WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from August 6, 2023

Listener comments!
	⚡ ♥ 3:01am tom tom the pipers son: hey brian!
	♥ 3:05am Devin B.: The one NBC ripped off for interstitial music on Friends
	3:05am Louis: greetings from germany!
	♥ 3:14am Brian D: Hello all! Thank you for joining me.
	⚡ ♥ 3:17am tom tom the pipers son: please delete my comment
	♥ 3:18am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:17 Ask and ye shall receive.
	⚡ ♥ 3:24am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:18 ha! btw, did you see haaretz journalist gideon levy on democracy now this past week? such a clear eyed view of the judiciary situation in israel , what it means for palestine and that the protests in israel are not really what they're cracked up to being
	♥ 3:24am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:17 I didn't mean to make you feel self-conscious there.
	⚡ ♥ 3:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:24 you didn't
	♥ 3:26am Hubig Pie: Well it's only been about 45 years since I heard this.
	♥ 3:27am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:25 Good. I missed Gideon Levy. But Haaretz has been one of the few outlets challenging the govt.
	♥ 3:30am Hubig Pie: When you're 19 Jim M. seems profound. When you're 20 he just seems pompous
	⚡ ♥ 3:30am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Five To One" by "The Doors" Thanks, Brian, for opening the doors this morning. Hello Tom Tom & all.
	⚡ ♥ 3:31am tom tom the pipers son: hi michael!
	3:36am tonyb: There’s a special ring in Hell where Harry Truman spends eternity.
	♥ 3:37am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:30 Hello Michael!
	♥ 3:38am Hubig Pie: War is hell on earth. I think more lives were lost during the fire bombing of Tokyo. People lived in paper houses.
	⚡ ♥ 3:39am tom tom the pipers son: nothing really new, but on hbo show, how to w/ john wilson, tour of a bomb shelter in dc for members of congress if the big one hits, equipped with semi automatic weapons for congress to protect itself against itself... ha!
	♥ 3:42am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:39 Or if that guy in the moose outfit gets in again.
	♥ 3:43am Aurwood: ↳ tonyb @3:36 hope so and I can't wait for Kissinger to follow him
	⚡ ♥ 3:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:42 yes
	♥ 3:44am Aurwood: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:24 Could you provide a link to the segment please
	⚡ ♥ 3:46am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Aurwood @3:44 don't know how to do that, but it was this past weeks episode which was mostly about public toilets
	⚡ ♥ 3:50am tom tom the pipers son: altin gun, al qasar... mining similar musical veins
	♥ 3:51am Brian D: Giving credit where it's due, source material for the Nat Geo photos on the playlist, for those interested: www.nationalgeographic.com...
	♥ 3:51am Brian D: And here: www.nationalgeographic.com...
	3:52am Listener: What's going on!!!???? NO SOUND!! DEAD AIR....!!! KEEEEENNNNNNNNN
	♥ 3:52am Brian D: ↳ Listener @3:52 Really? Anyone else?
	⚡ ♥ 3:53am tom tom the pipers son: there's been problems w/ 91.1 this morning
	3:53am Listener: Holy sh*t!!!! The station is off. Where's KEN????
	♥ 3:54am Hubig Pie: All good here but I'm out. G'night
	⚡ ♥ 3:54am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @3:52 Loud and clear here in Cologne.
	⚡ ♥ 3:54am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & listeners. The sun is shining here for a change, off to walk the dog.
	3:56am tonyb: Yeah, 91.1 went silent a few minutes ago…
	3:57am Listener: 91.1 I'm positive is not broadcasting right now I just tried another station and it was fine GULP You should wake up KEN the station manager right away!!
	3:57am Listener: This is a disaster
	3:59am Listener: What's going on? Why is nobody fixing the problem???
	3:59am Listener: Is WFMU being shut down on purpose??
	♥ 4:02am Brian D: ↳ Listener @3:59 No! We're working on it! Ken is on the case. Thank you for letting us know.
