WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 1, 2023

Listener comments!
	3:07am Hubig Pie: Bonne Année. Champale ™ on the house
	3:09am fred: Happy new year chresti, Franco and all Pacific time zone people
	3:09am Richy4619: Bang! Boom! Happy New Year...
	3:13am Chris Crisco: Cheers Brian & all! Merry Xmas, Boxing Day (whatever the fuck that is) Happy & Healthy New Year to all!
	3:13am rich in angleton: happy new year!! Brian D spins those platters for the people!
	3:16am devlawn: I like photos
	3:16am Brian D: Happy New Year everyone! Hello Hubig, Fred, Richy, Chris, Rich and Dev.
	3:16am Brian D: I see the football didn't put you to sleep Rich in Angleton.
	3:23am rich in angleton: that's why i watch it on mute Brian D. glad to be able to catch the show this morning!
	3:25am fred: I hate this time of the year, all duty, no fun
	3:26am Brian D: Bahumbug, Fred. But I get it.
	3:33am LiXiviated Life: hello night listeners New year Same frequency
	3:35am Brian D: Hello Lix. Happy New Year.
	3:37am Destroit: Hi everyone.
	3:38am fred: Time for cheer. I'll see myself out
	3:41am LiXiviated Life: Good bye Vivienne Patron Saint of Safety Pins
	3:45am Brian D: Can we share a taxi, Fred? Or at least a ride on the Metro?
	3:45am devlawn: <3 Vivienne
	3:50am Klaus Bánh mì: Oof
	⚡ 3:55am Don in Tampere: Hyvää uutta vuotta/happy new year Brian, listeners and chatters! I am happy to report that I again managed to start the year without a hangover.
	3:56am Brian D: Hello and Happy New Year, Don.
	4:03am LiXiviated Life: @Don of T I spent the penultimate day in a haze of chemically induced penance. I intend to do less in the new year.
	4:04am Chris Crisco: I want to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep ... and find I'm king of the hill fucking a sheep.
	4:05am Chris Crisco: New Zealand ... New Zealand
	4:05am Destroit: Another A+ track from Dummy
	4:06am Brian D: Hello Chris. Belated hello Destroit. Didn't see you there.
	⚡ 4:11am Don in Tampere: I decided a long time ago that a hangover is the worst possible way to start a new year (I avoid them anyway, which usually works because I don't like to get drunk - there are nicer drugs.....), so make a point of not going overboard. Ended up watching old movies at a friends house so that the sound would distract her dog from the noise of fireworks. We really could have skipped Roadhouse IMHO, but I'd never seen "Tommy", so could just enjoy the excess and silliness. And had never heard of the delightful Danny Kaye film "The Court Jester", which was a lot of silly fun. Today it's my turn to host friends for a South Carolina new year dinner of greens, balckeyed peas and cornbread.
	4:34am Brian D: That menu sounds great, Don. I love that food. We watched "Charade" earlier this week. There's something comforting about old movies.
	⚡ 4:38am Michael of Cologne: Welcome to 2023 Brian, Don, Lix, Fred & all chatters. Not so much hung over, but the wines were delish. The fireworks here in central Cologne were intense, louder and more colourful than in previous years. Must be 'progress' in pyrotechnics. We could see to the edges of Cologne. 360° colour-bursts for 15-20 minutes.
	4:42am Brian D: Happy New Year, Michael.
	⚡ 4:47am herb.nyc: Ugh, can’t fell back asleep, since 4am. I thank Brian for the music and commentary- happy new year to all. My friend raves about hammered hulls. Now I see why. Lemme see what’s on the comment board…
	4:49am Brian D: Hello, Herb. Sorry you can't sleep, but great to "see" you.
	⚡ 5:01am herb.nyc: Never heard this specials Zappa song- protest songs always be relevant. When will it change? That was a rhetorical question Coincidence: I’ve had a funboy 3 pin on my pants for months. Then Terry dies. Sad, he was adamant about no one knowing how sick he was. RIP
	5:03am Brian D: Yeah, last I heard Terry was in the studio...
	⚡ 5:03am herb.nyc: That was a super exhibit that pavement had in lower Manhattan, during their 3or4 bklyn nights at kings theater (shoulda gone)
	⚡ 5:04am Don in Tampere: I have very mixed but increasingly negative feelings about the widespread private use of big fireworks. Some of the brightly colored rockets are nice to look at, but it's a huge amount of noise and chemical pollution, plus it scares the hell out of animals
	⚡ 5:05am herb.nyc: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:04 Laser shows are cleaner and safer? Do’able?
