Marathon Week 1 with co-host Matt Fiveash!: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:03pm Miss Georgia Peach:

Dr Feelgood makes ME feel good!

12:03pm V Priceless:

Feelgoods! Hey JB! 'thon on!

12:04pm KP:

Hey, Ho! Let's Joe!

12:04pm JP from KC:

Hey! Ho! Pledge some dough!

12:05pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Yo Joe & Matt!

12:05pm Uncle Michael:

Joe!

12:05pm Uncle Michael:

Greg, the animation *is* ever more intriguing. I love having to figure out what the hell is going on!

12:06pm SmokinJ:

Glad you're here Joe! 8-)

12:06pm drr:

Whoa, hello from N.O., Joe!

12:06pm Uncle Michael:

Oh yeah, Matt!

12:07pm Bronwyn Bishop:

Hey Joe and everyone! Let's keep those phones ringing!!!

12:07pm JP from KC:

Agreed, UM. Who is this Ralph Macchio looking fellow who's joined our crawling cowboy?

12:08pm MattBelow:

The People's Champ plus Fiveash. A winning combination for some cash I say!

12:08pm Joe B:

greetings all! thanks for tuning in! let's do this! 800-989-9368 or wfmu.org!

12:09pm Joe B:

DJ premium for today's program: Celebrities At Their Best, Vol. 5. By popular demand, another collection of your favorite classic rockers, actors and other stars before they were dumbed down for mass consumption! This year's group includes Elton John, Steve Miller, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, Jimmy Buffett, Olivia Newton-John, Tom Jones, Gary Busey, Alan Thicke and many more! It's yours automatically for pledges of $75 or more!

12:09pm Joe B:

Our grand prize today is Big Star Complete Third cd box set. The final word on this legendary album featuring demos, outtakes, previously unreleased mixes, extensive liner notes and more! Anyone pledging $75 or more between noon & 3 pm today will be in the drawing for this fantastic prize!

12:09pm 8track:

ROKY :o)

12:10pm Nate K.:

Go Joe and Matt, go!

12:10pm Matt F:

Hi Everybody!

12:11pm Joe B:

We've got a lot of great prizes to give away. Pledge $20 or more to get in the drawings, of which there will be roughly 3 per hour. Once the prize is drawn, we'll start all over for the next drawing!

12:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

ROKY

12:11pm Joe B:

The first regular prize we will be drawing for is Danny & the Darleans - Bug Out. This is an LP. The latest raunchy rock n roll from Danny from the Gories and Demolition Doll Rods! Pledge now to get in the running!

12:11pm Undead83:

Great opening set \o/

12:17pm Aaron in Minneapolis:

How can you guys be at 16 percent already, it seems odd to me

12:20pm Nate K.:

"What happened to you, Kenny Loggins, you used to be cool (according to Joe Belock)?"

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12:20pm James in ATL:

Mouse Pledge to Joe - Three Chord Monte is my favorite show on WFMU. Thanks Joe and best of luck with the marathon.

12:21pm Amy:

Ooh, I'm a Swag for Life member, but I might have to throw in a bit more cash to be entered in the drawing. I love prizes.

12:24pm charbird:

Charlie from CA checking in! Just made my pledge so I'm ready!!

12:24pm -Ken:

Aaron, a good chunk of that 16% was the current Swag for Life pledgers choosing new shows to pledge their love to - the renewal emails went out Saturday and Sunday.

12:24pm CDToaster:

@Aaron in Minneapolis: Many listeners pledge to particular shows before they're actually aired. They're called pre-Marathon pledges.

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12:27pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Once we soak Andy Breckman (Wednesday 6:15 PM EST), expect to see the percentage number to go way, way up.

12:28pm Aaron in Minneapolis:

Hopefully a gum free Andy

12:28pm doctorjazz:

Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band do a great version of this oldie as well (heard them do it with Geoff Muldaur)

12:29pm Bluesman:

Good luck Joe! Hopefully some of your devout listeners are liquidating a portion of their portfolios to help keep WFMU going another year!

