WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 4, 2025

Listener comments!
	6:02am fred: Good morning Brian and all
	6:05am duke: Happy Saturday to all
	⚡ 6:05am Spikey BXL: Good morning, Brian, currentistas
	6:06am morphe': Hello from my NYC Hovel [smile emoji] and Remember ... as WNYC will only too often remind you .. Ya only have 361 days to pledge money to them in this calendar year...
	6:06am TDK60: Good morning, Brian.
	6:06am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers.
	6:06am Brian D: Fred, Duke, Spikey, Morphe, TDK, all... Good morning and Happy New Year.
	6:06am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @6:06 Missed you, Cooh. Good morning.
	⚡ 6:06am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:06 And a very happy and healthy 2025 to you and Mrs Currents as well.
	⚡ 6:06am Don in Tampere: Good morning Brian, fred, duke, Spikey, morphe, TDK and John.
	⚡ 6:07am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & commenters.
	6:08am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:06 Thank you, Spikey.
	6:09am Brian D: Greetings Don, Brian. Happy New Year to you both.
	⚡ 6:11am Don in Tampere: Will this be mostly a year in review, or more focused on the madness of the last couple of weeks? An anecdote on people's willful stupidity: in the discussion board of a story about the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks in the Frankfurter Rundschau, there was a comment that it was interesting how terrorists are always left-wing. This was a week after a neo-Nazi killed people at a Christmas market in Germany, not to mention that I have seen no evidence that the perpetrators of the us attacks were left-wing, which sure as hell ain't the same as being a religious maniac.
	6:12am morphe': ↳ Don in Tampere @6:06 Don .. I posted about you last week as someone was dissing Banjos and said "[misquuote on my part][they said]"" there have only ever been 2 good Banjo players and that is why no one wants to her Banjo.."""" I posted yer name/band as a rebuttle [sp???] and also Eugene Chadborne ... though he might be more guitar thogh played like a Banjo ..
	6:12am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian and all those listening...
	6:13am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 New news this week, Don. But your anecdote is a reason why I almost never read the comments on news articles.
	⚡ 6:13am bradford: Good Morning Brian & all.
	6:14am Brian D: ↳ Strandlund @6:12 Hey Strand. Happy New Year. Bradford, too.
	6:15am Eric the Hat: Gotta crash out Brian. Have a wonderful morning. We’ll see how easily I can manage to tune out…
	6:16am Fred and Alan: ↳ Strandlund @6:12 STRANDLUND GOOD MORNING LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:16am Fred and Alan: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 DON IN TAMPERE LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:16am Barbie: Good Morning Brian. Brrrrrtt
	6:17am Fred and Alan: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:05 SPIKEY LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:17am morphe': ↳ Brian D @6:13 Thinking there might be a bit of Jimmy Carter today??? Sadly, little known fact about Jimmy Carter who I do believe tried to do a lot of good ... sadly . he heavily funded the death regimes/squads in Central America and training in the Uni of the Americas .. not sure who was/were the advisors ... Regan took the ball and ran with it ...
	6:17am Strandlund: ↳ Brian D @6:14 A Warm, Healthy and Happy New Year to you and yours, Brian!!
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ Eric the Hat @6:15 Good morning and good night, Eric.
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:16 Fred and Alan, welcome and Happy New Year.
	6:19am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @6:16 Greetings, Barbie.
	6:19am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:17 No clips about Jimmy, but reminisces.
	6:19am Strandlund: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:16 Good Morning Fred and Alan!! Love, Peace and Pixie to you both!! Don't let the Animals bite you!!
	6:20am Brian D: ↳ Strandlund @6:17 Thank you, Strand.
	6:20am Angel DiMaria: Good morning happy Saturday
	6:21am Fred and Alan: ↳ Brian D @6:18 BRIAN D GOOD MORNING AND GREAT SHOW
	6:22am morphe': Really do think Jimmy Carter meant well, but was way off in Central America?? JIMMY CARTER’S DARK LEGACY IN EL SALVADOR [just one article] www.rollingstone.com...
	6:22am Fredericks: ↳ morphe' @6:17 Zbigniew Brzezinski
	6:22am Brian D: ↳ Angel DiMaria @6:20 Happy Saturday and 2025, Angel.
	6:23am fred: ↳ morphe' @6:12 I definitely saw Doc Chad play banjo. I would add Thomas Bonvalet (aka l'ocelle mare) in a more experimental vein
	6:23am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:22 There's also the fact that Al-Qaeda was "born" under his watch.
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ morphe' @6:12 Thanks for the support morphe! Actually, Eugene does play a lot of banjo, usually a Deering Goodtime. It's also his birthday today.
	6:24am Fredericks: ↳ fred @6:23 Me too. Sometimes with thimbles on his fingers.
	6:24am TDK60: I wonder how many U.S. citizens have realized this after the New Orleans vehicle murderer. But Republican politicians in conservative states have been proposing laws to make it okay for drivers to run down protesters in the streets. Of course, in the Republicans' minds this wouldn't be terrorism.
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:16 Love back at ya Fred and Alan!
