WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 29, 2023

Listener comments!
	3:02am Stanley Crook, Durham, U.K.: Morning x
	⚡ 3:04am tom tom the pipers son: we lost two downtown nyc people this week tom verlaine and everett quinton of the ridiculous theatrical company this week.
	3:07am Brian D: Good morning. Yes, RIP Tom Verlaine and Everett Quinton.
	⚡ 3:11am tom tom the pipers son: i worked for the ridiculous theatrical co. under everett as set designer, props designer and house manager in the early 90's and was shocked to see his obit in the times
	3:13am Chris Crisco: RIP Geator
	3:13am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:11 Wow, Tom Tom. Only 73, right?
	⚡ 3:13am tom tom the pipers son: 71
	3:14am Brian D: And yes, Chris, RIP Geator. Todd-O-Phonic did an amazing tribute today.
	3:14am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:13 Yeesh. Too young.
	⚡ 3:15am Heidee: Hiya! Good morning! I thought there was the Pidge a-singing. :-)
	⚡ 3:15am tom tom the pipers son: cancer
	3:16am Chris Crisco: Excellent tribute by Todd and also Jeff Beck tribute by Bob Brainen / Pete Tomlinson
	3:16am Brian D: Hiya Heidee! You made me look to see if I left the mic on.
	⚡ 3:17am Heidee: Ha ha :-) Hi Brian!
	3:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:15 Awful.
	3:25am Chris Crisco: I remember seeing Jerry Blavat show on WPIX in NYC when I was in like 7th grade (didn't like it much was more into head music) then years later living in Langhorne PA on WXPN couldn't believe it was the same Jerry Blavat
	3:27am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:25 You know, I don't remember ever hearing/seeing him. I heard OF him, of course.
	3:31am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:27 I think it was only one that one time probably didn't go over big in NYC like someone said on Todd's show NYC kids weren't into dancing like Philly kids were.
	3:33am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:31 That's certainly true of my friends and I. Not that we were exactly tastemakers.
	3:37am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:33 We had a lot to learn
	3:39am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:37 Oh yeah.
	3:40am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:39 Although I still can't dance to save my ass.
	3:41am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:40 You and me both.
	3:54am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:40 I was thinking listening to Todd's show today that I've never been one to let loose and stuff. "Dance like nobody's watching," as the cliche goes.
	3:59am Chris Crisco: Hell I gave up trying a long time ago. Fortunately my wife doesn't like to dance either.
	⚡ 4:03am tom tom the pipers son: i know i'm bragging, but i used to be a good dancer. one time i was the only white guy at an all black party and i took to the dance floor only to eventually have the crowd form a circle around me and chant "go tom go tom" and a group of girls tried to copy my dancing but gave up. i was just freeforming it.
	⚡ 4:06am Don in Tampere: Good morning! I unfortunately missed Tom Cora and the Ex because I was still asleep. Saw them many years ago in Hanau, not too long before we lost Tom Cora
	⚡ 4:06am Heidee: German culture is so influenced by American culture. Our language is peppered with English expressions, and all cool youth slang words have Am-Engl. origins.
	⚡ 4:07am Heidee: Hey Don! I am just in the process of writing that email to you! Hang in there!
	4:10am Pablexa™: I canny sleep Morning
	4:13am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:03 The only time people chant "Go Brian" to me is when they really want me to leave.
	4:14am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:06 Hey Don! If I were in that cabin I'd sleep in too.
	⚡ 4:14am tom tom the pipers son: ha!
	4:14am Brian D: ↳ Pablexa™ @4:10 Hiya Pab!
	⚡ 4:19am Michael of Cologne: Mornin' Brian & everybody &c. -3C° here this morning.
	4:19am Pablexa™: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:19 Feels like -16 here
	4:20am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:19 Hallo Michael.
	4:21am Andrew Waterloo: may as partake in this 4:20
	⚡ 4:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Proud Boy 2 Way Mirror" by "Martin Bisi" stephen colbert, on his show, pointed out that the proud boys were named after a lyric in a song in disney's aladdin
	4:23am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:22 I was not aware of that. I try to ignore them. The Proud Boys that is. Not Colbert.
	⚡ 4:26am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Pablexa™ @4:19 Warm tootsies?
	⚡ 4:30am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Welcome In" by "Wowza in Kalamazoo" Love that disorderly din!
