WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 13, 2021

Listener comments!
	9:02am Strandlund: Radio...Yip Yip Yip...
	9:04am Rick from SC: Good morning Joe and all
	9:04am Rick from SC: Good morning Joe and all
	9:04am Handy Haversack: Yipping on in. Hey, Joe and all.
	👻 9:05am DjLorraine: I'm over the moon over my sacredly wrapped swag that arrived. Thank you volunteers who put things inside other things.
	9:06am Mike W.: Good morning Joe, silver Surfacers, et al. Joe, is this Ry on World Circuit/Nonesuch? He really tapped a vein in Cuba (metaphorically)...
	9:06am bradford: hiya joe & co.
	👻 9:06am LW Rhino: Good morning Joe McGasko and the Gas-kets.
	9:08am Special_Vessels: Silver Surfacers :) Wishing you all a Special hello from Tel Aviv this fine Monday
	9:09am Juli: Eep has anyone seen the haunted videos on TIKTOK noooooooo
	9:10am Juli: I have hand like many ghost experiences and used to play in abandoned buildings and I am so freaked out after seeing those lol
	9:10am listener Rey: Good morning Yippers, Yappers and Yahooies!
	👻 9:11am LW Rhino: Fey Joe, this opening set is "instrumental" to my well being this morning. Thanx for that.
	👻 9:11am LW Rhino: *Hey not Fey.
	9:11am Juli: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep Not into scary stuff anymore haha it got too real TG WFMU is here to bring me back to normal reality
	👻 9:13am YETI BOB: Good morning Joe, getting this thing started right!
	9:13am Joe McG: Good morning, all, and welcome to the show, whether you are from across the world or in our own backyard. Hope your Monday is OK so far!
	9:14am Mike W.: @Juli what are — or were — your three favorite horror films?
	9:17am Juli: These Tiktoks are the scariest things I have ever seen some girl on Facebook talks about them. I liked in The Mouth of Madness Insidious The Omen I don’t watch scary movies often bc I know first hand it is all real
	👻 9:18am LW Rhino: People, People who are McGasko listeners, Are the luckiest people in the world...
	👻 9:18am Ken From Hyde Park: ¡Buenos días, Joe y yips!
	9:18am Stephen O: Safe in the sure hand of Joe McGasko
	9:19am Mike W.: Oh yeah, I watch scary movies to imagine a world whose horrors are at least entertaining, maybe have a cool soundtrack
	9:20am Handy Haversack: Joe, is Joe B. OK? Saw that Jim is filling in today.
	9:20am Juli: I used to try and talk to ghosts and they began speaking back…no thanks I said lol….but they generally have a respect for me bc I respect them…I used to do scary things on purpose lol Much less into it know after what I have seen Will prolly make a horror film about it all one day! Writing one now
	👻 9:20am karlward: This noise goes way below the surface
	9:20am Juli: Mike W share w me your favorites
	9:20am Rick A: Good morning, Joe and All, I am happy to be listening to SN in its entirety for the first time in awhile. I'm doing some numbers crunching work which is being easily abetted by this music. Joe is spot on with tunes once again.
	9:23am Jack: Wow. That Chico Hamilton was great! A big fan of Gabor Szabo.
	👻 9:24am YETI BOB: Digging it!
	👻 9:26am YETI BOB: Szabó + Sete = Big Smiles All Around
	👻 9:27am Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe Joe B. is taking the day off to ruminate on the collective results of the Jets, Giants and Bills from yesterday. 🏈
	👻 9:27am Marley P. Dogg: Hello Joe McG! Thank you for the jazzy start to the week!
	9:28am Mike W.: @Juli i am waiting patiently for your film, i believe you The Exorcist stands apart for me; I saw it when I was 8 and have not quite recovered. Also The Thing and most Carpenter’s, if sometimes just for the mood; Paperhouse for accurately rendered kid’s imagination; Alien; was grateful for the telling of The Witch; and coming up from the depths a truly batshit Mexican possessed-in-the-nunnery film called Alucarda. etc.
	9:28am Joe McG: Not sure what Joe B. is up to, but I'm sure he's fine!
	👻 9:28am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Morning Joe McG, fellow YipYips.
	👻 9:30am YETI BOB: Hey Tri-Luna!
	9:30am Handy Haversack: Glad to hear it, Joe! Mike W., we saw Nina Forever recently and thought it did a really good job looking at haunting and grief and who ends up carrying the burdens of loss. It's also pretty funny. Hey, Threemoons! How goes?
	9:31am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): The last horror movie I saw was The Blair Witch Project, which totally creeped me out.
	9:31am skyline chili: Goody good good morning Joey McGaskoey and noise surfer's.
	9:31am Juli: The Witch was excellent Ty! Yeah I will finish it in my forties and try to sell it Ty! Pulling together a few projects now
	9:32am Son Of Pantz: A lot of people are suffering in my home state right now. I'm lucky not to know anyone who lost a home or a family member, but I'll keep them in my thoughts.
	9:32am DJ Guin: Last Call for anyone interested in a Spare Ticket courtesy of Joe McG to see The Lemon Twigs this Wednesday in NYC - DM me, or not
	9:32am melinda: Nice set
	9:32am Juli: Blair Witch was great too I will send the name of the girl w the Tiktok video discussions: omg
	9:33am Juli: Sorry to hear about your home state…a lot suffering in the world and it is too many
	9:34am melinda: @Mike W Paperhouse was really good. The part where Ben Cross suddenly gets mean scared me even as an adult.
	👻 9:35am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @HH hanging in there I guess; coffee is imminent. How is the kitty with digestive issues? Other house critters?
	9:35am Juli: Loey Lane on Facebook Look thru her videos especially the TIKTOK videos of ghosts holy hell these are real stories Anyway on a lighter no the sun is shining and we are magical beings in outer space Thanks for the music Joe
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: The kid's right
	9:36am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I've never seen a TikTok video.
	9:38am Handy Haversack: All were well when I left the apartment, Threemoons. We gave the kittens double breakfast to try to forestall any eating of Very bad Things while we're out. The one breakfast just did not seem to satisfy them. A little worried about Callipygian, who has not been eating much. She's 19, so there's not a lot of intervening we will do at this point.
	9:39am Juli: TikTok is generally really fun but really creepy and ppl post ghost sightings constantly
	9:39am listener Rey: Great opening set Joe!
	👻 9:40am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @HH Sorry to hear about Kitty Dietary Management Issues.....remember, aluminum foil is your friend re keeping kitties out of Very Bad Things...I take it that Bagpipe is just sitting around tolerantly during these feline hijinks?
	9:41am listener Rey: I love how he enunciates, even if the accents aren't always in the right place
	9:43am skyline chili: Didn't they make a reboot of The Blair witch project, or was it a bwp sequel.
	👻 9:43am yerfriendpaul: Hi Joe, everyone!
	9:43am JohnPietaro: Have you heard Dave Sewelson’s immortal rendition?
	👻 9:44am Webhamster Henry: Hi Noise Surfacers!
	9:44am JohnPietaro: ….Sewelson’s rendition of NATURE BOY, that is.
	9:45am Juli: Please don’t watch Loey Lanes video on FB if you get really scared, it will ruin your nights haha
	9:46am Mike W.: @Melinda a truly brilliant and affecting moment, I remember it v well
	9:46am TerrDE: Gabor speaks to us on San Francisco nites
	9:46am skyline chili: Hey yerpalpaul
	9:47am listener Rey: George Benson's version was the biggest hit in my lifetime
	9:47am Mike W.: Joe we are here right now in your anarchic streaming service
	👻 9:48am queems: didn't know i needed a jewish aerobics record but i definitely do
	9:49am D Free: This is fantastic!
	9:49am Tom in St. Paul: This track is a mahaya!
	9:49am Jim the Poet: This is good. I needed to get my workout in!
	9:50am Rick A: This music could also double as 70s porn music.
	9:50am Heidella: This is amazing
	👻 9:50am Hughie Considine: I'm schvitzing.
	9:50am TerrDE: the writer was a "Hippy" during the beatnik era. long hair and clothes. He did an Exotica album w folk flutes and sailboats creaking. free download at internet archives
	9:52am TerrDE: Nature Boy writter. It was autobiographical
	9:53am The Oscar: SILK & SILVER!!!!
	9:54am emily: Fun Fun Fun
	👻 9:54am Hughie Considine: Neil Innes's "Godfrey Daniel" is the only Elton John parody I know. Leave it to ace DJ Joe McGasko to open my eyes.
	9:55am TerrDE: it took that commercial for me to find out wtf Elton is saying
	9:55am Tom in St. Paul: "...Running' on issues of hair alone"
	👻 9:55am Hughie Considine: I mean, I know this is an absolutely sincere cover, but the Innes song comes to mind ...
	9:55am Rick A: I remember last March, I think, Joe did a whole set of Billy Joel covers. Maybe a set of Elton John covers at some point???
	9:56am Joe McG: @Rick: Good idea!
	9:56am bradford: seriously off kilter
	👻 9:56am karlward: Come on Biz Markie!
