WFMU: Ira: Playlist from July 22, 2020

Listener comments!
	12:04am Nate K.: "Can we get a pool, Dad? Can we get a pool, Dad? Can we get a pool, Dad?"
	12:05am Jed: A bit evocative of Pram!
	12:06am BH: it's been a rough year for Albert Brooks with Brooks Brothers filing for bankruptcy and all
	♥ 12:06am mariano: Ira, Scott, midniters.
	♥ 12:08am Ira: Only figured out at the last minute that today (July 22) is Albert Brooks's birthday, so no Jacques drop-ins, I'm afraid. Please keep listening anyway.
	♥ 12:11am Chop Scott: I'm a happy listener--thanks for being on the air Ira!
	12:11am Jed: I'll play Defending Your Life over your whole set to add an extra layer of observance.
	♥ 12:13am Hoboken Jack: I'll make the requisite "you know his real name is Albert Einstein" and "you know his brother was Super Dave" comments. Passing the savings onto you fine people.
	♥ 12:16am Ira: Their scene together in Modern Romance is in my brain all the time. Take the box, I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
	♥ 12:19am Rich in Washington: The Gun Club summoned me. Hello everyone!
	♥ 12:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yay ! Do not get enuff GunClubs.
	12:20am BH: not sure what it says about the 2018-19 seasons that the empty stadium exhibitions for my team weren't all that weird to watch today and yesterday (I'll consider Tuesday to be "today" until I go to sleep)
	12:22am Roberto: Ahoya Oyrah!
	♥ 12:22am Ira: As a long-time Mets fan, I've seen empty stadiums before. It's a better look than the fake crowd.
	12:22am sufferwords: North Valley represent JLP Rob Ritter peace
	12:23am BH: the fake noise wasn't too obvious in the games I was watching, so maybe their TV mix was just right, or they figured they didn't need to make it too loud when they scored a run while down 15-5
	♥ 12:24am Ira: Apologies in advance if I miscue a song. I've got something in my eye, and it's annoying and distracting.
	♥ 12:25am Ken From Hyde Park: A nice glass of Iriash whiskey for Albert Brooks! Hi, all!
	12:29am BH: I hear the people who are really mad about MLB players taking a knee have pledged to not attend any games this season. (I'm sure this joke was already made on Twitter)
	♥ 12:30am Ken From Hyde Park: Bluh, the gag is supposed to be "Iraish whiskey." Talk about bad eyes.
	♥ 12:30am Scott Williams: Cueing up "A Star is Bought" for later's Albert b'day tribute
	♥ 12:33am Hoboken Jack: No home is complete without an eye wash station. Hello Ira, Scott, Nate, HP Ken, all.
	12:36am Roberto: Yep, I realized all that last year upon Bob Einstein's passing. Mind = buh-lown.
	12:37am Jedley: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
	♥ 12:38am chaos_in_la_la: damn, the sounds sound the same
	12:39am sufferwords: the young man brought the thunder
	♥ 12:44am chaos_in_la_la: Looked up the John Lewis 8/23 speech again on youtube and got a beer advert before it played this time. you?
	♥ 12:45am chaos_in_la_la: *28
	12:46am Roberto: He should have sued the other Albert Einstein to change his name.
	♥ 12:47am chaos_in_la_la: This hour is Movin p quick @Ira, good set..
	♥ 12:48am Ira: @Roberto: It's working for Lady A!
	12:48am John L: How have I lived this long without ever hearing that Jamo Thomas song?
	12:49am Roberto: Oh right, the ol' Lady A v Lady A saga.
	12:51am sufferwords: solid hat tip
	12:52am Mike W: late night radio
	12:54am Joe B: Greetings Ira and everyone
	12:55am Mike W: Those cardboard cutouts of baseball fans aren’t even looking at their phones
	♥ 12:55am Ira: Then they don't even look realistic.
	12:56am Joe B: assuming the ones at Dodger Stadium will leave in the seventh inning
	♥ 1:00am chaos_in_la_la: its only 9:59 has the seventh inning even happened yet? I haven't even spit my peanut shells on the seat in front of me yet
	♥ 1:04am Scott Williams: Thanks for the spin, Ira! I'm glad Darren's running a little late
	1:06am Mike W: exactly @Ira, I just find the whole thing a little hard to believe. Fans sitting attentively and quietly? I just don’t know if that’s ever been anyone’s experience. @Joe B they have to, they got there in the 3rd inning and the parking meter on their cardboard cutout of a car is about to run out
	1:06am sufferwords: Emmitt
	♥ 1:07am Ira: Emitt
	1:07am Mike W: Mr. Rhodes
	♥ 1:12am chaos_in_la_la: John Hammond af. Wait what is happening?
