favoriting Silver Roads: Austrailian Country Rock Singer Songwriters of the 70s  Festival / Warner Music Australia  2013  CD    *   2:51:04 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan  When I Paint My Masterpiece   Favoriting Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10  Columbia Legacy  2013  CD  demo, 1971  *   2:53:32 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Uncle Michael:

yip yip yip
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Alex In Illinois:

. . . .woooooshooopwoooooshooooopwoooooshooop. Here we are!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Uncle Michael:

Put some stank sauce on it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Doug Schulkind:

Stanky Danky Time with Uncle Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Uncle Michael:

That's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kinda slow....at the Junction.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
Uncle Michael:

I can't stay long. I just wanted to see if I really wasn't here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
listener james from westwood:

does this mean this will still be a rudy-poot-free zone?
Avatar 12:07pm
Joe McG:

There will be some rudy-poot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
pacific standard simon:

Won't know until you go, will we?
Avatar 12:07pm
fleep:

We don't need no stinkin' transmitters.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Guido (Cologne):

Oh, it's Joe McG is filling in.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, cause finishing job) have to go right now.
Just in oder to say "hi Joe":
Hi Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
pacific standard simon:

Schrödinger's DJ.
Avatar 12:08pm
Joe McG:

Hey, Guido! Hey, everybody! Gonna stank today.
Avatar 12:09pm
northguineahills:

Wait, what day is it? What time is it?
Avatar 12:09pm
northguineahills:

UM, I believe you are here, fortunately.
Avatar 12:12pm
Joe McG:

Hey, ngh: I think it's Friday o'clock.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
pacific standard simon:

It sure aint half past the monkey's ass, yet.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe, it's beer o'clock. There's a cold one waiting fur ya.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
Uncle Michael:

I must leave this room for the meeting in another room, sadly. Thank you for holding forth today, Joe. I'll catch the archive later.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
Brian in UK:

I loves the name Cotillion
Avatar 12:15pm
Joe McG:

Many thanks, Brian! But I have to go all the way to the UK for it....actually, not a problem! @Uncle Mike: Hey, UM! Thanks for letting me have some Friday afternoon fun. Be well doing whatever it is you're going to be doing today!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
listener james from westwood:

heh, the benefits of the occasional stream-only fill-in. swears!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
pacific standard simon:

You've been waiting all your life to play this, haven't you?
Avatar 12:19pm
Joe McG:

@pss: I did a live show a few weeks ago and couldn't really include any Millie, so this makes me very happy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Parq:

I want Millie Jackson walking with me when I'm out late at night in sketchy neighborhoods.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
pacific standard simon:

Except that she might see a friend and feed you to him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Parq:

I'm sure at heart she is, in Larraine Newman's words, just a simple girl who likes to cook and sew.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
listener james from westwood:

i'd 'a known it was gonna be that kind of party ...
Avatar 12:22pm
northguineahills:

I just want to walk w/ Millie Jackson...
Avatar 12:24pm
Joe McG:

You wouldn't rather do the camel walk with Millie Jackson?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
pacific standard simon:

Did you say, "...likes cock and swears"?
Avatar 12:28pm
ndbob:

Heya Joe and everyone!
Avatar 12:30pm
Joe McG:

Hey, ndbob! Welcome!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:42pm
pacific standard simon:

Bust the funk! Bust another microphone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
listener james from westwood:

everything's coming thru clear, music & dj alike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Mike East:

wait, whuuut? Bonus Surface Noise?! Why was I not informed?
Avatar 12:48pm
Joe McG:

Hey, Mike! Thought we'd spring it on ya. Good to know I'm coming through loud and clear on the non-broken mic!
Avatar 12:50pm
still b/p:

The pop-up link on this page opens the regular studio stream instead of the Drummer stream. I got it open from a different link, but I still had a big Rob Ford rant 'bout that ....'kay?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
Doug Schulkind:

Funkiest. Germans. Ever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51pm
Doug Schulkind:

@still b/p
The linkage on Joe's playlist page is confusing because it provides links to BOTH the stream and the main WFMU channel. This is different from Uncle Michael's and other GTDR show playlists that have only links to the stream. Sorry 'bout that!
Avatar 12:52pm
Joe McG:

Hmm, I'll call upstairs and see what's up. Thanks for the info, still b/p!
Avatar 12:53pm
Carmichael:

Guiseppe McGaskolino! A pleasant surprise.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 12:53pm
Brian in UK:

Joe, the stream is clear as a mountain ........
Avatar 12:56pm
still b/p:

If you want only attentive, clear-headed people clicking on those accurately labeled links...you noising up the wrong surface
Avatar 12:59pm
Joe McG:

@still b/p: Definitely don't want only clear-headed people listening to THIS show! Hey, Carm!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
Brian in UK:

Someone called me Grubby today but I cannot hold a 12" votive candle to this.
Avatar 1:03pm
Joe McG:

@Brian: ha ha ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
listener james from westwood:

omg poor babs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:13pm
listener james from westwood:

oh, art, you knew that was coming.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:16pm
Doug Schulkind:

Joe, aren't you glad I didn't pull out my copy of this during the previous air slot?! On the other hand, one good spin deserves another...
Avatar 1:16pm
Carmichael:

Strangely, I'm reminded of Swamp Dogg when hearing this.
Avatar 1:17pm
Joe McG:

Sure am, Doug! Chick was kind enough to keep it going for 21 minutes so I could grab lunch!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:18pm
listener james from westwood:

digging the mcgasko after dark edition!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm
pacific standard simon:

Fella named Joe
He was doin' a show
He play that long track
When he really gotta go!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Brian in UK:

Just got back from the country so I can take all the pedal steel that you can throw out the speakers.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Brian in UK:

A Clarence White tribute?
Avatar 1:24pm
Joe McG:

@pss: Nice poem! @Brian: No, alas, no. But another time, certainly! (The record library is out of reach on the 3rd floor of Ol' Monty.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:25pm
listener james from westwood:

lol, pss!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
pacific standard simon:

Probably got one in me about James, too, but I think the moment's passed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29pm
Alex In Illinois:

That last dance tune in the Fiddlin' Powers set sounded like Flop-Eared Mule
Avatar 1:30pm
Joe McG:

@Alex: Good ear!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
Brian in UK:

Country & Western.
Avatar 1:33pm
still b/p:

's like a pussy riot in here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
pacific standard simon:

Maybe the moment hasn't passed...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
listener james from westwood:

well, that escalated quickly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
listener james from westwood:

she's gonna eat her words when jesus shows up with an extra nail to drive.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
Parq:

Okay, this is it, if i blush any more, I'm going to be mistaken for a Miami sunburn case. Anyway, it's lunchtime.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
listener james from westwood:

oh that explains it, they're from shelbyville. those cousin-marrying lemon-tree-stealing stinkbags.
Avatar 1:36pm
still b/p:

Was that written with an NEA grant?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
Jesus:

That was bracing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:37pm
Mike East:

oh yes, lunch. boss bought me afghan cuz he's making me stay late. What do you have, Parq?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:37pm
listener james from westwood:

he has come again! (and now owes al swearengen five bucks.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:38pm
pacific standard simon:

This show separates the cubicle-bound slackers from the truly unemployed.
  1:44pm
ttrish:

Caesar salad and a small bowl of cherries for dessert over here. I mention it because those cherries were in time with the music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm
Parq:

Friday's my day to go to Union Sq Greemnarket for lunch. Probably won't be back until after the show's over. Joe, this has been really, really ... uh .. it .. y'see, there's .. oh never mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm
pacific standard simon:

Saving my salad for Jesus. Wait, what.
Avatar 1:46pm
Joe McG:

@pss: Ha ha!
Avatar 1:47pm
Joe McG:

Have a great lunch, Parq!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:47pm
efd:

Aha, there's the segue!
Avatar 1:48pm
Joe McG:

EFD, great show the other night despite technical difficulties!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:52pm
Doug Schulkind:

HBDNY!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 1:52pm
efd:

Thanks Joe! At least the archive is there to fill in the gaps when the signal was off the air.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
pacific standard simon:

'Round here we call it the Differently-abled Creek Ferry.
Avatar 1:57pm
Joe McG:

@pss: Don't let Chick Willis near that creek.
Avatar 1:59pm
Green Mountain Man Mark:

What is everyone going to be for Thanksgiving this year?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59pm
pacific standard simon:

Hell no! Nor any so-called virgins named Mary.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:02pm
pacific standard simon:

I'm probably going to be a fat fucking German, because we're having sausage, potato pancakes, braised cabbage, sauteed radishes and way too many pies.
Avatar 2:03pm
northguineahills:

Sounds awesome, pss!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:03pm
pacific standard simon:

And beer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:04pm
Doug Schulkind:

I will actually be in the Green Mountains for Thanksgiving. Heading back to North Shrewsbury for bird with friends!
Avatar 2:04pm
still b/p:

I'd like to hear those Birdcloud lyrics performed in this style.
Avatar 2:05pm
Joe McG:

@still b/p: Don't give those gals any ideas! (BTW, I spared you "Washin' My Big Ol' Pussy," their other big hit.)
Avatar 2:06pm
Green Mountain Man Mark:

Yeah Doug. I remember you mentioning you had some ties to Vermont.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:06pm
listener james from westwood:

those panthers aren't gonna clean themselves!
well, actually, i guess all cats kinda clean themselves.
er, carry on!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:07pm
pacific standard simon:

Spared us? I want to go track it down, now.
Avatar 2:07pm
still b/p:

Jesus will wash some feet, but some things you have to do for y'self.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:08pm
Doug Schulkind:

My wife and I (and now daughter) have gone to Vermont for Thanksgiving almost every year for the past two decades—though we haven't since we moved to Pittsburgh in 2010.
Avatar 2:09pm
Green Mountain Man Mark:

@pss I didn't make any kraut this year. But people who did are probably jarring it ready about now. homemade kraut is really good. I did make some kimchi, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:09pm
Alex In Illinois:

When I Google "No Right Turn" or "No Right Turn Band" or even add "The Gold Ring", it does not return any music related results
  2:12pm
ttrish:

@Alex in IL Try:
"No Right Turn" Em
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:13pm
pacific standard simon:

@Mark - I've been meaning to try making kimchi (got the cookbook), but red cabbage and apples is such an easy side dish that I usually just cook it on demand.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 2:14pm
Brian in UK:

Big Al. Ahhh
Avatar 2:15pm
Carmichael:

Old Al Stewart. Very nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:19pm
Alex In Illinois:

Thanks ttrish. That worked.
Avatar 2:20pm
Green Mountain Man Mark:

Yup, Doug.I remember you mentioning it on the air in years past but didn't notice you mentioning it for a couple years now.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 2:27pm
Brian in UK:

I like 'Past, Present & Future' a lot.
Avatar 2:29pm
Joe McG:

@Brian: During Singles Going Steady week Fabio impressed me by playing a copy of one of Al's earliest singles (if not his earliest) "Turn into Earth."
Avatar 2:30pm
Joe McG:

Jimmy Page plays lead guitar on this record, in case you were wondering why some of those fills sounded familiar.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 2:31pm
Brian in UK:

He usually had top session men.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
Chop Scott:

Hey JOE! A Friday treat--cheers!
Avatar 2:33pm
Green Mountain Man Mark:

A few years ago at the record fair there were several Year of the Cat albums in the dollar section. I got one. Sadly I cannot make it to the fair this year.
Avatar 2:34pm
Joe McG:

Chop Scott! Hello, my friend!
  2:39pm
ttrish:

You're welcome, Alex. Hope you found just what you were looking for.
Avatar 2:46pm
Jeff:

Hey, wait - what -- what're you doing over here?
Avatar 2:49pm
Joe McG:

@Jeff: Just doing a little filling-in on the QT!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 2:49pm
Brian in UK:

Where does the time go. Nice one, Joe.
Avatar 2:50pm
Joe McG:

@Brian: Thanks for keeping me company! Thanks to everyone for stopping by to say hi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
pacific standard simon:

Uncle Michael's going to be so delighted by the way you have hewed to his standards of elevated taste. And a good time was had by all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:52pm
Doug Schulkind:

Stupendous show, Joe!
Avatar 2:53pm
Joe McG:

Thanks, Doug! My pleasure, as always.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:54pm
pacific standard simon:

Seven done -- 17 more little boxes to fold and glue. Why, Jesus, why?
Avatar 2:56pm
Joe McG:

Stick with it, Simon--the weekend's nearly here! Enjoy yours, and everybody else, enjoy yours! See you next Thursday morn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
pacific standard simon:

If there are any bad versions of "Feel a Whole Lot Better", I don't want to know about it.
Avatar 2:56pm
northguineahills:

Fine, fun job, Joe!
  2:58pm
ttrish:

Yeah, what they said.
Many thanks, again, Joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
listener james from westwood:

glad to have a second joe show this week; thanks a ton!
Avatar 2:59pm
Green Mountain Man Mark:

been a good show. Time to turn over to Kurt in a minute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
Lucille Bogan:

We weren't making love, we were [BLEEEEEEP!].
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28am
Matt from Springfield:

Wow, BONUS Surface Noise this week! Grazie, Giuseppe McGaskolino!
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