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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Kristin Thora Haraldsdottir  Current   Favoriting VDSQ Solo Acoustic Vol. 14  Vin Du Select Qualitite  2016  LP    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Susan Alcorn  Hino Galego   Favoriting Evening Tales  Mystra  2016  LP    *   0:07:27 (Pop-up)
Federico Durand  Linteras junto a la laguna   Favoriting A Través del Espejo  12k  2016  CD  "Lanterns by the Lake"  *   0:11:25 (Pop-up)
Jenks Miller & Rose Cross NC  Scrying in Water (excerpt)   Favoriting Blues from WHAT  Three Lobed  2016  CD    *   0:17:02 (Pop-up)
Hugo Largo  Fancy   Favoriting Drum  Opal/Warner Bros.  1988  LP      0:24:10 (Pop-up)
Opal  Grains of Sand   Favoriting Early Recordings  Rough Trade  1989  LP      0:28:13 (Pop-up)
The Luxembourg Signal  Dying Star (Cirrus)   Favoriting single  Test Pattern  2015  45      0:33:56 (Pop-up)
The Rain Parade  This Can't Be Today   Favoriting Emergency Third Rail Power Trip  Enigma  1983  LP      0:38:24 (Pop-up)
 
The Upper Crust  Let Them Eat Rock   Favoriting Let Them Eat Rock  Upstart  1995  CD      0:51:44 (Pop-up)
The Upper Crust  Versailles   Favoriting The Decline & Fall of the Upper Crust  Emperor Norton  1997  CD  by request!    0:53:30 (Pop-up)
Kiss  Then She Kissed Me   Favoriting Love Gun  Casablanca  1977  LP      0:56:11 (Pop-up)
The Scratch Band  Then He Kissed Me   Favoriting Bionic Gold  Big Sound  1977  LP  equal time    0:59:08 (Pop-up)
Moss Lime  Chou Frisé   Favoriting Moss Lime  Telephone Explosion  2016  EP    *   1:02:39 (Pop-up)
Lithics  Lizard   Favoriting Borrowed Floors  Water Wing  2016  LP    *   1:05:21 (Pop-up)
Pylon  Weather Radio   Favoriting single  Chunklet Industries  2016  45  live in 1983  *   1:07:44 (Pop-up)
Love Tractor  Festival   Favoriting Love Tractor  dB Recs  1982  LP      1:09:57 (Pop-up)
The Squalls  UH!   Favoriting Rebel Shoes  Dog Gone  1987  LP      1:13:20 (Pop-up)
R.E.M.  White Tornado   Favoriting Dead Letter Office  I.R.S.  1987  LP  From 1984    1:16:03 (Pop-up)
Flat Duo Jets  Harlem Nocturne   Favoriting Go Go Harlem Baby  Sky  1991  CD      1:17:57 (Pop-up)
Elf Power  Rising and Falling in a Little World   Favoriting A Dream in Sound  The Arena Rock Recording Company  1999  CD      1:20:12 (Pop-up)
Sonny & the Sunsets  My Little Death   Favoriting Moods Baby Moods  Polyvinyl  2016  CD    *   1:23:43 (Pop-up)
The Cascades  I Bet You Won't Stay   Favoriting Kinked! Kinks Songs and Sessions 1964-1971  Ace  2016  CD  From 1965  *   1:26:40 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a pack of 45s lining up in a row
Linda Ronstadt  Tumbling Dice   Favoriting single  Asylum  1977  45      1:35:43 (Pop-up)
Chairmen of the Board  I'll Come Crawling   Favoriting single  Invictus  1970  45      1:37:50 (Pop-up)
Graham Parker & the Rumour  The Bleep   Favoriting single  Vertigo  1977  45      1:40:27 (Pop-up)
Iron Butterfly  In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida   Favoriting single  Atco  1968  45      1:42:37 (Pop-up)
The Sylvers  Hot Line   Favoriting single  Capitol  1976  45      1:45:33 (Pop-up)
Mary Taylor & Roy Clark  If You Want It, Come Get It   Favoriting single  Capitol  1966  45      1:48:32 (Pop-up)
Bette Bright and the Illuminations  The Captain of Your Ship   Favoriting single  Radar  1979  45      1:50:34 (Pop-up)
Soft Cell  What!   Favoriting single  Sire  1982  45      1:53:12 (Pop-up)
The Jive Bombers  Bad Boy   Favoriting single  Savoy  1957  45      1:56:02 (Pop-up)
 