	9:57am Rick A: You could end it with this medley. I must admit that I don't know that many Elton John covers.
	9:57am Joe McG: Silk and Silver are sort of like the Quasi of 1976.
	9:57am emily: kinda dyin here
	9:57am TerrDE: Bernie sometimes writes lyrics as bad as America . Mars is cold as Hell. Gee , whats wrong w that line ?
	9:58am egould310: What the hell? Good morning, Joe M. This got me out of bed a little earlier than I was planning. :-)
	9:59am JohnPietaro: It’s happy hour somewhere
	9:59am The Oscar: When I saw Dune I couldn't stop singing "Bene Geserit" to the tune of "Benny and the Jets."
	9:59am Claire from Montclair: Killing it! 💀
	👻 9:59am karlward: Now I want to hear a piano bar Silk & Silver medley of Jimmy Buffett
	👻 10:00am 12539: I hope this covers the entire Elton catalog.
	👻 10:01am karlward: It'll be a cheeseburger in paradise
	10:01am Mick: Oh my goodness!
	10:01am Dave R: These guys are butchering the songs in a monumental way! someone needs a metronome too!
	10:01am bradford: holy moly
	10:02am TerrDE: ? not bad enough to be good-bad, and certainly not good enough to be good
	👻 10:03am YETI BOB: TerrDE - what was interesting to me was the way it was almost-good. Piano chops were there, he was rushing the tempo a bit but he was singing his heart out.
	10:03am Polly: these remind me of some of what Micah plays! cringeworthy
	👻 10:03am Webhamster Henry: Then again... no.
	10:03am Rick A: I now know of an Elton John cover!
	10:04am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): If there's a cover of Don't Go Breakin' My Heart...I'm out! ;-)
	👻 10:04am yerfriendpaul: I'm on board with this!
	10:06am Alvy Singer: Leo recorded this when the Meters were between record contracts.
	10:06am JeremyB: I'm slow to get to the computer this morning, but that jewish aerobics was hilarious! Hello Everyone! Good morning Joe!
	10:08am listener monica: it's a long unusual sweet story. the guy who took me to my prom- we really didn't know each other- had 7 joints rolled, and an 8-track player in his car, and every Elton John album then available on 8 track. I had never heard empty sky before. I should have asked him out for another date. 1976.
	10:08am TerrDE: I m always amazed at what gets recorded. If this was open mike night I'd be having a conversation, tho I would applaud since at least they're trying...why are there so many singers who can't
	10:08am FletcherNYC: @webmaster Henry easily one of Bernie’s best lines
	10:08am Joe McG: @Jeremy: Oh, we're not done yet. We'll get one more workout in, bubbale.
	10:10am JeremyB: Excellent!
	10:11am Son Of Pantz: Good. I need to work off these latkes.
	10:12am Andres: Good morning! Pull Your Pants Up. I will take that as part of the get out of bed ritual. Funky as heck!
	👻 10:12am Webhamster Henry: I actually made latkes this morning too! WFMU breakfast club!
	10:12am Jim the Poet: I'm inhaling when I'm supposed to be exhaling
	10:13am Stanley: I never inhale
	10:13am Claire from Montclair: It was just a warmup earlier
	10:14am DJ Guin: exercise? i'd settle for some homemade chicken soup
	10:14am Joe McG: @Claire: This where it gets serious.
	👻 10:14am yerfriendpaul: I'm schvitzing!
	10:14am Claire from Montclair: Bounce bounce bounce!
	10:15am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I'm not working out but I _am_ sipping some No Chicken broth.
	👻 10:15am queems: i was sitting bobbing my head to this without even noticing
	👻 10:15am Webhamster Henry: "Arch back and forth and rock" -> davening.
	10:15am Son Of Pantz: She's kicking my toosh!
	10:15am Stanley: Can gentiles take part?
	10:15am Andres: This would be perfect for your next Dance With Me Stanley fill-in!
	👻 10:15am YETI BOB: I can't quite touch the floor. I guess I really need this! Thanks Joe.
	10:16am Roberto: If this is a bit, it's an elaborate one.
	10:16am Strandlund: This should be on Wake 'n' Bake...
	10:16am DJ Guin: what does one ass cheek clapping sound like i wonder
	10:17am Handy Haversack: The Chosenrobics!
	10:17am egould310: Oy!robics.
	👻 10:17am Webhamster Henry: Sh'ma Yisrael! Step to the left, slap!
	10:18am Roberto: Wow, new B & B! Now available at Barnes & Barnes & Noble.
	10:18am Joe McG: Taking suggestions for Magnetic Fields to follow this song with.
	👻 10:19am Ken From Hyde Park: Welp, if Double Dip Roger loses track of his exercise record, here is a suitable replacement.
	10:19am Handy Haversack: "Papa Was a Rodeo"?
	10:19am DJ Guin: Magneto & Titanium Man?
	10:20am Roberto: Favorite this song or get wished into the cornfield.
	10:20am The Oscar: Oh my god-- how did I not know there's a new Barnes & Barnes out?!
	👻 10:21am Webhamster Henry: Not Magnetic Fields, but Gothic Archies' "Smile - No One Cares How You Feel"
	10:21am skyline chili: Hey Joe, I have a couple of Sound a like songs for you if you are interested?
	10:21am The Oscar: Between B&B and Booji Boy, it's like you're raiding my teenage CD collection!
	10:21am Garth: I love the recordings of those early live Devo shows. So unhinged and amazing!
	10:22am Joe McG: @Henry: We'll get it next time!
	10:22am gauche knee: Loved That workout song, was like my stories: hard to follow & full of enthusiasm.
	10:23am Joe McG: The source for this cover: culturalgutter.com...
	10:24am Rich in Bristol: Wing?
	👻 10:24am Webhamster Henry: That's OK, if everyone played my requests, I'd be forced to clean the WFMU bathrooms.
	10:24am Rick A: If it's not too late, Andrew in Drag??
	10:24am The Oscar: I saw War of the Gargantuas on some UHF station as a teen, and I spent YEARS trying to figure out what I had seen!
	10:25am Roberto: Can someone explain to me why "Booji" is pronounced "Boogie?"
	10:26am listener Rey: He said "Raaaydio"!
	10:26am Son Of Pantz: @Roberto they ran out of g's.
	10:27am The Oscar: @Roberto It's a hard J.
	10:27am Roberto: Duh! Thankz Pantz.
	10:27am rw: Good morning! Is it Wednesday?
	10:27am kev: lovin' it Joe
	10:27am TerrDE: lol, hard J
	10:28am DJ Guin: this cover has a very Nixon-esque vibe. Dick, not Mojo
	10:29am Son Of Pantz: No zweat @ Roberto
	10:29am TerrDE: I had a hard J , never overpaper w 2 more papers, just start again
	👻 10:30am DjLorraine: Just in case anyone missed some lyrics - we can put our arms down.; )
	👻 10:30am karlward: I know I liked that
	10:30am su: can i get a fade out some time soon? HA
	10:31am TerrDE: reminded me of Dick too, in that a Nixon imitation would have worked better. he like Harry played piano
	10:31am Andres: Stan Ridgway vocal like.
	10:32am Jim the Poet: FISH HEADS
	👻 10:33am DjLorraine: Fish heads
	10:33am Roberto: They've come a long way from "Swallow My Love."
	10:34am gauche knee: Thnx for all things “Words Get Stuck in My Throat”, Joe! Never heard any of it & now…obsessed!
	10:36am Skyline 🌶️: I was just going to say that, featuring Young Will Robinson. Of whom is probably on the constant lookout to this day from being constantly warned back in the day.
	10:37am Joe McG: @gauche: You bet! @jim the Poet: Hey Jim! See you soon.
	10:37am Roberto: And before Lost in Space, he was wishin' suckas into the cornfield.
	10:38am TVP: I remember Weird Al telling a funny story on a podcast a while back that he was hanging out and jamming with Bill Mumy one day in the late 70s/early 80s, never putting two and two together that the Barnes and Barnes singer was previously Will Robinson, despite all the Lost in Space memorabilia in his place.
	10:40am Joe McG: @Roberto: Ah yes! what an episode that was!
	👻 10:41am yerfriendpaul: Happy birthday, Dick Van Dyke! 96 today. If anyone knows him, please relay my best wishes
	10:42am Joe McG: Yay, Dick Van Dyke is the best ever.
	10:42am Son Of Pantz: I might like you better if we Surface Noised together.
	10:42am Roberto: YASS Waitresses!
	10:43am Roberto: My dad was in a TV movie with Dick once, if that helps.
	10:43am Skyline 🌶️: You're a bad man! And then you would hear bongos, and then suddenly "pop".You find yourself in a cornfield. That is if you're lucky, cuz he could do worse to you.
	10:43am Barno: Waitresses, YES!! Akron, Ohio represent!
	👻 10:43am yerfriendpaul: Roberto - that DOES help! Please fill us in with details!
	10:44am Roberto: It was a movie and it was on TV.
