WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from December 19, 2021

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December 19, 2021: "I'm making plans for the day all of this is through..."

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Parquet Courts	Walking at a Downtown Pace	Sympathy for Life		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Screensaver	Buy/Sell/Trade "Buy/Sell/Trade" by "Screensaver"	Expressions of Interest	Upset the Rhythm	0:04:36 (Pop-up)
Smithereens	Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer	MP3		0:10:29 (Pop-up)
Squirrel Nut Zippers	Hot Christmas	Christmas Caravan		0:13:30 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits	Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis	Used Songs 1973-1980		0:16:05 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Snowfall "Snowfall" by "Monkees"	Christmas Party		0:20:40 (Pop-up)
Space Afrika featuring LA Timpa	Strength	Honest Labour		0:27:08 (Pop-up)
Tirzah	Tectonic "Tectonic" by "Tirzah"	Colourgrade		0:30:28 (Pop-up)
Moor Mother	Race Function Limited (feat. Brother May)	Black Encyclopedia of the Air		0:36:46 (Pop-up)
	Clip: NBC-Feminist writer bell hooks dies			0:39:22 (Pop-up)
Anika	Finger Pies "Finger Pies" by "Anika"	Change		0:40:42 (Pop-up)
Thurston Moore	Breath "Breath" by "Thurston Moore"	By the Fire		0:44:23 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Democracy Now! Yemen civil war "Clip: Democracy Now! Yemen civil war"			0:56:26 (Pop-up)
Black Country, New Road	Science Fair	For the First Time		0:56:29 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-Yemen civil war "Clip: WION-Yemen civil war"			1:03:17 (Pop-up)
Vanishing Twin	Phase One Million "Phase One Million" by "Vanishing Twin"	Ookii Gekkou		1:04:56 (Pop-up)
Cassandra Jenkins	Crosshairs "Crosshairs" by "Cassandra Jenkins"	An Overview on Phenomenal Nature		1:10:19 (Pop-up)
Marie Claudel	Jaseur "Jaseur" by "Marie Claudel"	Version Longue		1:14:20 (Pop-up)
Distant Worker	Little Drummer Boy	MP3		1:33:51 (Pop-up)
Arooj Aftab	Saans Lo "Saans Lo" by "Arooj Aftab"	Vulture Prince		1:42:17 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Reuters-Pope visits refugee camp on Lesbos			1:49:44 (Pop-up)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis	Hand of god	Carnage		1:51:19 (Pop-up)
Rojin Sharafi	Naked City "Naked City" by "Rojin Sharafi"	This Is Tehran?	30M Records	1:56:36 (Pop-up)
Maurice Louca	El-Fazza'ah (The Slip and Slide)	Saet El Hazz		2:02:07 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CTV-First Nations "Clip: CTV-First Nations"			2:14:51 (Pop-up)
Laurent Salet and Guests	After the Wave	After the Wave		2:16:41 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Shell withdraws from Scotland oil project			2:24:15 (Pop-up)
Mogwai	Supposedly, We Were Nightmares	As the Love Continues		2:25:08 (Pop-up)
Julian Lage	Love Hurts "Love Hurts" by "Julian Lage"	Love Hurts		2:29:54 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-Nurdles "Clip: WION-Nurdles"			2:34:28 (Pop-up)
Endless Boogie with Kurt Vile	Counterfeiter	Admonitions		2:35:53 (Pop-up)
Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra	Movement 7	Promises		2:48:39 (Pop-up)
Cyrus Chestnut	Skating (LP version)	A Charlie Brown Christmas		2:58:10 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:02am Scott67: G'day Brian & Friends! ✌😎🎶📻🌞🌏
	♥ 3:12am Brian D: Hey Scotty! All.
	⚡ 3:25am Don in Tampere: Good morning again from Finland! Not Germany as planned due to the current Covid wave, unfortunately. Has Covidiocy stayed at the same level in the US? Seems to be a pretty constant and small but significant minority in Europe, substantially larger in former East Germany.
	♥ 3:28am Brian D: Hello Don. Covidiocy reigns supreme, I'm afraid. But our head of state is too old to go out clubbing.
	⚡ 3:36am Don in Tampere: Age does bring some advantages.....
	♥ 3:46am Brian D: bell hooks obit, for those interested: www.theguardian.com...
	♥ 3:56am Scott67: Brian thanks for playing Thurston's entire track. 👍😎🍻
	♥ 3:59am Brian D: My pleasure @Scott.
	♥ 4:36am Brian D: The aforementioned essay on air pollution: lrb.co.uk...
	♥ 4:39am Destroit: Best little drummer boy ever.
	⚡ ♥ 4:48am fred: Good morning Brian and all. As for what I'm reading, I just finished the latest issue of Conjunctions, and I'll read the latest Ploughshares next. Not exactly books, but those "magazines" do look like books
	⚡ 4:49am Don in Tampere: Thanks for the link Brian; this is a really interesting article.
	♥ 4:52am Brian D: Nothing wrong with that reading material @Fred. Been meaning to start reading Ploughshares.
	⚡ ♥ 5:01am fred: Ploughshares is quite varied: each year there's a long form issue, one short form, and two that feature prose and poetry. Throw in the guest editors and each issue has its own vibe
	5:24am Cooh John: Forced into work today. Catching some of the show is a benefit, Brian. Great stuff.
	♥ 5:25am Brian D: Thank you @Cooh. Sorry you have to work.
	5:29am Cooh John: Life is a paradox. It always has pluses and minuses. 😏 Good morning, Scott67.
	⚡ ♥ 5:38am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & music heads. Just finished Willy Vlautin's Don't Skip Out On Me.
	♥ 5:41am Brian D: Good morning @Brian. The multi-talented Mr. Vlautin. Any good?
	5:47am Cooh John: What if everyone was transparent?
	♥ 5:49am Brian D: If only...
	5:50am Elizabeth: good morning from central Mexico ... Pharaoh Sanders is a nice vibe to wake up to!
	♥ 5:50am happymaan: Hey Brian, just wanted to say thanks.I've been enjoying this show at work. Happy holidays to you.
	♥ 5:50am Brian D: Thanks Happy, you as well, and good morning, Elizabeth.
	♥ 5:58am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me today. Merry/Happy Christmas/Holidays and stay safe.
	⚡ ♥ 5:59am Brian in UK: Brian, yes his writing flows, a sad story but no surprise there, would recommend it.
	6:22am upstatesean: Morning Carol, everyone 🙂
	12:17pm david linton: fell asleep with the radio on... woke up to this beautiful show which helped ease me through my insomnia hours... THANKS! came back today to look up some of the artists... etc
	♥ 5:37pm McGroovey: The Parquet Courts song reminds me of something from the eighties. Kinda Echo & the Bunnymen, but also something else. Screensaver reminds me of eighties Wire.
	♥ 12:41am McGroovey: I want to see Nick Cave live someday, but I don't want to spend the $gazillion ticket price