	⚡ 6:26am Don in Tampere: ↳ Fredericks @6:24 i've only seen Doc Chad use a flat pick, and he's one of the few I would give a pass for playing banjo with a flat pick ;-)
	6:26am fred: ↳ TDK60 @6:24 Unless a drivers plows into a neo-nazi march, that is
	6:28am morphe': ↳ Don in Tampere @6:24 Mentioning his name on his BD .. Quelle coincidence !!!
	6:30am morphe': Don in Tampere: ↳ Fredericks @6:24 i've only seen Doc Chad use a flat pick, and he's one of the few I would give a pass for playing banjo with a flat pick ;-) I saw him play a metal instrument [guitar/Banjo/mezcla] with all fingered elongated metal picks/witch nails .. small place in Bklyn in 2000s .. was crazy..
	6:33am ?: not conscious enough to sign in right now, but i always love the musical choices on this show!!!
	⚡ 6:34am Spikey BXL: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:17 Big love and respect, gentlemen. How is Alan's eye recovering?
	6:34am morphe': As in transit mode ... about to eat my Friday dinner[nyc time] and go to bed .. Thanks BD and all !!!
	6:40am Brian D: ↳ @6:33 Thank you for saying so. Good morning.
	6:40am Fredericks: ↳ morphe' @6:30 He uses fingerpicks, but is not restricted to “bluegrass” style. The above video shows him using his thumb pick for a tremolo effect for example. Sometimes he employs a small half slide on one finger. https://banjoboogie.com/2018/11/11/eugene-chadbourne/
	6:40am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:34 Good day, Morphe...
	6:43am Fredericks: ↳ Brian D @6:40 Got any Chadbourne in store for us?
	6:44am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @6:43 I'll never say never, but I didn't know it was his birthday today.
	6:46am morphe': ↳ Song: "The Bell" by "West of Roan" ps.. photos/history of 37 women [Reported] killed in the Island of Ireland in 5 years[an Island of 5 million people]. www.thejournal.ie...
	6:47am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:46 62 including the north...
	6:48am morphe': Errata: 62 on the island .. " SINCE 2020, 37 women have been violently killed in Ireland. That is in addition to the 25 women killed in Northern Ireland during that time.
	6:49am morphe': ↳ Brian D @6:47 Yes...
	6:51am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:49 That's a gruesome statistic.
	6:51am Fredericks: ↳ Brian D @6:44 I didn't either.
	6:55am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Boom Boom" by "Janel and Anthony" This is an interesting piece.
	⚡ 6:57am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian...everyone...
	6:58am tak: that was tearful
	7:01am dale: good morning. as sonny penned, the beat goes on.
	7:01am rich in angleton: good morning brian and hello to everybody in radioland!
	7:07am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:57 Greetings Tom Tom. Happy 2025.
	⚡ 7:07am Spikey BXL: Your story reminded me of something I learned this week: the plane NASA uses to be able to experience zero gravity without having to go to space, is nicknamed 'the vomit comet'
	⚡ 7:07am Hoboken Jack: Happy new year Brian, Fredericks, Spikey, all!
	7:07am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @7:01 Rich! Good morning.
	⚡ 7:08am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:07 thanks brian...you also...
	⚡ 7:08am Spikey BXL: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:07 HNY Jack, wish you many distanced selfies, top notch grub, and great gigs
	7:09am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:07 That was my nickname in college (not really).
	7:09am Cooh John: A favorite of mine. I have heard it pronounced "crungbin."
	7:09am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning and Happy Perihelion Day!
	7:10am Brian D: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:07 Hey Jack! Right back at you. Are you still writing 5785 on your checks?
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @7:09 I have pronounced it that way, and been told it's wrong.
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @7:09 Good day, Ken.
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Brian D @7:11 But I should say I've TRIED to pronounce it that way.
	⚡ 7:12am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Up (Thank You)" by "Khruangbin" surprising from their sound but this duo is very glam cartoony
	⚡ 7:12am Hoboken Jack: ↳ Brian D @7:10 Yes until Drumpf makes the dollar worthless. Hi hp Ken!
	⚡ 7:12am Spikey BXL: About to take you all record shopping, hope nobody minds. /Ears only
	7:13am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:12 'Morning, Jack!
	7:14am Brian D: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:12 I love when you make that check joke every year. Makes me laugh EVERY time.
	7:14am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:12 Spend well.
	7:15am Cooh John: 'A band by any other name...' I have fallen asleep to them A fee times playing their music at 75% speed.
	⚡ 7:17am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:12 over the summer ny times said vance/ trump could "herald" in a new era...!!!!! HERALD!!!!
	⚡ 7:18am Will thee SG OCNY: good morning Brian D and all!!!
	⚡ 7:19am Don in Tampere: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:07 That's what they used to call the night buses from downtown Dublin when I lived there :D
	⚡ 7:20am Will thee SG OCNY: Happy New Year Brian D!!!
	7:20am ?: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:17 16 shells from a thirty ought six
	7:21am Brian D: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:20 Likewise, Will. Thank you.
	7:22am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:17 The Times also famously referred to GWB's "gravitas."
