WFMU: Radio Row: Playlist from January 21, 2024

Listener comments!
	♥ 5:04pm Ben from Newark: Good afternoon everyone, thanks for tuning in! Today's show will be a group therapy session of sorts. I'll be sharing some of my own experiences on this topic during my mic breaks, and for those who are comfortable sharing, I'd love to hear your own stories on this topic in today's comments. Thank you!
	♥ 5:05pm PerroCaliente: BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN I LOVE YOUUUUUU
	♥ 5:05pm Ike: Sounds great!
	🎸 ♥ 5:06pm Will thee Sound Guy: Hi Ben and all!!!
	♥ 5:06pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Ike @5:05 thanks Ike!
	♥ 5:06pm Ben from Newark: ↳ PerroCaliente @5:05 Perro!!!! Thanks so much for tuning in, and for being my cheerleader!!
	♥ 5:07pm Scott_Oz: G'day Ben & Rowers! Better Life Through Chemistry! 🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💊
	♥ 5:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: How you been, Ben?
	5:08pm Emily P.: Hi Ben! 👋🏼
	♥ 5:08pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:07 doing well Ken, thanks for tuning in!
	♥ 5:09pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Emily P. @5:08 Emily!!! Thanks for listening!
	♥ 5:09pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Therapy (edit)" by "Robert Ashley" Ashley FTW!
	♥ 5:09pm brycepunk1: I'm really digging this
	🎸 ♥ 5:09pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): Hey, Ben. Hey, row house.
	♥ 5:10pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Will thee Sound Guy @5:06 Hi Will! Thanks for tuning in
	5:11pm Harry Corvair: We’ll need more sessions to work this out. Therapy (edit) by Robert Ashley (Celestial Excursions)
	♥ 5:11pm K8: Welcome, Ben! Thanks for curating tunes around mental health. Such an important topic that I feel like is mostly ignored (because we're all so fucking busy) or stigmatized (I don't know why...that stigma just seems...unproductive? Weird?). Anyway, glad you're making this happen...thank you!
	♥ 5:12pm Ben from Newark: Thank you for the kind words K8, much appreciated! Also, I hope your show went well!. I understand Handy was helping on the prop front in the week before
	♥ 5:13pm DanFA: Maria Bamford is the stand-up equivalent of WFMU.
	♥ 5:14pm robin: the happiest song about being down!
	♥ 5:17pm K8: ↳ Ben from Newark @5:12 Oh Lord, talk about stress on mental health! Producing plays with teenagers can be sooo stressful and rewarding at the same time. And yes, Handy had to do a props-buying run at some point...it was wild! But we got it done, the kids were stars, it all came together. Whew! Thanks so much for asking...
	♥ 5:17pm slugluv1313: hello, Ben! Everyone! fixing food (so not at the comments full time!) -- but so grateful and happy that i can be here, listening with you all! 😺😺
	♥ 5:18pm Ben from Newark: ↳ K8 @5:17 Glad to hear! Now you can take a much-needed and well-deserved rest
	🎸 ♥ 5:19pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ K8 @5:17 woo-hoo! also, hey k8. so nice to see you on the boards today.
	♥ 5:20pm K8: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:19 Hi Bryan! Good to see you too...I'm procrastinating doing my end-of-the-semester grading stuff. Slooowly doing work as I listen. Not quite to that post-production rest that I really need.
	♥ 5:20pm slugluv1313: ↳ K8 @5:17 hi K8! that sounds fantastic!!! (i have been so out of the proverbial loop -- just learning of this now 🙃🤯) please say hello to Handy and all your critters for me 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
	🎸 ♥ 5:20pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses" by "Katie Lee Wit... oh hell yes
	♥ 5:21pm Webhamster Henry: I think there a few therapy-comedy records out there!
	5:21pm olivia: great show, Ben! talk therapy / emdr therapy has helped me a lot in recent years, and i wish i had started a lot sooner. but there’s also a lot of other activities I’ve been viewing as therapeutic for me as well ~ what kinds of stuff do u guys do that u find are therapeutic
	♥ 5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: What helps me from feeling overwhelmed and panicky is to keep a list of things that need to be done and celebrating when I knock off an item. Take and tackle an easy item and proceed to the harder ones once I'm on a roll.
