Listener comments!

🎸 ♥ 9:01am
: joe, all 🎸 ♥ 9:02am
Deano de los Muertos: 👾📻👾 🎸 ♥ 9:02am
bradford: Good morning Joe & Yippers! ♥ 9:02am
PC77: Good morning Joe & all! Ray-dee-oohh! 🎸 ♥ 9:02am
Ken From Hyde Park: Come sail away with Joe! ⛵ Yip yip! 🎸 ♥ 9:02am
Mike in Montreal: G'morning Joe and all the aliens who like radio 🎸 ♥ 9:03am
Triple G: Boing boing to you and yours, g'mornin' Joe & all 🎸 ♥ 9:03am
Triple G: Pull Up to the Surface Noise ♥ 9:03am
Listener Jonny in MA/RI: sup peeps 🎸 ♥ 9:04am
Handy Haversack: Summer of Joe! 🎸 ♥ 9:04am
malaga cooler: ready for this magic carpet ride 🎸 ♥ 9:04am
Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Joe McG and friends 🎸 ♥ 9:04am
Brian in UK: Hey Joe & Cohorts. ♥ 9:05am
StringOFperils: Born to be mild! Good morning, Suummer Joe!   9:05am
Andres: Good morning, Joe and all. No bad versions! ♥ 9:05am
listener james from westwood: Morning, Joe and all! 🎸 ♥ 9:05am
Deano de los Muertos: I don’t know what we can find.
How bout a little Surface Noise, Monday morning with Joe at 9 ♥ 9:10am
Joe McG: Welcome to the show, everyone! Thanks for joining me today. 🎸 ♥ 9:11am
Triple G: This is at least helping me shimmy during work annoyance! 🎸 ♥ 9:12am
Mike in Montreal: Organ combo opening set?
So Mod. Love it   9:12am
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Mas Que Nada" by "Odell Brown and The Organ-izers"

Who says FMU doesn't play good music!? Huh?   9:16am
zi: I do recall an entire day of "summertime" a few years ago! ♥ 9:17am
DjLorraine: I'm enjoying these selections 🎸 ♥ 9:18am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Agent Double-O-Soul" by "Dick Hyman"

Organic Monday! ♥ 9:19am
Jeremy from Scranton: Loving this   9:20am
Tom from Stirling: Is that Lee Michaels?   9:20am
ẞizco ẞey: Here for the Joe Jam 🎸 ♥ 9:21am
Brian in UK: Has MacArthur Park ever been covered? Surely it must have been done.   ♥ 9:22am
vinyl hero of Lenox, MA...in the Berkshires!: Ah...more source material I'd never yet heard.   9:22am
NashVVilliam:

↳ Song: "Root Down (and Get It)" by "Jimmy Smith"

We kick it root down! ♥ 9:22am
listener james from westwood:

↳ vinyl hero of Lenox, MA...in the Berkshires! @9:22

Always a thrill to hear famous samples in their natural environment! ♥ 9:23am
StringOFperils:

↳ Brian in UK @9:21

Beggar's Opera, on VERTIGO 🎸 ♥ 9:24am
Brian in UK:

↳ StringOFperils @9:23

I think that I asked a very naive question. ♥ 9:25am
StringOFperils:

↳ Brian in UK @9:24

Probably a not-nearly-informative-enough answer too ♥ 9:26am
Noir Lover:

↳ Song: "Root Down (and Get It)" by "Jimmy Smith"

wah wah classic 🎸 ♥ 9:26am
Brian in UK:

↳ StringOFperils @9:25

Some questions are best left unasked! ♥ 9:26am
StringOFperils:

↳ Brian in UK @9:26

Not unlike all the news best left unread.   9:27am
Tom from Stirling: Paladin Paladin   9:29am
Andrew in Toronto: Hi Joe!   9:29am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Brian in UK @9:24

Hi, Brian! 🎸 ♥ 9:30am
Brian in UK:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @9:29

Andrew.   9:37am
Andres:

↳ StringOFperils @9:26

The most effective way to ruin breakfast. 🎸 ♥ 9:42am
Deano de los Muertos: happy 9:42   9:45am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @9:42

Hi, Deano.   9:45am
garlic__lover: This band consistently surprises me in a good way 🎸 ♥ 9:48am
Triple G:

↳ garlic__lover @9:45

Yeah! This is a very different direction than On The Turning Ground (I liked that and I like this). 🎸 ♥ 9:50am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Premonition" by "BASIC"

6/19 at Union Pool!

Also opening for Tortoise for a few shows, including, I think, Toronto.

🎸 ♥ 9:52am
Triple G:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:50

Planning to be at Union Pool show ... see you there maybe?

(I mentioned to Joe that I'm bummed trivia night landed on the same date.)