	4:02am Listener: DJ?? Are you working on the situation??
	4:03am Listener: Oh Thank heavens!
	4:05am tonyb: Stream on the iPhone app is fine.
	4:08am Listener: It's working again! Nice work DJ. Rusty equipment maybe?
	⚡ ♥ 4:08am tom tom the pipers son: thought that eisenhower was against the use of the bomb for moral reasons, but was corrected by someone who probably knows more than me, that he did not support nuclear program because he thought it would cut into his armed forces funding
	♥ 4:09am Hubig Pie: I already said g'night but this VU cover is sublime so I felt compelled to comment. But now really g'night and I mean it.
	⚡ ♥ 4:11am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Clip: NowThisNews-Nuclear fallout affects million... did not see oppenheimer, but i think this detail is left unexplored
	♥ 4:12am Brian D: ↳ Hubig Pie @4:09 Good night, Hubig. Ain't it something?
	4:12am tonyb: 👍 91.1 sounds good in Cranford. Funny, I thought the 91.1 broadcast was a bit louder than usual? (Maybe)
	♥ 4:12am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:11 From what I've read and heard, that's correct.
	♥ 4:14am Brian D: ↳ tonyb @4:12 Louder is never a bad thing. We DJs have no control over the signal or the stream, unfortunately. All blessings and appreciation to Station Manager Ken!
	4:15am Listener: A moment of silence for the Downwinders ☹
	⚡ ♥ 4:15am tom tom the pipers son: huzzah, ken!
	4:20am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:14 Anyone remember the conspiracy theory that WPLJ was speeding up records?
	♥ 4:22am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:20 Vaguely. I met some of those DJs through a friend... they were speeding up things on their own.
	4:23am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:22 Really? Why?
	♥ 4:24am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:23 I meant they were doing lots of blow. Sorry. Subtle non-humor doesn't always work on here.
	⚡ ♥ 4:26am tom tom the pipers son: really apropos of nothing, saw "carmen comes home" first color film shot in japan (1951) about a tokyo stripper who comes back home to her village and causes a scandal, surprising subject matter for a country recovering from war, very modern, refreshing and funny
	4:28am Chris Crisco: Oh ok sorry I'm a bit obtuse. I wouldn't doubt that. My cousin told me once she did some with Dave Herman when she worked for Island records.
	⚡ ♥ 4:31am tom tom the pipers son: was told by a member of bailterspace that when mark e smith had a meeting with record execs, he put his feet up on the desk asked, "ok, where's the cocaine?"
	♥ 4:32am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:28 You're not obtuse. I'm not funny. Dave Herman... wasn't he the so-called "rock 'n' roll curmudgeon" or something?
	4:39am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:32 No it was funny. Dave unfortunately was a sad case apparently was busted for pedophilia then had a fatal heart attack shortly thereafter.
	♥ 4:44am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:39 Ach. Didn't know that.
	⚡ ♥ 4:48am tom tom the pipers son: john cale in prospect park... sometime this month
	4:57am alan the painter: good morning
	♥ 4:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:48 August 19. May try to go, but Saturday shows are tough...
	♥ 5:00am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @4:57 Greetings Alan!
	⚡ ♥ 5:01am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:59 i think you may have to rsvp
	5:05am LiXiviated Life: Up early today reading The Sun Also Rises (better than I remembered)
	5:08am alan the painter: coming back to life after wild dreams, caught at a D train stop, homeless chasing me about, very tormented
	♥ 5:11am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @5:08 I have been having some batshit crazy dreams recently. Must be something in the air.
	5:13am alan the painter: crazy pressure here, is it the weather , Brian your music is deep and dark this morning
	♥ 5:13am Brian D: ↳ LiXiviated Life @5:05 Before the sun rises, no less. It's been 40 years since I read that book.
