WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 20, 2020

Listener comments!
	9:02am Lixiviated Life: Joe! Joe joe joe joe joe joe joe. Joe?
	9:02am Guido from Cologne: Good morning Joe!
	9:03am annie: good morning! is the playlist behaving today?
	👻 9:03am 12539: Yip!
	👻 9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: The Yips don't get federal holidays off either, luckily for us.
	9:05am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:05am Snoochienucci: morning all!
	9:05am Handy Haversack: Morning, everyone.
	9:06am Lixiviated Life: Good day to you.
	9:07am Strandlund: The Great Joe McGasko!!
	9:08am Joe McG: Welcome to the show, folks, and Happy MLK Day to you. @annie: I hope it behaves!
	9:10am melinda: I like this.
	9:11am full metal monkey: Morning all. This is very soothing.
	9:14am Snoochienucci: VERY!
	9:14am David (in London): Hello Noiseniks.
	9:15am TheLoneliestMonk: happy MLK day, JoeMac
	9:16am Joe McG: Thanks, TLM. We're going to ease in gently today with some electronic sounds and then we'll see where we go from there....
	9:21am Lixiviated Life: i feel better now
	9:21am βrian: Moving slowly on this day off. Nice sounds here as six-year-old sings to MLK in the background.
	9:23am fleep: Good morning, Joe and Surfacers
	9:23am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:24am Joe McG: Good morning, guys, thanks for dropping by.
	9:26am Davee: Is dropping better than falling?
	9:28am duke: Nice sounds Joe
	9:34am Listener Scott: This could be the opening set of a Monica show. Enjoying the niceness, Joe.
	9:34am TheLoneliestMonk: hop wilson! houston's forgotten lap steel hero...
	9:35am Joe McG: @Scott: Hi praise indeed, sir. Glad you're feeling the gentle this morning.
	9:36am chresti -: Morning Joe and noises!
	9:39am Joe McG: Morning, chresti, duke, fleep, Davee, Aaron, and everyone. Thanks for joining me.
	9:39am TheLoneliestMonk: oops, did the one thing igon said to never do...crossed streams
	👻 9:40am nortonjutland: sweet somethings !
	9:40am Bill W: Good morning, Joe. Always a pleasure to listen from home on a Monday holiday...
	9:42am Joe McG: @Bill: Glad you can join me and I'm glad you have the day off. Good wishes to all who have the day off and all who must work.
	9:45am chresti -: I don’t have the day off, otherwise I would be sleeping, therefore not hearing these lovely noises.
	9:45am βrian: Is this a uniqely 'merican concept – the non-holiday holday?
	9:45am Handy Haversack: Thanks, @Joe. The tunes sound great.
	9:46am Bill W: ...and all who have the day off and aren't getting paid. God bless contract work.
	9:46am melinda: I'm feeling the gentle.
	9:47am fleep: Banks closed. No mail. No stock market. Everything else: MLK Day Sales!
	9:52am LES Brian: Loving this set for a holiday morning. Thanks.
	9:53am Lewis: @fleep - 'cause nothing says equity like rampant consuming...
	9:54am Joe McG: My pleassure, LES Brian, thanks for saying hello!
	9:58am Santos L Halper: Loved that Girl Called Eddy, wow. And Bobbie Gentry, guess it’s time for me to check her out. Thanks Joe!
	9:59am Lixiviated Life: how do i know you're "here" joe? how do I really know?
	10:02am βrian: @Lewis: Hey, there. Mendota is finally frozen.
	10:03am TheLoneliestMonk: hey joe: did u ever pick up the 'let it bleed' box? wanna know if it's worth the $
	👻 10:05am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	10:08am schwartzy: that first set was wonderful man
	10:09am Joe McG: Thanks, schwartzy, glad you dug it!
	10:10am Rachel Bo Bachel: Oh wow this Left Banke album is one of my all time favorites. So sad the singer died. Thank you for playing this this morning Joe!
	10:10am Marc Francis: I miss Bob Brainen. Saturdays have never been the same without him.
	10:10am Earth Walker: Bill W are you friends with Dr Bob ?
	10:11am Listener Alexandra: Good morning Joe!
	10:12am annie: @Marc: you're spot on! saturdays are not the same
	10:13am Earth Walker: Hey Joe where ya going with that LP in your hand
	10:14am Joe McG: @RachelBR: My pleasure, I always loved his voice. In my pantheon.
	10:14am herb.nyc: Yeah, the left banke! Saw them at littlefields 4,5 yrs ago. Love! (Love bob brainen) who likes Billy Bragg's "walk away, Renee ;(version)"? Me Me Me. My Bragg friend hates. (Oh, I have Billy's "The three dimensions of freedom" small bk)
	10:14am Bill W: @Earth Walker: i don't know a Dr Bob.
	10:15am Handy Haversack: Never really knew Left Banke before this week. Digging it, though.
	10:15am Earth Walker: Ok
	10:16am Joe McG: @Handy: Sometimes it takes sad events like this to bring attention to music that should be more widely appreciated!
	10:17am V Priceless: hey Joe! Alice Cooper does a nice version of 'Pretty Ballerina" too...carry on!
	10:20am Bill W: I'm not up on the Left Banke except for the hits, so thanks for this, Joe.
	👻 10:22am Ken From Hyde Park: You meant to play "King Tut." Just for the irony.
	10:22am Joe McG: @Ken: ha ha ha!
	👻 10:25am Brian in UK: Think The Four Tops did not add to the qualities of Walk Away Renee but it did show what a good song it is.
	10:26am Joe McG: Ooh, my copy of "Walk Away Renee" has had it! Sorry folks.
	10:29am Micheal: Thank you, Joe!
