WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from July 3, 2022

Listener comments!
	3:01am Scott67: G'day Brian & Currents! 🍻😎🤙🎶📻☀️🌏🌻
	3:07am tom tom the pipers son: hello dj brian
	3:09am katharsis: Hello, way past my bedtime.
	3:12am tom tom the pipers son: i remember watching elvis costello's talk show when he had lou reed on. they both got on stage to do a song and lou reeds prescence just made elvis costello look like such a poser
	3:21am _Ike_: Maybe I’m getting a bit old… well, middle-aged… but that’s completely normal “stunting” in the commercial radio world.
	3:22am Brian D: Hello Scott, Tom Tom, Katharsis and all! Welcome.
	3:22am Brian D: Hello Ike, and indeed: cliche almost.
	3:23am _Ike_: I have no idea why an ordinary bit of format-change stunting got all those headlines. Haven’t commercial stations stunted much lately? Did it fall out of favor for a few years, causing newspaper editors to forget about it?
	3:24am Scott67: SBS Public TV in Australia do their own version of May 4th. On the 5th they play the Fifth Element film all day.
	3:26am katharsis: And then Lou and Laurie had this little thing.
	3:26am Scott67: Reckon it may have been the song choice & timing that was 'news worthy' Ike.
	3:28am Brian D: Took the words right out of my mouth, Scott. The song choice and the fact it came on the heels of layoffs at the station...
	3:28am LiXiviated Life: Hello listeners in the darkness
	3:29am Roberto: Lousy Hippy Johnny always scammin' on my babes.
	3:30am Diezel Tea: Hey Brian and friends! Perfect day and soundtrack on FMU for a minor trip up north in the country.
	3:34am MarkMTL: thanks for the heads-up about the NYPL archive show!
	3:34am _Ike_: @Scott, that’s odd, here radio stations only do it if they’re switching formats. With which layoffs often come, so that part shouldn’t be unusual, so I wonder if the station intentionally spread these rumors that it was a protest — that would have been smart to add a new (fake) twist.
	3:37am Special_Vessels: Morning Brian and modern lovers, Ben reporting from the beginning of his workweek in Tel Aviv. Sun up, run done. Smoothie blended, AC blasting...and I'm on.
	3:38am _Ike_: The exception is WFMU of course, where a DJ might play a song on a loop to drive listeners bonkers, like the iconic nutcase and sonic prankster Kenny G, long since departed. From FMU that is, not from Earth. ;)
	3:41am Brian D: Greetings Lix, Diezel, Spec...
	3:42am LiXiviated Life: Wrong song? What’s that? There are NO wrong songs
	3:48am Foutracbaldisco: Hello Brian . I feel very embarrassed and ashamed. From a mistake without big importance , I made it a tragedy ! (Francis from France) . Hello all listeners !
	3:51am Brian D: Not at all, Fout/Francis. It is I who should be embarrassed. Wanted to do right by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Widowspeak, too.
	⚡ 3:56am Michael of Cologne: Good morning, Brian. Lou's got a great groove goin' there. Greetings to all.
	4:04am katharsis: @Ike I think of it like a kind of training when there is difficult listening music. It helps me navigate the microcosm.
	4:04am LiXiviated Life: NYC in July and August ? I’ll pass.
	4:05am Brian D: Hello Michael!
	4:09am Foutracbaldisco: Great ! Thanks Brian !
	4:10am katharsis: Macrocosm I mean; the small scale being a practice ground for how to navigate the larger environment.
	4:19am mark: thanks for lou reed..niece worked for him from '13 to 2017..saw him dylan tribute at msg and prospect park free show. met him one time.
	4:20am Vinnie: Wait what are these demos called ??
	4:21am LiXiviated Life: The pain of listening to Lou Reed trying to be Bob Dylan is that I know at some point he finds the courage to be himself. And that epiphany changes everything
	4:22am Brian D: From the Peel Slowly and See box set, Vinnie: en.wikipedia.org...
	4:25am Vinnie: Thanks Brian great stuff at this hour
	4:26am Brian D: Thanks Vinnie. Glad you like it.
