WFMU: Showy McShowface with Jim the Poet: Playlist from May 7, 2020

Showy McShowface with Jim the Poet: Playlist from May 7, 2020

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Wed. Dec 25th, 6pm - 7pm: Jim the Poet fills in for Seven Second Delay

Thu. Dec 26th, 3pm - 6pm: Jim the Poet fills in for Fabio

Fri. Jan 3rd, 2025, 6pm - 7pm: Jim the Poet fills in for Bucci

May 7, 2020: S U P E R M O O N

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Guided By Voices	Always Gone "Always Gone" by "Guided By Voices"	Surrender Your Poppy Field	GBV Inc	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tops	I Feel Alive "I Feel Alive" by "Tops"	I Feel Alive	Musique TOPS	0:04:45 (Pop-up)
Deutsche Ashram	Slackjaw "Slackjaw" by "Deutsche Ashram"	Whisper Om	Self Released	0:05:37 (Pop-up)
Gun Outfit	Ontological Intercourse	Out of Range	Paradise Of Bachelors	0:09:08 (Pop-up)
The Orielles	Come Down On Jupiter	Disco Volador	Heavenly	0:14:18 (Pop-up)
Shopping	Intiative "Intiative" by "Shopping"	All or Nothing	Fat Cat	0:20:06 (Pop-up)
Julia Bardo	Into Your Eyes "Into Your Eyes" by "Julia Bardo"	Phase	Witchita	0:27:05 (Pop-up)
Corridor	Domino "Domino" by "Corridor"	Junior	Sub Pop	0:28:26 (Pop-up)
Les Deuxluxes	Everything Of Beauty	Lighter Fluid	Bonsound	0:32:16 (Pop-up)
Madison McFerrin	Try "Try" by "Madison McFerrin"	You + I	Self-Released	0:34:45 (Pop-up)
Thick	Sleeping Through the Weekend	5 Years Behind	Epitaph	0:38:14 (Pop-up)
Leya	Weight (featuring Gabi) "Weight (featuring Gabi)" by "Leya"	Flood Dream	Nna Tapes	0:42:00 (Pop-up)
Alice Bowman	This is Where It Ends	Dream On	PIAS	0:46:06 (Pop-up)
U.S. Girls	4 American Dollars "4 American Dollars" by "U.S. Girls"	Heavy Light	4AD	0:50:00 (Pop-up)
Vlad Holiday	Phonograph "Phonograph" by "Vlad Holiday"	Fall Apart With Me	AWAL	0:55:47 (Pop-up)
Little Wings	Filled With Wonder "Filled With Wonder" by "Little Wings"	Wonderue	Moone Records	1:00:27 (Pop-up)
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	Don't Look Down	X: The Godless Void and Other Stories	Dine Alone	1:04:19 (Pop-up)
The Bye Bye Blackbirds	you were all light	boxer at rest	Double Potions	1:08:56 (Pop-up)
Cable Ties	Tell Them Where to Go "Tell Them Where to Go" by "Cable Ties"	Far Enough	Cablet	1:12:08 (Pop-up)
Moaning	Say Something "Say Something" by "Moaning"	Uneasy Laughter	Sub Pop	1:16:16 (Pop-up)
Phoebe Bridgers	Kyoto "Kyoto" by "Phoebe Bridgers"	Punisher	Dead Oceans	1:21:13 (Pop-up)
Waxahatchee	Can't Do Much "Can't Do Much" by "Waxahatchee"	Saint Cloud	Merge	1:23:42 (Pop-up)
Deeper	Esoteric "Esoteric" by "Deeper"	Auto-Pain	Firetalk	1:29:20 (Pop-up)
Arna Calvi	Don't Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy	Hunted	Domino	1:31:41 (Pop-up)
RVG	Little Sharkie & the White Pointer Sisters	Feral	Fire Records	1:34:50 (Pop-up)
Extraa	Petit Ami "Petit Ami" by "Extraa"	Baked	Rput	1:37:15 (Pop-up)
Nada Surf	So Much Love "So Much Love" by "Nada Surf"	Never Not Together	Barsuk	1:39:31 (Pop-up)