	5:16am alan the painter: yes that book, a long time ago, maybe should revisit
	⚡ ♥ 5:16am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:11 actually brian, you were in a dream i had in which you were calling out angrily from a car window at a man with a woman who was a refugee, the man was an actor from veep
	5:16am alan the painter: still coming out of dream time
	♥ 5:19am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @5:13 About sums it up, though as always I am thrilled to be here.
	♥ 5:20am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:16 Me and the cast of veep are tight.
	5:21am alan the painter: my dreams pretty terrifying, startled
	5:23am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:16 The one who was also in Mrs. Maisel?
	5:23am alan the painter: veep, im out of it, guessing im aged
	⚡ ♥ 5:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:20 the actors name is tony hale he played jld assistant, in the dream he did something wrong and should not have been w/ refugee, but he looked like he didn't know what was going on.
	⚡ ♥ 5:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @5:23 was that tony hale?
	5:26am Danny in Poughkeepsie: Great show Brian. It was nice meeting you on the cruise
	⚡ ♥ 5:27am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims o... Now this is something! And the photos of Ukraine are Goya's Disasters all over again.
	⚡ ♥ 5:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @5:23 no he wasn't in maisel
	5:29am alan the painter: sheet, so many peeps i missed on the cruise, i was painting infront of the band
	5:30am ?: GreenPeace "did a black Cristo" on the PM's house. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/03/greenpeace-protesters-drape-giant-oil-black-fabric-over-sunaks-mansion
	5:33am morphe': ↳ @5:30 That was I .. GreenPeace "did a black Cristo" on the PM's house. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/03/greenpeace-protesters-drape-giant-oil-black-fabric-over-sunaks-mansion
	5:34am alan the painter: Brian, thanks for spining
	5:34am morphe': The End of Life as I know all too well fom too much experience, many people at the end of really bad health just want to go ...
	⚡ ♥ 5:35am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Coming Down from the Ceiling" by "Kinloch Nelson" sounds a little like harvest moon
	5:36am alan the painter: tom, yes
	5:36am Cooh John: Catching some of the last currents.
	♥ 5:36am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @5:34 Aye right. And Greenpeace "black Cristo." Perfect description.
	⚡ ♥ 5:37am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ alan the painter @5:36 but prob before it
	5:37am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:29 Right it was Reid Scott I was thinking of.
	♥ 5:39am Brian D: ↳ Danny in Poughkeepsie @5:26 Likewise Danny!
	♥ 5:41am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @5:29 Me too. I was struggling to keep my balance in the stern.
	⚡ ♥ 5:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:35 Yep, a plagiarized copy.
	⚡ ♥ 5:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:46 didn't realize harvest moon was released in 92, that would make neil young the plagarist
	5:51am morphe': Thanks for spinning BD....
	⚡ ♥ 5:52am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian, nice to have the show back
	5:54am morphe': A song for Wed: Crass - Nagasaki Nightmare (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfVzeiZsOk
	♥ 5:54am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me this week. It's been great to be back. "See" you all next week. Until then, stay safe and well.
	⚡ ♥ 5:57am Michael of Cologne: Bye for now, Brian, and thanks.

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from August 6, 2023

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August 6, 2023: "Rattled by the rush (makes you wanna say your prayers)..."