	⚡ 4:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:23 he talked about that and their rules for masturbation
	⚡ 4:32am Don in Tampere: We've talked about news sources here before and agreed on a generally positive view of Democracy Now. I still watch it every night at dinner, but the interview with a parliamentarian from the Linke party got me pretty annoyed this week. The parliamentarian kept going on about how the US was waging a proxy war against Russia as if the US were the agressor, totally ignoring the fact that it was Russia that invaded Ukraine - I'd have expected at least a little pushback from Amy Goodman on that one. Then she went on about how Germany was being forced by American to stop it's strong friendship with Russia and how Germany should buy cheap gas from Russia. I have plenty of criticism for US imperialism (and think the US should have been hit with similar sanctions in the second Iraq war), but I really don't see this as a major case of it.
	4:34am mr 6: Nce jam right here
	4:37am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:30 I definitely don't need to know that.
	⚡ 4:40am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:37 well, it was once a month unless within six feet of a woman. colbert mimed using a tape measure
	4:41am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:32 You're right on Putin, Don. And I think the last thing Germany, or anyone else, needs is more gas, from Russia or anywhere else. But I'm not sure the US involvement in Ukraine is the best thing for the Ukrainians. Though, saying that, I'm not sure what the alternative is.
	4:42am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:40 If only Louis CK had known...
	⚡ 4:42am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:42 right...
	4:45am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:41 Sometimes there are no good alternatives just bad alternatives and worse alternatives. In this case the worse alternative being handing Ukraine over to Putin on a platter which is what Insane Clown would do.
	4:46am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:45 Yeah. I know.
	⚡ 4:46am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:41 geo bush promised gorbachev that the eastern european countries formerly under soviet influence would not be recruited into nato. look at what happened.
	4:48am Chris Crisco: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:32 I've always liked Democracy Now but if that is what Amy Goodman thinks that is pretty damn stupid.
	⚡ 4:48am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:46 Moot point.
	⚡ 4:51am Don in Tampere: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:46 Sorry tom tom, but even Gorbachev debunked that canard. The verbal promise was not to station nato troops in former ddr. And, it's not as if the US was holding Poland, the Baltics etc. at gunpoint forcing them to join Nato. It's more like they were clamoring at the gates. With good reason, as we see in Ukraine. @Chris, I don't know what Amy Goodman actually thought, but I would have expected some pushback when the interviewee came out with such nonsense.
	⚡ 4:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:48 And who is Bush to decide, anyway? Don't Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland... have a say about whether they want to join the club? I am very sceptical about these grand geopolitical discourses. Talk about riding roughshod over countries!
	4:52am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:48 Let's not confuse what Amy's interview subjects say with what she thinks. I didn't hear the interview, but the point of her program is that you hear perspectives that you don't get elsewhere.
	4:52am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:46 What happened is Putin invaded Georgia and Crimea.
	4:56am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:52 That is true regarding what the parliamentarian said I was referring to where she said Germany was being forced to cut ties with Russia and should buy gas from Russia.
	⚡ 4:56am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:52 Auntie Angie kept the lid on for as long as she could. An economic calculation mixed with appeasement, letting Putin have his way. And then the lid blew off.
	⚡ 4:56am tom tom the pipers son: yes , well i'll have to re think things
	⚡ 5:01am Heidee: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:56 Speaking on behalf, how stupid of our government to become so dependent on energy from just the one country.
	⚡ 5:03am Don in Tampere: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:56 Chris, it was also the parliamentarian saying that about cutting ties with Russia and Russian gas. And indeed, the idea is sometimes to present a range of views, but when such obvious nonsense comes out, I would expect some critical questioning
	5:04am Chris Crisco: ↳ Heidee @5:01 I guess like so many other things it seemed like a good idea at the time. But peace at any price inevitably carries a very high price.
	⚡ 5:04am Heidee: Don!
	5:06am Chris Crisco: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:03 My apologies I misunderstood you I thought you were saying that it was Amy saying that.
	5:10am Robm: Good morning fellow listeners
	5:11am Brian D: Hello Robm!
	⚡ 5:11am Heidee: Morning Robm.
	5:12am Robm: Howdy brian and heidee
	⚡ 5:13am Don in Tampere: Didn't know this version of "Sea Song", nice! Rock Bottom is definitely one of my desert island discs (but on a desert island I guess a hand-crank victrola would be needed.....)
