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Favoriting February 3, 2024: "Somebody holds the key..."

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Artist Track Album Comments Approx. start time
Brett McKenzie and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band  Back to the Island   Favoriting A Song for Leon: A Tribute to Leon Russell    0:00:00 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Blind Faith  Can't Find My Way Home   Favoriting Blind Faith    0:04:43 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Linda Dusman  Mother of Exiles   Favoriting Flashpoint    0:08:55 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
  Clip: BBC-British museums return seized artefacts to Ghana       0:19:15 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Bhajan Bhoy  Won’t You Wait   Favoriting Shanti Shanti Shanti    0:20:44 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
  Clip: Sky News-new government forms in the north of Ireland       0:27:30 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Amby Downs  I Am Holding My Breath   Favoriting Ngunmal    0:28:53 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Resavoir  Plantasy   Favoriting Resavoir    0:53:59 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen  Everybody Knows   Favoriting I'm Your Man    0:58:29 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
PART 1—INTERVIEW WITH LUCY WEBSTER
Florence and the Machine  Grace   Favoriting High As Hope    1:19:20 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Wu Lyf  We Bros   Favoriting Go Tell Fire to the Mountain    1:24:10 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
PART 2—INTERVIEW WITH LUCY WEBSTER
Johanna Samuels  Holy Mothers   Favoriting Bystander    1:42:26 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Eki Shola  Not Afraid to Hope   Favoriting Kaeru    1:46:56 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
PART 3—INTERVIEW WITH LUCY WEBSTER
Arctic Monkeys  I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor   Favoriting Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not    2:04:03 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Oasis  Morning Glory   Favoriting (What's The Story) Morning Glory?    2:06:55 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Divine Horsemen  Bitter End   Favoriting Bitter End of a Sweet Night    2:14:47 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
John Doe  A Step Outside   Favoriting The Best of John Doe This Far    2:18:54 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Dirt Buyer  Shame   Favoriting II    2:22:45 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
  Clip: Sky Australia-ship carrying thousands of livestock will dock after 25 days at sea       2:25:14 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Cat Mountain  Lonely Little Sunlight   Favoriting II    2:26:10 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Saint Black  Alex   Favoriting Alex EP    2:29:01 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Pavement  Our Singer   Favoriting Slanted & Enchanted    2:32:43 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Barbara Manning  Heart Needs A Home   Favoriting Charm of Yesterday… Convenience of Tomorrow  Richard and Linda Thompson cover  2:37:34 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
  Clip: CBS-smuggled poisonous frogs seized in Colombia       2:40:21 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Trees Speak  Amnesia Transmitter   Favoriting Post Human    2:40:50 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Tremosphere  Avert Your Eyes   Favoriting Single    2:44:27 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
I Think Like Midnight  Needs Fixing   Favoriting Microtonal Honkytonk  Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68177357  2:48:19 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Blue Ocean  Present   Favoriting Fertile State    2:52:18 (Pop-up | Pop-up)


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dday:

↳ Song: "Back to the Island" by "Brett McKenzie and the Pr...
Morning. Nice version of a Leon Russell classic to open with. Amazing musician & songwriter.
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tom tom the pipers son:

good morning brian and people...
  6:05am
LiXiviated Life:

“Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength.” - T Pynchon
  6:06am
Robm:

morning fellow currents listeners
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dday:

↳ LiXiviated Life @6:05
Morning Lix...Can I join them ?
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Brian D:

Good morning dday, Tom Tom, Lix and Robm -- and all.
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dday:

↳ Brian D @6:09
Good Morning Brian. Is the Lucy Webster interview pre-recorded ? Very interested being in that camp (though not a woman)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:12am
Brian D:

↳ dday @6:11
Yes, pre-recorded. I'm in that camp too.
  6:13am
LiXiviated Life:

@dday
Absolutely
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dday:

↳ Brian D @6:12
So then you know "the ropes" as it relates to "the system" I presume?
Quite the education as I found out
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:14am
Brian D:

↳ dday @6:13
I do, though I consider myself very fortunate in that I don't ALWAYS need accessibility infrastructure. But I'm certainly conscious when it's not there.
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dday:

↳ LiXiviated Life @6:13
In the 70's when I worked at a local bar, I used to say I had my "weirdo beacon" on.
There was always that one person that after a few drinks would get "that look" in their eyes & decide "I need to empy my brain all over Dan over there." I got some harrowing tales & some really funny ones too.
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JohnEBGood:

