WFMU: Ira: Playlist from May 18, 2021

Listener comments!
	9:01pm Parq: A clean slate!
	9:03pm headcleaner: Late for Ira's class.. hope I can still get a seat up front!
	9:04pm Gurldoggie: Explosive start!!! Wasn’t expecting the Buzzcocks right out of the gate!
	9:05pm ?: Yes to punk rock! Evening to Ira and fellow enthusiasts!
	9:05pm vj pussycat: good evening ira and chat people. i'm so happy that it is tuesday once again
	9:06pm Bruce S.: hey Ira and All
	9:06pm Mr & Mrs Bobby Microwave: Ready to PARTY!
	9:06pm Ira: Good evening, folks. Not sure I was expecting the Buzzcocks out of the gate either.
	9:06pm georgia: wombats?
	9:07pm greg g: Was so psyched , I forgot to sign in! I am the ? ( not the celebrated Question Mark though) Anyways, Happy Tuesday Rockers!!
	9:07pm headcleaner: ...and they're just as explosive now as in when bursting out my walkman headphones, while riding a bus through a dreary West Coast cityscape ca 1983....
	9:07pm georgia: yes i thought so. what a great band
	9:09pm Ira: Proto Rutles playing now!
	9:09pm Bruce S.: we seem to be off to a great start
	9:09pm headcleaner: (that dreary West Coast city to be left charitably unnamed for the moment; but y'all know the usual suspects...)
	9:09pm chresti: Hi Ira and company.
	♥ 9:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thinking about Troggs today... Good version SoulSauce don't you think?
	9:10pm Rick G: Greetings Ira and Georgia and all. Another welcome three hours ahead.
	9:12pm DonJuanTijuana: Happy Tuesday Ira, Georgia, & all!
	9:12pm Bruce S.: Slim Gaillard is an unsung hero of rock and roll he definitly needs to be well known
	9:15pm georgia: what was that song?
	9:17pm Ira: Sorry, Georgia (and everyone else)--it's up there now.
	9:17pm Will: Waited to see who that band was, Keys? Proceeding forward.
	9:18pm chresti: I missed the dreary west coast song? Hope there isn't a quiz today.
	9:19pm Bob in DC: WFMU means never having to say sorry ✌️💜🎶🌹
	9:19pm McGroovey: I've learned so much this evening already.
	9:23pm Bruce S.: my connection to the comments board went down
	9:24pm Bruce S.: but obviousley its back now
	9:24pm greg g: @chresti: Im pretty sure the answer is Sacto, Northern Cal ( as in the last psychedelic band ...)
	9:29pm georgia: thank you!
	♥ 9:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & the Class is : How to weave a continuity of eclecticism with both deeply informed genre comprehension & diversity to unfailing affect & relevance of spirt & energies that flows & hangs together granularly as well as grandly...
	9:32pm Bruce S.: you said it RevRab63
	9:32pm chresti: Ah, thanks greg g!
	9:33pm TDK60: Hi Ira, I was hoping this would be the sort of smokin'- in-the-restroom / recess / playin' hooky sorta show; I'm so music appreciation-ed out. (Not really, hee.)
	9:34pm Bruce S.: Be entertaining but only in service of educating and uplifting the populace
	♥ 9:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...well - I said something ! :D ...
	9:36pm Gurldoggie: Shocked me too, the things we used to do on grass.
	9:39pm greg g: chresti, no problem! I know a kid who is in in the earlier class
	9:40pm JT: So I was about to buy the REM HibTone 45 repress today for 11 bucks plus 5.84 usps shipping. And then I got the REM PLASTIC water bottle upsale before checkout. WTF is all I have to say. Toto, this ain’t 1981.
	9:40pm Bruce S.: remember the show My little Margie?
	♥ 9:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I left out - the Zen-like challenge or Game of perpetually shifting Genre centers of gravity in service of contextual Surprise - all the while maintaining the thread of imminent & immediate Connection... I find Sport metaphors distasteful - but I'm afraid sometimes they work too well to omit... A Musical manipulation of the Ball - a kind of athletic exposition as broadcast entertainment is here.
	9:43pm Jedley: Okay nerds, write those letters about how you've learned about jazz history! helpus@wfmu.org
	9:43pm TDK60: Yeah Revrab, you tell 'em..
	9:43pm P-90: This show has A FUCKING SHIT-TON of “educational value.” OK?
	9:44pm Bruce S.: Your in rare form tonight RevRab
	9:46pm Bruce S.: Canned Heat did this song in Montery Pop
	9:46pm greg g: Would my letter lose any effectiveness if I started with "Hey Chumps!" ??
	♥ 9:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BruceS: Right! Loves MontereyPop...
	9:47pm Lori from Eau Claire: I will absolutely write to Jersey City in favor of WFMUniversity Mr. Kaplan. It’s a cultural gem preserving and encouraging the ancient art of free-forming.
	9:48pm P-90: I’ve been listening to this station since 1979 and it’s ALWAYS effortlessly embodied a continuity of goddamned eclecticism. The content speaks for itself.