12:30pm Carmichael:

Heya Joe & Matt, re-swagging for life soon!

12:31pm Nate K.:

Does the original version of "Let's Stomp" have that "Ballroom Blitz" riff, too?

12:33pm SeanG:

it sure does Nate K.!!

12:41pm Nate K.:

It was David Johansen! Pow! (Kidding, a simple mistake, they fell off and a dancer crushed them.) I'm back in business, though.

12:42pm Uncle Michael:

There's another Joe that knows what 15x24 means.

12:43pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

6 songs in 42 minutes? This wouldn't be happening if I was co-hosting.

12:43pm Nate K.:

The less well-known "Disco slumber."

12:44pm Lewis:

what Matt said...!

12:44pm Uncle Michael:

What would life be like without TOPT breaking balls? I ask you.

12:44pm Lewis:

and a great bed!

12:45pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@Uncle Michael: 44 minutes and counting.

12:45pm northguineahills:

Now I want to see Todd-o-phonic Todd co-host w/ Bryce.

12:46pm Uncle Michael:

I'd pledge money to hear that.

12:47pm northguineahills:

Todd interjecting Byce's 50 minute long tunes.

12:47pm Miss Georgia Peach:

Fuckin A Right!

12:47pm SeanG:

time for a beerrun. rock on boys!

12:50pm KP:

Kind of?

12:50pm Joe stalvey:

Gimme that Premium sucky stuff!

12:51pm Listener Robert:

But the WNTI story has a happy ending: They started NewtRadio.org courtesy of the Newton Theatre. I recently made their acquaintance, & Melanie Thiele told me their story. They look to you guys for inspiration.

12:52pm Uncle Michael:

Were Tommy Scott & the Senators recorded by Joe Meek?

12:52pm Uncle Michael:

I love DCT!

12:53pm Carmichael:

Just read about DCT last night. He's in Robbie Robertson's bio that I just cracked open.

12:53pm Joe B:

The next prize currently up for grabs is Bloodshot Bill - Guitar Boy. CD on Norton records! Not on Spotify yet! Amazing album from the heir apparent to Hasil Adkins!

12:54pm Uncle Michael:

Robbie...gotta love a guy that writes his own hagiography.

12:55pm joe:

I see we are tying to avoid offending any potential pledgers.

12:55pm Aaron in Minneapolis:

The other Bossman!

12:56pm MattBelow:

I am looking forward to much foul language when I listen to this on the archives

12:56pm BriJet:

Hi Joe and Matt! Happy Marathon!!!

12:58pm Uncle Michael:

I'm sorry, Joe. I didn't realize you were angling for a pledge from Robertson.

1:00pm KP:

tony and the Tigers appeared on Soupy's show, i think

1:05pm KP:

you ok there, JB?

1:05pm joe:

Don't forget about the coming of Derv Gordon

1:10pm Lewis:

Thanks!!

1:14pm ɨkɛ:

"Get rid of your phone!" Or switch from a crummy unlimited plan that you barely use to a prepaid plan (Virgin Mobile, H20, Bus Station Crackhead Wireless, etc.) and give the HUGE savings to WFMU!

1:14pm Cecile:

so many bands of that time were inspired by them. Michael Yonkers thinks of them fondly.

1:15pm Cecile:

I'm on Consumer Cellular, that also fits the bill.

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1:21pm Ken From Hyde Park:

We have companies like Lyft, Uber, etc. for ride sharing. My invention is going to be cell phone sharing (party line for cellular phones). When I get rich from this invention, I'll kick some cash back to WFMU.

1:21pm KP:

Sorry my computer went into a Joe B loop.