	5:05am Brian D: Yeah, Herb. I regret not seeing Pavement this time.
	⚡ 5:07am Bobby: Pavement every time
	⚡ 5:08am herb.nyc: This was crazy- B&S played forest hills tennis stadium 4,5 yrs ago. I got a ticket via a papering agency, $5! Then I was told tix were way cheap for pavement’s kings theater, outside the venue Oh Benjamin Netanyahu- I learned Hebrew in high skool. I should’ve asked mr price how to say “f u” so I could email that to Benny.
	⚡ 5:08am Don in Tampere: I kind of liked Slanted and Enchanted but didn't really stay a fan. A little too heavy on the slacker irony for me, plus I can't stand Mascis' singing.
	5:10am Brian D: Seeing B&S, fingers crossed, in March in JC, Herb.
	⚡ 5:14am herb.nyc: John Doe told my friend that being in the studio w X could get a little hairy. Some are right wing. (What!). I last saw him at wfmu’s Monty Hall. Terrific. (It was awful sounding, up front on his right. I ambled up for encore and pix) I think B&S sold out in nyc; let’s see what tickpick sez. Enjoy wash, dc, Brian (did I use an Oxford comma?)
	⚡ 5:17am herb.nyc: Gotta spk to mark hurst- photos so slow to load on my iPhone. He can solve all techmology problems. Isn’t his Monday 6-7pm show terrific?
	⚡ 5:17am Don in Tampere: Yeah, I read that Exene has gone in for a few loony conspiracy theories recently. Not what I would have expected.
	⚡ 5:19am herb.nyc: Billy Zoom is also on the wrong side
	5:19am Chris Crisco: Israeli Jews are turning into Nazis. Damn shame.
	⚡ 5:21am herb.nyc: My brain is off I can’t remember.., oh yes, I did. The documentary on NY Cosmos. Really good. Wotta decadent time them 70s.
	5:27am Brian D: That Cosmos documentary is called "Once in a Lifetime" and it's fantastic.
	5:28am Brian D: I "worked" that John Doe Monty Hall show. My first time meeting him. Lovely guy.
	⚡ 5:29am herb.nyc: Coincidence- I know Shilpa Ray drummer. Bec be studied math at ccny and I worked there. Great guy and great instructor- John Adamski. We hung out watching World Cup, years ago. THX, “once in a lifetime”. Brian is a fount of knowledge, except when he drew a blank earlier. Haha.
	5:31am Brian D: Except when I'm on mic, Herb ;-)
	⚡ 5:33am herb.nyc: Not a Bjork fan. (Bjorn Borg, yes) let’s see what’s in wnyc…NOT
	⚡ 5:36am herb.nyc: Bk to Netanyahu- was there a ceremony inducting him yet? If so, who’d USandA send to represent? I hope secretary of agriculture (pork!)
	5:39am Brian D: Have no idea, Herb. Assume ambassador?
	⚡ 5:40am Don in Tampere: Herb, as much as I detest Netan-yahoo, that sounds entirely too much to me like what the Catholic conquistadors did to Jewish people in Iberia in the late 1400s and early 1500s.
	⚡ 5:45am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & devotees. What a cheery selection of images. Hope the world can move away from this right facing direction. We have to accept that history is not there to teach us anything. The god in me salutes the god in you.
	5:49am Brian D: Hello Brian, and Happy New Year. I tried to throw in a few "light" images -- but they were hard to find, alas.
	⚡ 5:53am herb.nyc: More “light” images. Haha. Maybe do a future show that has good news. (Hmm, maybe not a bad idea?) @Don - I don’t know my history (or geography, I’m an American), and groups have killed groups for many years (maaaaaany). “Can we just get along?”- kinduva pat answer, but how do we move on? Oh, almost 6pm
	5:55am Brian D: Alright all, I'm going to get out of here before I do any more damage. A Happy and Healthy New Year to you all. Have a great week and stay safe.
	⚡ 5:56am herb.nyc: I like his delivery- Nathaniel Rateliff Who is he? Thx for all, Brian. Best wishes to you and all here
	7:58am TDK60: Brian, thanks for a year of good music and looks at the world. (I usually listen later via archive.) Gracias from a lifelong leftist dissenter.
	9:31am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @7:58 Thank you, TDK. Happy New Year.