🎸 ♥ 9:53am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Triple G @9:52

Yes! We'll be there. If it seems like we might have time to grab a bite before the show, I'll drop you a line.   9:55am
chresti: Morning Joe and yippers! ♥ 10:01am
Noir Lover: Don't worry be happy 🎸 ♥ 10:01am
Triple G:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:53

Nice! 🎸 ♥ 10:01am
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "I Can't See a Rainbow" by "Memorials"

AUTOHARP ALERT. ♥ 10:02am
StringOFperils: This has been a test of the Emergency Autoharp Alert System. 🎸 ♥ 10:02am
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Song: "I Can't See a Rainbow" by "Memorials"

💛 ♥ 10:03am
Jeremy from Scranton: Autoharp was a badass guest instrument in 4th grade music class   10:11am
Lisa in Tampa (yes, that Lisa): What a lovely set to tune into, with Robyn, to boot. 🎸 ♥ 10:12am
Dan S:

↳ Song: "The Devil's Coachman" by "Robyn Hitchcock"

Love this! ♥ 10:12am
StringOFperils: The entrance to the Greek underworld IS in Nashville; I knew it! ♥ 10:12am
Joe McG:

↳ Lisa in Tampa (yes, that Lisa) @10:11

Hey bub! :) 🎸 ♥ 10:13am
Crownless Gander:

↳ Song: "The Devil's Coachman" by "Robyn Hitchcock"

Different ending! 🎸 ♥ 10:14am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "The Devil's Coachman" by "Robyn Hitchcock"

Robin Hitchcock is a world treasure. 🎸 ♥ 10:14am
Jerseymoon: Good Morning Joe and Surface Noisers
Cool show today Joe! 🎸 ♥ 10:18am
Jerseymoon:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @9:42

Hi Deano, Triple G, Handy, Henry, Andrew in Toronto, String of Perils and other familiar chat buddies
Good vibes in here 🎸 ♥ 10:21am
Triple G:

↳ Jerseymoon @10:18

G'mornin' Jersey🌕   10:21am
johnk77: good work selecter
the heads track reminds me
the book titled
love goes to buildings on fire
is a very interesting history of various
nyc music scenes 1973->77 ♥ 10:23am
Joe McG:

↳ johnk77 @10:21

I like that book. Oddly, there's another good book about NYC venues called "This Must Be the Place." I recommend that one, too! I have to write a book called "Burning Down the House," if no one has yet. 🎸 ♥ 10:24am
John L:

↳ Song: "The Devil's Coachman" by "Robyn Hitchcock"

He's playimg at the Bearsville Theater, in Woodstock, on Weds; hope to get up there. Mekons and the Sadies are playing the night before; good times in the Hudson Valley.   10:26am
johnk77: there is a burning down the house
book but i have not read it 🎸 ♥ 10:27am
Triple G:

↳ Joe McG @10:23

www.harpercollins.com...

Rats!

🎸 ♥ 10:27am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Tatalu" by "LAIR"

Guruguru Brain always delivers. ♥ 10:27am
Joe McG:

↳ Triple G @10:27

Ha ha. How about "No Compassion"? 🎸 ♥ 10:28am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Joe McG @10:27

Maybe "Born Under Punches"? ♥ 10:30am
Wyatt aka Mr. Shiny: ayyyyy slovenia represent 🎸 ♥ 10:32am
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Jerseymoon @10:18

Mornin, Jersey 🎸 ♥ 10:33am
Deano de los Muertos: Nice DJing (and suit) the other night, Joe! 🎸 ♥ 10:34am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Pull Up to the Bumper" by "Grace Jones"

Crank it time! 🎸 ♥ 10:34am
tim:

↳ Song: "Pull Up to the Bumper" by "Grace Jones"

No bad time to play this, Joe! ♥ 10:34am
Joe McG:

↳ Gregosaurus @10:28

Good one! Or "The Great Curve: Talking Heads and the Transformation of the Underground." Sound good? ♥ 10:34am
Joe McG:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:33

Thanks, Deano! I had a good time! 🎸 ♥ 10:34am
Triple G:

↳ Song: "Pull Up to the Bumper" by "Grace Jones"

😅 🎸 ♥ 10:35am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Joe McG @10:34

That was my second choice! Great minds.... ♥ 10:36am
Joe McG:

↳ Triple G @10:34

You called it at the top of the show! 🎸 ♥ 10:36am
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Pull Up to the Bumper" by "Grace Jones"

Grace Jones: still touring.   10:37am
PMD: Any day is a good day to pull up to the bumper 🎸 ♥ 10:39am
∫ydniuß: shut up, meathead 🎸 ♥ 10:40am
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ ∫ydniuß @10:39

Beat me to it. Zup 🎸 ♥ 10:40am
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Those Were the Days ("All in the Family" Theme)" ...