	9:48pm TDK60: I wrote my letter today. Forgot to count the words. Three paragraphs, should be okay.
	9:49pm chresti: Art Lessing is from Sacto wfmu.org...
	9:49pm Bruce S.: I really con not believe anyone would qustion WFMUs educatinal value
	♥ 9:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bud - the Bird of the Keys. The Cops beat his brains.
	9:50pm chresti: Hi TDK60, can I have a hit of you grass?
	9:50pm Bruce S.: Be Boparoo
	9:51pm Jedley: We should broadcast Sun Ra outside the city manager's office until their vibration is raised
	9:52pm JT: I sent my letter yesterday. It’s an epistolary marvel.
	9:52pm TDK60: Chresti, If you like, I'll cut my reefer in halves. Safer these days, hepcat.
	9:52pm chresti: *your
	9:52pm Bruce S.: I wrote my letter during Samantha's fill inwhich was excellent today
	9:53pm chresti: Thanks man \\ //
	9:54pm Ira: Thanks, JT and thanks, Bruce S. (At first I thought Bruce S. was referring to a lunchtime guest dj slot as a fill-inwich.)
	9:54pm Maycon Amoroso: Que faixa! Thanks - obrigado!
	9:56pm Meghanssj: I think we should kindly ask the tax assessor to tune into the Ira the K show for an educational experience. Case closed.
	9:56pm Bruce S.: Afill inwich is a fill in which you are currently caught
	9:56pm P-90: I would definitely NOT employ the salutation “Hey Chumps.” I would also not use the terms “jammer” or “jammers” anywhere in the text of the letter, it will just cause unnecessary confusion. Otherwise: anything goes...
	♥ 9:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& my advice for those who die ? Declare the pennies on your eyes. For you're working for no one but me.
	9:58pm Bruce S.: Good news folks happy recap tonight
	9:59pm TDK60: I would say, be polite. The letters are to be presented by a station staffer at a hearing, if I heard right.
	9:59pm HyperDose: Just tuned in, but boy am I learning so much already!
	10:01pm Dayffid: Hello Ira and fellow students. Sorry I’m late. Also the dog ate my homework
	10:01pm Bruce S.: the Juxtaposition between sophistication and gut bucket in this set is very enlightening
	♥ 10:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BruceS I always find myself suspecting that Out music is in fact Roots music.
	10:04pm Bruce S.: the amazing thing is that it's all from the same source RevRab
	10:06pm Gurldoggie: The educational value of this station is so self evident, I have to wonder about the value of our letters. Not that I won’t pitch in - because of course I will. But any bureaucrat who isn’t convinced by simply turning on his radio may not be convinced by a mountain of fan mail.
	10:07pm Bruce S.: The Mets have a good thing going, if they can stay over .500 in the first half they will be in great position for a second half run
	10:08pm Gurldoggie: Sorry, that sounded really defeatist. What I meant to say was “we can do this! Death to tyrants!”
	10:09pm Ira: Gurldoggie, I don't think that's true. Years ago, I was part of a group of people trying to save the last corner of undeveloped Hoboken from being developed (which would have kicked me out of a workspace), and remarkably--somewhat to my surprise--it worked. I like to think of it as my Mr. Smith Goes to Washington moment.
	♥ 10:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Gurldoggie - on the previous playlist I says : It's frustrating - because it seems clear that revoking Educational status is really a pretext for extortion of this Listener Supported station for their declining real estate Tax coffers. That is - it isn't really the question - but - they are framing it this way ...So... However! I don't know much about formalities or legalities - but from what (very) little Ive seen of Courts of Law for instance - Quantity of Support can be a Statement of its own sort.
	10:11pm patrick321: @Gurldoggie the mayor and at least a couple council members seem to be in the "wfmu is a treasure" camp. the tax assessor is a state employee, apparently
	10:11pm ?: I just wrote a letter of support and emailed it to helpus @ wfmu.org. I hope everybody else who understands the educational value of the station does the same
	♥ 10:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Anyhow - we have the Right to make our Statement ! & will feel better for having used it.
	10:13pm Ira: Thank you, ? . . . whoever you are!
	♥ 10:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Ira and friends. You're wearing your tweed jacket with the elbow patches, I trust?
	10:14pm ?: My pleasure! I love WFMU
	10:15pm Bruce S.: Thank you ?and I hope the Mysterians also follow suite
	10:19pm Gurldoggie: You’re all completely right, and I appreciate your outlook. WFMU and this community can totally convince those evil robots. Kindly forgive the cynicism of a grumpy old gurl.
	10:20pm Bruce S.: Hey this is a really cool set Ira
	10:25pm Rick G: Another great Kind of Blue era and band member (mostly) record is Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago.
	10:26pm Dayffid: Ira - just out of curiosity, is that corner of Hoboken still undeveloped?
	10:29pm headcleaner: either that, Ira, or they finally settled the books with their electrician
	10:30pm Ira: Dayffid: It is, although that's about to change. Supposedly without the artists being displaced. We'll see.
