WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 20, 2021

Listener comments!
	9:02am DJ Guin: McGaski!! I won't demand your badge and gun today. Not yet. Happy Xmas.
	9:02am JeremyB: Good Morning!
	9:02am Handy Haversack: Hey there, Joe and those who Yip!
	👻 9:03am 12539: Yip!
	👻 9:03am Ken From Hyde Park: Yule yip yip!
	9:03am Lixiviated Life: The suns coming up...
	👻 9:03am Brian in UK: Hey Joe and seasons greetings to one and all.
	9:03am DJ Guin: was Laurie Anderson in "Sharkey's Machine" -- asking..for a friend
	9:03am Andres: Yippers!
	9:04am B R M: I cannot overstate how influential Belew's solo on this song was for me!
	👻 9:04am Webhamster Henry: Everyone immediately watch Laurie Anderson's Norton Lecture Series. www.youtube.com...
	9:04am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:04am TDK60: Good morning, Monday Joe Radio. Haven't heard this Laurie A. cut in a spell.
	9:04am Special_Vessels: Hey Joe McG ! Did you know Mister Heartbreak was Scott Williams' favorite Laurie Anderson album, and my new nickname for him is Sharkey 🦈
	9:04am DJ Guinski 👻: Fun Fact -- Joe McGasko was the inspiration for John McClane in "Die Hard" the German film about something....hard.
	9:04am Krys O.: @BRM: I'm a Belew fan too.
	9:05am Lixiviated Life: Thank you for playing Sharkey's Day Mr. Joe McGasko. Now I can have a good day.
	9:05am B R M: @Krys O. What a career, what a range... but this one, in the context of this song, hearing this in the 80's as a teen... 🤯
	👻 9:05am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Joe McG, Handy and fellow woof moo’s
	👻 9:06am Webhamster Henry: Sneak in William S. Burroughs' Sharkey bit on this record. WSB: WFMU's Santa Claus.
	9:07am dale: is this from c.p.o. sharkey?
	9:07am Lixiviated Life: " they're specks & they're filled with tiny people..."
	9:07am MentalDrift: I just played this album over the weekend and was thinking that there are few records I have listened to more since its release
	9:07am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe and everyone!
	9:07am DJ Guinski 👻: @dale - yes, you Hockey puck.
	9:09am dale: dj guinski - ha ha!
	9:11am Woo: Saint Stephen
	9:12am dk50b: My recent comment that the sun came up like a big bald head was met with crickets by my fellow Glisteners. Thanks Joe McG for somehow knowing.
	9:12am stepheo: mornin folks
	9:12am Joe McG: Happy to see you all here this morning. Thanks for joining me today for radio entertainment!
	9:14am listener monica: I'm receiving subliminal messages from my car radio.
	9:15am DJ Guinski 👻: you're pushing it with the "entertainment" comment, Joe. but we will allow it,
	9:15am Listener Fred: Thanks for playing Sharkey's Day. I worked on "Home of the Brave" and got to fit William Burroughs with a strange mask I had built. Love that song!
	9:16am Joe McG: @Fred: How cool!
	9:16am Handy Haversack: Hey, Marley! I was feeding the monsters. It's a pretty involved process at this point.
	👻 9:16am karlward: My car radio told me that life is full of dreamlike wonder, and I was like, "is that you, David Lynch?" And the car radio was like "no, I said dreamlike wonder, not dreamlike apprehension" and I was all "sorry, I knew it was you, Laurie."
	9:17am Krys O.: That's fantastic, Listener Fred!
	9:18am steveo: polly jean, eh?
	9:18am Rick A: Good Morning Joe and All, I remember seeing Home of the Brave with a friend of mine. Neither of us really knew who Laurie Anderson was; she was a name of someone who was supposed to be important. After seeing the film, we were still confused though we both found the film dynamic and engrossing. She now has her own wing at the Mass MOCA museum where the film plays all day.
	👻 9:18am DjLorraine: Yup, i'm yippin'
	9:19am rx scabin: Good morning.
	9:19am beautiful lady in pink tights: l-o-v-e this song & PJH. thanks for making my morning a little sweeter.
	9:20am Listener Fred: I also designed and built the lens head that magnified Laurie's Head in the film!
	9:20am DJ Guinski 👻: could Aimee Mann be on the docket for today's holiday theme? let's stay tuned and find out.
	9:20am Krys O.: Awesome, Fred.
	9:20am Stanley: Yup. This song covers the first of Buddha's Four Noble Truths.
	9:21am TomTom: Is that all there is to a holiday season?
	9:21am PaulRobeson1920: Yip yip yip! Laurie Anderson wow just started to listen Norton Lecture 1: The River \| Laurie Anderson: Spending the War Without You
	9:21am beautiful lady in pink tights: mic drop
	9:21am Handy Haversack: Over here, Stanley, the kittens desire, and I suffer. So we've sort of dispersed the risk.
	9:22am Hi from Holland: Aloha! Polly!
	9:22am Brendan: Obviously she’s never seen a late night infomercial…
	9:23am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I saw Laurie Anderson give a talk in Portsmouth, NH. Not long after she started speaking, a series of videos/photos started on a screen behind her. They seemed to have nothing to do with what she was talking about. We were confused. About five minutes in she turns her head and sees what's going on behind her. She shakes her head and laughs and says to us "Why didn't you tell me??!!" We just though it was Laurie Anderson being Laurie Anderson.
	9:24am Mike W.: When’s Julie London enter this tragic scene
	9:24am DJ Guinski 👻: is it fair i must make contingency plans as i have not received one friggin' invite to anywhere? par for the course. latkes and mushroom soup for one with football and movie binges will suffice.
	9:25am Woo: Love Blue Prelude
	👻 9:25am karlward: Woods: I saw those same videos behind the Dropkick Murphys in Asbury
	9:25am Handy Haversack: Sounds delightful, DJG!
	9:26am The Oscar: Mornin'! 2021 has been up and down, but at least we had the Summer of Sparks.
	👻 9:26am tadpoles: I have to hear one Sparks' song a day Joe....so many thanks. Cheers.
	👻 9:27am Ken From Hyde Park: Doing you part to stop the spread of the virus, DJG. Nice work!
	👻 9:27am Hughie Considine: The ascendency of Sparks is one thing we can all celebrate in.
	9:27am Niko, Copenhagen: Hello folks. Just checking in now. Any system to the madness today? Or just good and good/bad music? Greetings from Denmark!
	9:27am Mike W.: After reading that Atlantic article I’m gonna be watching Pee-wee’s Playhouse all week
	9:29am Rev. Turnip Druid: SPOX.
	9:30am Rev. Turnip Druid: also: saluting Denmark. It has been far too long & must re-visit as soon as all the world's diseases go away.
	9:31am Handy Haversack: Whew, glad you were here, Rev. I was distracted!
	👻 9:31am Brian in UK: Aaaah Iris.
	9:31am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @karlward: Ha!
	9:32am Lixiviated Life: Dear Mr. McGasko, You're playing some of my favorites today. Please get out of my head. It's not big enough for the both of us. Sincerely, Lix
	9:32am melinda: nice to hear Iris
	9:32am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): Iris Dement is married to Greg Brown. I always hoped for an album from them.
	9:32am dale: did she pass? or was that nancie griffith? my brain is addled...
	9:32am Niko, Copenhagen: @Rev. Turnip: Always welcome...!
	9:32am DJ Guinski 👻: this song was used for a TV show...the name eludes me
	9:32am TomTom: The unicorn that lives in my toaster assures me that I will live forever as long as I don't burn my toast.
	9:33am MD: I'm going to WFMU In Jersey City when I die!!!
	9:33am Droog: It was used on THe Leftovers.. it immediately came to mind when the song came on
	9:33am DJ Guinski 👻: Answer: The Leftovers. excellent show
	9:33am MD: I'm Gonna haunt the recoed vault!!!
	9:34am MD: record vault!!!!!!
	9:34am dale: i like mary mccaslin on philo too.
	9:34am Mike W.: “I’m at* WFMU in Jersey Ciii-tyyy” *listening to, actually
	9:35am Andres: DJ MC G!!
	👻 9:35am Hughie Considine: This is the stuff right here!
	9:35am dale: MD - are you gonna scare people or be more like casper?
	9:36am Sam: Change your name back!
	9:36am Stanley: Wow. That's an interesting story, Joe.
	9:36am KWilde: Josef!
	9:36am Sam: Or try Joe Mishigoss
	9:37am beautiful lady in pink tights: that is mysterious on who changed yr name, MCG. nice 2 hear ya voice
	9:37am P-90: Interesting, McGasko doesn’t seem like an actual Irish name. Now we know why.
	9:38am The Oscar: I laughed at the bit in the documentary where they read the negative review of Introducing Sparks which just reads "Unfortunately, we've met."
	9:38am melinda: someone on a comments board once said they assumed McGasko was a fake DJ name
	👻 9:38am yerfriendpaul: Hi Joe, everyone!
	9:38am TDK60: I was wondering about that Celtic-looking name. What did you say you think was the original family name?
	👻 9:39am Hughie Considine: @the Oscar - devastatingly terse putdown, a la Spinal Tap's "Shark Sandwich" review.
	9:39am melinda: @Hughie haha
	9:39am DJ Guinski 👻: there is no McGasko..only Zuul.
	👻 9:40am karlward: The Oscar: time to share my favorite negative album review of all time, for the album GTR by the band GTR. The entirety of the review was "SHT"
	9:40am TDK60: Parish is still in the Harvey band.
	9:41am blipt: go for it
	👻 9:42am Hughie Considine: The scratch cover completely mesmerized me as a high school Gabriel fanatic.
	9:42am Handy Haversack: "Don't Panic" in big friendly letters. Thanks, Joe.
	9:42am Joe McG: It's my real last name! But it's corrupted. Was something like "Migasho" or "Megasho."
	9:43am Yes: morning everyone
	9:44am DJ Guinski 👻: Megasho® versus Godzilla©
	9:44am P-90: Almost none” holiday music is just fine for the Monday morning before Christmas
	9:45am TDK60: Megasho. Is that Slavic?
	👻 9:45am Hughie Considine: PG was still throwing everything at the wall with the first two and still willing to show a light, humorous touch. That kind of went out the window on III.
	9:46am Phillippe: Good morning
	9:46am Stanley: Re: P-90. Or any other time for that matter. Hum-buggery from me.
	9:46am Krys O.: Oh, I've loved this Sheila Hylton since high school! Used to take that Taxi comp out of the public library.
	9:47am Handy Haversack: Morning, Phillippe! Joining you in humbuggery, Stanley.
	9:47am djsheilab: I forgot about this song! Making my Monday morning.
	9:47am DJ Guinski 👻: "Tralsfaz...Is that Polish?" "No. It's Spanish for "Go f%ck yourself."
	9:47am Joe McG: @TDK60: Yes, my roots are Slovak.
	9:48am Fredericks: Happy Holidays, Jose.
	9:48am melinda: @Joe I think the commenter was responding after you explained that your name had mysterious origins, like they had sensed that it wasn't Gaelic. or they were just being funny.
	9:49am Phillippe: Same for me, Joe, though various family members claim one of either Slokak/Polish/Czech/German/Bohemian. Fluid borders...