	1:12am BH: the cutouts could be worse... they could have put ventriloquist dummies in the stadium Unrelated to everything: I am now aware that Kurtis Blow covered "Takin Care of Business".. which... yeah...
	♥ 1:15am Paulo AD: Good morning all from Abu Dhabi
	1:16am sufferwords: Vox Pop great live act
	1:16am BH: i'm just gonna guess that Kurtis just really enjoys BTO and decided to put that track on his album
	♥ 1:17am Ira: Never got to see Vox Pop.
	♥ 1:17am mariano: Wow Scott, I didn't know you were in Fairport Convention! ;) Ok, I might've read the set list wrong at first... Hello Abu Dhabi.
	♥ 1:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Actually know a fiddler played Irish Trad weekly @ the local pub back when that sort of thing happened in the Olden World had been in Fairport @ some point. Said they 'didn't know what to do with him' - so not illustrious apparently...
	♥ 1:30am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...received information - could be cutout news - but he's fairly accomplished & they made the circuit for decades...
	♥ 1:35am mariano: RevRabbit: I'm picturing him as the older horn player in The Commitments, the one with all the stories about playing with Sam Cooke, etc.
	1:35am Misha Sib: Greetings from Omsk, Russia to everybody in the world listening to this groovie radio
	1:35am sufferwords: Great set/ Vox Pop probably never made it out of LA - possibly frisco
	♥ 1:36am Ira: @Misha Sib: you're just in time! Is there a way to write this title using the English alphabet????
	1:41am Misha Sib: @Ira ok, it's "Gorodki"
	1:44am Misha Sib: @Ira Actually it doesn't mean "small towns", gorodki is a Russian traditional game, something like bowling
	♥ 1:47am mariano: Interesting, Misha.
	♥ 1:53am Rich in Washington: Now I wanna make a T-bone steak.
	♥ 1:54am Rich in Washington: Hound Dog Taylor's Gimme Back My Wig would just dovetail, huh?
	1:55am Joe B: thought the T-Bones were gonna be next!
	♥ 1:58am Ira: That they weren't proving, or at least demonstrating, that it wasn't planned.
	1:59am Joe B: guess I meant 'hoping'!
	2:00am BH: Lloyd Thayer's nickname isn't T-Bone?
	♥ 2:01am Ira: Blasted Virtual DJ--I can't even pull out Doug Sahm doing T-Bone Shuffle.
	2:02am Joe B: @BH - it is now!
	♥ 2:08am Ira: At least I was able to play one of my favorite Wizz "T-Bone" Jones numbers.
	2:11am Hubig Pie: Yessir I like this track
	2:14am Joe B: Concetta!
	2:16am Joe B: Wish she had made more records in this style. or even a second one.
	♥ 2:22am mariano: What was that bed music? That was Rod McKuen?
	2:26am Hubig Pie: Omsk- home of the regional Soviet air defense HQ
	2:34am Beep Boop: This works really nice with the train horn in my neighborhood
	2:38am Joe B: great segue!
	2:39am Jedley: Ole T-Bone Angel Bat!
	2:43am Joe B: ha! I recommend the archive of Angel's appearance on Radio Ravioli from a few weeks ago. wfmu.org...
	♥ 2:55am mariano: That was a good one, Joe, great show. Thanks Ira, Scott and/or Darren and the rest of the Crew, 'night everyone.
	♥ 2:56am Ira: Thank you for listening. Thanks for commenting. Stay safe.
	2:57am DktrFaustus: Awesome stuff, thanks and good cheer.
	3:00am Joe B: thanks Ira, great show
	1:28am Michael: I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York!
	11:19am Marie: Great show, Ira--thanks!