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from December 19, 2021

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Sat. Apr 13th, 6am - 9am: Artist Audrey Flack (More info...)
Currents with Brian D welcomes artist Audrey Flack to discuss her new memoir, With Darkness Came Stars, and her ongoing exhibition of the same name at the Hollis Taggart Gallery in Manhattan. She'll also talk about how her work draws from contemporary culture and world events.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Parquet Courts	Walking at a Downtown Pace	Sympathy for Life		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Screensaver	Buy/Sell/Trade "Buy/Sell/Trade" by "Screensaver"	Expressions of Interest	Upset the Rhythm	0:04:36 (Pop-up)
Smithereens	Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer	MP3		0:10:29 (Pop-up)
Squirrel Nut Zippers	Hot Christmas	Christmas Caravan		0:13:30 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits	Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis	Used Songs 1973-1980		0:16:05 (Pop-up)
Monkees	Snowfall "Snowfall" by "Monkees"	Christmas Party		0:20:40 (Pop-up)
Space Afrika featuring LA Timpa	Strength	Honest Labour		0:27:08 (Pop-up)
Tirzah	Tectonic "Tectonic" by "Tirzah"	Colourgrade		0:30:28 (Pop-up)
Moor Mother	Race Function Limited (feat. Brother May)	Black Encyclopedia of the Air		0:36:46 (Pop-up)
	Clip: NBC-Feminist writer bell hooks dies			0:39:22 (Pop-up)
Anika	Finger Pies "Finger Pies" by "Anika"	Change		0:40:42 (Pop-up)
Thurston Moore	Breath "Breath" by "Thurston Moore"	By the Fire		0:44:23 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Democracy Now! Yemen civil war "Clip: Democracy Now! Yemen civil war"			0:56:26 (Pop-up)
Black Country, New Road	Science Fair	For the First Time		0:56:29 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-Yemen civil war "Clip: WION-Yemen civil war"			1:03:17 (Pop-up)
Vanishing Twin	Phase One Million "Phase One Million" by "Vanishing Twin"	Ookii Gekkou		1:04:56 (Pop-up)
Cassandra Jenkins	Crosshairs "Crosshairs" by "Cassandra Jenkins"	An Overview on Phenomenal Nature		1:10:19 (Pop-up)
Marie Claudel	Jaseur "Jaseur" by "Marie Claudel"	Version Longue		1:14:20 (Pop-up)
Distant Worker	Little Drummer Boy	MP3		1:33:51 (Pop-up)
Arooj Aftab	Saans Lo "Saans Lo" by "Arooj Aftab"	Vulture Prince		1:42:17 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Reuters-Pope visits refugee camp on Lesbos			1:49:44 (Pop-up)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis	Hand of god	Carnage		1:51:19 (Pop-up)
Rojin Sharafi	Naked City "Naked City" by "Rojin Sharafi"	This Is Tehran?	30M Records	1:56:36 (Pop-up)
Maurice Louca	El-Fazza'ah (The Slip and Slide)	Saet El Hazz		2:02:07 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CTV-First Nations "Clip: CTV-First Nations"			2:14:51 (Pop-up)
Laurent Salet and Guests	After the Wave	After the Wave		2:16:41 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Shell withdraws from Scotland oil project			2:24:15 (Pop-up)
Mogwai	Supposedly, We Were Nightmares	As the Love Continues		2:25:08 (Pop-up)
Julian Lage	Love Hurts "Love Hurts" by "Julian Lage"	Love Hurts		2:29:54 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-Nurdles "Clip: WION-Nurdles"			2:34:28 (Pop-up)
Endless Boogie with Kurt Vile	Counterfeiter	Admonitions		2:35:53 (Pop-up)
Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra	Movement 7	Promises		2:48:39 (Pop-up)
Cyrus Chestnut	Skating (LP version)	A Charlie Brown Christmas		2:58:10 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:02am Scott67: G'day Brian & Friends! ✌😎🎶📻🌞🌏
	♥ 3:12am Brian D: Hey Scotty! All.
	⚡ 3:25am Don in Tampere: Good morning again from Finland! Not Germany as planned due to the current Covid wave, unfortunately. Has Covidiocy stayed at the same level in the US? Seems to be a pretty constant and small but significant minority in Europe, substantially larger in former East Germany.
	♥ 3:28am Brian D: Hello Don. Covidiocy reigns supreme, I'm afraid. But our head of state is too old to go out clubbing.
	⚡ 3:36am Don in Tampere: Age does bring some advantages.....
	♥ 3:46am Brian D: bell hooks obit, for those interested: www.theguardian.com...
	♥ 3:56am Scott67: Brian thanks for playing Thurston's entire track. 👍😎🍻
	♥ 3:59am Brian D: My pleasure @Scott.
	♥ 4:36am Brian D: The aforementioned essay on air pollution: lrb.co.uk...
	♥ 4:39am Destroit: Best little drummer boy ever.
	⚡ ♥ 4:48am fred: Good morning Brian and all. As for what I'm reading, I just finished the latest issue of Conjunctions, and I'll read the latest Ploughshares next. Not exactly books, but those "magazines" do look like books
	⚡ 4:49am Don in Tampere: Thanks for the link Brian; this is a really interesting article.
	♥ 4:52am Brian D: Nothing wrong with that reading material @Fred. Been meaning to start reading Ploughshares.
	⚡ ♥ 5:01am fred: Ploughshares is quite varied: each year there's a long form issue, one short form, and two that feature prose and poetry. Throw in the guest editors and each issue has its own vibe
	5:24am Cooh John: Forced into work today. Catching some of the show is a benefit, Brian. Great stuff.
	♥ 5:25am Brian D: Thank you @Cooh. Sorry you have to work.
	5:29am Cooh John: Life is a paradox. It always has pluses and minuses. 😏 Good morning, Scott67.
	⚡ ♥ 5:38am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & music heads. Just finished Willy Vlautin's Don't Skip Out On Me.
	♥ 5:41am Brian D: Good morning @Brian. The multi-talented Mr. Vlautin. Any good?
	5:47am Cooh John: What if everyone was transparent?
	♥ 5:49am Brian D: If only...
	5:50am Elizabeth: good morning from central Mexico ... Pharaoh Sanders is a nice vibe to wake up to!
	♥ 5:50am happymaan: Hey Brian, just wanted to say thanks.I've been enjoying this show at work. Happy holidays to you.
	♥ 5:50am Brian D: Thanks Happy, you as well, and good morning, Elizabeth.
	♥ 5:58am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me today. Merry/Happy Christmas/Holidays and stay safe.
	⚡ ♥ 5:59am Brian in UK: Brian, yes his writing flows, a sad story but no surprise there, would recommend it.
	6:22am upstatesean: Morning Carol, everyone 🙂
	12:17pm david linton: fell asleep with the radio on... woke up to this beautiful show which helped ease me through my insomnia hours... THANKS! came back today to look up some of the artists... etc
	♥ 5:37pm McGroovey: The Parquet Courts song reminds me of something from the eighties. Kinda Echo & the Bunnymen, but also something else. Screensaver reminds me of eighties Wire.
	♥ 12:41am McGroovey: I want to see Nick Cave live someday, but I don't want to spend the $gazillion ticket price

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