	10:45am Rachel Bo Bachel: Ooh, this song is sad! Ha social workers represent :D love the waitresses great show so far Joe!
	👻 10:45am yerfriendpaul: Roberto - good to know!
	10:45am Handy Haversack: Hey, Rache!
	10:46am Joe McG: @Pantz: Ha ha! @RBR: Good to see you!
	10:46am TerrDE: kid don't play all those video games, you could buy this Juice Newton record instead
	10:46am Reno D: Splendid show, Joe. Sailing us merrily across genre lines with masterly precision.
	10:48am Joe McG: Shucks, Reno, glad you're enjoying the most freeform section of the show.
	10:48am Rachel Bo Bachel: Reno D well put! Handy! Did you end up seeing our pal Winston Legthigh? I meant to email you but my life is outta control w/ all these babies
	10:49am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe baby Arlo loves your show so much he is trying to eat the speaker
	10:49am TerrDE: not 50s, recent ?
	10:50am Stanley: I knew this was Rod from the first few notes. Oo la la
	10:50am Joe McG: @RBR: Now THAT'S what I call a listener! :)
	10:51am Listener Robert: I clicky-starred that "Satisfaction", but it's still not as good as the Reportage version.
	10:51am Skyline 🌶️: Bill Mumy reprised that role in the then new 1980's Twilight zone episodes. He was still in the same town doing the same s terrifying everyone there and even had a daughter with the same gnarly powers.
	10:51am Handy Haversack: We had some veterinary emergencies going on when winston was here, Rachel. Hopefully next year!
	10:52am TerrDE: what album is this ?
	10:53am Joe McG: @TerrDE: Non-album single!
	👻 10:53am chresti: Morning Joe and company! Listening in the tennis booth (weather permitting).
	10:53am Paul: In the TZ movie, had a cameo in that segment, just playing pinball.
	10:54am Paul: Billy, that is.
	10:55am Joe McG: This record reminds me that I could really use a haircut.
	10:55am TerrDE: thanks Joe, i must have missed it. WBCN listener at the time and maybe it was too top 40 for them
	10:59am Rachel Bo Bachel: Handy oh no how’s everybody doing now? Yes Joe I keep missing Wake and Bake because I have two simultaneous drop-offs at two different schools so early morning is just pandemonium. But now I get a nice quiet rest of the morning w/ the baby and Surface Noise, which has always been a favorite w/ the kids <3 hope you are having a peaceful, warm and joyous holiday season!
	11:00am Woo: @Joe McG, you don't have to cut it, it will stop by itself
	11:00am DJ Guin: Last Call for anyone interested in a Spare Ticket courtesy of Joe McG to see The Lemon Twigs this Wednesday in NYC - DM me, or not i really need to get friends
	11:00am StringOFperils: Futurist Guitar Emo Glam
	11:01am Rachel Bo Bachel: Ps Joe I am still cutting everyone in my family’s hair for better or worse. Feel free to come over for a mediocre haircut anytime!
	11:02am Woo: EBS sounding great
	11:02am TerrDE: Jelly and juice and bubbles on the floor
	11:02am BaBa: BeBop Deluxe - most underrated band on the planet.
	11:03am Rachel Bo Bachel: Arlo got so mad about the emergency broadcast system test he thought the speaker was broken
	👻 11:05am Ken From Hyde Park: @Rachel - Haha ... We need some pictures of that. And also maybe some pictures of your haircutting skills.
	11:05am Paul: My cats hate those EBS tests on TV.
	11:05am Andres: EBS always confuses the family. I have stopped explaining.
	11:06am JG: There are a million great Rod Stewart songs
	11:07am TerrDE: During those NUCLEAR WAR duck and cover drills my teacher didn't find it amusing when i pointed out that we were the same distance as Dover Air Force Base from the Russian Air Burst they'd use to vaporize it
	11:08am iiibeat: Sidewalk Jr.
	11:09am Birdy girl: Hi Joe, just listening in now. I like your show. 🌲
	11:11am TerrDE: Mike was good
	11:11am Son Of Pantz: I remember Graham Nash briefly had a talk/jam show on VH1 that was great. He had some great guests and was a brilliant host.
	11:12am Paul: The most talented Monkee, but Mickey was always my favorite.
	11:13am Skyline 🌶️: As I mentioned before Joe I have a couple of sound alikes for you. Here they iz. Peter Green; albatross, Pere Ubu; Irene.
	11:13am StringOFperils: Thanks for playing this!
	11:13am DJ Guin: too bad it wasn't Mike's "magic fingers" he was a better bassist than guitar player
	11:14am DJ Guin: actually, Peter was the most talented instrumentalist. Mike was passable.
	11:14am Jim the Poet: I always wanted to be a Monkee
	11:14am TerrDE: I guess it was too Country at the time for me to get ito his solo stuff , but i always liked his songs on the Monkees albums
	11:15am DJ Guin: @Jim the Poet - they have some openings i think
	11:15am Paul: Mike's "Cruisin" is still one of the greatest music videos ever.
	11:15am Rich in Washington: 'Magic fingers' was James Burton.
	11:16am Lightcap: Mike was by far the best songwriter in the Monkees…. “You Just May Be the One” is a legit great song and the best original penned by one of them IMO. RIP
	11:16am Brendan: @Joe I knew you’d get around to Mike this morning. Tip of the beanie cap to you.
	11:17am Lightcap: You played it! Great minds and whatnot…
	👻 11:17am pgalub: Hey Joe and everyone. Yep. Great songwriting!
	👻 11:17am John L: BaBa: A couple of my high school buddies started an official BeBop Deluxe fan club, putting an ad in, I think, Trouser Press. After a few months they only got a couple of members, so they gave up the idea. Be Bop Deluxe never got beyond cult status in the U.S., sadly.
	👻 11:19am bbob: Lurv.
	11:19am TerrDE: Mersey Mike
	11:19am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @John L: And really too bad. I saw them open for Blue Oyster Cult (Spectres tour) and they were great.
	11:20am Jim the Poet: Mike taught me it was OK to always wear a winter cap
	11:20am Lightcap: Also he nailed “Love is Only Sleeping” by Mann/Weill. Next level avant-pop.
	11:20am Woo: ME-TV showed some Mike-centric episodes of the TV show yesterday. One had Mickey singing Goin Down' which is still amazing.
	11:21am Rick A: Michael was always the one who continually pointed out that The Monkees were never meant to be a rock n' roll band, that they were created for a television show. That made him appear smart and self-aware which was reinforced by him avoiding the reunions for many years because he had his own work post-Monkees.
	11:23am TerrDE: Mickey on Goin Down is up there w Paul on Got to Get You Into My Life
	11:23am Rachel Bo Bachel: Ken from Hyde Park is there still a Flickr page? I don’t have social media really but there was a Wake n Bake that I’ve posted on and I think there’s an FMU page too. One of my kids definitely got a dumb and dumber haircut at one point but I do ok with my husband’s hair. I keep offering him the hot towel but he doesn’t take it!
	11:23am Woo: Mike also didn't need the money
	11:24am Rachel Bo Bachel: Love when you play the Monkees Joe <3
	11:26am Ira: Was talking about "Sweet Young Thing" yesterday (though not that version). Does anyone know the background on what I think is its unique songwriting credit?
	11:26am DJ Guin: "Got to Get You Into My Life" is about Macca's love of weed.
	11:27am TerrDE: I remember seeing Be Bop Deluxe only once on TV and liking them, but 0 radio play. Whats a good intro album
	👻 11:28am Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Gotcha Gitcha Inta My LIE-EEEF!
	11:28am Asheville Jon: her name was Rodanne www.youtube.com...
	11:28am DJ Guin: this is a Magnolia Simms retread
	11:28am BaBa: @JohnL. Sadly, indeed. Criminally so. Five studio albums that still stand the test of time. And besides Television and maybe Parquet Courts, one of few bands that knew how to seamlessly bake all types of stellar guitar solos right into the song structures.
	11:28am Jim the Poet: I'm a Believer
	11:28am TerrDE: Paul's Sweet Leaf
	11:29am Joe McG: @TerrDE: They're all a little different. The first couple are very glam; by the time of 'Drastic Plastic" they're pretty new wave.
	11:30am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): You guys won't believe that but I literally have never heard this song before. (Joanne)
	11:32am TerrDE: thanks Joe, what I heard on Don Kirshner or one of the many others was lead guitar driven
	11:32am Woo: Now you have @WoodsOfNH and isn't it great?
	11:33am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): Dang it....now time for meetings.... @Woo: Yes!
	11:33am Rachel Bo Bachel: Oh no… I didn’t realize Mike Nesmith has died. This is so sad. He was so special!
	11:34am Asheville Jon: thanks for the tribute Joe. Been really bummed by Nez's passing
	11:34am Paul: Will Joe play "Cruisin"?
	11:35am Rachel Bo Bachel: I went to camp one summer w/ a girl who took piano lessons with him and he had given her his hat and she wore it every day. I would too if I were her
	👻 11:36am chresti: Country road take me home..