	9:49am DJ Guinski 👻: @Joe - seriously? just confirmed that I am zero percent Hungarian. Knew I was Slovak, but not confirmed until recently.
	9:50am Joe McG: Hey, Sheila B.!
	9:50am P-90: VIVA TRALFAZZ!
	9:51am dano59: I still have Laurie Anderson’s cell number in my phone. We did an interview in advance of a local appearance / back when Lou was still alive.
	9:51am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): Uh oh, Sheila B. and McGasco in the same space. Can the playing of Genesis be far behind?
	9:52am Joe McG: @Woods: Ha ha!
	9:55am djsheilab: Woods of NH—Oh that made me laugh!
	9:56am Krys O.: Aw, didn't hear about Joe Simon's passing. :(
	👻 9:56am pgalub: Hey Joe, Sheila, Handy, and Phil Collins fans.
	9:57am Handy Haversack: Morning, Pete!
	9:57am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @djsheilab Ha! Hey, that's what I'm here for. Also, it beats working! ;-)
	9:57am Andres: Appreciating the Joe Simon. So great!
	9:57am steveo: Phil Collins fans? That's every person in the world innit?
	👻 9:58am pgalub: Good point steveo!
	10:01am Andres: Liking it! Original was a dance floor filler at parties!
	10:02am dano59: Break on thru to the other toad!
	10:02am Chris in Westchester: War Toad. Amazing.
	10:02am Joe McG: This one goes out to Scott Williams, who played a Robbie Krieger Pretenders cover on Friday.
	10:03am Krys O.: This brings to mind the Hamster Dance.
	10:04am Joe McG: @Krys: Ha ha ha
	10:04am McGroovey: Got any foot-stompin' Joni Mitchell remixes there?
	10:04am steveo: fmu should do a week where scott fills in for everyone and tries to adopt their style
	10:05am steveo: (he's stayed awake for a week before, right?)
	10:05am ?: Have you guys seen the wiki entry for Peace Frog? There's a weird sentence under "Lyrics."
	10:05am Krys O.: Honestly though, the Hamster Dance appropriated Roger Miller.
	10:06am Krys O.: @steveo: I'm 100% certain that Scott could do that and do it with aplomb.
	👻 10:09am DjLorraine: I had to make a phone call, so glad i didn't miss Warda
	10:09am Handy Haversack: steveo -- what if he already has done it. What if he's doing it right now? What if he's always doing it?!!
	10:11am yetibob at the clinic: just got my booster shot!
	10:11am steveo: ummm, anything's possible????
	10:12am Rachel Bo Bachel: Good for you Yeti!
	10:12am Handy Haversack: Nice, YB!
	10:12am TDK60: Yes, McGroovey: "Hana" by Joni M. off her "Shine" album, could be a dance number. (If I knew how to dance.)
	10:14am TimBk: Hey Joe, if you like Egyptian pop music, this is a must have, this is from the early 90's https://www.discogs.com/release/6035243-Various-Yalla-Hitlist-Egypt
	10:15am DJ Guinski 👻: @YETI -- it was understanding that only GHOSTS were eligible for...BOO-ster shots"
	10:15am Joe McG: @TimBK: Ooh, thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out.
	10:17am HyperDose: Morning, Joe McG and fine freeform folk!
	10:18am DJ Guinski 👻: look who decided to attend class this morning...Hy PerDose.
	10:18am Glorious Estephonic: 💕💕💕
	10:22am Joe McG: Wakey wakey! :)
	10:24am Handy Haversack: Yo, HyperDose!
	10:24am yeti bob: still on the fence about holiday travel though...
	10:25am Scott Williams: Morning, Joe - thanks for the Robby/Robbie!
	10:27am Listener Alexandra: Happy Xmess week, Joe! Greetings from a chilly Sandy Eggo :)
	10:32am P-90: Seen a couple of Krieger solo tours. Recommended.
	👻 10:35am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo. Rough Monday in progress. Even though the look at work was terrible (we have this Friday and next Friday off) had to crash hard last Friday--had felt off all week. Bro, his hubs, and unvaxxed 3 year old arrived yesterday from AUSTRALIA. Was supposed to go in to see Mom Friday night and help her set up. Spent Saturday standing in line, outside, for 3.5 hours waiting for a fast COVID test. Came back negative along with flu test so went out yesterday, home at a semi reasonable hour but was too wound up to go to sleep at a reasonable time. Reset alarm clock 2x instead of actually just giving myself an extra 90 minutes of sleep. So, day 2 without a shower, need to throw on clothes and make coffee. Already working since 10 AM. One of the benefits from WFH. On top of it, dealing with family drama from a step-parent who refuses to acknowledge that this trip from bro is NOT about fucking sugarplum fairies and Xmas cheer; it's about the fact that Mom is on her way out and my brother wants my nephew to see her one last time. For various reasons I am in no financial position to tell this person to shove their Yule log up their butt. I'm starting every day with almost zero spoons....sorry to rant but gotta tell someone, somewhere safe where it probably won't be found by my usual social media hounds...
	👻 10:37am Brian in UK: You can see why Graham Nash left for pastures new. You can only sing these songs for so long.
	10:38am Joe McG: Hey Scott! Hey Alex! Hey Brian!
	10:38am DJ Guinski 👻: @threemoons - we are here for you. hang in there.
	👻 10:38am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @DJ thank you!
	10:39am Niall: Man, that Hollies song was great. I could listen to stuff like that or Kaleidoscope's "Jenny Artichoke" all morning.
	10:40am DJ Guinski 👻: ::group hug for threemoons::
	10:40am HyperDose: Morning Guin & Handy. Don't worry Joe, I'm up! Definitely a late start today. I blame Alan for having such a great show.
	👻 10:41am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I mean, am I a fucked up person for secretly hoping that I tested positive so that I could just stay locked up in my apartment for the next 2 weeks and give all of this shit a rest? I mean, it would be GLORIOUS to be able to take all of xmas weekend and NYE weekend TOTALLY off from obligations. Mom has home aides; she could call them in on the weekends, no sclepping out, no dealing with Stepparent's machinations and forced gaiety, no being locked up in a small apartment with 4 adults and a toddler who is bouncing off the walls, etc. Just me, my PS5, decent Delta-8 edibles, and lots of glorious, glorious sleep....
	10:41am Colin: Great show! You Got us dancing in a frozen midwest playground
	👻 10:42am YETI BOB: Threemoons: that's really rough, wishing you grace and strength to get through it.
	👻 10:42am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Thanks again DJ...
	10:42am Joe McG: @Colin: Wonderful image, thanks!
	10:42am skyline chili: Robbie 'Blitz' krieger
	10:44am prudy: Sorry to hear of your troubles Three Moons; the "holidays" often suck...
	10:45am prudy: thanks Jose for Gang of Four...
	10:45am Handy Haversack: Got your back, Threemoons.
	10:45am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): To Hell With Poverty. Is this the Joe Manchin set? (in the middle of the daily standup and am mostly ignoring it)
	10:45am Michael Shelley: Morning Joe & all!
	👻 10:45am YETI BOB: I forgot how great this single is ... that guitar! RIP Andy Gill.
	10:46am DJ Guinski 👻: So. Where are we having our WFMU-Charlie Brown Xmas to avoid our toxic birth families?
	10:46am Handy Haversack: We're shutting down going out and visiting for the most part. Going back to outdoors only as much as possible. Not going into work at least until we get into January and see whether hospitalizations and deaths are spiking along with cases. Time to turtle up again, I'm afraid, at least for a while.
	10:46am Joe McG: @Michael! Stay tuned at 11!
	👻 10:46am YETI BOB: (was this the last good Go4 record?)
	10:46am Flint_Jack: @Threemoons...living the dream
	👻 10:47am chresti: Morning Joe and Co. from the tennis booth in Griffith Park!
	10:47am Handy Haversack: K8's been waiting five days for test results, too.
	10:48am Stanley: Re: Threemoons et al. I'm so happy sharing the boards with likeminded anti-holiday friends. (Balls to Christmas)
	10:48am Yes: cher these days. excellent
	👻 10:49am Webhamster Henry: @Yes, I agree
	10:49am Jason from Houston: Here for this one. ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	10:49am Joe McG: I don't know if you'll hear a better segueway on today's show than Gang of Four into Cher. Not sure if that's something to be celebrated or mourned! :)
	10:50am steveo: recently saw a youtube video of cher singing all parts in a 15 minute version of west side story, from 70s TV.
	👻 10:50am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I mean, for the past zillion years step-person has been in FL for the holidays, which was great. NONE of this BS was going to happen until they found out that brother was coming in TO VISIT MY DYING MOM and now it's all about "equal time."
	10:50am steveo: yes, joe, great stuff :)
	10:50am drr: Don't think I've ever heard a bad version of "These Days". I'm sure someone can correct me though.
	10:50am DJ Guinski 👻: for a second there...was horrified to think you would play Cher's duet with Harry Nilsson. not his finest hour.
	10:50am prudy: Joe...I'm appreciating both songs and the segue...
	10:50am Jason from Houston: Celebrated.
	👻 10:51am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: It's like they are waiting for Mom to be out of the way so that they can pounce in...my bro, who is the diplomat of the family, is even at his wits end...
	10:51am Joe B: nice one Joe!
	10:51am clarke: i too count the time in quarter tones.
	👻 10:51am 12539: So Joe, I guess that means you're not going to seque from Cher into Billy Joel?
	10:52am Krys O.: So very sorry, 3moons. Peace to you.
	10:52am Joe McG: @Joe B: Hey, Joe! @12539: Haven't yet played Mr. Joel on the show, but that's not to say I never will.
	10:52am Mike Sin: Merry Xmas to Gentleman Joe McG! re: that Bobby Newsome track -- that sounded a lot like Joe Tex to me. Did that hit anyone else's ears like that? Cool record.
	👻 10:53am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Krys and others thank you so much. Sometimes this feels like the only safe place to rant.
	10:53am DJ Guinski 👻: Hey! I have a Cher story! While working at MetLife Stadium, I encountered a gentleman who worked Security at the Staples Center in L.A. On good authority, he stated that she only appears for about 3/4 of her shows....a Male impersonator takes over and the audience is none the wiser. Me? I believe it.
	10:53am Joe McG: @Mike: And to you, Mr. Sin. I agree, very Joe Texy!
	10:53am Niall: Hm, I could totally hear this "Cosmic Cowboy" song being sung by Douglas Sahm in my head.
	10:53am yippie: yesha raz
	10:54am HyperDose: You're in the best, caring company here 🌙🌙🌙 Hugs and pixie 💚✨
	👻 10:54am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @DJ Guinski why does that sound so believable? Also, yeah, the best drag queens are the ones that can channel Cher. @Hyperdose thank you....
	10:54am Mike Sin: And now this Michael Murphy -- if you told me this was an Eagles outtake, I would believe it! My ears are acting weirdly!
	10:55am prudy: three moons...one day at a time I guess..along with gummies and other drugs of choice...I'm headed to Florida also...my family a bunch of liberal realtively unoffensive alcoholics surrounded by Trumpland...take care there
	10:55am Joe B: later done by nitty gritty dirt band
	10:56am JG: One time my friend saw a Cher show, and according to him she dropped the microphone accidentally commenting " Shit that wasn't too cool". But then adding "Ah F*ck it, I'm Cher. I've got cool to burn." May have been part of her regular stage patter, but it's true.
