WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from December 23, 2023

Listener comments!
	6:00am garethdandelion: Testing!
	6:01am garethdandelion: Ah, it works! Sorry, that's all!
	6:01am fred: Good morning Brian and listeners
	6:05am Brian D: Greetings all. Happy Holidays. Fred, I've been meaning to send you something from London Review of Books for weeks.
	⚡ 6:05am tom tom the pipers son: good morning brian and people... saw they're not celebrating christmas in bethlehem, baby in nativity scene surrounded by rubble
	6:06am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. When will peace break out?
	6:07am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:05 That reminds of the cringe "do they know it's christmas" thing (I'm that old)
	6:08am TDK60: Good morning.
	6:10am fred: About this pic: why chose a paddling shot of this old guy when actual surfing in that outfit would be much more impressive?
	⚡ 6:11am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:07 yes but, i guess one difference being it was done 'in context' and also not by celebrities
	6:12am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:10 One of many questionable choices, I'd say.
	6:13am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:12 I'm in for the questionable choices, yous don't kill people
	6:15am fred: yours, not yous
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:15 Yous works in NY/NJ. Here's the article I've been meaning to share with you, Fred: www.lrb.co.uk...
	6:18am Robm: good morning fellow currents listeners and merry christmas
	6:19am fred: That French law is a shame, and yet another sign of this country not drifting but cowboy hat waving into fascism
	6:20am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:19 Yes, a similar law likely coming here as well.
	⚡ 6:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:19 was it consciously some 'consolation prize', or something like that, given to le pen
	6:24am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:22 It's paving her way to power. I'm all for a female president, but not this one
	6:25am LiXiviated Life: Zat you Santy Clause?
	6:25am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian and everyone tuned in...
	6:25am ?: When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around
	6:28am Paulo AD: Yes I've timed this right :) merry christmas Brian
	6:28am TDK60: ↳ fred @6:24 Good morning Fred. So much for "liberty fraternity and equality."
	6:29am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @6:28 Long time, no see, Paulo.
	⚡ 6:29am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Step Right Up" by "Tom Waits" Great track this grey noonday, Brian, Tom Tom & all. Tom Tom: I enjoyed Evan Parker's Environ 3 at relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com...
	⚡ 6:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:24 with 'leaders' like this coming to power, i wonder if it's partially a cognitive issue, they're easy to 'get'.
	⚡ 6:30am WR: ↳ Song: "El Cisne Blanco" by "Francisco Mela and Zoh Amba" The sax player's name is spelled Zoh Amba. 577records.bandcamp.com...
	⚡ 6:31am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @6:29 oh great you heard it, i thought it was great.
	6:32am Brian D: ↳ WR @6:30 Corrected. Think autocorrect incorrected me. Thank you.
	⚡ 6:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:31 great, great, great... it's early here
	6:35am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:34 You too could manage the Currents playlist.
	⚡ 6:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:35 ha!
	⚡ 6:38am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:36 i actually 'auto corrected' myself mid sentence
	6:39am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:38 The playlist tech here is incredible, but if a DJ makes a typo, the mistakes are immortalized. Many of those mistakes are mine.
	⚡ 6:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:39 reminds me of the curb your enthusiasm w/ obit "beloved cunt" instead of "beloved aunt"
	6:45am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:43 That's funny (full disclosure: never watched that show). My beat as a reporter is usually health. For some reason, I often slip and type out "hepatits" instead of hepatitis. Thankfully, I spot it.
	⚡ 6:46am tom tom the pipers son: ha! that show was funny
	6:54am radioronan: Good morning Brian..thanks for coiming in & doing show..feel better!
	6:57am Brian D: ↳ radioronan @6:54 Thanks Ronan. It's ALWAYS a pleasure, even with a tummy ache.
	6:59am dale: morning. this could be jimmy scott if he went a little dark.
	⚡ 7:00am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Slick Nick You Devil You" by "Fishbone" hear a couple of lonnie holley sound alikes here and there, this one kinda
	7:00am rich in angleton: good morning Brian! happy holidays everyone in radioland!
