WFMU: Irwin Chusid: Playlist from April 12, 2022

Listener comments!
	♥ 4/11 9:29pm Irwin: Um, well ... I guess ... FIRST!!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
	🎸 ♥ 2:13pm 12539: !!!IRWIN!!!
	♥ 5:13pm Irwin: It's amazing, astounding—MIRACULOUS!—how I always manage to post the first comment.
	8:56pm Listener Robert: Is that an anamorphic boat drawing?
	♥ 9:01pm Quinn02: fifth!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm spodiodi: fifth! Irwin!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm listener 126464: I miss the old AT&T phone messages and sounds.
	9:02pm Michael: What a nice surprise.
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm karlward: I am so psyched
	♥ 9:03pm Destroit: Haha well well well. Hello everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm karlward: This music got me so hype
	9:03pm Ant Trax: Elevator music from a battery operated radio
	9:04pm Excellent: Irwin where he belongs. Feeding our heads sans alter ego for a proper three hour tour. A three hour tour Teach them younglings what this here free formed is meant to be yo
	♥ 9:04pm chresti: Haha hold music!
	9:04pm Glistener MW: Irwin!!!!! welcome!
	9:04pm P-90: Do we know who composed music for Verizon customers on hold?
	♥ 9:05pm chresti: Some hold music farm.
	9:06pm 🤔Hidden Identity🤔: SOO GOOD to hear IRWIN back on the air again! Missed him soo much😭
	9:06pm Androu B.: Well well, we meet again! Good Evening, Mr. Chusid! Hi, Karl, Michael, spodiodi, 126464, Destroit, chresti, MW, P-90!
	9:06pm Excellent: And behold that art. Love me that image
	♥ 9:06pm Destroit: God damn hold music farm just dont pay enuff lately
	9:06pm Eric the Hat: IRWIN!!!!
	♥ 9:07pm Kat in Chicago: I ain't gonna work on hold music farm no more
	♥ 9:07pm Destroit: Androu B always nice to see!
	♥ 9:08pm Kat in Chicago: Also hi Irwin
	♥ 9:08pm Irwin: Hello, all! Why does this studio smell like stale cigar smoke?
	♥ 9:09pm Irwin: Empty bourbon bottle under the console.
	♥ 9:09pm Kat in Chicago: Eau de Rancho Malario?
	9:09pm Androu B.: Phone CSR's & telemarketers are at the low end of the employment spectrum. Hi, Kat!
	♥ 9:09pm Destroit: Haha hi Kat. My best pal drove from Detroit to go see Mogwai in Chi. There right now. Texting me how awesome the opener Nina Nastasia is.
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm spodiodi: howdy, Androu B. have a spare Rancho?
	♥ 9:10pm Kat in Chicago: I forgot Nina Nastasia has reemerged! Would like to have seen her. Hi Androu B!
	9:10pm wendy del formaggio: Hi Irwin! Nice to hear you on the raydeeoh.
	9:11pm b0b0b plasticland milw: saw Sam Rivers Dave Holland and Barry Alchaul ..2 nights in a row ..jazz showcase Chicago in the late 70s I belive
	♥ 9:11pm chresti: Ha Destroit and Kat!
	9:11pm Androu B.: Hi, Wendy!
	9:11pm wendy del formaggio: Hi comments-page friends!
	♥ 9:11pm Kat in Chicago: Hi chresti and all y'all
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm listener 126464: Hi all! Also dig that playlist pic.
	9:13pm wendy del formaggio: Hi Androu B!
	♥ 9:14pm Destroit: Why cant pop music be more like this Steady Holiday track?
	♥ 9:16pm Destroit: Hi wendy, always nice to see you.
	9:17pm wendy del formaggio: Hey Destroit! Thank you. Likewise!
	♥ 9:18pm melinda: hiya
	9:19pm Androu B.: Hi, Melinda!
	♥ 9:20pm Destroit: These modern 80’s pop grooves has my inner samantha fox a talkin….
	9:24pm P-90: The immortal Nichelle Nichols cut a nice record of Feelin’ Good back in her band singer days
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm northguineahills: ahhh, not the Four Lads....
	9:33pm Dean: The Four Lads = The Residents?
	9:34pm N'Lo: Oh Irwin! Now this show makes sense! (Such as it may!)
	9:35pm Listening Out There: Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.
	♥ 9:37pm chresti: He's going to coachella?
	🎸 ♥ 9:37pm Will the Sound Guy: Hi Irwin and all!!!
	♥ 9:38pm Kat in Chicago: Irwin, you have not been on the radio since before I was born :)
	♥ 9:39pm Irwin: Wanna bet, Kat?
	♥ 9:39pm Kat in Chicago: If Wikipedia is correct, you hit the airwaves when I was fifteen.
	♥ 9:41pm Kat in Chicago: Wish I'd been in the NY/NJ area to hear it :)
	♥ 9:41pm Irwin: Never trust Wikipedia. You're old enough to know that.
	9:41pm AndrewD: Someone should name a tunnel after that guy!
	9:42pm ?: "Cool for Cats" kinda ripoff?
	♥ 9:42pm Kat in Chicago: Happy early birthday, Irwin, dates be damned
	9:44pm Glistener MW: Bug Club!!! amazing!
	9:47pm Glistener MW: Gothic Archies! also amazing!
	9:47pm Glistener MW: has anyone here seen Stephen Merritt & co on the current Magnetic Fields tour?
	♥ 9:53pm melinda: there is a Magnetic Fields tour? cool
	9:55pm toots: this is the place to be!!!!
