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Favoriting November 20, 2022: "Well it just goes to show/Things are not what they seem..."

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
The Stone Roses  I Wanna Be Adored   Favoriting The Stone Roses  Silvertone    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Blur  Pop Scene/Song 2 (live at Peel Acres)   Favoriting Bustin'+Dronin'  Food/EMI    0:04:54 (Pop-up)
Marianne Faithfull  Sister Morphine   Favoriting A Perfect Stranger The Island Anthology  Island Records    0:09:22 (Pop-up)
Rolling Stones  Ventilator Blues   Favoriting Exile On Main Street (Remastered) 2CD  Universal    0:16:17 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: Sky News-anti-lockdown protests in China   Favoriting n/a  n/a    0:20:05 (Pop-up)
Otis Redding  (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction   Favoriting Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul  Volt    0:21:28 (Pop-up)
The Byrds  So You Wanna Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star   Favoriting Younger Than Yesterday  Columbia    0:24:10 (Pop-up)
Lulu  To Love Somebody   Favoriting Love Loves to Love Lulu  Columbia    0:26:22 (Pop-up)
Nazareth  Love Hurts   Favoriting Hair of the Dog  A&M  RIP: Dan McCafferty https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-dan-mccafferty-gravel-voiced-frontman-of-scottish-rock-band-nazareth-3919729  0:29:56 (Pop-up)
Terry Reid  Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)   Favoriting Bang, Bang You’re Terry Reid  Odeon    0:33:43 (Pop-up)
Donovan  Sunshine Superman   Favoriting Sunshine Superman  Epic    0:37:59 (Pop-up)
 
Moby Grape  Omaha   Favoriting Moby Grape Live  Sundazed    0:45:28 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: France24-Man who lived in CDG airport dies   Favoriting n/a  n/a    0:51:39 (Pop-up)
John Lennon  Cold Turkey   Favoriting Signature Box  EMI    0:53:24 (Pop-up)
Brian Auger  Shake (featuring Rod Stewart)   Favoriting Back to the Beginning: the Brian Auger Anthology  Soul Bank Music    0:58:40 (Pop-up)
Mungo Jerry  Alright, Alright, Alright   Favoriting Single  Dawn Records    1:01:17 (Pop-up)
The Wolfe Tones  The Men Behind the Wire   Favoriting Let the People Sing  Dolphin    1:04:25 (Pop-up)
 
  Interview with Alan Parks
T. Rex  20th Century Boy   Favoriting 20th Century Boy / Free Angel  EMI    1:52:11 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  The Jean Genie   Favoriting Aladdin Sane  RCA    1:55:47 (Pop-up)
The Walker Brothers  In My Room   Favoriting Portrait  Philips/Smash    2:00:05 (Pop-up)
Allen Ginsberg  Walking at Night in Key West   Favoriting MP3  Bandcamp    2:02:31 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Cliff  King of Kings   Favoriting A Snapshot in Time: Society, Scandal and the First Stirrings of Modernism, 1960-1963  Ace    2:03:21 (Pop-up)
 
Burghers Orquestra  Don't Wake the Monster   Favoriting Burghers Orquestra  ???    2:10:01 (Pop-up)
Clamm  Care   Favoriting Care  Chapter Music    2:13:28 (Pop-up)
The John-Pauls  No Names   Favoriting Bon Mots  Aagoo Records    2:16:28 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: ABC (US)-Bombing in Istanbul   Favoriting n/a  n/a    2:19:17 (Pop-up)
Alvvays  After the Earthquake   Favoriting Blue Rev  Polyvinyl    2:20:01 (Pop-up)
Oneida  Low Tide   Favoriting Success  Joyful Noise Recordings    2:23:05 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: France24-France and Britain reach deal on migrants   Favoriting n/a  n/a    2:31:48 (Pop-up)
PJ Harvey  Let England Shake   Favoriting Let England Shake  Island/Vagrant    2:33:28 (Pop-up)
 