	10:56am clarke: until he added his middle name - he made good rekkids.
	10:56am Niall: "Unsatis- fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied!"
	👻 10:57am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @prudy thanks! I mean, my Mom doesn't like it when I drink in her place and I respect that, but I was going to lose my mind the past few weeks. Xmas Eve will be nuts at Stephumans but at least there will be plenty of booze.
	10:57am Listener Alexandra: You're welcome ;)
	👻 10:57am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Prudy and brings masks though -- I have family in FL people are apparently giving zero fucks RE COVID and it's showing.
	10:58am ?: This Murphey tune is reminiscent of a track from '74 by a British pub band, Wally. On their first album, produced by Rick Wakeman, they do "I Just Wanna Be a Cowboy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piy2ZruhM0Q
	10:58am skyline chili: Helloey Joey McGaskoey
	10:58am DJ Guinski 👻: @threemoons - from my experience, with the exception of Macca and Springsteen ..no one actually sings on stage..carefully crafted lip syncing. from a distance..a drag queen can become 'Cher' and the suckers in the audience buy it part and parcel
	10:59am clarke: sounds like Cosmic Cowboy pre-dates Wally?
	👻 10:59am queems: i just bought a pack of n95s to wear at a gathering with people who don't care about covid- there are still some out there to be found
	👻 10:59am chresti: I saw Cher in 1980 when my then-hubby was working on the Monte Carlo Show, her dancers were awesome.
	10:59am DJ Guinski 👻: oh, same guy told me Bob Dylan "didn't like the way he looked" and threw him out of the Dressing Room -- his job was to protect Bob
	11:00am ?: Maybe, maybe not. Wally started around '71, so...?
	11:00am judy from croton: Haha thanks joe for little reminders of my love life; past, present, and future with these 45's,
	👻 11:00am queems: oh hell yeah, i was thinking about the other jethro tull xmas song this morning
	👻 11:01am chresti: *that's also when I discovered she wears wigs, at the cafe with her crew she was wearing a shag haircut.
	👻 11:01am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @DJ Guinski -- Dunno, Bowie apparently always was "him;" on the rare occasions that his voice needed a rest, Carlos Alomar sometimes did a line or two for him.
	👻 11:01am 12539: Wait - is this a single or en EP?!
	11:02am Joe McG: Happy Solstice tomorrow, everyone!
	👻 11:02am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @queems I, too, have a stash of masks....
	11:02am prudy: I'm kind of done with holiday music at this point...
	11:02am IronDoe: Oh, I love this one! Thanks.
	11:03am clarke: souuuuuullllllll=stice!!! oh, that was last nite.
	👻 11:03am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Joe McG aaah, yes, at least Solstice has one REAL guarantee--the days WILL get longer.
	11:03am dano59: This was an EP! My little sister discovered Songs from the Wood among my albums and I’m pretty convinced that sealed her life as a pagan.
	11:03am TDK60: Never heard this Tull. I like Jethro Tull. He's a fine flutist.
	11:04am drr: I haven't heard "Wonderful Christmastime" once this season. Or the one about the kid percussionist , thank God.
	11:04am steveo: Happy solstice!
	👻 11:04am queems: @tdk60 was pretty good at botany too
	11:04am clarke: you haven't been in any stores, then, DaveR
	👻 11:04am waters7: Love you, Joe--from To Hell with Poverty to a Tull Christmas tune. You got me.
	11:05am IronDoe: drr: as long as i don't hear the one about the Christmas shoes i'm good. I can take anything else.
	👻 11:05am queems: christmas shoes can gtfo
	11:06am TDK60: Queems- I never was good at botany! Hee. I was saying Mr. Tull to see if I got corrected, but time has surely flown by and nobody seems to care anymore. Sigh...
	11:06am Stanley: One sweet joy with this Covid crisis here in the UK is that I haven't stepped into a supermarket recently (ordering online) and have avoided the Christmas music. Roy Wood sang 'I wish it could be Christmas everydaaaay' but as much as I like Roy, he can f**k off with that one.
	👻 11:07am queems: one of the main things that makes me think we have slipped into an alternate timeline is that people actually do covers of that stupid wham! xmas song. like lots of people?? it's the worst song???
	11:08am clarke: the chair is not my son
	11:08am dano59: There’s a lot of “holiday” songs on that theme!
	11:08am judy from croton: Subterranean Connections Is that an Elton John song?
	11:08am P-90: My memory of a Cher/Gang of Four tour may be false
	11:08am Lixiviated Life: Is it wrong for me to like that Jethro Tull song? Is it? IS IT I SAID
	11:09am nathan: ooh ooh, i made a Cher/Gang of Four connection. Sonny Bono is Anthony Kiedis' godfather, and Andy Gill produced the first RHCP album
	11:09am TDK60: Lixiviated Life: NO.
	11:10am Niall: Y'all ever notice that Willy Nelson's "Pretty Paper" is a kind of socially-conscious "Silver Bells?" I can't unhear one without the other.
	11:12am clarke: MS - are you lurking??
	11:13am prudy: I'll have to check out "Pretty Paper"
	11:13am drr: @clarke: that's pretty true. I kind of only go to one small grocery store that plays some kind of weird Pandora-type thing. Heard "Radio Free Europe" in there recently. WTIX still plays "Please Come Home For Christmas" every ten minutes.
	11:13am P-90: Laura Cantrell: one of my most-missed FMU DJs of the past.
	11:13am clarke: THIS is the time to hear THIS!! NICE!!
	👻 11:13am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Oh man. Just got at text from one of my best friends who teaches in the Bronx (lives upriver so I don't get to see her much but I digress). She is stretched to the limit filling in for other teachers who are out with COVID. She just got pulled in out of her free period to cover a class where the teacher left after getting his positive results via text. So, all these kids were exposed and the school has NOT told the kids or parents yet.
	11:13am Mark Hurst: @Joe yes, no kidding, Musk is the TIME person of the year. As for media complicity, you'll never guess who owns TIME... another Silicon Valley billionaire!
	11:14am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe I love how you stumbled over the phrase “mess with my wife” for about 30 seconds. You are one endearing guy! Merry merry to you and yours! ❤️💚
	11:14am clarke: god bless TIX!!!
	11:14am ChrisB.: Joe! Where can folks find this gem?
	11:14am Joe McG: @Chris: I put a link to the bandcamp in the comments!
	11:14am Paul: I'm not sure who I would consider person of the year. Tough call.
	11:14am Mark Hurst: And no worries, listeners will not hear a single holiday song on tonight's Techtonic. 100% usual tech criticism...
	11:15am Handy Haversack: 3Moons, K8's trying to figure out whether she has to go into schools again this year -- though she hates Zooming into classrooms so much that I think she might rather go in person. Chris B: lauracantrellandmichaelshelley.bandcamp.com...
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: Aaaah Lucinda
	11:15am Niall: Heya, Prudy: www.youtube.com...
	11:15am Joe McG: @Mark: Oh man, not surprised! Glad you'll be doing the Lord's work tonight!
	11:16am judy from croton: Yes threemoons; it is some SERIOUS stuff in these schools. My friend's daughter is a dedicated teacher there and has simply decided she can't go back
	11:16am ChrisB.: Thanks, Handy!
	11:16am Joe B: 2006 Norton Records Customer of the Year Robert Plant!
	👻 11:16am yerfriendpaul: I like where Robert Plant landed. I don't listen to him too much but whenever I hear him played on the radio it seems he's in a good space musically
	11:16am Michael Shelley: @Clarke - always, @Joe - Thanks, @world - the drummer on this Plant/Krauss track is special:Jay Bellerose
	11:17am dano59: @Niall: By the same token, Brenda Lee’s @I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus” is a socialist manifesto
	11:17am Stanley: Haha Michael. Who'd know it.
	11:17am skyline chili: Ask not for whom the Bell tolls, it Tull's for Jethro. Ruminate on that lix and you will find your answer.
	11:17am clarke: MS: how wuz your last college visit trip, you didn't say???
	11:17am judy from croton: Absolutely Love this version
	11:18am Jason from Houston: OHHHHH SHOOOT
	11:18am Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:19am Michael Shelley: clarke - very interesting and informative. Also has a great burrito.
	11:19am Perry kennedy: New to station (4) months. Love clay pigeon and this station.
	11:19am clarke: hey jason - i never have mae it to those record stores you told me about, YET. but, Half-Price Books in sugarland has beena good source!
	11:19am Joe McG: Welcome, Perry!
	11:19am Handy Haversack: My college did not have a great burrito, crapdangit! Jason!
	11:20am Jason from Houston: Handy! I changed the locks on the new place yesterday!
	11:20am Rachel Bo Bachel: Perry Kennedy welcome to the club :) Omg Lucinda so magical
	11:20am clarke: @MS - not sure where you visited. bueno on burrito!!!
	11:21am HyperDose: Glad to have you aboard, Perry! Stay a while wont ya? 🤠
	👻 11:21am tim from washington: Hi Joe! I'm happy to be able tune in to Surface Noise.
	👻 11:21am tim from washington: Hi Perry! Where are you listening from?
	11:21am clarke: where'd u move, Jason??
	11:21am prudy: yep, no one should be surprised to see teachers resigning in droves...my sister told her employer she'd rather work at Amazon...
	11:23am Spinning Giant: greetings @JoeMcG! all! top'o'the'season, everyone!
	11:24am Rick from SC: Great show Joe. Hey all
	11:24am Jason from Houston: Hey there, clarke! I need to visit that one again soon. Moving out of Montrose for good. Just off of 288 and Yellowstone. Four whole miles and 15 minutes to work. Compared to one mile now. LOL
	11:24am melinda: I like this Felice Brothers
	11:25am drr: Go see The Felice Brothers live if you get a chance.
	👻 11:25am waters7: who is this force called the Felice Brothers?
	11:25am clarke: oh, cross-town - cool! (i guess?) new locks an' all.
	11:26am Handy Haversack: Nice, Jason!
	11:26am drr: One of a very few bands I was introduced to by the Glen Jones Radio Program featuring X-Ray Burns. Jonesy!
	11:27am HyperDose: Congrats on the new digs, Jason!
	11:27am spodiodi: good morning, Joe and Surffacants
	👻 11:28am yerfriendpaul: I'm loving these last few tunes!!
	👻 11:29am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @HH where does K8 teach? And @Prudy my friend is finishing up a good remote PhD program online and she had a successful tutoring company before she got into teaching, her goal is to just go back to tutoring (online) and maybe (now that she has a small house with a yard) doing her own pet daycare business. I mean, even with all the benefits and time off, she's been bounced around from school to school every year even pre pandemic and she is just TIRED of the political shit and the fact that COVID is being used as a political hot potato.
	11:30am Joe McG: @yfp: I'm glad! @waters7: Felice Brothers pretty great!
	11:31am yen: where the violent femmes intersected with the talking heads
	👻 11:31am tim from washington: Scott W played a song off of The Blind Leading The Naked last week. I've been thinking about this album ever since. I got it from Columbia House when it came out. I think it holds up pretty good.. Thanks Joe!