	7:24am he's Crafty: ↳ Song: "No Thirds" by "Mary Timony" ⭐️🔊🕺❤️🥰Hi Brian! Hi everyone! Nice tunes today
	⚡ 7:24am tom tom the pipers son: they also corrected his malaprops like 'nukular'...
	7:25am newton: good morning brian , et al
	⚡ 7:26am tom tom the pipers son: Not NYT Junk Poetry The Acid Comedy of How Suicide Drones Transformed The Most Inspiring Houses We Visited Bringing Modern Dance, Once Forbidden, to the Man in the Mud Who Stages a Spectacle As Confetti Rains Down After Another Bumper Year For Big Rockets, Big Telescopes and Big Changes in Space Awaited Sentencing, Blaming His Wife But Then Has His Children Taken Away From Him In a Peppy Small-Town Mystery of Teen Who Killed a Goat Used in Livestock Contests
	⚡ 7:28am Will thee SG OCNY: hi fred, duke, Spikey BXL, morphe', TDK60, Cooh John, Don in Tampere, Brian in UK, Strandlund, bradford, Eric the Hat, Fred and Alan, Barbie, Angel DiMaria, Fredericks, tom tom the pipers son, tak, dale, rich in angelton, Hoboken Jack, Ken HP, he'sCrafty, and newton!
	7:29am TDK60: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 Good morning, Will.
	⚡ 7:29am tom tom the pipers son: good morning will...
	7:29am tonyb: Nice guitar sound on the Mary Timony track. 👋
	⚡ 7:29am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and everyone.
	7:30am dale: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 morning....snow in chester? falling here.
	7:30am Brian D: ↳ tonyb @7:29 Hiya Tony! Happy New Year!
	7:30am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:29 Good morning, Peter. Happy New Year.
	⚡ 7:31am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ dale @7:30 a few stray flurries, but nothing really at the moment
	7:34am he's Crafty: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 Hey Will thee SG OCNY! Good morning 🌄
	⚡ 7:36am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Brian D @7:30 Happy New Year, Brian!
	7:37am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 H, Will!
	7:37am Fred and Alan: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:36 Peter Good morning and love from Fred and Alan
	7:39am Otto: 💯 decent, hardworking human but not very good at being president at the time
	7:40am Fredericks: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:07 Welcome to 2025, Jackson.
	⚡ 7:40am Spikey BXL: ...he got that record from the cringe bin 🤪 (sorry Brian)
	7:40am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:40 BOOM!
	7:41am Fredericks: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:12 I thought they were a trio.
	⚡ 7:44am newton: ok Frances is walked and fed and now Im logged in
	⚡ 7:44am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @7:41 oh perhaps forgot about drummer but they don't really seem to be part of the "show"
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:44 Good morning, Newton. Happy New Year.
	⚡ 7:46am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Fred and Alan @7:37 Hello Fred and Alan, happy New Year!
	7:47am Saltzshaker: Hi Brian, happy new year, sounding great this morn! I am filling in at 9 and just sent you an email through the contact form if you could check 🙏
	⚡ 7:48am newton: I missed the bog
	⚡ 7:50am Will thee SG OCNY: Hi tonyb, Peter from Saranac Lake NY, Otto, and Saltzshaker!
	7:54am Mattynotimes: Happy New Year to you and Mrs Currents! Making breakfast to the show and loving as usual. Hope to see you soon
	7:54am Mattynotimes: Morning WFMU friends!
	⚡ 7:54am NotARealDoctor: Good morning from the dog park here in Norfolk VA! Too cold to keep my gloves off but I wanted to drop in and let you know we've been listening. Happy New Year everyone!
	⚡ 7:56am Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Mattynotimes and NotARealDoctor!
	7:57am Fred and Alan: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:54 Not areal Doctor love from Fred and Alan
	⚡ 7:57am newton: I can't say Happy New Year, it seems an outright lie. I will say I hope you all have happy times this new year
	7:57am Brian D: ↳ Mattynotimes @7:54 Happy New Year to the Notimes clan, Matt.
	7:58am Brian D: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:54 Happy New Year, Not a Real. Stay warm.
	8:00am tonyb: Top of the morning, Will! Good luck in 2025, Brian! It won’t be dull, I fear.
	8:07am fred: ↳ Song: "Theft" by "BIG\|BRAVE" That was great!
	8:08am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:07 That band can do no wrong in my book.
	⚡ 8:09am Don in Tampere: Off to run errands. Thanks for a great show.
	8:10am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @8:09 Have a great day, Don.
	⚡ 8:18am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:50 Hello Will thee SG OCNY! One of these days, you have to tell us how you chose your handle.
	8:19am Mark T: Good morning everyone
	8:20am Fredericks: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:26 "Aila Sauramo Tampere Jazz Happening 1989. 51w Woody Bell Jr. I saw him play an electric rake a long time ago. It was really challenging to listen to and it made me feel cultured and intellectual."
	8:23am Beast of Boonton: Right, it is time for some smart people running things
	8:26am Squidocto: Huh, Ed Meese is still alive. 93 yers old
	⚡ 8:26am newton: isn't there a pedestrian lane on the GW bridge?