	10:29am schwartzy: This set rules! Nice to hear such pretty, positive vibes, and so thoughtfully selected. Psychically bro-hugging you!
	10:29am patrick321: Joe, I played it a thousand times. I didn't know a Renee for another 10 years.
	10:32am David (in London): If memory services, there was a good 'splinter' group from The Left Banke called Montage, who did a nice album.
	10:32am David (in London): Hey Brian!
	10:32am Rachel Bo Bachel: I was that teenage boy wearing that record out, except I was a 22 year old girl! Bought it for probably too much $ on my honeymoon in London because my friend Abe showed me that Jens Lekman copied/sampled “I’ve got something on my mind” for his song “black cab” and it kind of blew my mind. Lovely tribute Joe, thanks again!
	10:34am Joe McG: @Rachel: Love that story! My Renee came around in my college years and so that record was vivid for me.
	10:34am sphere (from app): Is this track from Motown? That bass sounds like Chuck Rainey.
	10:35am herb.nyc: I am single and free. Not young, unless compared to life of the planet. And, I presently know a Renée. And she rocks.
	10:35am Joe McG: @sphere: Hot Wax was Holland-Dozier-Holland's record company after they left Motown, so very possible!
	10:36am herb.nyc: Oh, my Renée know she how to drive a truck!
	10:36am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe <3 young love, amiright? So intense, lol!
	10:37am Chi Bill: While sphere recognizes the bassist, I always thought Want Ads was Jackson5. AND I'm from Detroit! Oh well, digging the show, Joe.
	10:37am Brendan: Want ads? She would’ve loved Craigslist. She could have put that bum ass boyfriend up for sale.
	👻 10:37am Brian in UK: David, hello. Crisp and sunny here today.
	10:41am passiflora: hi!
	10:42am Joe McG: Thanks, Chi Bill! @Rachel: You know it! @Brian: Congrats again on your little nipper.
	10:42am David (in London): Brian, I can imagine. There's a lovely golden winter sunshine falling across the buildings here. Nice contrast with the deep shadows.
	10:44am Krys O.: Ah, with Bert Sommer.
	10:45am Joe McG: @Krys: I love Bert Sommer!
	👻 10:47am Brian in UK: Joe, thanks. All is well. David, yes the light almost looks antique if you can imagine that. This is one of the great forgotten Stones singles. The brass is so essential on the original.
	10:48am sphere (from app): @ Joe McG thanks!
	10:52am PJ: Feels like the first time I heard Foreigner. I actually got this album when I was 11.
	10:53am Joe McG: @PJ: When it goes away for awhile, it doesn't sound so bad!
	10:53am Rachel Bo Bachel: Brian in UK did you have a baby?? Congrats!
	10:53am White Michael: my theme song
	10:53am Joe McG: @WM: Ha ha ha!
	10:54am Don S: he's just a dirty white boy, but he wants to know what love is. i'm embarrassed to be listening to this….
	10:55am Listener Alexandra: A most appropriate choice, Joe...
	👻 10:55am Brian in UK: @Rachel Bo Bachel. Thanks. Not me but our daughter had a son, Sunday before last. Makes me a Grandad for the first time.
	10:56am Krys O.: I used to see Lou Gramm at Electric Lady in the late 80s. He played video games in the lobby.
	10:57am David (in London): @Brian, ah, it happened. Many congratulations to you and your family. Gramps...
	10:57am Rachel Bo Bachel: Wow Brian that’s wonderful. Mazal Tov from NYC!
	10:57am Joe McG: @Krys: Lou loves Pac Man.
	10:58am PJ: Fascist Groove Thing - Reagan was the John the Baptist who led us to the idiot right wing Jesus Trump.
	10:58am Bill W: alas this H17 song is timeless
	10:58am pantz: Lou seems like more of a QBERT guy.
	10:59am Joe McG: They didn't spell Reagan's name correctly on the lyrics on the sleeve, but they didn't put "ReaGUN" or "Raygun" like you might hope for. Just "Reagen."
	10:59am Bill W: Trini Lopez is the only member of The Dirty Dozen cast to have covered this.
	10:59am Roberto: Agreed, PJ. The Reagan years are largely, if not entirely, responsible for the meshugos we're in now.
	👻 11:00am Brian in UK: Not sure what my name will be yet.
	11:02am Alfredo Garcia: i would not have had the courage to flip to part 2
	11:02am coelacanth∅: Good Morning Joe and all good to hear that left banke single -have to come back for the tribute set
	11:02am Joe McG: @Alfredo: I'm fearless or stupid, one or the other!
	11:03am Krys O.: @Joe: So did Elliot Easton of the Cars.
	11:03am Meesalikeu: clearly, trini lopez owns la bamba
	11:03am coelacanth∅: -for a second i thought Joe had to flip it again for part III
	11:04am Lewis: @alfredo - absolutely! Uncle Michael did an entire show of A and B sides and flipped every single one... I am in awe...
	11:04am coelacanth∅: Congratulations Brian! (in UK)
	11:06am David (in London): Glen Gregory was a master of geo-political analysis.
	11:07am thormagma: stupid but not that stupid - definitely a relatable standard of content!
	11:08am Rachel Bo Bachel: I appreciated the Foreigner, Joe!
	11:08am Dave in St Albans UK: Hi Joe. Two hours of Surface Noise and I feel musically refreshed and upgraded. One more hour should complete the process! Thanks.
	11:08am coelacanth∅: i had to turn it off 1/2 way through foreigner! but back on for heaven 17
	11:09am Rachel Bo Bachel: Brian my kids call my dad “Bop” it’s a bastardized version of Saba (Hebrew for grandpa)
	11:12am Michael Shelley: You are cracking me up this morning.
	11:13am CHAD PEARSON: Good morning! Thanks for the great tunes on MLK Jr day! Yay for 3 day weekends!