	9:57pm Scobot: God! I love this Carpenter’s tune!
	♥ 9:58pm Irwin: Michael Franks wrote it. It's pretty droll.
	♥ 9:58pm Irwin: Had to fade on the sax solo. The worst.
	9:59pm toots: yeah!!!! Michael Franks!
	♥ 9:59pm maestroso: Carpenters! Wow, never heard this before. Oh, Michael Franks. Yeah.
	♥ 9:59pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Hey, tuned in for you. Irwin, pick up the phone! Trying to tell you a story RE a guy who I met at my laundromat when I was wearing a WFMU classic WFMU tee. Ukrainian session musician, saxophone, who was on your show a zillion years ago live!
	9:59pm toots: michael franks... an album you buy for the cover but keep for the tunes
	10:00pm shrimp boi: Yeah that was a sick carpenters song haha
	♥ 10:00pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I was picking up a huge load of Working From Home laundry..still have a few bags to go...when I met this dude!
	♥ 10:01pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: He was part of a live performance on your show a zillion years ago...apologies I can't recall the name...Algo? Anyway....that's my WFMU story for tonight.
	10:03pm wendy del formaggio: I’m an April baby, too!
	10:05pm PMD: Hi! I had to turn the volume up. It’s you!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm G: Ugh, gonna have to listen on archive in the morning! Had an appointment to see a film tonight... Wonder when IC is ever coming back to the daytime schedule... The Shadow knows...
	10:06pm Androu B.: Hi, Will, Threemoons, PMD!
	10:06pm manana: Fingers crossed this show has a baseball interlude-a treat even if no
	10:06pm PMD: Here. Have some tidings.
	10:07pm Androu B.: Hi, scobot!
	♥ 10:07pm Kat in Chicago: It does feel oddly like a Wednesday afternoon on this Tuesday night
	♥ 10:08pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Wendy! My sister in cheese!
	♥ 10:09pm Irwin: Queso pasa!
	10:09pm Scobot: Miss The Beta Band but this is delightful.
	♥ 10:10pm Irwin: All of Mason's solo stuff is stellar.
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Irwin and pals afar!
	♥ 10:11pm coelacanth∅: Happy Wednesday!
	♥ 10:12pm Kat in Chicago: Suddenly, Suddenly, Tammy! Yay
	♥ 10:13pm Irwin: This band never had a chance, thanks to Warner Bros.
	♥ 10:13pm Kat in Chicago: Don't know what WB did but that is a damn shame
	♥ 10:13pm coelacanth∅: this voice is like a female version of Michael Stipe
	♥ 10:14pm Irwin: Refused to release their 2nd album for the label and dropped the band right before Christmas.
	♥ 10:14pm Kat in Chicago: Rat bastards
	♥ 10:14pm Irwin: FUCK the idiot at WB who made that decision.
	♥ 10:14pm Andrew Waterloo: @coelacanthe I hear it
	♥ 10:15pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Irwin ugh the pre-Xmas layoffs, bane of any creative. Been there done that.
	♥ 10:15pm Kat in Chicago: ha, I never thought of that but I hear it too now
	♥ 10:16pm coelacanth∅: well if i was the benevolent ruler of the universe the label would be bound to release it.
	♥ 10:17pm coelacanth∅: comparison to Michael Stipe is certainly not an insult, in my opinion!
	♥ 10:19pm Kat in Chicago: The Negro Problem is new to me, quite lovely
	10:20pm toots: been loving me some Sierra Ferrell as of three days ago. She's playing Burlington, VT Friday Night the 15th... also watched the Hoof and Mouth Symphonia videos. Mostly everyone: thumbs up for picking radio over performance as form of entertainment; enjoyment: held.
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm northguineahills: what Kat said....
	10:20pm PMD: Yay grammar! 😜
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm spodiodi: Creed is the best
	♥ 10:23pm Bon Boudica: I just laughed a cat off my lap listening to The Office clip: whoever vs whomever Funny every time. (take a letter opened and...)
	♥ 10:24pm drr: @Threemoons: Creative here. I worked at a company that owed me a day off bad, but when I asked for it a few days before Xmas, they said "we really need you to come in." So they could can me in person. Budget cuts.
	10:24pm Androu B.: Hello, coela, AW!
	♥ 10:25pm Kat in Chicago: That is pure evil, drr
	♥ 10:26pm drr: Ain't no love in the heart of the city.
	10:28pm Ant Trax: Fancy hotel restroom 🎶 mix ya
	♥ 10:28pm dave wuz here: need to go to bed but ain't gonna turn off lee morgan
	♥ 10:33pm coelacanth∅: greetings Androu
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm spodiodi: yes! Professor Elemental!
	10:37pm Morgan: this could be gus bodenheim
	♥ 10:37pm melinda: @Morgan haha, yes
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm karlward: My advice is: don't lift the restraining order
	10:39pm N'Lo: @spodiodi wouldn’t happen to know Madame Spodioli?
	♥ 10:39pm Kat in Chicago: good advice, karlward
	♥ 10:40pm coelacanth∅: baby, i'm into you like an undersized thong
	10:43pm !!!!!!!!!!!!: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm karlward: I like the 80s/early 90s Prine a lot, but whenever I listen to that September 1978 live record I kinda wish he had gone further into the vaguely L.A. rock direction he was on for that album. That live record reminds me of Warren Zevon's Stand in the Fire, for similar reasons.
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm spodiodi: AMYL and the Sniffers! <3
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Stevel: Few, if any, rock harder.