	11:37am Rachel Bo Bachel: My band used to cover “you just may be the one”. You got that one Joe??
	11:38am Rachel Bo Bachel: Not that you need any direction; everything you’re playing is great
	11:38am Handy Haversack: It was the third song of the set, Rache! And we think all is at least calm, veterinarianly, right now -- thanks!
	11:40am Therese: Totally stealing this version for Wednesday night!
	11:40am Stanley: I've just realised Mike Nesmith has passed. How sad. Thanks for these tunes, Joe.
	11:41am Rachel Bo Bachel: Oh man I missed it!! Ran downstairs for a sec. will listen on the archives. Glad things are calmer Handy- you seem like such a good cat dad :)
	11:41am Paul: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs did a nice version of Drum
	11:41am Listener Baby: Morning Joe. Loved your Genesis recap last week. So happy is was a good show. I’ll mention that the fellow behind the drums that night isn’t old enough to buy a beer. Sad they aren’t coming to the west coast. I’ll just be happy to experience it through your able eye and ears. Happy Holidays, Joe and the whole Gand out there!
	11:41am Joe McG: Hey Therese! Didn't know that you and Amanda were doing a thing until literally 11 a.m. this morning. But can't have enough Papa Nes, right?
	11:42am Skyline 🌶️: I wanted to grow my hair long like the Monkees to appeal to the girlies so that they would take a shine to me, and I got good head start over the summer vacation. so when it came time to get ready to go back to school I wanted to keep my hair long, but my dad wasn't going to have any of that and forced me to get one of those ugly God forsaking regular haircut. So I went off to school not having that Monkee appeal look that I wanted to impress the girlies.
	11:43am Paul: "Borrowed" Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash from my college radio station and played it all the time.
	11:43am Therese: @Joe McG- never enough!
	11:43am iiibeat: Did Circle Sky trigger?
	👻 11:43am Webhamster Henry: I used to look like Davy.
	11:44am Joe McG: Glad you enjoyed that, Listener Baby!
	11:44am Joe M: Great selections Joe thanks for the music
	11:44am vietnam_veterinarian: really great vibe!!
	11:44am Creature Boy: Nez was the nazz
	11:45am Paul: "Wool Hat" would approve of this tribute.
	11:45am Handy Haversack: Hey, Baby!
	11:45am Listener Baby: Hi Handy!,, Happy Holidays.
	11:46am Handy Haversack: Same to you! Hope you're getting to relax some.
	11:46am Rich in Washington: I grew up in a one TV household, so could never watch the (by then syndicated) Monkees TV show, but would frequently see the commercial for it. As a very young kid, I assumed they were supposed to be monkeys or something. I never actually watched the show until it was picked up by Nickelodeon, on their then-new Nick At Night channel in the mid 80s. I watched a 24 hour marathon on them while convalescing from a long illness.
	11:48am DJ Guin: bye joe seeya kids
	11:48am βrian: @Rich: What about the Banana Splits? I remember them being paired during the Saturday morning cartoon slots.
	11:48am Handy Haversack: later, DJG. Wish I had time to take you up on that ticket!
	11:50am BaBa: Man, at times Nesmith and David Gates' voice sound so much alike. Just noticed that.
	11:51am patrick321: Nice thoughtful tribute. Thanks Joe!
	11:51am Rich in Washington: @βrian: I think I was just too young to have tuned into the Banana Splits. I remember them, but I was possibly too young to figure out how to tune them in or possibly being nearly the youngest sibling, was too slow on the uptake to beat my older siblings to the TV.
	11:52am Rich in Washington: I wish Nesmith's company would reissue Elephant Parts on some medium again. I think they were selling them on DVD a while ago but it doesn't seem to be in print now.
	11:53am βrian: Irene is back in the saddle on the Drummer Stream: wfmu.org...
	11:54am Handy Haversack: Great set and show, Joe! A very fitting tribute. And a lot new to me. Can't believe it's almost over. This day has been getting away from me from the jump! Later on, Surfactants. Stay deep.
	11:54am Skyline 🌶️: I would not have pegged dance between The raindrops as a Michael Nesmith song if I didn't know it was him.
	11:54am Jim the Poet: I don't want it to end Joe!!!
	👻 11:54am chresti: We had 2 tvs, 1 for sound and 1 for picture.
	11:55am McGroovey: I Know What I Know : never noticed the auto tune on this before. At least, it sounds like auto tune.
	11:55am Rich in Washington: This is lovely, Joe!
	11:55am βrian: Oh, it won't end Joe. Joe endures.
	11:55am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Have a great week!
	11:55am Andres: That was a wonderful tribute! Thank you, Joe.
	11:55am Rich in Washington: I seem to recall us going through a phase like that, chresti!
	11:55am Jim the Poet: I don't want it to end Joe!!!
	👻 11:55am chresti: *B+W of course.
	👻 11:56am 12539: Thanks Joe!
	11:56am TerrDE: thanks Joe, enjoy the day
	11:56am Rich in Washington: That Sandoval interview was really nice.
	11:57am AS from MP: Glen Jones read a very thoughtful and interesting eulogy (?) yesterday that Nesmith had made for Davy Jones
	11:57am radioronan: Thank you Joe!
	11:57am TomTom: We all should make peace with our monkey past.
	11:57am Mister Dobalina: Great show, Joe.
	👻 11:58am chresti: Hi Rich, yeah when we first came to CA. my dad would shop the thrift stores for everything.
	👻 11:58am DjLorraine: Chresti that's interesting. We had a black n white zenith 3 1/2 channels.
	11:59am McGroovey: I just turned on the radio. I didn't catch the whole Nesmith set. I'll have to listen in the archives.
	11:59am dano59: That Nez set was wonderful. ty
	11:59am dano59: That Nez set was wonderful. ty
	11:59am Rich in Washington: Love the Bill Griffith anecdote about him - while trying to develop a Zippy The Pinhead movie on Nesmith's Pacific Arts - how Nez had a sign on the wall 'NO MONKEES JOKES' but his office was right across the street from a Chinese restaurant called Mon Kee.
	12:00pm βrian: Even if it wasn't in quadrophonic sound, it was really nice.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 13, 2021

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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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December 13, 2021: Good Clean Fun

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán	Drume Negrita	Mambo Sinuendo	Nonesuch	2003	CD			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
C Joynes	Nuevo Tango "Nuevo Tango" by "C Joynes"	Poor Boy on the Wire	Sophomore Lounge / Cardinal Fuzz	2021	LP		*	0:07:12 (Pop-up)
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos	Esclavo Tristé	Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos	Atlantic	1998	CD			0:10:11 (Pop-up)
Chico Hamilton	People "People" by "Chico Hamilton"	El Chico	Impulse!	1965	LP	Guitar: Gabor Szabó		0:15:35 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabó	Yearning "Yearning" by "Gabor Szabó"	Spellbinder	Euphoria! Jazz	2007	LP	From 1966		0:21:38 (Pop-up)
Bola Sete	Samba de Verao "Samba de Verao" by "Bola Sete"	Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968	Tompkins Square	2021	MP3	wrong time of year for a summer samba, but think good thoughts	*	0:24:32 (Pop-up)
Eliades Ochoa y el Cuarteto Patria	La comparsa	Sublime Illusion	Higher Octave World/Virgin	1999	CD			0:29:28 (Pop-up)
Johnny Hartman	Nature Boy "Nature Boy" by "Johnny Hartman"	For Trane	Blue Note/Capitol	1995	CD	From 1972		0:32:37 (Pop-up)
Nat "King" Cole	Aqeullos Ojos Verdes	In the Mood for Love: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture	Higher Octave/Virgin	2000	CD	From 1959		0:35:58 (Pop-up)

Neshoma Orchestra with Ella Adler	Warm Up	Jewish Aerobics	M.A. Productions	1983	LP			0:48:02 (Pop-up)
The Mam'selles	Son of a Preacher Man	It's a "Bubble Gum World"	Beat Rocket	2021	CD	From 1969	*	0:50:14 (Pop-up)
Silk & Silver	Elton John Medley "Elton John Medley" by "Silk & Silver"	Enjoy the Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992	Sinecure Books	2012	CD	From 1976		0:52:16 (Pop-up)
Leo Nocentelli	Your Song "Your Song" by "Leo Nocentelli"	Another Side	Light in the Attic	2021	CD	circa 1972	*	1:01:25 (Pop-up)
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio	Pull Your Pants Up	Cold As Weiss	Colemine	2021	MP3		*	1:06:55 (Pop-up)
Neshoma Orchestra with Ella Adler	Aerobics #3	Jewish Aerobics	M.A. Productions	1983	LP			1:11:30 (Pop-up)
Barnes & Barnes	I Have So Many Friends in Heaven	Pancake Dream	Demented Punk	2021	CD		*	1:15:38 (Pop-up)
DEVO	The Words Get Stuck in My Throat	No Album	No Label	1977	MP3	live in Akron, 2/77		1:19:12 (Pop-up)
Richard Trible	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	single	Richard Trible	2021	CD-R		*	1:24:10 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
Bobby Moore's Rhythm Aces featuring Chico	Go Ahead and Burn	single	Chess	1966	45			1:35:51 (Pop-up)
Bread	Could I "Could I" by "Bread"	single	Elektra	1969	45			1:38:03 (Pop-up)
The Waitresses	Go On "Go On" by "The Waitresses"	single	Polydor	1982	45			1:40:47 (Pop-up)
Juice Newton & Slver Spur	Love Is a Word	single	RCA	1975	45			1:43:43 (Pop-up)
Charm	The Morse Code of Love "The Morse Code of Love" by "Charm"	single	Clifton	1992	45	From 1983		1:46:33 (Pop-up)
Rod Stewart	Oh! No Not My Baby "Oh! No Not My Baby" by "Rod Stewart"	single	Mercury	1973	45			1:48:49 (Pop-up)
The Swinging Laurels	Hair by Mantini	single	WEA	1982	45			1:52:34 (Pop-up)
Be-Bop Deluxe	Kiss of Light "Kiss of Light" by "Be-Bop Deluxe"	single	Harvest	1976	45			1:57:29 (Pop-up)

Michael Nesmith, R.I.P. "Michael Nesmith, R.I.P."