	5:14am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:13 Ha! Yeah, no "charging stations."
	⚡ 5:15am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & folks. All I can offer is sunshine outside the window. Zahawi has been sacked. www.bbc.co.uk...
	⚡ 5:15am tom tom the pipers son: hey brian, do you have a date on this peel sessions?
	5:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:15 Recorded in '74, released in '87.
	⚡ 5:17am tom tom the pipers son: thx
	5:17am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:15 Hello, Brian. I hope they said, "Check please" as he left.
	⚡ 5:20am Don in Tampere: Heidee, got your mail, thanks!
	⚡ 5:23am Brian in UK: ↳ Brian D @5:17 It is in the post!!! Brian, I emailed you about ten days ago. Have you seen it? I used the 'E-mail Brian D' option.
	5:24am slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Clip: Democracy Now!-Cop City protestor killed" horrifying -- worse (imho) is that this was not covered at all (as far as i can tell) by any "regular" news outlet -- i only just found out about this -- and Cop City a few hours ago! so, going to dig deeper into Stop Cop City, figure out what i can do (there is an interactive map on their website, but could not really navigate that well on this phone 😩) greetings, Brian! Everyone! been lurking, digging -- just have not had the chance to sign in until now 😺😺 and yes, totally bummed about losing Tom Verlaine too -- i never got to see Television, but i did see him solo many years ago (early 80s?) -- and i gotta agree with so many: nobody played guitar like he did, totally unique sound
	5:25am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:23 I did, man. I meant to respond and zoned. Thank you! I'll email back a more detailed response.
	⚡ 5:27am Heidee: ↳ Song: "Clip: Bloomberg News-strikes in France" Teachers in Germany have to work until they are 67 years old. Why do you want your kids to be taught by nana and popi? Not even being ageist here, and being a teacher myself! Vive la France and their unfaltering sense of strike and revolution (while we other European countries around them, people just become disillusioned and decide to just shut up and keep their heads down).
	⚡ 5:28am Heidee: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:20 😎
	⚡ 5:34am Don in Tampere: If I manage to retire end of this year as planned, I'll be just short of 68. When the first pension insurance was introduced by Bismarck, the life expectancy was under 65, so it was more like "if you make it to 65, you can relax for however long you live". With life expectancies way up and more and more people entering the work force later, something has to be done, which can be later retirement (though there should be differences for people who start an apprenticeship at 16 and do hard labor for a long time), higher contribution rates from salary, or a mix of both.
	5:35am Brian D: ↳ slugluv1313 @5:24 Greetings Slug. Yes, the cop City story is pretty gruesome.
	5:36am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @5:27 Wisdom of the elders, Heidee? Yes Vive la France. Though they seemed poised to elect Le Pen's party in the next national elections.
	5:37am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:34 I was being facetious about retiring, Don. My wife and I are getting up there, but financially we're in no position...
	⚡ 5:42am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @5:36 True that. 🙄 The irony being, in oder to deal with the teacher shortage, a commission of "experts" recommends, among other things, fewer part-time opportunities and larger classes. Great. That'll help.
	⚡ 5:43am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Genesis" by "Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adri... Love the saxy jazz you place toward the end of your show, Brian.
	⚡ 5:43am Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "Clip: WION-UK admits 200 children seeking asylum ... The Government blames the hotels where the children stay but ultimately it is their responsibility.
	5:44am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:43 It's how I roll, Michael!
	⚡ 5:44am Brian in UK: Wishing everyone a save week & keep your heads down.
	5:45am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @5:42 Amazing how we play games with an important thing like education, Heidee.
	5:46am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:43 Yes, Brian. I've heard some of those statements from Sunak and others.
	⚡ 5:46am Don in Tampere: ↳ Heidee @5:42 Germany has been making a mess of its educational system for quite some time. I think the biggest problem is cultural: that teaching is not a respected profession. Finland is not as good as it used to be when it topped the Pisa studies, but you still have to have a masters in education to teach in any school through high school, and the acceptance rate is low because so many want to do it. That's because being a teacher is a respected job.
	5:46am Fredericks: Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site. We can’t connect to the server at wfmu. Did you mean to go to www.wfmu.com? If you entered the right address, you can: Try again later Check your network connection Check that Firefox has permission to access the web (you might be connected but behind a firewall)
	5:48am Brian D: All, sorry, I meant to post this obit for Tom Verlaine by WFMU's own Peter Keepnews: www.nytimes.com...