1:22pm Joe B:

The current prize drawing is for Mike Waggoner & the Bops - Kings of Minnesota Rock & Roll LP. the originators of Minnesota stomp, well before the Trashmen unleashed Surfin Bird on America. In fact, the Trashmen claim that the Bops were, “the biggest thing around” when they themselves were teenagers getting hooked on the big beat.

1:27pm Uncle Michael:

I sailed on the loop Joe B.

1:28pm KP:

That was it!

1:28pm ɨkɛ:

@KFHP, that sounds like cellular COMMUNISM! You dirty commie pinko! I love it.

1:30pm James "Flood" Johnson:

Very tolerant of S.M. Ken to let you play "The Grizzly Bear".

1:33pm Cecile:

I read chunks of Trouble Boys and it ground up my soul and broke my heart. My Replacements love is one of my few regrets.

1:34pm Cecile:

They were classic narcissistic abusers. Great at times, but too close to home.

1:38pm dgg:

wow I gotta read this

1:39pm Joe B:

Current prize up for grabs is Trouble Boys : The True Story of The Replacements by Bob Mehr. Simply one of the best rock bios ever written! A must-read! Pledge now to get in the drawing!

1:39pm Cecile:

I mean as a MES and a Captain Beefheart fan I know from assholes, but I think because they were from a similar area, background, were the same age, I identified way too much with them. They taught me an important lesson, though.

Alec's bar band stuff was wonderful!

1:39pm Matt F:

Come on folks! Don't make me use this comments board! Pledge Now! WIN!

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1:39pm ahacksaw:

I was a Replacements camp follower for a long time, and I haven't been able to read Trouble Boys yet. It just sits there staring at me.

1:40pm Tim 07030:

The Replacements book is worth it just for the Tommy getting tied to the bed story. And go, Joe, go!

1:40pm Michael 98145:

[ ... but how great was this music ?? ]

1:40pm SeanG:

chilton did a great version of michael jackson's "Rock with you" too!

1:40pm Cecile:

ahacksaw, if part of you still loves them unconditionally, then read it. If not, then don't.

1:41pm doctorjazz:

Great Mats version!

1:41pm Matt F:

We are only at 1% of our modest $1,300,00 Goal!

1:41pm Cecile:

For the first three records and Pleased to meet me they were great.

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1:41pm ahacksaw:

@Cecile, no part of me still loves them unconditionally. Part of me still loves them, but very conditionally.

1:43pm Cecile:

I would try a paragraph or two, and if you feel like you are going to throw the book against the wall, start screaming, or going to the mirror and yelling "idiot! idiot! idiot!" at yourself, please stop.

1:43pm SeanG:

it's only rocknroll but I LIKE it

1:43pm Cecile:

Those things may or may not have happened to me while reading it online.

1:45pm Cecile:

Joe is right, though, it is a terrific book that I can never read.

1:47pm Tim 07030:

Great title on this album.

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1:47pm ahacksaw:

I started reading it, and the Bob stuff brought back some not-good memories. Didn't make it past that.

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1:48pm ahacksaw:

@Tim, I liked it so much I named my cat after it. (They were born around the same time.) He was the best cat ever, too.

1:48pm SeanG:

first saw the mats in 89 with tommy keene opening!!

1:48pm Carmichael:

It says 17% on the homepage.

1:50pm Matt F:

I meant the $1.3 mil goal just for this show!

1:50pm Joe B:

a couple cuts from our grand prize today - Big Star Complete Third cd box set. The final word on this legendary album featuring demos, outtakes, previously unreleased mixes, extensive liner notes and more! Anyone pledging $75 or more between noon & 3 pm today will be in the drawing for this fantastic prize!

1:51pm Matt F:

You're hearing a selection from our Grand Prize: that mouthwatering Big Star 3rd Deluxe Set. Pledge $75 or more and get in the running!

1:51pm Tomophobic Tom:

Apropos of left of the dial, I just wanna say that I hear some Westerberg stuff most times I go to the grocery store. This is even hard to get my brain around than Blitzkrieg Bob at the 7th inning stretch.