	4:38am mark: most likely next time you will intervene..
	4:39am mark: i interact all the time with the homeless in denver
	4:40am LiXiviated Life: Brian your story is incomplete
	4:40am Brian D: I hope so Mark. And good for you. The world needs more people like you.
	4:42am JetBoy of Brooklyn: It’s a sad state of the state that we’ve come to in terms of legitimate fears for one’s safety being in tension with the urge to help a person in distress. I understand your regret.
	⚡ 4:45am Nikita: Don’t beat yourself up Brian, like you said, there were other people there who helped. Too many can be overwhelming for the person in crisis. No doubt in this life, you may get another chance to step in, and you’ll be more ready to take the leap. 💕
	4:46am Brian D: Thank you, Jet and Nikita for the kind words. So many struggling these days.
	4:51am JetBoy of Brooklyn: P.S. smashing show, thank you! The Lou Reed is hitting particularly hard.
	4:53am Brian D: Glad you're enjoying, Jet. Thank you.
	4:55am LiXiviated Life: I don’t know man. Like I said before, the story lacks detail but my guess is that this person may have had problems that nobody was gonna solve in a sushi restaurant.
	4:57am Brian D: That's really all there is, Lix. We literally high-tailed it out of there. And, you may be right. But better to do something than nothing.
	4:58am LiXiviated Life: maybe the best we can do is care for the people in our everyday lives.
	5:03am mark: even with other people there one could just go over and say hang in there man, we love you
	5:05am mark: beautiful venus in furs!!!
	5:11am morphe': MarkMTL - just tuned in ... what is " NYPL archive show!?"
	5:12am LiXiviated Life: @mark Ok but that seems like it would help me feel better about myself more than that guy. The world is f’d up and it breaks people. I don’t have that high an opinion of myself that I think I can swoop in and solve problems like broken people with just some words. Stuff like that takes commitment and time. But what the hell do I know.
	5:15am LiXiviated Life: Brian, Thanks for this show. Appreciate the time you put into each one. 🏆
	5:18am Brian D: Thank you, Lix. A labor of love for me, to be honest.
	5:18am morphe': Pride - for later ... BBC Outlook (audio) did a 1 hour interview with Ted Brown about being Black and gay in London in the '60s ... 1972 "Kiss In" .... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct41dm Article here from last year: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/08/ted-brown-the-man-who-held-a-mass-kiss-in-and-made-history
	5:22am mark: disagree...short message of love penetrates the subconcious .might actually help.especially two people.. definitely not thinking of oneself. personally helped homeless their faces light up with appreciation..nobody helps them..i know its different situation situation situation situation
	5:25am Brian D: Belated hello Morphe. Lou Reed: www.nypl.org...
	5:38am mark: great choice..love this song. great show!
	5:40am LiXiviated Life: Thinking now of St. Andrew Warhola Parton of young artists and the fragile hearted
	5:44am Brian D: Thank you, Mark.
	5:45am dday: 90.1FM is down..all static since at least 8:35PM last night. https://fsd.servicemax.com/2012/11/29/field-service-at-1700-feet-radio-tower-repair/
	5:47am morphe': Thanks Brian and for spinning too of course...
	5:53am LiXiviated Life: Be “The banana peel in the coal mine”
	5:54am morphe': Lix ... I too was going to make that echo. So its is only Shakespeare and Jon Stewart who can mix metaphors..
	5:55am LiXiviated Life: morphed 🏆
	5:56am Foutracbaldisco: Lots of songs I loved in your show Brian . I have a special affection for R.e.m. 's album Dead Letter Office. It was So good to hear two Velvet Underground's covers from this album . Thank you !
	5:56am LiXiviated Life: (I hate autocorrect)
	5:56am Brian D: Alright folks. I'm off before I break something. Thank you for listening. Have a great week and stay safe.
	5:58am Scott67: Thanks Brian!🍻😎🤙🌻
	5:59am mark: tasteful show.. one of the best on wfmu

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from July 3, 2022

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July 3, 2022: "And here's to the life that's not saved..."