The Homesick	I Celebrate My Fantasy	The Big Exercise	Sub Pop	1:43:11 (Pop-up)
Soccer Mommy	Bloodstream "Bloodstream" by "Soccer Mommy"	Color Theory	Loma Vista	1:47:59 (Pop-up)
Sad Alex	hypotheticals "hypotheticals" by "Sad Alex"	Hypotheticals	Red Bulls Records	1:53:54 (Pop-up)
Willie Hays	Walking the Streets After Dark	Ghost Memories and Other Favorites	Mississippi	1:56:01 (Pop-up)
the nagging doubts	Human Shoes "Human Shoes" by "the nagging doubts"	Deug Lane	Half A Cow	1:59:54 (Pop-up)
Bleach Day	In Limbo "In Limbo" by "Bleach Day"	As If Always	Birdwatcher	2:04:03 (Pop-up)
Hazel English	Wake Up! "Wake Up!" by "Hazel English"	Wake UP!	Marathon Artists	2:08:22 (Pop-up)
White Denim	I Don't Understand Rock and Roll	I Don't Understand Rock and Roll	Downtown Records	2:10:22 (Pop-up)
Hinds	Just Like Kids (Miau) "Just Like Kids (Miau)" by "Hinds"	Just Like Kids (Miau)	Lucky Number	2:15:26 (Pop-up)
Retirement Party	Compensation "Compensation" by "Retirement Party"	Compensation	Counter Intuitive	2:17:32 (Pop-up)
Cold War Kids	Who's Gonna Love Me Now	single	Capitol Records	2:20:29 (Pop-up)
Okay Kaya	Psych Ward "Psych Ward" by "Okay Kaya"	Watch This Liquid Pour Itself	Kaya	2:23:11 (Pop-up)
Charlotte Dos Santos	Helio "Helio" by "Charlotte Dos Santos"	Harvest Time	Because	2:26:18 (Pop-up)
Aoife Nessa Frances	Geranium "Geranium" by "Aoife Nessa Frances"	Land of No Junction	Ba Da Bing!	2:29:21 (Pop-up)
Man Man	Cloud Nein "Cloud Nein" by "Man Man"	Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between	Sub Pop	2:34:05 (Pop-up)
Happyness	Milk Float "Milk Float" by "Happyness"	Floatr	Infinit Suds	2:36:22 (Pop-up)
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Falling Thunder	Falling Thunder	Sub Pop	2:40:58 (Pop-up)
Dinosaur Jr.	Black Betty "Black Betty" by "Dinosaur Jr."	Black Betty	Joyful Noise Recordings	2:43:22 (Pop-up)
Eerie Family	everybody disappear "everybody disappear" by "Eerie Family"	Eerie Family	ALIEN SNATCH	2:49:58 (Pop-up)
iji	I don't ever wanna go back "I don't ever wanna go back" by "iji"	iji	Feeding Tube	2:52:32 (Pop-up)
Tennis	I'll Haunt You "I'll Haunt You" by "Tennis"	Swimmer	Thirty Tigers	2:56:18 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	3:17am zivilars: If you're live out there, Jim the Poet: Thanks for the show, great set!
	3:18am Jim the Poet: Hey Thanks for Listening!
	3:23am VincentNifigance: Hi Jim, I have some concerns: are you wearing the correct PPE? You brought the bunny suit with you, right? SO GLAD TO HEAR YOU, JIM!
	3:25am Jim the Poet: Hey Vincent I have masks over everything
	3:33am LastWhiteRhino: JTP, how R ya? Nice to have you fillin' in.
	3:34am Jim the Poet: Hey You listened to my last fill-in too! Thanks for tuning in
	3:40am LastWhiteRhino: Enjoying the Super Flower Moon here in Northern NJ. Also enjoyed the Super-Ball as a kid.
	3:45am Andy the brother: Kisses from Maui.