	11:31am Rachel Bo Bachel: Thank you for playing the violent femmes Joe!!
	11:31am Spinning Giant: @spodi...never considered myself as suchlbefore, but i can get with that
	11:32am Joe McG: @tim: Wow, he did? We're in sync these days.
	👻 11:32am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I mean, my bro and his husband have lived abroad for a LONG time now. Whenever they come home, they are still shocked at the politicization of common sense public health issues, and the infrastructure in the NYC area is "like Mumbai or North Korea" (and yeah my bro actually did get a day trip to the latter once, and has been all over SE Asia and India on business).
	11:32am Spinning Giant: @JoeMcg nice to hear some lesser-played/known Femmeinisim
	11:32am drr: Is this the VL album where they were pictured on the back in hairdresser's chairs with big fish on their arms, like gloves? That was a memorable image.
	11:32am Jason from Houston: Thank you, HyperDose. Much appreciated. Going to be some work but not too much.
	11:33am Jason from Houston: Hahaha! Wasn't it this song, Tim?!?
	11:33am TDK60: I need to leave the show early. Thanks Monday Joe!
	11:34am Joe McG: @drr: Yes! Totally should have been the front cover.
	👻 11:34am tim from washington: Joe - he played this song! I Held Her In My Arms. I forgot how ecstatic this song is. Joe and Scott - now that's a combination!
	11:34am johnk77: great show again selecter violent femmes still deliver the goods live their pier 17 outside rooftop venue the only live show cz & jk saw in 2021 also gordon wrote i held her in my arms
	11:34am ?: @tim, I just said the same thing to my wife. Have to dod out the vinyl. and yes, it was this song.
	👻 11:34am tim from washington: You got it, Jason!
	👻 11:34am chresti: Hi/bye TDK60\\//
	11:35am skyline chili: One little two little three little four little bread crumbs, five little six little seven little bread crumbs, eight little nine little 10 little bread crumbs on my skin. There all accounted for. Of course this is posted so late no one knows what it's a reference to.
	11:36am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe- if you have time, can you wish Glorious Estephonic a happy birthday? It’s today and she loves your show!
	11:36am Mick: Is this the anniversary of The Blind Leading the Naked? Or just a coincidence? The Wisconsin boy in me always loves hearing the femmes
	11:36am HyperDose: Heard that, Jason. I moved to my new place in May and am just now putting the finishing touches on it. Just waiting on a bed frame and headboard from Ikea to come back in stock. Take it easy, TDK!
	11:36am McMurphy: *dig
	11:37am spodiodi: right on, Spinning Giant!
	👻 11:37am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Jason congrats again! 😎
	11:37am drr: Power Supply = very Feelies. Not very "Goner". but OK.
	11:38am clarke: Goner is many things, now, dave
	11:39am Jason from Houston: A little bit at a time. My compulsion is to try and fix all the things before moving in but that is just not the right thing to do. So stressful and hard on the brain and body.
	11:39am Jason from Houston: Thank you, Threemoons!
	11:39am clarke: yes - i don't understand why a house has to be perfect to move into??
	11:41am Handy Haversack: I was in the shower, but: Violent Femmes! And that Susan cover was fantastic! Hope the neighbors got to hear my joining in!
	11:41am clarke: but then, i don't understand a whole lot, these days.
	👻 11:42am tim from washington: Wow, that Carrom hit on a lot of Meat Puppets sounds that I dig.
	11:43am Hubig Pie: I'm reminded of the Alan Brady song from the Dick Van Dyke show
	11:43am clarke: these days.
	11:44am clarke: mawnin' Hubig!
	11:44am dano59: Wasn’t there a themed show for ‘Alan Vega’?
	11:44am Handy Haversack: 3Moons, K8's a teaching artist so is placed for residencies all over the city by the orgs she works for. Right now, two schools in the Bronx (one a charter) and one in Flushing, I believe. Plus this kids' theater project in Red Hook. I think that's all right now, but I'm not sure.
	11:45am βrian: Holiday baking: Roasted almonds dusted with cocoa, cinnamon, cayenne, and maple sugar.
	11:45am johnk77: per wikipedia neither brian nor gordon approved of the record label's choice of jerry harrison to produce the blind leading the naked
	11:45am Hubig Pie: Back atcha, clarke
	11:46am DJ Guinski 👻: bye McGaski! bye, kids. gotta waddle and get ready for Santy Guin's impending Home Invasion. stay frosty, Joe. hang tough, threemoons. Carry On, Handel & K8.
	11:46am clarke: but, didn't the theater project get shut down, HH? or just put off?
	11:47am Handy Haversack: Shut down for this cycle now, clarke, the day before the culminating performances. I assume they'll do their spring cycle.
	👻 11:47am waters7: Lovely show, Joe. Love the new stuff.
	11:48am clarke: ouch! hope we all do a spring cycle!
	11:48am Niall: "Learning to Start Over" by Constant Smiles - huh! I thought this was an Iron & Wine-styled cover of the Buzzcocks for a few.
	11:48am drr: "Learning To Start Over" sounds like a gentle cover of "Ever Fallen In Love".
	11:48am clarke: a nice slew of NEW here, joe McG!!! stuff i hain't heard!
	11:49am drr: well, hello, Niall!
	11:49am Hubig Pie: Jah, I definitely hearin' that song
	11:49am Handy Haversack: Later on, DJG!
	11:51am clarke: scott walker-esque
	👻 11:53am Webhamster Henry: I stepped out to bike down to City Hall to pick up a complimentary COVID rapid test, but they had just run out, so I'm back just in time for the end of the show.
	👻 11:53am Webhamster Henry: ... and a little Sharkeyness.
	11:53am Rich in Washington: Nice bookends, Joe!
	11:53am KWilde: Sharkey bookends!
	11:54am Kat in Chicago: I was hoping you’d close the show with this
	👻 11:54am tim from washington: Is this old Bull Lee on the microphone?
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks for listening to the show and commenting, folks! Hope you have a nice holiday if you celebrate around this time of year. See you next Monday!
	11:54am Handy Haversack: Nice, Joe! Great show! Thanks so much. Enjoy your Solstice, everyone. See you when there's more light in the world (or hemisphere, at least).
	👻 11:54am rx scabin: Good bye. Great show.
	11:54am spodiodi: i think so, tim thanks, Joe!
	11:55am dano59: Lookin’ for fun and feelin’ Sharkey
	11:55am clarke: thnx Joe!
	11:55am βrian: Irene is about to wade into the Drummer Stream: wfmu.org...
	11:55am Hubig Pie: Mr. Burroughs - a voice like no other
	👻 11:55am 12539: Thank, you, Joe!
	👻 11:55am Ken From Hyde Park: Very nice, Joe. Baby Shark thanks you!
	11:55am egould310: Laurie Anderson has really let herself go. She sounds like an old make junkie.
	👻 11:56am Webhamster Henry: Call for Joe, White Courtesy Telephone.
	👻 11:56am tadpoles: Brilliant ending Joe...WB & LA. I have a soft spot for Laurie Anderson...she gave the address at my daughter's graduation and I have a neat photo of the two. Best wishes to all for the Holidays! Cheers
	11:56am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:56am yerfriendpaul: Thank you Joe. Loved the show! Have a great holiday!
	11:56am Stanley: Haha egould. Thanks Joe. Have a good one.
	11:56am skyline chili: DJ Guinski : Be sure to board up all the windows and doors and don't forget about the basement windows. People forget about those and that's where they get in. Plus put out the No one is home, go away sign. Turn off all the lights and don't make any noise.
	11:57am annie: :)
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Joe, good work.
	👻 11:57am tim from washington: Thank you, Joe! Have a good rest of the year!
	11:58am drr: It should have been the front cover!
	11:58am egould310: Thanks , Joe M!
	12:00pm Andres: ThAnks Joe!!
	12:00pm HyperDose: Thanks, Joe. You're a gem!
	12:51pm Joe McG: Happy Birthday, Glorious Estephonic! Sorry I missed Rachel's comment earlier!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 20, 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 20, 2021: Cher and Chair Alike

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Laurie Anderson	Sharkey's Day "Sharkey's Day" by "Laurie Anderson"	Mister Heartbreak	Warner Bros.	1984	LP			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Saint Etienne	Her Winter Coat "Her Winter Coat" by "Saint Etienne"	Her Winter Coat EP	[PIAS]	2021	MP3		*	0:10:00 (Pop-up)
John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey	Is That All There Is?	Dance Hall at Louse Point	Island	1996	CD			0:16:41 (Pop-up)
Claudia Thompson	Blue Prelude "Blue Prelude" by "Claudia Thompson"	Goodbye to Love	Modern Harmonic	2021	CD	From 1959	*	0:21:41 (Pop-up)
Sparks	Those Mysteries "Those Mysteries" by "Sparks"	Introducing Sparks	Columbia	1977	LP			0:25:15 (Pop-up)
Iris DeMent	Let the Mystery Be "Let the Mystery Be" by "Iris DeMent"	Infamous Angel	Philo	1992	CD			0:29:48 (Pop-up)

Peter Gabriel	A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World	Peter Gabriel	The Famous Charisma Label	1978	LP			0:41:32 (Pop-up)
Sheila Hylton	The Bed's Too Big Without You	Sly and Robbie Present Taxi	Mango	1981	LP			0:44:39 (Pop-up)
Essama Bikoula	I'll Cry "I'll Cry" by "Essama Bikoula"	Reggae Africa: Roots & Culture 1972-1981	Africa Seven	2021	LP	From 1978	*	0:48:53 (Pop-up)
Joe Simon	Father On Down the Road	The Best of Joe Simon	Sound Stage 7	1970	LP	R.I.P. :(		0:52:47 (Pop-up)
Sugar Billy	Super Duper Love "Super Duper Love" by "Sugar Billy"	Mainstream Funk: Funk - Soul - Spiritual Jazz 1971-75	Wewantsounds	2022	MP3	From 1975	*	0:55:54 (Pop-up)
Robby Krieger	War Toad "War Toad" by "Robby Krieger"	Cinematix	Stress	2000	MP3			0:59:41 (Pop-up)
Warda	Khalik Hena Pt. 1 and Pt. 2	Khalik Hena	Wewantsounds	2021	MP3	From 1973	*	1:05:58 (Pop-up)
Etran de L'Air	Adounia "Adounia" by "Etran de L'Air"	Adounia	Sahel Sounds	2022	MP3		*	1:15:56 (Pop-up)
Al Doum and the Faryds	Universe Pt. 2	Freaky People	Black Sweat	2021	MP3		*	1:20:22 (Pop-up)
The Routes	Pistolero "Pistolero" by "The Routes"	Instrumentals II	Groovie	2021	CD		*	1:25:21 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row
The Hollies	Jennifer Eccles "Jennifer Eccles" by "The Hollies"	single	Epic	1967	45			1:35:13 (Pop-up)
Bobby Newsome	Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes	single	Spring	1972	45			1:37:27 (Pop-up)
Chair	Ride That American Dream "Ride That American Dream" by "Chair"	single	Warner Bros.	1970	45	Thanks, Jim Price!		1:40:37 (Pop-up)
Gang of Four	To Hell with Poverty	single	EMI	1981	45			1:43:52 (Pop-up)
Cher	These Days "These Days" by "Cher"	single	Warner Bros.	1975	45			1:47:18 (Pop-up)
Michael Murphey	Cosmic Cowboy "Cosmic Cowboy" by "Michael Murphey"	single	A&M	1973	45	sending this one out to WFMU's Cosmic Cowboy, wherever he may be		1:51:32 (Pop-up)
Tristeza	Macrame "Macrame" by "Tristeza"	single	Rocket Racer	1999	45	Thanks, Listener Alex!		1:55:08 (Pop-up)
Jethro Tull	Ring Out, Solstice Bells	single	Chrysalis	1976	45	from seasonal EP		1:59:37 (Pop-up)

Laura Cantrell and Michael Shelley	Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus	single	Laura Cantrell and Michael Shelley	2021	MP3	get it here	*	2:12:49 (Pop-up)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss	Can't Let Go	Raise the Roof	Rounder	2021	CD		*	2:13:52 (Pop-up)
Lucinda Williams	Changed the Locks	Lucinda Williams	Rough Trade	1988	LP			2:17:17 (Pop-up)
The Felice Brothers	To-Do List "To-Do List" by "The Felice Brothers"	From Dreams to Dust	Yep Roc	2021	CD		*	2:20:58 (Pop-up)
Shelto Marx	A Little Bit of Noise Won't Wake Your Roommate Up	Shelto Marx Sings Skoene Oke	Luftmensch	2021	MP3		*	2:25:05 (Pop-up)
The Violent Femmes	Good Friend "Good Friend" by "The Violent Femmes"	The Blind Leading the Naked	Slash/Warner Bros.	1986	LP			2:28:19 (Pop-up)
Susan	I Held Her in My Arms "I Held Her in My Arms" by "Susan"	single	Volar	2017	45	Thanks again, Alex!		2:31:47 (Pop-up)
Power Supply	Let's Do This and Let's Do That	In the Time of the Sabre-toothed Tiger	Goner	2021	LP		*	2:35:10 (Pop-up)
Carrom	Up on the Sun "Up on the Sun" by "Carrom"	Alter-Destinies/Pre-histories	Branch Dravidian	2021	LP		*	2:38:14 (Pop-up)
Hits	Alan Vega "Alan Vega" by "Hits"	Cielo Nublado	Paisley Shirt	2021	LP		*	2:40:46 (Pop-up)
Velour Academy	All Alone "All Alone" by "Velour Academy"	Chisme	Velour Academy	2021	EP		*	2:42:59 (Pop-up)
Constant Smiles	Learning to Start Over	Paragons	Sacred Bones	2021	LP		*	2:46:01 (Pop-up)
Hamish Hawk	This Whatever It Is Needs Improvements	Heavy Elevator	Assai Recordings	2021	MP3		*	2:48:37 (Pop-up)
Laurie Anderson	Sharkey's Night "Sharkey's Night" by "Laurie Anderson"	Mister Heartbreak	Warner Bros.	1984	LP			2:52:27 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am DJ Guin: McGaski!! I won't demand your badge and gun today. Not yet. Happy Xmas.
