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Favoriting May 21, 2023: "Blood on the rise it's following me..."
Links to Ben Ehrenreich's work: Sea of Troubles: Inside the effort to rescue Europe’s unwelcome immigrants--https://newrepublic.com/article/155271/europe-migrant-crisis-mediterranean-rescue-boat-alan-kurdi Hope and Fear: How the Fortunes of Five L.A. Immigrants Have Changed Since Trump Took Office--https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/hope-and-fear-how-the-fortunes-of-five-l-a-immigrants-have-changed-since-trump-took-office-121582/ At the Checkpoint in Hebron--https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n13/ben-ehrenreich/short-cuts Letter from Ramallah--https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/letter-ramallah/

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
The Doors  Peace Frog/Blue Sunday   Favoriting Morrison Hotel  Elektra    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dead Shaman  Night Godess   Favoriting Under The Influence  Sixteentimes Music    0:11:07 (Pop-up)
HTRK  Straight to Hell (Version)   Favoriting Death Is A Dream  N&J Blueberries    0:11:09 (Pop-up)
SONS OF ZOKU  Believe and Transcend   Favoriting SÜN  Self-Released    0:14:28 (Pop-up)
The Smiths  Oscillate Wildly   Favoriting Louder Than Bombs  Sire/Rough Trade  R.I.P.: Andy Rourke: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/bass-guitarist-andy-rourke-smiths-britains-influential-bands-99452014  0:21:44 (Pop-up)
The Smiths  Asleep   Favoriting Louder Than Bombs  Sire/Rough Trade    0:25:05 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: Sky News-World to reach 1.5C temps by 2027   Favoriting n/a  n/a    0:29:56 (Pop-up)
A Certain Ratio  Holy Smoke   Favoriting 1982  Mute Artists Limited    0:30:14 (Pop-up)
Special Interest  My Displeasure   Favoriting Endure  Rough Trade    0:34:12 (Pop-up)
Blank Account  Pass   Favoriting Smatter  Blank Account    0:39:36 (Pop-up)
 
Velvet Underground  Heroin   Favoriting Velvet Underground and Nico  Verve    0:50:40 (Pop-up)
Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band  Have We Mistaken the Bottle for the Whiskey Inside?   Favoriting Dreaming in the Non-Dream  No Quarter    0:57:58 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: Al Jazeera-Greece changes approach to migrants   Favoriting n/a  n/a  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/greece-migrants-abandoned.html  1:04:35 (Pop-up)
Dirtmusic  Bi De Sen Söyle (feat. Brenna Mac Crimmon)   Favoriting Bu Bir Ruya  Glitterbeat Records    1:06:01 (Pop-up)
 
  Ben Ehrenreich reading from The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
  Interview with Ben Ehrenreich
  Ben Ehrenreich reading from The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
 
Ben's Set
Smog  Rock Bottom Riser   Favoriting A River Ain't Too Much In Love  Drag City/Domino    2:04:36 (Pop-up)
Pharoah Sanders  Love Is Everywhere   Favoriting Wisdom Through Music  Impluse!    2:11:24 (Pop-up)
MIchael White  Land of Spirit and Light, Part 2   Favoriting Land of Spirit and Light  Impluse!    2:16:26 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: NewsNation-Migrants brave dangerous train journey to reach US   Favoriting n/a  n/a    2:19:49 (Pop-up)
Donald Byrd  Where Are We Going?   Favoriting Black Byrd  Blue Note    2:21:23 (Pop-up)
Yusef Lateef  Woodward Avenue   Favoriting Yusef Lateef's Detroit  Atlantic    2:25:58 (Pop-up)
Sons of Kemet  My Queen in Nanny of the Maroons   Favoriting Your Queen Is A Reptile  Impulse!    2:28:15 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra (w/ June Tyson)  Somebody Else's World   Favoriting My Brother The Wind, Vol II  El Saturn    2:34:56 (Pop-up)
n/a  Clip: DW-Italy floods   Favoriting n/a  n/a    2:39:02 (Pop-up)
Anthony Santos  Ábreme la Puerta   Favoriting Corazon Bonito  Platano Records    2:40:14 (Pop-up)
 
Gang Starr  Take A Rest   Favoriting Step in the Arena  Chrysalis/EMI    2:48:52 (Pop-up)
Mohamad Zatari Trio  Gankino Hora   Favoriting Istehial  Zehra Music    2:53:10 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01am
Paulo AD:

Morning my dudes :) hows your weekend?
We have a rain warning here!!!
  3:01am
Cosmic:

Think about the break of day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02am
fred:

Hello Brian and all. Doors should be more open than they are, but that's just me
  3:02am
Cosmic:

Morning Paulo. Sunny here. Morning Brian
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03am
fred:

↳ Paulo AD @3:01
How was golf this week?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03am
tom tom the pipers son:

hi brian, everybody
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04am
Brian D:

Good morning all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04am
Brian D:

↳ fred @3:02
Ferme la porte, Fred.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06am
fred:

↳ Brian D @3:04
I conditioned myself to only do that if I have the key in my hand (absolutely true fact)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07am
fred:

↳ Paulo AD @3:01
The weather gods are going all in to prepare you for your trip home I guess
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08am
Paulo AD:

↳ fred @3:03
Sustained another head injury, smashed my head getting to o the cart, it really hurt.
Got my average score for the 18 not great, not crap
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08am
Paulo AD:

↳ fred @3:07
Haha yup getting ready for the rainy uk
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09am
fred:

↳ Paulo AD @3:08
Did you headbutt a tree again?
  3:11am
Jung:

What the. This is how you get the party started
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12am
Paulo AD:

↳ fred @3:09
Not again haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15am
fred:

↳ Paulo AD @3:08
Though it's England, if I remember correctly. Which is a desert compared to Wales
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15am
Brian D:

↳ Paulo AD @3:12
X-rays of my head found nothing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16am
Paulo AD:

↳ fred @3:15
This is true mostly, but its the south coast
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16am
Paulo AD:

↳ Brian D @3:15
Well, there is an area that's stores useless music trivia
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17am
Brian D:

↳ Paulo AD @3:16
'Tis true.
  3:17am
Jung:

↳ Paulo AD @3:16
What is considered useless music trivia?
  3:18am
Erik/VermonT:

I conditioned myself, it still didn’t seem to work.
  3:18am
Jung:

A member of ZOKU owns a toilet made of paper straw, world's first?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19am
Paulo AD:

↳ Jung @3:17
Well, nothing in a pub quiz
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20am
Brian D:

↳ Jung @3:18
Sounds like the 4th floor bathroom at FMU.
  3:21am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Enjoying this song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:22am
London Calling Francky:

Morning Brian & Currentors! Super amazing trippy set! Just perfect for my breakie preparation shenanigans!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:22am
fred:

↳ Paulo AD @3:19
Then again, isn't the point of a pub quiz getting a free drink then buying a round, hence making more empty room?
  3:23am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Haha. How do you say I like the smiths but not morrissey without saying it
  3:25am
Jung:

I like four fifths of the smiths
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25am
pgalub:

Hey Brian and everyone. Wasn't this meant to be a collaboration with Bryan Ferry that fell through?
  3:26am
modern blaze:

hi all!
  3:27am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Always makes me think of Ducky
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27am
Brian D:

↳ pgalub @3:25
Different instrumental, Pete.
  3:28am
modern blaze:

have to use DuckGoGo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28am
Brian D:

↳ pgalub @3:25
I think. "Money Changes Everything" maybe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @3:27
useful music trivia...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:28
But I may be wrong, Tom Tom.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29am
fred:

A high school friend introduced me to The Smiths. He was a rugby player and became a physical therapist. Then a neurological disease had him in a wheelchair within a year
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @3:29
sad story...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30am
pgalub:

↳ Brian D @3:28
Ah yes, thks.
  3:30am
modern blaze:

sorry mispronounced DuckDuckGo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32am
Brian D:

↳ fred @3:29
Jaysus, Fred. Brutal. Is he still with us?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33am
fred:

↳ Brian D @3:32
I don't know. I really suck at keeping touch
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33am
Paulo AD:

↳ fred @3:29
Rugby related?
  3:33am
modern blaze:

Reigning Sound from latest TOPT's show reminded me of The Replacements, still remember his show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:34am
Brian D:

↳ fred @3:33
I'm the same way, Fred.
  3:34am
modern blaze:

@Brian D, nice touch of songs today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35am
fred:

↳ Paulo AD @3:33
No, as far as I know. Then again, that was in the early '90s, so knowledge was inexistent
  3:35am
modern blaze:

it's midday here in my City
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35am
Paulo AD:

↳ fred @3:35
This is true. My back is fucked because of the way it was played back in the day
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36am
Paulo AD:

Putting pre-pubescent kids into full Co tact scrums is such a great idea
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36am
Paulo AD:

↳ modern blaze @3:35
Nearly midday here, where you at?
  3:36am
modern blaze:

feeling sleepy all day and barely could something more of a sense
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37am
Paulo AD:

↳ Song: "Clip: Sky News-World to reach 1.5C temps by 2027"...
Got up to 48 here last week and summers not even in full swing yet
  3:37am
modern blaze:

↳ Paulo AD @3:36
Blaze City, Roichland
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38am
Brian D:

↳ modern blaze @3:34
Thanks MB!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38am
Brian D:

↳ Paulo AD @3:37
Yikes. Viet Nam just set a record at 49.2 C I think.
  3:39am
modern blaze:

↳ Paulo AD @3:36
but cut the crap me! i'm from Ufa City, BR
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "My Displeasure" by "Special Interest"
this is 3/4 female band
  3:40am
modern blaze:

↳ Brian D @3:38
you are welcome!
  3:42am
modern blaze:

↳ Song: "My Displeasure" by "Special Interest"
listened through the song so-soo naturally
  3:42am
Jung:

Lol have to admit I only know one Smiths song and that is, "I see you somewhere, I see you somehow, ohhhhaahhhh"
  3:43am
modern blaze:

↳ Jung @3:42
funny
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:43am
fred:

↳ Paulo AD @3:37
Are AC techs considered first responders there?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46am
Paulo AD:

↳ fred @3:43
Can you imagine haha
  3:46am
modern blaze:

sound exchange period, hmm...
  3:46am
Chris Crisco:

I remember seeing Morrissey at Jones Beach. Someone jumped onstage and security intercepted him but still scared the shit out of Morrissey and he did the rest of the show offstage.
  3:47am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Special interest is also my fav band. Their show at Bowery was amazing
  3:48am
modern blaze:

pardon me. but The Smiths and Morrissey are two moronical extravaganza
  3:49am
modern blaze:

humor
  3:51am
modern blaze:

Denis Johnson? passed away about 6 years ago...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:52am
Brian D:

↳ modern blaze @3:51
Six years ago Wednesday, MB.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53am
Brian D:

↳ Chris Crisco @3:46
I'd probably jump on the stage at this point, too.
  3:53am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Damn now I have to shoot up
  3:54am
modern blaze:

↳ Brian D @3:52
collisioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiskadoro
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:55am
Brian D:

↳ modern blaze @3:54
Brilliant book.
  3:56am
modern blaze:

↳ Brian D @3:55
inspired many while Lou was also inspired
  3:57am
Chris Crisco:

Drill Baby Drill Insane Clown sez
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58am
fred:

When is the interview?
  3:58am
modern blaze:

I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I have made the big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me, not you guys
Or all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a walk
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
On a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man cannot be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainline to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off than dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' crazy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm good as dead
Then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess I just don't know
Avatar 3:58am
Don in Tampere:

Hi Brian and all. Joining late since we had a festival gig in Lahti last night and I needed a lie-in.
  3:59am
?:

↳ Brian D @3:55
what kind of Ukrainian food did you love?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59am
Brian D:

↳ fred @3:58
About 10 minutes Fred.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @3:58
Hello Don. Saw video/images on IG.
  3:59am
katharsis:

Dj, listeners just keep rowing
  3:59am
modern blaze:

ah, Ukrainians
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:02am
Brian D:

↳ @3:59
Letcho, the Ukrainian version of goulash.
  4:02am
XXX:

Food for working under the changing skies, lots of cals but good. Smart if no refrigeration access. My grandma was the earth health guru. RIP pour pour
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03am
fred:

↳ Brian D @3:59
Thanks, gotta schedule chores around that. Meaning postpone in this case, which comes easily
Avatar 4:03am
Don in Tampere:

Looking forward to the interview. I also think I need to order his books. When I see how quickly we are destroying our biosphere, I'm kind of glad I'm pretty old.
  4:03am
Jung:

A lot of words, why so many words.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03am
Brian D:

↳ fred @4:03
Happy to provide the excuse.
  4:03am
XXX:

↳ Brian D @4:02
yeah that sounds about right
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @4:02
you go to veselka?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @4:03
Desert Notebooks is a beautiful book.
  4:04am
modern blaze:

↳ Brian D @4:02
Letcho sometimes referred to goulash because of it's texture but there's meal consisting of red peppers with tomatoes
  4:05am
Jung:

↳ Don in Tampere @4:03
I think like this when I go to the stationary store
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07am
Brian D:

↳ modern blaze @4:04
Yep. And it's really good over a potato pancake.
Avatar 4:07am
Don in Tampere:

↳ Brian D @4:04
I was going to start with that one. At the moment I am still struggling quite slowly through Juha Hurme's Finlandia prizewinner "Niemi" in Finnish. Very interesting but slow going since my Finnish is still fairly limited and his writing stylventional.e is pretty unconventional.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:04
Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, actually.
  4:07am
XXX:

↳ modern blaze @3:59
Sounds like you may have met one? Couldn't help myself. They're a bunch!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08am
tom tom the pipers son:

that's right next to veselka, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @4:07
I struggle through books in English at this point, Don.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:08
Yep. In the Ukrainian National Home.
  4:09am
Jung:

What rhymes with babooshka?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10am
tom tom the pipers son:

that used to be my stomping ground
  4:10am
XXX:

Always pursued, it's crazy. Kakshuka, a great egg and tomato dish.
  4:10am
Chris Crisco:

↳ Jung @4:09
Kate Bushka
  4:11am
XXX:

Shakshuka, that's it. But no more eggs for me anyway! Try it, if interested it's great.
  4:12am
Jung:

↳ XXX @4:10
Thanks
  4:12am
Jung:

Existential lyrics
  4:12am
XXX:

↳ Jung @4:12
Thanks for asking! Babooshkas are essential.
  4:14am
modern blaze:

but otherwise, my personal dish is on fry pan consisting of rafinad oil little bit of milk 2 eggs white onion slices and tomatoe heart
  4:16am
XXX:

↳ XXX @4:12
dang Brian D YES
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16am
fred:

↳ Don in Tampere @4:07
Years ago a coworker asked me about my favorite book and I said Infinite Jest. He tried it and got very angry about that, bringing a letter from a professor saying it was a difficult book (Italians both, I'm French). That was fun, seeing a book getting so much revulsion
  4:17am
XXX:

↳ modern blaze @4:14
Unknown what tomato heart is, but have no doubt this is delicious like an omlette? Hmmm yes.
Avatar 4:18am
Michael of Cologne:

Morning Brian & all. 103/58 at 76 this mourning. These data freely offered to ChatGPT.
  4:19am
modern blaze:

↳ XXX @4:17
it differs but you could say an omlette from afar
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19am
Brian D:

↳ Michael of Cologne @4:18
Good morning, Michael.
  4:19am
modern blaze:

http://wfmu.org/profile/783860992/modern_blaze
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:20am
Brian D:

↳ fred @4:16
I had a hard time with Infinite Jest, but DFW was a terrific writer.
  4:21am
Chris Crisco:

My daughter went to Pomona because she wanted to take David Foster-Wallace's class. She's one of the few who finished the book. At graduation the valedictorian made a joke that everyone has a copy of Infinite Jest with page 8 folded over.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22am
fred:

↳ XXX @4:16
The letter made no sense because I wasn't the guy's supervisor and didn't have any authority over him. It went to my boss, and did work against me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22am
fred:

↳ fred @4:22
The ref to XXX was a mistake
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @4:16
i liked an essay d.f.w. wrote for harpers about being stuck on a cruise ship, got infinite jest as a present from jeffrey eugenides but never read it. i was intimidated
  4:23am
modern blaze:

soviet style apartment blocks, hmm...
  4:25am
modern blaze:

I wanna say that, i grew up down in New York, hmm…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29am
fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:23
It took me 20 years to get through Finnegans Wake, Infinite Jest is nowhere near that, it's long but easy. Don't skip the footnotes though.
And yeah, his essays are great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:31am
London Calling Francky:

Melia and Ceuta mark the shameful outer edge of paranoid Fortress Europe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:32am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @4:29
lost i.j. to hurricane damage in 2012. maybe i'll try the library
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35am
tom tom the pipers son:

one footfall of not being used to being on the radio is saying "um" a lot. i know from experience
Avatar 4:36am
Michael of Cologne:

↳ Song: "Interview with Ben Ehrenreich"
Too right, Tom Tom. Detracts from message.
Avatar 4:38am
Don in Tampere:

↳ fred @4:29
I have only managed to dip into Finnegan's Wake, haven't tried going through the whole book yet- Maybe that's a retirement project for next year. How could simply liking "Infinite JEst" cause problems with one's boss?
  4:41am
modern blaze:

↳ Song: "Interview with Ben Ehrenreich"
philosofycal aspects over book
  4:42am
modern blaze:

is it true after New York was invaded by drugs then there's Las Vegas with prom violence
  4:44am
modern blaze:

PH
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45am
fred:

↳ Don in Tampere @4:38
For years I would just read a page of Finnegans Wake at random. Out loud is best.
Infinite Jest got me in trouble because recommending it was considered harassment
  4:45am
XXX:

I like this guy, he's great. but he also said that US society has been in relative "order" for the last few decades. disagree. anyway, MUSIC P
lz zzzzzz
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46am
Brian D:

↳ fred @4:45
People do the same with Proust.
  4:47am
modern blaze:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3nfsgkKdX8
  4:49am
Katharsis:

Joyce? Bloomsday is coming.
  4:49am
modern blaze:

that is something ain't it?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50am
fred:

↳ Brian D @4:46
@Brian: Sorry about recommending that n+1 story last week, please don't report me to HR (that would be Ken?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50am
Paulo AD:

My wife is actually in Jerusalem right now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50am
Brian D:

↳ fred @4:50
Think you're safe here, Fred.
  4:53am
Katharsis:

It took me ten years to get through ulysses. I got halfway and had to stop then went back and started over
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56am
Paulo AD:

↳ Katharsis @4:53
I bought it years ago and it's still sitting ony shelf un touched
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56am
fred:

I actually started to read the national review. I want to read cogent stuff I don't agree with. Dreher and American Conservative worked for a while, but they went crazy over the past year
  4:57am
modern blaze:

i wanna see you, phunks
  5:03am
modern blaze:

play music plzz
Avatar 5:05am
Michael of Cologne:

↳ Michael of Cologne @4:36
We humans are a species of animal surviving on planet Earth?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:05am
Paulo AD:

Enjoyed that interview, very interesting
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06am
Brian D:

↳ Paulo AD @5:05
Thanks, Paulo. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Brian D:

Links to some of Ben's articles at the top of the playlist page for those interested.
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fred:

↳ Paulo AD @4:56
Read it! It's not hard beyond the first few pages, and rewarding more and more
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tom tom the pipers son:

i' m having interactions with a young palestinian woman presently, i'm pointing her to things like wfmu, democracy now, and edward said, i'll mention ben's book to her
  5:10am
Katharsis:

I am trying to understand why there is one law now that says I cannot legally be consious about some important things and I can be legally consious about about some other important things. And do the people making the laws understand that there are many theories about what consciousness even is. This is really happening. Awake/asleep its bs. On a physical/emotioal/mental level the human organism requires both. I am not an expert. however this seems so basic. When I brake it down it all falls apart. thought crime/non dualisn
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:09
Said might be a tough call
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Paulo AD:

↳ fred @5:07
I've got two book in my queue, I'll add it and give it a go
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Paulo AD:

↳ Brian D @5:06
My wife is going to be interested in this
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:09
It's really terrific. Such a human approach to a complex issue.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @5:11
i don't really know all that much in detail about said, why do you say tough call... i'm interested
  5:14am
Chris Crisco:

I get why Jews need a homeland after the persecution they suffered from the Nazis. Fucking disgrace they are now behaving like Nazis.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @5:13
maybe i'll buy it for her
  5:16am
morphe':

Far-right anti-immigration activists take credit for burning Dublin refugee camp

https://www.euronews.com/2023/05/13/far-right-anti-immigration-activists-take-credit-for-burning-dublin-refugee-camp
  5:17am
morphe':

12 year old Simon singing: "love is everywhere.." !!!!
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Don in Tampere:

↳ fred @4:45
That is truly bizarre
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Brian D:

↳ morphe' @5:17
Hello morphe! Yes, saw that Dublin story. Awful.
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Don in Tampere:

↳ Paulo AD @4:56
I read Ulysses as part of an independent study on Irish literature in college, and read it during summer break, mostly on lunch hour hanging out in the locker room with the other janitors while I had a summer job as a hospital janitor.
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:13
Said was important, by no means leave him out. But include female voices if you can, Rafia Zakaria is one but not the only one
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @5:21
thanks fred, i'll look her up
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @5:13
ben's book ordered
  5:26am
morphe':