 
Letsgetabitarockin'
Eggs Over Easy  Pistol on the Shelf   Favoriting Good 'N' Cheap  A&M  1972  LP      2:13:34 (Pop-up)
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers  Midnight Bus   Favoriting Bongos Over Balham  Mooncrest  1974  LP      2:16:55 (Pop-up)
Ducks Deluxe  Boogaloo Babe   Favoriting Christmas at the Patti  United Artists  1973  EP      2:19:31 (Pop-up)
Brinsley Schwarz  (It's Gonna Be A) Bring Down   Favoriting Brinsley Schwarz's Original Golden Greats  United Artists  1975  LP      2:22:19 (Pop-up)
Dr. Feelgood  All Through the City   Favoriting All Through the City (The Wilko Years 1974-77)  EMI  2012  CD  live in Cardiff, 1974    2:24:46 (Pop-up)
Eddie and the Hot Rods  Get Out of Denver   Favoriting Teenage Depression  Island  1977  LP      2:28:02 (Pop-up)
The 101ers  Keys to Your Heart   Favoriting Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited  Astralwerks/EMI  2005  CD  second version    2:32:16 (Pop-up)
 
Kuparilinna  Viisi Merta   Favoriting Kuparilinna  Palatsi  2016  CD    *   2:41:02 (Pop-up)
Cilla Black  If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind   Favoriting The Hit Singles  Varèse Vintage  2015  CD  From 1969    2:44:11 (Pop-up)
Bob Brown  Monday Virus   Favoriting The Wall I Built Myself  Tompkins Square  2016  CD  From 1970; hope you're not suffering from it!  *   2:46:59 (Pop-up)
Cat Stevens  Changes - IV   Favoriting Teaser and the Firecat  Island  1971  LP      2:50:24 (Pop-up)
Sneakers and Lace  Little Skateboard Queen   Favoriting Skateboardin' U.S.A.  P.I.P.  1976  LP      2:53:29 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:06am
annie:

good morning joe!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Sem Chumbo:

Was it something you said?
Good morning, Joe, and hello to some of Clan McGasko.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Joe!
Avatar 9:08am
Joe McG:

Hi, gals. Might just be me and you today. Holiday and all! I hope you're having a nice weekend so far.
Avatar 9:08am
Joe McG:

Oh, but there's Greg! Hi, Greg!
Avatar 9:12am
Frank O'Toole:

At least we're having a Memorial Day, regardless of the rain.
  9:12am
Doug C:

Good tracks for a rainy morning.
Avatar 9:12am
Cheri Pi:

Good morning Joe! The Pi is moving house today and you will be our soundtrack, so keep things snappy!
Avatar 9:13am
Joe McG:

True, FXO, true. @Cheri Pi: How am I doing so far? ;)
Avatar 9:13am
Cheri Pi:

Uggghhhh
Avatar 9:14am
Cheri Pi:

;)
Avatar 9:14am
Joe McG:

@Cheri Pi: Don't worry, things will pick up!~:)
Avatar 9:15am
Cheri Pi:

No pressure!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:16am
melinda:

Nice sounds! It's raining here too.
Avatar 9:16am
Joe McG:

I have to rub the sleep from my eyes first.
Avatar 9:17am
Cheri Pi:

maybe play some Kvelertak, lol
Avatar 9:18am
annie:

hope moving day goes smoothly for you cheri. no rain here in asheville and haven't checked the radar.. the morning sky is hazy, so i bet rain by 2-3.
Avatar 9:18am
Joe McG:

@CP: Have you been hanging around with Cecile again?
Avatar 9:19am
Cheri Pi:

I've had no caffeine, my helpers arrive in 15 minutes. I'm dooooooomed
Avatar 9:20am
Cheri Pi:

You know it!
Avatar 9:21am
Cheri Pi:

Thanks Annie!
Avatar 9:22am
Joe McG:

CP, that's so nice that you have helpers. What are they helping you with? Maybe this is too personal.
Avatar 9:26am
Cheri Pi:

My family is helping me pack and clean. My mom will love your show!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:27am
SeanG:

top of the mornin' to ya Joe!
Avatar 9:27am
Joe McG:

@CP: Ha ha ha! It's a mum's favorite! @SeanG: Howdy, Sean!
Avatar 9:28am
Cheri Pi:

I've lived in my apartment for 14 years, tough getting untangled
  9:28am
famous original icecreamwolf:

@cheri pi: I hope your helpers bring you some caffeine! Good luck!!
Avatar 9:29am
Cheri Pi:

If mom's happy Pi is happy
Avatar 9:30am
Joe McG:

Mommi Pi!
Avatar 9:30am
Cheri Pi:

Thank-you!!!
  9:31am
famous original icecreamwolf:

I think the rain is ending up hear in 90.1 land which is good. I want to go to the local spring festival and get lunch and maybe some hippie nonsense and maybe some dessert if the ASPCA is having a bake sale.
Avatar 9:33am
Cheri Pi:

For real though, Versailles by Upper crust might come in handy
Avatar 9:34am
Joe McG:

@CP: I'll see what I can do!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Guido from Cologne:

hello Joe & everyone!
Avatar 9:41am
Joe McG:

Hey Guido! It's Memorial Day here! That means we memorialize.
  9:41am
Nardo:

Double dose of Roback. Nice.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:42am
melinda:

This has been a great opening set, will tune in again after I arrive at work!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Goyim in the AM:

Yeah, I remember this track -- heavy airplay on the old WHFS before the sucking started.
  9:44am
V Priceless:

Heya Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Andrew Waterloo:

I'm Canadian... that holiday was last week for me :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Guido from Cologne:

I have a day off in order to "recover" from birthday celebration.
I'm 100% relaxed.
But it's raining cats and dogs here.
  9:52am
V Priceless:

Yay Crust!!
Avatar 9:53am
Joe McG:

Happy late Canadian Memorial Day, Andrew! @Guido: Plenty of rain to go around here, too!
Avatar 9:55am
Cheri Pi:

Wheeeeeeee
Avatar 9:56am
Cheri Pi:

Thank you son!
Avatar 9:56am
Joe McG:

You bet, CP!
Avatar 9:58am
Cheri Pi:

Lord Bendover should have been tapped for the AcDc lead singer posish
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Goyim in the AM:

Kiss is as rhythmically fluid as a drunk counting to four.
Avatar 10:00am
Joe McG:

@CP: I was very impressed with Count Bassie's ability to hit those high notes! @Goyim: Ha! A nice simple Spector beat is perfect for them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
Goyim in the AM:

Ooh, play the controversial Crystals song next!
  10:02am
miche:

The flying lizards - Then he kissed me
Avatar 10:03am
Joe McG:

I should have done a set of "Kissed Me"s, eh?
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:03am
tadpoles:

Hey Joe...The law requires me to tell you about the Hollywood Brats:

www.youtube.com...
  10:06am
Cooh John:

Guilty. I had this record.
Avatar 10:08am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: That's a great one! I have that EP. Wish I'd thought to bring it. OK, "Kissed Me" set in future. Any other versions?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Goyim in the AM:

The Beach Boys!
  10:12am
Dean:

End of a song by The Boy's breaks into "...Kissed Me."
Avatar 10:12am
BEAVO:

2 Athens GA bands in a row!
  10:12am
Dean:

"Brickfield Nights," I think.
  10:13am
Dean:

Geez, The Boys, sans apostrophe!
Avatar 10:16am
BEAVO:

OK 3 Athens GA bands in Row.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
SeanG:

NICE!
Avatar 10:17am
BEAVO:

I saw that coming.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Well, it's been a nice listening morning. I'm going into town for the parade now. Se ya later!
Avatar 10:20am
Joe McG:

Have fun at the parade, Ken!
Avatar 10:21am
Joe McG:

And thanks for the "Kissed Me" suggestions. I need a couple more, though, for a full set. I'll dig.
Avatar 10:22am
BEAVO:

Of course all those bands have singers as well.
Avatar 10:22am
Gordon FM:

Enjoying the Athens-heavy set from Western Mexico!
  10:22am
Jack:

Great show so far. I could really use some Paul Simon this morning - how about 'Dazzling Blue'?
Avatar 10:22am
Joe McG:

@BEAVO: They do??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Goyim in the AM:

Add in a couple of "he hit me and it felts", and you've got it easy, Joe.
Avatar 10:24am
BEAVO:

I think Of Montreal might have an instrumental
Avatar 10:24am
Gordon FM:

Just need some BBQ Killers!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:27am
SeanG:

always dig Sonny
Avatar 10:27am
Joe McG:

Athens has too many bands that play instrumentals.
  10:30am
Dean:

Cheating, I learn that The Flying Lizards did THKM, as did Springsteen several times live, and he has lots of bootlegs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Goyim in the AM:

53 Miles West of Venus is about as close as the B-52s get to instrumental, I think.
Avatar 10:35am
Kurt Gottschalk:

i missed kiss on wfmu?
shouldn't i get some kind of google alert in advance when that happens?
Avatar 10:36am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Gene Simmons says yer pathetic Kurt...
Avatar 10:38am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...oh wait he apologized...
  10:38am
Dean:

I think B-52s do have instrumentals. Or at least instrumental remixes.
Avatar 10:39am
Joe McG:

Listener Richard let me know that the B52's DO have an instrumental at the end of the "Cosmic Thing" album. Thanks, Richard!
  10:42am
Dean:

Who knew Graham Parker collaborated with George Carlin?
Avatar 10:43am
Joe McG:

@Dean: Ha ha!
Avatar 10:43am
purpleknif:

Trying to drown out the din of a cicada orgy. Better turn up the radio.
  10:43am
KP:

This one needs bleeps
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Goyim in the AM:

Is this the single, or you taking a bathroom break?
  10:44am
AgentPeter:

Only the single version? No guts no glory!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
SeanG:

love it
  10:44am
Jack:

Say it ain't so Joe!
Avatar 10:44am
annie:

looked at the clock and saw that we had enough time for the full innagadda... love to hear the whole thing,
Avatar 10:45am
Joe McG:

I LOVE the way this guy sings!
Avatar 10:45am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...pretty good if you haven't heard it in 45 years!...seriously - I love Iron Butterfly...
  10:45am
AgentPeter:

Have to assume the Mojo Nixon version is next...
  10:46am
Dean:

Band I was in eons ago did a live mash-up of IAGDV and Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." We called it "In-A-Gadda-Da-Dust."
Avatar 10:46am
Joe McG:

I hope I just did the only Iron Butterfly/Sylvers segueway in history.
Avatar 10:48am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I bet Pamela Des Barres would be on board...I can imagine her dancing anyhow...& you can't stop me...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
coelacanth:

good morning Joe and Noiselings
...Joe, i was listening via fm and -where those beeps in the recording? they're not in the album version, but then the song's called "the raid" on the album.(i think)
Avatar 10:50am
Joe McG:

@coelcanth: Yes, it's a bit of a GP joke, I guess!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
coelacanth:

ha! okay. i do remember the beeps on the phones when it was being tapped.
...Great chairman of the board track, i never heard. (btw)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
Parq:

Joining in for the second half, Joe. Yes, I was a little confused by the Graham beeping, too. I thought maybe there was a FedEx truck backing up outside.
Avatar 10:56am
Joe McG:

@Parq: Ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
Cooh John:

Sensational singles, Joe.
Avatar 10:58am
Joe McG:

Thanks, C.J.! Some fun ones today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
coelacanth:

i adore "bad boy" too. i used to think it was Louie Prima.
  11:04am
Dean:

There's an 80-minute CD version, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06am
coelacanth:

i'm pretty sure "the raid" has no fcc-unfriendly phrases, so as you said -just a joke.
  11:10am
melinda:

I'm not familiar with Twin Guns but the description sounds really good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:10am
Polyus:

Linda was sitting in front of a dressing room mirror looking beautiful on that cover. It made quite an impression on 3rd-grader me. She unseated Tanya Tucker and Carrie Fisher as my gateway to the mysteries and wonders of womanhood.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:10am
Polyus:

(that sounds kinda creepy, but come on, I was really young)
Avatar 11:14am
Joe McG:

I hear ya, Polyus. For some people it was Carly, for others it was Linda.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15am
coelacanth:

for me it was both!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17am
coelacanth:

(and Mary Travers)
  11:18am
Dean:

Snakefinger!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20am
Polyus:

For a second I thought "Joe is playing the Dead?"
Avatar 11:20am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Gene Simmons says yer pathetic...but apologizes for sleeping w/ all of them...
  11:23am
Dean:

'O' Band? Dr. Feelgood?
  11:26am
Dean:

Eddie and the Hot Rods?
  11:28am
V Priceless:

Yay!
Avatar 11:28am
Joe McG:

@Dean: Sure! :)
  11:30am
Dean:

I guess pub rock is a limited set.

Love this "Denver."
  11:31am
Dean:

Kursaal Flyers? Chicago Symphony Orchestra?
Avatar 11:32am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hot damn that.
  11:32am
V Priceless:

Thanks for the Dr Feelgood, Joe. Great freakin' band.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33am
foofs:

I saw Eddie & them Hot Rods a few years ago. Great rock 'n' roll show, only slightly marred by Eddie spending every available non-singing moment waggling his buttocks at us. Which were the size of dried peas.
  11:34am
Dean:

Eddie & the Warm Compresses
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34am
Sem Chumbo:

Superb this morning, Joe. Thanks, and I'll see you next time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
coelacanth:

the beatles were a pretty good pub rock band too...
  11:36am
Stevel:

101ers surprisingly sharp. I need to hear more of them.

Always good to be with Joe McG!
  11:39am
Dean:

Finally met Brinsley Schwarz when he and Graham Parker performed in Berkeley. Such a privilege.

That "Christmas at the Patti" EP was a scarce treasure at the time.
Avatar 11:42am
Joe McG:

Hope you folks enjoyed the pub rockin'! Don't forget to tune in for Eggs Over Easy next week.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43am
coelacanth:

now i'm hungry!
Avatar 11:46am
Joe McG:

Me. too! Lunch is around the corner!
  11:49am
Dean:

Have raw pork: http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2016/05/whos-ready-for-some-pork-sashimi

...which brings to mind a faux-pub rock band, The Pork Dukes, probably not playable on regulated airwaves.
Avatar 11:56am
Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Have a great day and week!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59am
coelacanth:

Thanks Joe! Great program!
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