WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from June 25, 2023

Listener comments!
	⚡ 3:01am Heidee: Good M☀️rning Brian! And all!
	3:01am fred: Hello Brian and all
	3:02am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:01 Heidee! Is school over yet?
	3:02am devlawn: Some songs you forget are a cover.
	⚡ 3:03am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian, everybody...
	⚡ 3:03am Heidee: Love the love letter pic.
	3:05am devlawn: I know the Crash Test Dummies version so much more.
	3:06am fred: If there's any talk of sea casualties today, I hope it focuses on the hundreds of migrants instead of a few rich guys. This imbalance really angers me
	⚡ 3:07am Heidee: ↳ fred @3:02 Hi fred, about four weeks to go. School trip time. Been to this wee hike with my Ukrainian kids two days ago: diveintogermany.com...
	3:09am Brian D: Hello all. Happy Pride for those of you observing.
	3:11am Hubig Pie: I hear a Pixies song and my troubles are through
	3:11am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:07 Wow! This forested hill looks like my kind of place. I'd love to walk there
	3:12am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:03 Thanks Heidee. I'm no Richard Avedon...
	⚡ 3:12am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @3:09 🏳️‍🌈
	⚡ 3:12am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:06 ny times still covering"it", the return of the ship that launched the sub. nothing on the 700 killed off the coast of greece
	3:12am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:06 Yeah, I'm skipping the Titanic folly, Fred.
	3:15am dug: peeps are up all night. thanks for the set!
	3:16am devlawn: ↳ Song: "Gigantic" by "Pixies" I assume this was played for the big dick swinging going on the Russia/Belarus.
	3:17am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:12 Says a lot about how lives are valued in our culture
	3:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:12 Also a boat capsized near the Canary Islands this week. 40 dead.
	3:18am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:17 Let me guess: there was no international rescue effort
	3:19am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:18 Correct.
	⚡ 3:20am Heidee: I thought that was Bono singing there
	⚡ 3:20am Heidee: for a moment
	3:20am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:20 It is
	3:21am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:20 It is. U2 and Brian Eno side project from mid-90s.
	⚡ 3:22am Heidee: ↳ fred @3:20 Oh, yeah! 👍
	⚡ 3:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:18 apparently european countries are using drones (from israel) to surveil the mediteranean but are doing nothing to help in these catastrophes
	3:23am wenzo: I feel like my plan to send every billionaire to Svalbard to be eaten by polar bears is simpler but whatever.
	3:25am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:22 Of course they won't help. If anything the only help I'd expect from us is helping capsizes
	⚡ 3:25am Heidee: Joy Division always reminds me of Sinéad's 'Transmission' on WFMU every Wednesday/Thursday night. Anyone heard how she is doing and what she's been up to?
	3:26am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:25 She's still on the staff email list and chimes in now and again...
	3:28am fred: ↳ wenzo @3:23 Can bears survive on a diet of billionaires? Worth a try though, they're rich food
	⚡ 3:29am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @3:26 Oh great! I know her from over thirty years ago in Ireland! Wondering where to possibly catch a current radio show of hers anywhere...?
	3:29am Paulo AD: What at is up party people
	⚡ 3:29am Heidee: Hey Paulito!
	3:29am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:29 That I do not know. But I can ask.
	3:30am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @3:29 Paulo! Still in Mexico?
	3:31am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:29 How's Mexico treating you? Besides the top list hangovers
	3:31am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @3:30 Si senior. Sitting on a balcony with a few cans. I've had to chill out on the drinking for a few days
	3:31am wonder-mincing-about: ↳ Heidee @3:25 Oh…I thought you meant-o’s y’all were reminded of the actual Sine-head O.(Haha🤭). ‘Twas abt to suggest u watch her newish harrowing life-career docu. It’s pretty darn compelling.
	⚡ 3:32am tom tom the pipers son: piece on democracy now about a book on how israel is using palestine as a lab for surveillance tech and exporting it around the world. after all being occupied is just a short step to being a refugee
	3:33am Brian D: Recent report from GLAAD for those interested: www.nytimes.com...
	3:33am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:32 A step Bibi is all too willing for them to take soon
	⚡ 3:33am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @3:29 Wow that would be awesome! It is only through her that I caught on to WFMU (and got stuck ever since). Please say hello to her from me (she wouldn't know my nick name though, my real name is Monica :-) I would really love to hear back from you, Brian. :-)
	⚡ 3:34am Heidee: ↳ wonder-mincing-about @3:31 Alright! :-) Will try to find and watch it!
	3:36am Paulo AD: Heidee, Fred. I've been hungover for days now. Sunburn and the runs didn't help haha
	3:36am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:33 I actually remembered your name, you changed to Heidee because of name collision, especially with a station legend. I don't have that issue, no Fred DJ ever
	⚡ 3:37am Heidee: ↳ fred @3:36 Good memory, fred.