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	Approx. start time
Pavement	Rattled By The Rush "Rattled By The Rush" by "Pavement"	Wowee Zowee	Matador		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Nuclear War (edit) "Nuclear War (edit)" by "Yo La Tengo"	Nuclear War (EP)	Matador	Also appears on Have You Checked the Children? (Scott Williams’ 2019 Marathon premium)	0:04:07 (Pop-up)
Screaming Females	Glass House "Glass House" by "Screaming Females"	All At Once	Don Giovanni		0:12:27 (Pop-up)
GG King	Melt On You "Melt On You" by "GG King"	Remain Intact	Total Punk		0:16:08 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: NHK: Peace park agreement offends Hiroshima survivors	n/a	n/a		0:19:27 (Pop-up)
Expected Highs	Servant's Servant "Servant's Servant" by "Expected Highs"	Servant's Servant	Self-released		0:20:42 (Pop-up)
The Doors	Five To One "Five To One" by "The Doors"	Waiting for the Sun	Elektra	https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n15/florence-sutcliffe-braithwaite/no-place-for-grumblers	0:24:03 (Pop-up)

BAu	It's Hunting "It's Hunting" by "BAu"	Indifferentemente	Aagoo		0:33:09 (Pop-up)
Tanukichan	Thin Air (feat. Enumclaw)	Gizmo	Company		0:35:50 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: DW-New report cites increase in weapons spending globally	n/a	n/a		0:39:23 (Pop-up)
US Girls	Futures Bet "Futures Bet" by "US Girls"	Bless This Mess	4AD		0:40:13 (Pop-up)
Altin Gün	Badi Sabah Olmadan "Badi Sabah Olmadan" by "Altin Gün"	Ask	ATO		0:45:02 (Pop-up)
Wye Oak	TNT "TNT" by "Wye Oak"	Every Day Like the Last: Collected Singles 2019-23	Merge		0:49:40 (Pop-up)

Sinéad O'Connor	All Apologies "All Apologies" by "Sinéad O'Connor"	Universal Mother	Ensign Records/Chrysalis		0:56:17 (Pop-up)
Mari Dangerfield	Ruins (acoustic)	Eco-Fever	Dimple Discs		0:58:49 (Pop-up)
Pascal Comelade, Ramon Prats, Lee Ranaldo	What Goes On	Velvet Serenade	Staubgold		1:02:44 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: NowThisNews-Nuclear fallout affects millions--decades later	n/a	n/a		1:08:44 (Pop-up)
The Durutti Column	The Aftermath "The Aftermath" by "The Durutti Column"	Circuses and Bread	Factory Benelux		1:10:24 (Pop-up)
Guided By Voices	I Am A Scientist	Bee Thousand	Scat!		1:14:46 (Pop-up)

Sinéad O'Connor	Drink Before the War	The Lion and the Cobra	Ensign Records/Chrysalis	https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2023/aug/04/combat-medics-eastern-front-ukraine-in-pictures	1:20:11 (Pop-up)
Grian Chatten	All of the People "All of the People" by "Grian Chatten"	Chaos For The Fly	Partisan		1:25:28 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: Sky News-Greenpeace protest at British PM's house	n/a	n/a		1:29:43 (Pop-up)
The Shins	Past and Pending "Past and Pending" by "The Shins"	Oh, Inverted World	Sub Pop	RIP bassist Neal Langford	1:31:14 (Pop-up)

Aimee Mann	Little Bombs "Little Bombs" by "Aimee Mann"	The Forgotten Arm	SuperEgo		1:37:27 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: Global News-ISIS bombing in Pakistan	n/a	n/a		1:41:15 (Pop-up)
DDMD	Maps "Maps" by "DDMD"	Cool Kids Belong Together: A Tribute to Fever to Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Ewel Records		1:42:18 (Pop-up)
John Cale	Not the End of the World	Mercy	Double Six		1:45:45 (Pop-up)
Aya Metwalli & Calamita	Kadni El Hawa	Al Saher	Zehra		1:51:59 (Pop-up)
Werner Dafeldecker	Neural (excerpt)	Neural	Room40		2:01:15 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: BBC-China pressures Uyghurs abroad by holding families "hostage"	n/a	n/a		2:08:05 (Pop-up)
Helen Money and Will Thomas	Glass Shattered	Trace	Thril Jockey		2:09:30 (Pop-up)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima	MP3	n/a		2:14:12 (Pop-up)

Kinloch Nelson	Coming Down from the Ceiling	Partly On Time: Recordings 1968-70	Tompkins Square		2:31:51 (Pop-up)
John Cameron	Heat Haze "Heat Haze" by "John Cameron"	Folk, Funk & Beyond: The Arrangements of John Cameron	Ace		2:36:27 (Pop-up)
Hen Ogledd	Gwawr In Reverse "Gwawr In Reverse" by "Hen Ogledd"	Bronze	Streamline		2:39:18 (Pop-up)
The Chieftains featuring Sinead O’Connor	The Foggy Dew	The Long Black Veil	RCA Victor		2:43:16 (Pop-up)

Sun Ra and His Arkestra	Nuclear War (edit)	A Fireside Chat With Lucifer	El Saturn		2:50:01 (Pop-up)
Tony Allen	No End "No End" by "Tony Allen"	Tony Allen	Jazz Is Dead		2:57:31 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	⚡ ♥ 3:01am tom tom the pipers son: hey brian!