	5:49am slugluv1313: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:46 a Masters in Education?? how i WISH that could be true here in the States
	⚡ 5:51am Brian in UK: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:46 Over here the classes are too big & some parents think teachers should be the ones to discipline their children.
	5:51am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @5:46 Fredericks, which site?
	⚡ 5:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Heidee @5:42 As you know, Heidee, there's a lot of talk in Germany currently about the Fachkräftemangel (shortage of skilled workers). Now, Fachkräfte is a word you need to savour on your tongue for a while, just like Arbeitskraft (labour power). What the economy needs is various kinds of Arbeitskräfte, not exactly people as such. Teachers have the task of training the Arbeitskräfte for the economy, to keep it going and growing.
	5:53am Brian D: Fachkräftemangel... would make a great band name.
	⚡ 5:54am Brian in UK: ↳ Brian D @5:53 Especially if no one could play.
	5:54am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @5:53 Showroom dummies?
	5:54am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:54 That goes without saying.
	5:56am Brian D: Alright all, that's just about it for me. Thank you for playing along at home. Stay safe and have a great week. See you next Saturday/Sunday with Matthieu Aikins: maikins.com...
	⚡ 5:56am tom tom the pipers son: so long brian, folks, have a good week, thanks for the chat
	⚡ 5:56am Heidee: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:46 You are dead right, and I am envious. 😭 People only conceiving us playing tennis in the afternoon but not working till 2am. And - oh! - so many "holidays" as well, that can't be right eh. But I'm not complaining (and keeping my head down ha ha, no just kidding). Right-o, off to making kids better people in the world, preparing activity-oriented tasks for Monday! Keeping my idealism! Or, have you ever created German grammar into an escape room game?? Bye my lovelies, fare-thee-well! P.S. And, hear hear, Michael of Köln! P.P.S. And yessss Brian D! Sounds like 'Kraftwerk' :-) Thank you for a great show!
	5:58am Chris Crisco: Great show Brian cheers everyone!
	6:00am HyperDose: Thanks Brian!
	6:00am slugluv1313: wonderful show, Brian -- thanks so much! Peace and Blessings to you all, and wishing you a great week ahead 😺😺

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from January 29, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Blur	There's No Other Way "There's No Other Way" by "Blur"	Leisure		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Television	See No Evil "See No Evil" by "Television"	The Blow-Up	RIP Tom Verlaine	0:03:11 (Pop-up)
Wolfmanhattan Project	New in the World	Summer Forever And Ever		0:06:31 (Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock	Midnight Tram to Nowhere	Shufflemania!		0:11:29 (Pop-up)
Squalls	Elephant Radio "Elephant Radio" by "Squalls"	Live from the 40 Watt		0:16:06 (Pop-up)
False Prophets	Invisible People "Invisible People" by "False Prophets"	Invisible People		0:20:37 (Pop-up)
	Clip: BBC-humans can interpret ape gestures			0:25:51 (Pop-up)
New York Dolls	Dance Like a Monkey	One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This		0:25:52 (Pop-up)
B-Sides	I Say, You Say "I Say, You Say" by "B-Sides"	Herald's Missing the Funny Pages		0:29:27 (Pop-up)
Negativland	There Is No Planet "There Is No Planet" by "Negativland"	Speech Free: Recorded Music For Film, Radio, Internet and Television		0:32:39 (Pop-up)
Nyxy Nyx	Life Ain't Real Anymore "Life Ain't Real Anymore" by "Nyxy Nyx"	Thee 3rd Album		0:37:00 (Pop-up)
Special Interest	My Displeasure "My Displeasure" by "Special Interest"	Endurance		0:40:13 (Pop-up)
	Clip: NBC Memphis officers charged in death of Tyre Nichols			0:45:38 (Pop-up)
The Ex + Tom Cora	State of Shock "State of Shock" by "The Ex + Tom Cora"	Scrabbling at the Lock		0:46:43 (Pop-up)
The Prof.Fuzz 63	Your Call is Not that Important	Cinnamon Sea EP		0:53:10 (Pop-up)
Babes in Toyland	Bruise Violet "Bruise Violet" by "Babes in Toyland"	Guerilla Girls! She-Punks & Beyond 1975-2016 (V/a)		0:56:52 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: James Murphy	Golden Years "Golden Years" by "James Murphy"	While We're Young motion picture soundtrack		1:00:02 (Pop-up)