	♥ 10:30pm Little Danny: ICKY FIN, JO!
	10:30pm greg g: Hey P-90 , thank you for your response and duly noted. My correspondence will not begin with "Hey Chumps!" But in all seriousness, I am committed to writing a sincere , articulate and hopefully persuasive message that will convey the immeasureable value of WFMU .
	♥ 10:33pm Little Danny: Huh. Is the "Susie" of this song Susannah Clark?
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: <3 Townes
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ... <3 that story...
	10:35pm milliesmall: The in Crowd dub version/medley of the Cables?
	10:36pm Ira: milliesmall: yes
	10:36pm milliesmall: nice!
	10:36pm chresti: I kinda know the words to the first 2.
	10:38pm headcleaner: during the height of the pandemic, I managed to stumble upon the lone underdeveloped block in Red Hook (and by extension, all of "south, in the Hipster's notion of 'south'" Brooklyn). No worries, I shan't betray the coordinates
	10:41pm Bruce S.: I think this is the first time ever I heard a different DeFranco family song
	10:42pm chresti: Thanks Professor Ira! Goodnight comments forum associates!
	10:42pm McGroovey: Ira, "Give It Up" is the best song you've played in the last 3 minutes!
	10:42pm TDK60: G'night, chresti.
	10:42pm Bruce S.: Good night Chresti
	10:54pm Bruce S.: This record would be great on a very hot summer night
	11:02pm Jedley: Just 15 years ago there were completely undeveloped parts of San Francisco, just old decaying ruins and blocks upon blocks of squats. I used to walk there during lunch breaks. It was amazing. I won't depress you by telling you what it's like now.
	11:04pm TomDash: LOVE this song...
	11:04pm Fuzzy: Tis fucking great!
	11:07pm WR: slow to get to the screen but thank you thank you for the DL Menard.
	11:08pm McGroovey: This Chris Brokaw is the best song you've played in the past 7 minutes. I need it.
	11:10pm chresti: I love this!
	11:10pm Rosey is Listening on 91.1 MHz: Oh, just seeing now that you had Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass on in the background earlier. I never saw The Phil Silvers Show before, and it's on overnight every weeknight on Decades Network (WNYW channel 5.5 in NYC). I'm definitely going to record and watch it one of these days. Thanks for the reminder. That channel has such great stuff. Also really enjoyed that Chris Brokaw song.
	11:11pm Bergey: i love when i tune in and there's some odd instrumental that reveals how i truly feel in the moment
	11:11pm Bergey: like the music knew better than I did
	11:12pm Ira: The Phil Silvers Show is as good as it gets! I wonder if we get the Decades channel? I know we used to . . .
	11:12pm Bruce S.: Id gladley pay!
	11:14pm Bruce S.: The Phil Silvers show and car 54 defintly two of a kind
	11:14pm nolan: I'd Gladly Pay : Exhibit A in the educational value of WFMU
	11:16pm Rosey is Listening on 91.1 MHz: Bruce S., that show comes on after The Phil Silvers Show. Haven't seen it either. Will definitely check them both out. Hope you still have it, Ira! And I'm definitely excited to watch Phil Silvers now.
	11:17pm Bruce S.: your really doin it tonght Ira
	♥ 11:17pm Little Danny: Wow. This is great.
	11:18pm Bruce S.: those are vintage sitcoms Rosey enjoy
	11:18pm McGroovey: Eeeee So I asks myself, who is this Quickspace, Google tells me they're a spinoff of the Faith Healers, and now it all makes sense. Another record I need.
	11:20pm McGroovey: (I was too poor to buy records in the late '90s--or even to buy magazines to find out what I was missing, and I was living out if reach of good radio)
	11:20pm McGroovey: Of
	11:21pm Bruce S.: oh god McGroovey what did you do?
	♥ 11:23pm Little Danny: Beautiful.
	11:25pm McGroovey: Oh, no, I wasn't in jail. I was living in the country, working for my dad fixing boats. And then I went back to college.
	11:27pm Bruce S.: I'm glad the story has a happy ending
	11:28pm Gurldoggie: It's not an accident we hear "A Love Supreme" in this metaphysical exploration?
	11:29pm Bruce S.: I feel like the Monolith is before me
	♥ 11:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: One of my favorite reflections on Creativity : realworldrecords.com...
	11:35pm Dayffid: Is the Phil Silvers show and St Bilko one and the same? I think maybe in the uk they called it St Bilko. Or is it a different show altogether?
	11:36pm Ira: Same show. Also called You'll Never Get Rich.
	11:44pm Dayffid: Used to watch it when I was about eight years old. I also remember thinking that Top Cat must be the kids version of St Bilko. Which now I think back on it, it kind of was!
	11:45pm Bruce S.: BOP BOP BOPBOP top cat
	11:47pm Dayffid: Top Cat even sounded like Bilko. At least my memory of him does
	♥ 11:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...as Flintstones was Honeymooners they say...