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Will the Sound Guy: 🔥🤘
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm karlward: OK I love 80s/early 90s Prine, I don't just like it, you got me
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Stevel: "I've got plenty of energy, its my currency." [jerking around at his desk]
	10:45pm Morgan: theyre just on their US tour now
	♥ 10:46pm chresti: eeeeeYaaa!
	🎸 ♥ 10:46pm spodiodi: N'Lo, nope ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ roundabout where?
	10:47pm signing off: IRWIN TAKES THE CAKE!
	10:47pm ?: A breath of fresh orchestra! I haven't quite figured out the attraction to Amyl et al.
	♥ 10:48pm drr: First time for me hearing this Mahavishnu that I've heard described (and praised) many times.
	10:49pm Listener Robert: Nobody told me there'd be cake.
	♥ 10:49pm Irwin: Billy Cobham on drums. What a monster.
	🎸 ♥ 10:50pm karlward: There is cake but you have to chew exactly in time with those fills, 64th note chewing
	🎸 ♥ 10:51pm Will the Sound Guy: jaw catches fire
	🎸 ♥ 10:51pm karlward: Will the Sound Guy is doing it right
	10:53pm ?: At the time, I think Cobham wasn't so appreciated.
	🎸 ♥ 10:53pm karlward: OK so we slow this Mahavishnu Orchestra down, chop&screw it, and then we put slowed down Kingston Trio over it, I think we have a winning formula here
	10:54pm N'Lo: @spodoli, ha my error - but not too far off. Madame Scodioli purveyor of cirque inspired scents and whatnots via Etsy, and dot com website if avoiding Etsy these days! There is a Venn diagram of Prof Elemental to Scodioli, if one is not allergic to either!
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Will the Sound Guy: my friend has birds of fire, but I'll have to look for inner mounting flame... that track was awesome
	♥ 10:57pm Irwin: IMF was their debut. Solid. A+++++.
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm karlward: Cobham's fist solo record Spectrum is wild too
	🎸 ♥ 10:59pm karlward: But don't take my word for it, here's a contemporary reviewer on Spectrum: "In which Mahavishnu's muscular weak link gets good reviews all for hisself. Despite a few tough minutes, this is basically slick, gimmicky, one-dimensional--in a word, undemanding. All of which may make the man a star. C PLUS" robertchristgau.com...
	♥ 11:02pm Irwin: RC is the guy who labeled me "a tedious ideologue with a hustle." A badge of honor!
	♥ 11:03pm coelacanth∅: my rule to live by: if robert chistgau trashes it i know i should give it a chance.
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm spodiodi: Moondog bed music is best music
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm spodiodi: N'Lo, got ya. she has a lovely beard
	11:06pm ?: Aren't we all tedious ideologues with a hustle? Am I missing something?
	11:08pm ?: I suspect Cobham accepted that review as a badge of honor.
	🎸 ♥ 11:08pm Stevel: Tedious Ideologue (With a Hustle!!)
	♥ 11:08pm drr: "tedious ideologue with a hustle" sounds like projection.
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm spodiodi: hahaha
	♥ 11:10pm coelacanth∅: do go on, Irwin. i'll go make some coffee.
	11:11pm bummer: not a joke nor a dream...
	♥ 11:12pm mt1111: Hey Irwin, I just had a flash of memory about having a little contact with you in the early 80s and you accused me of “latent talent.” I never forgot it!
	♥ 11:13pm Irwin: Sure it wasn't a dream?
	♥ 11:13pm mt1111: Nope
	♥ 11:15pm coelacanth∅: i can only dream of being referred to as having "latent talent"
	🎸 ♥ 11:16pm karlward: coelacanth∅: I have some lactose tallboys
	11:16pm mmmm: crunching on Amish pretzels so loudly over here!
	🎸 ♥ 11:17pm karlward: You know what would go well with those pretzels?
	♥ 11:17pm coelacanth∅: what does amish taste like?
	♥ 11:20pm mt1111: Cabbage Rolls and Coffee
	11:21pm N'Lo: @spodiodi, Cloven is my particular fave! It’s the scent of an antique traveling chest and backstage drag. Powder talc, cedar and amber in the best way. The balms are lovely for dried out Covid cleansed cuticles too. A lovely gift if you don’t favor scented items yourself.
	11:24pm Scobot: I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your show this evening, Irwin. Looking forward to digging into your archives.
	♥ 11:25pm drowsy: great show Irwin, thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 11:27pm spodiodi: thanks, N'Lo! i'm not much for scented anything, but love the packaging, and will keep your recs in mind for gifting
	♥ 11:29pm coelacanth∅: they took all the brotherly Love, put it in a brotherly Love museum and they charged the people a hundred and a half just to see 'em
	11:31pm Bugsy: Hi Irwin. Neat show, I haven't heard you before. Are you new here?
	11:31pm ?: F'ing radiohead. what a pointless group. for choral work, check out Lauridsen's Chansons de la Rose. Nobody needs f'ing radiohead.
	♥ 11:32pm Irwin: Bugs: I'm the youngest, newest, freshest staffer!
	11:32pm laurapanic: Bugsy his profile says he does other shows.....
	♥ 11:33pm coelacanth∅: smells like puppies
	11:33pm UncleMarty: The Scala Choir transformed Creep TY OP Irwin
	♥ 11:35pm coelacanth∅: they pretty much stuck to the mood and vibe of the original. but it's a perfect version.
	♥ 11:36pm Irwin: Scala are from Belgium.
	11:36pm Gerz West: One of the best covers of CREEP I've ever heard...except for Rodrigo y' Gabriela doing it live...
	11:38pm Bugsy: Very nice. Best of luck on a long and successful career!