Spiritualized	Let It Bleed (For Iggy)	Everything Was Beautiful		1:12:14 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CBC-Canada reaches settlement over indigenous schools			1:16:56 (Pop-up)
Martin Bisi	Proud Boy 2 Way Mirror	Feral Myths		1:18:24 (Pop-up)
Wowza in Kalamazoo	Welcome In "Welcome In" by "Wowza in Kalamazoo"	Why You Don't Come Around		1:25:14 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Democracy Now!-Cop City protestor killed			1:35:24 (Pop-up)
John Cale (feat. Weyes Blood)	Story of Blood	Mercy		1:37:04 (Pop-up)
BRRDS	Sense of Belonging "Sense of Belonging" by "BRRDS"	Soon Comes Forever		1:44:36 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-UK admits 200 children seeking asylum missing			1:48:38 (Pop-up)
Emeralds	Magic "Magic" by "Emeralds"	Solar Bridge		1:50:00 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	The Width of a Circle	The Man Who Sold the World		2:02:37 (Pop-up)
Robert Wyatt	Sea Song "Sea Song" by "Robert Wyatt"	The Peel Sessions		2:10:45 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Bloomberg News-strikes in France			2:18:55 (Pop-up)
Marisa Anderson	Beat The Drum Slowly	Still, Here		2:20:32 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: James Murphy	Golden Years "Golden Years" by "James Murphy"	While We're Young motion picture soundtrack		2:26:47 (Pop-up)
Ozma	Hyperlapse (Hamburg) "Hyperlapse (Hamburg)" by "Ozma"	Hyperlapse		2:33:19 (Pop-up)
Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad	Genesis	Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison JID016		2:37:37 (Pop-up)
Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Thymme Jones, Tatsu Aoki	Messenger	Formless		2:44:26 (Pop-up)
Eri Yamamoto Trio	Ends To Start "Ends To Start" by "Eri Yamamoto Trio"	A Woman With A Purple Wig		2:50:42 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:02am Stanley Crook, Durham, U.K.: Morning x
	⚡ 3:04am tom tom the pipers son: we lost two downtown nyc people this week tom verlaine and everett quinton of the ridiculous theatrical company this week.
	3:07am Brian D: Good morning. Yes, RIP Tom Verlaine and Everett Quinton.
	⚡ 3:11am tom tom the pipers son: i worked for the ridiculous theatrical co. under everett as set designer, props designer and house manager in the early 90's and was shocked to see his obit in the times
	3:13am Chris Crisco: RIP Geator
	3:13am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:11 Wow, Tom Tom. Only 73, right?
	⚡ 3:13am tom tom the pipers son: 71
	3:14am Brian D: And yes, Chris, RIP Geator. Todd-O-Phonic did an amazing tribute today.
	3:14am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:13 Yeesh. Too young.
	⚡ 3:15am Heidee: Hiya! Good morning! I thought there was the Pidge a-singing. :-)
	⚡ 3:15am tom tom the pipers son: cancer
	3:16am Chris Crisco: Excellent tribute by Todd and also Jeff Beck tribute by Bob Brainen / Pete Tomlinson
	3:16am Brian D: Hiya Heidee! You made me look to see if I left the mic on.
	⚡ 3:17am Heidee: Ha ha :-) Hi Brian!
	3:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:15 Awful.
	3:25am Chris Crisco: I remember seeing Jerry Blavat show on WPIX in NYC when I was in like 7th grade (didn't like it much was more into head music) then years later living in Langhorne PA on WXPN couldn't believe it was the same Jerry Blavat
	3:27am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:25 You know, I don't remember ever hearing/seeing him. I heard OF him, of course.
	3:31am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:27 I think it was only one that one time probably didn't go over big in NYC like someone said on Todd's show NYC kids weren't into dancing like Philly kids were.
	3:33am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:31 That's certainly true of my friends and I. Not that we were exactly tastemakers.
	3:37am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:33 We had a lot to learn
	3:39am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:37 Oh yeah.
	3:40am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:39 Although I still can't dance to save my ass.
	3:41am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:40 You and me both.
	3:54am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:40 I was thinking listening to Todd's show today that I've never been one to let loose and stuff. "Dance like nobody's watching," as the cliche goes.