	3:45am Jim the Poet: I couldn't see the moon! I was going to play 3 hours of Supermoon songs but there weren't enough good ones!
	3:46am Jim the Poet: I thought you guys like WERS better!!!
	3:47am Francis from France: Hi Jim . I really enjoy the second album Flood Dream from Leya . Deep music .
	3:47am Andy the brother: The 6yo likes to hurt people's feelings.
	3:48am LastWhiteRhino: Gabi helps you save on auto and home insurance.
	3:49am Jim the Poet: What's Up, Francis! Yeah, I like it, too!
	3:49am Jim the Poet: He's 6 already???!!!
	3:51am Andy the brother: Yeah, but he breaks hearts like a teenager.
	3:52am Jim the Poet: Does WERS play US Girls??
	3:53am Andy the brother: Not like you.
	3:53am LastWhiteRhino: Shout out to Elon Musk's baby, X Æ A-12 ! Welocome to the world kid, good luck with your parents moving forward in life.
	3:54am Jim the Poet: They probably know how to cue records there. Because they are fancy
	3:56am Andy the brother: I'd figured you just cued up Spotify.
	3:57am Andy the brother: Keep it real, big bro.
	3:58am Jim the Poet: I can't really figure out how to spotify it
	4:03am Andy the brother: Thanks for the shout out. Nice to hear you on air again.
	4:09am Jim the Poet: You should call in 201 209 9368
	4:09am fred: Hello Jim and all. I just had a nice win: I managed to get a zoom meeting cancelled!
	4:09am Jim the Poet: Whoa you are magic
	4:16am LW Rhino: Been thinking back to the good old days lately...like the Polka a go-go on Friday March 13, 2020 at Monte Hall...good times.
	4:18am Craig in MoTown: Just woke up to that US Girls song- you're killing it Jim. Morning y'all.
	4:19am Jim the Poet: Hey Craig! That US Girls cd is fire
	🌮 4:32am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jim. How's it going? I just missed Mikey McMike Break.
	4:34am Dave Onlooker: g'day - listening from SYD OZ, nice to hear Cable Ties from MELB OZ - would be great to hear The Nagging Doubts, best Indie band in SYD (and no, I ain't in 'em). 'Balcony' or 'Human Shoes' by The Doubties would be awesome. thanks Jim! regards, Dave Onlooker
	4:35am Jim the Poet: Hey!
	4:35am Jim the Poet: Hey Dave let me see what I can do
	4:38am Dave Onlooker: now RVG from MELB OZ - you're on fire mate with the best from OZ! Just need to play The Nagging Doubts now :-)
	4:53am Dave Onlooker: hey Jim - just noticed you can't play from Spotify. anyway, check out the 'Deug Lane' EP by The NDs some time, it's bloody great! It's on the Half A Cow label, owned by Nic Dalton (ex-Lemonheads bassist). thanks for the great songs while I cook dinner down under ...
	5:02am AlexG: great music Jim, it's a beautiful morning in the north of Scotland, so S U P E R M O O N is now S U P E R M O R N !
	5:04am Jim the Poet: I was going to play Supermoon songs! Aww! It was too cloudy to see it on my walk here
	🌮 5:05am Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe a Keith Moon drum solo?
	🌮 5:16am Ken From Hyde Park: Superchunk?
	5:18am Dave Onlooker: thanks very much for 'Human Shoes' Jim - man, it sounded awesome on volume 21! if you wanna complete your playlist details the album = Deug Lane and the label = Half A Cow. cheers!
	🌮 5:57am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Jim. Happy skeletoning!
	5:57am fred: Thanks Jim!
	5:58am Jim the Poet: Thanks Everyone! I only had two heart attacks!
	5:59am torstein: Thanks Jim! Always good to hear you on the radio.
	🌮 5:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Haha ... is there a cocktail named the Heart Attack? That would be funny to order. "Yes bartender, I'll have a heart attack, please."
	6:00am UncleMarty: Nice last hour Jim Thanks & stay well
	6:01am Jim the Poet: Thanks!!!!