1:51pm SeanG:

hahaha! if i had a million I'd drop it on fmu right now!

1:52pm Tomophobic Tom:

Gerald Posner's Motown book is pretty tell all. I guess a lot bedwetting stories is tell all, probably....

1:53pm ɨkɛ:

At Shoprite, Tom? Weirdly, they often have surprisingly decent music in there, way better than any other supermarket.

1:53pm Joe B:

ha Tom! same here!

greetings everyone, thanks for tuning in, and thanks everyone who has pledged! little behind on the comments today but thanks!

1:54pm Tomophobic Tom:

Kroger here in Detroit. Is a shoprite something you bring to the game for autographs?

1:54pm Michael 98145:

@Tom, how about "Lust For Life" being used in tv commercials ?!?

1:55pm Tim 07030:

The only place that plays better music than the Shoprite in Hoboken is FMU

1:57pm Tomophobic Tom:

@ Michael and it gets worse Search and Destroy for Audi - "intelligence is the new rock n roll" they say. Intellect this.

1:57pm đ¢ ÞäŦ:

whoa. So good-music-at-the-grocery is actually a thing?

1:57pm Amy:

Ugh, those Audi ads.

1:58pm đ¢ ÞäŦ:

I thought it was just happening in my neighborhood.

2:01pm charbird:

Those Big Star cuts are nice! Whoever scores this box set will have a great day!!

2:03pm Eric:

Great Mats into Big Star set!

2:07pm Miss V:

Hello!

2:10pm BriJet:

YES Alan Thicke! <3

2:12pm joe:

Yes Growing Pains and In the Thicke of the Night

2:12pm BriJet:

growYng pains was my fave show!!!!

2:13pm Cecile:

his wife, Gloria Loring was a successful songwriter.

This is terrible and great.

2:13pm Cecile:

a hockey record!

2:13pm Bluesman:

Cool song by the Smugglers called...."Alan Thicke!"

2:14pm Michael 98145:

- he's got class, he's got speed -

2:14pm drr:

man this Joe South track about Bobby Orr is pretty deece.

2:14pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

Can we get Yo La Tengo to cover this next weekend?

2:14pm drr:

"a take-charge guy who knows his biz"

2:14pm joe:

@Cecile I know of G Loring as my mother was a Days of Our Lives fan

2:14pm Cecile:

Joe, you have to do this for Hoof and Mouth next year.

2:15pm drr:

whoa, that girls-singing break swiped from the Kinks pretty hard

2:15pm joe:

Joe you didn't mention it was a tribute to Bobby Orr or maybe I missed that part. Dear god this just keeps getting....better?

2:15pm Marc15:

That was very disturbing

2:15pm Cecile:

Ah, yes, joe!

2:15pm Michael 98145:

- red light - red light -

2:19pm Bootsie:

Dammit, now I'm even more bummed I missed Iggy last time out! He never disappoints.

2:19pm Guido from Cologne:

Great concert actually!
Seen it on arte TV

2:20pm doctorjazz:

So, one thing that is sad about the SFL pledge is, I WANT EVERYTHING being offered for a prize, but not sure how to get in for it (unless I put in even more, which I often do). Back in the day, part of the fun of the marathon was making multiple $10 pledges (pre pledge inflation) over the course of the drive to try to win all this stuff.
(it's really superficial and greedy, of course, but that's just how it is.)

2:21pm Michael 98145:

Iggy! www.youtube.com...

2:23pm Joe B:

also current prize up for grabs is Prix - Historix. Lp of legendary long lost power pop super group out of memphis - Tommy Hoehn, Jon Tiven, Alex Chilton and Chris Bell

2:24pm SeanG:

wow thought this was mccartney

2:30pm dk:

that big star version of whole lotta shakin' feels a lot closer in spirit to big maybelle than jerry lee, and that's a pretty high compliment.