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Pixies	Here Comes Your Man "Here Comes Your Man" by "Pixies"	Doolittle	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	Waiting for the Man "Waiting for the Man" by "David Bowie"	Bowie at the Beeb	0:03:06 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Home of the Brave "Home of the Brave" by "Lou Reed"	The Legendary Lou Reed	0:08:31 (Pop-up)
Ramones	Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?	End Of The Century	0:16:17 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Various-Canadian radio station launches format change with 30 hours of Rage		0:20:07 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground	Rock 'n' Roll "Rock 'n' Roll" by "Velvet Underground"	The Best of the Velvet Underground	0:21:12 (Pop-up)
The Modern Lovers	I'm Straight "I'm Straight" by "The Modern Lovers"	The Modern Lovers	0:25:47 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Velvet Underground	Loop "Loop" by "Velvet Underground"	And So On	0:30:12 (Pop-up)
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	The Way It Shatters	Endless Rooms	0:39:36 (Pop-up)
	Clip: KSAT-Migrants die in truck in Texas		0:43:55 (Pop-up)
Widowspeak	Salt "Salt" by "Widowspeak"	The Jacket	0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Oh Jim "Oh Jim" by "Lou Reed"	Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse	0:49:13 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	White Light, White Heat	Bowie at the Beeb	0:57:35 (Pop-up)
Rentals	New York "New York" by "Rentals"	JD Twitch's 60 Minutes of Fear	1:01:24 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Sonnet: O City. City by Delmore Schwartz		1:04:21 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground	Heroin "Heroin" by "Velvet Underground"	Peel Slowly And See	1:05:21 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CNN-Police fire teargas at pro-choice protestors		1:19:18 (Pop-up)
Fontaines D.C.	Black Angel's Death Song	I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To Velvet Underground & Nico	1:20:39 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Lou Reed reads excerpt of “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” by Delmore Schwartz		1:23:51 (Pop-up)
REM	Femme Fatale "Femme Fatale" by "REM"	Dead Letter Office	1:25:49 (Pop-up)

Lou Reed	Waves of Fear "Waves of Fear" by "Lou Reed"	The Blue Mask	1:39:12 (Pop-up)
	Clip: City News-Pride marchers in Oslo show defiance		1:43:19 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed and John Cale	Open House	Songs for Drella	1:44:27 (Pop-up)
Robert Pollard	Feel Not Crushed "Feel Not Crushed" by "Robert Pollard"	Our Gaze	1:48:48 (Pop-up)
Dream Syndicate	Tell Me When It's Over	The Days of Wine and Roses	1:51:51 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Reuters-Russian oil exports "Clip: Reuters-Russian oil exports"		1:55:22 (Pop-up)
The Ukrainians	Chekannya (Venus in Furs)	Live in Czeremcha	1:56:31 (Pop-up)
Sprints	Modern Job "Modern Job" by "Sprints"	A Modern Job	1:59:54 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Channel 4-UK rail strikes "Clip: Channel 4-UK rail strikes"		2:26:02 (Pop-up)
Feelies	Forces At Work "Forces At Work" by "Feelies"	Crazy Rhythms	2:04:43 (Pop-up)

Aunt Sally	Essay "Essay" by "Aunt Sally"	Aunt Sally	2:18:11 (Pop-up)
Particle Kid	King of Ashes "King of Ashes" by "Particle Kid"	Time Capsule	2:21:08 (Pop-up)
	Clip: NBC-Biden to visit Saudi Arabia "Clip: NBC-Biden to visit Saudi Arabia"		2:28:45 (Pop-up)
Gus Englehorn	Exercise My Demons "Exercise My Demons" by "Gus Englehorn"	Dungeon Master	2:30:33 (Pop-up)
REM	There She Goes Again "There She Goes Again" by "REM"	Dead Letter Office	2:33:22 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground	Pale Blue Eyes	And So On	2:36:26 (Pop-up)
Joyfultalk	Take It to the Grave "Take It to the Grave" by "Joyfultalk"	Familiar Science	2:42:54 (Pop-up)
	Clip: PBS-Excerpt of Jon Stewart's acceptance speech for Mark Twain prize		2:50:03 (Pop-up)
Queers	Sunday Morning "Sunday Morning" by "Queers"	MP3	2:51:44 (Pop-up)
Courtney Barnett	I'll Be Your Mirror	I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To Velvet Underground & Nico	2:56:17 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:01am Scott67: G'day Brian & Currents! 🍻😎🤙🎶📻☀️🌏🌻
	3:07am tom tom the pipers son: hello dj brian
	3:09am katharsis: Hello, way past my bedtime.