	7:01am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:17 Thanks so much for this. Years ago a coworker asked for a book recommendation, and I said Infinite Jest. Guy didn't go past the first pages, confronted me about the word "webbing", asking how he was supposed to know about that. He went on to say he asked professors in Italy who agreed this book should not be read. I didn't get reported to HR for it (not sure, actually), but he called it abuse, and he didn't read much of it
	7:03am The Butterman: ↳ Song: "Slick Nick You Devil You" by "Fishbone" Nice, was wondering recently why no one ever plays Fishbone around here. They seem WFMU-ey enough. Nice choice Mr. Brian
	7:04am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning
	7:04am Tom from Stirling: ↳ fred @7:01 Infinite Jest is a chore. A Supposedly Fun Thing to do is more accessible.
	7:05am dale: ↳ Song: "Fireflies" by "Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds" warren ellis sound is huge in this song.
	7:06am ?: ↳ Song: "Fireflies" by "Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds" One of the most moving meditations on loss ever recorded. The entire disc is one for the ages
	7:06am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:01 My pleasure, sir. Interesting insight into his final months.
	7:09am fred: A recent interview with Nan Golding: www.nplusonemag.com...
	7:10am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:09 Yes. I was just about to post that. Thank you, Fred!
	7:12am fred: ↳ Tom from Stirling @7:04 Did you read The broom of the system? Immature, but some nerd jokes there that a comic couldn't come up with
	7:13am Dan S: ↳ Song: "Unsuffer Me" by "Lucinda Williams" This is such a raw and powerful song.
	⚡ 7:14am tom tom the pipers son: didn't quite trust goldin's work, thought she was exploiting her own 'ghetto' for the thrill of the mainstream, but perhaps i'm wrong and she's transcended her art world success
	7:14am Tom from Stirling: ↳ fred @7:12 Just those two. Enjoyed both.
	7:15am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:10 Maybe put it on the playlist? It would be more visible there
	7:16am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:15 Done.
	7:16am Katharsis: hellos
	7:17am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:14 I think your misgivings are both warranted and misguided
	7:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:14 If you see the doc, it's clear she had the support of her subjects, who saw her as speaking for them.
	7:17am Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "Clip: WION-France passes controversial immigratio... That's what happens.
	⚡ 7:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:17 that's a 'funny' contradiction, like i said, i doubt my 'misgivings'
	⚡ 7:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:17 been meaning to watch
	7:22am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:17 Having met one person who was in her earlier acclaimed work, it's not that she speak for them, but with them
	7:25am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:21 It's not: doubting is usually the way to go, but sometimes doubts should be dismissed. That's the way doubt works, or should
	7:25am Tom from Stirling: Night of Silence/Silent Night
	7:25am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Song: "Foams" by "Sunwatchers" To the boat!
	⚡ 7:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:25 thanks fred, i think i got that...
	7:31am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:22 Fair point.
	7:31am Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "Nosferatu Act 4" by "Jozef van Wissem" Wonderful. But not for everybody.
	7:32am fred: ↳ Song: "Nosferatu Act 4" by "Jozef van Wissem" Shouldn't that be Jozef van Wissem?
	7:34am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:32 Yes. And I should take typing lessons. That mistake will now haunt whoever plays that record.
	7:36am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:30 I think doubt is asking for evidence, suspending judgment until then. I think we could use more of that attitude
	7:37am Tom from Stirling: George Winston
	7:39am morphe': Picked up the Wee Simon(12) for the Madrid xmas times ... happy ... must run and get some foodstuffs ... Simon is listening and holding down the fort ...
	7:40am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:34 You're not the first, just the first where I would dare contracting you without being shouted out
	7:41am Paulo AD: Sorry, got distracted by talking nonsense to keri
	7:41am dale: ↳ Song: "Little Drummer Boy" by "Distant Worker" little drum machine boy.
	7:41am Paulo AD: How are you all?
	7:41am rich in angleton: playing a Houston Christmas classic...
	7:42am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:40 A DJ should appreciate editing.
	7:42am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @7:41 Are you ever talking anything else?