	3:59am Chris Crisco: Hell I gave up trying a long time ago. Fortunately my wife doesn't like to dance either.
	⚡ 4:03am tom tom the pipers son: i know i'm bragging, but i used to be a good dancer. one time i was the only white guy at an all black party and i took to the dance floor only to eventually have the crowd form a circle around me and chant "go tom go tom" and a group of girls tried to copy my dancing but gave up. i was just freeforming it.
	⚡ 4:06am Don in Tampere: Good morning! I unfortunately missed Tom Cora and the Ex because I was still asleep. Saw them many years ago in Hanau, not too long before we lost Tom Cora
	⚡ 4:06am Heidee: German culture is so influenced by American culture. Our language is peppered with English expressions, and all cool youth slang words have Am-Engl. origins.
	⚡ 4:07am Heidee: Hey Don! I am just in the process of writing that email to you! Hang in there!
	4:10am Pablexa™: I canny sleep Morning
	4:13am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:03 The only time people chant "Go Brian" to me is when they really want me to leave.
	4:14am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:06 Hey Don! If I were in that cabin I'd sleep in too.
	⚡ 4:14am tom tom the pipers son: ha!
	4:14am Brian D: ↳ Pablexa™ @4:10 Hiya Pab!
	⚡ 4:19am Michael of Cologne: Mornin' Brian & everybody &c. -3C° here this morning.
	4:19am Pablexa™: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:19 Feels like -16 here
	4:20am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:19 Hallo Michael.
	4:21am Andrew Waterloo: may as partake in this 4:20
	⚡ 4:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Proud Boy 2 Way Mirror" by "Martin Bisi" stephen colbert, on his show, pointed out that the proud boys were named after a lyric in a song in disney's aladdin
	4:23am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:22 I was not aware of that. I try to ignore them. The Proud Boys that is. Not Colbert.
	⚡ 4:26am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Pablexa™ @4:19 Warm tootsies?
	⚡ 4:30am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Welcome In" by "Wowza in Kalamazoo" Love that disorderly din!
	⚡ 4:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:23 he talked about that and their rules for masturbation
	⚡ 4:32am Don in Tampere: We've talked about news sources here before and agreed on a generally positive view of Democracy Now. I still watch it every night at dinner, but the interview with a parliamentarian from the Linke party got me pretty annoyed this week. The parliamentarian kept going on about how the US was waging a proxy war against Russia as if the US were the agressor, totally ignoring the fact that it was Russia that invaded Ukraine - I'd have expected at least a little pushback from Amy Goodman on that one. Then she went on about how Germany was being forced by American to stop it's strong friendship with Russia and how Germany should buy cheap gas from Russia. I have plenty of criticism for US imperialism (and think the US should have been hit with similar sanctions in the second Iraq war), but I really don't see this as a major case of it.
	4:34am mr 6: Nce jam right here
	4:37am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:30 I definitely don't need to know that.
	⚡ 4:40am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:37 well, it was once a month unless within six feet of a woman. colbert mimed using a tape measure
	4:41am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:32 You're right on Putin, Don. And I think the last thing Germany, or anyone else, needs is more gas, from Russia or anywhere else. But I'm not sure the US involvement in Ukraine is the best thing for the Ukrainians. Though, saying that, I'm not sure what the alternative is.
	4:42am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:40 If only Louis CK had known...
	⚡ 4:42am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:42 right...
	4:45am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:41 Sometimes there are no good alternatives just bad alternatives and worse alternatives. In this case the worse alternative being handing Ukraine over to Putin on a platter which is what Insane Clown would do.
	4:46am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:45 Yeah. I know.
	⚡ 4:46am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:41 geo bush promised gorbachev that the eastern european countries formerly under soviet influence would not be recruited into nato. look at what happened.
	4:48am Chris Crisco: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:32 I've always liked Democracy Now but if that is what Amy Goodman thinks that is pretty damn stupid.
	⚡ 4:48am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:46 Moot point.
	⚡ 4:51am Don in Tampere: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:46 Sorry tom tom, but even Gorbachev debunked that canard. The verbal promise was not to station nato troops in former ddr. And, it's not as if the US was holding Poland, the Baltics etc. at gunpoint forcing them to join Nato. It's more like they were clamoring at the gates. With good reason, as we see in Ukraine. @Chris, I don't know what Amy Goodman actually thought, but I would have expected some pushback when the interviewee came out with such nonsense.