The Monkees	Papa Gene's Blues "Papa Gene's Blues" by "The Monkees"	The Monkees	Colgems	1966	LP			2:12:10 (Pop-up)
The Monkees	The Kind of Girl I Could Love	More of the Monkees	Colgems	1967	LP			2:13:44 (Pop-up)
The Monkees	You Just May Be the One	Headquarters	Colgems	1967	LP			2:15:34 (Pop-up)
The Monkees	Don't Call on Me "Don't Call on Me" by "The Monkees"	Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.	Rhino	1986	LP	From 1968		2:17:54 (Pop-up)
The Wichita Train Whislte	Sweet Young Thing	The Wichita Train Whistle Sings	Dot	1968	LP	essentially his first solo LP (with Shorty Rogers)		2:20:22 (Pop-up)
The Monkees	Good Clean Fun "Good Clean Fun" by "The Monkees"	Monkee Flips: Best of the Monkees, Volume Four	Rhino	1984	LP	From 1969		2:23:53 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band	Joanne	single	RCA	1970	45	his big hit		2:26:10 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band	Conversations	Loose Salute	RCA	1970	LP			2:29:20 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band	Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)	Nevada Fighter	RCA	1971	LP			2:32:54 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith	The Upside of Good-Bye	And the Hits Just Keep On Comin'	RCA	1972	LP			2:35:52 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band	Different Drum	Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings	Real Gone Music	2021	CD	Alternate version from 1970		2:38:45 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith	Some of Shelley's Blues	Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash	RCA	1973	LP			2:41:35 (Pop-up)
Michael Nesmith	Dance Between the Raindrops	The Prison	Pacific Arts	1974	LP			2:44:55 (Pop-up)
The Monkees	I Know What I Know "I Know What I Know" by "The Monkees"	Good Times!	Rhino	2016	CD			2:51:39 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am Strandlund: Radio...Yip Yip Yip...
	9:04am Rick from SC: Good morning Joe and all
	9:04am Rick from SC: Good morning Joe and all
	9:04am Handy Haversack: Yipping on in. Hey, Joe and all.
	👻 9:05am DjLorraine: I'm over the moon over my sacredly wrapped swag that arrived. Thank you volunteers who put things inside other things.
	9:06am Mike W.: Good morning Joe, silver Surfacers, et al. Joe, is this Ry on World Circuit/Nonesuch? He really tapped a vein in Cuba (metaphorically)...
	9:06am bradford: hiya joe & co.
	👻 9:06am LW Rhino: Good morning Joe McGasko and the Gas-kets.
	9:08am Special_Vessels: Silver Surfacers :) Wishing you all a Special hello from Tel Aviv this fine Monday
	9:09am Juli: Eep has anyone seen the haunted videos on TIKTOK noooooooo
	9:10am Juli: I have hand like many ghost experiences and used to play in abandoned buildings and I am so freaked out after seeing those lol
	9:10am listener Rey: Good morning Yippers, Yappers and Yahooies!
	👻 9:11am LW Rhino: Fey Joe, this opening set is "instrumental" to my well being this morning. Thanx for that.
	👻 9:11am LW Rhino: *Hey not Fey.
	9:11am Juli: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep Not into scary stuff anymore haha it got too real TG WFMU is here to bring me back to normal reality
	👻 9:13am YETI BOB: Good morning Joe, getting this thing started right!
	9:13am Joe McG: Good morning, all, and welcome to the show, whether you are from across the world or in our own backyard. Hope your Monday is OK so far!
	9:14am Mike W.: @Juli what are — or were — your three favorite horror films?
	9:17am Juli: These Tiktoks are the scariest things I have ever seen some girl on Facebook talks about them. I liked in The Mouth of Madness Insidious The Omen I don’t watch scary movies often bc I know first hand it is all real
	👻 9:18am LW Rhino: People, People who are McGasko listeners, Are the luckiest people in the world...
	👻 9:18am Ken From Hyde Park: ¡Buenos días, Joe y yips!
	9:18am Stephen O: Safe in the sure hand of Joe McGasko
	9:19am Mike W.: Oh yeah, I watch scary movies to imagine a world whose horrors are at least entertaining, maybe have a cool soundtrack
	9:20am Handy Haversack: Joe, is Joe B. OK? Saw that Jim is filling in today.
	9:20am Juli: I used to try and talk to ghosts and they began speaking back…no thanks I said lol….but they generally have a respect for me bc I respect them…I used to do scary things on purpose lol Much less into it know after what I have seen Will prolly make a horror film about it all one day! Writing one now
	👻 9:20am karlward: This noise goes way below the surface
	9:20am Juli: Mike W share w me your favorites
	9:20am Rick A: Good morning, Joe and All, I am happy to be listening to SN in its entirety for the first time in awhile. I'm doing some numbers crunching work which is being easily abetted by this music. Joe is spot on with tunes once again.
	9:23am Jack: Wow. That Chico Hamilton was great! A big fan of Gabor Szabo.
	👻 9:24am YETI BOB: Digging it!
	👻 9:26am YETI BOB: Szabó + Sete = Big Smiles All Around
	👻 9:27am Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe Joe B. is taking the day off to ruminate on the collective results of the Jets, Giants and Bills from yesterday. 🏈
	👻 9:27am Marley P. Dogg: Hello Joe McG! Thank you for the jazzy start to the week!
	9:28am Mike W.: @Juli i am waiting patiently for your film, i believe you The Exorcist stands apart for me; I saw it when I was 8 and have not quite recovered. Also The Thing and most Carpenter’s, if sometimes just for the mood; Paperhouse for accurately rendered kid’s imagination; Alien; was grateful for the telling of The Witch; and coming up from the depths a truly batshit Mexican possessed-in-the-nunnery film called Alucarda. etc.
	9:28am Joe McG: Not sure what Joe B. is up to, but I'm sure he's fine!
	👻 9:28am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Morning Joe McG, fellow YipYips.
	👻 9:30am YETI BOB: Hey Tri-Luna!
	9:30am Handy Haversack: Glad to hear it, Joe! Mike W., we saw Nina Forever recently and thought it did a really good job looking at haunting and grief and who ends up carrying the burdens of loss. It's also pretty funny. Hey, Threemoons! How goes?
	9:31am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): The last horror movie I saw was The Blair Witch Project, which totally creeped me out.
	9:31am skyline chili: Goody good good morning Joey McGaskoey and noise surfer's.
	9:31am Juli: The Witch was excellent Ty! Yeah I will finish it in my forties and try to sell it Ty! Pulling together a few projects now
	9:32am Son Of Pantz: A lot of people are suffering in my home state right now. I'm lucky not to know anyone who lost a home or a family member, but I'll keep them in my thoughts.
	9:32am DJ Guin: Last Call for anyone interested in a Spare Ticket courtesy of Joe McG to see The Lemon Twigs this Wednesday in NYC - DM me, or not
	9:32am melinda: Nice set
	9:32am Juli: Blair Witch was great too I will send the name of the girl w the Tiktok video discussions: omg
	9:33am Juli: Sorry to hear about your home state…a lot suffering in the world and it is too many
	9:34am melinda: @Mike W Paperhouse was really good. The part where Ben Cross suddenly gets mean scared me even as an adult.
	👻 9:35am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @HH hanging in there I guess; coffee is imminent. How is the kitty with digestive issues? Other house critters?
	9:35am Juli: Loey Lane on Facebook Look thru her videos especially the TIKTOK videos of ghosts holy hell these are real stories Anyway on a lighter no the sun is shining and we are magical beings in outer space Thanks for the music Joe
	👻 9:36am YETI BOB: The kid's right
	9:36am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I've never seen a TikTok video.
	9:38am Handy Haversack: All were well when I left the apartment, Threemoons. We gave the kittens double breakfast to try to forestall any eating of Very bad Things while we're out. The one breakfast just did not seem to satisfy them. A little worried about Callipygian, who has not been eating much. She's 19, so there's not a lot of intervening we will do at this point.