	11:48pm Bruce S.: i'm getting used to your last set always being amazeing Ira
	11:49pm Bruce S.: Top Cat was to bilko as the flintstones was to the Honeymooners
	11:50pm Bruce S.: Right RevRab
	♥ 11:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I'm just gonna think about Ann Magrock. Because can.
	♥ 11:51pm Little Danny: Yeah, epic set!
	11:53pm Ira: Top Cat had an episode in which Benny wanted a hot pastrami sandwich with lots of pepper, something like that. I couldn't WAIT till I got to eat this exotic pastrami.
	♥ 11:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: Confound it! I thought you were playing a drone set. Turns out my VLC player stopped and the drone sound was just the fan running. Thanks for a wonderful evening, drone or not!
	11:54pm Dayffid: so wasn’t just my strange young mind making up that connection, it really was based on Bilko.
	11:54pm Bruce S.: who can say this show was not educational as hell
	11:54pm McGroovey: If I didn't already have this Gong record, I'd have to get it.
	11:56pm Dayffid: Wiki - Arnold Stang's vocal characterization of the lead character, the eponymous Top Cat, was based on an impression of Phil Silvers' voice. How’s that for education?
	11:57pm Bruce S.: I think you really did it all tonight Ira thanks so much for a wonderful show
	11:57pm pgalub: Great show! Ready for the pop quiz!
	11:57pm Jason from Houston: ❤︎ ꒰ ॢ ꈍ ◡ ꈍ ॢ ꒱ ❤︎
	♥ 11:57pm Little Danny: Loved the segue into Gong.
	11:57pm Dayffid: Night night
	11:57pm McGroovey: Tomorrow night? That would work for me.
	11:57pm Jed: Wonderful!
	♥ 11:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY DJ Irasan !
	♥ 11:58pm Ken From Hyde Park: This may be a good time for a Top Cat / Snagglepuss series.
	11:58pm Mr & Mrs Bobby Microwave: Great show. Thank you!!!
	11:58pm McGroovey: What's the homework?
	11:58pm Fisherman in the Matrix: Thank you!
	11:58pm Lori from Eau Claire: So good...thank you, Ira!
	11:59pm Gurldoggie: I feel substantially better educated. Thank you!
	11:59pm Melissa: Where do I email the letter to??
	11:59pm georgia: Yes, a great show for sure.
	12:00am McGroovey: What ever happened to Ghost? Finding out the answer to that question is my homework.
	12:00am Jed: Helpus@wfmu.org I believe
	8:12am Tracey: Oh! Finally, I came to the right place to get my favorite playlists. I love the Ira playlist and I play it whenever in a beauty parlor. You can also do my work here https://glowydowy.com/goth-makeup-tutorial/

Ira: Playlist from May 18, 2021

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May 18, 2021: Am I in the lineup tonight or what?

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Artist	Track	Comments	Approx. start time
	It's the Ira the K show! "It's the Ira the K show!"		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Buzzcocks	I Can't Control Myself "I Can't Control Myself" by "Buzzcocks"		0:02:34 (Pop-up)
The Wombats	Here's Another Reason		0:06:20 (Pop-up)
The Timebox	Soul Sauce "Soul Sauce" by "The Timebox"		0:07:35 (Pop-up)
Slim & Slam	That's What You Call Romance		0:10:14 (Pop-up)
Keys	Trick of the Light "Trick of the Light" by "Keys"	not this song, but Keys are on a digital album on bandcamp, all proceeds go to Help Musicians UK	0:15:41 (Pop-up)
Can	Sunshine Day and Night "Sunshine Day and Night" by "Can"		0:16:21 (Pop-up)
Mazaher	Elbahareya "Elbahareya" by "Mazaher"		0:22:32 (Pop-up)
Big Boy Groves & Little Margie	Another Ticket		0:26:06 (Pop-up)
Carla Bley & Steve Swallow	Ups & Downs		0:28:39 (Pop-up)
Robert Wyatt	Grass "Grass" by "Robert Wyatt"		0:34:17 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Leon Sash	There Will Never Be Another You		0:36:39 (Pop-up)
Baby Face Leroy	Rollin' and Tumblin' part 2		0:44:46 (Pop-up)
Bud Powell Trio	Move "Move" by "Bud Powell Trio"		0:47:58 (Pop-up)
Yank Rachell's Tennessee Jug Busters	Texas Tony		0:52:16 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra	Sun Song "Sun Song" by "Sun Ra"		0:56:17 (Pop-up)
Harmonica George	Sputnik Music "Sputnik Music" by "Harmonica George"		0:59:29 (Pop-up)
Maurice McIntyre	Suite: Ensemble Fate		1:01:57 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Wynton Kelly	Say a Little Prayer for Me		1:20:53 (Pop-up)