	9:02am JeremyB: Good Morning!
	9:02am Handy Haversack: Hey there, Joe and those who Yip!
	👻 9:03am 12539: Yip!
	👻 9:03am Ken From Hyde Park: Yule yip yip!
	9:03am Lixiviated Life: The suns coming up...
	👻 9:03am Brian in UK: Hey Joe and seasons greetings to one and all.
	9:03am DJ Guin: was Laurie Anderson in "Sharkey's Machine" -- asking..for a friend
	9:03am Andres: Yippers!
	9:04am B R M: I cannot overstate how influential Belew's solo on this song was for me!
	👻 9:04am Webhamster Henry: Everyone immediately watch Laurie Anderson's Norton Lecture Series. www.youtube.com...
	9:04am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:04am TDK60: Good morning, Monday Joe Radio. Haven't heard this Laurie A. cut in a spell.
	9:04am Special_Vessels: Hey Joe McG ! Did you know Mister Heartbreak was Scott Williams' favorite Laurie Anderson album, and my new nickname for him is Sharkey 🦈
	9:04am DJ Guinski 👻: Fun Fact -- Joe McGasko was the inspiration for John McClane in "Die Hard" the German film about something....hard.
	9:04am Krys O.: @BRM: I'm a Belew fan too.
	9:05am Lixiviated Life: Thank you for playing Sharkey's Day Mr. Joe McGasko. Now I can have a good day.
	9:05am B R M: @Krys O. What a career, what a range... but this one, in the context of this song, hearing this in the 80's as a teen... 🤯
	👻 9:05am Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Joe McG, Handy and fellow woof moo’s
	👻 9:06am Webhamster Henry: Sneak in William S. Burroughs' Sharkey bit on this record. WSB: WFMU's Santa Claus.
	9:07am dale: is this from c.p.o. sharkey?
	9:07am Lixiviated Life: " they're specks & they're filled with tiny people..."
	9:07am MentalDrift: I just played this album over the weekend and was thinking that there are few records I have listened to more since its release
	9:07am Guido from Cologne: Hello Joe and everyone!
	9:07am DJ Guinski 👻: @dale - yes, you Hockey puck.
	9:09am dale: dj guinski - ha ha!
	9:11am Woo: Saint Stephen
	9:12am dk50b: My recent comment that the sun came up like a big bald head was met with crickets by my fellow Glisteners. Thanks Joe McG for somehow knowing.
	9:12am stepheo: mornin folks
	9:12am Joe McG: Happy to see you all here this morning. Thanks for joining me today for radio entertainment!
	9:14am listener monica: I'm receiving subliminal messages from my car radio.
	9:15am DJ Guinski 👻: you're pushing it with the "entertainment" comment, Joe. but we will allow it,
	9:15am Listener Fred: Thanks for playing Sharkey's Day. I worked on "Home of the Brave" and got to fit William Burroughs with a strange mask I had built. Love that song!
	9:16am Joe McG: @Fred: How cool!
	9:16am Handy Haversack: Hey, Marley! I was feeding the monsters. It's a pretty involved process at this point.
	👻 9:16am karlward: My car radio told me that life is full of dreamlike wonder, and I was like, "is that you, David Lynch?" And the car radio was like "no, I said dreamlike wonder, not dreamlike apprehension" and I was all "sorry, I knew it was you, Laurie."
	9:17am Krys O.: That's fantastic, Listener Fred!
	9:18am steveo: polly jean, eh?
	9:18am Rick A: Good Morning Joe and All, I remember seeing Home of the Brave with a friend of mine. Neither of us really knew who Laurie Anderson was; she was a name of someone who was supposed to be important. After seeing the film, we were still confused though we both found the film dynamic and engrossing. She now has her own wing at the Mass MOCA museum where the film plays all day.
	👻 9:18am DjLorraine: Yup, i'm yippin'
	9:19am rx scabin: Good morning.
	9:19am beautiful lady in pink tights: l-o-v-e this song & PJH. thanks for making my morning a little sweeter.
	9:20am Listener Fred: I also designed and built the lens head that magnified Laurie's Head in the film!
	9:20am DJ Guinski 👻: could Aimee Mann be on the docket for today's holiday theme? let's stay tuned and find out.
	9:20am Krys O.: Awesome, Fred.
	9:20am Stanley: Yup. This song covers the first of Buddha's Four Noble Truths.
	9:21am TomTom: Is that all there is to a holiday season?
	9:21am PaulRobeson1920: Yip yip yip! Laurie Anderson wow just started to listen Norton Lecture 1: The River \| Laurie Anderson: Spending the War Without You
	9:21am beautiful lady in pink tights: mic drop
	9:21am Handy Haversack: Over here, Stanley, the kittens desire, and I suffer. So we've sort of dispersed the risk.
	9:22am Hi from Holland: Aloha! Polly!
	9:22am Brendan: Obviously she’s never seen a late night infomercial…
	9:23am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): I saw Laurie Anderson give a talk in Portsmouth, NH. Not long after she started speaking, a series of videos/photos started on a screen behind her. They seemed to have nothing to do with what she was talking about. We were confused. About five minutes in she turns her head and sees what's going on behind her. She shakes her head and laughs and says to us "Why didn't you tell me??!!" We just though it was Laurie Anderson being Laurie Anderson.
	9:24am Mike W.: When’s Julie London enter this tragic scene
	9:24am DJ Guinski 👻: is it fair i must make contingency plans as i have not received one friggin' invite to anywhere? par for the course. latkes and mushroom soup for one with football and movie binges will suffice.
	9:25am Woo: Love Blue Prelude
	👻 9:25am karlward: Woods: I saw those same videos behind the Dropkick Murphys in Asbury
	9:25am Handy Haversack: Sounds delightful, DJG!
	9:26am The Oscar: Mornin'! 2021 has been up and down, but at least we had the Summer of Sparks.
	👻 9:26am tadpoles: I have to hear one Sparks' song a day Joe....so many thanks. Cheers.
	👻 9:27am Ken From Hyde Park: Doing you part to stop the spread of the virus, DJG. Nice work!
	👻 9:27am Hughie Considine: The ascendency of Sparks is one thing we can all celebrate in.
	9:27am Niko, Copenhagen: Hello folks. Just checking in now. Any system to the madness today? Or just good and good/bad music? Greetings from Denmark!
	9:27am Mike W.: After reading that Atlantic article I’m gonna be watching Pee-wee’s Playhouse all week
	9:29am Rev. Turnip Druid: SPOX.
	9:30am Rev. Turnip Druid: also: saluting Denmark. It has been far too long & must re-visit as soon as all the world's diseases go away.
	9:31am Handy Haversack: Whew, glad you were here, Rev. I was distracted!
	👻 9:31am Brian in UK: Aaaah Iris.
	9:31am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @karlward: Ha!
	9:32am Lixiviated Life: Dear Mr. McGasko, You're playing some of my favorites today. Please get out of my head. It's not big enough for the both of us. Sincerely, Lix
	9:32am melinda: nice to hear Iris
	9:32am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): Iris Dement is married to Greg Brown. I always hoped for an album from them.
	9:32am dale: did she pass? or was that nancie griffith? my brain is addled...
	9:32am Niko, Copenhagen: @Rev. Turnip: Always welcome...!
	9:32am DJ Guinski 👻: this song was used for a TV show...the name eludes me
	9:32am TomTom: The unicorn that lives in my toaster assures me that I will live forever as long as I don't burn my toast.
	9:33am MD: I'm going to WFMU In Jersey City when I die!!!
	9:33am Droog: It was used on THe Leftovers.. it immediately came to mind when the song came on
	9:33am DJ Guinski 👻: Answer: The Leftovers. excellent show
	9:33am MD: I'm Gonna haunt the recoed vault!!!
	9:34am MD: record vault!!!!!!
	9:34am dale: i like mary mccaslin on philo too.
	9:34am Mike W.: “I’m at* WFMU in Jersey Ciii-tyyy” *listening to, actually
	9:35am Andres: DJ MC G!!
	👻 9:35am Hughie Considine: This is the stuff right here!
	9:35am dale: MD - are you gonna scare people or be more like casper?