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 1, 2023

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January 1, 2023: A Year in Songs... and Pictures
"Truth... is not something static, a mountain-top that statements approximate like successive assaults of frostbitten climbers. Rather, truth is constantly being formed from the solidification of illusions."--John Updike, "Of The Farm"

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Smithereens	Auld Lang Syne "Auld Lang Syne" by "Smithereens"	Christmas with the Smithereens		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Parquet Courts	Walking at a Downtown Pace	Sympathy for Life		0:02:45 (Pop-up)
Fontaines D.C.	Jackie Down the Line	Skinty Fla		0:07:30 (Pop-up)
IDLES	White Privilege "White Privilege" by "IDLES"	Five Years of Brutalism		0:11:36 (Pop-up)
Dry Cleaning	No Decent Shoes for Rain	Stumpwork		0:15:56 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CBS death of Vivienne Westwood "Clip: CBS death of Vivienne Westwood"			0:22:02 (Pop-up)
Wet Leg	Too Late Now "Too Late Now" by "Wet Leg"	Wet Leg		0:22:24 (Pop-up)
Self-Esteem	Fcking Wizardry "Fcking Wizardry" by "Self-Esteem"	Prioritise Pleasure		0:26:20 (Pop-up)
The Bug	Fractured (feat. Dalek) "Fractured (feat. Dalek)" by "The Bug"	Absent Riddim		0:30:12 (Pop-up)
Ree-Vo	Spacebox "Spacebox" by "Ree-Vo"	All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo		0:35:02 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Cyrus Chestnut and Friends	Linus and Lucy	A Charlie Brown Christmas		0:38:01 (Pop-up)
Placebo	Forever Chemicals "Forever Chemicals" by "Placebo"	Never Let Me Go		0:44:58 (Pop-up)
	Clip: ABC-South Koreans to get one year "younger" in 2023			0:50:17 (Pop-up)
Special Interest	All Tomorrow's Carry	The Passion Of...		0:50:43 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Fallout "Fallout" by "Yo La Tengo"	This Stupid World		0:55:56 (Pop-up)
Dummy	Pepsi Vacuum "Pepsi Vacuum" by "Dummy"	Mono Retriever		1:00:34 (Pop-up)
Lizard Music	The Crow Flies "The Crow Flies" by "Lizard Music"	Arizone		1:05:45 (Pop-up)
Savak	Dealers "Dealers" by "Savak"	Human Error/Human Delight		1:08:57 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Cyrus Chestnut and Friends	Linus and Lucy	A Charlie Brown Christmas		1:13:22 (Pop-up)
The Homeless Gospel Choir	Politics on Holidays	Fourth Dimension Intervention		1:20:24 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WHAS-power stations attacked in Washington State			1:23:36 (Pop-up)
The Mars Volta	Blacklight Shine "Blacklight Shine" by "The Mars Volta"	The Mars Volta		1:25:02 (Pop-up)
Hammered Hulls	Rights and Reproduction	Careening		1:28:39 (Pop-up)
Titus Andronicus	We're Coming Back	We're Coming Back		1:33:27 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Cyrus Chestnut and Friends	Linus and Lucy	A Charlie Brown Christmas		1:36:52 (Pop-up)
Smithereens	Out Of This World "Out Of This World" by "Smithereens"	Lost Album		1:41:02 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WXIA-remembering Pele "Clip: WXIA-remembering Pele"			1:45:17 (Pop-up)
Primal Scream	Come Together (Farley Mix)	The Screamadelica 12" Singles	RIP Martin Duffy: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/martin-duffy-primal-scream-and-felt-keyboardist-dies-aged-55	1:45:46 (Pop-up)
The Specials	Trouble Every Day "Trouble Every Day" by "The Specials"	Protest Songs 1924-2012	Zappa cover; RIP Terry Hall: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64029430	1:53:51 (Pop-up)
Pavement	Harness Your Hopes "Harness Your Hopes" by "Pavement"	Spit on a Stranger reissue		1:59:09 (Pop-up)
Belle and Sebastian	If They're Shooting at You	A Bit of Previous		2:02:33 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CBS-New government sworn in in Israel			2:07:03 (Pop-up)
John Doe	Guilty Bystander "Guilty Bystander" by "John Doe"	Fables in a Foreign Land		2:08:27 (Pop-up)
SUSS	Heat Haze "Heat Haze" by "SUSS"	Heat Haze EP		2:11:26 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: James Murphy	Golden Years "Golden Years" by "James Murphy"	While We're Young motion picture soundtrack		2:16:19 (Pop-up)
Shilpa Ray	Bootlickers of the Patriarchy	Portrait of a Lady		2:21:45 (Pop-up)
Bjork	Victimhood "Victimhood" by "Bjork"	Fossora		2:26:35 (Pop-up)
Rachika Nayar	Heaven Come Crashing	Heaven Come Crashing		2:33:38 (Pop-up)
Black Country, New Road	Concorde "Concorde" by "Black Country, New Road"	Ants from Up There		2:39:08 (Pop-up)
Ghost Funk Orchestra	Night Walker	Night Walker / Death Waltz		2:45:07 (Pop-up)
Al-Qasar	Awal (feat. Lee Ranaldo)	Who Are We?		2:47:53 (Pop-up)
Nathaniel Rateliff	Famous Blue Raincoat	Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen		2:54:13 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:07am Hubig Pie: Bonne Année. Champale ™ on the house
	3:09am fred: Happy new year chresti, Franco and all Pacific time zone people
	3:09am Richy4619: Bang! Boom! Happy New Year...