	⚡ 3:37am Heidee: ↳ Paulo AD @3:36 Please look after yourself, Paulo. 😘
	⚡ 3:37am Michael of Cologne: Good morning Brian & everybody from sunny Cologne.
	3:38am devlawn: Don't forget to drink fluids.
	3:39am Paulo AD: ↳ devlawn @3:38 Ohz fluids are what get me into these situations
	⚡ 3:41am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:33 i think its interesting how the two situations, palestine and the refugee crisis in the mediterranean are tied together by israeli technology making the two situations analogous, israel also exporting surveillance tech to india where hindus are occupying muslim territory in kashmir
	3:41am devlawn: Watched Heat, or rewatched Heat? I've only seen it once in a theater when i came out.
	3:41am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:39 We know it's all about the kind of fluids. Any golf outing while there? Though I guess you didn't take your clubs with you
	3:41am devlawn: ↳ Paulo AD @3:39 Not that kind. Water or Gatorade.
	3:43am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:33 I'll see what I can do.
	⚡ 3:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Paulo AD @3:36 oh, so you did get montezuma's revenge... sorry to hear
	3:44am Brian D: ↳ devlawn @3:41 Rewatched. For me. First time for Mrs. C.
	3:45am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:37 Greetings, Michael!
	3:46am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @3:41 I brought all my gold clothes with the intention to play on Monday and the bloody course is shut
	3:47am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:41 I think that's not a good take: Israel is selling, but who's buying? Also there's a lot of resistance to Bibi's vision in Israel, especially from people who've been there a long time. Immigration (a certain kind) is a totally different game there
	3:47am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:43 Yup, we've all been slightly effected but it's because we've been eating and everything
	3:49am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:47 I know what "everything" stands for there
	3:49am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:47 Not enough resistance, I'm afraid.
	3:51am fred: ↳ Song: "Red Light" by "Last Exit" Last Exit was a breakthrough Sadly, the only time I saw Brotzmann being good was when Joe McPhee kept him on his toes
	⚡ 3:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:47 just my take based on book, didn't know about resistance to current gov't
	⚡ 3:55am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:32 Is that the book by the Australian-Jewish journo, Anthony Löwenstein? Heard him on ABC RN. Tech to keep tabs on people & populations is a growth industry. Exponential. There was none to speak of in the 1970s, as I recall, at least in Oz.
	3:55am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:49 Right. I've seen some of the deterioration for years through artists there, and it's not pretty, even for Israel
	⚡ 3:56am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:55 yes
	3:57am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:46 Gold clothes? We want pics!
	3:59am tonyb: Thinking Elvis or Phil Ochs. : )
	4:03am fred: ↳ fred @3:55 What I meant is that it's an alarming trend for Israel, not that Israel has a lower standard, which is not the case. My phrasing was ambiguous, sorry for that
	4:03am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ Heidee @3:34 So you are indeed a lil bit “Hi-D-🕳️”. Wow - 30+ years is grand sum. Congrats 🎉. Ima semi-lifer as well. No wonder y’all got to the prize of 1981 Blow-Out first. Ps: I had no idea how intense Sinèad O’s early+ life struggles were. Informs the highly passionate musician.
	⚡ 4:06am Heidee: much appreciated 💐
	⚡ 4:07am Heidee: ↳ Heidee @4:06 @Brian :-)
	⚡ 4:08am Heidee: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:03 🤩
	4:10am _Ike_: ↳ Heidee @3:25 I'm not 100% sure about this, but I thought I heard someone say that Sinead had to head back to Ireland for some reason. (?) I miss that show too.
	⚡ 4:10am Heidee: ↳ _Ike_ @4:10 Hi Ike! Yes it was during the pandemic.
	⚡ 4:12am Heidee: Oops nearly 20 posts already. Will go Hi-D-🕳️ Bye my lovelies, thanks Brian
	4:13am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @4:12 Don't limit yourself, Heidee! But take care...
	4:13am fred: Speaking of short-lived shows, does anyone know about Anna Vitale aka Mark V?
	⚡ 4:15am tom tom the pipers son: for a look at queer theater, i recommend seeking out the photography book, bedlam days, the early theater of charles ludlam and the ridiculous theatrical company by leandro katz... real magic and a far cry from ru paul's drag race
	4:16am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:13 Haven't heard that name in a while...
	4:16am still-wonder-mincing-about: “Farewell My Lovelies”…we shall miss yee. Gudrun Guten nacht.
	4:20am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:15 that book sounds Fabu! - is it a big picture book (coffee table style) including images from productions ?
	⚡ 4:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:15 some photos are online, for a taste of it
	⚡ 4:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:20 i don't have the book, but had access to the whole book online, don't know if its still available
	4:24am still-wonder-mincing-about: Really wish I had seen more Ludlam productions! Only sawer one Ludlam production - so darn long ago, only recall that it was seriously stellar playful tomfoolery with undercurrents.