Ira: Playlist from July 22, 2020

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July 22, 2020: The Albert Brooks birthday show

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Artist	Track	Comments	Approx. start time
	It's the Ira the K show! "It's the Ira the K show!"		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mushroom with Eddie Gale	The Spirit	the president of my middle school student council on bass guitar	0:02:27 (Pop-up)
Gun Club	Fire Spirit "Fire Spirit" by "Gun Club"		0:17:23 (Pop-up)
Soft Shoulder	Bed of Nails "Bed of Nails" by "Soft Shoulder"		0:20:13 (Pop-up)
Sault	Pink Sands "Pink Sands" by "Sault"		0:25:53 (Pop-up)
Reverend Willingham and His Swanees	That's the Spirit		0:27:42 (Pop-up)
24-Carat Black featuring LaRhonda LeGette	I Need a Change		0:30:38 (Pop-up)
Oui Ennui	(E) Serve, Protect, Kneel on Necks		0:34:28 (Pop-up)
John Lewis	March on Washington 8/28/63		0:35:48 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Randy Weston	Niger Mambo "Niger Mambo" by "Randy Weston"		0:38:11 (Pop-up)
Jamo Thomas and His Orchestra	Stop the Baby		0:43:12 (Pop-up)
Velvet Underground	I'm Gonna Move Right In		0:46:24 (Pop-up)
Brigid Berlin	"Brigid Berlin"		0:48:21 (Pop-up)
Les Calamités	You Can't Sit Down		0:52:32 (Pop-up)
The Roosters	I've Got That Feeling		0:54:37 (Pop-up)
Vox Pop	Become a Pagan "Become a Pagan" by "Vox Pop"	it's a Rob Ritter two for Tuesday (on Wednesday morning)	0:56:48 (Pop-up)
Baume	Diary of a Young Woman "Diary of a Young Woman" by "Baume"	wfmu's Samantha and Scott Williams	1:01:46 (Pop-up)
Fairport Convention	Time Will Show the Wiser	RIP Judy Dyble and Emitt Rhodes	1:04:41 (Pop-up)
Rudi Richardson	Fool's Hall of Fame		1:07:29 (Pop-up)
Tetsu Mineta	Improvise SlideGuitar		1:10:15 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Mike Reed	I Only Have Eyes for You		1:12:21 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone	See Line Woman "See Line Woman" by "Nina Simone"		1:17:09 (Pop-up)
Pulsallama	Rhythm Method "Rhythm Method" by "Pulsallama"		1:19:46 (Pop-up)
Docteur Nico & L'Orchestre Africain Fiesta	Nakeyi Abidjan		1:22:00 (Pop-up)
Clarinha	Iemanja "Iemanja" by "Clarinha"		1:26:18 (Pop-up)
Sam Gas Can	Walk Away "Walk Away" by "Sam Gas Can"		1:29:03 (Pop-up)
Hawkwind	The Watcher "The Watcher" by "Hawkwind"		1:31:16 (Pop-up)
Zumvo	something in Russian, beyond my typing ability, I believe it translates to "Small Towns." Listener Misha Sib informs me it's "Gorodki"		1:34:23 (Pop-up)
Jim White & Marisa Anderson	18 to 1		1:38:04 (Pop-up)
Freddy Weller	Indian Lake "Indian Lake" by "Freddy Weller"	by request, almost	1:42:14 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Beach Boys	All Summer Long "All Summer Long" by "The Beach Boys"		1:43:26 (Pop-up)
T-Bone Burnett	Hold On Tight "Hold On Tight" by "T-Bone Burnett"		1:48:27 (Pop-up)
T-Bone Walker	I Know Your Wig Is Gone	you won't believe me, and I wouldn't believe you if you made this claim, but I swear I chose this song before I realized it was another T-Bone.	1:51:44 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Thayer and Jerome Deupree	Blind Owl Blues		1:56:52 (Pop-up)
Wizz Jones	Mary Go 'Round "Mary Go 'Round" by "Wizz Jones"		2:04:33 (Pop-up)
The Eighteenth Day of May	Seven Dials		2:09:07 (Pop-up)
Connie Francis	Don't Ever Leave Me		2:13:03 (Pop-up)
The Glands	Electricity "Electricity" by "The Glands"		2:16:30 (Pop-up)
Pattie Bersaudara	What Am I Supposed to Do		2:19:05 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Rod McKuen	Birds of Prey "Birds of Prey" by "Rod McKuen"		2:20:44 (Pop-up)
de tian	Transcriptome 8 "Transcriptome 8" by "de tian"		2:25:23 (Pop-up)
LSD Air	4.29.20 (Untitled Proxima)		2:29:47 (Pop-up)
Angel Bat Dawid	Transition East "Transition East" by "Angel Bat Dawid"		2:37:46 (Pop-up)
A Space for Sound	Side B2 "Side B2" by "A Space for Sound"		2:41:22 (Pop-up)
Samara Lubelski & Marcia Bassett	Transparent Horizon Collapsing / Radiant Continuum		2:46:13 (Pop-up)
Grateful Dead	Dark Hollow "Dark Hollow" by "Grateful Dead"		2:55:02 (Pop-up)
Chuck McCann	outro "outro" by "Chuck McCann"		2:57:24 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:04am Nate K.: "Can we get a pool, Dad? Can we get a pool, Dad? Can we get a pool, Dad?"