	⚡ 4:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:48 And who is Bush to decide, anyway? Don't Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland... have a say about whether they want to join the club? I am very sceptical about these grand geopolitical discourses. Talk about riding roughshod over countries!
	4:52am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:48 Let's not confuse what Amy's interview subjects say with what she thinks. I didn't hear the interview, but the point of her program is that you hear perspectives that you don't get elsewhere.
	4:52am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:46 What happened is Putin invaded Georgia and Crimea.
	4:56am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @4:52 That is true regarding what the parliamentarian said I was referring to where she said Germany was being forced to cut ties with Russia and should buy gas from Russia.
	⚡ 4:56am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:52 Auntie Angie kept the lid on for as long as she could. An economic calculation mixed with appeasement, letting Putin have his way. And then the lid blew off.
	⚡ 4:56am tom tom the pipers son: yes , well i'll have to re think things
	⚡ 5:01am Heidee: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:56 Speaking on behalf, how stupid of our government to become so dependent on energy from just the one country.
	⚡ 5:03am Don in Tampere: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:56 Chris, it was also the parliamentarian saying that about cutting ties with Russia and Russian gas. And indeed, the idea is sometimes to present a range of views, but when such obvious nonsense comes out, I would expect some critical questioning
	5:04am Chris Crisco: ↳ Heidee @5:01 I guess like so many other things it seemed like a good idea at the time. But peace at any price inevitably carries a very high price.
	⚡ 5:04am Heidee: Don!
	5:06am Chris Crisco: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:03 My apologies I misunderstood you I thought you were saying that it was Amy saying that.
	5:10am Robm: Good morning fellow listeners
	5:11am Brian D: Hello Robm!
	⚡ 5:11am Heidee: Morning Robm.
	5:12am Robm: Howdy brian and heidee
	⚡ 5:13am Don in Tampere: Didn't know this version of "Sea Song", nice! Rock Bottom is definitely one of my desert island discs (but on a desert island I guess a hand-crank victrola would be needed.....)
	5:14am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:13 Ha! Yeah, no "charging stations."
	⚡ 5:15am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & folks. All I can offer is sunshine outside the window. Zahawi has been sacked. www.bbc.co.uk...
	⚡ 5:15am tom tom the pipers son: hey brian, do you have a date on this peel sessions?
	5:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:15 Recorded in '74, released in '87.
	⚡ 5:17am tom tom the pipers son: thx
	5:17am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:15 Hello, Brian. I hope they said, "Check please" as he left.
	⚡ 5:20am Don in Tampere: Heidee, got your mail, thanks!
	⚡ 5:23am Brian in UK: ↳ Brian D @5:17 It is in the post!!! Brian, I emailed you about ten days ago. Have you seen it? I used the 'E-mail Brian D' option.
	5:24am slugluv1313: ↳ Song: "Clip: Democracy Now!-Cop City protestor killed" horrifying -- worse (imho) is that this was not covered at all (as far as i can tell) by any "regular" news outlet -- i only just found out about this -- and Cop City a few hours ago! so, going to dig deeper into Stop Cop City, figure out what i can do (there is an interactive map on their website, but could not really navigate that well on this phone 😩) greetings, Brian! Everyone! been lurking, digging -- just have not had the chance to sign in until now 😺😺 and yes, totally bummed about losing Tom Verlaine too -- i never got to see Television, but i did see him solo many years ago (early 80s?) -- and i gotta agree with so many: nobody played guitar like he did, totally unique sound
	5:25am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:23 I did, man. I meant to respond and zoned. Thank you! I'll email back a more detailed response.
	⚡ 5:27am Heidee: ↳ Song: "Clip: Bloomberg News-strikes in France" Teachers in Germany have to work until they are 67 years old. Why do you want your kids to be taught by nana and popi? Not even being ageist here, and being a teacher myself! Vive la France and their unfaltering sense of strike and revolution (while we other European countries around them, people just become disillusioned and decide to just shut up and keep their heads down).
	⚡ 5:28am Heidee: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:20 😎
	⚡ 5:34am Don in Tampere: If I manage to retire end of this year as planned, I'll be just short of 68. When the first pension insurance was introduced by Bismarck, the life expectancy was under 65, so it was more like "if you make it to 65, you can relax for however long you live". With life expectancies way up and more and more people entering the work force later, something has to be done, which can be later retirement (though there should be differences for people who start an apprenticeship at 16 and do hard labor for a long time), higher contribution rates from salary, or a mix of both.