	11:47pm blurry: Irwin GREAT show, thank you! Had to check yer MO, you're the guy that's been sifting through the Sun Ra catalogs?? Thank you from the bottom of my heart ..
	♥ 11:47pm Irwin: Thank you, Blurrrrrry! Ra is a deep dive.
	♥ 11:48pm Irwin: Bugs: Hope I didn't sound nervous.
	11:49pm Glistener MW: getting a very Brian Jonestown vibe from Magic Castles — keen!
	11:51pm Gerz West: All hail the Crims! Anyone seen the documentary yet?
	♥ 11:51pm Irwin: More albums and personnel changes than The Fall.
	11:52pm Glistener MW: !! I didn’t know there was one! Is it new?
	11:53pm Gerz West: Just premiered at SXSW. "In the Court of the Crimson King"
	11:53pm Glistener MW: I hope its title is “A Major Motion Picture Starring FRIPP THE FROG!”
	11:54pm Androu B.: Wanted to comment earlier while it was relevant, but, although "Creep" is their best known work, the rest of Radiohead's body of work is pretty much either underrated or given shallow praise, with very few exceptions (i.e., "Karma Police", "Paranoid Android", "Reckoner").
	11:54pm Gerz West: The live version of this song later on with ADRIAN BELEW is stellar....
	11:55pm Gerz West: Froggertronics
	🎸 ♥ 11:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Irwin. Good to hear you again.
	♥ 11:58pm Irwin: Thanks for all who heard and appreciated any part of the program. Jesse will return next week.
	11:58pm Glistener MW: Thanks for the incredible show, Irwin! Great to hear you on here again.
	♥ 11:58pm Kat in Chicago: Thank you, Irwin! (as I snicker at "Fripp the Frog")
	♥ 11:58pm StringOFperils: Thanks!
	11:58pm Gerz West: Wowza set!
	11:58pm Excellent: Nailed it. Come back Irwin. We need you. Happy night sir.
	🎸 ♥ 11:59pm spodiodi: thank you, Irwin! such a nice surprise! great tunes 8^D
	♥ 12:00am coelacanth∅: Thanks Irwin. pretty decent for a debut radio show. ...i didn't hear anything that i'd call "uber music". i didn't vomit.
	12:00am Androu B.: Thanx for dragging those bag of bones in front of the mic again, "Ol' Pal" (if I may say w/o being condescending of your age, approaching birthday considering).
	12:00am UncleMarty: Thanks for the heads up on the Crim Doc So, is King Crimson the ultimate prog-rock or proto heavy metal?
	12:01am UncleMarty: Thanks Irwin ... so good to hear ya again

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from April 12, 2022

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April 12, 2022: There's a genre of songs I call "Uber music," which I've come to realize the rest of the world calls "music."

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Impatient Customer	Verizon Hold Music	The Impatient Customer Files	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Theo Nijland	Oudemanhuispoort "Oudemanhuispoort" by "Theo Nijland"	Old Friends (Bij Nader Inzien)	0:03:41 (Pop-up)
Dave Holland Quintet	Walk-A-Way "Walk-A-Way" by "Dave Holland Quintet"	Seeds of Time	0:05:55 (Pop-up)
Steady Holiday	Sunny in the Making	Take the Corners Gently	0:09:43 (Pop-up)
Soak	Life Trainee "Life Trainee" by "Soak"	Grim Town	0:13:20 (Pop-up)
Hatchie	Giving the World Away "Giving the World Away" by "Hatchie"	Giving the World Away	0:16:41 (Pop-up)
The Frank Cunimondo Trio ft. Lynn Marino	Feelin' Good	Feelin' Good	0:21:05 (Pop-up)
Danilo Perez	Hot Bean Strut "Hot Bean Strut" by "Danilo Perez"	Panamonk	0:23:25 (Pop-up)
Renato Carosone	Istanbul "Istanbul" by "Renato Carosone"	The Best of Renato Carosone	0:28:31 (Pop-up)

Pip Blom	It Should Have Been Fun "It Should Have Been Fun" by "Pip Blom"	Welcome Break	0:36:22 (Pop-up)
The Bug Club	If My Mother Thinks I'm Happy	Pure Particles	0:40:18 (Pop-up)
Geoffrey McGivern & David Mitchell	Vaccinated with Asbestos	Back (Mitchell-Webb series)	0:45:06 (Pop-up)
The Gothic Archies	Walking My Gargoyle	The Tragic Treasury: Songs from a Series of Unfortunate Events	0:45:14 (Pop-up)
Bitter Cherry Jam	I Just Want to Call You Up	Where Does the World Exist?	0:47:24 (Pop-up)
Pato Fu	Depois "Depois" by "Pato Fu"	No Museu de Arte Da Pampulha (Ao Vivo MTV)	0:49:48 (Pop-up)
Carpenters	B'wana She No Home "B'wana She No Home" by "Carpenters"	Passage	0:54:10 (Pop-up)
Summer Salt	April Baby "April Baby" by "Summer Salt"	April Baby (single)	0:58:04 (Pop-up)

Steve Mason	Hardly Go Through "Hardly Go Through" by "Steve Mason"	Meet the Humans	1:05:44 (Pop-up)
Suddenly, Tammy!	Flemen "Flemen" by "Suddenly, Tammy!"	We Get There When We Do	1:10:36 (Pop-up)
