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Favoriting May 9, 2016: The Bottom Line Is In the How (with Special Guest Cate Le Bon)

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
The Claudia Quintet  Nightbreak   Favoriting Super Petite  Cuneiform  2016  CD    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Felt  Spectral Morning   Favoriting Train Above the City  Creation  1988  CD      0:07:59 (Pop-up)
Mary Lattimore  Jimmy V   Favoriting At the Dam  Ghostly  2016  LP    *   0:11:36 (Pop-up)
Broadcast  Test Area   Favoriting Echo's Answer single  Warp  1999  CD      0:17:26 (Pop-up)
Dave Hamilton  What's the Matter with the World   Favoriting Things Gonna Get Better: Street Funk and Jazz Grooves 1970-1977  Ace  2016  CD    *   0:23:14 (Pop-up)
The Dave Pike Set  Spooky   Favoriting Got the Feelin'  Disques Wagram  1998  CD  From 1969    0:30:27 (Pop-up)
 
Doug Tuttle  Saturday/Sunday   Favoriting It Calls on Me  Trouble in MInd  2015  LP      0:41:21 (Pop-up)
Eerie Wanda  I Am Over Here   Favoriting Hum  Beyond Beyond Is Beyond  2016  CD    *   0:47:25 (Pop-up)
Petra Haden  Look Both Ways Before You Cross   Favoriting Imaginaryland  Bar None  2016  CD  From 1996  *   0:50:25 (Pop-up)
The Smiths  Ask   Favoriting The Smiths...Best II  Sire  1992  CD  From 1986    0:52:44 (Pop-up)
The Exceptions  What More Do You Want   Favoriting Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1962-1970  Ace  2016  CD  From 1965  *   0:55:50 (Pop-up)
Gruff Rhys  Candylion   Favoriting Candylion  Team Love  2007  CD      0:58:07 (Pop-up)
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci  Diamond Dew   Favoriting Barafundle  Mercury  1997  CD      1:00:15 (Pop-up)
The Goon Sax  Telephone   Favoriting Up to Anything  Chapter Music  2016  CD    *   1:03:24 (Pop-up)
Television  Guiding Light   Favoriting Marquee Moon  Elektra/Rhino  2003  CD  From 1977    1:07:52 (Pop-up)
Bread  Diary   Favoriting Baby I'm-A Want You  Elektra  1972  LP  Labelmates!    1:13:21 (Pop-up)
Buckingham Nicks  Without a Leg to Stand On   Favoriting Buckingham Nicks  Polydor  1973  LP  Thanks, Sheila B.!    1:16:27 (Pop-up)
Gorgoni, Martin, & Taylor  Help Yourself   Favoriting Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor  Buddah  1972  LP      1:19:15 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits  Ol' 55   Favoriting Closing Time  Elektra  1990  CD  From 1973    1:22:28 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row
Fun Boy Three  Our Lips Are Sealed   Favoriting single  Chrysalis  1983  45      1:33:21 (Pop-up)
Gene and Debbe  Love Will Give Us Wings   Favoriting single  TRX  1968  45      1:35:57 (Pop-up)
Jimmy McGriff  The Last Minute - Pt. I   Favoriting single  Sue  1963  45      1:37:36 (Pop-up)
ZZ Top  Leila   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1981  45      1:40:20 (Pop-up)
Robin Hood Brians  Miami   Favoriting single  Uni  1970  45      1:43:07 (Pop-up)
Sylvester  Was It Something That I Said   Favoriting single  Fantasy  1978  45      1:45:14 (Pop-up)
Brian Cullman & Scattered Light  Waiting for the Calvary   Favoriting single  Silent  1980  45      1:49:19 (Pop-up)
Billie Davis  Make the Feeling Go Away   Favoriting single  Decca  1969  45  Thanks again to the wonderful Sheila B.!    1:53:52 (Pop-up)
The Pretenders  1969   Favoriting single  Polydor  1988  45      1:56:09 (Pop-up)
 
 
Cate Le Bon and band Live on WFMU. Band: Cate Le Bon (guitar, vocals); Stephen Black (bass, guitar, vocals); J.T. (keyboards, guitar, vocals); Daniel Ward (drums). Engineered (and photographed) by Mario Santana.
Cate Le Bon  Crab Day   Favoriting Live at WFMU            2:09:48 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  Love Is Not Love   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:13:00 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  I Was Born on the Wrong Day   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:16:17 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  I'm a Dirty Attic   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:18:33 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  We Might Revolve   Favoriting Live on WFMU            2:21:30 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  Interview   Favoriting             2:25:21 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  What Is Worse   Favoriting Cyrk II  The Control Group  2012  EP      2:35:10 (Pop-up)
Drinks  Hermits on Holiday   Favoriting Hermits on Holiday  Birth  2015  CD  Cate Le Bon + Tim Presley    2:40:04 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  Hwylio Mewn Cyfog   Favoriting Edrych Yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg EP  Peski  2008  MP3      2:43:31 (Pop-up)
Kevin Morby Feat. Cate Le Bon  Slow Train   Favoriting Harlem River  Woodsist  2013  LP      2:47:52 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  Burn Until the End   Favoriting Me Oh My  Irony Bored  2010  CD      2:53:32 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
annie:

good morning joe!
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SeanG:

Howdy Joe!
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pantz:

Good morning, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Guido from Cologne:

Good morning, Joe!
  9:07am
Brendan:

Hi folks. I had a thing for a Claudia once, and wiki'd the band. The story behind the name is a riot
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
tomasz.:

morning Joe. that opener was wild
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Joe and surface-dwellers. Boing boing!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:10am
doctorjazz:

Hi all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, Joe, and all Inspectors McGaskets listening in.