	11:14am Joe McG: Hey, Michael! You crack me up every week! @Dave: What a nice thing to say, glad I can help!
	11:14am Krys O.: @Rachel: My nephews kids called my mother Bop. She was Babcia (grandma) to their dad, but it was abbreviated to distinguish them from their own babcia.
	11:15am Meesalikeu: carver baranda is such a great name. matches the smoov song.
	11:15am Krys O.: Congrats, Brian!
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: @Rachel I like that name. It is easy for them to say when young as well. My wife is Welsh and it is Taid (tide)in that language. Thanks, coelacanth∅.
	11:16am Meesalikeu: i just got tix to see dry cleaning. could u play ‘the magic of meghan’ for us?
	11:16am coelacanth∅: (we called our grandfather "Dabby". don't know why)
	11:16am Joe McG: @Chad: Good to see you, and thanks for saying hello. @Meesalikeu: I might! I'm excited to see them as well.
	👻 11:17am Brian in UK: Krys O, thanks the options are many and varied.
	11:21am pantz: Top 5 best movie soundtracks. The music matches the feeling from Paris, Texas so perfectly.
	11:23am Rachel Bo Bachel: Krys O. Babcia is cute :D
	11:23am TheLoneliestMonk: we headin' into spaghetti western territory, JoeMac?
	11:25am Joe McG: @Monk: Kinda! We'll emerge soon into something folky, I think. Still figuring it out...
	11:25am Krys O.: My dad was Dziadek (gia-deck pronunciation) to his grandkids.
	11:25am SeanG: hadn't heard that Foreigner song in a long time and it sounded great! thanks Joe
	11:25am Roberto: My favorite grandma/grampa variation comes from Futurama: Gram Gram and Shabadoo.
	11:26am dano59: Thx for the Steve Martin/LB set. I hope @LittleDanny sees that you played Marfa!
	11:27am TheLoneliestMonk: got into an idiotic argument over the weekend about how much better the extended cut of 'once upon a time in america' is
	11:27am Joe McG: @dano59: Glad to do it. @SeanG: Fun to hear, right?
	11:28am Ken in Park Slope: Beautifully expansive guitar series....
	11:31am John in Harrisburg: Great stuff all around. Taking advantage of the holiday to check out Surface Noise for the first time. I dig it!
	11:31am Hubig Pie: Townes Van Zandt and The Left Banke make for a wistful Monday morning
	11:32am pantz: Joe, I'd give a million bucks to do a "Supermaket Sweeps" on your record collection, if I had it.
	11:33am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from 17degree Tannersville. yes, want to quit this cold too.
	11:33am prudy: great show as usual Joe...thanks so much...wondered if you would play some David Olney who passed away suddenly this weekend...
	11:34am Joe McG: @John: Hey John! Glad you could tune in from my old neck of the woods. @pantz: Ha ha! I think you should do Sheila's or Finewine's, believe me! @prudy: You know, I saw Amy Rigby's post about that, but I confess I'm an ignoramous on David Olney's music. I have to check him out.
	11:35am Ken in Park Slope: With sensuous expansion into evocative vocals. Thanks for the gifts
	11:36am Meesalikeu: if this isnt a pleasant set to do the dishes by, i dk what is. nice.
	11:36am Listener Bop Monroe: goodness... he died ON STAGE...?!!!!!
	11:37am Joe McG: @Ken from PS: My pleasure! @Messalikeu: That's what I aim for, music to live your life with.
	11:37am Malcolm: tammy!
	11:38am Listener Bop Monroe: (CNN)Americana singer and songwriter David Olney, whose music was recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Emmylou Harris and others, died of an apparent heart attack while performing on stage in Florida Saturday, according to a statement on his website. He was 71. Olney stopped in the middle of a song and paused, said "I'm sorry," and "put his chin to his chest," said fellow singer-songwriter Scott Miller, who was performing with Olney at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach. "He never dropped his guitar or fell (off) his stool," Miller wrote on Facebook. "It was as easy and gentle as he was." Amy Rigby, who also was on stage with Olney, also wrote a powerful Facebook post. "He was very still, sitting upright with his guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket ... I just want the picture to be as graceful and dignified as it was, because it at first looked like he was just taking a moment," Rigby said, adding, "We all lost someone important last night."
	11:38am prudy: Joe, I don't know his music either, but WFMU is a place where musicians/singers/songwriters are celebrated and remembered...I'm sure I'll hear him sometime on upcoming shows....
	11:40am Niko: Hey McGasko - thanks for all this soothing music. Soul-healing. All the way here to Copenhagen, Denmark. I am making a tomato soup for my girlfriend and our three wonderful children. Outside it is dark. Winter. I am thinking about life. Some things are hard. But most is lovely and inspiring. Like this last set of yours. Thanks man!
	11:40am Hubig Pie: Glenn is singing this song like He means it
	11:40am coelacanth∅: wow! this is a new one on me. Fantastic!
	11:41am Meesalikeu: i dk anything about david olney either, other than i have vaguely heard of him. what a way to go. will have to check him out.
	11:41am coelacanth∅: - maybe Lou meant it too!
	11:42am sphere (from app): Glen Campbell and VU! Who knew?
	11:42am judy from croton: Dang it, joe. You been readin’ my mail? The music is helping me out
	11:43am Joe McG: Thanks so much for those beautiful words, Niko! Glad to be with you at this moment in time.
	11:43am Joe McG: Happy to hear it, Judy!
	11:43am Meesalikeu: joe beware glen campbell is nudging you into nj’s own recent ‘western stars’ album territory. just sayin. ha.
	11:45am pantz: oooh, speaking of Paris, Texas...Harry Dean does a great version of this. I think it was in Cool Hand Luke.