	🎸 ♥ 5:23pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ K8 @5:20 i'm a little in denial that i start back up tomorrow.
	♥ 5:23pm K8: ↳ slugluv1313 @5:20 Hi slugluv! Of course...I'm sure Handy sends his regards back to you! Hope 2024 is treating you well...
	5:23pm ?: Takes naps.
	🎸 ♥ 5:23pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ olivia @5:21 you mean other than fmu (ha ha). exercise for sure.
	♥ 5:23pm slugluv1313: ↳ PerroCaliente @5:05 hi DJ PC!! thanks for the reminder during yer show -- i may have missed out otherwise!
	5:24pm wenzo: Hi I’m Owen and I’m depressed! Lol… stories… idk…
	♥ 5:24pm K8: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:23 I hear you...
	♥ 5:24pm DanFA: Ben Gross? More like Ben Delightful.
	5:24pm Old Dave: What?
	5:25pm carl from providence: thank you the insight
	♥ 5:26pm slugluv1313: ↳ K8 @5:23 thank you, K8! so far, so good -- i hope 2024 is being good to you too!
	5:26pm ?: Drink beer like 99.5% of WFMU listeners.
	♥ 5:26pm brycepunk1: I've been loving all this odd music. Really identify with it. Disassociative, manic-depressive, alcoholic, fetishist, addict of all sorts... I really appreciated the Gary Gulman samples up front.
	🎸 ♥ 5:26pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): remind me to tell the story sometime abt how i figured out that my therapist was also working with a very beloved-by-fmu musician. anyway, i had a really awesome therapist for 20 years, until he retired. i miss him.
	♥ 5:28pm Ben from Newark: ↳ brycepunk1 @5:26 thanks, really appreciate it! yeah, the great depresh really resonated with me
	♥ 5:28pm K8: Never had formal therapy, but I think I'm going to pursue that for the first time this year (after having a seizure and being diagnosed with Focal Epilepsy last month). Ends up dealing with that has been a lot. But beyond formal therapy, yeah, I love to do lists, like Ken. And exercise is hugely helpful for stress...I'm with you Bryan. I have a kind of crazy journaling practice that's too much to describe here, but yeah. Otherwise, making stuff...making music, writing, collage...god, I love collage. Making stuff helps me feel better.
	♥ 5:30pm slugluv1313: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:23 agreed! even before pandemic lockdowns, isolation -- WFMU -- and all you listeners out there too! -- has always been the best "therapy" -- keeping me grounded, even when everything is spinning way out of control
	🎸 ♥ 5:32pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ slugluv1313 @5:30 yes, i wasn't joking. keeping my head full of new music calms me. i also like k8 creativity hack. sometimes not being able to make what i'm supposed to make is the problem, but if i can find a sideway into it--writing about something else, making a playlist on a related topic, etc. -- something will free up a bit.
	♥ 5:33pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Ben Gross w/ Ayya Soma" Feline Therapy! the best 😻😻
	🎸 ♥ 5:34pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "When We Let Go" by "Bill Callahan" this album was so full of good songs, most of them overlooked. nice to hear this, ben.
	5:34pm ?: Smoke endless amounts of pot and edibles like 99.5% of WFMU listeners.
	♥ 5:36pm DanFA: Olivia, if you're reading this, I think you have your next hit with this show.
	♥ 5:36pm Ike: ↳ @5:34 I don't. Not that there's anything wrong w/that. It all just makes me extremely anxious and paranoid. (No, your favorite strain doesn't work on me either.)
	♥ 5:37pm K8: Thanks so much, Ben! Would love to have you back with more! I have to bounce out into the cold night now...everyone have wonderfully calm and healthy Sunday evenings (whatever that might mean to you).
	♥ 5:38pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Pranadhana" by "Alice Coltrane" Alice 💜💜💜
	♥ 5:39pm slugluv1313: ↳ K8 @5:37 have a great night, K8 -- stay warm!