	♥ 3:05am Devin B.: The one NBC ripped off for interstitial music on Friends
	3:05am Louis: greetings from germany!
	♥ 3:14am Brian D: Hello all! Thank you for joining me.
	⚡ ♥ 3:17am tom tom the pipers son: please delete my comment
	♥ 3:18am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:17 Ask and ye shall receive.
	⚡ ♥ 3:24am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:18 ha! btw, did you see haaretz journalist gideon levy on democracy now this past week? such a clear eyed view of the judiciary situation in israel , what it means for palestine and that the protests in israel are not really what they're cracked up to being
	♥ 3:24am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:17 I didn't mean to make you feel self-conscious there.
	⚡ ♥ 3:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:24 you didn't
	♥ 3:26am Hubig Pie: Well it's only been about 45 years since I heard this.
	♥ 3:27am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:25 Good. I missed Gideon Levy. But Haaretz has been one of the few outlets challenging the govt.
	♥ 3:30am Hubig Pie: When you're 19 Jim M. seems profound. When you're 20 he just seems pompous
	⚡ ♥ 3:30am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Five To One" by "The Doors" Thanks, Brian, for opening the doors this morning. Hello Tom Tom & all.
	⚡ ♥ 3:31am tom tom the pipers son: hi michael!
	3:36am tonyb: There’s a special ring in Hell where Harry Truman spends eternity.
	♥ 3:37am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:30 Hello Michael!
	♥ 3:38am Hubig Pie: War is hell on earth. I think more lives were lost during the fire bombing of Tokyo. People lived in paper houses.
	⚡ ♥ 3:39am tom tom the pipers son: nothing really new, but on hbo show, how to w/ john wilson, tour of a bomb shelter in dc for members of congress if the big one hits, equipped with semi automatic weapons for congress to protect itself against itself... ha!
	♥ 3:42am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:39 Or if that guy in the moose outfit gets in again.
	♥ 3:43am Aurwood: ↳ tonyb @3:36 hope so and I can't wait for Kissinger to follow him
	⚡ ♥ 3:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:42 yes
	♥ 3:44am Aurwood: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:24 Could you provide a link to the segment please
	⚡ ♥ 3:46am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Aurwood @3:44 don't know how to do that, but it was this past weeks episode which was mostly about public toilets
	⚡ ♥ 3:50am tom tom the pipers son: altin gun, al qasar... mining similar musical veins
	♥ 3:51am Brian D: Giving credit where it's due, source material for the Nat Geo photos on the playlist, for those interested: www.nationalgeographic.com...
	♥ 3:51am Brian D: And here: www.nationalgeographic.com...
	3:52am Listener: What's going on!!!???? NO SOUND!! DEAD AIR....!!! KEEEEENNNNNNNNN
	♥ 3:52am Brian D: ↳ Listener @3:52 Really? Anyone else?
	⚡ ♥ 3:53am tom tom the pipers son: there's been problems w/ 91.1 this morning
	3:53am Listener: Holy sh*t!!!! The station is off. Where's KEN????