Townes Van Zandt	Dead Flowers "Dead Flowers" by "Townes Van Zandt"		1:28:48 (Pop-up)
The In Crowd Band	In Orbit "In Orbit" by "The In Crowd Band"		1:33:34 (Pop-up)
Barbara Lynn	Promises "Promises" by "Barbara Lynn"		1:52:41 (Pop-up)
The DeFranco Family Featuring Tony DeFranco	Poor Boy		1:38:33 (Pop-up)
Aubrey Twins	Give It Up "Give It Up" by "Aubrey Twins"		1:41:08 (Pop-up)
The Young Rascals	If You Knew "If You Knew" by "The Young Rascals"		1:43:12 (Pop-up)
D.L. Menard	Lacassine Special "Lacassine Special" by "D.L. Menard"		1:46:00 (Pop-up)
Flavor Crystals	Night Sand Manager		1:48:39 (Pop-up)
The Royal Jesters	Love Me "Love Me" by "The Royal Jesters"		1:53:22 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass	No Letter Today		1:58:23 (Pop-up)
Chris Brokaw	The Heart of Human Trafficking		2:00:50 (Pop-up)
Yasuaki Shimizu	Semi Tori No Hi "Semi Tori No Hi" by "Yasuaki Shimizu"		2:08:34 (Pop-up)
The Lost Generation	I'd Gladly Pay		2:12:07 (Pop-up)
Quickspace	Extraplus "Extraplus" by "Quickspace"		2:14:36 (Pop-up)
Daniel Bachman	Blue Ocean 0 "Blue Ocean 0" by "Daniel Bachman"		2:17:45 (Pop-up)
The Jazzfakers	Okno Okno Okno "Okno Okno Okno" by "The Jazzfakers"		2:34:58 (Pop-up)
Writhing Squares	A Chorus of Electrons		2:39:33 (Pop-up)
Bing & Ruth	Badwater Psalm "Badwater Psalm" by "Bing & Ruth"		2:40:48 (Pop-up)
Ghost	Under the Sun "Under the Sun" by "Ghost"		2:46:13 (Pop-up)
Black to Comm	Stolen Androgens "Stolen Androgens" by "Black to Comm"		2:49:28 (Pop-up)
Gong	I Am Your Fantasy "I Am Your Fantasy" by "Gong"		2:53:15 (Pop-up)
Chuck McCann	outro "outro" by "Chuck McCann"		2:56:21 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:01pm Parq: A clean slate!
	9:03pm headcleaner: Late for Ira's class.. hope I can still get a seat up front!
	9:04pm Gurldoggie: Explosive start!!! Wasn’t expecting the Buzzcocks right out of the gate!
	9:05pm ?: Yes to punk rock! Evening to Ira and fellow enthusiasts!
	9:05pm vj pussycat: good evening ira and chat people. i'm so happy that it is tuesday once again
	9:06pm Bruce S.: hey Ira and All
	9:06pm Mr & Mrs Bobby Microwave: Ready to PARTY!
	9:06pm Ira: Good evening, folks. Not sure I was expecting the Buzzcocks out of the gate either.
	9:06pm georgia: wombats?
	9:07pm greg g: Was so psyched , I forgot to sign in! I am the ? ( not the celebrated Question Mark though) Anyways, Happy Tuesday Rockers!!
	9:07pm headcleaner: ...and they're just as explosive now as in when bursting out my walkman headphones, while riding a bus through a dreary West Coast cityscape ca 1983....
	9:07pm georgia: yes i thought so. what a great band
	9:09pm Ira: Proto Rutles playing now!
	9:09pm Bruce S.: we seem to be off to a great start
	9:09pm headcleaner: (that dreary West Coast city to be left charitably unnamed for the moment; but y'all know the usual suspects...)
	9:09pm chresti: Hi Ira and company.
	♥ 9:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thinking about Troggs today... Good version SoulSauce don't you think?
	9:10pm Rick G: Greetings Ira and Georgia and all. Another welcome three hours ahead.
	9:12pm DonJuanTijuana: Happy Tuesday Ira, Georgia, & all!
	9:12pm Bruce S.: Slim Gaillard is an unsung hero of rock and roll he definitly needs to be well known
	9:15pm georgia: what was that song?
	9:17pm Ira: Sorry, Georgia (and everyone else)--it's up there now.
	9:17pm Will: Waited to see who that band was, Keys? Proceeding forward.
	9:18pm chresti: I missed the dreary west coast song? Hope there isn't a quiz today.
	9:19pm Bob in DC: WFMU means never having to say sorry ✌️💜🎶🌹
	9:19pm McGroovey: I've learned so much this evening already.
	9:23pm Bruce S.: my connection to the comments board went down
	9:24pm Bruce S.: but obviousley its back now
	9:24pm greg g: @chresti: Im pretty sure the answer is Sacto, Northern Cal ( as in the last psychedelic band ...)
	9:29pm georgia: thank you!
	♥ 9:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & the Class is : How to weave a continuity of eclecticism with both deeply informed genre comprehension & diversity to unfailing affect & relevance of spirt & energies that flows & hangs together granularly as well as grandly...