	7:42am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @7:42 Fair question haha
	7:43am Paulo AD: When we got home last night keri fell asleep in the middle of me talking about how great the beatles were. This was after crying at their new song again haha
	⚡ 7:43am tom tom the pipers son: @ fred: something i'd like to run by you, i have an idea to write something comparing malevich's black square with john cage's 4' 33"on the basis of their nothingness/ somethingness, in addition the influence of zen buddhism on cage and of negative theology on malevich. have seen some literature online about buddhist perspective on negative theology. any thoughts?
	⚡ 7:44am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Babby Jes... Woof to all, listening since 7am. So many intense songs, but hearing Brian say he had a better day w his 96yo friend made me smile. As for this beautiful song, if he she it were born today, they’d find a way to monetize it on social media. And now, bk to bfast…
	7:44am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:43 Ohhh this is good
	7:44am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @7:43 My point, made
	⚡ 7:45am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Song: "Little Drummer Boy" by "Distant Worker" Hey this song slaps thanks Brian
	7:45am HyperDose: Love that I can wake up to this show now. The 3-6am block isn't easy to stay up for
	⚡ 7:45am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Paulo AD @7:44 oh thanks paulo
	⚡ 7:46am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Babby Jes... Also, in Mimi Parker obit in nyt, it said her name was pronounced mi-mee, but she never correkted anyone for saying otherwise
	⚡ 7:47am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and ev everyone.
	7:47am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:43 That has been trodden into the ground. Unless you have something new to say (meaning, supported, not a hot take) stay away from that
	7:48am Juli: ↳ herb.nyc @7:44 Lame. Jesus would not monetize on Social Media for their own gain. FU & Jesus is not a it nothing is an it God ppl are dumb I want to make art not make money in case ppl were wondering btw
	7:49am Juli: *An it
	7:50am Juli: Ppl always say I'm after money it's like there are no thoughts there: humans need money to live& make art::
	⚡ 7:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:47 ah, thanks, but off hand, could you point me to something on the subject
	7:50am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @7:44 Haha I was helping you out
	7:50am Juli: Ppl get so tight when artists need money because they don't have ideas to get money for...........
	7:51am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:45 If you haven't heard it the podcast the history of rock and roll in 500 songs is amazing. The first half of the velvet underground episode deals alot with cage
	7:52am Juli: Misogyny is so real. They don't even think I have a mind.
	7:52am Paulo AD: And his influence on cale
	⚡ 7:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Paulo AD @7:51 oh i'll check that out
	7:52am Paulo AD: ↳ Juli @7:48 What am I missing here?
	7:53am Juli: ↳ Paulo AD @7:52 They said Jesus was an it trying to monetize
	7:55am Juli: I am so tired of ppl on Social Media saying things when I talk about sponsorships & grants::: BE HAPPY FOR OTHERS If I want to start companies let me. I have to figure out borrowing money::my folks would be all up in my shit I would have to do it secretly
	7:55am Paulo AD: ↳ Juli @7:53 Oh right right, sorry was a bit distracted
	7:56am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:52 It's really really good. Every episode is so well researched
	7:56am dale: ↳ Juli @7:48 the apostles would do that for him. you have to spread the word somehow.
	7:56am Juli: ↳ Paulo AD @7:55 No sorries ::::}
	⚡ 7:56am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian: wait, missed that, did you say something on playlist eas for me, or am i hearing things
	⚡ 7:57am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Juli @7:53 i think the implication was that social media would find a way to monetize the existence of Jesus. And some people do prefer it/its pronouns, i personally know someone who does in real life meat space
	7:57am Juli: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:57 They monetized Jesus::: That is the definition of what is happening lol But Jesus wouldn't
	7:57am Paulo AD: Ohhh Brian, keep the end of Jan free. Maybe I'll come hang out in the studio :)
	7:58am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:50 There a lot of more interesting Cage work, find something that resonates with Malevich if you're set on that. Before referencing 4'33, spend that time coming up with something. If not, go in another direction
	⚡ 7:58am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Juli @7:57 exactly
	7:58am Juli: The Church Monetized JC from the gecko:::
	7:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:56 I did my Sterling "back to back and a belly to belly" thing.