	⚡ 8:28am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: "It's Not That Bad:" this is why I listen to Woof Moo.
	8:29am TDK60: ↳ newton @8:26 newton: Yes, there is a walking/biking sidewalk. It's far north of the station though.
	8:29am Toothgrinder Tom: One story that I found interesting this week is that the oldest living Olympian has died. She was also a Holocaust survivor.
	8:31am HyperDose: Bayonne mentioned!
	8:31am iiibeat: Million Dollar Baby
	8:34am morphe': Best Boxing film/doc/ Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Ali in Congo = name?
	⚡ 8:36am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:18 I used to go by 'Will the Sound Guy'... I felt that a few people were confusing my handle as being a member of the station. I changed it to 'Will, a Sound Guy'... When I described the situation to Billy Jam, he suggested using thee. I later shortened it to the current monocur since a high percentage of my gigs are in the Orange County, NY area and that is my home base. I am a Sound Guy in the nights and weekends and a land Surveyor during the work week, so SG actually fits both.
	⚡ 8:41am William Hellfire: Great show Brian!
	8:41am TDK60: What was the "Not That Bad" topic this week? The Coney Island subway terminus?
	8:43am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @8:41 Was there even a topic?
	⚡ 8:43am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:36 Very cool!
	8:44am HyperDose: shout out to my homeless peeps
	⚡ 8:46am Will thee SG OCNY: Hi HyperDose, Mark T(rout) Fishman, Beast of Boonton, Squidocto, Toothgrinder Tom, iiibeat, and William Hellfire!
	8:48am HyperDose: Will thee Sound/Surveyor (and Dad) Guy!
	⚡ 8:49am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @8:48 SSDG lol
	8:49am TDK60: ↳ Brian D @8:43 Oh, I thought there was to be a pinpointed subject each week. No?
	⚡ 8:50am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @8:48 Hope you are doing well HD
	⚡ 8:51am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Great show, Brian. Thank you.
	8:52am HyperDose: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:50 every day is a struggle to find reasons to stick around, but we're trying. cheers to a better 2025!
	8:52am morphe': ↳ Song: "Allatonceness" by "Arab Strap" >>> "...Balls on thr frezzer...." my sex life is over but thinkinh I missed af ew things ..."
	8:53am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Allatonceness" by "Arab Strap" Mark Hurst might like this one.
	8:54am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @8:49 Well, we try but usually lose the plot...
	8:54am Philipp: ↳ Song: "Look Alive" by "Straw Man Army" super melody, thnx for song!
	⚡ 8:55am bradford: Thanks, Brian!
	8:55am Brian D: All, that's about it for me. Happy and Healthy New Year to you all. Stay safe and have a great weekend.
	8:56am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Boom Boom Back (ft. Beck)" by "Hinds" This one really grabs me.
	⚡ 8:57am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @8:52 I hope things continue to improve for you!
	8:57am TDK60: Thanks for the show, DJ B.
	⚡ 8:57am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Brian D! be well everyone!
	8:58am HyperDose: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:57 much appreciated my friend <3
	10:03am Otto: We have a great horned on neighbors property. We’ve never seen the owl. Love that sound

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 4, 2025

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Departure Street	Traveling By Night	Into The Drop Zone		0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Arooj Aftab	Aey Nehin (Not Only) "Aey Nehin (Not Only)" by "Arooj Aftab"	Night Reign		0:09:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Jessica Pratt	The Last Year "The Last Year" by "Jessica Pratt"	Here In The Pitch		0:16:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Laurie Anderson	India And On Down to Australia (feat. Anohni)	Amelia		0:20:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: ABC-Woman set on fire on Brooklyn subway identified			0:24:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Iron and Wine	Angels Go Home "Angels Go Home" by "Iron and Wine"	Light Verse		0:24:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: CBS-Colorado reporter assaulted "Clip: CBS-Colorado reporter assaulted"		https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-man-allegedly-attacked-reporter-yelling-trumps-america-now-rcna185768	0:28:59 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Zachary Cale	Shatterstar "Shatterstar" by "Zachary Cale"	Next Year's Ghost		0:29:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Linda Thompson feat. The Proclaimers	Bonnie Lass	Proxy Music		0:37:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
West of Roan	The Bell "The Bell" by "West of Roan"	Queen of Eyes		0:40:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Beth Gibbons	Tell Me Who You Are Today	Lives Outgrown		0:44:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Global News-Puerto Rico blackout on New Year's Eve			0:48:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ghost Funk Orchestra	Infinite Dark	A Trip to the Moon		0:49:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Janel and Anthony	Boom Boom "Boom Boom" by "Janel and Anthony"	New Moon In The Evil Age		0:52:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Khruangbin	Hold Me Up (Thank You)	A La Sala		1:05:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Suss	Restless "Restless" by "Suss"	Birds and Beasts		1:08:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: France 24-2024 hottest year on record			1:14:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mark Van Hoen	Climates "Climates" by "Mark Van Hoen"	Plan for a Miracle		1:16:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mary