	11:45am coelacanth∅: Thanks Listener Bop Monroe - rest in peace
	11:46am Malcolm: If i'm not mistaken, johnny cash covered glen campbell's 'jesus' on one of his american recordings albums
	11:47am Malcolm: lol i think i got that wrong
	11:48am rich the greeb: Kermit really should have done a version of “lay lady lay” on the muppet show
	11:49am Listener Christoph: We took down our Christmas tree during your entire show. It's done. It was hard work but perfect soundtrack for it!
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: Long Walk to DC please.
	11:51am Karen in Sleepy Hollow: Yes! Stay Staple Singers please!
	11:51am Andrew_in_WI: Thanks for the Ry Cooder
	11:52am Karen in Sleepy Hollow: Stupid me not keeping my eye on auto correct. Stax! Staple Singers!
	11:52am Handy Haversack: Really excellent show today, Joe. Thanks!
	👻 11:52am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:52am Joe McG: Hey Karen, Judy, Andrew! Hey Christoph! More perfect scenes for me to imagine as I play records for you. Thanks!
	11:53am coelacanth∅: hoping you might play "just another soldier" but this is great too!
	👻 11:53am Brian in UK: Joe, when are the Marathon dates? A most efficacious show today.
	11:54am Listener Bop Monroe: coelacanth∅: yeah he joins an elite group there. checked Mr. O on wiki and didn't know tiny tim was one of them.
	11:54am Joe McG: @Brian: We kick off on Feb. 29th this year. Leap year day!
	11:56am Listener Bop Monroe: "just get outta the way and let the gentleman do his thing!" love love love the Staples
	11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting today, everyone. Happy MLK Jr. Day, and have a great week. Touch a hand, make a friend.
	11:57am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM have a good week, joe. really liked the steve martin tribute and deep reverb guitars today. we seem to spend an awful lot of holidays with you!
	11:58am coelacanth∅: Thanks Joe
	11:58am Listener Bop Monroe: Thank YOU Mr. JM!
	11:59am pantz: Great sentiment on this important day, Joe! Thanks for the great tunes.
	👻 11:59am tadpoles: Thanks for the Gary Numan and Left Banke and the show Joe.
	11:59am Fred: Thanks as always for the great show, Joe!!
	12:01pm P-90: Many thanks, Joe McG!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 20, 2020

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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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January 20, 2020: How I Would Shine

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Craven Faults	Hangingstones "Hangingstones" by "Craven Faults"	Erratics & Unconformities	The Leaf Label	2019	CD		*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
ISAN	Strix Aluco "Strix Aluco" by "ISAN"	Lamenting Machine	Morr Music	2019	CD		*	0:12:22 (Pop-up)
Masahiro Sugaya	Future Green "Future Green" by "Masahiro Sugaya"	Horizon Vol. 1	Empire of Signs	2019	CD	From 1987	*	0:16:42 (Pop-up)
Photonz	No Body "No Body" by "Photonz"	Nuit	Dark Entries	2019	LP		*	0:23:29 (Pop-up)
Gary Numan	Trois Gymnopedies No. 1	The Pleasure Principle: The First Recordings	Beggars Banquet	2019	LP	From 1979	*	0:27:10 (Pop-up)
Tapes And Topographies	Starfish in the Frost	Ubiquitous Clouds	Simulacra	2019	CD		*	0:29:24 (Pop-up)
Bill Fay	Filled with Wonder Once Again	Countless Branches	Dead Oceans	2020	MP3		*	0:32:23 (Pop-up)
Danny Oxenberg, Bear Galvin, and Friends	Orgonomy Pt. 1	Early Abstractions, Volume One	Feeding Tube/three: four	2019	LP		*	0:35:30 (Pop-up)
Tindersticks	Pinky in the Daylight	No Treasure But Hope	City Slang	2019	CD		*	0:39:45 (Pop-up)
A Girl Called Eddy	Charity Shop Window	Been Around	Elefant	2020	CD		*	0:45:01 (Pop-up)
Bobbie Gentry	Smoke "Smoke" by "Bobbie Gentry"	The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters	UMC	2018	CD	From 1970		0:48:33 (Pop-up)
Miriam Makeba	Ring Bell, Ring Bell	Pata Pata	Strut	2019	LP	From 1967	*	0:51:29 (Pop-up)

Steve Martin (Caro), R.I.P. "Steve Martin (Caro), R.I.P."