	7:59am fred: I miss Joe Strummer
	⚡ 7:59am herb.nyc: ↳ Juli @7:48 Glug. Yes. I am often dump. Maybe I mistyped. Or you misread. I meant that OTHERS would monetize Jesus’s birth. As for saying FU to me, ouch. Thx for commenting, NotARealDoctor
	8:00am yippie: He might get a lot of Covid if he goes around the world kissing pretty girls
	8:00am Juli: ↳ herb.nyc @7:59 Sorry I got triggered. Please accept my apology:::{
	⚡ 8:00am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:58 ok, thanks for the advice.
	8:00am Juli: My life was ruined by ppl saying such things of myself lol I am rebuilding tbh
	⚡ 8:01am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:59 ah, thought i heard something... for last year i am off sports, don't know if i'll ever go back
	⚡ 8:02am herb.nyc: ↳ Juli @8:00 Apology accepted. BUT people may say FU to me when I deserve it. Better still, do it like George Carlin-“FU and anyone that looks like you!”
	8:03am Juli: ↳ herb.nyc @8:02 Lol
	8:03am radioronan: ↳ Song: "Silver and Gold" by "Joe Strummer and the Mescale... 21 years gone..maybe do something no matter how small in his name..
	⚡ 8:04am herb.nyc: ↳ Juli @8:03 I just took out George’s “class clown” cd from library. Brilliant
	8:06am Juli: I have to get on the train today:::: I can do this! So lazy after working lol Want to smoke and write all day. Oh the Holidays
	8:06am dday: ↳ HyperDose @7:45 Morning. How are things going with your situation? If you don't care to discuss here you can always contact me via the contact page. Hoping things are improving for you
	⚡ 8:06am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & hipsters.
	⚡ 8:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:59 lost interest in baseball completely, now both ny teams seem to be 'evil empires' and failed ones too
	8:08am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:07 Yankees and?
	8:09am Juli: Clean. Pack. 9 AM Hope everyone else is living it up!
	8:09am dday: ↳ Juli @7:55 Follow your heart, use what resources present themselves to you, no apologies. Being in the arts is hard. Being in general is hard. Stay true to your vision.
	⚡ 8:09am Brian in UK: My migraine was diagnosed as a Scintillating Scotoma. Sounds cool but could live without it. I know, it could be a band name.
	8:10am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:00 Depends on your approach to Malevich, but Cage's Ryoanji series could be relevant, if you thought 4'33 would be. The black/white works could tie in, but I don't know which period you're studying
	⚡ 8:10am Brian in UK: ↳ Juli @8:09 Sun has just appeared here. Lifts the spirits.
	⚡ 8:10am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:08 mets too, so corporatized an top heavy
	8:10am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @8:08 Cubs fan here
	8:11am Juli: ↳ dday @8:09 ::::::} Ty
	8:12am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
	8:13am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:06 I checked in the other day
	8:14am Juli: ↳ Brian in UK @8:10 Beautiful::::}
	8:14am dday: ↳ Juli @8:11 An artist lives with me as you know. Both mixed media & music. She's been working on a hard goods piece based around the words. "and yet she persisted" Considering the very serious medical issues she is currently dealing with, those words mean everything. Persist,persist,persist Survival
	8:15am dday: ↳ Paulo AD @8:13 Checked in with HyperDose?
	⚡ 8:15am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Song: "Tomorrow Night" by "Atomic Rooster" Love me some Atomic Rooster!
	8:16am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:15 Yup yup
	8:16am Juli: ↳ dday @8:14 Best of luck to her to her personal successes!!!
	8:16am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:15 We're friends on insta, making sure he was ok
	8:16am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @8:10 How does a Welshman living in AD become a Cubs fan?
	8:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ dday @8:14 <3
	8:16am dday: ↳ Song: "Tomorrow Night" by "Atomic Rooster" My brother saw these guys in 71 or 72 with Savoy Brown & Chicken Shack Central Theater, Passaic,NJ (pre-Capitol concert days).