Been years since I heard this little gem! ♥ 10:40am
StringOFperils: Acting par excellence. Norman Lear TV. Those were the days. ♥ 10:40am
Marshall Stacks: Gee, our old LaSalle ran great!   10:40am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Joe McG @10:34

Hi, Joe! 🎸 ♥ 10:40am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @10:40

⚗️🦑 zuppers   10:40am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Jerseymoon @10:18

Hi, Jerseymoon. ♥ 10:40am
listener james from westwood: "For no reason, here's Apu! Those were the daaaaays!" 🎸 ♥ 10:41am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Those Were the Days ("All in the Family" Theme)" ...

I don't think we need Herbert Hoover back. Just sayin'. 🎸 ♥ 10:41am
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Those Were the Days ("All in the Family" Theme)" ...

This is an expanded version from the TV show theme song. Extra lyrics! 🎸 ♥ 10:41am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Gregosaurus @10:41

I hear he sucks   10:41am
TerrDE: Archie would have been for FDR , not Hoover. The working folks hadn't been abandoned by the Democrats yet   10:41am
Paul:

↳ ∫ydniuß @10:39

I think you mean "Dummy up!" 🎸 ♥ 10:41am
Jerseymoon:

↳ Gregosaurus @10:41

unless we need to dam something ♥ 10:41am
Noir Lover: what a transition 🎸 ♥ 10:41am
∫ydniuß: 🤘🏻 🎸 ♥ 10:42am
The Oscar:

↳ Song: "Those Were the Days ("All in the Family" Theme)" ...

I regret to inform everyone that, if All in the Family was made today, Archie Bunker would have been born in 1979 :(   10:42am
Zydeco Phil: Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh summon the Priest 🎸 ♥ 10:42am
Karl: Whaaaaaaaatttttt? 🎸 ♥ 10:42am
JG: Incongruous. Just wanted to use that word today. 🎸 ♥ 10:42am
tim:

↳ Song: "Breaking the Law" by "Judas Priest"

Nice! 🎸 ♥ 10:42am
Handy Haversack: All in the Family to Judas Priest is such a standard transition. You hear it every day on drive-time radio. 🎸 ♥ 10:42am
Dan S:

↳ Gregosaurus @10:41

At least Hoover didn't claim that the 1932 election results were faked. 10:42am
beedee: Highest pitch Rob ever: "BREAKIN THE WHAAATTT???"
Crowd: "THE LAWWWWWW!!!"
Repeat as needed then start song... 🎸 ♥ 10:42am
Gregosaurus: *breaks into Bevis & Butthead dance* ♥ 10:43am
Scott Williams:

↳ Song: "Breaking the Law" by "Judas Priest"

finally, my prom request -thanks Joe! 🎸 ♥ 10:43am
Jerseymoon:

↳ The Oscar @10:42

yikes 🎸 ♥ 10:43am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Song: "Breaking the Law" by "Judas Priest"

Potentially, a good song to play at a prom.   10:43am
ryuraku: Now THATS a segue! ♥ 10:43am
mrs.bucci:

↳ Song: "Breaking the Law" by "Judas Priest"

Here for this vibe switch! ♥ 10:43am
pgalub: Hey Joe and everyone. ♥ 10:43am
Joe McG:

↳ Scott Williams @10:43

Better late than never! ♥ 10:43am
StringOFperils:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @10:43

Or a red hat rally   10:43am
Beavis and Butthead: This Rules ! ♥ 10:43am
Noir Lover: Are there any metal songs about following the law? 🎸 ♥ 10:43am
Triple G: Naming oneself the Prom King is rather "Breaking The Law" energy, too.

McGasko means Metal!

♥ 10:43am
listener james from westwood:

↳ The Oscar @10:42

Too much of Gen X is voting like Archie Bunker did, so this tracks. ♥ 10:44am
Jeremy from Scranton: Priest should have covered Indiana Wants Me 🎸 ♥ 10:44am
Gregosaurus:

↳ mrs.bucci @10:43

Gear shift for the ages! 10:44am
beedee: A fine show today as always. Loving it! 10:44am
Bag of Boxes:

↳ Song: "Breaking the Law" by "Judas Priest"

Brick in the log? 🎸 ♥ 10:44am
Karl:

↳ Noir Lover @10:43

Double Nickels on the Dime 🎸 ♥ 10:44am
tim: Joe - were you one of the prom DJs? ♥ 10:44am
crateslinger:

↳ The Oscar @10:42

So I’m eleven years older than Archie Bunker. great. ♥ 10:44am
Joe McG:

↳ tim @10:44

Guilty, yes. 10:44am
beedee: Marty seamlessy blending Western and Calypso. 🎸 ♥ 10:45am
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @9:45

Hullo again, Andrew! 🎸 ♥ 10:45am
HesperusWrecked:

↳ Gregosaurus @10:42

I can only hear this in Beavis' voice.   10:45am
Zydeco Phil: Marty! 🎸 ♥ 10:45am
∫ydniuß:

↳ HesperusWrecked @10:45

heh he he he 🎸 ♥ 10:45am
tim:

↳ Joe McG @10:44

Oh wow! That's really cool! ♥ 10:46am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Devil Woman" by "Marty Robbins"

Great three in a row! 10:46am
Bag of Boxes:

↳ Song: "Devil Woman" by "Marty Robbins"

Dang, dude could sing.   10:46am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ tim @10:45

Hi, tim! ♥ 10:47am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Baby Stop Crying" by "Bob Dylan"

Make that four! 🎸 ♥ 10:47am
Karl:

↳ Song: "Baby Stop Crying" by "Bob Dylan"

Love this song! 🎸 ♥ 10:47am
tim: How was the prom for those of you who went? (Sorry if this has already been discussed) ♥ 10:47am
Joe McG:

↳ Franco Twinkie @10:46

This one ought to end the streak.   10:47am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Franco Twinkie @10:46

Hi there, Franco! 🎸 ♥ 10:47am
tim:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @10:46

Hey Andrew! 10:47am
beedee: No streak definitely continued! 🎸 ♥ 10:47am
HesperusWrecked:

↳ Song: "Devil Woman" by "Marty Robbins"

We had a parakeet named Marty after the man. Mom was a great fan of his. ♥ 10:48am
Hams: stop crying!   10:48am
Paul:

↳ Song: "Baby Stop Crying" by "Bob Dylan"

It take a train to cry. ♥ 10:48am
Joe McG:

↳ beedee @10:47

Darn! I'll have to try harder! ♥ 10:48am
Mark91:

↳ Song: "Baby Stop Crying" by "Bob Dylan"

OMG I have never heard this before. Stunning!   10:48am
Paul: takes ♥ 10:49am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @10:47

Good Morning Andrew. ♥ 10:49am
Scott Williams:

↳ HesperusWrecked @10:47

our (late) dog was so skinny when we 1st got her that we named her Marty Ribbins   10:49am
Toothgrinder Tom: Is this what you play for a colicky toddler? 🎸 ♥ 10:49am
HesperusWrecked:

↳ Scott Williams @10:49

Love it! 10:49am
beedee: Mom and Dad had the big double album anthology of Marty Robbins. Heard it many times and got into the storytelling as a kid. I have it on the shelf now : All Time Greatest Hits. Has all the ones you would think.   10:50am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Joe McG @10:48

Hi, Joe! 🎸 ♥ 10:50am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Toothgrinder Tom @10:49

southern comfort worked for mama 🎸 ♥ 10:50am
Handy Haversack:

↳ tim @10:47

Honestly a great time. We were still buzzing from it all weekend. Just super fun. Everyone you want to see in one room, cool tunes, sharp threads. An excellent event. We didn't stick around for the after party, which maybe is part of why we were in a fit state to be in good mood the next day! But we were jazzed up enough on getting home that we sat outside and had a drink and talked about what a great time it had been. Clicky-starring the whole night!

Thanks to Rachel, Michele, Matty Notimes, Joe, Mona, and everyone who contributed to such an excellent evening!

🎸 ♥ 10:51am
Gregosaurus:

↳ ∫ydniuß @10:50

What about the kid? 🎸 ♥ 10:51am
Karl:

↳ Joe McG @10:47

Supposedly this is Dylan trying to sound like 70s Elvis ♥ 10:51am
Joe McG:

↳ Karl @10:51

Wow! Well, he missed entirely, but on its own merits, pretty good. The Springsteen sax is my fave touch. 🎸 ♥ 10:51am
Triple G:

↳ Mark91 @10:48

And his only live performances of it were in 1978 (a fact I learned many, many seconds ago).

www.setlist.fm...

🎸 ♥ 10:51am
Karl: And I love it. Whole album is fire. 🎸 ♥ 10:51am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Karl @10:51

Bob was getting rather confused at that point. 10:52am
beedee:

↳ Karl @10:51

The sound of the band and backing vocalists yes. Right in that similar wheelhouse. 🎸 ♥ 10:52am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Marshall Stacks @10:40

I thought it was "Geearolla sour red rate," and was some kind of secret code talk. 🎸 ♥ 10:52am
tim:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:50

Oh man! Sounds like it was the best! 🎸 ♥ 10:52am
Karl:

↳ Song: "Let's Do the Latin Hustle" by "The Young Sisters"

Smoking jacket: on 🎸 ♥ 10:53am
tim:

↳ Karl @10:51

Is that Street Legal? ♥ 10:53am
chresti:

↳ Song: "Baby Stop Crying" by "Bob Dylan"

Break a little piece of my heart in the break   10:53am
Paul:

↳ tim @10:53

Yes 🎸 ♥ 10:53am
Handy Haversack:

↳ tim @10:52

A personal highlight: Jim the Poet grabbing me about the shoulders and shouting, "I didn't know it was kilt night! No one told me it was kilt night!"