	9:32pm Bruce S.: you said it RevRab63
	9:32pm chresti: Ah, thanks greg g!
	9:33pm TDK60: Hi Ira, I was hoping this would be the sort of smokin'- in-the-restroom / recess / playin' hooky sorta show; I'm so music appreciation-ed out. (Not really, hee.)
	9:34pm Bruce S.: Be entertaining but only in service of educating and uplifting the populace
	♥ 9:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...well - I said something ! :D ...
	9:36pm Gurldoggie: Shocked me too, the things we used to do on grass.
	9:39pm greg g: chresti, no problem! I know a kid who is in in the earlier class
	9:40pm JT: So I was about to buy the REM HibTone 45 repress today for 11 bucks plus 5.84 usps shipping. And then I got the REM PLASTIC water bottle upsale before checkout. WTF is all I have to say. Toto, this ain’t 1981.
	9:40pm Bruce S.: remember the show My little Margie?
	♥ 9:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I left out - the Zen-like challenge or Game of perpetually shifting Genre centers of gravity in service of contextual Surprise - all the while maintaining the thread of imminent & immediate Connection... I find Sport metaphors distasteful - but I'm afraid sometimes they work too well to omit... A Musical manipulation of the Ball - a kind of athletic exposition as broadcast entertainment is here.
	9:43pm Jedley: Okay nerds, write those letters about how you've learned about jazz history! helpus@wfmu.org
	9:43pm TDK60: Yeah Revrab, you tell 'em..
	9:43pm P-90: This show has A FUCKING SHIT-TON of “educational value.” OK?
	9:44pm Bruce S.: Your in rare form tonight RevRab
	9:46pm Bruce S.: Canned Heat did this song in Montery Pop
	9:46pm greg g: Would my letter lose any effectiveness if I started with "Hey Chumps!" ??
	♥ 9:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BruceS: Right! Loves MontereyPop...
	9:47pm Lori from Eau Claire: I will absolutely write to Jersey City in favor of WFMUniversity Mr. Kaplan. It’s a cultural gem preserving and encouraging the ancient art of free-forming.
	9:48pm P-90: I’ve been listening to this station since 1979 and it’s ALWAYS effortlessly embodied a continuity of goddamned eclecticism. The content speaks for itself.
	9:48pm TDK60: I wrote my letter today. Forgot to count the words. Three paragraphs, should be okay.
	9:49pm chresti: Art Lessing is from Sacto wfmu.org...
	9:49pm Bruce S.: I really con not believe anyone would qustion WFMUs educatinal value
	♥ 9:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bud - the Bird of the Keys. The Cops beat his brains.
	9:50pm chresti: Hi TDK60, can I have a hit of you grass?
	9:50pm Bruce S.: Be Boparoo
	9:51pm Jedley: We should broadcast Sun Ra outside the city manager's office until their vibration is raised
	9:52pm JT: I sent my letter yesterday. It’s an epistolary marvel.
	9:52pm TDK60: Chresti, If you like, I'll cut my reefer in halves. Safer these days, hepcat.
	9:52pm chresti: *your
	9:52pm Bruce S.: I wrote my letter during Samantha's fill inwhich was excellent today
	9:53pm chresti: Thanks man \\ //
	9:54pm Ira: Thanks, JT and thanks, Bruce S. (At first I thought Bruce S. was referring to a lunchtime guest dj slot as a fill-inwich.)
	9:54pm Maycon Amoroso: Que faixa! Thanks - obrigado!
	9:56pm Meghanssj: I think we should kindly ask the tax assessor to tune into the Ira the K show for an educational experience. Case closed.
	9:56pm Bruce S.: Afill inwich is a fill in which you are currently caught
	9:56pm P-90: I would definitely NOT employ the salutation “Hey Chumps.” I would also not use the terms “jammer” or “jammers” anywhere in the text of the letter, it will just cause unnecessary confusion. Otherwise: anything goes...
	♥ 9:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& my advice for those who die ? Declare the pennies on your eyes. For you're working for no one but me.
	9:58pm Bruce S.: Good news folks happy recap tonight
	9:59pm TDK60: I would say, be polite. The letters are to be presented by a station staffer at a hearing, if I heard right.
	9:59pm HyperDose: Just tuned in, but boy am I learning so much already!
	10:01pm Dayffid: Hello Ira and fellow students. Sorry I’m late. Also the dog ate my homework
	10:01pm Bruce S.: the Juxtaposition between sophistication and gut bucket in this set is very enlightening
	♥ 10:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BruceS I always find myself suspecting that Out music is in fact Roots music.
	10:04pm Bruce S.: the amazing thing is that it's all from the same source RevRab
	10:06pm Gurldoggie: The educational value of this station is so self evident, I have to wonder about the value of our letters. Not that I won’t pitch in - because of course I will. But any bureaucrat who isn’t convinced by simply turning on his radio may not be convinced by a mountain of fan mail.