	🎸 ♥ 5:41pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): really beautiful book i bought for someone i love who really struggles w/ depression. pretty packed w/ musicians and music writers etc. www.simonandschuster.com...
	♥ 5:42pm Ben from Newark: ↳ K8 @5:37 Thanks for tuning in K8, and thank you so much for sharing your personal experiences regarding self-care. I agree, the act of creating is incredible therapy.
	🎸 ♥ 5:42pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:41 i kind of love everything brandon puts his fingerprints on.
	♥ 5:43pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:42 Thank you for this. I also love Brandon Stousy's writing. Will definitely check this out!
	♥ 5:44pm brycepunk1: I've been journaling since 1996.. it's so odd to go back and read "What was doing today five years ago, fifteen years ago..?" It really does help me a lot. If just to keep track of when I learned things.
	♥ 5:44pm robin: one of the things that keeps things from sinking/tanking my existence is trying to always have something social to look forward to on my calendar. kind of replaces antidepressants if i can keep it rolling.
	♥ 5:45pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... The return of Alan Watts!
	🎸 ♥ 5:45pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Ben from Newark @5:43 his books on creativity are great too, as is the creative independent. i think he's super human, which gives the projects he works on a really sense of openness and authenticity. this is a great episode, ben. an hour isn't long enough.
	♥ 5:45pm DanFA: ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... So this is what Alan Watts sounds like. Where did you get this recording?
	♥ 5:47pm slugluv1313: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:41 that looks amazing -- thank you!
	🎸 ♥ 5:48pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... i love the mindfulness mash-up. did you hear this a year or two ago, ben? if not it would be right up the alley of where you're going here. brianharnetty.bandcamp.com...
	♥ 5:50pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... omg Alan Watts -- thank you (many years ago -- maybe pre-archive times? -- FMU used to broadcast an hour of Alan Watts talks once a week -- around 6pm, iirc?)
	♥ 5:50pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:48 Thanks! I'm not familiar with this, will give it a listen
	🎸 ♥ 5:51pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Ben from Newark @5:50 pretty sure i heard it first on trouble's show. the whole thing is so soothing/rich.
	♥ 5:52pm Ben from Newark: ↳ olivia @5:21 Thanks Olivia! And thank you for sharing your story. I was late to therapy as well, wish I found it sooner.
	5:53pm ?: This therapist-listener is so pumped about this evening’s show! So cool. Thank you for the tunes tonight. One thing that helped with my sanity was joining a therapeutic support group for new moms led by a therapist. Man can that sleep deprivation have you spinning in new ways. A good, restful evening to everyone here.
	♥ 5:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: A thing that helps me is to try to make things better. Picking up a piece of trash along the way or doing a kind thing for a stranger.
	♥ 5:54pm brycepunk1: I gotta go walk the dogs, but I have to say thank you for the music and thoughts. I love you all :)
	♥ 5:55pm robin: maybe a wfmu hiking club is possible! hiking is one of my main antidepressants also. I go about 2-3 times a month, when lucky, more.
	♥ 5:56pm Richy4619: Tuned in late but dig the vibe /ᵔᴥᵔ\
	5:56pm Christie: Thanks for a great show!
	5:56pm jimphis: Me too. Looking forward to more of these shows.
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): thanks again, ben. thanks, olivia. this was A+ radio. <3
	5:57pm Listener Robert: ↳ slugluv1313 @5:50 I don't think of the Alan Watts lectures as PRE-archive; I think of them as NOTHING BUT archive!
	♥ 5:57pm robin: really enjoyed this! freeform plus great contemplation bits.
	♥ 5:57pm slugluv1313: ↳ brycepunk1 @5:54 take care! you and the doggies, have a great night!
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Ben, enjoyed the show
	5:59pm Listener Robert: I'm dealing here with my old friend Don's mental illness, from which there is no return: senile dementia.
	♥ 5:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Ben!
	♥ 5:59pm Ben from Newark: Thank you all for listening, for your comments, and for making this a great group therapy session. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to share this hour with you on FMU. Take care!