Timony	No Thirds "No Thirds" by "Mary Timony"	Untame the Tiger		1:19:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: CBS-US Treasury Department hacked			1:26:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mick Harvey	Ghost Ships "Ghost Ships" by "Mick Harvey"	Five Ways to Say Goodbye	Saints cover	1:27:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Kee Avil	The Iris Dry "The Iris Dry" by "Kee Avil"	Spine		1:38:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Alan Sparhawk	Somebody Else's Room	White Roses, My God		1:42:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Devon Welsh	Heaven Deserves "Heaven Deserves" by "Devon Welsh"	You Come With Me If You Want to Live		1:46:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Drin	No One Knows For Sure / Prato Della Valle	Elude the Torch		1:49:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
BIG\|BRAVE	Theft "Theft" by "BIG\|BRAVE"	A Chaos Of Flowers		1:59:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: WHAM-NYS to fine big energy $75 billion			2:05:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gordan	The Bell Is Buzzing "The Bell Is Buzzing" by "Gordan"	Gordan		2:05:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
David Nance	No Taste Tart Enough "No Taste Tart Enough" by "David Nance"	David Nance & Mowed Sound		2:11:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Bed Maker	Loops/Holes "Loops/Holes" by "Bed Maker"	Bed Maker		2:30:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Burghers Orquestra	Mud In Your Eyes	Cautionary Tails		2:40:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Reuters-US homelessness record rise			2:42:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Oneida	Expensive Air "Expensive Air" by "Oneida"	Expensive air		2:43:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Arab Strap	Allatonceness "Allatonceness" by "Arab Strap"	I'm totally fine with it 👍 don't give a fuck anymore 👍		2:46:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Straw Man Army	Look Alive "Look Alive" by "Straw Man Army"	Earthworks		2:51:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Hinds	Boom Boom Back (ft. Beck) "Boom Boom Back (ft. Beck)" by "Hinds"	Viva Hinds		2:54:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:02am fred: Good morning Brian and all
	6:05am duke: Happy Saturday to all
	⚡ 6:05am Spikey BXL: Good morning, Brian, currentistas
	6:06am morphe': Hello from my NYC Hovel [smile emoji] and Remember ... as WNYC will only too often remind you .. Ya only have 361 days to pledge money to them in this calendar year...
	6:06am TDK60: Good morning, Brian.
	6:06am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers.
	6:06am Brian D: Fred, Duke, Spikey, Morphe, TDK, all... Good morning and Happy New Year.
	6:06am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @6:06 Missed you, Cooh. Good morning.
	⚡ 6:06am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:06 And a very happy and healthy 2025 to you and Mrs Currents as well.
	⚡ 6:06am Don in Tampere: Good morning Brian, fred, duke, Spikey, morphe, TDK and John.
	⚡ 6:07am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & commenters.
	6:08am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:06 Thank you, Spikey.
	6:09am Brian D: Greetings Don, Brian. Happy New Year to you both.
	⚡ 6:11am Don in Tampere: Will this be mostly a year in review, or more focused on the madness of the last couple of weeks? An anecdote on people's willful stupidity: in the discussion board of a story about the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks in the Frankfurter Rundschau, there was a comment that it was interesting how terrorists are always left-wing. This was a week after a neo-Nazi killed people at a Christmas market in Germany, not to mention that I have seen no evidence that the perpetrators of the us attacks were left-wing, which sure as hell ain't the same as being a religious maniac.
	6:12am morphe': ↳ Don in Tampere @6:06 Don .. I posted about you last week as someone was dissing Banjos and said "[misquuote on my part][they said]"" there have only ever been 2 good Banjo players and that is why no one wants to her Banjo.."""" I posted yer name/band as a rebuttle [sp???] and also Eugene Chadborne ... though he might be more guitar thogh played like a Banjo ..
	6:12am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian and all those listening...
	6:13am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 New news this week, Don. But your anecdote is a reason why I almost never read the comments on news articles.
	⚡ 6:13am bradford: Good Morning Brian & all.
	6:14am Brian D: ↳ Strandlund @6:12 Hey Strand. Happy New Year. Bradford, too.
	6:15am Eric the Hat: Gotta crash out Brian. Have a wonderful morning. We’ll see how easily I can manage to tune out…
	6:16am Fred and Alan: ↳ Strandlund @6:12 STRANDLUND GOOD MORNING LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:16am Fred and Alan: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 DON IN TAMPERE LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:16am Barbie: Good Morning Brian. Brrrrrtt
	6:17am Fred and Alan: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:05 SPIKEY LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:17am morphe': ↳ Brian D @6:13 Thinking there might be a bit of Jimmy Carter today??? Sadly, little known fact about Jimmy Carter who I do believe tried to do a lot of good ... sadly . he heavily funded the death regimes/squads in Central America and training in the Uni of the Americas .. not sure who was/were the advisors ... Regan took the ball and ran with it ...
	6:17am Strandlund: ↳ Brian D @6:14 A Warm, Healthy and Happy New Year to you and yours, Brian!!
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ Eric the Hat @6:15 Good morning and good night, Eric.