GM DJ Brian, NJoying the currents here in New Port Richey, FL USA. Peace : )
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Brian D:

↳ JohnEBGood @6:16
Good morning, John. Right back at ya.
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dday:

↳ Brian D @6:14
Same here. It's been 17 years & though in my case things have improved very slightly, I will almost never even park in a handicap space. I figure someone else may need it more
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:18am
Brian D:

↳ dday @6:17
My philosophy in a nutshell.
  6:21am
LiXiviated Life:

Given the choice,
I lean toward your everyday
run of the mill
weirdo
However,
The depraved
rub me the wrong way
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dday:

↳ LiXiviated Life @6:21
Today it's getting harder to tell them apart.
  6:25am
LiXiviated Life:

@ dday
I look for the hats.
Tin foil = 👍
Red cap = approach with caution
  6:28am
LiXiviated Life:

Ok all
me & Mrs Lix
got grandchild duty today
way up state
(I’m pretty sure I can see Canada )
The child is awake and calling.
So I’m off the chat.
I’ll be listening
✌🏼
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fred:

Good morning Brian and weirdos
  6:32am
Robm:

↳ fred @6:30
i resemble that remark:)
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Don in Tampere:

Hi Brian and all, just back from meeting the German butcher who passes through sev eral times a year to get sausage and beer, then a fruitless search for gluten flour, which seems to have disappeared from Finland. But the search at least took me to the central square in town, where iut turned out there were the "snow tango world championships" going on and a bunch of people in odd costumers were fancing on the snow-covered square to Finnish tango.
Avatar ⚡ ♥ 6:33am
tom tom the pipers son:

sorry missed the northern ireland story,.... lessening influence of westminster?
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radioronan:

Good morning Brian & all!
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dday:

↳ Don in Tampere @6:32
There is something highly erotic in those words "snow Tango" (to me anyway) Video? :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:37am
Brian D:

Greetings Don, Fred, Ronan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:37am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @6:32
That sounds lovely.
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:33
Not really. First new power-sharing govt since Brexit, with Sinn Fein the controlling party. That's a first.
Avatar ⚡ ♥ 6:39am
Michael of Cologne:

↳ Song: "Mother of Exiles" by "Linda Dusman"
Now that's interesting! Noonday greetings to Biran, Tom Tom, Don, Fred et al. from Cologne.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @6:38
oh, thanks, brian
hello michael...
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dday:

↳ Brian D @6:38
A late friend was involved in Sinn Fein both here in the States and in Ireland. RIP Gary D.
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Brian D:

↳ Michael of Cologne @6:39
Hello Michael!
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Brian D:

↳ dday @6:42
My grandfather was a "Sinner" (SH sound at the beginning of that for clarification). Though I guess both words apply.
Avatar ⚡ 6:46am
Don in Tampere:

↳ dday @6:35
I did get a few seconds of video, but I've only posted it to my Facebook and IG accpounts, so you'd need to send a follow request to www.instagram.com... Brian, Spikey and Paolo can all aready see it if they want to.
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Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @6:46
I'll check it out in a bit!
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tom tom the pipers son:

@ michael, a cologne artist showing in ny, work from late 70's and late 80's/early 90's, astrid klein, in general i like it...
spruethmagers.com...
Avatar ♥ 6:50am
dday:

↳ Brian D @6:46
Yes. (SH). Gary was on the State Dept. watchlist for a time because of his involvement which lasted for decades, right up to his death a few years ago. (Don't smoke cigarettes kids. Gary's 6thsmoking related heart attack finally got him).