	⚡ 4:26am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:24 never saw ludlam but worked with the company as a set designer after his passing
	⚡ 4:29am tom tom the pipers son: worked with black eyed susan an original company member and in rehearsal, in a dingy theater basement, she glowed like a 30's movie star
	4:29am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:26 Impressive (very). Y’all ever attend any Richard Foreman productions? =(Magnificent, those are!).
	⚡ 4:33am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:29 yes, i saw foreman i worked briefly on a production and thought i was alone in the theater building a little wooden box and all of a sudden i turn around and there's foreman observing me build the box... it was uncanny
	4:39am fred: Saying goodbye while pushing it, I hope Ken doesn't ban me
	4:39am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:33 Hahaha😆🙃…well, he was indeed a magician of sorts. At first,I thought U were going to tell us he popped outta the box📦 - woodn’t put it past him. Sixth Sense Ontological Theatrics!
	4:40am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:39 What do you mean, Fred?
	⚡ 4:41am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:39 yes, and that's funny
	⚡ 4:41am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @4:39 why would ken ban you?
	4:42am radioronan: Thanks for playing Jesse..well playing Bruce but... Here's the link for Jesse. www.sweetrelief.org...
	4:44am fred: ↳ Brian D @4:40 There's a 20 posts limit, now I'm 2 over, Ken strike likely
	⚡ 4:45am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @4:44 don't think that rule is hard and fast
	4:46am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:44 Had no idea. Agree, don't think it's hard and fast.
	4:49am Brian D: ↳ radioronan @4:42 Good shout, Radio Ronan. Jesse needs support at the moment.
	⚡ 4:54am tom tom the pipers son: trouble banned me for a joke which i made up about john zorn about twenty years ago which was about zorn's penchant for asian women, which was well known Q; what does john zorn say when he meets an asian lady? A; me so zorny trouble banned me for profligating a stereotype about asian women, where i explained to ke that i was actually subverting the stereotype by having the words come out of a white guys mouth , he reinstated me and said he wouldn't have banned me on his chat board
	4:58am radioronan: ↳ Brian D @4:49 He's always the first to organize and donate to others. We need people like him out there.
	4:58am Robini: ↳ Song: "Chosen to Deserve" by "Wednesday" The female vocalists in Wednesday and Big Blood are so powerful. Great songs.
	4:59am ryansterlingvirtue: Just taking a break from my bike ride through enghien Belgium to say the soundtrack is exceptional today. Really brings the scenery to life! Thank you
	⚡ 5:02am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "1000 Times" by "Big Blood" if i'm in the right mood, this song makes me cry
	5:03am Brian D: ↳ radioronan @4:58 Very true. I'm a long-time admirer of Jesse.
	5:03am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ Song: "Red Light" by "Last Exit" Re Bill Laswell’s well-being… any knowable updates? I was always partial to those won-er-full-filling-ness Decoding Society albums(& others). Don’t seem to hear much anymore. I hadn’t realized he died so long ago (2013!) Perhaps that’s why. - Hats off to RSJ.
	5:03am Brian D: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @4:59 My pleasure. Glad you're enjoying.
	5:03am ryansterlingvirtue: Second midwife song I fell in love with this week.
	5:04am Robini: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:33 Loved Foreman but sitting thru some productions was kinda like sitting thru some longer Brackage films. Love them conceptually but challenging to endure. Maybe that's the point.
	⚡ 5:05am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Robini @5:04 i agree with you
	5:12am still-wonder-mincing-about: Was that joy division song the regular song release from unknown pleasures? Or an alternative mix from the extended edition? - it sounded quite different to my old albums ears.
	5:15am Brian D: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @5:12 It was from the remastered anniversary edition...
	⚡ 5:15am tom tom the pipers son: that new big blood album makes me think it shares an appeal with langley school project, not just because because there is a teen singing, though that's part of it, but something else i can't quite place, but i think they share something
	5:18am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:15 I love the vocal textures in Big Blood. That the more recent records are mother-daughter make it all the more impressive and impactful.
	⚡ 5:20am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:18 vocally, sometimes they remind me of sacred harp singing.
	5:21am Robini: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:15 Interesting, I didn't know Big Blood had a teen singer. A fave song of mine is 'Quiet Dawn' by Archie Shepp. Haunting child vocals.
	5:22am still-wonder-mincing-about: I’d trade most of my cinematic Brakhage screenings for any “Foreman Comes Alive” show. & I was even lucky enough to attend screenings of his rarely seen autopsy films. Yikes😳
	⚡ 5:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Robini @5:21 its a family, and on this latest, the daughter does the singing
	5:26am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 She's actually done backing vocals on the last few records, but yeah.
	⚡ 5:27am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:26 yes
	5:28am Robini: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @5:22 He was a complicated man. The (almost) yearly in-person screenings at Millennium were always enlightening.
