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Saturday, March 18, 2017 Favoriting
WFMU Fundraiser Show With MC Trouble
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Greetings dear listeners! I hope you can pledge tonight to support WFMU!

If you pledge to my show right here, as usual I've made a custom conceptual world music cd for everyone who pledges $75 or more.

This year's custom cd is Electromigration – Global Music on the Move - celebrating the musical contributions of immigrant musicians in the US and other countries too. African music in France… Indian music in England… Latin music in the USA and much more. Check out the fabulous covert art by Mayuko Fujino - who does a show on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio web stream when she’s not making amazing paper cutout art:

“TSP

Of course, if my cd doesn't float your boat you can choose a different DJ's premium (cd or otherwise) instead. You can see the full list of DJ CD premiums at https://wfmu.org/dj-premiums/.

I’m now in my fourth decade on WFMU! Who’d a thunk it? And if you are in a good place economically, perhaps you’ll consider celebrating my radio longevity by making a $10 per month (or more) sustaining Swag For Life pledge.

If you do, your cup shall runneth over with WFMU swag EVERY year! This year for a $10 per month swag for life pledge you’ll receive our special edition Eat Flaming Death Fascist Media Pigs propaganda satire T-shirt, designed by Dr. PhrankenShop.

If you can make it up to a $30 per month swag for life pledge, you’ll get our new WFMU Baseball Jersey designed by Akira Yonekawa, and you can choose one bonus past or present Marathon prize from our Prize Warehouse! And you’ll receive a similar batch of goodies every year as long as you remain a Swag for Lifer.

But any amount you can pledge is most fabulous and wonderful. And it just takes a $20 pledge to get our fab new bumper sticker AND get in the running for a prize drawing for one of the great cds and LPs I’m giving away to lucky pledgers this evening!

A premium-cd-level pledge of $75 or more also gets you into the running for our Grand Prize for this show, a 9 CD Box Set of remarkable Nigerian music by the iconoclastic William Onyeabor!

And you can peruse the fabulous swag on offer station-wide at various pledge levels - our beautiful new t-shirts, sticker, our new Live at Monty Hall DVD - with two tracks from our HONK NYC! shows and lots lots more - at https://wfmu.org/swag.

Thanks!

This Week's Playlist:

Erkin Koray: Istemem Favoriting / Various Artists: Love, Peace and Poetry - Asian Psychedelic Music (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Barış Manço: Derule Favoriting / Various Artists: Love, Peace and Poetry - Asian Psychedelic Music (0:04:13 Pop-up)

Tartit With Imharhan: Music from our CD Tartit and Imharhan live from the Sahara - up for grabs NOW! Pledge to get in the running! Favoriting (0:10:45 Pop-up)
Former in-studio guests on the show, all the way from Mali!

Francis Bebey: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! Favoriting (0:28:44 Pop-up)

William Onyeabor: Music from our Grand Prize 9-CD Williiam Onyeabor Box set on Luaka Bop! Pledge $75 or more and you'll be in the running to win it! Favoriting (0:32:30 Pop-up)

Googoosh, Zia, Various Artists: Music from the Double LP Pomegranates - music of 60s / 70s Pre-Revolutionary Iran - our prize up for grabs, pledge to get in the running! Favoriting (0:37:52 Pop-up)

Various Artists from Malawi: Music from Zomba Prison Project - I Will Not Stop Singing - it's up for grabs as a prize now, pledge to get in the running1 Favoriting (0:58:50 Pop-up)

Elisio Gomes and others: Music from Synthesize the Soul - Astro Atlantic Hypnotica from Cape Verde 1973-1988 on Ostinato - our prize up for grabs now! Favoriting (1:19:25 Pop-up)

Master Blaster: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! Favoriting (1:24:45 Pop-up)

Orchestre National de Barbes: Alaoui - From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! Favoriting (1:27:27 Pop-up)

Various Artists: Music from Synthesize the Soul - Astro Atlantic Hypnotica from Cape Verde 1973-1988 on Ostinato - our prize up for grabs now! Favoriting (1:36:31 Pop-up)

Konono N°1 with Batida: Music from the CD up for grabs now - Konono No. 1 meets Batida on Crammed Discs - get in the running with a pledge now! Favoriting (1:49:41 Pop-up)

Shego Band: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! Favoriting (1:56:49 Pop-up)

Carte de Séjour (featuring Rachid Taha): From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! Favoriting (1:59:12 Pop-up)

Omar Souleyman: From his double-LP Haflat Gharbia - the Western Concerts on Sublime Frequencies - it's the prize up for grabs now. Pledge to get in the running! Favoriting (2:16:44 Pop-up)

Various Artists: Music from Various Artists: Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque Upper Volta - TRIPLE CD up for grabs now - pledge to get in the running! Favoriting (2:33:02 Pop-up)

Celia Cruz: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! Favoriting (2:36:01 Pop-up)





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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.

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Email here to JOIN the TSP E-MAIL LIST for giveaways, show news!

If you want to be on an email list for special ticket and music giveaways and to hear news about upcoming specials and special events (including our remote broadcasts from Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn - send an email to Rob W here and be sure to write "list" in the subject line.

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Listener comments!