	3:12am tom tom the pipers son: i remember watching elvis costello's talk show when he had lou reed on. they both got on stage to do a song and lou reeds prescence just made elvis costello look like such a poser
	3:21am _Ike_: Maybe I’m getting a bit old… well, middle-aged… but that’s completely normal “stunting” in the commercial radio world.
	3:22am Brian D: Hello Scott, Tom Tom, Katharsis and all! Welcome.
	3:22am Brian D: Hello Ike, and indeed: cliche almost.
	3:23am _Ike_: I have no idea why an ordinary bit of format-change stunting got all those headlines. Haven’t commercial stations stunted much lately? Did it fall out of favor for a few years, causing newspaper editors to forget about it?
	3:24am Scott67: SBS Public TV in Australia do their own version of May 4th. On the 5th they play the Fifth Element film all day.
	3:26am katharsis: And then Lou and Laurie had this little thing.
	3:26am Scott67: Reckon it may have been the song choice & timing that was 'news worthy' Ike.
	3:28am Brian D: Took the words right out of my mouth, Scott. The song choice and the fact it came on the heels of layoffs at the station...
	3:28am LiXiviated Life: Hello listeners in the darkness
	3:29am Roberto: Lousy Hippy Johnny always scammin' on my babes.
	3:30am Diezel Tea: Hey Brian and friends! Perfect day and soundtrack on FMU for a minor trip up north in the country.
	3:34am MarkMTL: thanks for the heads-up about the NYPL archive show!
	3:34am _Ike_: @Scott, that’s odd, here radio stations only do it if they’re switching formats. With which layoffs often come, so that part shouldn’t be unusual, so I wonder if the station intentionally spread these rumors that it was a protest — that would have been smart to add a new (fake) twist.
	3:37am Special_Vessels: Morning Brian and modern lovers, Ben reporting from the beginning of his workweek in Tel Aviv. Sun up, run done. Smoothie blended, AC blasting...and I'm on.
	3:38am _Ike_: The exception is WFMU of course, where a DJ might play a song on a loop to drive listeners bonkers, like the iconic nutcase and sonic prankster Kenny G, long since departed. From FMU that is, not from Earth. ;)
	3:41am Brian D: Greetings Lix, Diezel, Spec...
	3:42am LiXiviated Life: Wrong song? What’s that? There are NO wrong songs
	3:48am Foutracbaldisco: Hello Brian . I feel very embarrassed and ashamed. From a mistake without big importance , I made it a tragedy ! (Francis from France) . Hello all listeners !
	3:51am Brian D: Not at all, Fout/Francis. It is I who should be embarrassed. Wanted to do right by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Widowspeak, too.
	⚡ 3:56am Michael of Cologne: Good morning, Brian. Lou's got a great groove goin' there. Greetings to all.
	4:04am katharsis: @Ike I think of it like a kind of training when there is difficult listening music. It helps me navigate the microcosm.
	4:04am LiXiviated Life: NYC in July and August ? I’ll pass.
	4:05am Brian D: Hello Michael!
	4:09am Foutracbaldisco: Great ! Thanks Brian !
	4:10am katharsis: Macrocosm I mean; the small scale being a practice ground for how to navigate the larger environment.
	4:19am mark: thanks for lou reed..niece worked for him from '13 to 2017..saw him dylan tribute at msg and prospect park free show. met him one time.
	4:20am Vinnie: Wait what are these demos called ??
	4:21am LiXiviated Life: The pain of listening to Lou Reed trying to be Bob Dylan is that I know at some point he finds the courage to be himself. And that epiphany changes everything
	4:22am Brian D: From the Peel Slowly and See box set, Vinnie: en.wikipedia.org...