	9:39am Juli: TikTok is generally really fun but really creepy and ppl post ghost sightings constantly
	9:39am listener Rey: Great opening set Joe!
	👻 9:40am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @HH Sorry to hear about Kitty Dietary Management Issues.....remember, aluminum foil is your friend re keeping kitties out of Very Bad Things...I take it that Bagpipe is just sitting around tolerantly during these feline hijinks?
	9:41am listener Rey: I love how he enunciates, even if the accents aren't always in the right place
	9:43am skyline chili: Didn't they make a reboot of The Blair witch project, or was it a bwp sequel.
	👻 9:43am yerfriendpaul: Hi Joe, everyone!
	9:43am JohnPietaro: Have you heard Dave Sewelson’s immortal rendition?
	👻 9:44am Webhamster Henry: Hi Noise Surfacers!
	9:44am JohnPietaro: ….Sewelson’s rendition of NATURE BOY, that is.
	9:45am Juli: Please don’t watch Loey Lanes video on FB if you get really scared, it will ruin your nights haha
	9:46am Mike W.: @Melinda a truly brilliant and affecting moment, I remember it v well
	9:46am TerrDE: Gabor speaks to us on San Francisco nites
	9:46am skyline chili: Hey yerpalpaul
	9:47am listener Rey: George Benson's version was the biggest hit in my lifetime
	9:47am Mike W.: Joe we are here right now in your anarchic streaming service
	👻 9:48am queems: didn't know i needed a jewish aerobics record but i definitely do
	9:49am D Free: This is fantastic!
	9:49am Tom in St. Paul: This track is a mahaya!
	9:49am Jim the Poet: This is good. I needed to get my workout in!
	9:50am Rick A: This music could also double as 70s porn music.
	9:50am Heidella: This is amazing
	👻 9:50am Hughie Considine: I'm schvitzing.
	9:50am TerrDE: the writer was a "Hippy" during the beatnik era. long hair and clothes. He did an Exotica album w folk flutes and sailboats creaking. free download at internet archives
	9:52am TerrDE: Nature Boy writter. It was autobiographical
	9:53am The Oscar: SILK & SILVER!!!!
	9:54am emily: Fun Fun Fun
	👻 9:54am Hughie Considine: Neil Innes's "Godfrey Daniel" is the only Elton John parody I know. Leave it to ace DJ Joe McGasko to open my eyes.
	9:55am TerrDE: it took that commercial for me to find out wtf Elton is saying
	9:55am Tom in St. Paul: "...Running' on issues of hair alone"
	👻 9:55am Hughie Considine: I mean, I know this is an absolutely sincere cover, but the Innes song comes to mind ...
	9:55am Rick A: I remember last March, I think, Joe did a whole set of Billy Joel covers. Maybe a set of Elton John covers at some point???
	9:56am Joe McG: @Rick: Good idea!
	9:56am bradford: seriously off kilter
	👻 9:56am karlward: Come on Biz Markie!
	9:57am Rick A: You could end it with this medley. I must admit that I don't know that many Elton John covers.
	9:57am Joe McG: Silk and Silver are sort of like the Quasi of 1976.
	9:57am emily: kinda dyin here
	9:57am TerrDE: Bernie sometimes writes lyrics as bad as America . Mars is cold as Hell. Gee , whats wrong w that line ?
	9:58am egould310: What the hell? Good morning, Joe M. This got me out of bed a little earlier than I was planning. :-)
	9:59am JohnPietaro: It’s happy hour somewhere
	9:59am The Oscar: When I saw Dune I couldn't stop singing "Bene Geserit" to the tune of "Benny and the Jets."
	9:59am Claire from Montclair: Killing it! 💀
	👻 9:59am karlward: Now I want to hear a piano bar Silk & Silver medley of Jimmy Buffett
	👻 10:00am 12539: I hope this covers the entire Elton catalog.
	👻 10:01am karlward: It'll be a cheeseburger in paradise
	10:01am Mick: Oh my goodness!
	10:01am Dave R: These guys are butchering the songs in a monumental way! someone needs a metronome too!
	10:01am bradford: holy moly
	10:02am TerrDE: ? not bad enough to be good-bad, and certainly not good enough to be good
	👻 10:03am YETI BOB: TerrDE - what was interesting to me was the way it was almost-good. Piano chops were there, he was rushing the tempo a bit but he was singing his heart out.
	10:03am Polly: these remind me of some of what Micah plays! cringeworthy
	👻 10:03am Webhamster Henry: Then again... no.
	10:03am Rick A: I now know of an Elton John cover!
	10:04am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): If there's a cover of Don't Go Breakin' My Heart...I'm out! ;-)
	👻 10:04am yerfriendpaul: I'm on board with this!
	10:06am Alvy Singer: Leo recorded this when the Meters were between record contracts.
	10:06am JeremyB: I'm slow to get to the computer this morning, but that jewish aerobics was hilarious! Hello Everyone! Good morning Joe!
	10:08am listener monica: it's a long unusual sweet story. the guy who took me to my prom- we really didn't know each other- had 7 joints rolled, and an 8-track player in his car, and every Elton John album then available on 8 track. I had never heard empty sky before. I should have asked him out for another date. 1976.
	10:08am TerrDE: I m always amazed at what gets recorded. If this was open mike night I'd be having a conversation, tho I would applaud since at least they're trying...why are there so many singers who can't
	10:08am FletcherNYC: @webmaster Henry easily one of Bernie’s best lines
	10:08am Joe McG: @Jeremy: Oh, we're not done yet. We'll get one more workout in, bubbale.
	10:10am JeremyB: Excellent!
	10:11am Son Of Pantz: Good. I need to work off these latkes.
	10:12am Andres: Good morning! Pull Your Pants Up. I will take that as part of the get out of bed ritual. Funky as heck!
	👻 10:12am Webhamster Henry: I actually made latkes this morning too! WFMU breakfast club!
	10:12am Jim the Poet: I'm inhaling when I'm supposed to be exhaling
	10:13am Stanley: I never inhale
	10:13am Claire from Montclair: It was just a warmup earlier
	10:14am DJ Guin: exercise? i'd settle for some homemade chicken soup
	10:14am Joe McG: @Claire: This where it gets serious.
	👻 10:14am yerfriendpaul: I'm schvitzing!
	10:14am Claire from Montclair: Bounce bounce bounce!
	10:15am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I'm not working out but I _am_ sipping some No Chicken broth.
	👻 10:15am queems: i was sitting bobbing my head to this without even noticing
	👻 10:15am Webhamster Henry: "Arch back and forth and rock" -> davening.
	10:15am Son Of Pantz: She's kicking my toosh!
	10:15am Stanley: Can gentiles take part?
	10:15am Andres: This would be perfect for your next Dance With Me Stanley fill-in!
	👻 10:15am YETI BOB: I can't quite touch the floor. I guess I really need this! Thanks Joe.
	10:16am Roberto: If this is a bit, it's an elaborate one.
	10:16am Strandlund: This should be on Wake 'n' Bake...
	10:16am DJ Guin: what does one ass cheek clapping sound like i wonder
	10:17am Handy Haversack: The Chosenrobics!
	10:17am egould310: Oy!robics.
	👻 10:17am Webhamster Henry: Sh'ma Yisrael! Step to the left, slap!
	10:18am Roberto: Wow, new B & B! Now available at Barnes & Barnes & Noble.
	10:18am Joe McG: Taking suggestions for Magnetic Fields to follow this song with.
	👻 10:19am Ken From Hyde Park: Welp, if Double Dip Roger loses track of his exercise record, here is a suitable replacement.
	10:19am Handy Haversack: "Papa Was a Rodeo"?
	10:19am DJ Guin: Magneto & Titanium Man?
	10:20am Roberto: Favorite this song or get wished into the cornfield.
	10:20am The Oscar: Oh my god-- how did I not know there's a new Barnes & Barnes out?!
	👻 10:21am Webhamster Henry: Not Magnetic Fields, but Gothic Archies' "Smile - No One Cares How You Feel"
	10:21am skyline chili: Hey Joe, I have a couple of Sound a like songs for you if you are interested?
	10:21am The Oscar: Between B&B and Booji Boy, it's like you're raiding my teenage CD collection!
	10:21am Garth: I love the recordings of those early live Devo shows. So unhinged and amazing!
	10:22am Joe McG: @Henry: We'll get it next time!
	10:22am gauche knee: Loved That workout song, was like my stories: hard to follow & full of enthusiasm.
	10:23am Joe McG: The source for this cover: culturalgutter.com...
	10:24am Rich in Bristol: Wing?
	👻 10:24am Webhamster Henry: That's OK, if everyone played my requests, I'd be forced to clean the WFMU bathrooms.
	10:24am Rick A: If it's not too late, Andrew in Drag??
	10:24am The Oscar: I saw War of the Gargantuas on some UHF station as a teen, and I spent YEARS trying to figure out what I had seen!
	10:25am Roberto: Can someone explain to me why "Booji" is pronounced "Boogie?"