The Left Banke	She May You Call Up Tonight	Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina	Smash	1967	LP			1:07:42 (Pop-up)
The Left Banke	Pretty Ballerina "Pretty Ballerina" by "The Left Banke"	single	Smash	1967	45			1:09:26 (Pop-up)
Steve Martin	Two By Two (I'm Losing You)	single	Buddah	1971	45			1:12:01 (Pop-up)
The Left Banke	Shadows Breaking Over My Head	Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina	Smash	1967	LP			1:15:05 (Pop-up)
The Left Banke	Sing Little Bird Sing	The Left Banke Too	Sundazed	2011	CD	From 1968		1:17:42 (Pop-up)
Steve Martin	Love Songs in the Night	single	Buddah	1971	45			1:22:19 (Pop-up)
The Left Banke	Walk Away Renee "Walk Away Renee" by "The Left Banke"	single	Smash	1966	45			1:24:12 (Pop-up)

Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row, random-like
The Honey Cone	Want Ads "Want Ads" by "The Honey Cone"	single	Hot Wax	1971	45			1:31:55 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles	I Can See Clearly Now	single	Atlantic	1977	45			1:34:16 (Pop-up)
Andre de la Bastide Steel Band	Proud Mary	single	Reprise	1969	45			1:37:43 (Pop-up)
The Left Banke	Ivy, Ivy "Ivy, Ivy" by "The Left Banke"	single	Smash	1967	45	hope you won't mind one more...		1:40:31 (Pop-up)
Tina Harvey	Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow	single	UK	1973	45			1:43:41 (Pop-up)
The Marshall Tucker Band	Life in a Song	single	Capricorn	1977	45			1:46:17 (Pop-up)
Foreigner	Dirty White Boy "Dirty White Boy" by "Foreigner"	single	Atlantic	1979	45			1:49:42 (Pop-up)
Heaven 17	(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang	single	B.E.F.	1981	45	thanks for Listener Peter		1:53:02 (Pop-up)
Trini Lopez	La Bamba (Part I) "La Bamba (Part I)" by "Trini Lopez"	single	Reprise	1963	45			1:56:58 (Pop-up)
Trini Lopez	La Bamba (Part II) "La Bamba (Part II)" by "Trini Lopez"	single	Reprise	1963	45			1:59:11 (Pop-up)

Carver Baronda	If Nothing Else Comes Along	Spooky Love EP	Slide	2019	CD		*	2:12:02 (Pop-up)
Josué Kinter	Quiet Kind "Quiet Kind" by "Josué Kinter"	Dreamy Draw	Josué Kinter	2019	CD		*	2:14:50 (Pop-up)
Graham Reynolds	Goodnight, Marfa "Goodnight, Marfa" by "Graham Reynolds"	Marfa: A Country & Western Big Band Suite	Golden Hornet	2019	CD		*	2:17:27 (Pop-up)
Ry Cooder	Brothers "Brothers" by "Ry Cooder"	Paris, Texas - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Warner Bros.	1985	LP			2:19:29 (Pop-up)
Federale	Heidi Theme "Heidi Theme" by "Federale"	No Justice	Jealous Butcher	2019	CD		*	2:21:32 (Pop-up)
Pan American	Sleepwalk Guitars "Sleepwalk Guitars" by "Pan American"	A Son	Kranky	2019	CD		*	2:23:47 (Pop-up)
Townes Van Zandt	All I Need "All I Need" by "Townes Van Zandt"	Sky Blue	TVZ/Fat Possum	2019	MP3	From 1973		2:27:13 (Pop-up)
Indianna Hale	Quit This Cold "Quit This Cold" by "Indianna Hale"	Indianna Hale	Fur Tuxedo	2016	LP			2:30:05 (Pop-up)
Tammy Wynette	If This Is Our Last Time	Bedtime Story	Epic	1971	LP			2:34:42 (Pop-up)
Glen Campbell	Jesus "Jesus" by "Glen Campbell"	Meet Glen Campbell	Capitol	2008	CD			2:38:05 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Travelin' Thru, Featuring Johnny Cash: 1967-1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15	Columbia/Legacy	2019	CD	From 1969	*	2:41:25 (Pop-up)

The Staple Singers	Be What You Are	Best of the Staple Singers	Stax	1973	LP			2:50:34 (Pop-up)
The Staple Singers	Long Walk to D.C.	Best of the Staple Singers	Stax	1973	LP	by popular demand!		2:55:44 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am Lixiviated Life: Joe! Joe joe joe joe joe joe joe. Joe?
	9:02am Guido from Cologne: Good morning Joe!
	9:03am annie: good morning! is the playlist behaving today?
	👻 9:03am 12539: Yip!
	👻 9:04am Ken From Hyde Park: The Yips don't get federal holidays off either, luckily for us.
	9:05am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:05am Snoochienucci: morning all!
	9:05am Handy Haversack: Morning, everyone.
	9:06am Lixiviated Life: Good day to you.
	9:07am Strandlund: The Great Joe McGasko!!
	9:08am Joe McG: Welcome to the show, folks, and Happy MLK Day to you. @annie: I hope it behaves!
	9:10am melinda: I like this.
	9:11am full metal monkey: Morning all. This is very soothing.
	9:14am Snoochienucci: VERY!
	9:14am David (in London): Hello Noiseniks.
	9:15am TheLoneliestMonk: happy MLK day, JoeMac
	9:16am Joe McG: Thanks, TLM. We're going to ease in gently today with some electronic sounds and then we'll see where we go from there....
	9:21am Lixiviated Life: i feel better now
	9:21am βrian: Moving slowly on this day off. Nice sounds here as six-year-old sings to MLK in the background.
	9:23am fleep: Good morning, Joe and Surfacers
	9:23am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Joe!
	9:24am Joe McG: Good morning, guys, thanks for dropping by.
	9:26am Davee: Is dropping better than falling?
	9:28am duke: Nice sounds Joe
	9:34am Listener Scott: This could be the opening set of a Monica show. Enjoying the niceness, Joe.
	9:34am TheLoneliestMonk: hop wilson! houston's forgotten lap steel hero...
	9:35am Joe McG: @Scott: Hi praise indeed, sir. Glad you're feeling the gentle this morning.
	9:36am chresti -: Morning Joe and noises!
	9:39am Joe McG: Morning, chresti, duke, fleep, Davee, Aaron, and everyone. Thanks for joining me.
	9:39am TheLoneliestMonk: oops, did the one thing igon said to never do...crossed streams
	👻 9:40am nortonjutland: sweet somethings !
	9:40am Bill W: Good morning, Joe. Always a pleasure to listen from home on a Monday holiday...
	9:42am Joe McG: @Bill: Glad you can join me and I'm glad you have the day off. Good wishes to all who have the day off and all who must work.
	9:45am chresti -: I don’t have the day off, otherwise I would be sleeping, therefore not hearing these lovely noises.
	9:45am βrian: Is this a uniqely 'merican concept – the non-holiday holday?