	5:32am Robini: ↳ Song: "Into My Arms" by "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds" I remember tuning-into your show one week and first discovered Ghosteen and Carnage...both amazing Nick Cave projects. Thanks Brian!
	5:34am Brian D: ↳ Robini @5:32 Yes, he and the Seeds are getting better with age.
	5:35am Robini: Like a Nice Chianti
	⚡ 5:36am Michael of Cologne: My weather vane is the column of steam rising from the cooling towers of the power plant on the north-west horizon. Presently a light southerly is blowing.
	5:37am Brian D: ↳ Robini @5:35 I was more of a Wild Irish Rose guy, back in the day.
	5:38am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:36 Judging by the few trees I can see, not much of a breeze here.
	5:40am JohnEBGood: Hi DJ Brian, Thank you for the music and currents. I listen weekly : )
	⚡ 5:41am tom tom the pipers son: @brian per you\r banter w/ jim the poet last week... voice sports section, were you there when they had the poetry of phil rizzuto and ubi watch... two favourites
	5:42am Robini: ↳ Song: "Become" by "Beach House" Dang you're crushing it this week. Beach House is on a roll
	5:43am Brian D: ↳ JohnEBGood @5:40 My pleasure, sir. Truly.
	⚡ 5:43am tom tom the pipers son: uni wtch
	5:43am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:41 Yes, Uni-Watch was a staple. As was Field of Schemes -- the sports money analysis.
	⚡ 5:47am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:43 don't remember field of schemes became aquainted with walter gurbo painting flats for a street theater he did a drawing on the back page of the voice for a long time
	5:48am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:47 Ah yes, I know that name. I was a freelancer so was rarely in the office. Didn't get to meet many of the big names.
	5:49am HyperDose: Very nice music to wake up to. Thank you, Brian.
	⚡ 5:55am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian fred actually left. he's a stickler for rules, makes me feel like a comments slut...
	⚡ 5:56am tom tom the pipers son: thx brian, have a good week!
	5:56am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:55 Ha!
	5:57am radioronan: Thanks Brian..cheers y'all!
	5:57am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:55 I think you mean "comments sex worker."
	⚡ 5:58am Michael of Cologne: Cheers everybody, and Brian in particular!
	⚡ 5:58am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:57 i don't do it for money
	5:58am Brian D: Thank you all. It's been an absolute pleasure. Stay safe and have a great week. Hope to "see" you all next week.

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from June 25, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Replacements	Androgynous "Androgynous" by "Replacements"	Let It Be		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Cheated Hearts "Cheated Hearts" by "Yeah Yeah Yeahs"	Show Your Bones		0:02:54 (Pop-up)
Pixies	Gigantic "Gigantic" by "Pixies"	Surfer Rosa		0:06:51 (Pop-up)
Special Interest	Midnight Legend "Midnight Legend" by "Special Interest"	Endure		0:10:06 (Pop-up)
Passengers	Always Forever Now "Always Forever Now" by "Passengers"	Original Soundtracks 1		0:14:15 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-Australia threatens to fine Twitter over hate			0:21:04 (Pop-up)
Joy Division	New Dawn Fades "New Dawn Fades" by "Joy Division"	Unknown Pleasures		0:22:15 (Pop-up)
Olivia Jean	I Need You "I Need You" by "Olivia Jean"	Raving Ghost		0:26:53 (Pop-up)
	Clip: FOX5-Pride in NYC "Clip: FOX5-Pride in NYC"		https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/politics/anti-lgbtq-report-adl-glaad.html	0:30:34 (Pop-up)
Bully	Ms. America "Ms. America" by "Bully"	Lucky For You		0:31:45 (Pop-up)

Neneh Cherry & The Thing	Dream Baby Dream	The Cherry Thing		0:39:42 (Pop-up)
Last Exit	Red Light "Red Light" by "Last Exit"	Last Exit	R.I.P.: Peter Brötzmann--https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/23/peter-brotzmann-legend-of-free-jazz-dies-at-82	0:47:41 (Pop-up)
Meshell Ndegeocello	Virgo (feat. Brandee Younger, Julius Rodriguez)	The Omnichord Real Book		0:55:49 (Pop-up)
Butthole Surfers	Cherub "Cherub" by "Butthole Surfers"	Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac	Photos: https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/in-pictures-new-york-city-pride-march-1998/	1:07:33 (Pop-up)
	Clip: ANC-police arrest IS terrorists who threatened Vienna Pride events			1:13:55 (Pop-up)
Einstürzende Neubauten	Armenia "Armenia" by "Einstürzende Neubauten"	Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.		1:14:25 (Pop-up)
Peter Jefferies	Whatever You Want	Closed Circuit		1:20:11 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Al Jazeera-riot at women's prison in Honduras			1:22:33 (Pop-up)
Ceramic Dog / Marc Ribot	Soldiers in the Army of Love	Connection		1:23:56 (Pop-up)