	♥ 6:00pm slugluv1313: all about Death Positivity: www.orderofthegooddeath.com Caitlin's youtube channel is informative, and so humourous
	♥ 6:01pm slugluv1313: thank you so much Ben! hope to hear you again soon 😺😺
	12:20pm Zack: Diagnosis: Great radio
	9:21pm Bill: You have a good radio voice!

Radio Row: Playlist from January 21, 2024

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An hour of music, comedy, and spoken word focused on mental health

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Hiroshi Yoshimura	Heart Land "Heart Land" by "Hiroshi Yoshimura"	Wet Land	Eastworld	1993	Welcome to the waiting room, today's therapy will begin shortly
Ben Gross	Intro to Therapy "Intro to Therapy" by "Ben Gross"					0:03:38 (Pop-up)
Aesop Rock	Shrunk "Shrunk" by "Aesop Rock"	The Impossible Kid	Rhymesayers	2016	Aesop Rock interview about his lifelong struggle with depression	0:03:40 (Pop-up)
Robert Ashley	Therapy (edit) "Therapy (edit)" by "Robert Ashley"	Celestial Excursions	Lovely Music	2005		0:06:03 (Pop-up)
Maria Bamford	12 Step Cults (excerpt)	Crowd-Pleaser	Comedy Dynamics	2023	Interview with Maria Bamford about creativity and mental illness	0:12:48 (Pop-up)
Wreckless Eric	Depression "Depression" by "Wreckless Eric"	Le Beat Group Electrique (reissue)	Fire Records	2014		0:12:55 (Pop-up)
Spiritualized	Medication (radio edit)	Medication EP	Dedicated	1992		0:15:52 (Pop-up)
Katie Lee With Ray Martin And His Orchestra	Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses	Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses	RCA Victor	1960	WFMU blog post about Katie Lee	0:19:36 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Hiroshi Yoshimura	Wet Land "Wet Land" by "Hiroshi Yoshimura"					0:21:53 (Pop-up)
Ben interviews Ayya Soma of Empty Cloud Monastery
Ben Gross w/ Ayya Soma	Interview "Interview" by "Ben Gross w/ Ayya Soma"				Empty Cloud Monastery's website	0:24:21 (Pop-up)
Bill Callahan	When We Let Go "When We Let Go" by "Bill Callahan"	Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest	Drag City	2019		0:30:26 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: Hiroshi Yoshimura	Wet Land "Wet Land" by "Hiroshi Yoshimura"					0:32:46 (Pop-up)
Alice Coltrane	Pranadhana "Pranadhana" by "Alice Coltrane"	Turiya Sings	B.real	2015	Alice Coltrane profile about her spiritual awakening	0:35:06 (Pop-up)
Julia Holter	In the Green Wild "In the Green Wild" by "Julia Holter"	Loud City Song	Domino	2015		0:39:34 (Pop-up)
Alan Watts / Fennesz Sakamoto	Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru				A mindfulness mash-up, mixed for today's show	0:43:36 (Pop-up)
Broadcast	Echo's Answer (Live) "Echo's Answer (Live)" by "Broadcast"	Black Sessions: Session No. 162		2000	Radio France Bootleg	0:48:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Hiroshi Yoshimura	Wet Land "Wet Land" by "Hiroshi Yoshimura"					0:52:55 (Pop-up)
Peter Blegvad	Crumb de la Crumb "Crumb de la Crumb" by "Peter Blegvad"	Downtime	ReR Megacorp	1988	Our hour of therapy is now coming to an end. Thank you for listening!	0:54:20 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 5:04pm Ben from Newark: Good afternoon everyone, thanks for tuning in! Today's show will be a group therapy session of sorts. I'll be sharing some of my own experiences on this topic during my mic breaks, and for those who are comfortable sharing, I'd love to hear your own stories on this topic in today's comments. Thank you!
	♥ 5:05pm PerroCaliente: BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN I LOVE YOUUUUUU
	♥ 5:05pm Ike: Sounds great!