	4:25am Vinnie: Thanks Brian great stuff at this hour
	4:26am Brian D: Thanks Vinnie. Glad you like it.
	4:38am mark: most likely next time you will intervene..
	4:39am mark: i interact all the time with the homeless in denver
	4:40am LiXiviated Life: Brian your story is incomplete
	4:40am Brian D: I hope so Mark. And good for you. The world needs more people like you.
	4:42am JetBoy of Brooklyn: It’s a sad state of the state that we’ve come to in terms of legitimate fears for one’s safety being in tension with the urge to help a person in distress. I understand your regret.
	⚡ 4:45am Nikita: Don’t beat yourself up Brian, like you said, there were other people there who helped. Too many can be overwhelming for the person in crisis. No doubt in this life, you may get another chance to step in, and you’ll be more ready to take the leap. 💕
	4:46am Brian D: Thank you, Jet and Nikita for the kind words. So many struggling these days.
	4:51am JetBoy of Brooklyn: P.S. smashing show, thank you! The Lou Reed is hitting particularly hard.
	4:53am Brian D: Glad you're enjoying, Jet. Thank you.
	4:55am LiXiviated Life: I don’t know man. Like I said before, the story lacks detail but my guess is that this person may have had problems that nobody was gonna solve in a sushi restaurant.
	4:57am Brian D: That's really all there is, Lix. We literally high-tailed it out of there. And, you may be right. But better to do something than nothing.
	4:58am LiXiviated Life: maybe the best we can do is care for the people in our everyday lives.
	5:03am mark: even with other people there one could just go over and say hang in there man, we love you
	5:05am mark: beautiful venus in furs!!!
	5:11am morphe': MarkMTL - just tuned in ... what is " NYPL archive show!?"
	5:12am LiXiviated Life: @mark Ok but that seems like it would help me feel better about myself more than that guy. The world is f’d up and it breaks people. I don’t have that high an opinion of myself that I think I can swoop in and solve problems like broken people with just some words. Stuff like that takes commitment and time. But what the hell do I know.
	5:15am LiXiviated Life: Brian, Thanks for this show. Appreciate the time you put into each one. 🏆
	5:18am Brian D: Thank you, Lix. A labor of love for me, to be honest.
	5:18am morphe': Pride - for later ... BBC Outlook (audio) did a 1 hour interview with Ted Brown about being Black and gay in London in the '60s ... 1972 "Kiss In" .... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct41dm Article here from last year: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/08/ted-brown-the-man-who-held-a-mass-kiss-in-and-made-history
	5:22am mark: disagree...short message of love penetrates the subconcious .might actually help.especially two people.. definitely not thinking of oneself. personally helped homeless their faces light up with appreciation..nobody helps them..i know its different situation situation situation situation
	5:25am Brian D: Belated hello Morphe. Lou Reed: www.nypl.org...
	5:38am mark: great choice..love this song. great show!
	5:40am LiXiviated Life: Thinking now of St. Andrew Warhola Parton of young artists and the fragile hearted
	5:44am Brian D: Thank you, Mark.
	5:45am dday: 90.1FM is down..all static since at least 8:35PM last night. https://fsd.servicemax.com/2012/11/29/field-service-at-1700-feet-radio-tower-repair/
	5:47am morphe': Thanks Brian and for spinning too of course...
	5:53am LiXiviated Life: Be “The banana peel in the coal mine”
	5:54am morphe': Lix ... I too was going to make that echo. So its is only Shakespeare and Jon Stewart who can mix metaphors..
	5:55am LiXiviated Life: morphed 🏆
	5:56am Foutracbaldisco: Lots of songs I loved in your show Brian . I have a special affection for R.e.m. 's album Dead Letter Office. It was So good to hear two Velvet Underground's covers from this album . Thank you !
	5:56am LiXiviated Life: (I hate autocorrect)
	5:56am Brian D: Alright folks. I'm off before I break something. Thank you for listening. Have a great week and stay safe.
	5:58am Scott67: Thanks Brian!🍻😎🤙🌻
	5:59am mark: tasteful show.. one of the best on wfmu

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from July 3, 2022

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