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Favoriting October 28, 2023: "But for now, I'm coming down..."

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Artist Track Album Comments Approx. start time
Jazz Composer's Orchestra  Roast   Favoriting Communication  R.I.P. Carla Bley https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2023/10/28/carla-bley-obituary-champion-of-full-throated-jazz-pop-flamboyance-and-urban-weirdness/  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash, Steve Noble  Fathom, part 2   Favoriting Fathom    0:12:59 (Pop-up)
  Clip: Euronews-Russian duma votes to back out of nuclear weapons testing treaty       0:26:54 (Pop-up)
Mark Reboul, Roberta Pike, Billy Mintz  7 ¾   Favoriting Seven Pieces / About An Hour / Saxophone, Piano, Drums    0:27:39 (Pop-up)
Jaimie Branch  The Mountain   Favoriting Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))    0:35:25 (Pop-up)
Matt Robidoux  Precita Morning   Favoriting Music For Aluminum Corn    0:40:25 (Pop-up)
 
Osees  Always At Night   Favoriting Intercepted Message    0:52:51 (Pop-up)
Bar Italia  Jelsy   Favoriting The Twits    0:59:59 (Pop-up)
Mogwai  Untitled   Favoriting Travels in Constants, Vol. 12    1:03:48 (Pop-up)
  Clip: France24-Woman allegedly attacked by Iran morality police declared brain dead       1:09:52 (Pop-up)
AIDA  Ode to Expectations   Favoriting Intended Consequence  Background: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/26/women-life-freedom-iranian-electronic-musicians-reflect-on-a-year-of-protest  1:10:50 (Pop-up)
Youth Lagoon  Helicopter Toy   Favoriting Heaven Is A Junkyard    1:17:00 (Pop-up)
Exek  The Lifeboats   Favoriting The Map and the Territory    1:21:56 (Pop-up)
 
Crime and the City Solution  Killer   Favoriting The Killer    1:30:56 (Pop-up)
  Clip: BBC-Effects of war on children in Gaza       1:39:38 (Pop-up)
PJ Harvey  Prayer at the Gate   Favoriting I Inside the Old Year Dying    1:41:10 (Pop-up)
Kristin Hersch  Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire   Favoriting Clear Pond Road    1:45:17 (Pop-up)
Mapache  Ghosts   Favoriting Swinging Stars    1:48:51 (Pop-up)
Jane's Addiction  Rock n Roll/Sympathy   Favoriting Jane's Addiction    1:53:33 (Pop-up)
Led Zeppelin  Going To California   Favoriting BBC Sessions    2:02:58 (Pop-up)
  Clip: KGW-Washington state senator caught with gun on flight to Hong Kong       2:06:53 (Pop-up)
Pearl Jam  Given to Fly   Favoriting Yield    2:07:20 (Pop-up)
Slaughter Beach, Dog  Strange Weather   Favoriting Crying Laughing Smiling Waving    2:11:29 (Pop-up)
Lane Steinberg  Headspace   Favoriting Headspace    2:14:55 (Pop-up)
 
Sweeping Promises  Good Living Is Coming For You   Favoriting Good Living Is Coming For You    2:22:35 (Pop-up)
Ramones  I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement   Favoriting Ramones    2:26:31 (Pop-up)
  Clip: WPRI-World’s oldest dog dies       2:29:07 (Pop-up)
Kassa Overall  Maybe We Can Stay   Favoriting Animals    2:29:47 (Pop-up)
 
GracieHorse  Hollow Head   Favoriting LA Shit    2:35:17 (Pop-up)
Vera Ellen  A Grip   Favoriting Ideal Home Noise    2:38:47 (Pop-up)
Mirror Tree  300 Miles   Favoriting Mirror Tree    2:41:55 (Pop-up)
Squid  The Blades   Favoriting O Monolith    2:46:19 (Pop-up)
Woods  Day Moving On   Favoriting Perennial    2:52:46 (Pop-up)
Brigid Mae Power  I Know Who is Sick   Favoriting Dream from the Deep Well    2:56:54 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01am
tom tom the pipers son:

good morning brian, people...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03am
tom tom the pipers son:

shoot out at shit's creek... without a paddle
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06am
tom tom the pipers son:

seems link doesn;t work, at least for me...
  6:07am
yippie:

Jazz me up
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Michael of Cologne:

Noonday greetings across the waves backward in clock-time to Brian, Tom Tom and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07am
tom tom the pipers son:

got it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09am
Brian D:

Good morning all. Michael! Tom Tom! Yippie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11am
tom tom the pipers son:

good noonday michael...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:15am
tom tom the pipers son:

improv supergroup...
Avatar 6:20am
Michael of Cologne:

↳ Song: "Fathom, part 2" by "John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Dom...
Has depth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Michael of Cologne @6:20
full fathom five, the title of a pre-drip jackson pollock painting
  6:26am
LiXiviated Life:

I think it’s called
“Death to Squeaky Toy”
Avatar 6:28am
Michael of Cologne:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:23
That's good to know. Thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Clip: Euronews-Russian duma votes to back out of ...
almost seems like we're in a post treaty age...
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Aaron Working In Newark:

Good Morning
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:29
Post-truth, post-treaty...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31am
Brian D:

↳ Aaron Working In Newark @6:30
Aaron!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @6:31
yes, a by product of rising nationalism
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY formerly Boonton NJ:

Good morning everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36am
Brian D:

Peter! Have you moved? Saranac a beautiful part of the world.
  6:37am
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↳ Brian D @6:31
Pre-Idiocracy Round 2
  6:40am
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↳ Song: "The Mountain" by "Jaimie Branch"
The Meat Puppets did a rollicking version of this tune
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45am
Strandlund:

Good Morning Brian and all those listening...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51am
fred:

Good morning Brian and all
  6:52am
rich in angleton:

good morning Brian and everyone out there in radio land.
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TDK60:

Good day, DJ Brian. Sorry to hear about the night dreams.
//
"We gotta fight, fight, fight, fight against Apartheid."
--Peter Tosh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54am
Brian D:

Strand! Fred! Rich! TDK!
  6:55am
Tom from Stirling:

Good stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @6:52
Thanks TDK. Was Peter Tosh ever wrong?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56am
tom tom the pipers son:

@ brian:i posted weird dream last week on carol's chat...

woke up from a dream that i was in this cult entrepeneur ship where they tested./ made products, i had gotten into it through dark web and could not get out. the woman who ran it was showing up next days work, which had to do with toasted english muffins or muffin tops, the density of which was the difference between the two, was getting the feeling that i was going to be up all night working, then woke u

... late stage capitalism?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:56
I wish I could remember mine, Tom Tom. But I'd say they are similar in tone to yours.
  7:07am
Cooh John:

Good morning Brian and current eventers. The irony of our post-truth, post-treaty age is that with our technological advances we have more connections with our neighbors but are less connected to each other. The only way we will flourish is by working together.🌏⌛️
  7:08am
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Untitled" by "Mogwai"
this
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TDK60:

Fine Mogwai track. I saw them at Terminal 5 in NYC several years ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09am
Strandlund:

↳ Cooh John @7:07
Well said!!
  7:10am
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↳ Brian D @6:57
Dreams:

I dream that I'm lying in bed dreaming that I'm being strangled while watching me lying in bed dreaming that I'm being strangled while watching me lying in bed dreaming that I'm being strangled..prismatic dreaming
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11am
Brian D:

↳ Cooh John @7:07
Good morning, Cooh. Wise words.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @7:09
Off one of my favorites of theirs. And not just because of the photo of Glasgow Celtic on the cover.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Cooh John @7:07
thing is that the post truth, post treaty age might be the shedding of the present age making way for a new one
  7:16am
Cooh John:

👍tom tom. Let's get the pendulum to swing back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22am
fred:

In important breaking news, a Norwegian Blue has won an international award.
Sadly, it's not a parrot, but cheese
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23am
Brian D:

↳ fred @7:22
Dairy interesting, Fred. (Sorry.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:23
ha! got a chuckle outta me...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30am
tom tom the pipers son:

over 600 mass shootings in u.s. this year
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33am
fred:

↳ Song: "Ode to Expectations" by "AIDA"
I met an Iranian composer named Aida (not related to this one though)
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northguineahills:

↳ fred @7:22
randomly pertinent, i'm receiving a different norge cheese in the mail for a wfmu dj...
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TDK60:

Sadly, the reality means you will have to again play songs about mass shootings.
//
Interesting that Crime and trhe City Solution is out with a new slab. I enjoyed their older '80s albums "Shine" and "The Bride Ship."
  7:43am
Robm:

good morning fellow current events listeners
@NGH wonder who the cheese is from:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44am
Brian D:

↳ Robm @7:43
Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45am
Brian D:

FYI: My guest NEXT WEEK, Joseph Kanon: josephkanon.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45am
tom tom the pipers son:

i think you kind of see in war coverage that the war is beyond children's understanding but mentally they're absorbing it subconciously as well as the physical toll.
  7:47am
Robm:

↳ Brian D @7:44
brian!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48am
Brian D:

↳ Robm @7:47
Sorry. The tea kicks in at about this time.
  7:50am
Robm:

↳ Brian D @7:48
don’t worry about it, drinking coffee with my breakfast
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TDK60:

I see that PJ is in NYC soon (11/7) at the Warsaw theater. Won't be able to make it.
I saw her at the Terminal 5 club in '16 during her "Hope Six Demolition Project" album tour. Great show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @7:50
I haven't seen her perform in 20 years. Must remedy that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:45
maybe not the best description of what i see on the faces of palastinian children
  7:56am
kevlicki:

Morning Brian and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56am
Brian D:

Greetings Kevin. Farmer's market today?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59am
PaulRobeson1923:

Morninggggggg
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Rock n Roll/Sympathy" by "Jane's Addiction"
easy to figure how this medley came about, same guitar riff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04am
Brian D:

↳ PaulRobeson1923 @7:59
Greetings, sir.
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TDK60:

Just saw news that hundreds of protesters demanding a ceasefire in Gaza took over part of Grand Central train station last night. Jewish Voice for Peace and other groups. Arrests.
  8:05am
kevlicki:

Brian, market prep day, Headed down tomorrow!
Just got a message from one of our crew that she’s out of sorts, she got home late from the ceasefire JVP protest at grand central last night.
We give time off for demonstration ;)
  8:07am
kevlicki:

Tdk60 there’s call for a big demo today-starts at brooklyn Museum at 3-Barclays at 4 and March to the city
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @8:05
Yes. Incredible scenes. Hope it helps.
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TDK60:

Thanks Kev. I might be able to get this demo you mention. / I may go to farmers' market tomorrow. I need onions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11am
Brian D:

↳ kevlicki @8:05
Great stuff. Kudos to her.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12am
Greg in the record library:

We are both members of an exclusive club that has played Pearl Jam on FMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14am
Brian D:

↳ Greg in the record library @8:12
Ha! We're members of more than one club together.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Greg in the record library @8:12
but in this instance it was an example of borderline plagarism
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:15am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:14
Page/Plant not familiar with irony, apparently.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:15
they sued?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:16
They did.
  8:22am
pp:

now that you mentioned soundalikes, racking my brain trying to figure out why the Mapache track sounds familiar ;)
  8:24am
ryansterlingvirtue:

Seeing sweeping promises in Brussels on Wednesday. Can’t wait
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24am
tom tom the pipers son:

How many times was Led Zeppelin sued for plagiarism?
From what I can tell from sources (Rolling Stone, Page interviews) They have had at least 5 lawsuits filed against them, and of those, at least 2 went to court. What made Led Zeppelin unique?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:24
Good lawyers?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25am
Sera from Rockaway:

↳ Song: "Good Living Is Coming For You" by "Sweeping Promi...
This is a cool song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:27am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:25
How many lawsuits did Led Zeppelin lose?
In some cases the song was sampled or covered. Some cases are still awaiting litigation. James Brown settled one dispute. Led Zeppelin settled six disputes so far, and a seventh was decided in their favor.
  8:28am
Matt:

Morning Brian and all! I rarely get to catch the show live due to being asleep
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement" by "Ramones"
my sister's dog won't go down to their basement
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TDK60:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:27
Good morning Tom Tom. I am guessing that seventh suit you mention was the one by L.A. band Spirit and their "Taurus" track. They said the intro to "Stairway to Heaven" was lifted. The court and/or jury said, nah.
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herb.nyc:

Hola. Washington sq pk Halloween dog parade? What time? (Will dogs be dressed as Israelis and Palestinians, and they’re all happy and chummy?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ TDK60 @8:32
yes, that's a good assumption, that's probably the most famous one
  8:37am
pp:

@TDK: Stairway intro was a direct lift of Taurus, obvious. 🤣
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37am
fred:

↳ Song: "Clip: WPRI-World’s oldest dog dies"
And yet, Kissinger is still festering
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38am
Sera from Rockaway:

I love this one too. Thanks for the intros
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ herb.nyc @8:33
growing up with jewish friends on long island, as kids played a version of ring a levio but called it jews and arabs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39am
Brian D:

↳ fred @8:37
I won't cry when he goes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:39
at one point, he was kjind of regarded as a sex symbol, wasn't he...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41am
Sera from Rockaway:

↳ Song: "A Grip" by "Vera Ellen"
Another. Am I finding my new fave show?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:40
Well, I think he hosted Saturday Night Live once.
  8:44am
Cosmic:

Tunes today! Vibin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:42
One Hundred Years of Kissinger. From "White House sex ...

The Eastern Herald
www.easternherald.com › World › Asia
May 27, 2023 — At one time, he was called “the sex symbol of the Nixon administration”. In 1969, Kissinger attended a party full of Washington socialites with ...
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Kevlicki:

↳ Brian D @8:39
Like they played ding dong the witch is dead, being the number one stream in the UK, when Thatcher died, what song will you play for Kissinger?
Masters of war?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Kevlicki @8:46
war pigs
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Juli:

Calling ppl ugly may be the highlight of human stupidity::
lol
besides the whole impending doom environmentally:::{
Avatar 8:49am
TDK60:

↳ Juli @8:47
Good morning Juli. Did someone here call someone ugly?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50am
tom tom the pipers son:

ppl do ugly things
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northguineahills:

↳ Juli @8:47
julianita, hoy sera un buen dia. beseo!
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Kevlicki:

I would describe hi as repugnant. I suggest that as the Spellbound word the week Kissinger dies...repugnant
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:53am
tom tom the pipers son:

that went fast... thx brian, have a good week, expect you're attending dog parade
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:53am
Brian D:

↳ Kevlicki @8:46
I'll take requests.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:53am
fred:

Thanks Brian, and congrats for reaching your goal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54am
Brian D:

↳ fred @8:53
Thanks Fred!
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TDK60:

↳ Brian D @8:53
Brian: I feel it would be very appropriate to hear a Victor Jara track or more, when that happens.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55am
Brian D:

And thank you all for joining me this week. Stay safe and have a great week. Remember award-winning writer Joseph Kanon next week.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @8:54
Victor Jara is never a bad idea.
  8:55am
rich in angleton:

thx Brian! great show as always. and I look forward to the all request Kissinger death show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55am
fred:

↳ TDK60 @8:54
A 3-hour show wouldn't be enough to feature all the musicians he contributed to killing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "I Know Who is Sick" by "Brigid Mae Power"
this has been a welcome fmu hit
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TDK60:

↳ fred @8:55
Bonjour Fred. It would be interesting, and painful, to compile such.
//
Thanks for the show today, Brian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:22pm
McGroovey:

↳ Song: "Rock n Roll/Sympathy" by "Jane's Addiction"
I've never heard anything I like by Jane's Addiction, and I still haven't.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:50pm
McGroovey:

↳ Song: "Good Living Is Coming For You" by "Sweeping Promi...
Changin', rearrangin'

Lazy lyrics
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