	10:26am listener Rey: He said "Raaaydio"!
	10:26am Son Of Pantz: @Roberto they ran out of g's.
	10:27am The Oscar: @Roberto It's a hard J.
	10:27am Roberto: Duh! Thankz Pantz.
	10:27am rw: Good morning! Is it Wednesday?
	10:27am kev: lovin' it Joe
	10:27am TerrDE: lol, hard J
	10:28am DJ Guin: this cover has a very Nixon-esque vibe. Dick, not Mojo
	10:29am Son Of Pantz: No zweat @ Roberto
	10:29am TerrDE: I had a hard J , never overpaper w 2 more papers, just start again
	👻 10:30am DjLorraine: Just in case anyone missed some lyrics - we can put our arms down.; )
	👻 10:30am karlward: I know I liked that
	10:30am su: can i get a fade out some time soon? HA
	10:31am TerrDE: reminded me of Dick too, in that a Nixon imitation would have worked better. he like Harry played piano
	10:31am Andres: Stan Ridgway vocal like.
	10:32am Jim the Poet: FISH HEADS
	👻 10:33am DjLorraine: Fish heads
	10:33am Roberto: They've come a long way from "Swallow My Love."
	10:34am gauche knee: Thnx for all things “Words Get Stuck in My Throat”, Joe! Never heard any of it & now…obsessed!
	10:36am Skyline 🌶️: I was just going to say that, featuring Young Will Robinson. Of whom is probably on the constant lookout to this day from being constantly warned back in the day.
	10:37am Joe McG: @gauche: You bet! @jim the Poet: Hey Jim! See you soon.
	10:37am Roberto: And before Lost in Space, he was wishin' suckas into the cornfield.
	10:38am TVP: I remember Weird Al telling a funny story on a podcast a while back that he was hanging out and jamming with Bill Mumy one day in the late 70s/early 80s, never putting two and two together that the Barnes and Barnes singer was previously Will Robinson, despite all the Lost in Space memorabilia in his place.
	10:40am Joe McG: @Roberto: Ah yes! what an episode that was!
	👻 10:41am yerfriendpaul: Happy birthday, Dick Van Dyke! 96 today. If anyone knows him, please relay my best wishes
	10:42am Joe McG: Yay, Dick Van Dyke is the best ever.
	10:42am Son Of Pantz: I might like you better if we Surface Noised together.
	10:42am Roberto: YASS Waitresses!
	10:43am Roberto: My dad was in a TV movie with Dick once, if that helps.
	10:43am Skyline 🌶️: You're a bad man! And then you would hear bongos, and then suddenly "pop".You find yourself in a cornfield. That is if you're lucky, cuz he could do worse to you.
	10:43am Barno: Waitresses, YES!! Akron, Ohio represent!
	👻 10:43am yerfriendpaul: Roberto - that DOES help! Please fill us in with details!
	10:44am Roberto: It was a movie and it was on TV.
	10:45am Rachel Bo Bachel: Ooh, this song is sad! Ha social workers represent :D love the waitresses great show so far Joe!
	👻 10:45am yerfriendpaul: Roberto - good to know!
	10:45am Handy Haversack: Hey, Rache!
	10:46am Joe McG: @Pantz: Ha ha! @RBR: Good to see you!
	10:46am TerrDE: kid don't play all those video games, you could buy this Juice Newton record instead
	10:46am Reno D: Splendid show, Joe. Sailing us merrily across genre lines with masterly precision.
	10:48am Joe McG: Shucks, Reno, glad you're enjoying the most freeform section of the show.
	10:48am Rachel Bo Bachel: Reno D well put! Handy! Did you end up seeing our pal Winston Legthigh? I meant to email you but my life is outta control w/ all these babies
	10:49am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe baby Arlo loves your show so much he is trying to eat the speaker
	10:49am TerrDE: not 50s, recent ?
	10:50am Stanley: I knew this was Rod from the first few notes. Oo la la
	10:50am Joe McG: @RBR: Now THAT'S what I call a listener! :)
	10:51am Listener Robert: I clicky-starred that "Satisfaction", but it's still not as good as the Reportage version.
	10:51am Skyline 🌶️: Bill Mumy reprised that role in the then new 1980's Twilight zone episodes. He was still in the same town doing the same s terrifying everyone there and even had a daughter with the same gnarly powers.
	10:51am Handy Haversack: We had some veterinary emergencies going on when winston was here, Rachel. Hopefully next year!
	10:52am TerrDE: what album is this ?
	10:53am Joe McG: @TerrDE: Non-album single!
	👻 10:53am chresti: Morning Joe and company! Listening in the tennis booth (weather permitting).
	10:53am Paul: In the TZ movie, had a cameo in that segment, just playing pinball.
	10:54am Paul: Billy, that is.
	10:55am Joe McG: This record reminds me that I could really use a haircut.
	10:55am TerrDE: thanks Joe, i must have missed it. WBCN listener at the time and maybe it was too top 40 for them
	10:59am Rachel Bo Bachel: Handy oh no how’s everybody doing now? Yes Joe I keep missing Wake and Bake because I have two simultaneous drop-offs at two different schools so early morning is just pandemonium. But now I get a nice quiet rest of the morning w/ the baby and Surface Noise, which has always been a favorite w/ the kids <3 hope you are having a peaceful, warm and joyous holiday season!
	11:00am Woo: @Joe McG, you don't have to cut it, it will stop by itself
	11:00am DJ Guin: Last Call for anyone interested in a Spare Ticket courtesy of Joe McG to see The Lemon Twigs this Wednesday in NYC - DM me, or not i really need to get friends
	11:00am StringOFperils: Futurist Guitar Emo Glam
	11:01am Rachel Bo Bachel: Ps Joe I am still cutting everyone in my family’s hair for better or worse. Feel free to come over for a mediocre haircut anytime!
	11:02am Woo: EBS sounding great
	11:02am TerrDE: Jelly and juice and bubbles on the floor
	11:02am BaBa: BeBop Deluxe - most underrated band on the planet.
	11:03am Rachel Bo Bachel: Arlo got so mad about the emergency broadcast system test he thought the speaker was broken
	👻 11:05am Ken From Hyde Park: @Rachel - Haha ... We need some pictures of that. And also maybe some pictures of your haircutting skills.
	11:05am Paul: My cats hate those EBS tests on TV.
	11:05am Andres: EBS always confuses the family. I have stopped explaining.
	11:06am JG: There are a million great Rod Stewart songs
	11:07am TerrDE: During those NUCLEAR WAR duck and cover drills my teacher didn't find it amusing when i pointed out that we were the same distance as Dover Air Force Base from the Russian Air Burst they'd use to vaporize it
	11:08am iiibeat: Sidewalk Jr.
	11:09am Birdy girl: Hi Joe, just listening in now. I like your show. 🌲
	11:11am TerrDE: Mike was good
	11:11am Son Of Pantz: I remember Graham Nash briefly had a talk/jam show on VH1 that was great. He had some great guests and was a brilliant host.
	11:12am Paul: The most talented Monkee, but Mickey was always my favorite.
	11:13am Skyline 🌶️: As I mentioned before Joe I have a couple of sound alikes for you. Here they iz. Peter Green; albatross, Pere Ubu; Irene.
	11:13am StringOFperils: Thanks for playing this!
	11:13am DJ Guin: too bad it wasn't Mike's "magic fingers" he was a better bassist than guitar player
	11:14am DJ Guin: actually, Peter was the most talented instrumentalist. Mike was passable.
	11:14am Jim the Poet: I always wanted to be a Monkee
	11:14am TerrDE: I guess it was too Country at the time for me to get ito his solo stuff , but i always liked his songs on the Monkees albums
	11:15am DJ Guin: @Jim the Poet - they have some openings i think
	11:15am Paul: Mike's "Cruisin" is still one of the greatest music videos ever.
	11:15am Rich in Washington: 'Magic fingers' was James Burton.
	11:16am Lightcap: Mike was by far the best songwriter in the Monkees…. “You Just May Be the One” is a legit great song and the best original penned by one of them IMO. RIP
	11:16am Brendan: @Joe I knew you’d get around to Mike this morning. Tip of the beanie cap to you.
	11:17am Lightcap: You played it! Great minds and whatnot…
	👻 11:17am pgalub: Hey Joe and everyone. Yep. Great songwriting!
	👻 11:17am John L: BaBa: A couple of my high school buddies started an official BeBop Deluxe fan club, putting an ad in, I think, Trouser Press. After a few months they only got a couple of members, so they gave up the idea. Be Bop Deluxe never got beyond cult status in the U.S., sadly.
	👻 11:19am bbob: Lurv.
	11:19am TerrDE: Mersey Mike
	11:19am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @John L: And really too bad. I saw them open for Blue Oyster Cult (Spectres tour) and they were great.
	11:20am Jim the Poet: Mike taught me it was OK to always wear a winter cap
	11:20am Lightcap: Also he nailed “Love is Only Sleeping” by Mann/Weill. Next level avant-pop.