The Negro Problem	Submarine Down "Submarine Down" by "The Negro Problem"	Post Minstrel Syndrome	1:14:46 (Pop-up)
The Office (cast)	Whomever "Whomever" by "The Office (cast)"	The Office (season 4)	1:18:49 (Pop-up)
Liily	TV or Not TV "TV or Not TV" by "Liily"	TV or Not TV	1:20:18 (Pop-up)
Lee Morgan	Boy, What a Night "Boy, What a Night" by "Lee Morgan"	The Sidewinder	1:24:04 (Pop-up)

Professor Elemental	You Remind Me of a Car	Father of Invention	1:35:36 (Pop-up)
John Prine	Take a Look at My Heart	The Missing Years	1:38:26 (Pop-up)
Alan Partridge	Never Criticize Muslims	Alan Partridge (film soundtrack)	1:42:23 (Pop-up)
Amyl and the Sniffers	Guided by Angels	Comfort to Me	1:42:26 (Pop-up)
Mahavishnu Orchestra	The Noonward Race	The Inner Mounting Flame	1:45:01 (Pop-up)
Sam Rivers	Euterpe "Euterpe" by "Sam Rivers"	Contours	1:52:00 (Pop-up)

Ruth Goller	What's Up is Not What's Real Most of the Time	Skylla	2:09:26 (Pop-up)
Art Pepper	Art's Sweet Blues "Art's Sweet Blues" by "Art Pepper"	Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings	2:12:59 (Pop-up)
Alyssa Gengos	Gothenburg English "Gothenburg English" by "Alyssa Gengos"	Mechanical Sweetness	2:16:36 (Pop-up)
Pete Galub & Matt Kanelos	Museum of Brotherly Love	Museum of Brotherly Love	2:20:35 (Pop-up)
Scala Choir	Creep "Creep" by "Scala Choir"	On the Rocks	2:24:55 (Pop-up)
Mitski	Love Me More "Love Me More" by "Mitski"	Laurel Hell	2:29:39 (Pop-up)
Black Cab	Jesus East "Jesus East" by "Black Cab"	Jesus East	2:33:31 (Pop-up)
Session Americana	Doreen "Doreen" by "Session Americana"	Session Americana	2:37:15 (Pop-up)

Magic Castles	Sunburst "Sunburst" by "Magic Castles"	Sun Reign	2:45:05 (Pop-up)
King Crimson	Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 2	Larks' Tongues In Aspic	2:48:27 (Pop-up)
Don Cherry	Art Deco "Art Deco" by "Don Cherry"	Home Boy, Sister Out	2:55:14 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 4/11 9:29pm Irwin: Um, well ... I guess ... FIRST!!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
	🎸 ♥ 2:13pm 12539: !!!IRWIN!!!
	♥ 5:13pm Irwin: It's amazing, astounding—MIRACULOUS!—how I always manage to post the first comment.
	8:56pm Listener Robert: Is that an anamorphic boat drawing?
	♥ 9:01pm Quinn02: fifth!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm spodiodi: fifth! Irwin!
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm listener 126464: I miss the old AT&T phone messages and sounds.
	9:02pm Michael: What a nice surprise.
	🎸 ♥ 9:02pm karlward: I am so psyched
	♥ 9:03pm Destroit: Haha well well well. Hello everyone!
	🎸 ♥ 9:03pm karlward: This music got me so hype
	9:03pm Ant Trax: Elevator music from a battery operated radio
	9:04pm Excellent: Irwin where he belongs. Feeding our heads sans alter ego for a proper three hour tour. A three hour tour Teach them younglings what this here free formed is meant to be yo
	♥ 9:04pm chresti: Haha hold music!
	9:04pm Glistener MW: Irwin!!!!! welcome!
	9:04pm P-90: Do we know who composed music for Verizon customers on hold?
	♥ 9:05pm chresti: Some hold music farm.
	9:06pm 🤔Hidden Identity🤔: SOO GOOD to hear IRWIN back on the air again! Missed him soo much😭
	9:06pm Androu B.: Well well, we meet again! Good Evening, Mr. Chusid! Hi, Karl, Michael, spodiodi, 126464, Destroit, chresti, MW, P-90!
	9:06pm Excellent: And behold that art. Love me that image
	♥ 9:06pm Destroit: God damn hold music farm just dont pay enuff lately
	9:06pm Eric the Hat: IRWIN!!!!
	♥ 9:07pm Kat in Chicago: I ain't gonna work on hold music farm no more
	♥ 9:07pm Destroit: Androu B always nice to see!
	♥ 9:08pm Kat in Chicago: Also hi Irwin
	♥ 9:08pm Irwin: Hello, all! Why does this studio smell like stale cigar smoke?
	♥ 9:09pm Irwin: Empty bourbon bottle under the console.
	♥ 9:09pm Kat in Chicago: Eau de Rancho Malario?
	9:09pm Androu B.: Phone CSR's & telemarketers are at the low end of the employment spectrum. Hi, Kat!
	♥ 9:09pm Destroit: Haha hi Kat. My best pal drove from Detroit to go see Mogwai in Chi. There right now. Texting me how awesome the opener Nina Nastasia is.
	🎸 ♥ 9:10pm spodiodi: howdy, Androu B. have a spare Rancho?
	♥ 9:10pm Kat in Chicago: I forgot Nina Nastasia has reemerged! Would like to have seen her. Hi Androu B!
	9:10pm wendy del formaggio: Hi Irwin! Nice to hear you on the raydeeoh.
	9:11pm b0b0b plasticland milw: saw Sam Rivers Dave Holland and Barry Alchaul ..2 nights in a row ..jazz showcase Chicago in the late 70s I belive
	♥ 9:11pm chresti: Ha Destroit and Kat!