	🎸 ♥ 5:06pm Will thee Sound Guy: Hi Ben and all!!!
	♥ 5:06pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Ike @5:05 thanks Ike!
	♥ 5:06pm Ben from Newark: ↳ PerroCaliente @5:05 Perro!!!! Thanks so much for tuning in, and for being my cheerleader!!
	♥ 5:07pm Scott_Oz: G'day Ben & Rowers! Better Life Through Chemistry! 🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💊
	♥ 5:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: How you been, Ben?
	5:08pm Emily P.: Hi Ben! 👋🏼
	♥ 5:08pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:07 doing well Ken, thanks for tuning in!
	♥ 5:09pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Emily P. @5:08 Emily!!! Thanks for listening!
	♥ 5:09pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Therapy (edit)" by "Robert Ashley" Ashley FTW!
	♥ 5:09pm brycepunk1: I'm really digging this
	🎸 ♥ 5:09pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): Hey, Ben. Hey, row house.
	♥ 5:10pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Will thee Sound Guy @5:06 Hi Will! Thanks for tuning in
	5:11pm Harry Corvair: We’ll need more sessions to work this out. Therapy (edit) by Robert Ashley (Celestial Excursions)
	♥ 5:11pm K8: Welcome, Ben! Thanks for curating tunes around mental health. Such an important topic that I feel like is mostly ignored (because we're all so fucking busy) or stigmatized (I don't know why...that stigma just seems...unproductive? Weird?). Anyway, glad you're making this happen...thank you!
	♥ 5:12pm Ben from Newark: Thank you for the kind words K8, much appreciated! Also, I hope your show went well!. I understand Handy was helping on the prop front in the week before
	♥ 5:13pm DanFA: Maria Bamford is the stand-up equivalent of WFMU.
	♥ 5:14pm robin: the happiest song about being down!
	♥ 5:17pm K8: ↳ Ben from Newark @5:12 Oh Lord, talk about stress on mental health! Producing plays with teenagers can be sooo stressful and rewarding at the same time. And yes, Handy had to do a props-buying run at some point...it was wild! But we got it done, the kids were stars, it all came together. Whew! Thanks so much for asking...
	♥ 5:17pm slugluv1313: hello, Ben! Everyone! fixing food (so not at the comments full time!) -- but so grateful and happy that i can be here, listening with you all! 😺😺
	♥ 5:18pm Ben from Newark: ↳ K8 @5:17 Glad to hear! Now you can take a much-needed and well-deserved rest
	🎸 ♥ 5:19pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ K8 @5:17 woo-hoo! also, hey k8. so nice to see you on the boards today.
	♥ 5:20pm K8: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:19 Hi Bryan! Good to see you too...I'm procrastinating doing my end-of-the-semester grading stuff. Slooowly doing work as I listen. Not quite to that post-production rest that I really need.
	♥ 5:20pm slugluv1313: ↳ K8 @5:17 hi K8! that sounds fantastic!!! (i have been so out of the proverbial loop -- just learning of this now 🙃🤯) please say hello to Handy and all your critters for me 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
	🎸 ♥ 5:20pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses" by "Katie Lee Wit... oh hell yes
	♥ 5:21pm Webhamster Henry: I think there a few therapy-comedy records out there!
	5:21pm olivia: great show, Ben! talk therapy / emdr therapy has helped me a lot in recent years, and i wish i had started a lot sooner. but there’s also a lot of other activities I’ve been viewing as therapeutic for me as well ~ what kinds of stuff do u guys do that u find are therapeutic
	♥ 5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: What helps me from feeling overwhelmed and panicky is to keep a list of things that need to be done and celebrating when I knock off an item. Take and tackle an easy item and proceed to the harder ones once I'm on a roll.
	🎸 ♥ 5:23pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ K8 @5:20 i'm a little in denial that i start back up tomorrow.
	♥ 5:23pm K8: ↳ slugluv1313 @5:20 Hi slugluv! Of course...I'm sure Handy sends his regards back to you! Hope 2024 is treating you well...