Iggy Pop  The Passenger   Favoriting Lust For Life  RCA    2:42:23 (Pop-up)
Aldous Harding  Fever   Favoriting Warm Chris  4ad    2:47:02 (Pop-up)
Nick Drake  Three Hours   Favoriting Made To Love Magic  Island    2:51:14 (Pop-up)
Sophia Djebel Rose  Venus   Favoriting Metempsycose  Oracle    2:56:57 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01am
tom tom the pipers son:

hi brian, good morning!
  3:05am
Cosmic:

Good morning ☀️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05am
tom tom the pipers son:

saw a funny thing on the local news this week. they were talking about mike pence's new book titled "so help me god", but they said "help me god", which sounds more desperate and appropriate
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07am
Brian D:

Hello Cosmic and Tom Tom. Gotta love Freudian slips, Tom Tom.
  3:07am
LiXiviated Life:

Seems to me thats the book we’ve all been writing lately
  3:08am
Chris Crisco:

Kia Ora Brian & Friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09am
Brian D:

Indeed, Lix. Hello. And hello Chris.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13am
fred:

Hello Brian and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14am
Brian D:

Fred!
Avatar 3:17am
Foutracbaldisco:

Hi Brian and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18am
Brian D:

Hello Foutracbaldisco!
  3:22am
LiXiviated Life:

The most important band
that no longer matters
Ladies and gentlemen
The Rolling
Avatar 3:26am
Don in Tampere:

Good morning Brian, tom tom, Cosmic, Lix, Chris, fred! Just got my omicron booster Friday, nothing but a sore arm for a day. Slept in to catch on the sleep I lost finishing the EU proposal but enjoying the show now as always.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27am
Brian D:

Happy vax day, Don.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27am
tom tom the pipers son:

hi don...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27am
Brian in UK:

Morning Brian & listeners
Tense over here as our daughter is in the delivery suite ready for her second child.
Time to walk the dog.
Ah the Byrds doing the trick.
Avatar 3:28am
Don in Tampere:

Lix, they already started losing me at Goat's Head Soup. For me, their definitive albums are Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed and Exile, and to some extent Satanic Majesty. I don't have much need for anything since from them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28am
Brian D:

Brian, best wishes and congrats!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29am
tom tom the pipers son:

lost me after some girls
Avatar 3:29am
Don in Tampere:

Brian in UK, all the best for your daughter and a easy delivery. It's the wrong show, but maybe we can borrow some pixie dust from Clay to send her way.
  3:30am
wenzo toad:

Good whatevertime everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30am
Brian in UK:

Aftermath does the job for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31am
tom tom the pipers son:

best wishes brian in uk
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31am
Brian in UK:

Thanks folks.
  3:33am
LiXiviated Life:

Don in Tampere
100 %
  3:34am
wenzo toad:

Congratulations Brian, My birthday was yesterday so Of course I gotta say if there’s anything to astrology at all I’d say your granddaughter is gonna be an exceptionally awesome human… probably an artist or musician or creative of some sort.
  3:38am
Cosmic:

Congratulations Brian 🎉
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39am
Colin in Durham England:

Alan Parks! Good shout! You’re quickly becoming my favourite show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40am
Brian D:

Ha! Thank you, Colin!
  3:43am
LiXiviated Life:

It sounds like it’s going to be a love bead morning
(and that’s groovy”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:43am
fred:

Nice Scottish set, but it's a bit early for whisky
  3:45am
Cosmic:

I very rarely sing in a stones tribute
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53am
Colin in Durham England:

I’m going to Glasgow on Dec 3rd but it’s to see Placebo which I doubt would fit into this show, or most fmu shows
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53am
Brian D:

I have played Placebo on this show, Colin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54am
Brian D:

Everything fits on FMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57am
Colin in Durham England:

Of course
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58am
Brian D:

Enjoy that show, Colin. Jealous of your going to Glasgow. One of my favorite cities.
  4:02am
LiXiviated Life:

WFMU is the AB Positive of radio stations
  4:06am
Chris Crisco:

Congratulations Brian in UK!
  4:07am
geoff:

it’s like an advert for the IRA
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09am
Colin in Durham England:

Have you seen tomorrow’s football fixtures? We’re playing Iran but the shortened way they write it it says ENG V IRA.