Also, it was my and K8's anniversary, and Mona played our song!

🎸 ♥ 10:54am
tim:

↳ Paul @10:53

YEah, that's a good one! 10:54am
Bag of Boxes:

↳ Song: "Let's Do the Latin Hustle" by "The Young Sisters"

I hate when songs don't explain how to do the dance they demand you do. 🎸 ♥ 10:55am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Bag of Boxes @10:54

Don't ask questions....just do the damn Hustle! 10:55am
beedee:

↳ Gregosaurus @10:55

GET IN THE VAN, McCOY! We're outta here! WE GOTTA HUSTLE! 🎸 ♥ 10:56am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Song: "Kings Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno"

trivia alert! 🎸 ♥ 10:56am
Crownless Gander:

↳ Song: "Kings Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno"

Ha ha! There's your book title! 🎸 ♥ 10:56am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Kings Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno"

I think you added too much butter. ♥ 10:56am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ tim @10:47

I still regret I didn't take this particular girl to the senior prom fifty years ago.   10:56am
Paul:

↳ Song: "Kings Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno"

Anagram for Talking Heads. ♥ 10:56am
Joe McG: "Kings Lead Hat: Talking Heads and the Reversal of Culture" 🎸 ♥ 10:56am
Karl:

↳ tim @10:53

Yes 🎸 ♥ 10:56am
tim:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:53

Hahaha!

Congratulations on your and K8's anniversary. That's great Mona played your song.

♥ 10:57am
bravedelay:

↳ Song: "Kings Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno"

oh, what I'd do for this 7"! 10:57am
Bag of Boxes:

↳ Song: "Kings Lead Hat" by "Brian Eno"

Shake it up!   10:57am
?: shake it up 🎸 ♥ 10:57am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Joe McG @10:56

Oooo, meta!   10:57am
?:

↳ beedee @10:49

It's a nice feeling hearing your parents' music and having it bring back good memories. ♥ 10:57am
Joe McG:

↳ Bag of Boxes @10:57

Wow, you're right! I never heard the steal! 10:57am
beedee: Heard a rarity marching band cover of Here Come the Warm Jets one time on another NJ station and it was just about perfect ♥ 10:58am
bravedelay:

↳ Bag of Boxes @10:57

In the same key, no less! 🎸 ♥ 10:58am
tim:

↳ Franco Twinkie @10:56

There's always your 50th class reunion as a second chance. ;) 🎸 ♥ 10:58am
Gregosaurus: Do the move with the quickie jerk... ♥ 10:59am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ tim @10:58

I'm thinking about it. 🎸 ♥ 11:00am
HesperusWrecked: Responding to beedee, somehow accidentally signed out. I am not a ? commenter. ♥ 11:01am
sydneysalk: always thrilled when i tune in during single file :) 🎸 ♥ 11:01am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Bag of Boxes @10:57

The return of Sound Alikes to Wake 'n' Bake. 11:01am
beedee:

↳ @10:57

YES! I heard many Willie Nelson lps, Simon & Garfunkel Simon solo greatests hitses, John Denver, Clancy Brothers, Pete Seeger & The Weavers, Hank Williams Sr, Creedence Cosmo's Factory, Miles Davis and many other LPs thanks to the parental collection of records. Great time in the 1970s weekend morning / afternoons. Mom would often stack the records on top and play all the A sides in a row etc.. did not often put them back in the paper sleeve inserts so... some are plenty scratched up. But there are still some good ones in the collection. 🎸 ♥ 11:02am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Rip It Up" by "Bill Haley and His Comets"

This has a good beat that the kids can dance to. I rate it a hit! 🎸 ♥ 11:02am
Deano de los Muertos: Mighty fine Single File ♥ 11:03am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ tim @10:58

Wait a minute! My 50th happened three years ago. I didn't go to that either.   11:04am
Ochre Ogre: Hi Joe! 🎸 ♥ 11:04am
2/3 of the Perrin Family: Prom was the best!   11:05am
clarke: been enjoyin', barely conscious, but enjoyin'. mornin' all. 🎸 ♥ 11:05am
HesperusWrecked:

↳ beedee @11:01

Dad had the Clancy Brothers. Irish side of the family. ♥ 11:06am
Wyatt aka Mr. Shiny: frow show goated ♥ 11:06am
Franco Twinkie: I met Larry at the farmers market, of all places.   11:06am
Ochre Ogre: Only on FMU, Dylan, Eno and Bill Haley (forgotten about Bill H.)   11:06am
Toothgrinder Tom: I love it when Joe gets a little cranky.   11:07am
Ochre Ogre: CRAMPS! 🎸 ♥ 11:08am
Gregosaurus: If anyone could reanimate for a new album, it's Lux.   11:08am
clarke: muller is my hero! 🎸 ♥ 11:08am
The Oscar: WFMU x TCM crossover! Two of my favorite sources of entertainment. 🎸 ♥ 11:08am
Handy Haversack:

↳ 2/3 of the Perrin Family @11:04

I never got to find you! Michele said you were asking after me, but I think by that time it was too late!   11:09am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:08

bulk of the series. 🎸 ♥ 11:10am
The Oscar:

↳ The Oscar @11:08

Also I'm not sure if it's the same fest in every city, but the Noir City here in Boston next week includes All Night Long, an incredible jazz update of Othello starring Patrick McGoohan as an Iago-like drummer and Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck as themselves! 🎸 ♥ 11:10am
Gregosaurus: MEKONS! (uncontrollably excited)   11:11am
clarke:

↳ The Oscar @11:10

great one! only seen that once!   11:11am
Mich: I’m very curious about bike thing   11:12am
clarke:

↳ The Oscar @11:10

i should have remembered, but mcgoohan made the most appearances on Columbo! ♥ 11:12am
Joe McG:

↳ Mich @11:11

The station became inaccessible because of a bike race of some kind. I didn't know about it. ♥ 11:13am
pgalub: Saw the Sat late show at The Mercury. They were loose, rockin', and hilarious. Sorry they couldn't make it down this time, Joe.   11:13am
clarke:

↳ pgalub @11:13

hey pete!! ♥ 11:13am
StringOFperils: Mekons thwarted by bicycles. What is this world coming to? ♥ 11:13am
pgalub: Hey clarke! 🎸 ♥ 11:13am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Big Zombie" by "Mekons"

One of my fondest memories is the Mekons at the Marquee leading us all in a chant of "4 More Days!!", a few days before George H.W. was kicked out in 92. 11:13am
beedee:

↳ Song: "Big Zombie" by "Mekons"

Little Dr John lyric shoutout there "Je suis la grand zombie"   11:14am
clarke:

↳ pgalub @11:13

you had a fun night! ♥ 11:14am
prof.fuzz:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:08

it’s never too late for HANdynasty!   11:14am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:14

FuZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ   11:14am
andy the painter: I’m sorry to hear that one of my favorite things (bicycles) got in the way of one of my other favorite things (Mekons) 🎸 ♥ 11:14am
HesperusWrecked: A big thank you to Cubicle Carl who posted during last week's show about the Mekons listening party on Bandcamp later that Monday. ♥ 11:14am
prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:14

ClarkEEEEEEEEEEEEEE   11:15am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:14

how was the weekend?   11:15am
clarke:

↳ Song: "Wild & Blue" by "Mekons"

john anderson tune! 🎸 ♥ 11:16am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Wild & Blue" by "Mekons"

Here's lesson in choice covers! 🎸 ♥ 11:17am
Jerseymoon: enjoy your Monday, fine people.
Great show Joe!
Au revoir   11:17am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:14

Hi, proff!   11:17am
TerrDE: Watzy est waltz I've ever heard ! ♥ 11:19am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Something to Be Scared Of" by "Mekons"

I love the Mekons too. The last time I saw them, I made the mistake of taking someone with severe mental problems. At one point he got spooked and ran out into the middle of Sunset Blvd. I chased after him and had to convince him that evil spirits were'nt coming out of the speakers. That's the last time I ever saw him, but I hear he only started acting nuttier. 🎸 ♥ 11:19am
Handy Haversack:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:14

Tremble, O empires!   11:20am
clarke:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:19

damn! 🎸 ♥ 11:21am
John L:

↳ Song: "Big Zombie" by "Mekons"

I saw them at the Bowery Ballroom last summer, Mini-Mekons at Lucinda's last Winter and I'm seeing them tomorrow. I never thought I'd see them so many times in less than a year. Their last U.S. tour was 2019. One day I'll have to do an exact show count; along with Yo La Tengo and the Feelies, my most seen band. ♥ 11:21am
prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:15

it was good. we went to see jean caffeine and crooked bones in fort worth on saturday. big rain, but big fun. ♥ 11:21am
prof.fuzz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:17

howdy andrew!   11:22am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:21

way kule!! aside from rain.   11:23am
TerrDE: Never heard much Mekons , I'm liking what I m hearing. Star Trek fans ? 🎸 ♥ 11:24am
Zip7: I've seen the Mekons more times than I can count. Always a joy. Ms. Zip saw 'em many years ago and wanted to hear "Big Zombie." She couldn't remember the tjtle so she just yelled "Eating cat food out of a can!" And damned if they didn't play it. ♥ 11:25am
Franco Twinkie: Howdy Zip! ♥ 11:25am
Hunterian:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:21