	9:36am Sam: Change your name back!
	9:36am Stanley: Wow. That's an interesting story, Joe.
	9:36am KWilde: Josef!
	9:36am Sam: Or try Joe Mishigoss
	9:37am beautiful lady in pink tights: that is mysterious on who changed yr name, MCG. nice 2 hear ya voice
	9:37am P-90: Interesting, McGasko doesn’t seem like an actual Irish name. Now we know why.
	9:38am The Oscar: I laughed at the bit in the documentary where they read the negative review of Introducing Sparks which just reads "Unfortunately, we've met."
	9:38am melinda: someone on a comments board once said they assumed McGasko was a fake DJ name
	👻 9:38am yerfriendpaul: Hi Joe, everyone!
	9:38am TDK60: I was wondering about that Celtic-looking name. What did you say you think was the original family name?
	👻 9:39am Hughie Considine: @the Oscar - devastatingly terse putdown, a la Spinal Tap's "Shark Sandwich" review.
	9:39am melinda: @Hughie haha
	9:39am DJ Guinski 👻: there is no McGasko..only Zuul.
	👻 9:40am karlward: The Oscar: time to share my favorite negative album review of all time, for the album GTR by the band GTR. The entirety of the review was "SHT"
	9:40am TDK60: Parish is still in the Harvey band.
	9:41am blipt: go for it
	👻 9:42am Hughie Considine: The scratch cover completely mesmerized me as a high school Gabriel fanatic.
	9:42am Handy Haversack: "Don't Panic" in big friendly letters. Thanks, Joe.
	9:42am Joe McG: It's my real last name! But it's corrupted. Was something like "Migasho" or "Megasho."
	9:43am Yes: morning everyone
	9:44am DJ Guinski 👻: Megasho® versus Godzilla©
	9:44am P-90: Almost none” holiday music is just fine for the Monday morning before Christmas
	9:45am TDK60: Megasho. Is that Slavic?
	👻 9:45am Hughie Considine: PG was still throwing everything at the wall with the first two and still willing to show a light, humorous touch. That kind of went out the window on III.
	9:46am Phillippe: Good morning
	9:46am Stanley: Re: P-90. Or any other time for that matter. Hum-buggery from me.
	9:46am Krys O.: Oh, I've loved this Sheila Hylton since high school! Used to take that Taxi comp out of the public library.
	9:47am Handy Haversack: Morning, Phillippe! Joining you in humbuggery, Stanley.
	9:47am djsheilab: I forgot about this song! Making my Monday morning.
	9:47am DJ Guinski 👻: "Tralsfaz...Is that Polish?" "No. It's Spanish for "Go f%ck yourself."
	9:47am Joe McG: @TDK60: Yes, my roots are Slovak.
	9:48am Fredericks: Happy Holidays, Jose.
	9:48am melinda: @Joe I think the commenter was responding after you explained that your name had mysterious origins, like they had sensed that it wasn't Gaelic. or they were just being funny.
	9:49am Phillippe: Same for me, Joe, though various family members claim one of either Slokak/Polish/Czech/German/Bohemian. Fluid borders...
	9:49am DJ Guinski 👻: @Joe - seriously? just confirmed that I am zero percent Hungarian. Knew I was Slovak, but not confirmed until recently.
	9:50am Joe McG: Hey, Sheila B.!
	9:50am P-90: VIVA TRALFAZZ!
	9:51am dano59: I still have Laurie Anderson’s cell number in my phone. We did an interview in advance of a local appearance / back when Lou was still alive.
	9:51am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): Uh oh, Sheila B. and McGasco in the same space. Can the playing of Genesis be far behind?
	9:52am Joe McG: @Woods: Ha ha!
	9:55am djsheilab: Woods of NH—Oh that made me laugh!
	9:56am Krys O.: Aw, didn't hear about Joe Simon's passing. :(
	👻 9:56am pgalub: Hey Joe, Sheila, Handy, and Phil Collins fans.
	9:57am Handy Haversack: Morning, Pete!
	9:57am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): @djsheilab Ha! Hey, that's what I'm here for. Also, it beats working! ;-)
	9:57am Andres: Appreciating the Joe Simon. So great!
	9:57am steveo: Phil Collins fans? That's every person in the world innit?
	👻 9:58am pgalub: Good point steveo!
	10:01am Andres: Liking it! Original was a dance floor filler at parties!
	10:02am dano59: Break on thru to the other toad!
	10:02am Chris in Westchester: War Toad. Amazing.
	10:02am Joe McG: This one goes out to Scott Williams, who played a Robbie Krieger Pretenders cover on Friday.
	10:03am Krys O.: This brings to mind the Hamster Dance.
	10:04am Joe McG: @Krys: Ha ha ha
	10:04am McGroovey: Got any foot-stompin' Joni Mitchell remixes there?
	10:04am steveo: fmu should do a week where scott fills in for everyone and tries to adopt their style
	10:05am steveo: (he's stayed awake for a week before, right?)
	10:05am ?: Have you guys seen the wiki entry for Peace Frog? There's a weird sentence under "Lyrics."
	10:05am Krys O.: Honestly though, the Hamster Dance appropriated Roger Miller.
	10:06am Krys O.: @steveo: I'm 100% certain that Scott could do that and do it with aplomb.
	👻 10:09am DjLorraine: I had to make a phone call, so glad i didn't miss Warda
	10:09am Handy Haversack: steveo -- what if he already has done it. What if he's doing it right now? What if he's always doing it?!!
	10:11am yetibob at the clinic: just got my booster shot!
	10:11am steveo: ummm, anything's possible????
	10:12am Rachel Bo Bachel: Good for you Yeti!
	10:12am Handy Haversack: Nice, YB!
	10:12am TDK60: Yes, McGroovey: "Hana" by Joni M. off her "Shine" album, could be a dance number. (If I knew how to dance.)
	10:14am TimBk: Hey Joe, if you like Egyptian pop music, this is a must have, this is from the early 90's https://www.discogs.com/release/6035243-Various-Yalla-Hitlist-Egypt
	10:15am DJ Guinski 👻: @YETI -- it was understanding that only GHOSTS were eligible for...BOO-ster shots"
	10:15am Joe McG: @TimBK: Ooh, thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out.
	10:17am HyperDose: Morning, Joe McG and fine freeform folk!
	10:18am DJ Guinski 👻: look who decided to attend class this morning...Hy PerDose.
	10:18am Glorious Estephonic: 💕💕💕
	10:22am Joe McG: Wakey wakey! :)
	10:24am Handy Haversack: Yo, HyperDose!
	10:24am yeti bob: still on the fence about holiday travel though...
	10:25am Scott Williams: Morning, Joe - thanks for the Robby/Robbie!
	10:27am Listener Alexandra: Happy Xmess week, Joe! Greetings from a chilly Sandy Eggo :)
	10:32am P-90: Seen a couple of Krieger solo tours. Recommended.
	👻 10:35am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo. Rough Monday in progress. Even though the look at work was terrible (we have this Friday and next Friday off) had to crash hard last Friday--had felt off all week. Bro, his hubs, and unvaxxed 3 year old arrived yesterday from AUSTRALIA. Was supposed to go in to see Mom Friday night and help her set up. Spent Saturday standing in line, outside, for 3.5 hours waiting for a fast COVID test. Came back negative along with flu test so went out yesterday, home at a semi reasonable hour but was too wound up to go to sleep at a reasonable time. Reset alarm clock 2x instead of actually just giving myself an extra 90 minutes of sleep. So, day 2 without a shower, need to throw on clothes and make coffee. Already working since 10 AM. One of the benefits from WFH. On top of it, dealing with family drama from a step-parent who refuses to acknowledge that this trip from bro is NOT about fucking sugarplum fairies and Xmas cheer; it's about the fact that Mom is on her way out and my brother wants my nephew to see her one last time. For various reasons I am in no financial position to tell this person to shove their Yule log up their butt. I'm starting every day with almost zero spoons....sorry to rant but gotta tell someone, somewhere safe where it probably won't be found by my usual social media hounds...
	👻 10:37am Brian in UK: You can see why Graham Nash left for pastures new. You can only sing these songs for so long.
	10:38am Joe McG: Hey Scott! Hey Alex! Hey Brian!
	10:38am DJ Guinski 👻: @threemoons - we are here for you. hang in there.
	👻 10:38am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @DJ thank you!
	10:39am Niall: Man, that Hollies song was great. I could listen to stuff like that or Kaleidoscope's "Jenny Artichoke" all morning.
	10:40am DJ Guinski 👻: ::group hug for threemoons::
	10:40am HyperDose: Morning Guin & Handy. Don't worry Joe, I'm up! Definitely a late start today. I blame Alan for having such a great show.
	👻 10:41am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I mean, am I a fucked up person for secretly hoping that I tested positive so that I could just stay locked up in my apartment for the next 2 weeks and give all of this shit a rest? I mean, it would be GLORIOUS to be able to take all of xmas weekend and NYE weekend TOTALLY off from obligations. Mom has home aides; she could call them in on the weekends, no sclepping out, no dealing with Stepparent's machinations and forced gaiety, no being locked up in a small apartment with 4 adults and a toddler who is bouncing off the walls, etc. Just me, my PS5, decent Delta-8 edibles, and lots of glorious, glorious sleep....
	10:41am Colin: Great show! You Got us dancing in a frozen midwest playground
	👻 10:42am YETI BOB: Threemoons: that's really rough, wishing you grace and strength to get through it.
	👻 10:42am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Thanks again DJ...
	10:42am Joe McG: @Colin: Wonderful image, thanks!
	10:42am skyline chili: Robbie 'Blitz' krieger
	10:44am prudy: Sorry to hear of your troubles Three Moons; the "holidays" often suck...
	10:45am prudy: thanks Jose for Gang of Four...
	10:45am Handy Haversack: Got your back, Threemoons.
	10:45am WoodsOfNH (now Maine): To Hell With Poverty. Is this the Joe Manchin set? (in the middle of the daily standup and am mostly ignoring it)
	10:45am Michael Shelley: Morning Joe & all!
	👻 10:45am YETI BOB: I forgot how great this single is ... that guitar! RIP Andy Gill.
	10:46am DJ Guinski 👻: So. Where are we having our WFMU-Charlie Brown Xmas to avoid our toxic birth families?
	10:46am Handy Haversack: We're shutting down going out and visiting for the most part. Going back to outdoors only as much as possible. Not going into work at least until we get into January and see whether hospitalizations and deaths are spiking along with cases. Time to turtle up again, I'm afraid, at least for a while.
	10:46am Joe McG: @Michael! Stay tuned at 11!
	👻 10:46am YETI BOB: (was this the last good Go4 record?)
	10:46am Flint_Jack: @Threemoons...living the dream
	👻 10:47am chresti: Morning Joe and Co. from the tennis booth in Griffith Park!
	10:47am Handy Haversack: K8's been waiting five days for test results, too.
	10:48am Stanley: Re: Threemoons et al. I'm so happy sharing the boards with likeminded anti-holiday friends. (Balls to Christmas)
	10:48am Yes: cher these days. excellent
	👻 10:49am Webhamster Henry: @Yes, I agree
	10:49am Jason from Houston: Here for this one. ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	10:49am Joe McG: I don't know if you'll hear a better segueway on today's show than Gang of Four into Cher. Not sure if that's something to be celebrated or mourned! :)
	10:50am steveo: recently saw a youtube video of cher singing all parts in a 15 minute version of west side story, from 70s TV.