	♥ 3:54am Hubig Pie: All good here but I'm out. G'night
	⚡ ♥ 3:54am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @3:52 Loud and clear here in Cologne.
	⚡ ♥ 3:54am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & listeners. The sun is shining here for a change, off to walk the dog.
	3:56am tonyb: Yeah, 91.1 went silent a few minutes ago…
	3:57am Listener: 91.1 I'm positive is not broadcasting right now I just tried another station and it was fine GULP You should wake up KEN the station manager right away!!
	3:57am Listener: This is a disaster
	3:59am Listener: What's going on? Why is nobody fixing the problem???
	3:59am Listener: Is WFMU being shut down on purpose??
	♥ 4:02am Brian D: ↳ Listener @3:59 No! We're working on it! Ken is on the case. Thank you for letting us know.
	4:02am Listener: DJ?? Are you working on the situation??
	4:03am Listener: Oh Thank heavens!
	4:05am tonyb: Stream on the iPhone app is fine.
	4:08am Listener: It's working again! Nice work DJ. Rusty equipment maybe?
	⚡ ♥ 4:08am tom tom the pipers son: thought that eisenhower was against the use of the bomb for moral reasons, but was corrected by someone who probably knows more than me, that he did not support nuclear program because he thought it would cut into his armed forces funding
	♥ 4:09am Hubig Pie: I already said g'night but this VU cover is sublime so I felt compelled to comment. But now really g'night and I mean it.
	⚡ ♥ 4:11am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Clip: NowThisNews-Nuclear fallout affects million... did not see oppenheimer, but i think this detail is left unexplored
	♥ 4:12am Brian D: ↳ Hubig Pie @4:09 Good night, Hubig. Ain't it something?
	4:12am tonyb: 👍 91.1 sounds good in Cranford. Funny, I thought the 91.1 broadcast was a bit louder than usual? (Maybe)
	♥ 4:12am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:11 From what I've read and heard, that's correct.
	♥ 4:14am Brian D: ↳ tonyb @4:12 Louder is never a bad thing. We DJs have no control over the signal or the stream, unfortunately. All blessings and appreciation to Station Manager Ken!
	4:15am Listener: A moment of silence for the Downwinders ☹
	⚡ ♥ 4:15am tom tom the pipers son: huzzah, ken!
	4:20am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:14 Anyone remember the conspiracy theory that WPLJ was speeding up records?
	♥ 4:22am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:20 Vaguely. I met some of those DJs through a friend... they were speeding up things on their own.
	4:23am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:22 Really? Why?
	♥ 4:24am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:23 I meant they were doing lots of blow. Sorry. Subtle non-humor doesn't always work on here.
	⚡ ♥ 4:26am tom tom the pipers son: really apropos of nothing, saw "carmen comes home" first color film shot in japan (1951) about a tokyo stripper who comes back home to her village and causes a scandal, surprising subject matter for a country recovering from war, very modern, refreshing and funny
	4:28am Chris Crisco: Oh ok sorry I'm a bit obtuse. I wouldn't doubt that. My cousin told me once she did some with Dave Herman when she worked for Island records.
	⚡ ♥ 4:31am tom tom the pipers son: was told by a member of bailterspace that when mark e smith had a meeting with record execs, he put his feet up on the desk asked, "ok, where's the cocaine?"
	♥ 4:32am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:28 You're not obtuse. I'm not funny. Dave Herman... wasn't he the so-called "rock 'n' roll curmudgeon" or something?
	4:39am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:32 No it was funny. Dave unfortunately was a sad case apparently was busted for pedophilia then had a fatal heart attack shortly thereafter.
	♥ 4:44am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:39 Ach. Didn't know that.
	⚡ ♥ 4:48am tom tom the pipers son: john cale in prospect park... sometime this month
	4:57am alan the painter: good morning
	♥ 4:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:48 August 19. May try to go, but Saturday shows are tough...