Jean Caffeine! Love her. Also love the Mekons. 🎸 ♥ 11:26am
Zip7:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:25

Hey there Franco! Off to prison now . . . ♥ 11:26am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Zip7 @11:26

Take an extra sandwich! ♥ 11:28am
Joe McG:

↳ Zip7 @11:24

I've never not seen them be great.   11:31am
clarke:

↳ Joe McG @11:28

i could have said the same thing about Cheap Trick, but they let me down, the last time (jazzfest 25) 🎸 ♥ 11:31am
HesperusWrecked: I saw an amazing Mekons show at Maxwell's where they recorded each song to a cassette which was then auctioned off to an audience member. They recorded the songs with a cheap walkman knockoff that they had bought on Canal Street (if I'm remembering correctly.)   11:32am
Gary: Thanks for this Mekons set Joe ♥ 11:32am
prof.fuzz:

↳ Hunterian @11:25

jean is a goddam national treasure! ♥ 11:33am
prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:31

“cheap trick let me down the last time” sounds like a country heartbreak song title   11:34am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:33

haha, yes. but, i'd rather remember the good times!   11:35am
Mich: I was imagining they would only travel to JC via bike ha ♥ 11:35am
prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:34

come back honey, i’d like to remember the good nights,
but cheap trick let me down the last time... ♥ 11:36am
Joe McG:

↳ Mich @11:35

THAT would have been amazing.   11:36am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:35

answer song: I Cain't Hep Ye.   11:38am
clarke: just got a visual of mekons biking thru the holland tunnel. 🎸 ♥ 11:39am
2/3 of the Perrin Family:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:08

The balcony at white eagle hall was a wonderful perch to hang and try to take it all in.   11:39am
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "How Many Stars" by "Mekons"

Have to check the van Gogh painting. :- ) 11:39am
RabidRabbit:

↳ Song: "How Many Stars" by "Mekons"

Remarkable stuff! I gotta get on the Mekons:)   11:39am
Fredericks:

↳ Song: "You're Not Singing Any More" by "Mekons"

Now, we're getting somewhere, Joseph.   11:40am
clarke:

↳ Fredericks @11:39

hey, last time we were chatting, you asked about the Catheads. 🎸 ♥ 11:40am
Handy Haversack:

↳ 2/3 of the Perrin Family @11:39

Ah, nice. We were down on the floor. K8 was dancing, and I was chit-chatting mostly. ♥ 11:41am
coelacanth∅: i sure hope this isn't a tribute set   11:41am
Ochre Ogre: Hey clarke! ♥ 11:41am
coelacanth∅: (death tribute, that is...) ♥ 11:41am
Joe McG:

↳ coelacanth∅ @11:41

No, they're as alive as ever! It's a celebration of their being alive.   11:41am
clarke:

↳ Ochre Ogre @11:41

O-O!!! 🎸 ♥ 11:41am
Gregosaurus:

↳ coelacanth∅ @11:41

Only for Joe's best laid plans   11:42am
clarke:

↳ Joe McG @11:41

it DOES get scary these days when you hear more than one song by any artist. ♥ 11:42am
coelacanth∅:

↳ Joe McG @11:41

ah, Thank you! ♥ 11:43am
coelacanth∅:

↳ Gregosaurus @11:41

haha! 🎸 ♥ 11:43am
regina j: Thank you for this glorious set of Mekons. I could never get enough of them. Beautiful show today, Joe (even including "Breaking the Law," which never fails to crack me up). Laughter is good. Music is healing.   11:43am
Fredericks:

↳ clarke @11:40

Yes, I did. How about Xtal?? 🎸 ♥ 11:43am
No Big Thing in Chicago: Great show, Joe! The Mekons tracks are helping me stay on the high from seeing them a couple weekends ago! 🎸 ♥ 11:44am
Dan S:

↳ Joe McG @11:41

Good to hear. I came into this set a few songs ago and it had me a bit worried. Thanks for this, Joe! ♥ 11:44am
StringOFperils: Everything about MEKONS is emblematic of survival, in the face of everything that would crush them. They're a beautiful thing.   11:45am
Ochre Ogre: I gotta give Mekons more of my ear time.   11:45am
andy the painter: Thanks for that Mekons set, Joe. Those folks give me hope. ♥ 11:45am
Hunterian:

↳ Ochre Ogre @11:45

Good decision   11:45am
clarke:

↳ Fredericks @11:43

dunno about xtal, but was on a bill with Catheads, circa...'86'ish? in san fran at The I-Beam. funny thing was the superbowl in which the 49'ers were in was being broadcast to the crowd, but from the other side of the bar - so all bands played to people's backs. 🎸 ♥ 11:45am
No Big Thing in Chicago:

↳ StringOFperils @11:44

They're right there with the Ex and Yo La Tengo as truly special bands that occupy their own space like few do. 🎸 ♥ 11:47am
Triple G: Excellent show, Joe! Fun was had.   11:47am
Andres: You could do three all Mekons shows? When will you do the first? :) 🎸 ♥ 11:48am
Mike in Montreal: Thanks Joe, lovely show.
Don't feel too bummed about the Mekons, it's just a postponement right? 🎸 ♥ 11:49am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Andres @11:47

Agreed. I'm totally in!   11:49am
Ochre Ogre:

↳ andy the painter @11:45

Hey andy! Yer old pal from Minium days. ♥ 11:49am
Joe McG:

↳ Andres @11:47

Ha ha! Maybe one of these days.   11:49am
tranewreck: Thanks Joe.
Great way to start the week ♥ 11:49am
Joe McG:

↳ Mike in Montreal @11:48

I sure hope so! It would be quite a moment for me. ♥ 11:50am
zachary:

↳ Song: "City, Country, City" by "War"

I keep getting earfuls of Eddie Noack's Psycho. Ha!   11:51am
Fredericks:

↳ clarke @11:45

Oh. Well I only heard them on WMNF years ago. Not on WFMU. Never saw a record in a shop. My understanding is they were somehow related to Xtal. Xtal is name the was seen on the sidewalk in the Tenderloin district according to legend. 🎸 ♥ 11:51am
herb.nyc: Yay to the mekons. And yay to Joe, and his dj skills at Friday’s Prom. He certainly was Prom King! And neat to see Kelly jones gyrating on stage.   11:52am
Fredericks:

↳ Song: "City, Country, City" by "War"

I have the The World Is a Ghetto 45 from when I was kid. ♥ 11:52am
Joe McG: According to the liner notes of this CD, "The World Is a Ghetto" was the best-selling album of 1973. How about that, an album with two 10 minute + tracks was the biggest album of the year! ♥ 11:52am
Joe McG:

↳ herb.nyc @11:51

Nice to see you, Herb!   11:53am
clarke:

↳ Fredericks @11:51

hmm. will have to look into this. 🎸 ♥ 11:53am
Handy Haversack: Thanks, Joe! Real good time, once again! ♥ 11:53am
prof.fuzz:

↳ Joe McG @11:52

perfect for sitting in line for gasoline? ♥ 11:53am
zachary: Thanks Joe. Great show as usual. Thank you, thank you, thank you.   11:54am
clarke:

↳ Joe McG @11:52

Abraxus, too? maybe??   11:54am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:53

say it ain't so! ♥ 11:54am
StringOFperils:

↳ Joe McG @11:52

They heyday of truly alt commercial FM radio had arrived. Play an entire album? No problem. 🎸 ♥ 11:54am
bradford: Thanks as always, Joe. ♥ 11:54am
Franco Twinkie: Oh man, you did it this time Joe. Thanks! ♥ 11:54am
prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:54

in 1973 ♥ 11:55am
coelacanth∅:

↳ Joe McG @11:52

but the title track, world is a ghetto and 4-cornered room!
(and this, and the other 2!!)   11:55am
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "City, Country, City" by "War"

War, what is it good for? Some pretty damn good music/jams.   11:55am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:54

ha ha ha ha. OH!   11:55am
Ochre Ogre: Thanks Joe! ♥ 11:56am
prof.fuzz: thx joe!   11:56am
clarke: it was pretty good for Edwin Starr, too. ♥ 11:56am
Joe McG: Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Hope you had fun. See you next week! Have a good one.   11:57am
clarke: thnx JMM ♥ 11:57am
coelacanth∅: Thanks Joe!   11:58am
Fredericks:

↳ Joe McG @11:52

Whoa, I had no idea. 🎸 ♥ 11:59am
Deano de los Muertos: Thanks, Joe! ♥ 11:59am
StringOFperils: Thank you, Joe !   11:59am
TerrDE: Thanks Joe ! Good bye Joe, Hello Joe   11:59am
Ochre Ogre:

↳ clarke @11:56

...and Eric Burdon. 🎸 ♥ 12:00pm
Gregosaurus: Even more superb than usual Joe!