	9:11pm Androu B.: Hi, Wendy!
	9:11pm wendy del formaggio: Hi comments-page friends!
	♥ 9:11pm Kat in Chicago: Hi chresti and all y'all
	🎸 ♥ 9:13pm listener 126464: Hi all! Also dig that playlist pic.
	9:13pm wendy del formaggio: Hi Androu B!
	♥ 9:14pm Destroit: Why cant pop music be more like this Steady Holiday track?
	♥ 9:16pm Destroit: Hi wendy, always nice to see you.
	9:17pm wendy del formaggio: Hey Destroit! Thank you. Likewise!
	♥ 9:18pm melinda: hiya
	9:19pm Androu B.: Hi, Melinda!
	♥ 9:20pm Destroit: These modern 80’s pop grooves has my inner samantha fox a talkin….
	9:24pm P-90: The immortal Nichelle Nichols cut a nice record of Feelin’ Good back in her band singer days
	🎸 ♥ 9:30pm northguineahills: ahhh, not the Four Lads....
	9:33pm Dean: The Four Lads = The Residents?
	9:34pm N'Lo: Oh Irwin! Now this show makes sense! (Such as it may!)
	9:35pm Listening Out There: Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.
	♥ 9:37pm chresti: He's going to coachella?
	🎸 ♥ 9:37pm Will the Sound Guy: Hi Irwin and all!!!
	♥ 9:38pm Kat in Chicago: Irwin, you have not been on the radio since before I was born :)
	♥ 9:39pm Irwin: Wanna bet, Kat?
	♥ 9:39pm Kat in Chicago: If Wikipedia is correct, you hit the airwaves when I was fifteen.
	♥ 9:41pm Kat in Chicago: Wish I'd been in the NY/NJ area to hear it :)
	♥ 9:41pm Irwin: Never trust Wikipedia. You're old enough to know that.
	9:41pm AndrewD: Someone should name a tunnel after that guy!
	9:42pm ?: "Cool for Cats" kinda ripoff?
	♥ 9:42pm Kat in Chicago: Happy early birthday, Irwin, dates be damned
	9:44pm Glistener MW: Bug Club!!! amazing!
	9:47pm Glistener MW: Gothic Archies! also amazing!
	9:47pm Glistener MW: has anyone here seen Stephen Merritt & co on the current Magnetic Fields tour?
	♥ 9:53pm melinda: there is a Magnetic Fields tour? cool
	9:55pm toots: this is the place to be!!!!
	9:57pm Scobot: God! I love this Carpenter’s tune!
	♥ 9:58pm Irwin: Michael Franks wrote it. It's pretty droll.
	♥ 9:58pm Irwin: Had to fade on the sax solo. The worst.
	9:59pm toots: yeah!!!! Michael Franks!
	♥ 9:59pm maestroso: Carpenters! Wow, never heard this before. Oh, Michael Franks. Yeah.
	♥ 9:59pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Hey, tuned in for you. Irwin, pick up the phone! Trying to tell you a story RE a guy who I met at my laundromat when I was wearing a WFMU classic WFMU tee. Ukrainian session musician, saxophone, who was on your show a zillion years ago live!
	9:59pm toots: michael franks... an album you buy for the cover but keep for the tunes
	10:00pm shrimp boi: Yeah that was a sick carpenters song haha
	♥ 10:00pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: I was picking up a huge load of Working From Home laundry..still have a few bags to go...when I met this dude!
	♥ 10:01pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: He was part of a live performance on your show a zillion years ago...apologies I can't recall the name...Algo? Anyway....that's my WFMU story for tonight.
	10:03pm wendy del formaggio: I’m an April baby, too!
	10:05pm PMD: Hi! I had to turn the volume up. It’s you!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:05pm G: Ugh, gonna have to listen on archive in the morning! Had an appointment to see a film tonight... Wonder when IC is ever coming back to the daytime schedule... The Shadow knows...
	10:06pm Androu B.: Hi, Will, Threemoons, PMD!
	10:06pm manana: Fingers crossed this show has a baseball interlude-a treat even if no
	10:06pm PMD: Here. Have some tidings.
	10:07pm Androu B.: Hi, scobot!
	♥ 10:07pm Kat in Chicago: It does feel oddly like a Wednesday afternoon on this Tuesday night
	♥ 10:08pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Wendy! My sister in cheese!
	♥ 10:09pm Irwin: Queso pasa!
	10:09pm Scobot: Miss The Beta Band but this is delightful.
	♥ 10:10pm Irwin: All of Mason's solo stuff is stellar.
	🎸 ♥ 10:11pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Irwin and pals afar!
	♥ 10:11pm coelacanth∅: Happy Wednesday!
	♥ 10:12pm Kat in Chicago: Suddenly, Suddenly, Tammy! Yay
	♥ 10:13pm Irwin: This band never had a chance, thanks to Warner Bros.
	♥ 10:13pm Kat in Chicago: Don't know what WB did but that is a damn shame
	♥ 10:13pm coelacanth∅: this voice is like a female version of Michael Stipe
	♥ 10:14pm Irwin: Refused to release their 2nd album for the label and dropped the band right before Christmas.
	♥ 10:14pm Kat in Chicago: Rat bastards
	♥ 10:14pm Irwin: FUCK the idiot at WB who made that decision.
	♥ 10:14pm Andrew Waterloo: @coelacanthe I hear it
	♥ 10:15pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: @Irwin ugh the pre-Xmas layoffs, bane of any creative. Been there done that.