	3:13am Chris Crisco: Cheers Brian & all! Merry Xmas, Boxing Day (whatever the fuck that is) Happy & Healthy New Year to all!
	3:13am rich in angleton: happy new year!! Brian D spins those platters for the people!
	3:16am devlawn: I like photos
	3:16am Brian D: Happy New Year everyone! Hello Hubig, Fred, Richy, Chris, Rich and Dev.
	3:16am Brian D: I see the football didn't put you to sleep Rich in Angleton.
	3:23am rich in angleton: that's why i watch it on mute Brian D. glad to be able to catch the show this morning!
	3:25am fred: I hate this time of the year, all duty, no fun
	3:26am Brian D: Bahumbug, Fred. But I get it.
	3:33am LiXiviated Life: hello night listeners New year Same frequency
	3:35am Brian D: Hello Lix. Happy New Year.
	3:37am Destroit: Hi everyone.
	3:38am fred: Time for cheer. I'll see myself out
	3:41am LiXiviated Life: Good bye Vivienne Patron Saint of Safety Pins
	3:45am Brian D: Can we share a taxi, Fred? Or at least a ride on the Metro?
	3:45am devlawn: <3 Vivienne
	3:50am Klaus Bánh mì: Oof
	⚡ 3:55am Don in Tampere: Hyvää uutta vuotta/happy new year Brian, listeners and chatters! I am happy to report that I again managed to start the year without a hangover.
	3:56am Brian D: Hello and Happy New Year, Don.
	4:03am LiXiviated Life: @Don of T I spent the penultimate day in a haze of chemically induced penance. I intend to do less in the new year.
	4:04am Chris Crisco: I want to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep ... and find I'm king of the hill fucking a sheep.
	4:05am Chris Crisco: New Zealand ... New Zealand
	4:05am Destroit: Another A+ track from Dummy
	4:06am Brian D: Hello Chris. Belated hello Destroit. Didn't see you there.
	⚡ 4:11am Don in Tampere: I decided a long time ago that a hangover is the worst possible way to start a new year (I avoid them anyway, which usually works because I don't like to get drunk - there are nicer drugs.....), so make a point of not going overboard. Ended up watching old movies at a friends house so that the sound would distract her dog from the noise of fireworks. We really could have skipped Roadhouse IMHO, but I'd never seen "Tommy", so could just enjoy the excess and silliness. And had never heard of the delightful Danny Kaye film "The Court Jester", which was a lot of silly fun. Today it's my turn to host friends for a South Carolina new year dinner of greens, balckeyed peas and cornbread.
	4:34am Brian D: That menu sounds great, Don. I love that food. We watched "Charade" earlier this week. There's something comforting about old movies.
	⚡ 4:38am Michael of Cologne: Welcome to 2023 Brian, Don, Lix, Fred & all chatters. Not so much hung over, but the wines were delish. The fireworks here in central Cologne were intense, louder and more colourful than in previous years. Must be 'progress' in pyrotechnics. We could see to the edges of Cologne. 360° colour-bursts for 15-20 minutes.
	4:42am Brian D: Happy New Year, Michael.
	⚡ 4:47am herb.nyc: Ugh, can’t fell back asleep, since 4am. I thank Brian for the music and commentary- happy new year to all. My friend raves about hammered hulls. Now I see why. Lemme see what’s on the comment board…
	4:49am Brian D: Hello, Herb. Sorry you can't sleep, but great to "see" you.
	⚡ 5:01am herb.nyc: Never heard this specials Zappa song- protest songs always be relevant. When will it change? That was a rhetorical question Coincidence: I’ve had a funboy 3 pin on my pants for months. Then Terry dies. Sad, he was adamant about no one knowing how sick he was. RIP
	5:03am Brian D: Yeah, last I heard Terry was in the studio...