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:16 Fred and Alan, welcome and Happy New Year.
	6:19am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @6:16 Greetings, Barbie.
	6:19am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:17 No clips about Jimmy, but reminisces.
	6:19am Strandlund: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:16 Good Morning Fred and Alan!! Love, Peace and Pixie to you both!! Don't let the Animals bite you!!
	6:20am Brian D: ↳ Strandlund @6:17 Thank you, Strand.
	6:20am Angel DiMaria: Good morning happy Saturday
	6:21am Fred and Alan: ↳ Brian D @6:18 BRIAN D GOOD MORNING AND GREAT SHOW
	6:22am morphe': Really do think Jimmy Carter meant well, but was way off in Central America?? JIMMY CARTER’S DARK LEGACY IN EL SALVADOR [just one article] www.rollingstone.com...
	6:22am Fredericks: ↳ morphe' @6:17 Zbigniew Brzezinski
	6:22am Brian D: ↳ Angel DiMaria @6:20 Happy Saturday and 2025, Angel.
	6:23am fred: ↳ morphe' @6:12 I definitely saw Doc Chad play banjo. I would add Thomas Bonvalet (aka l'ocelle mare) in a more experimental vein
	6:23am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:22 There's also the fact that Al-Qaeda was "born" under his watch.
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ morphe' @6:12 Thanks for the support morphe! Actually, Eugene does play a lot of banjo, usually a Deering Goodtime. It's also his birthday today.
	6:24am Fredericks: ↳ fred @6:23 Me too. Sometimes with thimbles on his fingers.
	6:24am TDK60: I wonder how many U.S. citizens have realized this after the New Orleans vehicle murderer. But Republican politicians in conservative states have been proposing laws to make it okay for drivers to run down protesters in the streets. Of course, in the Republicans' minds this wouldn't be terrorism.
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:16 Love back at ya Fred and Alan!
	⚡ 6:26am Don in Tampere: ↳ Fredericks @6:24 i've only seen Doc Chad use a flat pick, and he's one of the few I would give a pass for playing banjo with a flat pick ;-)
	6:26am fred: ↳ TDK60 @6:24 Unless a drivers plows into a neo-nazi march, that is
	6:28am morphe': ↳ Don in Tampere @6:24 Mentioning his name on his BD .. Quelle coincidence !!!
	6:30am morphe': Don in Tampere: ↳ Fredericks @6:24 i've only seen Doc Chad use a flat pick, and he's one of the few I would give a pass for playing banjo with a flat pick ;-) I saw him play a metal instrument [guitar/Banjo/mezcla] with all fingered elongated metal picks/witch nails .. small place in Bklyn in 2000s .. was crazy..
	6:33am ?: not conscious enough to sign in right now, but i always love the musical choices on this show!!!
	⚡ 6:34am Spikey BXL: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:17 Big love and respect, gentlemen. How is Alan's eye recovering?
	6:34am morphe': As in transit mode ... about to eat my Friday dinner[nyc time] and go to bed .. Thanks BD and all !!!
	6:40am Brian D: ↳ @6:33 Thank you for saying so. Good morning.
	6:40am Fredericks: ↳ morphe' @6:30 He uses fingerpicks, but is not restricted to “bluegrass” style. The above video shows him using his thumb pick for a tremolo effect for example. Sometimes he employs a small half slide on one finger. https://banjoboogie.com/2018/11/11/eugene-chadbourne/
	6:40am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:34 Good day, Morphe...
	6:43am Fredericks: ↳ Brian D @6:40 Got any Chadbourne in store for us?
	6:44am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @6:43 I'll never say never, but I didn't know it was his birthday today.
	6:46am morphe': ↳ Song: "The Bell" by "West of Roan" ps.. photos/history of 37 women [Reported] killed in the Island of Ireland in 5 years[an Island of 5 million people]. www.thejournal.ie...
	6:47am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:46 62 including the north...
	6:48am morphe': Errata: 62 on the island .. " SINCE 2020, 37 women have been violently killed in Ireland. That is in addition to the 25 women killed in Northern Ireland during that time.
	6:49am morphe': ↳ Brian D @6:47 Yes...
	6:51am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:49 That's a gruesome statistic.
	6:51am Fredericks: ↳ Brian D @6:44 I didn't either.
	6:55am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Boom Boom" by "Janel and Anthony" This is an interesting piece.
	⚡ 6:57am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian...everyone...
	6:58am tak: that was tearful
	7:01am dale: good morning. as sonny penned, the beat goes on.
	7:01am rich in angleton: good morning brian and hello to everybody in radioland!
	7:07am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:57 Greetings Tom Tom. Happy 2025.
	⚡ 7:07am Spikey BXL: Your story reminded me of something I learned this week: the plane NASA uses to be able to experience zero gravity without having to go to space, is nicknamed 'the vomit comet'
	⚡ 7:07am Hoboken Jack: Happy new year Brian, Fredericks, Spikey, all!
	7:07am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @7:01 Rich! Good morning.
	⚡ 7:08am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:07 thanks brian...you also...
