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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Loretta Lynn carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.
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May 18, 2017: the system of dante's hell
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:01am
rebuketodali:
Good morning! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:03am
Adrian in London:
Despite my freelance brain never being sure what day it is I'm on top of things today. So hello Trouble and fellow Troublees |
Thu. 5/18/17 9:07am
sugarwolf:
Hello!! | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:08am
Trouble:
good morning suummer styleeee people! it's going to be 90 today in NYC. whoaa |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:08am
Trouble:
hello and what's the weather in london, adrian? |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:09am
Trouble:
this morning's artwork is by faith ringgold |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:11am
dgg:
here's some more on the mosiac culturenow.org... |
Thu. 5/18/17 9:11am
sinem:
fellow freelancer. greetings from from Istanbul. trouble looks like gonna be a great show today. | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:14am
Adrian in London:
@Trouble South London weather: bit greige; jacket required. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:14am
rebuketodali:
I work a 9-5 desk job, but I put in my resignation letter a couple of weeks ago. Only ten more days left! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:15am
Trouble:
I love hearing form all the far flung spaces that WFMU permeates: wowza! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:16am
Adrian in London:
Well done reduketodali! Do you have another job to go to or are you going freelance? Or are you now independently wealthy? ;-) |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:17am
sphere:
hey there. i log in to one of my favorite covers ever. thanks, Trouble! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:17am
Passaic River Blues:
So beautiful. |
Thu. 5/18/17 9:18am
Cooh John:
Al Green and the Bee Gees. Whatta combination! | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:19am
annie:
good morning all! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:23am
melinda:
Dig the roger webb sound. |
Thu. 5/18/17 9:24am
emily:
good morning from the swampland, usa | |
Thu. 5/18/17 9:29am
dave:
ow this rules! bbwwwoooowww | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:32am
rebuketodali:
I'm making a career change and switching into full-time teaching. I got a great job teaching English at a private high school. I'm so excited to get back into the classroom. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:32am
Sem Chumbo:
Hello and good morning, Trouble, and all living in the material Modern world. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:33am
Adrian in London:
@rebuketodali Well done. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:34am
Adrian in London:
@Trouble And the second you played the English Weather track… it started raining. Thanks! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:34am
Bronwyn Bishop:
hello trouble and everyone! happy birthday mr. trouble |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:35am
βrian:
Glad it's sunny there. Downright dismal on the isthmus. |
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![]() Hey, all. It's Trouble Time! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:36am
Sem Chumbo:
A lovely thing, this. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:40am
Trouble:
sorry @adrian. I had no idea I had such powers. CONGRATS @rebuketodali! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:43am
Itzall Ablurr:
"Paper" perfectly fits with today's artwork, in my opinion. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:44am
rebuketodali:
Thank you, Trouble!!!!! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 9:56am
Adrian in London:
@Trouble Oh yeah, you got the power! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:09am
David D:
All for more Sesame Street songs! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:09am
Trouble:
i posted an extendo video on the this is the modern world facebook page that offers up stories about lots of artwork in the NYC subway. This faith ringgold mosaic piece is featured. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:11am
Jeff:
I don't have this Arthur Russell album yet. I need to fix that. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:15am
Greg from ZONE 5:
Morning, gang! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:16am
annie:
how many of you caught the marathon Mr Rogers Neighborhood airing? i missed out.. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:19am
Priscilla:
Roger Ailes just died |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:21am
Trouble:
i would love to have seen that @annie. he was magical |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:23am
Trouble:
i left my phone at home this morning by mistake. at first it felt weird, now it feels kinda fab. i can't remember what my world was like before a constant link to everything and nothing |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:24am
sphere:
If you ever want to be inspired, watch Fred Rogers' 1969 speech to Congress about the importance of PBS. It moved me to tears. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:24am
annie:
i had no access... but, hey... my brain replays certain shows.. Betty was givng a play-by-play for a while on FB, i loved her commentary. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:28am
annie:
i also want to thank joe mcgasko for tirelessly working on my SFL upgraded pledge. i promise to keep it at the current level from now on. he's a gem!! |
Thu. 5/18/17 10:38am
blee:
Rama Rama Trouble Trouble. | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:41am
Trouble:
aaaagh alice coltrane cd is wonky, help rama, help |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:42am
robin:
loving the show so much and happy birthday to Mr. Trouble! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:43am
Trouble:
thanks robin!! i will pass that on to andy. we miss you! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:45am
Trouble:
i am soooo loving that alice coltrane, but i don't see it getting a lot of airplay elsewhere at fmu. thoughts? |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:45am
robin:
LIKEWISE!!!! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 10:46am
Joe McG:
@annie: Thanks, Annie! @trouble: I keep meaning to play it, but I haven't gotten to it yet! :) |
Thu. 5/18/17 10:59am
βrian:
I wanna m'endormir now. | |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:02am
sugarwolf:
@Priscilla: ding dong, the witch is dead | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:03am
Priscilla:
Well, one of them anyway |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:06am
Greg from ZONE 5:
…aaaaaaand Chris Cornell. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:09am
Trouble:
there's something to be said for a song that makes me cry everytime i hear it |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:10am
Trouble:
@priscilla: good things happen everyday |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:10am
Liam in Denmark:
One of my favorite songs ever | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:11am
Trouble:
me too @liam |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:11am
Liam in Denmark:
The Winstons, awesome. Linda Martell, also awesome. | |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:17am
zopa:
more zia please. | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:18am
Trouble:
i agree @zopa, zia is pretty fabulous!! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:19am
upsetter5001:
That Pomegranates comp is bonkers! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:24am
themutante:
Powerful set! All hail, Trouble!! |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:25am
βrian:
How about a little disquisition, Trouble, to buoy our flagging spirits? | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:32am
annie:
frehel!!!! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:32am
Trouble:
ha! @ brian. the news is saying it for me... |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:32am
annie:
merci merci merci!!!! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:33am
Trouble:
merci @themutante |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:35am
Priscilla:
Here's some disquisition, Tony Schwartz's op-ed: wapo.st... |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:36am
βrian:
"Insolite" is my second favorite French word. Bird guy just used it. |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:36am
Dean:
Between Bataan and Frehel... | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:38am
βrian:
@Priscilla: Thanks, will read. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:38am
Trouble:
thanks dean! |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:38am
Us girls:
Barry gay? Oh noes! Good thing we still have Peter Allen. | |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:39am
zopa:
You're driving me right outta my mind! Awesome show, Trouble! | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:46am
Trouble:
merci @zopa! thanks for the good words! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:50am
Sem Chumbo:
Wonderful morning of music. Thank you, Trouble, and see you, and all, next time. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:51am
Trouble:
thanks for sitting in this morning, one and all. see you next week! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:51am
Priscilla:
Thanks Trouble! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:52am
Mick:
Thanks Trouble! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:53am
Trouble:
@ annie: how do you pronounce frehel? 2 syllables or one? |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:54am
Whosondephone:
Love my desert Folks! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:56am
annie:
i say fre-el, the h is silent |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:57am
Passaic River Blues:
Thank you, Trouble. |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:57am
Greg from ZONE 5:
Thanks, Trouble! |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:58am
annie:
i can double-check the cd cover |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:58am
Trouble:
@passaic river blues: merci and look up william trevor, he's super!! you might like him |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:58am
Dean:
There's an accent aigu, so FRAY-uhl? | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 11:59am
Trouble:
merci annie! de rien @greg |
Thu. 5/18/17 11:59am
AndyM:
thanks for a great set Trouble and helping keep my code brain engage! | |
Thu. 5/18/17 12:00pm
meredith:
thanks, Trouble! very enjoyable morning | |
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Thu. 5/18/17 12:00pm
Adrian in London:
Thanks Trouble! |
Tue. 5/23/17 11:09pm
James P:
Just getting around to listening to this wonderful set as always Trouble! Loved it! The talking heads song you played is 'Mind' though, not 'Paper' like the playlist says! | |
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