Ruen Brothers	The Long Road "The Long Road" by "Ruen Brothers"	Ten Paces		1:30:32 (Pop-up)
Nick Waterhouse	(Are You) Hurting	The Fooler		1:33:51 (Pop-up)
Jesse Malin	Hungry Heart "Hungry Heart" by "Jesse Malin"	On Your Sleeve		1:36:50 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WTHV-court overturns Arkansas law banning gender-affirming care			1:40:43 (Pop-up)
Wednesday	Chosen to Deserve "Chosen to Deserve" by "Wednesday"	Rat Saw God		1:41:14 (Pop-up)
Rahill	I Smile for E "I Smile for E" by "Rahill"	Flowers At Your Feet		1:48:42 (Pop-up)
Big Blood	1000 Times "1000 Times" by "Big Blood"	First Aid Kit		1:51:49 (Pop-up)
Midwife	I Don't Want To Love "I Don't Want To Love" by "Midwife"	I Don't Want To Love (single)		1:56:19 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Sky-Germany sentences IS-linked woman who held Yazidi woman as slave			2:04:24 (Pop-up)
Shannon Lay	I'm Set Free "I'm Set Free" by "Shannon Lay"	Covers Vol. 1		2:04:53 (Pop-up)
Cor de Lux	Ships "Ships" by "Cor de Lux"	Media		2:08:35 (Pop-up)
Christine and the Queens	I met an angel (feat. Madonna)	Paranoia, Angels, True Love		2:14:06 (Pop-up)
Public Speaking	I Turn Over His Body	Caress, Redact		2:20:09 (Pop-up)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Into My Arms	The Boatman's Call		2:24:20 (Pop-up)
Rose City Band	Saturday's Gone "Saturday's Gone" by "Rose City Band"	Garden Party		2:28:31 (Pop-up)
Old Fire	Corpus feat. Bill Callahan	Voids		2:31:57 (Pop-up)
Beach House	Become "Become" by "Beach House"	Become EP		2:36:19 (Pop-up)
Alessandra Rombola	The Ring "The Ring" by "Alessandra Rombola"	Out of the Playground		2:42:09 (Pop-up)
Guess Who	These Eyes "These Eyes" by "Guess Who"	The Best of the Guess Who		2:54:50 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	⚡ 3:01am Heidee: Good M☀️rning Brian! And all!
	3:01am fred: Hello Brian and all
	3:02am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:01 Heidee! Is school over yet?
	3:02am devlawn: Some songs you forget are a cover.
	⚡ 3:03am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian, everybody...
	⚡ 3:03am Heidee: Love the love letter pic.
	3:05am devlawn: I know the Crash Test Dummies version so much more.
	3:06am fred: If there's any talk of sea casualties today, I hope it focuses on the hundreds of migrants instead of a few rich guys. This imbalance really angers me
	⚡ 3:07am Heidee: ↳ fred @3:02 Hi fred, about four weeks to go. School trip time. Been to this wee hike with my Ukrainian kids two days ago: diveintogermany.com...
	3:09am Brian D: Hello all. Happy Pride for those of you observing.
	3:11am Hubig Pie: I hear a Pixies song and my troubles are through
	3:11am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:07 Wow! This forested hill looks like my kind of place. I'd love to walk there
	3:12am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:03 Thanks Heidee. I'm no Richard Avedon...
	⚡ 3:12am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @3:09 🏳️‍🌈
	⚡ 3:12am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:06 ny times still covering"it", the return of the ship that launched the sub. nothing on the 700 killed off the coast of greece
	3:12am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:06 Yeah, I'm skipping the Titanic folly, Fred.
	3:15am dug: peeps are up all night. thanks for the set!
	3:16am devlawn: ↳ Song: "Gigantic" by "Pixies" I assume this was played for the big dick swinging going on the Russia/Belarus.
	3:17am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:12 Says a lot about how lives are valued in our culture
	3:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:12 Also a boat capsized near the Canary Islands this week. 40 dead.
	3:18am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:17 Let me guess: there was no international rescue effort
	3:19am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:18 Correct.
	⚡ 3:20am Heidee: I thought that was Bono singing there
	⚡ 3:20am Heidee: for a moment
	3:20am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:20 It is
	3:21am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:20 It is. U2 and Brian Eno side project from mid-90s.
	⚡ 3:22am Heidee: ↳ fred @3:20 Oh, yeah! 👍
	⚡ 3:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:18 apparently european countries are using drones (from israel) to surveil the mediteranean but are doing nothing to help in these catastrophes
	3:23am wenzo: I feel like my plan to send every billionaire to Svalbard to be eaten by polar bears is simpler but whatever.
	3:25am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:22 Of course they won't help. If anything the only help I'd expect from us is helping capsizes
	⚡ 3:25am Heidee: Joy Division always reminds me of Sinéad's 'Transmission' on WFMU every Wednesday/Thursday night. Anyone heard how she is doing and what she's been up to?