	♥ 10:15pm Kat in Chicago: ha, I never thought of that but I hear it too now
	♥ 10:16pm coelacanth∅: well if i was the benevolent ruler of the universe the label would be bound to release it.
	♥ 10:17pm coelacanth∅: comparison to Michael Stipe is certainly not an insult, in my opinion!
	♥ 10:19pm Kat in Chicago: The Negro Problem is new to me, quite lovely
	10:20pm toots: been loving me some Sierra Ferrell as of three days ago. She's playing Burlington, VT Friday Night the 15th... also watched the Hoof and Mouth Symphonia videos. Mostly everyone: thumbs up for picking radio over performance as form of entertainment; enjoyment: held.
	🎸 ♥ 10:20pm northguineahills: what Kat said....
	10:20pm PMD: Yay grammar! 😜
	🎸 ♥ 10:21pm spodiodi: Creed is the best
	♥ 10:23pm Bon Boudica: I just laughed a cat off my lap listening to The Office clip: whoever vs whomever Funny every time. (take a letter opened and...)
	♥ 10:24pm drr: @Threemoons: Creative here. I worked at a company that owed me a day off bad, but when I asked for it a few days before Xmas, they said "we really need you to come in." So they could can me in person. Budget cuts.
	10:24pm Androu B.: Hello, coela, AW!
	♥ 10:25pm Kat in Chicago: That is pure evil, drr
	♥ 10:26pm drr: Ain't no love in the heart of the city.
	10:28pm Ant Trax: Fancy hotel restroom 🎶 mix ya
	♥ 10:28pm dave wuz here: need to go to bed but ain't gonna turn off lee morgan
	♥ 10:33pm coelacanth∅: greetings Androu
	🎸 ♥ 10:36pm spodiodi: yes! Professor Elemental!
	10:37pm Morgan: this could be gus bodenheim
	♥ 10:37pm melinda: @Morgan haha, yes
	🎸 ♥ 10:38pm karlward: My advice is: don't lift the restraining order
	10:39pm N'Lo: @spodiodi wouldn’t happen to know Madame Spodioli?
	♥ 10:39pm Kat in Chicago: good advice, karlward
	♥ 10:40pm coelacanth∅: baby, i'm into you like an undersized thong
	10:43pm !!!!!!!!!!!!: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm karlward: I like the 80s/early 90s Prine a lot, but whenever I listen to that September 1978 live record I kinda wish he had gone further into the vaguely L.A. rock direction he was on for that album. That live record reminds me of Warren Zevon's Stand in the Fire, for similar reasons.
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm spodiodi: AMYL and the Sniffers! <3
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Stevel: Few, if any, rock harder.
	🎸 ♥ 10:44pm Will the Sound Guy: 🔥🤘
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm karlward: OK I love 80s/early 90s Prine, I don't just like it, you got me
	🎸 ♥ 10:45pm Stevel: "I've got plenty of energy, its my currency." [jerking around at his desk]
	10:45pm Morgan: theyre just on their US tour now
	♥ 10:46pm chresti: eeeeeYaaa!
	🎸 ♥ 10:46pm spodiodi: N'Lo, nope ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ roundabout where?
	10:47pm signing off: IRWIN TAKES THE CAKE!
	10:47pm ?: A breath of fresh orchestra! I haven't quite figured out the attraction to Amyl et al.
	♥ 10:48pm drr: First time for me hearing this Mahavishnu that I've heard described (and praised) many times.
	10:49pm Listener Robert: Nobody told me there'd be cake.
	♥ 10:49pm Irwin: Billy Cobham on drums. What a monster.
	🎸 ♥ 10:50pm karlward: There is cake but you have to chew exactly in time with those fills, 64th note chewing
	🎸 ♥ 10:51pm Will the Sound Guy: jaw catches fire
	🎸 ♥ 10:51pm karlward: Will the Sound Guy is doing it right
	10:53pm ?: At the time, I think Cobham wasn't so appreciated.
	🎸 ♥ 10:53pm karlward: OK so we slow this Mahavishnu Orchestra down, chop&screw it, and then we put slowed down Kingston Trio over it, I think we have a winning formula here
	10:54pm N'Lo: @spodoli, ha my error - but not too far off. Madame Scodioli purveyor of cirque inspired scents and whatnots via Etsy, and dot com website if avoiding Etsy these days! There is a Venn diagram of Prof Elemental to Scodioli, if one is not allergic to either!
	🎸 ♥ 10:56pm Will the Sound Guy: my friend has birds of fire, but I'll have to look for inner mounting flame... that track was awesome
	♥ 10:57pm Irwin: IMF was their debut. Solid. A+++++.
	🎸 ♥ 10:58pm karlward: Cobham's fist solo record Spectrum is wild too
	🎸 ♥ 10:59pm karlward: But don't take my word for it, here's a contemporary reviewer on Spectrum: "In which Mahavishnu's muscular weak link gets good reviews all for hisself. Despite a few tough minutes, this is basically slick, gimmicky, one-dimensional--in a word, undemanding. All of which may make the man a star. C PLUS" robertchristgau.com...
	♥ 11:02pm Irwin: RC is the guy who labeled me "a tedious ideologue with a hustle." A badge of honor!
	♥ 11:03pm coelacanth∅: my rule to live by: if robert chistgau trashes it i know i should give it a chance.
	🎸 ♥ 11:04pm spodiodi: Moondog bed music is best music
	🎸 ♥ 11:05pm spodiodi: N'Lo, got ya. she has a lovely beard
	11:06pm ?: Aren't we all tedious ideologues with a hustle? Am I missing something?