	12:05am Jed: A bit evocative of Pram!
	12:06am BH: it's been a rough year for Albert Brooks with Brooks Brothers filing for bankruptcy and all
	♥ 12:06am mariano: Ira, Scott, midniters.
	♥ 12:08am Ira: Only figured out at the last minute that today (July 22) is Albert Brooks's birthday, so no Jacques drop-ins, I'm afraid. Please keep listening anyway.
	♥ 12:11am Chop Scott: I'm a happy listener--thanks for being on the air Ira!
	12:11am Jed: I'll play Defending Your Life over your whole set to add an extra layer of observance.
	♥ 12:13am Hoboken Jack: I'll make the requisite "you know his real name is Albert Einstein" and "you know his brother was Super Dave" comments. Passing the savings onto you fine people.
	♥ 12:16am Ira: Their scene together in Modern Romance is in my brain all the time. Take the box, I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
	♥ 12:19am Rich in Washington: The Gun Club summoned me. Hello everyone!
	♥ 12:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yay ! Do not get enuff GunClubs.
	12:20am BH: not sure what it says about the 2018-19 seasons that the empty stadium exhibitions for my team weren't all that weird to watch today and yesterday (I'll consider Tuesday to be "today" until I go to sleep)
	12:22am Roberto: Ahoya Oyrah!
	♥ 12:22am Ira: As a long-time Mets fan, I've seen empty stadiums before. It's a better look than the fake crowd.
	12:22am sufferwords: North Valley represent JLP Rob Ritter peace
	12:23am BH: the fake noise wasn't too obvious in the games I was watching, so maybe their TV mix was just right, or they figured they didn't need to make it too loud when they scored a run while down 15-5
	♥ 12:24am Ira: Apologies in advance if I miscue a song. I've got something in my eye, and it's annoying and distracting.
	♥ 12:25am Ken From Hyde Park: A nice glass of Iriash whiskey for Albert Brooks! Hi, all!
	12:29am BH: I hear the people who are really mad about MLB players taking a knee have pledged to not attend any games this season. (I'm sure this joke was already made on Twitter)
	♥ 12:30am Ken From Hyde Park: Bluh, the gag is supposed to be "Iraish whiskey." Talk about bad eyes.
	♥ 12:30am Scott Williams: Cueing up "A Star is Bought" for later's Albert b'day tribute
	♥ 12:33am Hoboken Jack: No home is complete without an eye wash station. Hello Ira, Scott, Nate, HP Ken, all.
	12:36am Roberto: Yep, I realized all that last year upon Bob Einstein's passing. Mind = buh-lown.
	12:37am Jedley: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
	♥ 12:38am chaos_in_la_la: damn, the sounds sound the same
	12:39am sufferwords: the young man brought the thunder
	♥ 12:44am chaos_in_la_la: Looked up the John Lewis 8/23 speech again on youtube and got a beer advert before it played this time. you?
	♥ 12:45am chaos_in_la_la: *28
	12:46am Roberto: He should have sued the other Albert Einstein to change his name.
	♥ 12:47am chaos_in_la_la: This hour is Movin p quick @Ira, good set..
	♥ 12:48am Ira: @Roberto: It's working for Lady A!
	12:48am John L: How have I lived this long without ever hearing that Jamo Thomas song?
	12:49am Roberto: Oh right, the ol' Lady A v Lady A saga.
	12:51am sufferwords: solid hat tip
	12:52am Mike W: late night radio
	12:54am Joe B: Greetings Ira and everyone
	12:55am Mike W: Those cardboard cutouts of baseball fans aren’t even looking at their phones
	♥ 12:55am Ira: Then they don't even look realistic.