	3:26am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:25 She's still on the staff email list and chimes in now and again...
	3:28am fred: ↳ wenzo @3:23 Can bears survive on a diet of billionaires? Worth a try though, they're rich food
	⚡ 3:29am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @3:26 Oh great! I know her from over thirty years ago in Ireland! Wondering where to possibly catch a current radio show of hers anywhere...?
	3:29am Paulo AD: What at is up party people
	⚡ 3:29am Heidee: Hey Paulito!
	3:29am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:29 That I do not know. But I can ask.
	3:30am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @3:29 Paulo! Still in Mexico?
	3:31am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:29 How's Mexico treating you? Besides the top list hangovers
	3:31am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @3:30 Si senior. Sitting on a balcony with a few cans. I've had to chill out on the drinking for a few days
	3:31am wonder-mincing-about: ↳ Heidee @3:25 Oh…I thought you meant-o’s y’all were reminded of the actual Sine-head O.(Haha🤭). ‘Twas abt to suggest u watch her newish harrowing life-career docu. It’s pretty darn compelling.
	⚡ 3:32am tom tom the pipers son: piece on democracy now about a book on how israel is using palestine as a lab for surveillance tech and exporting it around the world. after all being occupied is just a short step to being a refugee
	3:33am Brian D: Recent report from GLAAD for those interested: www.nytimes.com...
	3:33am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:32 A step Bibi is all too willing for them to take soon
	⚡ 3:33am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @3:29 Wow that would be awesome! It is only through her that I caught on to WFMU (and got stuck ever since). Please say hello to her from me (she wouldn't know my nick name though, my real name is Monica :-) I would really love to hear back from you, Brian. :-)
	⚡ 3:34am Heidee: ↳ wonder-mincing-about @3:31 Alright! :-) Will try to find and watch it!
	3:36am Paulo AD: Heidee, Fred. I've been hungover for days now. Sunburn and the runs didn't help haha
	3:36am fred: ↳ Heidee @3:33 I actually remembered your name, you changed to Heidee because of name collision, especially with a station legend. I don't have that issue, no Fred DJ ever
	⚡ 3:37am Heidee: ↳ fred @3:36 Good memory, fred.
	⚡ 3:37am Heidee: ↳ Paulo AD @3:36 Please look after yourself, Paulo. 😘
	⚡ 3:37am Michael of Cologne: Good morning Brian & everybody from sunny Cologne.
	3:38am devlawn: Don't forget to drink fluids.
	3:39am Paulo AD: ↳ devlawn @3:38 Ohz fluids are what get me into these situations
	⚡ 3:41am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:33 i think its interesting how the two situations, palestine and the refugee crisis in the mediterranean are tied together by israeli technology making the two situations analogous, israel also exporting surveillance tech to india where hindus are occupying muslim territory in kashmir
	3:41am devlawn: Watched Heat, or rewatched Heat? I've only seen it once in a theater when i came out.
	3:41am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:39 We know it's all about the kind of fluids. Any golf outing while there? Though I guess you didn't take your clubs with you
	3:41am devlawn: ↳ Paulo AD @3:39 Not that kind. Water or Gatorade.
	3:43am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @3:33 I'll see what I can do.
	⚡ 3:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Paulo AD @3:36 oh, so you did get montezuma's revenge... sorry to hear
	3:44am Brian D: ↳ devlawn @3:41 Rewatched. For me. First time for Mrs. C.
	3:45am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:37 Greetings, Michael!
	3:46am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @3:41 I brought all my gold clothes with the intention to play on Monday and the bloody course is shut
	3:47am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:41 I think that's not a good take: Israel is selling, but who's buying? Also there's a lot of resistance to Bibi's vision in Israel, especially from people who've been there a long time. Immigration (a certain kind) is a totally different game there
	3:47am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:43 Yup, we've all been slightly effected but it's because we've been eating and everything
	3:49am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:47 I know what "everything" stands for there
	3:49am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:47 Not enough resistance, I'm afraid.
	3:51am fred: ↳ Song: "Red Light" by "Last Exit" Last Exit was a breakthrough Sadly, the only time I saw Brotzmann being good was when Joe McPhee kept him on his toes
	⚡ 3:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:47 just my take based on book, didn't know about resistance to current gov't
	⚡ 3:55am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:32 Is that the book by the Australian-Jewish journo, Anthony Löwenstein? Heard him on ABC RN. Tech to keep tabs on people & populations is a growth industry. Exponential. There was none to speak of in the 1970s, as I recall, at least in Oz.
	3:55am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:49 Right. I've seen some of the deterioration for years through artists there, and it's not pretty, even for Israel
	⚡ 3:56am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:55 yes
	3:57am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:46 Gold clothes? We want pics!