2:30pm ⓘⓚⓔ:

@doctorjazz, I think you can just make multiple $20 pledges and then convert to a SFL afterwards. Not 100% sure about that though, so check w/Joe McG. to be sure.

2:31pm doctorjazz:

And if you already did the SFL?

2:31pm Amy:

"Both of your listeners," pshaw. You have at least 5, Joe.

2:31pm herb.nyc:

WVillage restaurant that supports wfmu? I'll go there, name plz?

2:32pm Tomophobic Tom:

There's at least 3 I have a couple of cats.

2:34pm SeanG:

Cecile! you rock!

2:34pm Michael 98145:

[ yay, Cecile! ]

2:34pm đ¢ ÞäŦ:

CECILE!

2:34pm Cheri Pi:

C$!!!

2:35pm Bootsie:

@doctorjazz, I _think_ you can call in during show and let you know you are earmarking them XX$ from your SFL pledge. (can anyone corroborate?)

2:35pm Bootsie:

@doctorjazz let *them know

2:36pm doctorjazz:

Sounds good, thanks!

2:36pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

Thanks fellas!

2:37pm Ron g:

Been such a long time listener; NEVER BOTHERED TO GET THE APP. THIS IS SO INSANELY FRIGGING CONVENIENT! The chat is right heeeere!

2:37pm Eric:

background music isn't too loud. it's fine!

2:38pm Bronwyn Bishop:

i have the becoming the beach boys book- great stuff!

2:42pm Bootsie:

@ Ron g I had no idea! Listening on the app now, but logged in on computer to chat..

2:42pm Bootsie:

He, Joe, how much do we have to pledge to get you back in the running for the morning show?!

2:43pm Uncle Michael:

You know, they coulda fired Love at this session...just think...

2:43pm doctorjazz:

I often use the app when I'm not near a computer, good for car, good for dogwalks, especially the streams.

2:44pm doctorjazz:

Interesting, the Beach Boys don't sound so great here...

2:44pm BriJet:

i know i'm a weirdie but Sunflower is my fave Beach Boys album Love them!!!

2:44pm doctorjazz:

It's a bit of a shock to the system.

2:45pm Fuzzy:

Post-production, baby!

2:46pm Michael 98145:

at this point it's just against a green-screen

2:48pm Listener Robert:

I don't get what's so funny about those Beach Boy pieces. They sound typical to me.

2:48pm Bronwyn Bishop:

@BriJet: I love Sunflower too!!!

2:48pm Listener Robert:

And I don't think bongos would've made 'em any funnier, either. It's just music.

2:50pm JakeGould:

Play Sting!

2:51pm rjk:

If you play Sting I'm gonna demand my pledge back!

2:52pm Listener Robert:

Then again, a few weeks ago Irwin played an old Music Factory that contained a piece I thought was in all ways awful, but obviously that opinion wasn't widely shared or it wouldn't've been there.

2:52pm SeanG:

you mean Gordon Sumner, Jake! ;-)

2:53pm Emily:

Donating now just cause you MENTIONED that Don Rich. (Plus I played Roy Clark this weekend. "Hee Haw set me back...but it also set me up.") CHEERS HAPPY FUNDRAISING

2:54pm Cecile:

Hey, I'm back, what did I miss?

2:55pm JakeGould:

Don’t let the termites get that magical boat we once got drunk on!

2:56pm Carmichael:

Don Rich was an amazing guitar player.

2:58pm Cecile:

what did I miss?

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2:59pm Ken From Hyde Park:

You won a prize, Cecile. I didn't catch which one, though.

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3:00pm Artie Haywire:

Thanks Joe and Matt!!

3:00pm Cecile:

COOOL!