	👻 10:50am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I mean, for the past zillion years step-person has been in FL for the holidays, which was great. NONE of this BS was going to happen until they found out that brother was coming in TO VISIT MY DYING MOM and now it's all about "equal time."
	10:50am steveo: yes, joe, great stuff :)
	10:50am drr: Don't think I've ever heard a bad version of "These Days". I'm sure someone can correct me though.
	10:50am DJ Guinski 👻: for a second there...was horrified to think you would play Cher's duet with Harry Nilsson. not his finest hour.
	10:50am prudy: Joe...I'm appreciating both songs and the segue...
	10:50am Jason from Houston: Celebrated.
	👻 10:51am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: It's like they are waiting for Mom to be out of the way so that they can pounce in...my bro, who is the diplomat of the family, is even at his wits end...
	10:51am Joe B: nice one Joe!
	10:51am clarke: i too count the time in quarter tones.
	👻 10:51am 12539: So Joe, I guess that means you're not going to seque from Cher into Billy Joel?
	10:52am Krys O.: So very sorry, 3moons. Peace to you.
	10:52am Joe McG: @Joe B: Hey, Joe! @12539: Haven't yet played Mr. Joel on the show, but that's not to say I never will.
	10:52am Mike Sin: Merry Xmas to Gentleman Joe McG! re: that Bobby Newsome track -- that sounded a lot like Joe Tex to me. Did that hit anyone else's ears like that? Cool record.
	👻 10:53am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Krys and others thank you so much. Sometimes this feels like the only safe place to rant.
	10:53am DJ Guinski 👻: Hey! I have a Cher story! While working at MetLife Stadium, I encountered a gentleman who worked Security at the Staples Center in L.A. On good authority, he stated that she only appears for about 3/4 of her shows....a Male impersonator takes over and the audience is none the wiser. Me? I believe it.
	10:53am Joe McG: @Mike: And to you, Mr. Sin. I agree, very Joe Texy!
	10:53am Niall: Hm, I could totally hear this "Cosmic Cowboy" song being sung by Douglas Sahm in my head.
	10:53am yippie: yesha raz
	10:54am HyperDose: You're in the best, caring company here 🌙🌙🌙 Hugs and pixie 💚✨
	👻 10:54am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @DJ Guinski why does that sound so believable? Also, yeah, the best drag queens are the ones that can channel Cher. @Hyperdose thank you....
	10:54am Mike Sin: And now this Michael Murphy -- if you told me this was an Eagles outtake, I would believe it! My ears are acting weirdly!
	10:55am prudy: three moons...one day at a time I guess..along with gummies and other drugs of choice...I'm headed to Florida also...my family a bunch of liberal realtively unoffensive alcoholics surrounded by Trumpland...take care there
	10:55am Joe B: later done by nitty gritty dirt band
	10:56am JG: One time my friend saw a Cher show, and according to him she dropped the microphone accidentally commenting " Shit that wasn't too cool". But then adding "Ah F*ck it, I'm Cher. I've got cool to burn." May have been part of her regular stage patter, but it's true.
	10:56am clarke: until he added his middle name - he made good rekkids.
	10:56am Niall: "Unsatis- fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied!"
	👻 10:57am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @prudy thanks! I mean, my Mom doesn't like it when I drink in her place and I respect that, but I was going to lose my mind the past few weeks. Xmas Eve will be nuts at Stephumans but at least there will be plenty of booze.
	10:57am Listener Alexandra: You're welcome ;)
	👻 10:57am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Prudy and brings masks though -- I have family in FL people are apparently giving zero fucks RE COVID and it's showing.
	10:58am ?: This Murphey tune is reminiscent of a track from '74 by a British pub band, Wally. On their first album, produced by Rick Wakeman, they do "I Just Wanna Be a Cowboy." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piy2ZruhM0Q
	10:58am skyline chili: Helloey Joey McGaskoey
	10:58am DJ Guinski 👻: @threemoons - from my experience, with the exception of Macca and Springsteen ..no one actually sings on stage..carefully crafted lip syncing. from a distance..a drag queen can become 'Cher' and the suckers in the audience buy it part and parcel
	10:59am clarke: sounds like Cosmic Cowboy pre-dates Wally?
	👻 10:59am queems: i just bought a pack of n95s to wear at a gathering with people who don't care about covid- there are still some out there to be found
	👻 10:59am chresti: I saw Cher in 1980 when my then-hubby was working on the Monte Carlo Show, her dancers were awesome.
	10:59am DJ Guinski 👻: oh, same guy told me Bob Dylan "didn't like the way he looked" and threw him out of the Dressing Room -- his job was to protect Bob
	11:00am ?: Maybe, maybe not. Wally started around '71, so...?
	11:00am judy from croton: Haha thanks joe for little reminders of my love life; past, present, and future with these 45's,
	👻 11:00am queems: oh hell yeah, i was thinking about the other jethro tull xmas song this morning
	👻 11:01am chresti: *that's also when I discovered she wears wigs, at the cafe with her crew she was wearing a shag haircut.
	👻 11:01am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @DJ Guinski -- Dunno, Bowie apparently always was "him;" on the rare occasions that his voice needed a rest, Carlos Alomar sometimes did a line or two for him.
	👻 11:01am 12539: Wait - is this a single or en EP?!
	11:02am Joe McG: Happy Solstice tomorrow, everyone!
	👻 11:02am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @queems I, too, have a stash of masks....
	11:02am prudy: I'm kind of done with holiday music at this point...
	11:02am IronDoe: Oh, I love this one! Thanks.
	11:03am clarke: souuuuuullllllll=stice!!! oh, that was last nite.
	👻 11:03am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Joe McG aaah, yes, at least Solstice has one REAL guarantee--the days WILL get longer.
	11:03am dano59: This was an EP! My little sister discovered Songs from the Wood among my albums and I’m pretty convinced that sealed her life as a pagan.
	11:03am TDK60: Never heard this Tull. I like Jethro Tull. He's a fine flutist.
	11:04am drr: I haven't heard "Wonderful Christmastime" once this season. Or the one about the kid percussionist , thank God.
	11:04am steveo: Happy solstice!
	👻 11:04am queems: @tdk60 was pretty good at botany too
	11:04am clarke: you haven't been in any stores, then, DaveR
	👻 11:04am waters7: Love you, Joe--from To Hell with Poverty to a Tull Christmas tune. You got me.
	11:05am IronDoe: drr: as long as i don't hear the one about the Christmas shoes i'm good. I can take anything else.
	👻 11:05am queems: christmas shoes can gtfo
	11:06am TDK60: Queems- I never was good at botany! Hee. I was saying Mr. Tull to see if I got corrected, but time has surely flown by and nobody seems to care anymore. Sigh...
	11:06am Stanley: One sweet joy with this Covid crisis here in the UK is that I haven't stepped into a supermarket recently (ordering online) and have avoided the Christmas music. Roy Wood sang 'I wish it could be Christmas everydaaaay' but as much as I like Roy, he can f**k off with that one.
	👻 11:07am queems: one of the main things that makes me think we have slipped into an alternate timeline is that people actually do covers of that stupid wham! xmas song. like lots of people?? it's the worst song???
	11:08am clarke: the chair is not my son
	11:08am dano59: There’s a lot of “holiday” songs on that theme!
	11:08am judy from croton: Subterranean Connections Is that an Elton John song?
	11:08am P-90: My memory of a Cher/Gang of Four tour may be false
	11:08am Lixiviated Life: Is it wrong for me to like that Jethro Tull song? Is it? IS IT I SAID
	11:09am nathan: ooh ooh, i made a Cher/Gang of Four connection. Sonny Bono is Anthony Kiedis' godfather, and Andy Gill produced the first RHCP album
	11:09am TDK60: Lixiviated Life: NO.
	11:10am Niall: Y'all ever notice that Willy Nelson's "Pretty Paper" is a kind of socially-conscious "Silver Bells?" I can't unhear one without the other.
	11:12am clarke: MS - are you lurking??
	11:13am prudy: I'll have to check out "Pretty Paper"
	11:13am drr: @clarke: that's pretty true. I kind of only go to one small grocery store that plays some kind of weird Pandora-type thing. Heard "Radio Free Europe" in there recently. WTIX still plays "Please Come Home For Christmas" every ten minutes.
	11:13am P-90: Laura Cantrell: one of my most-missed FMU DJs of the past.
	11:13am clarke: THIS is the time to hear THIS!! NICE!!
	👻 11:13am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Oh man. Just got at text from one of my best friends who teaches in the Bronx (lives upriver so I don't get to see her much but I digress). She is stretched to the limit filling in for other teachers who are out with COVID. She just got pulled in out of her free period to cover a class where the teacher left after getting his positive results via text. So, all these kids were exposed and the school has NOT told the kids or parents yet.
	11:13am Mark Hurst: @Joe yes, no kidding, Musk is the TIME person of the year. As for media complicity, you'll never guess who owns TIME... another Silicon Valley billionaire!
	11:14am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe I love how you stumbled over the phrase “mess with my wife” for about 30 seconds. You are one endearing guy! Merry merry to you and yours! ❤️💚
	11:14am clarke: god bless TIX!!!
	11:14am ChrisB.: Joe! Where can folks find this gem?
	11:14am Joe McG: @Chris: I put a link to the bandcamp in the comments!
	11:14am Paul: I'm not sure who I would consider person of the year. Tough call.
	11:14am Mark Hurst: And no worries, listeners will not hear a single holiday song on tonight's Techtonic. 100% usual tech criticism...
	11:15am Handy Haversack: 3Moons, K8's trying to figure out whether she has to go into schools again this year -- though she hates Zooming into classrooms so much that I think she might rather go in person. Chris B: lauracantrellandmichaelshelley.bandcamp.com...
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: Aaaah Lucinda
	11:15am Niall: Heya, Prudy: www.youtube.com...
	11:15am Joe McG: @Mark: Oh man, not surprised! Glad you'll be doing the Lord's work tonight!
	11:16am judy from croton: Yes threemoons; it is some SERIOUS stuff in these schools. My friend's daughter is a dedicated teacher there and has simply decided she can't go back
	11:16am ChrisB.: Thanks, Handy!
	11:16am Joe B: 2006 Norton Records Customer of the Year Robert Plant!
	👻 11:16am yerfriendpaul: I like where Robert Plant landed. I don't listen to him too much but whenever I hear him played on the radio it seems he's in a good space musically
	11:16am Michael Shelley: @Clarke - always, @Joe - Thanks, @world - the drummer on this Plant/Krauss track is special:Jay Bellerose
	11:17am dano59: @Niall: By the same token, Brenda Lee’s @I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus” is a socialist manifesto
	11:17am Stanley: Haha Michael. Who'd know it.
	11:17am skyline chili: Ask not for whom the Bell tolls, it Tull's for Jethro. Ruminate on that lix and you will find your answer.
	11:17am clarke: MS: how wuz your last college visit trip, you didn't say???