	🌮 6:02am Ken From Hyde Park: One Heart Attack on the rocks! www.drinknation.com...

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Wed. Dec 25th, 6pm - 7pm: Jim the Poet fills in for Seven Second Delay
Thu. Dec 26th, 3pm - 6pm: Jim the Poet fills in for Fabio
Fri. Jan 3rd, 2025, 6pm - 7pm: Jim the Poet fills in for Bucci

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Guided By Voices	Always Gone "Always Gone" by "Guided By Voices"	Surrender Your Poppy Field	GBV Inc	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tops	I Feel Alive "I Feel Alive" by "Tops"	I Feel Alive	Musique TOPS	0:04:45 (Pop-up)
Deutsche Ashram	Slackjaw "Slackjaw" by "Deutsche Ashram"	Whisper Om	Self Released	0:05:37 (Pop-up)
Gun Outfit	Ontological Intercourse	Out of Range	Paradise Of Bachelors	0:09:08 (Pop-up)
The Orielles	Come Down On Jupiter	Disco Volador	Heavenly	0:14:18 (Pop-up)
Shopping	Intiative "Intiative" by "Shopping"	All or Nothing	Fat Cat	0:20:06 (Pop-up)
Julia Bardo	Into Your Eyes "Into Your Eyes" by "Julia Bardo"	Phase	Witchita	0:27:05 (Pop-up)
Corridor	Domino "Domino" by "Corridor"	Junior	Sub Pop	0:28:26 (Pop-up)
Les Deuxluxes	Everything Of Beauty	Lighter Fluid	Bonsound	0:32:16 (Pop-up)
Madison McFerrin	Try "Try" by "Madison McFerrin"	You + I	Self-Released	0:34:45 (Pop-up)
Thick	Sleeping Through the Weekend	5 Years Behind	Epitaph	0:38:14 (Pop-up)
Leya	Weight (featuring Gabi) "Weight (featuring Gabi)" by "Leya"	Flood Dream	Nna Tapes	0:42:00 (Pop-up)
Alice Bowman	This is Where It Ends	Dream On	PIAS	0:46:06 (Pop-up)
U.S. Girls	4 American Dollars "4 American Dollars" by "U.S. Girls"	Heavy Light	4AD	0:50:00 (Pop-up)
Vlad Holiday	Phonograph "Phonograph" by "Vlad Holiday"	Fall Apart With Me	AWAL	0:55:47 (Pop-up)
Little Wings	Filled With Wonder "Filled With Wonder" by "Little Wings"	Wonderue	Moone Records	1:00:27 (Pop-up)
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	Don't Look Down	X: The Godless Void and Other Stories	Dine Alone	1:04:19 (Pop-up)
The Bye Bye Blackbirds	you were all light	boxer at rest	Double Potions	1:08:56 (Pop-up)
Cable Ties	Tell Them Where to Go "Tell Them Where to Go" by "Cable Ties"	Far Enough	Cablet	1:12:08 (Pop-up)
Moaning	Say Something "Say Something" by "Moaning"	Uneasy Laughter	Sub Pop	1:16:16 (Pop-up)
Phoebe Bridgers	Kyoto "Kyoto" by "Phoebe Bridgers"	Punisher	Dead Oceans	1:21:13 (Pop-up)
Waxahatchee	Can't Do Much "Can't Do Much" by "Waxahatchee"	Saint Cloud	Merge	1:23:42 (Pop-up)
Deeper	Esoteric "Esoteric" by "Deeper"	Auto-Pain	Firetalk	1:29:20 (Pop-up)
Arna Calvi	Don't Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy	Hunted	Domino	1:31:41 (Pop-up)
RVG	Little Sharkie & the White Pointer Sisters	Feral	Fire Records	1:34:50 (Pop-up)
Extraa	Petit Ami "Petit Ami" by "Extraa"	Baked	Rput	1:37:15 (Pop-up)
Nada Surf	So Much Love "So Much Love" by "Nada Surf"	Never Not Together	Barsuk	1:39:31 (Pop-up)
The Homesick	I Celebrate My Fantasy	The Big Exercise	Sub Pop	1:43:11 (Pop-up)