	5:35am Brian D: ↳ slugluv1313 @5:24 Greetings Slug. Yes, the cop City story is pretty gruesome.
	5:36am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @5:27 Wisdom of the elders, Heidee? Yes Vive la France. Though they seemed poised to elect Le Pen's party in the next national elections.
	5:37am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:34 I was being facetious about retiring, Don. My wife and I are getting up there, but financially we're in no position...
	⚡ 5:42am Heidee: ↳ Brian D @5:36 True that. 🙄 The irony being, in oder to deal with the teacher shortage, a commission of "experts" recommends, among other things, fewer part-time opportunities and larger classes. Great. That'll help.
	⚡ 5:43am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Genesis" by "Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adri... Love the saxy jazz you place toward the end of your show, Brian.
	⚡ 5:43am Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "Clip: WION-UK admits 200 children seeking asylum ... The Government blames the hotels where the children stay but ultimately it is their responsibility.
	5:44am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:43 It's how I roll, Michael!
	⚡ 5:44am Brian in UK: Wishing everyone a save week & keep your heads down.
	5:45am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @5:42 Amazing how we play games with an important thing like education, Heidee.
	5:46am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:43 Yes, Brian. I've heard some of those statements from Sunak and others.
	⚡ 5:46am Don in Tampere: ↳ Heidee @5:42 Germany has been making a mess of its educational system for quite some time. I think the biggest problem is cultural: that teaching is not a respected profession. Finland is not as good as it used to be when it topped the Pisa studies, but you still have to have a masters in education to teach in any school through high school, and the acceptance rate is low because so many want to do it. That's because being a teacher is a respected job.
	5:46am Fredericks: Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site. We can’t connect to the server at wfmu. Did you mean to go to www.wfmu.com? If you entered the right address, you can: Try again later Check your network connection Check that Firefox has permission to access the web (you might be connected but behind a firewall)
	5:48am Brian D: All, sorry, I meant to post this obit for Tom Verlaine by WFMU's own Peter Keepnews: www.nytimes.com...
	5:49am slugluv1313: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:46 a Masters in Education?? how i WISH that could be true here in the States
	⚡ 5:51am Brian in UK: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:46 Over here the classes are too big & some parents think teachers should be the ones to discipline their children.
	5:51am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @5:46 Fredericks, which site?
	⚡ 5:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Heidee @5:42 As you know, Heidee, there's a lot of talk in Germany currently about the Fachkräftemangel (shortage of skilled workers). Now, Fachkräfte is a word you need to savour on your tongue for a while, just like Arbeitskraft (labour power). What the economy needs is various kinds of Arbeitskräfte, not exactly people as such. Teachers have the task of training the Arbeitskräfte for the economy, to keep it going and growing.
	5:53am Brian D: Fachkräftemangel... would make a great band name.
	⚡ 5:54am Brian in UK: ↳ Brian D @5:53 Especially if no one could play.
	5:54am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @5:53 Showroom dummies?
	5:54am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:54 That goes without saying.
	5:56am Brian D: Alright all, that's just about it for me. Thank you for playing along at home. Stay safe and have a great week. See you next Saturday/Sunday with Matthieu Aikins: maikins.com...
	⚡ 5:56am tom tom the pipers son: so long brian, folks, have a good week, thanks for the chat
	⚡ 5:56am Heidee: ↳ Don in Tampere @5:46 You are dead right, and I am envious. 😭 People only conceiving us playing tennis in the afternoon but not working till 2am. And - oh! - so many "holidays" as well, that can't be right eh. But I'm not complaining (and keeping my head down ha ha, no just kidding). Right-o, off to making kids better people in the world, preparing activity-oriented tasks for Monday! Keeping my idealism! Or, have you ever created German grammar into an escape room game?? Bye my lovelies, fare-thee-well! P.S. And, hear hear, Michael of Köln! P.P.S. And yessss Brian D! Sounds like 'Kraftwerk' :-) Thank you for a great show!
	5:58am Chris Crisco: Great show Brian cheers everyone!
	6:00am HyperDose: Thanks Brian!
	6:00am slugluv1313: wonderful show, Brian -- thanks so much! Peace and Blessings to you all, and wishing you a great week ahead 😺😺

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