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Dr. Feelgood	She Does It Right	Down By The Jetty	United Artists	1975		0:00:00 Pop-up)
The Real Kids	She's Alright	s/t	Norton	1977/1991		0:04:16 Pop-up)
Long Ryders	10-5-60	Final Wild Songs	Cherry Red	1983/2016		0:06:20 Pop-up)
Roky Erickson & the Explosives	The Wind and More	Casting the Runes		1980/1987		0:09:15 Pop-up)

Danny & The Darleans	Wild About My Lovin'	Bug Out	In the Red	2016	current prize! $20 or more pledge to get in the drawing!	0:25:07 Pop-up)
Danny & The Darleans	Let's Stomp	Bug Out	In the Red	2016		0:28:19 Pop-up)

The Bossmen	Brain Washed		Roman Records	1966	on the premium CD!	0:49:46 Pop-up)
Bloodshot Bill	Hypnotize	Guitar Boy	Norton	2016	current prize!	1:00:55 Pop-up)
Bloodshot Bill	Love Me Twice	Guitar Boy	Norton	2016		1:02:10 Pop-up)

Mike Waggoner and the Bops	Guitar Man	The Kings of Minnesota Rock'n'Roll	Norton	2016	current prize!	1:21:46 Pop-up)
Mike Waggoner and the Bops	Can I Be Kind	The Kings of Minnesota Rock'n'Roll	Norton	2016		1:24:13 Pop-up)
The Chanteurs	The Grizzly Bear		Vee Jay	1963	from the premium cd celebrities at their best vol 5!	1:26:33 Pop-up)

Replacements	Can't Hardly Wait (the Tim Version)	Tim	Rhino	1985/2008	replacements - trouble boys book our current prize!	1:38:35 Pop-up)
Replacements	20th Century Boy	Let It Be reissue	Rhino	1984/2008	The next prize up for grabs is Trouble Boys : The True Story of The Replacements by Bob Mehr. Simply one of the best rock bios ever written! A must-read! Pledge now to get in the drawing!	1:41:43 Pop-up)
Replacements	Left of the Dial	Tim	Rhino	1985/2008		1:49:29 Pop-up)
Big Star	For You (Alex vocal)	Complete Third	Omnivore	1975/2016	from our grand prize!	1:49:54 Pop-up)
Big Star	Thank You Friends (Demo)	Complete Third	Omnivore	1975/2016	thank you, friends!	1:52:12 Pop-up)
Big Star	Don't Worry Baby	Complete Third	Omnivore	1975/2016	another cut from today's grand prize!	1:54:34 Pop-up)

A.J. Thicke	Wondrous Bobby Orr				on the premium!	2:12:59 Pop-up)
Iggy Pop	Sixteen	Post Pop Depression Live at the Royal Albert Hall 5/13/16	Eagle Vision / Universal	2016	current prize! blu ray concert video!	2:15:36 Pop-up)
Iggy Pop	Funtime	Post Pop Depression Live at the Royal Albert Hall 5/13/16	Eagle Vision / Universal	2016	current prize - the concert film!	2:18:46 Pop-up)
Prix	Love You Tonight (alternate version)	Historix	HoZac	1975/2016	current prize! Lp of legendary long lost power pop super group out of memphis - Tommy Hoehn, Jon Tiven, Alex Chilton and Chris Bell	2:21:09 Pop-up)
Big Star	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Complete Third	Omnivore	1975/2016	our grand prize today!!!	2:24:37 Pop-up)

Beach Boys	Surfin' Safari (takes 5-6)	Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions	Omnivore	1962/2016	current prize!	2:41:57 Pop-up)
Beach Boys	Luau	Becoming The Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions	Omnivore	1962/2016	current prize! pledge $20 or more to get this	2:44:13 Pop-up)

Carp	Save the Delta Queen					2:53:08 Pop-up)
Don Rich and the Buckaroos	Guitar Pickin Man	Guitar Pickin' Man	Omnivore Recordings	2016		2:55:39 Pop-up)

March 6, 2017

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