	12:56am Joe B: assuming the ones at Dodger Stadium will leave in the seventh inning
	♥ 1:00am chaos_in_la_la: its only 9:59 has the seventh inning even happened yet? I haven't even spit my peanut shells on the seat in front of me yet
	♥ 1:04am Scott Williams: Thanks for the spin, Ira! I'm glad Darren's running a little late
	1:06am Mike W: exactly @Ira, I just find the whole thing a little hard to believe. Fans sitting attentively and quietly? I just don’t know if that’s ever been anyone’s experience. @Joe B they have to, they got there in the 3rd inning and the parking meter on their cardboard cutout of a car is about to run out
	1:06am sufferwords: Emmitt
	♥ 1:07am Ira: Emitt
	1:07am Mike W: Mr. Rhodes
	♥ 1:12am chaos_in_la_la: John Hammond af. Wait what is happening?
	1:12am BH: the cutouts could be worse... they could have put ventriloquist dummies in the stadium Unrelated to everything: I am now aware that Kurtis Blow covered "Takin Care of Business".. which... yeah...
	♥ 1:15am Paulo AD: Good morning all from Abu Dhabi
	1:16am sufferwords: Vox Pop great live act
	1:16am BH: i'm just gonna guess that Kurtis just really enjoys BTO and decided to put that track on his album
	♥ 1:17am Ira: Never got to see Vox Pop.
	♥ 1:17am mariano: Wow Scott, I didn't know you were in Fairport Convention! ;) Ok, I might've read the set list wrong at first... Hello Abu Dhabi.
	♥ 1:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Actually know a fiddler played Irish Trad weekly @ the local pub back when that sort of thing happened in the Olden World had been in Fairport @ some point. Said they 'didn't know what to do with him' - so not illustrious apparently...
	♥ 1:30am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...received information - could be cutout news - but he's fairly accomplished & they made the circuit for decades...
	♥ 1:35am mariano: RevRabbit: I'm picturing him as the older horn player in The Commitments, the one with all the stories about playing with Sam Cooke, etc.
	1:35am Misha Sib: Greetings from Omsk, Russia to everybody in the world listening to this groovie radio
	1:35am sufferwords: Great set/ Vox Pop probably never made it out of LA - possibly frisco
	♥ 1:36am Ira: @Misha Sib: you're just in time! Is there a way to write this title using the English alphabet????
	1:41am Misha Sib: @Ira ok, it's "Gorodki"
	1:44am Misha Sib: @Ira Actually it doesn't mean "small towns", gorodki is a Russian traditional game, something like bowling
	♥ 1:47am mariano: Interesting, Misha.
	♥ 1:53am Rich in Washington: Now I wanna make a T-bone steak.
	♥ 1:54am Rich in Washington: Hound Dog Taylor's Gimme Back My Wig would just dovetail, huh?
	1:55am Joe B: thought the T-Bones were gonna be next!
	♥ 1:58am Ira: That they weren't proving, or at least demonstrating, that it wasn't planned.
	1:59am Joe B: guess I meant 'hoping'!
	2:00am BH: Lloyd Thayer's nickname isn't T-Bone?
	♥ 2:01am Ira: Blasted Virtual DJ--I can't even pull out Doug Sahm doing T-Bone Shuffle.
	2:02am Joe B: @BH - it is now!
	♥ 2:08am Ira: At least I was able to play one of my favorite Wizz "T-Bone" Jones numbers.
	2:11am Hubig Pie: Yessir I like this track
	2:14am Joe B: Concetta!
	2:16am Joe B: Wish she had made more records in this style. or even a second one.
	♥ 2:22am mariano: What was that bed music? That was Rod McKuen?
	2:26am Hubig Pie: Omsk- home of the regional Soviet air defense HQ
	2:34am Beep Boop: This works really nice with the train horn in my neighborhood
	2:38am Joe B: great segue!
	2:39am Jedley: Ole T-Bone Angel Bat!
	2:43am Joe B: ha! I recommend the archive of Angel's appearance on Radio Ravioli from a few weeks ago. wfmu.org...
	♥ 2:55am mariano: That was a good one, Joe, great show. Thanks Ira, Scott and/or Darren and the rest of the Crew, 'night everyone.
	♥ 2:56am Ira: Thank you for listening. Thanks for commenting. Stay safe.
	2:57am DktrFaustus: Awesome stuff, thanks and good cheer.
	3:00am Joe B: thanks Ira, great show
	1:28am Michael: I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York!
	11:19am Marie: Great show, Ira--thanks!

Ira: Playlist from July 22, 2020

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