	9:45am Handy Haversack: Thanks, @Joe. The tunes sound great.
	9:46am Bill W: ...and all who have the day off and aren't getting paid. God bless contract work.
	9:46am melinda: I'm feeling the gentle.
	9:47am fleep: Banks closed. No mail. No stock market. Everything else: MLK Day Sales!
	9:52am LES Brian: Loving this set for a holiday morning. Thanks.
	9:53am Lewis: @fleep - 'cause nothing says equity like rampant consuming...
	9:54am Joe McG: My pleassure, LES Brian, thanks for saying hello!
	9:58am Santos L Halper: Loved that Girl Called Eddy, wow. And Bobbie Gentry, guess it’s time for me to check her out. Thanks Joe!
	9:59am Lixiviated Life: how do i know you're "here" joe? how do I really know?
	10:02am βrian: @Lewis: Hey, there. Mendota is finally frozen.
	10:03am TheLoneliestMonk: hey joe: did u ever pick up the 'let it bleed' box? wanna know if it's worth the $
	👻 10:05am Brian in UK: Hey Joe.
	10:08am schwartzy: that first set was wonderful man
	10:09am Joe McG: Thanks, schwartzy, glad you dug it!
	10:10am Rachel Bo Bachel: Oh wow this Left Banke album is one of my all time favorites. So sad the singer died. Thank you for playing this this morning Joe!
	10:10am Marc Francis: I miss Bob Brainen. Saturdays have never been the same without him.
	10:10am Earth Walker: Bill W are you friends with Dr Bob ?
	10:11am Listener Alexandra: Good morning Joe!
	10:12am annie: @Marc: you're spot on! saturdays are not the same
	10:13am Earth Walker: Hey Joe where ya going with that LP in your hand
	10:14am Joe McG: @RachelBR: My pleasure, I always loved his voice. In my pantheon.
	10:14am herb.nyc: Yeah, the left banke! Saw them at littlefields 4,5 yrs ago. Love! (Love bob brainen) who likes Billy Bragg's "walk away, Renee ;(version)"? Me Me Me. My Bragg friend hates. (Oh, I have Billy's "The three dimensions of freedom" small bk)
	10:14am Bill W: @Earth Walker: i don't know a Dr Bob.
	10:15am Handy Haversack: Never really knew Left Banke before this week. Digging it, though.
	10:15am Earth Walker: Ok
	10:16am Joe McG: @Handy: Sometimes it takes sad events like this to bring attention to music that should be more widely appreciated!
	10:17am V Priceless: hey Joe! Alice Cooper does a nice version of 'Pretty Ballerina" too...carry on!
	10:20am Bill W: I'm not up on the Left Banke except for the hits, so thanks for this, Joe.
	👻 10:22am Ken From Hyde Park: You meant to play "King Tut." Just for the irony.
	10:22am Joe McG: @Ken: ha ha ha!
	👻 10:25am Brian in UK: Think The Four Tops did not add to the qualities of Walk Away Renee but it did show what a good song it is.
	10:26am Joe McG: Ooh, my copy of "Walk Away Renee" has had it! Sorry folks.
	10:29am Micheal: Thank you, Joe!
	10:29am schwartzy: This set rules! Nice to hear such pretty, positive vibes, and so thoughtfully selected. Psychically bro-hugging you!
	10:29am patrick321: Joe, I played it a thousand times. I didn't know a Renee for another 10 years.
	10:32am David (in London): If memory services, there was a good 'splinter' group from The Left Banke called Montage, who did a nice album.
	10:32am David (in London): Hey Brian!
	10:32am Rachel Bo Bachel: I was that teenage boy wearing that record out, except I was a 22 year old girl! Bought it for probably too much $ on my honeymoon in London because my friend Abe showed me that Jens Lekman copied/sampled “I’ve got something on my mind” for his song “black cab” and it kind of blew my mind. Lovely tribute Joe, thanks again!
	10:34am Joe McG: @Rachel: Love that story! My Renee came around in my college years and so that record was vivid for me.
	10:34am sphere (from app): Is this track from Motown? That bass sounds like Chuck Rainey.
	10:35am herb.nyc: I am single and free. Not young, unless compared to life of the planet. And, I presently know a Renée. And she rocks.
	10:35am Joe McG: @sphere: Hot Wax was Holland-Dozier-Holland's record company after they left Motown, so very possible!
	10:36am herb.nyc: Oh, my Renée know she how to drive a truck!
	10:36am Rachel Bo Bachel: Joe <3 young love, amiright? So intense, lol!
	10:37am Chi Bill: While sphere recognizes the bassist, I always thought Want Ads was Jackson5. AND I'm from Detroit! Oh well, digging the show, Joe.
	10:37am Brendan: Want ads? She would’ve loved Craigslist. She could have put that bum ass boyfriend up for sale.
	👻 10:37am Brian in UK: David, hello. Crisp and sunny here today.
	10:41am passiflora: hi!
	10:42am Joe McG: Thanks, Chi Bill! @Rachel: You know it! @Brian: Congrats again on your little nipper.
	10:42am David (in London): Brian, I can imagine. There's a lovely golden winter sunshine falling across the buildings here. Nice contrast with the deep shadows.
	10:44am Krys O.: Ah, with Bert Sommer.
	10:45am Joe McG: @Krys: I love Bert Sommer!
	👻 10:47am Brian in UK: Joe, thanks. All is well. David, yes the light almost looks antique if you can imagine that. This is one of the great forgotten Stones singles. The brass is so essential on the original.
	10:48am sphere (from app): @ Joe McG thanks!
	10:52am PJ: Feels like the first time I heard Foreigner. I actually got this album when I was 11.
	10:53am Joe McG: @PJ: When it goes away for awhile, it doesn't sound so bad!