	⚡ 7:08am Spikey BXL: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:07 HNY Jack, wish you many distanced selfies, top notch grub, and great gigs
	7:09am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:07 That was my nickname in college (not really).
	7:09am Cooh John: A favorite of mine. I have heard it pronounced "crungbin."
	7:09am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning and Happy Perihelion Day!
	7:10am Brian D: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:07 Hey Jack! Right back at you. Are you still writing 5785 on your checks?
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @7:09 I have pronounced it that way, and been told it's wrong.
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @7:09 Good day, Ken.
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Brian D @7:11 But I should say I've TRIED to pronounce it that way.
	⚡ 7:12am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Up (Thank You)" by "Khruangbin" surprising from their sound but this duo is very glam cartoony
	⚡ 7:12am Hoboken Jack: ↳ Brian D @7:10 Yes until Drumpf makes the dollar worthless. Hi hp Ken!
	⚡ 7:12am Spikey BXL: About to take you all record shopping, hope nobody minds. /Ears only
	7:13am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:12 'Morning, Jack!
	7:14am Brian D: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:12 I love when you make that check joke every year. Makes me laugh EVERY time.
	7:14am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:12 Spend well.
	7:15am Cooh John: 'A band by any other name...' I have fallen asleep to them A fee times playing their music at 75% speed.
	⚡ 7:17am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:12 over the summer ny times said vance/ trump could "herald" in a new era...!!!!! HERALD!!!!
	⚡ 7:18am Will thee SG OCNY: good morning Brian D and all!!!
	⚡ 7:19am Don in Tampere: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:07 That's what they used to call the night buses from downtown Dublin when I lived there :D
	⚡ 7:20am Will thee SG OCNY: Happy New Year Brian D!!!
	7:20am ?: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:17 16 shells from a thirty ought six
	7:21am Brian D: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:20 Likewise, Will. Thank you.
	7:22am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:17 The Times also famously referred to GWB's "gravitas."
	7:24am he's Crafty: ↳ Song: "No Thirds" by "Mary Timony" ⭐️🔊🕺❤️🥰Hi Brian! Hi everyone! Nice tunes today
	⚡ 7:24am tom tom the pipers son: they also corrected his malaprops like 'nukular'...
	7:25am newton: good morning brian , et al
	⚡ 7:26am tom tom the pipers son: Not NYT Junk Poetry The Acid Comedy of How Suicide Drones Transformed The Most Inspiring Houses We Visited Bringing Modern Dance, Once Forbidden, to the Man in the Mud Who Stages a Spectacle As Confetti Rains Down After Another Bumper Year For Big Rockets, Big Telescopes and Big Changes in Space Awaited Sentencing, Blaming His Wife But Then Has His Children Taken Away From Him In a Peppy Small-Town Mystery of Teen Who Killed a Goat Used in Livestock Contests
	⚡ 7:28am Will thee SG OCNY: hi fred, duke, Spikey BXL, morphe', TDK60, Cooh John, Don in Tampere, Brian in UK, Strandlund, bradford, Eric the Hat, Fred and Alan, Barbie, Angel DiMaria, Fredericks, tom tom the pipers son, tak, dale, rich in angelton, Hoboken Jack, Ken HP, he'sCrafty, and newton!
	7:29am TDK60: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 Good morning, Will.
	⚡ 7:29am tom tom the pipers son: good morning will...
	7:29am tonyb: Nice guitar sound on the Mary Timony track. 👋
	⚡ 7:29am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and everyone.
	7:30am dale: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 morning....snow in chester? falling here.
	7:30am Brian D: ↳ tonyb @7:29 Hiya Tony! Happy New Year!
	7:30am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:29 Good morning, Peter. Happy New Year.
	⚡ 7:31am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ dale @7:30 a few stray flurries, but nothing really at the moment
	7:34am he's Crafty: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 Hey Will thee SG OCNY! Good morning 🌄
	⚡ 7:36am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Brian D @7:30 Happy New Year, Brian!
	7:37am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:28 H, Will!
	7:37am Fred and Alan: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:36 Peter Good morning and love from Fred and Alan
	7:39am Otto: 💯 decent, hardworking human but not very good at being president at the time
	7:40am Fredericks: ↳ Hoboken Jack @7:07 Welcome to 2025, Jackson.
	⚡ 7:40am Spikey BXL: ...he got that record from the cringe bin 🤪 (sorry Brian)
	7:40am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:40 BOOM!
	7:41am Fredericks: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:12 I thought they were a trio.
	⚡ 7:44am newton: ok Frances is walked and fed and now Im logged in
	⚡ 7:44am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @7:41 oh perhaps forgot about drummer but they don't really seem to be part of the "show"
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:44 Good morning, Newton. Happy New Year.
	⚡ 7:46am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Fred and Alan @7:37 Hello Fred and Alan, happy New Year!
	7:47am Saltzshaker: Hi Brian, happy new year, sounding great this morn! I am filling in at 9 and just sent you an email through the contact form if you could check 🙏
	⚡ 7:48am newton: I missed the bog
	⚡ 7:50am Will thee SG OCNY: Hi tonyb, Peter from Saranac Lake NY, Otto, and Saltzshaker!