	⚡ 5:03am herb.nyc: That was a super exhibit that pavement had in lower Manhattan, during their 3or4 bklyn nights at kings theater (shoulda gone)
	⚡ 5:04am Don in Tampere: I have very mixed but increasingly negative feelings about the widespread private use of big fireworks. Some of the brightly colored rockets are nice to look at, but it's a huge amount of noise and chemical pollution, plus it scares the hell out of animals
	⚡ 5:05am herb.nyc: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:04 Laser shows are cleaner and safer? Do’able?
	5:05am Brian D: Yeah, Herb. I regret not seeing Pavement this time.
	⚡ 5:07am Bobby: Pavement every time
	⚡ 5:08am herb.nyc: This was crazy- B&S played forest hills tennis stadium 4,5 yrs ago. I got a ticket via a papering agency, $5! Then I was told tix were way cheap for pavement’s kings theater, outside the venue Oh Benjamin Netanyahu- I learned Hebrew in high skool. I should’ve asked mr price how to say “f u” so I could email that to Benny.
	⚡ 5:08am Don in Tampere: I kind of liked Slanted and Enchanted but didn't really stay a fan. A little too heavy on the slacker irony for me, plus I can't stand Mascis' singing.
	5:10am Brian D: Seeing B&S, fingers crossed, in March in JC, Herb.
	⚡ 5:14am herb.nyc: John Doe told my friend that being in the studio w X could get a little hairy. Some are right wing. (What!). I last saw him at wfmu’s Monty Hall. Terrific. (It was awful sounding, up front on his right. I ambled up for encore and pix) I think B&S sold out in nyc; let’s see what tickpick sez. Enjoy wash, dc, Brian (did I use an Oxford comma?)
	⚡ 5:17am herb.nyc: Gotta spk to mark hurst- photos so slow to load on my iPhone. He can solve all techmology problems. Isn’t his Monday 6-7pm show terrific?
	⚡ 5:17am Don in Tampere: Yeah, I read that Exene has gone in for a few loony conspiracy theories recently. Not what I would have expected.
	⚡ 5:19am herb.nyc: Billy Zoom is also on the wrong side
	5:19am Chris Crisco: Israeli Jews are turning into Nazis. Damn shame.
	⚡ 5:21am herb.nyc: My brain is off I can’t remember.., oh yes, I did. The documentary on NY Cosmos. Really good. Wotta decadent time them 70s.
	5:27am Brian D: That Cosmos documentary is called "Once in a Lifetime" and it's fantastic.
	5:28am Brian D: I "worked" that John Doe Monty Hall show. My first time meeting him. Lovely guy.
	⚡ 5:29am herb.nyc: Coincidence- I know Shilpa Ray drummer. Bec be studied math at ccny and I worked there. Great guy and great instructor- John Adamski. We hung out watching World Cup, years ago. THX, “once in a lifetime”. Brian is a fount of knowledge, except when he drew a blank earlier. Haha.
	5:31am Brian D: Except when I'm on mic, Herb ;-)
	⚡ 5:33am herb.nyc: Not a Bjork fan. (Bjorn Borg, yes) let’s see what’s in wnyc…NOT
	⚡ 5:36am herb.nyc: Bk to Netanyahu- was there a ceremony inducting him yet? If so, who’d USandA send to represent? I hope secretary of agriculture (pork!)
	5:39am Brian D: Have no idea, Herb. Assume ambassador?
	⚡ 5:40am Don in Tampere: Herb, as much as I detest Netan-yahoo, that sounds entirely too much to me like what the Catholic conquistadors did to Jewish people in Iberia in the late 1400s and early 1500s.
	⚡ 5:45am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & devotees. What a cheery selection of images. Hope the world can move away from this right facing direction. We have to accept that history is not there to teach us anything. The god in me salutes the god in you.
	5:49am Brian D: Hello Brian, and Happy New Year. I tried to throw in a few "light" images -- but they were hard to find, alas.
	⚡ 5:53am herb.nyc: More “light” images. Haha. Maybe do a future show that has good news. (Hmm, maybe not a bad idea?) @Don - I don’t know my history (or geography, I’m an American), and groups have killed groups for many years (maaaaaany). “Can we just get along?”- kinduva pat answer, but how do we move on? Oh, almost 6pm
	5:55am Brian D: Alright all, I'm going to get out of here before I do any more damage. A Happy and Healthy New Year to you all. Have a great week and stay safe.
	⚡ 5:56am herb.nyc: I like his delivery- Nathaniel Rateliff Who is he? Thx for all, Brian. Best wishes to you and all here
	7:58am TDK60: Brian, thanks for a year of good music and looks at the world. (I usually listen later via archive.) Gracias from a lifelong leftist dissenter.
	9:31am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @7:58 Thank you, TDK. Happy New Year.

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 1, 2023

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