	10:07pm Bruce S.: The Mets have a good thing going, if they can stay over .500 in the first half they will be in great position for a second half run
	10:08pm Gurldoggie: Sorry, that sounded really defeatist. What I meant to say was “we can do this! Death to tyrants!”
	10:09pm Ira: Gurldoggie, I don't think that's true. Years ago, I was part of a group of people trying to save the last corner of undeveloped Hoboken from being developed (which would have kicked me out of a workspace), and remarkably--somewhat to my surprise--it worked. I like to think of it as my Mr. Smith Goes to Washington moment.
	♥ 10:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Gurldoggie - on the previous playlist I says : It's frustrating - because it seems clear that revoking Educational status is really a pretext for extortion of this Listener Supported station for their declining real estate Tax coffers. That is - it isn't really the question - but - they are framing it this way ...So... However! I don't know much about formalities or legalities - but from what (very) little Ive seen of Courts of Law for instance - Quantity of Support can be a Statement of its own sort.
	10:11pm patrick321: @Gurldoggie the mayor and at least a couple council members seem to be in the "wfmu is a treasure" camp. the tax assessor is a state employee, apparently
	10:11pm ?: I just wrote a letter of support and emailed it to helpus @ wfmu.org. I hope everybody else who understands the educational value of the station does the same
	♥ 10:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Anyhow - we have the Right to make our Statement ! & will feel better for having used it.
	10:13pm Ira: Thank you, ? . . . whoever you are!
	♥ 10:13pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Ira and friends. You're wearing your tweed jacket with the elbow patches, I trust?
	10:14pm ?: My pleasure! I love WFMU
	10:15pm Bruce S.: Thank you ?and I hope the Mysterians also follow suite
	10:19pm Gurldoggie: You’re all completely right, and I appreciate your outlook. WFMU and this community can totally convince those evil robots. Kindly forgive the cynicism of a grumpy old gurl.
	10:20pm Bruce S.: Hey this is a really cool set Ira
	10:25pm Rick G: Another great Kind of Blue era and band member (mostly) record is Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago.
	10:26pm Dayffid: Ira - just out of curiosity, is that corner of Hoboken still undeveloped?
	10:29pm headcleaner: either that, Ira, or they finally settled the books with their electrician
	10:30pm Ira: Dayffid: It is, although that's about to change. Supposedly without the artists being displaced. We'll see.
	♥ 10:30pm Little Danny: ICKY FIN, JO!
	10:30pm greg g: Hey P-90 , thank you for your response and duly noted. My correspondence will not begin with "Hey Chumps!" But in all seriousness, I am committed to writing a sincere , articulate and hopefully persuasive message that will convey the immeasureable value of WFMU .
	♥ 10:33pm Little Danny: Huh. Is the "Susie" of this song Susannah Clark?
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: <3 Townes
	♥ 10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ... <3 that story...
	10:35pm milliesmall: The in Crowd dub version/medley of the Cables?
	10:36pm Ira: milliesmall: yes
	10:36pm milliesmall: nice!
	10:36pm chresti: I kinda know the words to the first 2.
	10:38pm headcleaner: during the height of the pandemic, I managed to stumble upon the lone underdeveloped block in Red Hook (and by extension, all of "south, in the Hipster's notion of 'south'" Brooklyn). No worries, I shan't betray the coordinates
	10:41pm Bruce S.: I think this is the first time ever I heard a different DeFranco family song
	10:42pm chresti: Thanks Professor Ira! Goodnight comments forum associates!
	10:42pm McGroovey: Ira, "Give It Up" is the best song you've played in the last 3 minutes!
	10:42pm TDK60: G'night, chresti.
	10:42pm Bruce S.: Good night Chresti
	10:54pm Bruce S.: This record would be great on a very hot summer night
	11:02pm Jedley: Just 15 years ago there were completely undeveloped parts of San Francisco, just old decaying ruins and blocks upon blocks of squats. I used to walk there during lunch breaks. It was amazing. I won't depress you by telling you what it's like now.
	11:04pm TomDash: LOVE this song...
	11:04pm Fuzzy: Tis fucking great!
	11:07pm WR: slow to get to the screen but thank you thank you for the DL Menard.
	11:08pm McGroovey: This Chris Brokaw is the best song you've played in the past 7 minutes. I need it.
	11:10pm chresti: I love this!
	11:10pm Rosey is Listening on 91.1 MHz: Oh, just seeing now that you had Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass on in the background earlier. I never saw The Phil Silvers Show before, and it's on overnight every weeknight on Decades Network (WNYW channel 5.5 in NYC). I'm definitely going to record and watch it one of these days. Thanks for the reminder. That channel has such great stuff. Also really enjoyed that Chris Brokaw song.
	11:11pm Bergey: i love when i tune in and there's some odd instrumental that reveals how i truly feel in the moment
	11:11pm Bergey: like the music knew better than I did
	11:12pm Ira: The Phil Silvers Show is as good as it gets! I wonder if we get the Decades channel? I know we used to . . .
	11:12pm Bruce S.: Id gladley pay!