	5:23pm ?: Takes naps.
	🎸 ♥ 5:23pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ olivia @5:21 you mean other than fmu (ha ha). exercise for sure.
	♥ 5:23pm slugluv1313: ↳ PerroCaliente @5:05 hi DJ PC!! thanks for the reminder during yer show -- i may have missed out otherwise!
	5:24pm wenzo: Hi I’m Owen and I’m depressed! Lol… stories… idk…
	♥ 5:24pm K8: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:23 I hear you...
	♥ 5:24pm DanFA: Ben Gross? More like Ben Delightful.
	5:24pm Old Dave: What?
	5:25pm carl from providence: thank you the insight
	♥ 5:26pm slugluv1313: ↳ K8 @5:23 thank you, K8! so far, so good -- i hope 2024 is being good to you too!
	5:26pm ?: Drink beer like 99.5% of WFMU listeners.
	♥ 5:26pm brycepunk1: I've been loving all this odd music. Really identify with it. Disassociative, manic-depressive, alcoholic, fetishist, addict of all sorts... I really appreciated the Gary Gulman samples up front.
	🎸 ♥ 5:26pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): remind me to tell the story sometime abt how i figured out that my therapist was also working with a very beloved-by-fmu musician. anyway, i had a really awesome therapist for 20 years, until he retired. i miss him.
	♥ 5:28pm Ben from Newark: ↳ brycepunk1 @5:26 thanks, really appreciate it! yeah, the great depresh really resonated with me
	♥ 5:28pm K8: Never had formal therapy, but I think I'm going to pursue that for the first time this year (after having a seizure and being diagnosed with Focal Epilepsy last month). Ends up dealing with that has been a lot. But beyond formal therapy, yeah, I love to do lists, like Ken. And exercise is hugely helpful for stress...I'm with you Bryan. I have a kind of crazy journaling practice that's too much to describe here, but yeah. Otherwise, making stuff...making music, writing, collage...god, I love collage. Making stuff helps me feel better.
	♥ 5:30pm slugluv1313: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:23 agreed! even before pandemic lockdowns, isolation -- WFMU -- and all you listeners out there too! -- has always been the best "therapy" -- keeping me grounded, even when everything is spinning way out of control
	🎸 ♥ 5:32pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ slugluv1313 @5:30 yes, i wasn't joking. keeping my head full of new music calms me. i also like k8 creativity hack. sometimes not being able to make what i'm supposed to make is the problem, but if i can find a sideway into it--writing about something else, making a playlist on a related topic, etc. -- something will free up a bit.
	♥ 5:33pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Ben Gross w/ Ayya Soma" Feline Therapy! the best 😻😻
	🎸 ♥ 5:34pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "When We Let Go" by "Bill Callahan" this album was so full of good songs, most of them overlooked. nice to hear this, ben.
	5:34pm ?: Smoke endless amounts of pot and edibles like 99.5% of WFMU listeners.
	♥ 5:36pm DanFA: Olivia, if you're reading this, I think you have your next hit with this show.
	♥ 5:36pm Ike: ↳ @5:34 I don't. Not that there's anything wrong w/that. It all just makes me extremely anxious and paranoid. (No, your favorite strain doesn't work on me either.)
	♥ 5:37pm K8: Thanks so much, Ben! Would love to have you back with more! I have to bounce out into the cold night now...everyone have wonderfully calm and healthy Sunday evenings (whatever that might mean to you).
	♥ 5:38pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Pranadhana" by "Alice Coltrane" Alice 💜💜💜
	♥ 5:39pm slugluv1313: ↳ K8 @5:37 have a great night, K8 -- stay warm!
	🎸 ♥ 5:41pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): really beautiful book i bought for someone i love who really struggles w/ depression. pretty packed w/ musicians and music writers etc. www.simonandschuster.com...
	♥ 5:42pm Ben from Newark: ↳ K8 @5:37 Thanks for tuning in K8, and thank you so much for sharing your personal experiences regarding self-care. I agree, the act of creating is incredible therapy.