	♥ 5:00am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @4:57 Greetings Alan!
	⚡ ♥ 5:01am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:59 i think you may have to rsvp
	5:05am LiXiviated Life: Up early today reading The Sun Also Rises (better than I remembered)
	5:08am alan the painter: coming back to life after wild dreams, caught at a D train stop, homeless chasing me about, very tormented
	♥ 5:11am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @5:08 I have been having some batshit crazy dreams recently. Must be something in the air.
	5:13am alan the painter: crazy pressure here, is it the weather , Brian your music is deep and dark this morning
	♥ 5:13am Brian D: ↳ LiXiviated Life @5:05 Before the sun rises, no less. It's been 40 years since I read that book.
	5:16am alan the painter: yes that book, a long time ago, maybe should revisit
	⚡ ♥ 5:16am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:11 actually brian, you were in a dream i had in which you were calling out angrily from a car window at a man with a woman who was a refugee, the man was an actor from veep
	5:16am alan the painter: still coming out of dream time
	♥ 5:19am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @5:13 About sums it up, though as always I am thrilled to be here.
	♥ 5:20am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:16 Me and the cast of veep are tight.
	5:21am alan the painter: my dreams pretty terrifying, startled
	5:23am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:16 The one who was also in Mrs. Maisel?
	5:23am alan the painter: veep, im out of it, guessing im aged
	⚡ ♥ 5:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:20 the actors name is tony hale he played jld assistant, in the dream he did something wrong and should not have been w/ refugee, but he looked like he didn't know what was going on.
	⚡ ♥ 5:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @5:23 was that tony hale?
	5:26am Danny in Poughkeepsie: Great show Brian. It was nice meeting you on the cruise
	⚡ ♥ 5:27am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims o... Now this is something! And the photos of Ukraine are Goya's Disasters all over again.
	⚡ ♥ 5:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @5:23 no he wasn't in maisel
	5:29am alan the painter: sheet, so many peeps i missed on the cruise, i was painting infront of the band
	5:30am ?: GreenPeace "did a black Cristo" on the PM's house. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/03/greenpeace-protesters-drape-giant-oil-black-fabric-over-sunaks-mansion
	5:33am morphe': ↳ @5:30 That was I .. GreenPeace "did a black Cristo" on the PM's house. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/03/greenpeace-protesters-drape-giant-oil-black-fabric-over-sunaks-mansion
	5:34am alan the painter: Brian, thanks for spining
	5:34am morphe': The End of Life as I know all too well fom too much experience, many people at the end of really bad health just want to go ...
	⚡ ♥ 5:35am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Coming Down from the Ceiling" by "Kinloch Nelson" sounds a little like harvest moon
	5:36am alan the painter: tom, yes
	5:36am Cooh John: Catching some of the last currents.
	♥ 5:36am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @5:34 Aye right. And Greenpeace "black Cristo." Perfect description.
	⚡ ♥ 5:37am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ alan the painter @5:36 but prob before it
	5:37am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:29 Right it was Reid Scott I was thinking of.
	♥ 5:39am Brian D: ↳ Danny in Poughkeepsie @5:26 Likewise Danny!
	♥ 5:41am Brian D: ↳ alan the painter @5:29 Me too. I was struggling to keep my balance in the stern.
	⚡ ♥ 5:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:35 Yep, a plagiarized copy.
	⚡ ♥ 5:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:46 didn't realize harvest moon was released in 92, that would make neil young the plagarist
	5:51am morphe': Thanks for spinning BD....
	⚡ ♥ 5:52am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian, nice to have the show back
	5:54am morphe': A song for Wed: Crass - Nagasaki Nightmare (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfVzeiZsOk
	♥ 5:54am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me this week. It's been great to be back. "See" you all next week. Until then, stay safe and well.
	⚡ ♥ 5:57am Michael of Cologne: Bye for now, Brian, and thanks.

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