	7:54am Mattynotimes: Happy New Year to you and Mrs Currents! Making breakfast to the show and loving as usual. Hope to see you soon
	7:54am Mattynotimes: Morning WFMU friends!
	⚡ 7:54am NotARealDoctor: Good morning from the dog park here in Norfolk VA! Too cold to keep my gloves off but I wanted to drop in and let you know we've been listening. Happy New Year everyone!
	⚡ 7:56am Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Mattynotimes and NotARealDoctor!
	7:57am Fred and Alan: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:54 Not areal Doctor love from Fred and Alan
	⚡ 7:57am newton: I can't say Happy New Year, it seems an outright lie. I will say I hope you all have happy times this new year
	7:57am Brian D: ↳ Mattynotimes @7:54 Happy New Year to the Notimes clan, Matt.
	7:58am Brian D: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:54 Happy New Year, Not a Real. Stay warm.
	8:00am tonyb: Top of the morning, Will! Good luck in 2025, Brian! It won’t be dull, I fear.
	8:07am fred: ↳ Song: "Theft" by "BIG\|BRAVE" That was great!
	8:08am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:07 That band can do no wrong in my book.
	⚡ 8:09am Don in Tampere: Off to run errands. Thanks for a great show.
	8:10am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @8:09 Have a great day, Don.
	⚡ 8:18am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:50 Hello Will thee SG OCNY! One of these days, you have to tell us how you chose your handle.
	8:19am Mark T: Good morning everyone
	8:20am Fredericks: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:26 "Aila Sauramo Tampere Jazz Happening 1989. 51w Woody Bell Jr. I saw him play an electric rake a long time ago. It was really challenging to listen to and it made me feel cultured and intellectual."
	8:23am Beast of Boonton: Right, it is time for some smart people running things
	8:26am Squidocto: Huh, Ed Meese is still alive. 93 yers old
	⚡ 8:26am newton: isn't there a pedestrian lane on the GW bridge?
	⚡ 8:28am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: "It's Not That Bad:" this is why I listen to Woof Moo.
	8:29am TDK60: ↳ newton @8:26 newton: Yes, there is a walking/biking sidewalk. It's far north of the station though.
	8:29am Toothgrinder Tom: One story that I found interesting this week is that the oldest living Olympian has died. She was also a Holocaust survivor.
	8:31am HyperDose: Bayonne mentioned!
	8:31am iiibeat: Million Dollar Baby
	8:34am morphe': Best Boxing film/doc/ Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Ali in Congo = name?
	⚡ 8:36am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:18 I used to go by 'Will the Sound Guy'... I felt that a few people were confusing my handle as being a member of the station. I changed it to 'Will, a Sound Guy'... When I described the situation to Billy Jam, he suggested using thee. I later shortened it to the current monocur since a high percentage of my gigs are in the Orange County, NY area and that is my home base. I am a Sound Guy in the nights and weekends and a land Surveyor during the work week, so SG actually fits both.
	⚡ 8:41am William Hellfire: Great show Brian!
	8:41am TDK60: What was the "Not That Bad" topic this week? The Coney Island subway terminus?
	8:43am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @8:41 Was there even a topic?
	⚡ 8:43am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:36 Very cool!
	8:44am HyperDose: shout out to my homeless peeps
	⚡ 8:46am Will thee SG OCNY: Hi HyperDose, Mark T(rout) Fishman, Beast of Boonton, Squidocto, Toothgrinder Tom, iiibeat, and William Hellfire!
	8:48am HyperDose: Will thee Sound/Surveyor (and Dad) Guy!
	⚡ 8:49am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @8:48 SSDG lol
	8:49am TDK60: ↳ Brian D @8:43 Oh, I thought there was to be a pinpointed subject each week. No?
	⚡ 8:50am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @8:48 Hope you are doing well HD
	⚡ 8:51am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Great show, Brian. Thank you.
	8:52am HyperDose: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:50 every day is a struggle to find reasons to stick around, but we're trying. cheers to a better 2025!
	8:52am morphe': ↳ Song: "Allatonceness" by "Arab Strap" >>> "...Balls on thr frezzer...." my sex life is over but thinkinh I missed af ew things ..."
	8:53am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Allatonceness" by "Arab Strap" Mark Hurst might like this one.
	8:54am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @8:49 Well, we try but usually lose the plot...
	8:54am Philipp: ↳ Song: "Look Alive" by "Straw Man Army" super melody, thnx for song!
	⚡ 8:55am bradford: Thanks, Brian!
	8:55am Brian D: All, that's about it for me. Happy and Healthy New Year to you all. Stay safe and have a great weekend.
	8:56am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Boom Boom Back (ft. Beck)" by "Hinds" This one really grabs me.
	⚡ 8:57am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @8:52 I hope things continue to improve for you!
	8:57am TDK60: Thanks for the show, DJ B.
	⚡ 8:57am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Brian D! be well everyone!
	8:58am HyperDose: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:57 much appreciated my friend <3
	10:03am Otto: We have a great horned on neighbors property. We’ve never seen the owl. Love that sound

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 4, 2025

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