	🎸 ♥ 5:42pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:41 i kind of love everything brandon puts his fingerprints on.
	♥ 5:43pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:42 Thank you for this. I also love Brandon Stousy's writing. Will definitely check this out!
	♥ 5:44pm brycepunk1: I've been journaling since 1996.. it's so odd to go back and read "What was doing today five years ago, fifteen years ago..?" It really does help me a lot. If just to keep track of when I learned things.
	♥ 5:44pm robin: one of the things that keeps things from sinking/tanking my existence is trying to always have something social to look forward to on my calendar. kind of replaces antidepressants if i can keep it rolling.
	♥ 5:45pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... The return of Alan Watts!
	🎸 ♥ 5:45pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Ben from Newark @5:43 his books on creativity are great too, as is the creative independent. i think he's super human, which gives the projects he works on a really sense of openness and authenticity. this is a great episode, ben. an hour isn't long enough.
	♥ 5:45pm DanFA: ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... So this is what Alan Watts sounds like. Where did you get this recording?
	♥ 5:47pm slugluv1313: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:41 that looks amazing -- thank you!
	🎸 ♥ 5:48pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... i love the mindfulness mash-up. did you hear this a year or two ago, ben? if not it would be right up the alley of where you're going here. brianharnetty.bandcamp.com...
	♥ 5:50pm slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A... omg Alan Watts -- thank you (many years ago -- maybe pre-archive times? -- FMU used to broadcast an hour of Alan Watts talks once a week -- around 6pm, iirc?)
	♥ 5:50pm Ben from Newark: ↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:48 Thanks! I'm not familiar with this, will give it a listen
	🎸 ♥ 5:51pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Ben from Newark @5:50 pretty sure i heard it first on trouble's show. the whole thing is so soothing/rich.
	♥ 5:52pm Ben from Newark: ↳ olivia @5:21 Thanks Olivia! And thank you for sharing your story. I was late to therapy as well, wish I found it sooner.
	5:53pm ?: This therapist-listener is so pumped about this evening’s show! So cool. Thank you for the tunes tonight. One thing that helped with my sanity was joining a therapeutic support group for new moms led by a therapist. Man can that sleep deprivation have you spinning in new ways. A good, restful evening to everyone here.
	♥ 5:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: A thing that helps me is to try to make things better. Picking up a piece of trash along the way or doing a kind thing for a stranger.
	♥ 5:54pm brycepunk1: I gotta go walk the dogs, but I have to say thank you for the music and thoughts. I love you all :)
	♥ 5:55pm robin: maybe a wfmu hiking club is possible! hiking is one of my main antidepressants also. I go about 2-3 times a month, when lucky, more.
	♥ 5:56pm Richy4619: Tuned in late but dig the vibe /ᵔᴥᵔ\
	5:56pm Christie: Thanks for a great show!
	5:56pm jimphis: Me too. Looking forward to more of these shows.
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): thanks again, ben. thanks, olivia. this was A+ radio. <3
	5:57pm Listener Robert: ↳ slugluv1313 @5:50 I don't think of the Alan Watts lectures as PRE-archive; I think of them as NOTHING BUT archive!
	♥ 5:57pm robin: really enjoyed this! freeform plus great contemplation bits.
	♥ 5:57pm slugluv1313: ↳ brycepunk1 @5:54 take care! you and the doggies, have a great night!
	🎸 ♥ 5:57pm Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Ben, enjoyed the show
	5:59pm Listener Robert: I'm dealing here with my old friend Don's mental illness, from which there is no return: senile dementia.
	♥ 5:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Ben!
	♥ 5:59pm Ben from Newark: Thank you all for listening, for your comments, and for making this a great group therapy session. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to share this hour with you on FMU. Take care!
	♥ 6:00pm slugluv1313: all about Death Positivity: www.orderofthegooddeath.com Caitlin's youtube channel is informative, and so humourous
	♥ 6:01pm slugluv1313: thank you so much Ben! hope to hear you again soon 😺😺
	12:20pm Zack: Diagnosis: Great radio
	9:21pm Bill: You have a good radio voice!

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