  6:08pm Joe stalvey:

Three huzzahs for the downward path!
  6:09pm UP WITH TSP:

Everyone pledge like mad for the great Rob Weisberg who got a late start due to the YLT blow-out! PLEDGE: http://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/DS
  6:10pm UP WITH TSP:

PLEDGE HERE: http://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/TP
  6:12pm miles:

with your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:22pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Big shoes to fill after Yo La Tengo, but I'm sure you'll have great success tonight. Go, Rob and Trouble!
  6:23pm Kevinfrombayridge:

Chuck Berry- Morte!
  6:31pm Joe stalvey:

RIP. A true giant of rock 'n' roll.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:37pm Bas NL:

Hi Rob! Hi Trouble!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:44pm Trouble:

pledge to rob's terrifically idiosyncratic show! It's a labor of love on rob's part, show your love by pledging!!!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:45pm Trouble:

hey bas!
  7:03pm Ike:

Indian-Chinese? (It's a nice cuisine but AFAIK no such music exists... does it?) Parsi?
  7:10pm Carmichael:

Heya Rob! Still hungover from my trans-Atlantic paradise last night ...
Avatar 7:10pm βrian:

The front page link to the playlist is hosed, due to the inserted text, I think.
Avatar 7:17pm steve:

oh man i want to see whose next on the pyramid... its gonna be Bowie and who else?
  7:19pm chalmers:

@Steve, Maybe Muhammad Ali?
Avatar 7:21pm steve:

oh yeah, good call chalmers!
  7:23pm Carmichael:

Maybe Chuck Berry.
Avatar 7:26pm steve:

oh, George Michael
Avatar 7:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The only question id whether Bowie or Prince will be @ the Apex. Or Chuck. Or Ali.
  7:35pm shtus:

lenny the c
Avatar 7:37pm steve:

refesh the homepage RevRabbit, Prince just appeared!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm maestroso:

Oh man, that ONB cd is great.
Avatar 7:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Righteous steve.
Fantastic music Rob - but of course!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:45pm cklequ:

Damn. I've already picked all the premiums i could, but somehow overlooked this one. Maybe another pledge will change that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm Switchblade Batman:

@RR Nov, it's WFMU it's going to be Bowie up top. No question.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm Switchblade Batman:

@RR Nov, although Ali *is* the champ and they could easily say that when they hit it.
Avatar 7:47pm βrian:

Love this here show, I do.
  7:48pm Andal:

L'Orchestre national de Barbes was formed in the quarter of Barbes in Paris. They were all born in Algeria. I bet they are mind-blowing live. Rob, you do great work finding all this richness. Your show after Nov 13 attacks in Paris was so good.
Avatar 7:49pm steve:

heck no i aint clicking that link Banana Butt!! we have to earn it.
Avatar 7:50pm βrian:

Shout outs to WCBN and Ann Arbor.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm Switchblade Batman:

Oh well @BB, it's still adorbs. I love the little R2D2
Avatar 7:52pm βrian:

Who is on Carrie Fisher's right? Janet Reno?
Avatar 7:52pm βrian:

Props to the isthmus!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm Switchblade Batman:

Debbie Reynolds, her mom :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm Switchblade Batman:

Carrie Fisher's loss made me the most sad in the past year.
Avatar 7:54pm βrian:

@SBBatman: Ah, that makes sense.
Avatar 8:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Who is the HipHopper middle right'?
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:06pm Ken From Hyde Park:

I'm going with Lemmy on top. Once he fell, it was a domino effect.
Avatar 8:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

That's a point KenfHP.
Avatar 8:08pm βrian:

A Tribe Called Quest Guy, I was told.
Avatar 8:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

NYer - right - Cheers.
  8:14pm Andal:

Rachid...?
  8:14pm Greg from ZONE 5:

@Banana Butt: Super uncool. People have been enjoying guessing all Marathon, and we (especially me) would appreciate you not fucking things up.
Avatar 8:15pm βrian:

@Greg: Relax. It's fine.
  8:15pm Andal:

His voice is unmistakeable!
  8:16pm Andal:

Look up Rachid Taha's song "Rock el Casbah"
Avatar 8:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Fantastic job Greg - have indeed enjoyed.
  8:18pm Greg from ZONE 5:

@Brian: Not for me, because I spent 2 months working on it. And yes, 2nd row right is Phife Dawg.
  8:22pm Andal:

I was just thinking earlier tonight of how dismissive it is to use "world music" as a genre.
Avatar 8:26pm βrian:

You provide things for free because you're following the lead of librarians, obviously! And that's honorable.
  8:32pm SeanG:

omar rocks
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:34pm Bas NL:

Yalla!
Avatar 8:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Andal: I have tried 'International Music' - but that's not totally right either. Also - 'World Music' to some people refers to a specific kind of fusion of different countries' musics in a certain era...It's awkward.
  8:39pm Andal:

@RevolutionRabbit, I think maybe some distinction should be made between classical and pop music. Ie, whatever is classical in that culture. this stuff is tricky.
Avatar 8:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- & Folk / Indigenous Music. To the 'Native' it's not 'World' - it's just...Music!
Avatar 8:43pm βrian:

Is there a glossary somewhere for the pledge levels? I think they are a bit cryptic to newcomers.
Avatar 8:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Andal: ...all Music is in The World - it's essentially meaningless - but Genre Labels have been slippery generally since Modernism. (Is Dylan Folk? Are The Beatles Classic?...)
  8:48pm Andal:

@RevolutionRabbit, agreed ;) It's all Earth music to the aliens.
  8:53pm JakeGould:

Hey folks! Still like 9 minutes to pledge at 800-989-9368 or online at this link: pledge.wfmu.org...
Avatar 8:53pm βrian:

@Andal: There you go. "Terrestrial Music," or some such. "Teran muzikon," in Esperanto.
  8:57pm Ike:

I'm totally a diva!!!!!!!!!!!
Avatar 8:57pm βrian:

Miscreants, misfits, and malcontents!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:00pm Bas NL:

Thanks Rob! Thanks Trouble!
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