Finnegans Wake ..
Was in a small bookshop in Ireland and two elderly woman were wandering about - no intention of buying... seemed like they had just come from their weekly afternoon tea meet up.. They were chatting about all kinds of stuff, including the "new Cadbury" biscuit..
One said "Sure Cadbury never does anything wrong.." They happened upon a stack of Finnegans Wake and one said ".. Joyce himself didn't know what it is about.."
"At Swim Two Birds" by Flann O'Brien is another rough one ... Highly reccomend O'Brien's "Third Policeman..' especially if ya ride a bike-cycle... great couple of pages about the transfer of molecules from bike to rider and rider to bike...
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fred:

Thing is do the extra work to highlight female voices. It's harder, which is exactly why it has to be done
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:25
Also Noura Erakat. Prof at Rutgers.
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:26
Cool. You and she won't be disappointed.
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Brian D:

↳ morphe' @5:26
To be fair, Cadbury can do no wrong.
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks brian and fred, i'm writing these names down
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Michael of Cologne:

↳ morphe' @5:26
FW so far only in small doses, a few pages at a time, but Ulysses is my favourite piece of literature, maybe apart from Stearne's Tristram Shandy.
  5:32am
morphe':

Palestine/Israel - Hanan Ashrawi has always been a voice of reason ... she and Said were "on the same page.."

Hanan Ashrawi: Palestinian champion of women’s rights

https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/op-ed/hanan-ashrawi-palestinian-champion-of-womens-rights
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:30
I think you want to show women who thrived (and struggled) as thinkers
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ morphe' @5:32
thanks morphe'
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morphe':

↳ Michael of Cologne @5:32
MoC ..
in my Master's at Hunter, CUNY - I was the only one who chose to deal with both Ulysses
and Tristram Shandy.... The Tristram Shandy film within a film is worth a watch ...
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @5:33
thanks fred, something that wasn't in view for me
  5:43am
LiXiviated Life:

Bright shiny electronic people ,
hello.
  5:44am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Outstanding show today, as always
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Brian D:

Thank you, Ryan. And hello Lix.
  5:45am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Marty, Abbie, Brian, Carol, Sarge in a row. Doesn’t get much better than that.
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fred:

I talked too much nonsense, as usual, but thanks for the show
  5:49am
morphe':

Wanted to see that show but the tkt price was pricey !!!!
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Brian D:

↳ fred @5:47
Not at all. You NEVER talk nonsense.
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Brian D:

↳ morphe' @5:49
It was indeed, and still had a corporate sponsor.
  5:51am
morphe':

"... went out [of style] like Pro-Keds..." !!!
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Michael of Cologne:

↳ morphe' @5:35
Thanks for film tip, morphe' ! Both U and TS belong to the funniest books ever written. Dr. Johnson hated TS, of course.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @5:47
almost posted a long winded essay about getting pick pocketed in paris then getting sped through paris in an un marked police car only to end up in a police station with movie posters on the walls, got driven to my destination after. different than nyc cops but maybe because i was a tourist
  5:53am
modern blaze:

been out and there's tpo much comments to read
  5:54am
morphe':

Thanks for spinning and info again BD and thanks for the intro to Gang Starr ...
Did the show include Brother D and the Collective effort [Bklyn early 80s] "How Ya Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise"
".. Agitat, Educate and Organize!!!
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Michael of Cologne:

↳ Michael of Cologne @5:52
But Garrick loved it! Thanks Brian, as always.
  5:54am
modern blaze:

i'm tired but that's okay
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Brian D:

↳ morphe' @5:54
Another miss!
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks for the music and interview, brian
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Brian D:

Thank you all for joining me. And my thanks again to Ben. Stay safe and have a great week everyone...
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:52
If you had been a local, they would have beaten you up and got all the money you had
  5:57am
Chris Crisco:

↳ fred @4:56
When Ken filled in for Techtonic and interviewed Matt Taibbi (another second generation journalist like Ben Ehrenreich) I had always thought of him as a very credible investigative journalist so I started following his racket.news site. He has turned into a complete asshole singing arias to Clucker Carlson, Russiagate, Hunter Biden's laptop and all sorts of horseshit.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @5:57
kinda figured that judging from their actions at the recent protests
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radioronan:

Thank you Brian..excellent show. Cheers y'all..
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