Soccer Mommy	Bloodstream "Bloodstream" by "Soccer Mommy"	Color Theory	Loma Vista	1:47:59 (Pop-up)
Sad Alex	hypotheticals "hypotheticals" by "Sad Alex"	Hypotheticals	Red Bulls Records	1:53:54 (Pop-up)
Willie Hays	Walking the Streets After Dark	Ghost Memories and Other Favorites	Mississippi	1:56:01 (Pop-up)
the nagging doubts	Human Shoes "Human Shoes" by "the nagging doubts"	Deug Lane	Half A Cow	1:59:54 (Pop-up)
Bleach Day	In Limbo "In Limbo" by "Bleach Day"	As If Always	Birdwatcher	2:04:03 (Pop-up)
Hazel English	Wake Up! "Wake Up!" by "Hazel English"	Wake UP!	Marathon Artists	2:08:22 (Pop-up)
White Denim	I Don't Understand Rock and Roll	I Don't Understand Rock and Roll	Downtown Records	2:10:22 (Pop-up)
Hinds	Just Like Kids (Miau) "Just Like Kids (Miau)" by "Hinds"	Just Like Kids (Miau)	Lucky Number	2:15:26 (Pop-up)
Retirement Party	Compensation "Compensation" by "Retirement Party"	Compensation	Counter Intuitive	2:17:32 (Pop-up)
Cold War Kids	Who's Gonna Love Me Now	single	Capitol Records	2:20:29 (Pop-up)
Okay Kaya	Psych Ward "Psych Ward" by "Okay Kaya"	Watch This Liquid Pour Itself	Kaya	2:23:11 (Pop-up)
Charlotte Dos Santos	Helio "Helio" by "Charlotte Dos Santos"	Harvest Time	Because	2:26:18 (Pop-up)
Aoife Nessa Frances	Geranium "Geranium" by "Aoife Nessa Frances"	Land of No Junction	Ba Da Bing!	2:29:21 (Pop-up)
Man Man	Cloud Nein "Cloud Nein" by "Man Man"	Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between	Sub Pop	2:34:05 (Pop-up)
Happyness	Milk Float "Milk Float" by "Happyness"	Floatr	Infinit Suds	2:36:22 (Pop-up)
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Falling Thunder	Falling Thunder	Sub Pop	2:40:58 (Pop-up)
Dinosaur Jr.	Black Betty "Black Betty" by "Dinosaur Jr."	Black Betty	Joyful Noise Recordings	2:43:22 (Pop-up)
Eerie Family	everybody disappear "everybody disappear" by "Eerie Family"	Eerie Family	ALIEN SNATCH	2:49:58 (Pop-up)
iji	I don't ever wanna go back "I don't ever wanna go back" by "iji"	iji	Feeding Tube	2:52:32 (Pop-up)
Tennis	I'll Haunt You "I'll Haunt You" by "Tennis"	Swimmer	Thirty Tigers	2:56:18 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:17am zivilars: If you're live out there, Jim the Poet: Thanks for the show, great set!
	3:18am Jim the Poet: Hey Thanks for Listening!
	3:23am VincentNifigance: Hi Jim, I have some concerns: are you wearing the correct PPE? You brought the bunny suit with you, right? SO GLAD TO HEAR YOU, JIM!
	3:25am Jim the Poet: Hey Vincent I have masks over everything
	3:33am LastWhiteRhino: JTP, how R ya? Nice to have you fillin' in.
	3:34am Jim the Poet: Hey You listened to my last fill-in too! Thanks for tuning in
	3:40am LastWhiteRhino: Enjoying the Super Flower Moon here in Northern NJ. Also enjoyed the Super-Ball as a kid.
	3:45am Andy the brother: Kisses from Maui.
	3:45am Jim the Poet: I couldn't see the moon! I was going to play 3 hours of Supermoon songs but there weren't enough good ones!
	3:46am Jim the Poet: I thought you guys like WERS better!!!