	10:53am Rachel Bo Bachel: Brian in UK did you have a baby?? Congrats!
	10:53am White Michael: my theme song
	10:53am Joe McG: @WM: Ha ha ha!
	10:54am Don S: he's just a dirty white boy, but he wants to know what love is. i'm embarrassed to be listening to this….
	10:55am Listener Alexandra: A most appropriate choice, Joe...
	👻 10:55am Brian in UK: @Rachel Bo Bachel. Thanks. Not me but our daughter had a son, Sunday before last. Makes me a Grandad for the first time.
	10:56am Krys O.: I used to see Lou Gramm at Electric Lady in the late 80s. He played video games in the lobby.
	10:57am David (in London): @Brian, ah, it happened. Many congratulations to you and your family. Gramps...
	10:57am Rachel Bo Bachel: Wow Brian that’s wonderful. Mazal Tov from NYC!
	10:57am Joe McG: @Krys: Lou loves Pac Man.
	10:58am PJ: Fascist Groove Thing - Reagan was the John the Baptist who led us to the idiot right wing Jesus Trump.
	10:58am Bill W: alas this H17 song is timeless
	10:58am pantz: Lou seems like more of a QBERT guy.
	10:59am Joe McG: They didn't spell Reagan's name correctly on the lyrics on the sleeve, but they didn't put "ReaGUN" or "Raygun" like you might hope for. Just "Reagen."
	10:59am Bill W: Trini Lopez is the only member of The Dirty Dozen cast to have covered this.
	10:59am Roberto: Agreed, PJ. The Reagan years are largely, if not entirely, responsible for the meshugos we're in now.
	👻 11:00am Brian in UK: Not sure what my name will be yet.
	11:02am Alfredo Garcia: i would not have had the courage to flip to part 2
	11:02am coelacanth∅: Good Morning Joe and all good to hear that left banke single -have to come back for the tribute set
	11:02am Joe McG: @Alfredo: I'm fearless or stupid, one or the other!
	11:03am Krys O.: @Joe: So did Elliot Easton of the Cars.
	11:03am Meesalikeu: clearly, trini lopez owns la bamba
	11:03am coelacanth∅: -for a second i thought Joe had to flip it again for part III
	11:04am Lewis: @alfredo - absolutely! Uncle Michael did an entire show of A and B sides and flipped every single one... I am in awe...
	11:04am coelacanth∅: Congratulations Brian! (in UK)
	11:06am David (in London): Glen Gregory was a master of geo-political analysis.
	11:07am thormagma: stupid but not that stupid - definitely a relatable standard of content!
	11:08am Rachel Bo Bachel: I appreciated the Foreigner, Joe!
	11:08am Dave in St Albans UK: Hi Joe. Two hours of Surface Noise and I feel musically refreshed and upgraded. One more hour should complete the process! Thanks.
	11:08am coelacanth∅: i had to turn it off 1/2 way through foreigner! but back on for heaven 17
	11:09am Rachel Bo Bachel: Brian my kids call my dad “Bop” it’s a bastardized version of Saba (Hebrew for grandpa)
	11:12am Michael Shelley: You are cracking me up this morning.
	11:13am CHAD PEARSON: Good morning! Thanks for the great tunes on MLK Jr day! Yay for 3 day weekends!
	11:14am Joe McG: Hey, Michael! You crack me up every week! @Dave: What a nice thing to say, glad I can help!
	11:14am Krys O.: @Rachel: My nephews kids called my mother Bop. She was Babcia (grandma) to their dad, but it was abbreviated to distinguish them from their own babcia.
	11:15am Meesalikeu: carver baranda is such a great name. matches the smoov song.
	11:15am Krys O.: Congrats, Brian!
	👻 11:15am Brian in UK: @Rachel I like that name. It is easy for them to say when young as well. My wife is Welsh and it is Taid (tide)in that language. Thanks, coelacanth∅.
	11:16am Meesalikeu: i just got tix to see dry cleaning. could u play ‘the magic of meghan’ for us?
	11:16am coelacanth∅: (we called our grandfather "Dabby". don't know why)
	11:16am Joe McG: @Chad: Good to see you, and thanks for saying hello. @Meesalikeu: I might! I'm excited to see them as well.
	👻 11:17am Brian in UK: Krys O, thanks the options are many and varied.
	11:21am pantz: Top 5 best movie soundtracks. The music matches the feeling from Paris, Texas so perfectly.
	11:23am Rachel Bo Bachel: Krys O. Babcia is cute :D
	11:23am TheLoneliestMonk: we headin' into spaghetti western territory, JoeMac?
	11:25am Joe McG: @Monk: Kinda! We'll emerge soon into something folky, I think. Still figuring it out...
	11:25am Krys O.: My dad was Dziadek (gia-deck pronunciation) to his grandkids.
	11:25am SeanG: hadn't heard that Foreigner song in a long time and it sounded great! thanks Joe
	11:25am Roberto: My favorite grandma/grampa variation comes from Futurama: Gram Gram and Shabadoo.
	11:26am dano59: Thx for the Steve Martin/LB set. I hope @LittleDanny sees that you played Marfa!
	11:27am TheLoneliestMonk: got into an idiotic argument over the weekend about how much better the extended cut of 'once upon a time in america' is
	11:27am Joe McG: @dano59: Glad to do it. @SeanG: Fun to hear, right?
	11:28am Ken in Park Slope: Beautifully expansive guitar series....
	11:31am John in Harrisburg: Great stuff all around. Taking advantage of the holiday to check out Surface Noise for the first time. I dig it!
	11:31am Hubig Pie: Townes Van Zandt and The Left Banke make for a wistful Monday morning
	11:32am pantz: Joe, I'd give a million bucks to do a "Supermaket Sweeps" on your record collection, if I had it.