I suppose if The Fall ever stops being, it would become the Felt?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Joe McG:

The goodest of good mornings to you all and thanks for tuning in today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
SeanG:

looking forward to Cate
Avatar 9:18am
KP:

Always great to hear you over the air, Joe. The crackles and drifting authenticate the experience.
Avatar 9:19am
V Priceless:

hey JM!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Joe McG:

Sean G. reminds me to mention that my special guest today around 11 a.m. will be Cate Le Bon. She came in last Thursday and we had a really fine live session and chat. I hope you'll stay tuned for that!
Avatar 9:21am
sphere:

hello everybody. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Guido from Cologne:

I have a concert conflict on May 31st:
Cate Le Bon versus Fat White Family
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Sem Chumbo:

@sphere: diggin' your personal statement.
  9:30am
MONEYBAG$:

Why does Garfield hate Mondays? Pretty sure every cat gets to sleep until 1 PM regardless of the day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
Joe McG:

@Guido: Much different experiences, I imagine! Mood will determine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
MD:

Hello Gang! It's NOT Raining This mOrning! Yea!!!
Avatar 9:36am
Cecile:

yes, it was!
  9:36am
tomasz.:

harp is working for me too. it's a rare and beautiful sunny Glasgow afternoon and i am hauling all my worldly possessions across town in boxes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
foofs:

Never buy an antique harp.
  9:36am
tomasz.:

Garfield is a nihilist
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Parq:

Classics IV did Spooky *and* Traces. Also Stormy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
pantz:

@tomasz Anyone that obsessed with lasagna couldn't be a nihilist.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Parq:

Also, what MD said.
Avatar 9:38am
HarktheUmpire:

I will face the same conflicting conundrum on the 30th, Guido.
Avatar 9:41am
sphere:

@Sem: thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Joe McG:

@tomasz: Good luck with the new flat! @Parq: Thanks for reminding me, I wasn't sure. The mind is deteriorating at a remarkable pace.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
yayson:

parq, i read somewhere that the classics album is the ur-document of soft rock.
Avatar 9:53am
sphere:

i just love this Smiths song always.
Avatar 9:53am
Marc Francis:

Hey Joe! Hay all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Parq:

What I couldn't remember is who did Sunny. Turns out it was a guy named Bobby Hebb. Yayson, soft rock *wishes* it has what the Classics' stuff had.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
pantz:

Always loved the squeeze box in this song.
Avatar 9:55am
Cecile:

even the Classics couldn't top themselves. They became Atlanta Rhythm Section, and were never the same.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
yayson:

yes, a pale shadow indeed
Avatar 9:57am
Cecile:

Although not as bad as Ambrosia's drop from "Holding on to Yesterday" to "How Much I Feel".
  9:57am
Brendan:

When Morrissey did an upbeat track it was like the sun came out after a week of rain.
  10:00am
Will:

I think I already want to hear that Eerie Wanda song again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Joe McG:

@Will: I've played track 1 and now track 2. Maybe I'll just continue to play it in order.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Scott Williams:

Joe Does Gorky's!!
Avatar 10:04am
Marc Francis:

Telephone! Such a great song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
Joe McG:

@Scott: I did them and I don't think they regret it! At least not yet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
SeanG:

YES
Avatar 10:09am
soup and fog:

What a song to wake up to the first full day of finals week!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Joe McG:

@soup: Go get 'em!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
pantz:

One can really see where Gordon Gano got his singing style.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Joe McG:

@pantz: I never noticed that before and you're SO right!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am
Tim 07030:

Hi Joe! Able to listen for a while at work today (don't tell anyone)...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Joe McG:

@Tim: Your secret is safe with me and the rest of the Internet. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Tim 07030:

Times I heard 'Marquee Moon' (the song) on the jukebox at Maxwell's = 457
  10:16am
Will:

Oh, Joe is testing that theory that even songs you're inclined to hate are gladly listened to when played on his show! (Last week he tested that theory with "Midnight at the Oasis.")
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
JP from KC:

This is nice Monday music, Joe. Thanks for the pick me up. And thanks again for your help with my S4L!
Avatar 10:17am
Ear Hammer:

A+++++ show today Joe!
Avatar 10:18am
annie:

ha!! Will, i was just thinking that
  10:18am
goat friend:

This rock is so soft!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Joe McG:

@Will: Ha ha! @JP: You bet, anytime! @EH: Aw, shucks! :)
  10:19am
Andy the painter:

hey joe. good to hear your show.
it's doing its best to turn my morning around.
thx!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Here we have a real-time loop of Mercury cutting in front of the sun today. It's a little dot going left to right about 1/4 from the bottom. mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov... You can see also see some surface noise from solar flares and whatnot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Joe McG:

@Ken: Surface noise with solar flares sounds pretty good to me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Uncle Michael:

Chip Taylor channeling Dan Penn on that one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Uncle Michael:

These sets absolutely fit the gray, damp morning here.
Avatar 10:24am
βrian:

Back when Tom's voice was silky ...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:25am
Ken From Hyde Park:

A gray and damp day keeps wildfires at bay.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
Kelly Jones:

It's a beautiful day to be alive. A beautiful morning not to commit suicide. The Sun is brought you today by.... Surface Noise and Joe McGasko. Thanks Joe!
Avatar 10:27am
annie:

"Marmalade thighs and Maxwell House eyes" still in my top ten of favorites lyrics.
Avatar 10:27am
βrian:

Speaking of, an adjuster once told me, if a person doesn't have a porch to pee off of, that's one less fire prevention measure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
Uncle Michael:

I love that Buckingham wrote about having formerly been "somebody" before he became "somebody."
  10:29am
tomasz.:

Mark E Moon
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Uncle Michael:

Brian, I've got that covered.
Avatar 10:31am
βrian:

During dry season, you can ply your friends with beer.
Avatar 10:33am
βrian:

We need to hear that *clack* of the platter dropping, Joe. Ambience. Ambience!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Joe McG:

Kelly Jones!! @Brian: Platter sizzle is such a lovely sound!
Avatar 10:43am
βrian:

Strangely, I was in France in 1981, listening to ZZ Top. I still associate the scent of Bas Provence with swaying beards.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
pantz:

What? A love ballad from ZZ Top???
Avatar 10:43am
Ear Hammer:

Zed Zed TOP!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Joe McG:

@pantz: Men with beards have a sensitive side!
Avatar 10:45am
βrian:

@Ear Hammer: That's a shibboleth, to be sure.
  10:57am
Listener Don:

Thanks for playin 'Waitin for the Calvary' Joe. I sat in on that session for recording school RIA.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58am
Joe McG:

Wow, Don! How cool.
Avatar 11:04am
βrian:

Hold on, isn't that supposed to be Waiting For The Cavalry?
Avatar 11:04am
βrian:

I mean, en.wikipedia.org...
...
  11:05am
Mark:

Sisters of Mercy has a version of 1969
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Uncle Michael:

Whatever happened to the film adaptation of Tommy James' book?
  11:09am
Elboopie:

I adore your show - so much great music! Could you list the music you speak over? - it's always interesting. Thanks!
Avatar 11:13am
Glockabelle:

yasss!!!
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Ear Hammer:

@brian outmoded is my main speed.
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Ear Hammer:

Every day is Crab Day in my book.
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Dominick:

very nice!
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Joe McG:

@EH: So right! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27am
tomasz.:

if i were touring America i think i'd like to try and drive as much as poss tbh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am
Joe McG:

For more info about tour dates, etc: cate-lebon.squarespace.com...
  11:38am
Mother Freedom:

Diary is no Aubrey, but still an excellent choice.
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tadpoles:

Many thanks for Cate Le Bon Joe. New to me and very nice. In my head a mix of Nico, Hermine and the Young Marble Giants.
Cheers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44am
Joe McG:

You bet, tadpoles, glad you enjoyed it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am
pantz:

What @tadpoles said. Also reminds me of Stereolab a bit.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Brian in UK:

Belated hello Joe. Are Cate's song titles a little self deprecating?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Joe McG:

@pantz: All kinds of influences in there!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Very possibly! She seems to have a sense of humor about herself and the world.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:46am
Brian in UK:

Bit of a dog day afternoon over here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47am
Sem Chumbo:

Glad to have heard Surface Noise this morning. Thx, Joe, and see you a little farther down the road.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
Joe McG:

Thx, Sem, glad you enjoyed the listen!
Avatar 11:48am
Ear Hammer:

I'm shocked you didn't attempt to mention "Hwylio Mewn Cyfog" during the interview. Hoping you have "No One Can Drag Me Down" on deck :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Joe McG:

@EH: Ha! I'm not even going to announce it on this playlist! :)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:53am
Brian in UK:

If you need help with pronounciation Joe my wife can help. Trouble is she is at work.
  11:54am
Brendan:

Lovely. Thank you for today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54am
Joe McG:

@Brian: I'm not even going to fake it! @Brendan: Glad you enjoyed!
  11:56am
Brolle:

Donna was always the most versatile of The King Sisters.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Joe McG:

Thanks for listening, everyone! Have a great week!
  11:58am
Listening Out There:

Just arrived. What did I miss? :)
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pantz:

Thanks for getting me a through another Monday, Joe!
  11:20am
Marie:

Hey, loving the Cate Le Bon. Thanks!
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