	3:47am Francis from France: Hi Jim . I really enjoy the second album Flood Dream from Leya . Deep music .
	3:47am Andy the brother: The 6yo likes to hurt people's feelings.
	3:48am LastWhiteRhino: Gabi helps you save on auto and home insurance.
	3:49am Jim the Poet: What's Up, Francis! Yeah, I like it, too!
	3:49am Jim the Poet: He's 6 already???!!!
	3:51am Andy the brother: Yeah, but he breaks hearts like a teenager.
	3:52am Jim the Poet: Does WERS play US Girls??
	3:53am Andy the brother: Not like you.
	3:53am LastWhiteRhino: Shout out to Elon Musk's baby, X Æ A-12 ! Welocome to the world kid, good luck with your parents moving forward in life.
	3:54am Jim the Poet: They probably know how to cue records there. Because they are fancy
	3:56am Andy the brother: I'd figured you just cued up Spotify.
	3:57am Andy the brother: Keep it real, big bro.
	3:58am Jim the Poet: I can't really figure out how to spotify it
	4:03am Andy the brother: Thanks for the shout out. Nice to hear you on air again.
	4:09am Jim the Poet: You should call in 201 209 9368
	4:09am fred: Hello Jim and all. I just had a nice win: I managed to get a zoom meeting cancelled!
	4:09am Jim the Poet: Whoa you are magic
	4:16am LW Rhino: Been thinking back to the good old days lately...like the Polka a go-go on Friday March 13, 2020 at Monte Hall...good times.
	4:18am Craig in MoTown: Just woke up to that US Girls song- you're killing it Jim. Morning y'all.
	4:19am Jim the Poet: Hey Craig! That US Girls cd is fire
	🌮 4:32am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jim. How's it going? I just missed Mikey McMike Break.
	4:34am Dave Onlooker: g'day - listening from SYD OZ, nice to hear Cable Ties from MELB OZ - would be great to hear The Nagging Doubts, best Indie band in SYD (and no, I ain't in 'em). 'Balcony' or 'Human Shoes' by The Doubties would be awesome. thanks Jim! regards, Dave Onlooker
	4:35am Jim the Poet: Hey!
	4:35am Jim the Poet: Hey Dave let me see what I can do
	4:38am Dave Onlooker: now RVG from MELB OZ - you're on fire mate with the best from OZ! Just need to play The Nagging Doubts now :-)
	4:53am Dave Onlooker: hey Jim - just noticed you can't play from Spotify. anyway, check out the 'Deug Lane' EP by The NDs some time, it's bloody great! It's on the Half A Cow label, owned by Nic Dalton (ex-Lemonheads bassist). thanks for the great songs while I cook dinner down under ...
	5:02am AlexG: great music Jim, it's a beautiful morning in the north of Scotland, so S U P E R M O O N is now S U P E R M O R N !
	5:04am Jim the Poet: I was going to play Supermoon songs! Aww! It was too cloudy to see it on my walk here
	🌮 5:05am Ken From Hyde Park: Maybe a Keith Moon drum solo?
	🌮 5:16am Ken From Hyde Park: Superchunk?
	5:18am Dave Onlooker: thanks very much for 'Human Shoes' Jim - man, it sounded awesome on volume 21! if you wanna complete your playlist details the album = Deug Lane and the label = Half A Cow. cheers!
	🌮 5:57am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Jim. Happy skeletoning!
	5:57am fred: Thanks Jim!
	5:58am Jim the Poet: Thanks Everyone! I only had two heart attacks!
	5:59am torstein: Thanks Jim! Always good to hear you on the radio.
	🌮 5:59am Ken From Hyde Park: Haha ... is there a cocktail named the Heart Attack? That would be funny to order. "Yes bartender, I'll have a heart attack, please."
	6:00am UncleMarty: Nice last hour Jim Thanks & stay well
	6:01am Jim the Poet: Thanks!!!!
	🌮 6:02am Ken From Hyde Park: One Heart Attack on the rocks! www.drinknation.com...

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