	3:59am tonyb: Thinking Elvis or Phil Ochs. : )
	4:03am fred: ↳ fred @3:55 What I meant is that it's an alarming trend for Israel, not that Israel has a lower standard, which is not the case. My phrasing was ambiguous, sorry for that
	4:03am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ Heidee @3:34 So you are indeed a lil bit “Hi-D-🕳️”. Wow - 30+ years is grand sum. Congrats 🎉. Ima semi-lifer as well. No wonder y’all got to the prize of 1981 Blow-Out first. Ps: I had no idea how intense Sinèad O’s early+ life struggles were. Informs the highly passionate musician.
	⚡ 4:06am Heidee: much appreciated 💐
	⚡ 4:07am Heidee: ↳ Heidee @4:06 @Brian :-)
	⚡ 4:08am Heidee: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:03 🤩
	4:10am _Ike_: ↳ Heidee @3:25 I'm not 100% sure about this, but I thought I heard someone say that Sinead had to head back to Ireland for some reason. (?) I miss that show too.
	⚡ 4:10am Heidee: ↳ _Ike_ @4:10 Hi Ike! Yes it was during the pandemic.
	⚡ 4:12am Heidee: Oops nearly 20 posts already. Will go Hi-D-🕳️ Bye my lovelies, thanks Brian
	4:13am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @4:12 Don't limit yourself, Heidee! But take care...
	4:13am fred: Speaking of short-lived shows, does anyone know about Anna Vitale aka Mark V?
	⚡ 4:15am tom tom the pipers son: for a look at queer theater, i recommend seeking out the photography book, bedlam days, the early theater of charles ludlam and the ridiculous theatrical company by leandro katz... real magic and a far cry from ru paul's drag race
	4:16am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:13 Haven't heard that name in a while...
	4:16am still-wonder-mincing-about: “Farewell My Lovelies”…we shall miss yee. Gudrun Guten nacht.
	4:20am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:15 that book sounds Fabu! - is it a big picture book (coffee table style) including images from productions ?
	⚡ 4:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:15 some photos are online, for a taste of it
	⚡ 4:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:20 i don't have the book, but had access to the whole book online, don't know if its still available
	4:24am still-wonder-mincing-about: Really wish I had seen more Ludlam productions! Only sawer one Ludlam production - so darn long ago, only recall that it was seriously stellar playful tomfoolery with undercurrents.
	⚡ 4:26am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:24 never saw ludlam but worked with the company as a set designer after his passing
	⚡ 4:29am tom tom the pipers son: worked with black eyed susan an original company member and in rehearsal, in a dingy theater basement, she glowed like a 30's movie star
	4:29am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:26 Impressive (very). Y’all ever attend any Richard Foreman productions? =(Magnificent, those are!).
	⚡ 4:33am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:29 yes, i saw foreman i worked briefly on a production and thought i was alone in the theater building a little wooden box and all of a sudden i turn around and there's foreman observing me build the box... it was uncanny
	4:39am fred: Saying goodbye while pushing it, I hope Ken doesn't ban me
	4:39am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:33 Hahaha😆🙃…well, he was indeed a magician of sorts. At first,I thought U were going to tell us he popped outta the box📦 - woodn’t put it past him. Sixth Sense Ontological Theatrics!
	4:40am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:39 What do you mean, Fred?
	⚡ 4:41am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @4:39 yes, and that's funny
	⚡ 4:41am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @4:39 why would ken ban you?
	4:42am radioronan: Thanks for playing Jesse..well playing Bruce but... Here's the link for Jesse. www.sweetrelief.org...
	4:44am fred: ↳ Brian D @4:40 There's a 20 posts limit, now I'm 2 over, Ken strike likely
	⚡ 4:45am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @4:44 don't think that rule is hard and fast
	4:46am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:44 Had no idea. Agree, don't think it's hard and fast.
	4:49am Brian D: ↳ radioronan @4:42 Good shout, Radio Ronan. Jesse needs support at the moment.
	⚡ 4:54am tom tom the pipers son: trouble banned me for a joke which i made up about john zorn about twenty years ago which was about zorn's penchant for asian women, which was well known Q; what does john zorn say when he meets an asian lady? A; me so zorny trouble banned me for profligating a stereotype about asian women, where i explained to ke that i was actually subverting the stereotype by having the words come out of a white guys mouth , he reinstated me and said he wouldn't have banned me on his chat board
	4:58am radioronan: ↳ Brian D @4:49 He's always the first to organize and donate to others. We need people like him out there.
	4:58am Robini: ↳ Song: "Chosen to Deserve" by "Wednesday" The female vocalists in Wednesday and Big Blood are so powerful. Great songs.
	4:59am ryansterlingvirtue: Just taking a break from my bike ride through enghien Belgium to say the soundtrack is exceptional today. Really brings the scenery to life! Thank you
	⚡ 5:02am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "1000 Times" by "Big Blood" if i'm in the right mood, this song makes me cry
	5:03am Brian D: ↳ radioronan @4:58 Very true. I'm a long-time admirer of Jesse.