	11:08pm ?: I suspect Cobham accepted that review as a badge of honor.
	🎸 ♥ 11:08pm Stevel: Tedious Ideologue (With a Hustle!!)
	♥ 11:08pm drr: "tedious ideologue with a hustle" sounds like projection.
	🎸 ♥ 11:10pm spodiodi: hahaha
	♥ 11:10pm coelacanth∅: do go on, Irwin. i'll go make some coffee.
	11:11pm bummer: not a joke nor a dream...
	♥ 11:12pm mt1111: Hey Irwin, I just had a flash of memory about having a little contact with you in the early 80s and you accused me of “latent talent.” I never forgot it!
	♥ 11:13pm Irwin: Sure it wasn't a dream?
	♥ 11:13pm mt1111: Nope
	♥ 11:15pm coelacanth∅: i can only dream of being referred to as having "latent talent"
	🎸 ♥ 11:16pm karlward: coelacanth∅: I have some lactose tallboys
	11:16pm mmmm: crunching on Amish pretzels so loudly over here!
	🎸 ♥ 11:17pm karlward: You know what would go well with those pretzels?
	♥ 11:17pm coelacanth∅: what does amish taste like?
	♥ 11:20pm mt1111: Cabbage Rolls and Coffee
	11:21pm N'Lo: @spodiodi, Cloven is my particular fave! It’s the scent of an antique traveling chest and backstage drag. Powder talc, cedar and amber in the best way. The balms are lovely for dried out Covid cleansed cuticles too. A lovely gift if you don’t favor scented items yourself.
	11:24pm Scobot: I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your show this evening, Irwin. Looking forward to digging into your archives.
	♥ 11:25pm drowsy: great show Irwin, thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 11:27pm spodiodi: thanks, N'Lo! i'm not much for scented anything, but love the packaging, and will keep your recs in mind for gifting
	♥ 11:29pm coelacanth∅: they took all the brotherly Love, put it in a brotherly Love museum and they charged the people a hundred and a half just to see 'em
	11:31pm Bugsy: Hi Irwin. Neat show, I haven't heard you before. Are you new here?
	11:31pm ?: F'ing radiohead. what a pointless group. for choral work, check out Lauridsen's Chansons de la Rose. Nobody needs f'ing radiohead.
	♥ 11:32pm Irwin: Bugs: I'm the youngest, newest, freshest staffer!
	11:32pm laurapanic: Bugsy his profile says he does other shows.....
	♥ 11:33pm coelacanth∅: smells like puppies
	11:33pm UncleMarty: The Scala Choir transformed Creep TY OP Irwin
	♥ 11:35pm coelacanth∅: they pretty much stuck to the mood and vibe of the original. but it's a perfect version.
	♥ 11:36pm Irwin: Scala are from Belgium.
	11:36pm Gerz West: One of the best covers of CREEP I've ever heard...except for Rodrigo y' Gabriela doing it live...
	11:38pm Bugsy: Very nice. Best of luck on a long and successful career!
	11:47pm blurry: Irwin GREAT show, thank you! Had to check yer MO, you're the guy that's been sifting through the Sun Ra catalogs?? Thank you from the bottom of my heart ..
	♥ 11:47pm Irwin: Thank you, Blurrrrrry! Ra is a deep dive.
	♥ 11:48pm Irwin: Bugs: Hope I didn't sound nervous.
	11:49pm Glistener MW: getting a very Brian Jonestown vibe from Magic Castles — keen!
	11:51pm Gerz West: All hail the Crims! Anyone seen the documentary yet?
	♥ 11:51pm Irwin: More albums and personnel changes than The Fall.
	11:52pm Glistener MW: !! I didn’t know there was one! Is it new?
	11:53pm Gerz West: Just premiered at SXSW. "In the Court of the Crimson King"
	11:53pm Glistener MW: I hope its title is “A Major Motion Picture Starring FRIPP THE FROG!”
	11:54pm Androu B.: Wanted to comment earlier while it was relevant, but, although "Creep" is their best known work, the rest of Radiohead's body of work is pretty much either underrated or given shallow praise, with very few exceptions (i.e., "Karma Police", "Paranoid Android", "Reckoner").
	11:54pm Gerz West: The live version of this song later on with ADRIAN BELEW is stellar....
	11:55pm Gerz West: Froggertronics
	🎸 ♥ 11:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Irwin. Good to hear you again.
	♥ 11:58pm Irwin: Thanks for all who heard and appreciated any part of the program. Jesse will return next week.
	11:58pm Glistener MW: Thanks for the incredible show, Irwin! Great to hear you on here again.
	♥ 11:58pm Kat in Chicago: Thank you, Irwin! (as I snicker at "Fripp the Frog")
	♥ 11:58pm StringOFperils: Thanks!
	11:58pm Gerz West: Wowza set!
	11:58pm Excellent: Nailed it. Come back Irwin. We need you. Happy night sir.
	🎸 ♥ 11:59pm spodiodi: thank you, Irwin! such a nice surprise! great tunes 8^D
	♥ 12:00am coelacanth∅: Thanks Irwin. pretty decent for a debut radio show. ...i didn't hear anything that i'd call "uber music". i didn't vomit.
	12:00am Androu B.: Thanx for dragging those bag of bones in front of the mic again, "Ol' Pal" (if I may say w/o being condescending of your age, approaching birthday considering).
	12:00am UncleMarty: Thanks for the heads up on the Crim Doc So, is King Crimson the ultimate prog-rock or proto heavy metal?
	12:01am UncleMarty: Thanks Irwin ... so good to hear ya again

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from April 12, 2022

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