	11:17am judy from croton: Absolutely Love this version
	11:18am Jason from Houston: OHHHHH SHOOOT
	11:18am Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:19am Michael Shelley: clarke - very interesting and informative. Also has a great burrito.
	11:19am Perry kennedy: New to station (4) months. Love clay pigeon and this station.
	11:19am clarke: hey jason - i never have mae it to those record stores you told me about, YET. but, Half-Price Books in sugarland has beena good source!
	11:19am Joe McG: Welcome, Perry!
	11:19am Handy Haversack: My college did not have a great burrito, crapdangit! Jason!
	11:20am Jason from Houston: Handy! I changed the locks on the new place yesterday!
	11:20am Rachel Bo Bachel: Perry Kennedy welcome to the club :) Omg Lucinda so magical
	11:20am clarke: @MS - not sure where you visited. bueno on burrito!!!
	11:21am HyperDose: Glad to have you aboard, Perry! Stay a while wont ya? 🤠
	👻 11:21am tim from washington: Hi Joe! I'm happy to be able tune in to Surface Noise.
	👻 11:21am tim from washington: Hi Perry! Where are you listening from?
	11:21am clarke: where'd u move, Jason??
	11:21am prudy: yep, no one should be surprised to see teachers resigning in droves...my sister told her employer she'd rather work at Amazon...
	11:23am Spinning Giant: greetings @JoeMcG! all! top'o'the'season, everyone!
	11:24am Rick from SC: Great show Joe. Hey all
	11:24am Jason from Houston: Hey there, clarke! I need to visit that one again soon. Moving out of Montrose for good. Just off of 288 and Yellowstone. Four whole miles and 15 minutes to work. Compared to one mile now. LOL
	11:24am melinda: I like this Felice Brothers
	11:25am drr: Go see The Felice Brothers live if you get a chance.
	👻 11:25am waters7: who is this force called the Felice Brothers?
	11:25am clarke: oh, cross-town - cool! (i guess?) new locks an' all.
	11:26am Handy Haversack: Nice, Jason!
	11:26am drr: One of a very few bands I was introduced to by the Glen Jones Radio Program featuring X-Ray Burns. Jonesy!
	11:27am HyperDose: Congrats on the new digs, Jason!
	11:27am spodiodi: good morning, Joe and Surffacants
	👻 11:28am yerfriendpaul: I'm loving these last few tunes!!
	👻 11:29am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @HH where does K8 teach? And @Prudy my friend is finishing up a good remote PhD program online and she had a successful tutoring company before she got into teaching, her goal is to just go back to tutoring (online) and maybe (now that she has a small house with a yard) doing her own pet daycare business. I mean, even with all the benefits and time off, she's been bounced around from school to school every year even pre pandemic and she is just TIRED of the political shit and the fact that COVID is being used as a political hot potato.
	11:30am Joe McG: @yfp: I'm glad! @waters7: Felice Brothers pretty great!
	11:31am yen: where the violent femmes intersected with the talking heads
	👻 11:31am tim from washington: Scott W played a song off of The Blind Leading The Naked last week. I've been thinking about this album ever since. I got it from Columbia House when it came out. I think it holds up pretty good.. Thanks Joe!
	11:31am Rachel Bo Bachel: Thank you for playing the violent femmes Joe!!
	11:31am Spinning Giant: @spodi...never considered myself as suchlbefore, but i can get with that
	11:32am Joe McG: @tim: Wow, he did? We're in sync these days.
	👻 11:32am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I mean, my bro and his husband have lived abroad for a LONG time now. Whenever they come home, they are still shocked at the politicization of common sense public health issues, and the infrastructure in the NYC area is "like Mumbai or North Korea" (and yeah my bro actually did get a day trip to the latter once, and has been all over SE Asia and India on business).
	11:32am Spinning Giant: @JoeMcg nice to hear some lesser-played/known Femmeinisim
	11:32am drr: Is this the VL album where they were pictured on the back in hairdresser's chairs with big fish on their arms, like gloves? That was a memorable image.
	11:32am Jason from Houston: Thank you, HyperDose. Much appreciated. Going to be some work but not too much.
	11:33am Jason from Houston: Hahaha! Wasn't it this song, Tim?!?
	11:33am TDK60: I need to leave the show early. Thanks Monday Joe!
	11:34am Joe McG: @drr: Yes! Totally should have been the front cover.
	👻 11:34am tim from washington: Joe - he played this song! I Held Her In My Arms. I forgot how ecstatic this song is. Joe and Scott - now that's a combination!
	11:34am johnk77: great show again selecter violent femmes still deliver the goods live their pier 17 outside rooftop venue the only live show cz & jk saw in 2021 also gordon wrote i held her in my arms
	11:34am ?: @tim, I just said the same thing to my wife. Have to dod out the vinyl. and yes, it was this song.
	👻 11:34am tim from washington: You got it, Jason!
	👻 11:34am chresti: Hi/bye TDK60\\//
	11:35am skyline chili: One little two little three little four little bread crumbs, five little six little seven little bread crumbs, eight little nine little 10 little bread crumbs on my skin. There all accounted for. Of course this is posted so late no one knows what it's a reference to.
	11:36am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe- if you have time, can you wish Glorious Estephonic a happy birthday? It’s today and she loves your show!
	11:36am Mick: Is this the anniversary of The Blind Leading the Naked? Or just a coincidence? The Wisconsin boy in me always loves hearing the femmes
	11:36am HyperDose: Heard that, Jason. I moved to my new place in May and am just now putting the finishing touches on it. Just waiting on a bed frame and headboard from Ikea to come back in stock. Take it easy, TDK!
	11:36am McMurphy: *dig
	11:37am spodiodi: right on, Spinning Giant!
	👻 11:37am Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Jason congrats again! 😎
	11:37am drr: Power Supply = very Feelies. Not very "Goner". but OK.
	11:38am clarke: Goner is many things, now, dave
	11:39am Jason from Houston: A little bit at a time. My compulsion is to try and fix all the things before moving in but that is just not the right thing to do. So stressful and hard on the brain and body.
	11:39am Jason from Houston: Thank you, Threemoons!
	11:39am clarke: yes - i don't understand why a house has to be perfect to move into??
	11:41am Handy Haversack: I was in the shower, but: Violent Femmes! And that Susan cover was fantastic! Hope the neighbors got to hear my joining in!
	11:41am clarke: but then, i don't understand a whole lot, these days.
	👻 11:42am tim from washington: Wow, that Carrom hit on a lot of Meat Puppets sounds that I dig.
	11:43am Hubig Pie: I'm reminded of the Alan Brady song from the Dick Van Dyke show
	11:43am clarke: these days.
	11:44am clarke: mawnin' Hubig!
	11:44am dano59: Wasn’t there a themed show for ‘Alan Vega’?
	11:44am Handy Haversack: 3Moons, K8's a teaching artist so is placed for residencies all over the city by the orgs she works for. Right now, two schools in the Bronx (one a charter) and one in Flushing, I believe. Plus this kids' theater project in Red Hook. I think that's all right now, but I'm not sure.
	11:45am βrian: Holiday baking: Roasted almonds dusted with cocoa, cinnamon, cayenne, and maple sugar.
	11:45am johnk77: per wikipedia neither brian nor gordon approved of the record label's choice of jerry harrison to produce the blind leading the naked
	11:45am Hubig Pie: Back atcha, clarke
	11:46am DJ Guinski 👻: bye McGaski! bye, kids. gotta waddle and get ready for Santy Guin's impending Home Invasion. stay frosty, Joe. hang tough, threemoons. Carry On, Handel & K8.
	11:46am clarke: but, didn't the theater project get shut down, HH? or just put off?
	11:47am Handy Haversack: Shut down for this cycle now, clarke, the day before the culminating performances. I assume they'll do their spring cycle.
	👻 11:47am waters7: Lovely show, Joe. Love the new stuff.
	11:48am clarke: ouch! hope we all do a spring cycle!
	11:48am Niall: "Learning to Start Over" by Constant Smiles - huh! I thought this was an Iron & Wine-styled cover of the Buzzcocks for a few.
	11:48am drr: "Learning To Start Over" sounds like a gentle cover of "Ever Fallen In Love".
	11:48am clarke: a nice slew of NEW here, joe McG!!! stuff i hain't heard!
	11:49am drr: well, hello, Niall!
	11:49am Hubig Pie: Jah, I definitely hearin' that song
	11:49am Handy Haversack: Later on, DJG!
	11:51am clarke: scott walker-esque
	👻 11:53am Webhamster Henry: I stepped out to bike down to City Hall to pick up a complimentary COVID rapid test, but they had just run out, so I'm back just in time for the end of the show.
	👻 11:53am Webhamster Henry: ... and a little Sharkeyness.
	11:53am Rich in Washington: Nice bookends, Joe!
	11:53am KWilde: Sharkey bookends!
	11:54am Kat in Chicago: I was hoping you’d close the show with this
	👻 11:54am tim from washington: Is this old Bull Lee on the microphone?
	11:54am Joe McG: Thanks for listening to the show and commenting, folks! Hope you have a nice holiday if you celebrate around this time of year. See you next Monday!
	11:54am Handy Haversack: Nice, Joe! Great show! Thanks so much. Enjoy your Solstice, everyone. See you when there's more light in the world (or hemisphere, at least).
	👻 11:54am rx scabin: Good bye. Great show.
	11:54am spodiodi: i think so, tim thanks, Joe!
	11:55am dano59: Lookin’ for fun and feelin’ Sharkey
	11:55am clarke: thnx Joe!
	11:55am βrian: Irene is about to wade into the Drummer Stream: wfmu.org...
	11:55am Hubig Pie: Mr. Burroughs - a voice like no other
	👻 11:55am 12539: Thank, you, Joe!
	👻 11:55am Ken From Hyde Park: Very nice, Joe. Baby Shark thanks you!
	11:55am egould310: Laurie Anderson has really let herself go. She sounds like an old make junkie.
	👻 11:56am Webhamster Henry: Call for Joe, White Courtesy Telephone.
	👻 11:56am tadpoles: Brilliant ending Joe...WB & LA. I have a soft spot for Laurie Anderson...she gave the address at my daughter's graduation and I have a neat photo of the two. Best wishes to all for the Holidays! Cheers
	11:56am Krys O.: Thanks, Joe!
	👻 11:56am yerfriendpaul: Thank you Joe. Loved the show! Have a great holiday!
	11:56am Stanley: Haha egould. Thanks Joe. Have a good one.
	11:56am skyline chili: DJ Guinski : Be sure to board up all the windows and doors and don't forget about the basement windows. People forget about those and that's where they get in. Plus put out the No one is home, go away sign. Turn off all the lights and don't make any noise.
	11:57am annie: :)
	👻 11:57am Brian in UK: Joe, good work.
	👻 11:57am tim from washington: Thank you, Joe! Have a good rest of the year!
	11:58am drr: It should have been the front cover!
	11:58am egould310: Thanks , Joe M!
	12:00pm Andres: ThAnks Joe!!
	12:00pm HyperDose: Thanks, Joe. You're a gem!
	12:51pm Joe McG: Happy Birthday, Glorious Estephonic! Sorry I missed Rachel's comment earlier!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from December 20, 2021

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