If that wasn’t funny enough, Gerry Adams shared it on Twitter
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11am
tom tom the pipers son:

@colin. funny
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12am
Brian D:

I've been accused of looking like Gerry Adams.
  4:13am
LiXiviated Life:

Colin
I don’t get it
however I don’t get most things so…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Enjoying !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19am
tom tom the pipers son:

this interview reminds me of when i went to edinburgh and there were some people i had trouble understanding
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21am
Brian in UK:

The Streets, put up your aerial, Original Pirate Material. Great album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22am
tom tom the pipers son:

getting tuned to his accent
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22am
Brian D:

Sorry, Tom Tom. I speak Glaswegian...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22am
Brian in UK:

Colin in Durham. One daughter lives in Chester & another is moving to Willington soon. Got you surrounded!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24am
tom tom the pipers son:

no apologies necessary, my problem
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...well, my stupid - thot you said we had Alan Parsons :D
...but this is great obviously. Understand him fine. Reminds me of Jack Bruce actually.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:26am
Brian D:

That may be owing to my stammer, Rev. Sorry for the confusion!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Your voice also is notably great & a pleasure to hear broadcast.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29am
Brian D:

Aw, thank you, Rev.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:31am
Brian D:

Alan just referenced the book "City of Quartz." Author Mike Davis passed away recently: en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 4:32am
Heidee:

Hullawrerr! Loving the Glaswegian lingo! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Hi Brian, morning all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33am
Brian in UK:

The thing I like about crime/noir is exactly what Alan says. It is a snapshot of a place & time. Conan Doyle/Chandler/Simenon etc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Loved 'City of Quartz' - having lived in Santa Barbara many years (if not the City).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34am
Brian D:

Hello Heidee! Three greats there, Brian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

' Mystery = Plot
Noir = Everything Else '
  4:35am
morphe':

Ireland:
https://www.paveepoint.ie/traveller-organisations/
UK
https://travellermovement.org.uk
Avatar 4:39am
Heidee:

Shame Nulsh isn't here :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41am
Brian in UK:

Willy Vlautin's novels cover the down side of peoples lives. Not crime more grime.
  4:42am
Cosmic:

Would Alan consider writing books set in today’s Glasgow?
Avatar 4:43am
Heidee:

I think I have just found the perfect Christmas present for ma Scottish hubby.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43am
Brian D:

Cosmic, I didn't ask! But the books follow the characters over the years so it's possible he'll get more contemporary.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44am
Brian D:

Heidee, I can't recommend Alan's books highly enough: www.alanparks.co.uk
Avatar 4:45am
Michael of Cologne:

Good morning Brian & everyone.
  4:45am
morphe':

Heard him tell a true story (BBC) about a family road trip in Australia which influenced his last/latest novel. Name? Perhaps not yet published???
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46am
Brian D:

Yes, June -- the 6th in the series -- is in the works and as yet untitled.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47am
Brian in UK:

Brian, read Jim Thompson's The Getaway recently, the final quarter is amazing. It is not covered in either films versions. I was taken aback.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47am
Brian D:

Love that book, Brian The movies don't do Thompson justice, in my opinion.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51am
Brian in UK:

Brian, would recommend Jeff Torrington's Swing hammer swing! Set in Glasgow.
  4:52am
morphe':

UK Brian - Hollywood does horrible things .. did ya ever see the remake of the "The Wickerman."
  4:53am
morphe':

ALAN PARKS
(BORN JOHNSTONE, 1963)

Does he write non-fiction under Johnstone?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53am
Brian in UK:

Morphe' No. did not appeal much.
  4:54am
Cosmic:

Ah I see, never read his stuff. I now have a reading list. Really enjoyed that, thanks Brian
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54am
Brian D:

Thanks for the rec Brian! And, no, Morphe. No non-fiction. Not yet, anyway.
  4:56am
morphe':

Spoiler alert - pure crap ... I did not go to the cinema/pay ...the cop is rescued by the Royal Navy !!!! Or cops in boats ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56am
Brian in UK:

Great interview.
Part of the fun when you are young is 'discovering' music. Bit different when you get older. Thanks to this radio station you can keep up to date.
Avatar 4:57am
Heidee:

@Brian, just bought the first three Harry McCoy novels! Thank you for your tip!! - Amazing that your "current vibes" go half around the globe and make it here :-) I fully trust and appreciate your recommendations from the taste of your show, my friend.
What a guy, Alan Parks, eh? Typically Scottish, not blowing his own trumpet, lovely humour etc.
Loving the way he is putting real social criticism into his "fiction".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...if born after Chinese New Year - another 1963 Water 🐇Hare like me :) ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00am
fred:

Somewhat related maybe, I'm looking forward to Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto: www.penguinrandomhouse.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:03am
Brian D:

Heidee you and your husband will love the books, I promise. Great stories and characters.
Avatar 5:03am
Heidee:

😘
  5:09am
morphe':

I was confusing Parks with this author from Belfast:
THE ISLAND BY ADRIAN MCKINTY
Similar in that he wrote a novel and could not get published and was about to give up
and was driving a taxi and doing odd jobs and then .. a friend of a friend and Voila..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12am
Brian in UK:

Diamond geezer as they might say in the south.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13am
fred:

I may have told that before, but I once used readings of Howl to fix bugs in software that was used to disguise the voices of witnesses in the Rwanda genocide trials (both victims and perps)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:16am
Brian D:

Love Adrian McKinty too Morphe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:16am
Brian D:

That's some story, Fred. I still remember when I first read "Howl."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:17am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

fred - yer one of the greatest minds of my generation.
  5:21am
morphe':

Errata Redux .. Wrong Again ... ADRIAN MCKINTY wrote a number books which got good reviews and he won some awards, but had to popular success = no cash and was driving for Uber... He got an agent who got a book published that was successful... and ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:22am
Brian in UK:

Guessing that it might be the PPK responsible for the bomb.
  5:23am
morphe':

HOWL [for another time] - the animation section of the film done by Eric Drooker is worth seeing. I never saw the complete film.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:24am
Brian in UK:

I believe that there are around twenty million Kurds surviving in 5/6 countries in the area. A fractured people.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:25am
Brian D:

Kurdish groups have so far denied responsibility.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27am
fred:

I so want to see Oneida again, they're so great live
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:35am
Brian in UK:

How much are we paying Rwanda for doing nothing. Shocking.
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diskoozgun:

PJ Harvey 👑👑👑
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Heidee:

Your deejaying is spot on, Brian. Gaun oot the noo, toodle-oo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37am
Brian D:

Cheers, Heidee.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:38am
Brian D:

Apparently, we're going to hear a little extra PJ.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:38am
fred:

@Brian: Nothing wrong with that
  5:41am
morphe':

Possible that the bombing was not Kurds?

ps: Speaking of Rwanda and border countries and colonialism ..

No Friends but the Mountains’: The Toxic Legacy of British Officialdom for the Kurds after the First World War (article 2019)
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2019/10/15/no-friends-but-the-mountains-the-toxic-legacy-of-british-officialdom-for-the-kurds-after-the-first-world-war/
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:44am
Brian in UK:

morphe' thanks for the link will read it later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:44am
fred:

N+1 announced a series of articles about Mike Davis, the first one is here: www.nplusonemag.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:45am
Brian D:

Thanks Fred!
  5:46am
morphe':

City of Quartz - great read ..

and for another time .. The Jolly Boys cover of Passenger is a good listen as is all their covers and songs..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:53am
Brian in UK:

Top show, Brian!
  5:53am
morphe':

Thanks BD and all !!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:53am
fred:

I think Gabriel Winant is someone worth reading, by the way
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54am
tom tom the pipers son:

it was an interesting show and comments board, thanks brian
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55am
tom tom the pipers son:

and all
  5:56am
Cosmic:

Cheers Tom Tom. Thanks Brian. Good day all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58am
Brian D:

Thank YOU all. Glad you enjoyed the show. Stay safe and stayed tuned. Have a great week.
Avatar 5:59am
diskoozgun:

Thank u Brian📻
Avatar 5:59am
Foutracbaldisco:

Thank you Brian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always (tho I may not always be awake &/or tuned in) DJ BrianD ~
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:00am
fred:

thanks Brian
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