	11:14pm Bruce S.: The Phil Silvers show and car 54 defintly two of a kind
	11:14pm nolan: I'd Gladly Pay : Exhibit A in the educational value of WFMU
	11:16pm Rosey is Listening on 91.1 MHz: Bruce S., that show comes on after The Phil Silvers Show. Haven't seen it either. Will definitely check them both out. Hope you still have it, Ira! And I'm definitely excited to watch Phil Silvers now.
	11:17pm Bruce S.: your really doin it tonght Ira
	♥ 11:17pm Little Danny: Wow. This is great.
	11:18pm Bruce S.: those are vintage sitcoms Rosey enjoy
	11:18pm McGroovey: Eeeee So I asks myself, who is this Quickspace, Google tells me they're a spinoff of the Faith Healers, and now it all makes sense. Another record I need.
	11:20pm McGroovey: (I was too poor to buy records in the late '90s--or even to buy magazines to find out what I was missing, and I was living out if reach of good radio)
	11:20pm McGroovey: Of
	11:21pm Bruce S.: oh god McGroovey what did you do?
	♥ 11:23pm Little Danny: Beautiful.
	11:25pm McGroovey: Oh, no, I wasn't in jail. I was living in the country, working for my dad fixing boats. And then I went back to college.
	11:27pm Bruce S.: I'm glad the story has a happy ending
	11:28pm Gurldoggie: It's not an accident we hear "A Love Supreme" in this metaphysical exploration?
	11:29pm Bruce S.: I feel like the Monolith is before me
	♥ 11:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: One of my favorite reflections on Creativity : realworldrecords.com...
	11:35pm Dayffid: Is the Phil Silvers show and St Bilko one and the same? I think maybe in the uk they called it St Bilko. Or is it a different show altogether?
	11:36pm Ira: Same show. Also called You'll Never Get Rich.
	11:44pm Dayffid: Used to watch it when I was about eight years old. I also remember thinking that Top Cat must be the kids version of St Bilko. Which now I think back on it, it kind of was!
	11:45pm Bruce S.: BOP BOP BOPBOP top cat
	11:47pm Dayffid: Top Cat even sounded like Bilko. At least my memory of him does
	♥ 11:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...as Flintstones was Honeymooners they say...
	11:48pm Bruce S.: i'm getting used to your last set always being amazeing Ira
	11:49pm Bruce S.: Top Cat was to bilko as the flintstones was to the Honeymooners
	11:50pm Bruce S.: Right RevRab
	♥ 11:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I'm just gonna think about Ann Magrock. Because can.
	♥ 11:51pm Little Danny: Yeah, epic set!
	11:53pm Ira: Top Cat had an episode in which Benny wanted a hot pastrami sandwich with lots of pepper, something like that. I couldn't WAIT till I got to eat this exotic pastrami.
	♥ 11:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: Confound it! I thought you were playing a drone set. Turns out my VLC player stopped and the drone sound was just the fan running. Thanks for a wonderful evening, drone or not!
	11:54pm Dayffid: so wasn’t just my strange young mind making up that connection, it really was based on Bilko.
	11:54pm Bruce S.: who can say this show was not educational as hell
	11:54pm McGroovey: If I didn't already have this Gong record, I'd have to get it.
	11:56pm Dayffid: Wiki - Arnold Stang's vocal characterization of the lead character, the eponymous Top Cat, was based on an impression of Phil Silvers' voice. How’s that for education?
	11:57pm Bruce S.: I think you really did it all tonight Ira thanks so much for a wonderful show
	11:57pm pgalub: Great show! Ready for the pop quiz!
	11:57pm Jason from Houston: ❤︎ ꒰ ॢ ꈍ ◡ ꈍ ॢ ꒱ ❤︎
	♥ 11:57pm Little Danny: Loved the segue into Gong.
	11:57pm Dayffid: Night night
	11:57pm McGroovey: Tomorrow night? That would work for me.
	11:57pm Jed: Wonderful!
	♥ 11:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY DJ Irasan !
	♥ 11:58pm Ken From Hyde Park: This may be a good time for a Top Cat / Snagglepuss series.
	11:58pm Mr & Mrs Bobby Microwave: Great show. Thank you!!!
	11:58pm McGroovey: What's the homework?
	11:58pm Fisherman in the Matrix: Thank you!
	11:58pm Lori from Eau Claire: So good...thank you, Ira!
	11:59pm Gurldoggie: I feel substantially better educated. Thank you!
	11:59pm Melissa: Where do I email the letter to??
	11:59pm georgia: Yes, a great show for sure.
	12:00am McGroovey: What ever happened to Ghost? Finding out the answer to that question is my homework.
	12:00am Jed: Helpus@wfmu.org I believe
	8:12am Tracey: Oh! Finally, I came to the right place to get my favorite playlists. I love the Ira playlist and I play it whenever in a beauty parlor. You can also do my work here https://glowydowy.com/goth-makeup-tutorial/

Ira: Playlist from May 18, 2021

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