	11:33am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from 17degree Tannersville. yes, want to quit this cold too.
	11:33am prudy: great show as usual Joe...thanks so much...wondered if you would play some David Olney who passed away suddenly this weekend...
	11:34am Joe McG: @John: Hey John! Glad you could tune in from my old neck of the woods. @pantz: Ha ha! I think you should do Sheila's or Finewine's, believe me! @prudy: You know, I saw Amy Rigby's post about that, but I confess I'm an ignoramous on David Olney's music. I have to check him out.
	11:35am Ken in Park Slope: With sensuous expansion into evocative vocals. Thanks for the gifts
	11:36am Meesalikeu: if this isnt a pleasant set to do the dishes by, i dk what is. nice.
	11:36am Listener Bop Monroe: goodness... he died ON STAGE...?!!!!!
	11:37am Joe McG: @Ken from PS: My pleasure! @Messalikeu: That's what I aim for, music to live your life with.
	11:37am Malcolm: tammy!
	11:38am Listener Bop Monroe: (CNN)Americana singer and songwriter David Olney, whose music was recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Emmylou Harris and others, died of an apparent heart attack while performing on stage in Florida Saturday, according to a statement on his website. He was 71. Olney stopped in the middle of a song and paused, said "I'm sorry," and "put his chin to his chest," said fellow singer-songwriter Scott Miller, who was performing with Olney at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach. "He never dropped his guitar or fell (off) his stool," Miller wrote on Facebook. "It was as easy and gentle as he was." Amy Rigby, who also was on stage with Olney, also wrote a powerful Facebook post. "He was very still, sitting upright with his guitar on, wearing the coolest hat and a beautiful rust suede jacket ... I just want the picture to be as graceful and dignified as it was, because it at first looked like he was just taking a moment," Rigby said, adding, "We all lost someone important last night."
	11:38am prudy: Joe, I don't know his music either, but WFMU is a place where musicians/singers/songwriters are celebrated and remembered...I'm sure I'll hear him sometime on upcoming shows....
	11:40am Niko: Hey McGasko - thanks for all this soothing music. Soul-healing. All the way here to Copenhagen, Denmark. I am making a tomato soup for my girlfriend and our three wonderful children. Outside it is dark. Winter. I am thinking about life. Some things are hard. But most is lovely and inspiring. Like this last set of yours. Thanks man!
	11:40am Hubig Pie: Glenn is singing this song like He means it
	11:40am coelacanth∅: wow! this is a new one on me. Fantastic!
	11:41am Meesalikeu: i dk anything about david olney either, other than i have vaguely heard of him. what a way to go. will have to check him out.
	11:41am coelacanth∅: - maybe Lou meant it too!
	11:42am sphere (from app): Glen Campbell and VU! Who knew?
	11:42am judy from croton: Dang it, joe. You been readin’ my mail? The music is helping me out
	11:43am Joe McG: Thanks so much for those beautiful words, Niko! Glad to be with you at this moment in time.
	11:43am Joe McG: Happy to hear it, Judy!
	11:43am Meesalikeu: joe beware glen campbell is nudging you into nj’s own recent ‘western stars’ album territory. just sayin. ha.
	11:45am pantz: oooh, speaking of Paris, Texas...Harry Dean does a great version of this. I think it was in Cool Hand Luke.
	11:45am coelacanth∅: Thanks Listener Bop Monroe - rest in peace
	11:46am Malcolm: If i'm not mistaken, johnny cash covered glen campbell's 'jesus' on one of his american recordings albums
	11:47am Malcolm: lol i think i got that wrong
	11:48am rich the greeb: Kermit really should have done a version of “lay lady lay” on the muppet show
	11:49am Listener Christoph: We took down our Christmas tree during your entire show. It's done. It was hard work but perfect soundtrack for it!
	👻 11:50am Brian in UK: Long Walk to DC please.
	11:51am Karen in Sleepy Hollow: Yes! Stay Staple Singers please!
	11:51am Andrew_in_WI: Thanks for the Ry Cooder
	11:52am Karen in Sleepy Hollow: Stupid me not keeping my eye on auto correct. Stax! Staple Singers!
	11:52am Handy Haversack: Really excellent show today, Joe. Thanks!
	👻 11:52am 12539: Thanks, Joe!
	11:52am Joe McG: Hey Karen, Judy, Andrew! Hey Christoph! More perfect scenes for me to imagine as I play records for you. Thanks!
	11:53am coelacanth∅: hoping you might play "just another soldier" but this is great too!
	👻 11:53am Brian in UK: Joe, when are the Marathon dates? A most efficacious show today.
	11:54am Listener Bop Monroe: coelacanth∅: yeah he joins an elite group there. checked Mr. O on wiki and didn't know tiny tim was one of them.
	11:54am Joe McG: @Brian: We kick off on Feb. 29th this year. Leap year day!
	11:56am Listener Bop Monroe: "just get outta the way and let the gentleman do his thing!" love love love the Staples
	11:57am Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting today, everyone. Happy MLK Jr. Day, and have a great week. Touch a hand, make a friend.
	11:57am TheLoneliestMonk: @JM have a good week, joe. really liked the steve martin tribute and deep reverb guitars today. we seem to spend an awful lot of holidays with you!
	11:58am coelacanth∅: Thanks Joe
	11:58am Listener Bop Monroe: Thank YOU Mr. JM!
	11:59am pantz: Great sentiment on this important day, Joe! Thanks for the great tunes.
	👻 11:59am tadpoles: Thanks for the Gary Numan and Left Banke and the show Joe.
	11:59am Fred: Thanks as always for the great show, Joe!!
	12:01pm P-90: Many thanks, Joe McG!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from January 20, 2020

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