	5:03am still-wonder-mincing-about: ↳ Song: "Red Light" by "Last Exit" Re Bill Laswell’s well-being… any knowable updates? I was always partial to those won-er-full-filling-ness Decoding Society albums(& others). Don’t seem to hear much anymore. I hadn’t realized he died so long ago (2013!) Perhaps that’s why. - Hats off to RSJ.
	5:03am Brian D: ↳ ryansterlingvirtue @4:59 My pleasure. Glad you're enjoying.
	5:03am ryansterlingvirtue: Second midwife song I fell in love with this week.
	5:04am Robini: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:33 Loved Foreman but sitting thru some productions was kinda like sitting thru some longer Brackage films. Love them conceptually but challenging to endure. Maybe that's the point.
	⚡ 5:05am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Robini @5:04 i agree with you
	5:12am still-wonder-mincing-about: Was that joy division song the regular song release from unknown pleasures? Or an alternative mix from the extended edition? - it sounded quite different to my old albums ears.
	5:15am Brian D: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @5:12 It was from the remastered anniversary edition...
	⚡ 5:15am tom tom the pipers son: that new big blood album makes me think it shares an appeal with langley school project, not just because because there is a teen singing, though that's part of it, but something else i can't quite place, but i think they share something
	5:18am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:15 I love the vocal textures in Big Blood. That the more recent records are mother-daughter make it all the more impressive and impactful.
	⚡ 5:20am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:18 vocally, sometimes they remind me of sacred harp singing.
	5:21am Robini: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:15 Interesting, I didn't know Big Blood had a teen singer. A fave song of mine is 'Quiet Dawn' by Archie Shepp. Haunting child vocals.
	5:22am still-wonder-mincing-about: I’d trade most of my cinematic Brakhage screenings for any “Foreman Comes Alive” show. & I was even lucky enough to attend screenings of his rarely seen autopsy films. Yikes😳
	⚡ 5:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Robini @5:21 its a family, and on this latest, the daughter does the singing
	5:26am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 She's actually done backing vocals on the last few records, but yeah.
	⚡ 5:27am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:26 yes
	5:28am Robini: ↳ still-wonder-mincing-about @5:22 He was a complicated man. The (almost) yearly in-person screenings at Millennium were always enlightening.
	5:32am Robini: ↳ Song: "Into My Arms" by "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds" I remember tuning-into your show one week and first discovered Ghosteen and Carnage...both amazing Nick Cave projects. Thanks Brian!
	5:34am Brian D: ↳ Robini @5:32 Yes, he and the Seeds are getting better with age.
	5:35am Robini: Like a Nice Chianti
	⚡ 5:36am Michael of Cologne: My weather vane is the column of steam rising from the cooling towers of the power plant on the north-west horizon. Presently a light southerly is blowing.
	5:37am Brian D: ↳ Robini @5:35 I was more of a Wild Irish Rose guy, back in the day.
	5:38am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:36 Judging by the few trees I can see, not much of a breeze here.
	5:40am JohnEBGood: Hi DJ Brian, Thank you for the music and currents. I listen weekly : )
	⚡ 5:41am tom tom the pipers son: @brian per you\r banter w/ jim the poet last week... voice sports section, were you there when they had the poetry of phil rizzuto and ubi watch... two favourites
	5:42am Robini: ↳ Song: "Become" by "Beach House" Dang you're crushing it this week. Beach House is on a roll
	5:43am Brian D: ↳ JohnEBGood @5:40 My pleasure, sir. Truly.
	⚡ 5:43am tom tom the pipers son: uni wtch
	5:43am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:41 Yes, Uni-Watch was a staple. As was Field of Schemes -- the sports money analysis.
	⚡ 5:47am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:43 don't remember field of schemes became aquainted with walter gurbo painting flats for a street theater he did a drawing on the back page of the voice for a long time
	5:48am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:47 Ah yes, I know that name. I was a freelancer so was rarely in the office. Didn't get to meet many of the big names.
	5:49am HyperDose: Very nice music to wake up to. Thank you, Brian.
	⚡ 5:55am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian fred actually left. he's a stickler for rules, makes me feel like a comments slut...
	⚡ 5:56am tom tom the pipers son: thx brian, have a good week!
	5:56am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:55 Ha!
	5:57am radioronan: Thanks Brian..cheers y'all!
	5:57am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:55 I think you mean "comments sex worker."
	⚡ 5:58am Michael of Cologne: Cheers everybody, and Brian in particular!
	⚡ 5:58am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:57 i don't do it for money
	5:58am Brian D: Thank you all. It's been an absolute pleasure. Stay safe and have a great week. Hope to "see" you all next week.

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from June 25, 2023

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