A very dangerous cartoon artist and harp player for the long defunkt "Lucky 7 Blues Band" from Port Jervis. NY, was Gary.
Avatar ♥ 6:53am
dday:

↳ Brian D @6:48
Couldn't resist. Video from 2019:
www.youtube.com...
Avatar ⚡ ♥ 6:54am
tom tom the pipers son:

oh no, for mrs. currents
  6:55am
rich in angleton:

good morning Brian and everyone in radioland!
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Brian D:

↳ dday @6:50
That's quite a life there. Tragically short.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:56am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:54
Yeah, it's a "minor" procedure (it's only minor when someone else is having it), but still.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57am
Brian D:

↳ rich in angleton @6:55
Rich!
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dday:

↳ Brian D @6:56
As we recently found out, no "procedure" is "minor" Hang in there and much love & healing to you both
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Don in Tampere:

↳ dday @6:53
nice one!
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Brian D:

↳ dday @6:57
Thank you. It's her second procedure in as many weeks. Sorry for your troubles.
  6:59am
Robm:

↳ Song: "Everybody Knows" by "Leonard Cohen"
any time i hear leonard is a good day
Avatar ♥ 7:00am
dday:

↳ Don in Tampere @6:59
Maybe one day my love & I will participate though I have 3 left feet :)
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @6:56
yes, was going to say when you have the under anesthesia, it's significant, are you getting fruit/etc. baskets sent to the house, food that mrs currents could distract herself with...?
Avatar ♥ 7:01am
dday:

↳ Brian D @6:59
Aye yi yi. Ughh. Stressful I'm sure
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Aaron Working In Newark:

Good morning
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:00
Yes, but nothing healthy unfortunately.
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dday:

↳ Robm @6:59
Morning Robm. Having listened to Leonard for years, he's no doubt my direct link to loving Nick Cave
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fred:

I would like to hear Laibach covering First We Take Manhattan
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:01
balducci's used to do a good basket...:((
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:02
Yes, they did. I'm getting fruit myself, though.
  7:05am
Robm:

↳ dday @7:02
i love nick too dday
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:06am
Strandlund:

Good Morning Brian and all the currents Listeners!!
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Michael of Cologne:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:50
Cologne has spawned numerous female artists, the most famous being Rosemary Trockel with her witty, ironical knitted works (now lives near Berlin). Yesterday was in an exhibition of works by women artists showing 51 works:

galerie-karsten-greve.com...
Louise Bourgeois is probably the most famous, but Leiko Ikemura is on her way (Japanese, born 1951, lived a long time in Cologne; now in Berlin). The U.S. artist Kathleen Jacobs, new to the gallery, makes obscenely beautiful frottage paintings.
Avatar ⚡ 7:08am
Don in Tampere:

↳ Brian D @6:59
This may be the wrong show, but lots of pixie dust for your wife.
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Don in Tampere:

↳ fred @7:02
so would I!
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Brian D:

Hello Strand!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:11am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @7:08
We'll take it, Don, thank you.
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tom tom the pipers son:

@ fred: david weinstein played a better version of the julius eastman piece you recommended on bandcamp a while ago , with eastman on piano a much fiercer attack than on bandcamp, maybe you know about iot already...
www.youtube.com...
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:16am
fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:11
That's from a 3-CD set called Unjust Malaise, which I highly recommend
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TDK60:

Good morning.
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dday:

↳ Robm @7:05
Working on obtaining the back catalog. Ordered used copies of Ghosteen & Skeleton Tree earlier this morning. Purchased The Lyre of Orpheus & Idiot Prayer Live at Alexandra hall recently. Both fantastic discs.
Avatar ⚡ ♥ 7:20am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @7:16
yes, that's also on yt amazingly enough, weinstein played it off of unjust malase and just searching for it, waqs surprised to see how much eastman is on yt
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Reagan NY ZEN RN:

Good morning all
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dday:

↳ Reagan NY ZEN RN @7:23
Morning Reagan> How's things?
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Strandlund:

↳ Brian D @7:10
I'm with Don...Sending love and pixie to you and yours, Brian!!
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Reagan NY ZEN RN:

↳ dday @7:23
Moving along I just emailed you.
Sending love.
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Reagan NY ZEN RN:

↳ Robm @6:59
Good morning Robm. I was just thinking the other day, I never hear Leonard on Wake. I love Leonard. How are you today?
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:27am
fred:

I think the late composer Emmanuel Nunes had cerebral palsy (or something closely related). He was fond of telling about the shock on cop faces he got a few times when he got stopped for speeding (he liked to drive) and he struggled to talk or get out of his car
Avatar ⚡ ♥ 7:29am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Michael of Cologne @7:07
looks like an interesting show, speaking of bourgeois i saw this dorothea tanning work (online) that is prescient of bourgeois fabric work from the 90's
www.selvedge.org...
Avatar ⚡ ♥ 7:31am
tom tom the pipers son:

wow, sun is out in nyc for the first time in a week, it feels
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Fox:

I'm glad I couldn't sleep.
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tom tom the pipers son:

yes, accessibilty for the disabled, elderly, and people with children in strollers
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Brian D:

↳ Fox @7:32
Hey! I'm glad you couldn't either -- I guess.
Avatar 7:36am
Fox:

What a good question.
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Michael of Cologne:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:29
That textile object is disturbingly suggestive, polyvalent.
Do you have any of Bourgeois' giant spiders nearby in NY?
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Fox:

I imagine doctors, majority male, have more compassion for disabled men, because they assume women can be comfortable in the role of submission and needing to be looked after.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:42am
fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:29
Annette Messager is another artist who has worked with fabric, knitting and embroidery
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:43am
StringOFperils:

Good morning, Brian and all. Congratulations! You made it to Saturday!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Michael of Cologne @7:36
un fortunately no, but laid out a display room while working at an auction house and positioned a small spider in front of a soft fabric couch which i thought was a nice contrast of soft/hard and 'surreal'/ domestic
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dale:

had my ears on brian. great show.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @7:42
yes but was it focused on the figure? i forget
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:44
it=her work
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Brian D:

↳ Fox @7:42
Male doctors are also less empathetic to pain and other symptoms in women. Studies have shown that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:46am
Brian D:

↳ StringOFperils @7:43
Good day String.
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:45
I guess no. Though in some works there is deliberate space for a figure that is missing
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:47am
Brian D:

↳ dale @7:44
Thanks dale!
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:44
oh yes, sort of i see...
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:47
meant there are symbolic 'figures'
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:46
ironic because women have a higher threshhold for pain, apparently, in native american 'sun ceremony' men pull large rocks from hooks in there backs until they tear out to feel the pain of women during childbirth
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:58am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:55
Right. Carol Burnett used to tell a joke about the pain of childbirth...
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Fox:

I too have given up seeking romance. Because it's all turned into self advertisement on apps. I don't want to lie, but I look like shit on paper.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:00am
Brian D:

↳ Fox @7:59
No, you don't, for the record. But I can understand the frustration. I could never do the app thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:01am
alanSixº:

G’morning
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:55
Many accepted ideas about innate pain thresholds have been debunked. A lot seems to be getting habituated to pain (that is ignored or downplayed) over years
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Fox:

↳ Brian D @7:58
Yeah, I didn't realize how much pain I'm actually always in until I had to suffer pain that I could compare to others. Broken ribs, fractured foot, punctured lung, no big deal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:02am
StringOFperils:

↳ Fox @7:59
It will find you. The co-opting of the process of mutual engagement by digital tech is what looks like shit on paper at this point. My feeling is that you should keep doing radio....and things will work out. They are working out. Myriad ways to live. No set paths. No schedule.
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dday:

↳ Fox @7:42
You are dead on Fox. I'm currently reading "Blood" by Dr. Jen Gunter & the depth of misogyny in the medical world is unbelievable. From centuries ago until today
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @8:01
u huh... wasn't sure, that's why i wrote 'apparently'
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Fox:

↳ StringOFperils @8:02
Yeah, that's my view. I don't want to end up in a relationship based on some kind of job interview scenario, which is what modern app dating looks like to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:04am
Brian D:

↳ Fox @8:01
I broke my finger on my right (bad) hand a few years ago and didn't even realize it for weeks. The pain was nothing. I hurt more getting out of bed in the morning.
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alanSixº:

Great stuff Brian
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StringOFperils:

↳ Fox @8:04
Right? How can that possibly work out?
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dday:

↳ fred @7:42
As does my love. Enjoy the view.
www.mefgannon.com
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:05am
Brian D:

↳ alanSixº @8:04
High praise from you, sir. Thank you. Lucy is awesome: lucy-webster.com
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TDK60:

Thanks for the interview.
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HyperDose:

↳ Song: "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" by "Arctic...
Excellent way to wake up
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Fox:

I recently got a story in my feed about how in the UK, if one is in a catastrophic accident that will take months to recover from, they are now making people move into care centers for rehab instead of letting them stay home and have home care. The US model is picking up more and more steam in the UK, and that's a bummer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:07am
Brian D:

Lucy's substack: lucywebster.substack.com
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Brian D:

And her wonderful book: www.goodreads.com...
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dday:

↳ Brian D @8:04
Chronic pain overriding acute pain? I know it well
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alanSixº:

↳ Fox @8:07
Those rehab centers are terrifying - at least the few I have seen in NJ
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fred:

↳ Brian D @8:04
It's something I have to be careful about. A year ago I felt pain and liquid in my bad ear and ignored it. I got to work and alarmed coworkers told me I had blood dripping down my neck (staining a fine WFMU T-shirt in the process).
I wasn't even listening to Oasis at the time :)
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Fox:

↳ alanSixº @8:09
It's what they do. It's linked to the read estate grab of banks. If you get sick and need medical care to stay alive, the government will liquidate your assets to pay for your medical care, sell your house to a bank, then stick you on Medicaid and house you in a care home and give you a stipend of like $40 a month.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @8:11
ha ha, to the kicker only....
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Fox:

↳ Fox @8:12
*read = real
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Fox:

↳ fred @8:11
AAAAAHHHHH.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:13am
alanSixº:

↳ Fox @8:12
My mom was in one a few weeks before she died - long story short there was one nurse to 12 patients
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alanSixº:

I gotta get the boy on a walk - I’ll be tuned in from the beats - thanx for the show Brian - fantastic
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Brian D:

↳ fred @8:11
Ha!
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:12
Right. Should have specified that.
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Krys O.:

Hello!!
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TDK60:

Morning, Krys O.
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Krys O.:

↳ Fox @8:12
My oldest sister went into a nursing home last year. She has cognitive and physical issues at age 76 with a seizure disorder. Her son was able to place her in a good facility. She is on Medicaid. She's getting dentures very soon too. My sister was my mother's caregiver for 9 years. Mom passed away at age 97 in December. We were able to have Mom at home for a long time. She actually was in great shape physically until the very end.

So much upheaval.
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HyperDose:

↳ Krys O. @8:17
Morning, Krys. Last week's Polish music show was superb. Can't wait to see what you put together for us later!
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Krys O.:

A dear friend is a home health care aide for a CP patient. He does his best to make his patient comfortable and happy. My friend is a gem.
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Krys O.:

↳ HyperDose @8:24
Thank you! See you then.
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Brian D:

↳ Krys O. @8:24
I bet he is. The world needs more home health aides -- and more men doing that work, actually (Lucy Webster mentions that in her book). Kudos to your friend.
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gnarly_gnarwhal:

Hey Brian! I donated blood yesterday for the first time in many years thanks to your playing that report a few weeks back. Cheers to your benevolence and fantastic tunes.
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Fox:

↳ alanSixº @8:13
I'm not surprised. That's probably the average.
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Brian in UK:

Hello Brian. There used to be a radio programme over here called 'Does He Take Sugar'. Th essence of it being that disabled people need someone to talk for them. When in fact, surprise, surprise they can talk for themselves.
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Fox:

↳ Krys O. @8:22
I'm glad your mom could stay home.

Everyone should know about the option of putting your home in a trust so that you don't techinically own it but can stull stay living there adn the government can't sell it as part of your assets to get on Medicaid.
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StringOFperils:

It is true that 'health care' is a business. So it has a profit motive, and it deals in investment capital. In tandem with that is a societal component that is arguably worse: We tacitly disallow the differently-abled, the sick, the wounded and the aged, and we sweep them under the rug; we hide them away, because they're in the way of achieving whatever goals we've set for ourselves. i.e. they are inconvenient. Somehow our culture has moved away from caring and community and what has been called the 'nuclear family', but more importantly the idea of family. Any kind of family. An element of core societal resilience has been eroded away, so that when difficulty comes our way, we look upward, placatingly, to machine-mother for succour, while those 'close to us' turn away to their daily applications. So you end up with underfunded, overburdened, improperly staffed holding chambers for the inconvenient and the doomed. Except for the many who will have nowhere to go at all. This is a generalization, of course, as evidenced in the comments above that prove otherwise....but society is complicit in hollowing out extended-care; it isn't exclusively the banks.
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Re6ecca:

I have a friend who recently had knee surgery. Since November she’s been immobile. She’s asked repeatedly to be put in a rehab facility but gets turned down. The past two physical therapy sessions she missed due to her severe pain. The doctor blames her instead of looking further as to what could be causing this. Before all this she was very active. It’s very sad the way she’s being treated. As of yesterday she was looking again for a rehab facility that would help her.
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TDK60:

Upheaval in the Red Sea?
How about a ceasefire in Gaza?! (Hear me Biden?)
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tom tom the pipers son:

thx fox and string of perils for your comments
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dday:

↳ Re6ecca @8:37
The work of the Medical Insurance Industrial Complex. Sorry you & she are dealing with this
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Brian D:

↳ Brian in UK @8:36
Brian, good morning. There's also the show "Last Legs."
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Brian D:

↳ Re6ecca @8:37
Sorry to hear this, Rebecca. As Lucy noted in our interview, most disability is acquired. Either way, it is too often ignored or poorly treated.
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fred:

↳ Re6ecca @8:37
Yep, I got blamed for bleeding that turned out to be caused by a genetic clotting anomaly.
I don't blame doctors and nurses who have to rush through patients (sorry, "customers").
As always, I hold the bosses guilty until proven innocent, and good luck with that
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dday:

↳ StringOFperils @8:36
You neglected to mention the politicians at all higher levels whose grubby paws & pockets are being mightily enriched by the policies they put in place.

What do they care?

We pay for the "cadillac health insurance plans"

The sick & injured are useless to them, a burden..No longer called "patients" but '"consumers" of health care.
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fred:

↳ Song: "Avert Your Eyes" by "Tremosphere"
Listener Sylvia there!
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dday:

↳ dday @8:45
*their* cadillac
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @8:44
patients were being referred to as 'consumers' here for a while not sure if that's still the case
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Brian D:

↳ fred @8:46
Indeed.
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dday:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:47
I first encountered the "consumers" term while servicing Advoserve & The ARC group homes in NJ between 2005 and 2010.
I find the term appalling.
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Fox:

↳ dday @8:45
My favorite doctor was fired because he took the cases like me, that weren't easily resolved.
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fred:

↳ Fox @8:49
Isn't that what you did with your dating app?
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dday:

↳ Fox @8:49
Yep. If you find a good one hang on to her or him. They have it hard in the corporate environment of modern day medical care. Many, many good docs, hamstringed by corporate management
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dday:

↳ Song: "Needs Fixing" by "I Think Like Midnight"
This has a Zappa like feel to it. Nice
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tom tom the pipers son:

the profit motive in medicine seems to be a domestic analogy to the profit motive of war, it's the war at home
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ dday @8:49
that's the word for it
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StringOFperils:

↳ dday @8:45
'Health-consumers' are a market Health is a product. Politics is a brokerage. Probably good to recognize that up front. Rhetoric doesn't count for much after election day...when the chips are down. Maybe independent collectives of people will evolve out of this morass of emptiness, who knows? Older, Indigenous ways of being may prove to be part of a solution. But rest assured, money will try to kill that in the cradle too.
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Brian D:

Alright, folks. That's about it for me. Thanks for the lively discussion, and my thanks to Lucy Webster as well. Do get her book: The View from Down Here. Back in a fortnight. Stay safe until then.
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks, brian
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dday:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:51
Both highly profitable.
Wars are started by govts. fought by it's brainwashed & suffered by all except those who started it.

Health care feels the same to me. No regard for those at the bottom of the chain
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TDK60:

Thanks, Brian.
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HyperDose:

Thanks, Brian and Lucy!
Stay as healthy as the government will permit, y'all!
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fred:

Thanks Brian, and a speedy recovery to Ms Currents
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tom tom the pipers son:

yes best healthy wishes to mrs currents
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rich in angleton:

thanks Brian great interview and great show. and as always the comments board is so informative I learn so much every week during this show. have a great weekend everybody!
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StringOFperils:

Thank you, Brian. That was a good interview. Really hard to get a platform when your speech is palsied. Kudos to Lucy Webster.
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dday:

↳ StringOFperils @8:54
Trust me. I am well aware of all of that you say.

I don't begrudge anyone a living but at what cost to society overall?

Medical bankruptcy is currently at 66.5% and rising.

www.retireguide.com...
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dday:

Brian thanks & good luck for your wife & yourself next week
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listener 126464:

Thank you, Brian D. and Lucy.
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Re6ecca:

Great show as always Brian! Thanks ! Well wishes to Mrs. Currents!
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Ballpark Frank:

Great show!
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