	11:20am Woo: ME-TV showed some Mike-centric episodes of the TV show yesterday. One had Mickey singing Goin Down' which is still amazing.
	11:21am Rick A: Michael was always the one who continually pointed out that The Monkees were never meant to be a rock n' roll band, that they were created for a television show. That made him appear smart and self-aware which was reinforced by him avoiding the reunions for many years because he had his own work post-Monkees.
	11:23am TerrDE: Mickey on Goin Down is up there w Paul on Got to Get You Into My Life
	11:23am Rachel Bo Bachel: Ken from Hyde Park is there still a Flickr page? I don’t have social media really but there was a Wake n Bake that I’ve posted on and I think there’s an FMU page too. One of my kids definitely got a dumb and dumber haircut at one point but I do ok with my husband’s hair. I keep offering him the hot towel but he doesn’t take it!
	11:23am Woo: Mike also didn't need the money
	11:24am Rachel Bo Bachel: Love when you play the Monkees Joe <3
	11:26am Ira: Was talking about "Sweet Young Thing" yesterday (though not that version). Does anyone know the background on what I think is its unique songwriting credit?
	11:26am DJ Guin: "Got to Get You Into My Life" is about Macca's love of weed.
	11:27am TerrDE: I remember seeing Be Bop Deluxe only once on TV and liking them, but 0 radio play. Whats a good intro album
	👻 11:28am Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): Gotcha Gitcha Inta My LIE-EEEF!
	11:28am Asheville Jon: her name was Rodanne www.youtube.com...
	11:28am DJ Guin: this is a Magnolia Simms retread
	11:28am BaBa: @JohnL. Sadly, indeed. Criminally so. Five studio albums that still stand the test of time. And besides Television and maybe Parquet Courts, one of few bands that knew how to seamlessly bake all types of stellar guitar solos right into the song structures.
	11:28am Jim the Poet: I'm a Believer
	11:28am TerrDE: Paul's Sweet Leaf
	11:29am Joe McG: @TerrDE: They're all a little different. The first couple are very glam; by the time of 'Drastic Plastic" they're pretty new wave.
	11:30am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): You guys won't believe that but I literally have never heard this song before. (Joanne)
	11:32am TerrDE: thanks Joe, what I heard on Don Kirshner or one of the many others was lead guitar driven
	11:32am Woo: Now you have @WoodsOfNH and isn't it great?
	11:33am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): Dang it....now time for meetings.... @Woo: Yes!
	11:33am Rachel Bo Bachel: Oh no… I didn’t realize Mike Nesmith has died. This is so sad. He was so special!
	11:34am Asheville Jon: thanks for the tribute Joe. Been really bummed by Nez's passing
	11:34am Paul: Will Joe play "Cruisin"?
	11:35am Rachel Bo Bachel: I went to camp one summer w/ a girl who took piano lessons with him and he had given her his hat and she wore it every day. I would too if I were her
	👻 11:36am chresti: Country road take me home..
	11:37am Rachel Bo Bachel: My band used to cover “you just may be the one”. You got that one Joe??
	11:38am Rachel Bo Bachel: Not that you need any direction; everything you’re playing is great
	11:38am Handy Haversack: It was the third song of the set, Rache! And we think all is at least calm, veterinarianly, right now -- thanks!
	11:40am Therese: Totally stealing this version for Wednesday night!
	11:40am Stanley: I've just realised Mike Nesmith has passed. How sad. Thanks for these tunes, Joe.
	11:41am Rachel Bo Bachel: Oh man I missed it!! Ran downstairs for a sec. will listen on the archives. Glad things are calmer Handy- you seem like such a good cat dad :)
	11:41am Paul: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs did a nice version of Drum
	11:41am Listener Baby: Morning Joe. Loved your Genesis recap last week. So happy is was a good show. I’ll mention that the fellow behind the drums that night isn’t old enough to buy a beer. Sad they aren’t coming to the west coast. I’ll just be happy to experience it through your able eye and ears. Happy Holidays, Joe and the whole Gand out there!
	11:41am Joe McG: Hey Therese! Didn't know that you and Amanda were doing a thing until literally 11 a.m. this morning. But can't have enough Papa Nes, right?
	11:42am Skyline 🌶️: I wanted to grow my hair long like the Monkees to appeal to the girlies so that they would take a shine to me, and I got good head start over the summer vacation. so when it came time to get ready to go back to school I wanted to keep my hair long, but my dad wasn't going to have any of that and forced me to get one of those ugly God forsaking regular haircut. So I went off to school not having that Monkee appeal look that I wanted to impress the girlies.
	11:43am Paul: "Borrowed" Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash from my college radio station and played it all the time.
	11:43am Therese: @Joe McG- never enough!
	11:43am iiibeat: Did Circle Sky trigger?
	👻 11:43am Webhamster Henry: I used to look like Davy.
	11:44am Joe McG: Glad you enjoyed that, Listener Baby!
	11:44am Joe M: Great selections Joe thanks for the music
	11:44am vietnam_veterinarian: really great vibe!!
	11:44am Creature Boy: Nez was the nazz
	11:45am Paul: "Wool Hat" would approve of this tribute.
	11:45am Handy Haversack: Hey, Baby!
	11:45am Listener Baby: Hi Handy!,, Happy Holidays.
	11:46am Handy Haversack: Same to you! Hope you're getting to relax some.
	11:46am Rich in Washington: I grew up in a one TV household, so could never watch the (by then syndicated) Monkees TV show, but would frequently see the commercial for it. As a very young kid, I assumed they were supposed to be monkeys or something. I never actually watched the show until it was picked up by Nickelodeon, on their then-new Nick At Night channel in the mid 80s. I watched a 24 hour marathon on them while convalescing from a long illness.
	11:48am DJ Guin: bye joe seeya kids
	11:48am βrian: @Rich: What about the Banana Splits? I remember them being paired during the Saturday morning cartoon slots.
	11:48am Handy Haversack: later, DJG. Wish I had time to take you up on that ticket!
	11:50am BaBa: Man, at times Nesmith and David Gates' voice sound so much alike. Just noticed that.
	11:51am patrick321: Nice thoughtful tribute. Thanks Joe!
	11:51am Rich in Washington: @βrian: I think I was just too young to have tuned into the Banana Splits. I remember them, but I was possibly too young to figure out how to tune them in or possibly being nearly the youngest sibling, was too slow on the uptake to beat my older siblings to the TV.
	11:52am Rich in Washington: I wish Nesmith's company would reissue Elephant Parts on some medium again. I think they were selling them on DVD a while ago but it doesn't seem to be in print now.
	11:53am βrian: Irene is back in the saddle on the Drummer Stream: wfmu.org...
	11:54am Handy Haversack: Great set and show, Joe! A very fitting tribute. And a lot new to me. Can't believe it's almost over. This day has been getting away from me from the jump! Later on, Surfactants. Stay deep.
	11:54am Skyline 🌶️: I would not have pegged dance between The raindrops as a Michael Nesmith song if I didn't know it was him.
	11:54am Jim the Poet: I don't want it to end Joe!!!
	👻 11:54am chresti: We had 2 tvs, 1 for sound and 1 for picture.
	11:55am McGroovey: I Know What I Know : never noticed the auto tune on this before. At least, it sounds like auto tune.
	11:55am Rich in Washington: This is lovely, Joe!
	11:55am βrian: Oh, it won't end Joe. Joe endures.
	11:55am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Have a great week!
	11:55am Andres: That was a wonderful tribute! Thank you, Joe.
	11:55am Rich in Washington: I seem to recall us going through a phase like that, chresti!
	11:55am Jim the Poet: I don't want it to end Joe!!!
	👻 11:55am chresti: *B+W of course.
	👻 11:56am 12539: Thanks Joe!
	11:56am TerrDE: thanks Joe, enjoy the day
	11:56am Rich in Washington: That Sandoval interview was really nice.
	11:57am AS from MP: Glen Jones read a very thoughtful and interesting eulogy (?) yesterday that Nesmith had made for Davy Jones
	11:57am radioronan: Thank you Joe!
	11:57am TomTom: We all should make peace with our monkey past.
	11:57am Mister Dobalina: Great show, Joe.
	👻 11:58am chresti: Hi Rich, yeah when we first came to CA. my dad would shop the thrift stores for everything.
	👻 11:58am DjLorraine: Chresti that's interesting. We had a black n white zenith 3 1/2 channels.
	11:59am McGroovey: I just turned on the radio. I didn't catch the whole Nesmith set. I'll have to listen in the archives.
	11:59am dano59: That Nez set was wonderful. ty
	11:59am dano59: That Nez set was wonderful. ty
	11:59am Rich in Washington: Love the Bill Griffith anecdote about him - while trying to develop a Zippy The Pinhead movie on Nesmith's Pacific Arts - how Nez had a sign on the wall 'NO MONKEES JOKES' but his office was right across the street from a Chinese restaurant called Mon Kee.
	12:00pm βrian: Even if it wasn't in quadrophonic sound, it was really nice.

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 13, 2021

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