	8:17am Juli: The girl at the store used COWS MILK DIDNT EVEN ASK THEY ARE AN ORGANIC PLACE & I HADN"T HAD COFFEE YET LOL MUST GO to the grocery store sigh I j drank cow's milk... I dumped it out:::{
	⚡ 8:17am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Clip: KGW-EPA turns 50" Related: This news reminds me, that due to climate change, an invasive species now may soon become a natural species. (How to define soon?). I read a nyt thing about this. (But that paper isn’t even fit to print)
	8:18am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @8:16 Mostly alot of 80s films and I love an under dog. Then my wife is from Chicago so they re-I forced it
	8:18am dday: ↳ Juli @8:16 Thank you. Let the negative stuff slide off of you like a wet little duck. It's not worth the time spent agonizing over it. (helpful hint) :)
	8:19am Juli: Wet little duck. Gots it, Lol.
	⚡ 8:19am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:16 Since Brian sez welsh, the bug club played a great show at knitting factory (of baker falls, formerly the pyramid, east village of nyc). They from wales. They be greeeeeat!
	8:19am Juli: Ty.
	8:19am dday: ↳ Paulo AD @8:16 Doing OK? I sent him some links for free legal help out his way.
	8:19am Paulo AD: ↳ herb.nyc @8:19 Yes they are :)
	8:19am Krys O.: ↳ Brian in UK @8:09 Hello, Brian in UK. I've had scintillating scotoma. It's also known as an ocular migraine. It's been a while since I've had one, but I had my share of them. I would get them when fatigued or my vision prescription was out of date. I've had a couple of brain MRIs too to rule out anything nefarious. I even tried meds once, but it left me even more exhausted than the ocular migraine would have if it ran its course. I also have optic neuritis. Take care of yourself.
	⚡ 8:20am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:10 the thought originally came up in a discussion about 'anticipatory aesthetics'. my thought was that types of emptiness set the table for new things to arise, in malevich's case it was history and revolution that filled the void and with cage it was phenomenolgy and 60's counterculture. this is a bit of a reach
	8:20am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:19 Yeah doing OK I would say. He's getting help but my help is always there for him
	⚡ 8:21am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ dday @8:16 Musta been a hella good concert, dday. My best wishes to your SO to get over her medical issues.
	8:21am Juli: I need to release this movie. Some one help me lol
	8:22am Juli: Seriously.
	8:23am Frances: I had 3 scintillating scotomas last week. Talk about anticipatory aesthetics and phenomenology! I have sumatriptan to stop the headach part right when it starts so in 20 minutes I am mostly back to normal
	8:23am dday: ↳ Krys O. @8:19 I read recently in of all places Peter Frampton's book, "Do you feel like I do," that he suffered badly from them for years until he was seen & was treated with oxygen saturation, by again of all people actress Lisa Kudrow's Dad who is a doctor. Peter has either carried oxygen or made sure he had it available to him on all of his tours since his diagnosis & treatment.
	8:23am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:20 Ryoanji might work, the Zen stuff about emptiness and the white/black flat/raised. It is a reach, but worthwhile things usually are. Crap things too, no way to tell until way later, gotta give a shot?
	⚡ 8:24am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @8:19 krys someone i know has severe migraines, have you tried cbd or cbn, saw a hot/cold pack face mask on the internet too
	8:24am Juli: ::::}
	⚡ 8:26am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:23 thanks fred, will do some more cage listening /reading and see what comes up
	8:26am fred: ↳ fred @8:23 The score is somehow about the landscape too, that could give you another angle
	⚡ 8:27am Brian in UK: ↳ Krys O. @8:19 I tried various trypins, only good one was Topiramate. stopped taking it now. Less frequent since retiring. Unsure if that is relevant. Starts with minor visual impairment, last about twenty minutes then is gone. No headache but a little ache in the head. Sometimes feel deflated later in the day.
	⚡ 8:28am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:26 hmm. i'll see i'm not stuck on the idea
	8:28am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning Brian & all!
	8:28am Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:24 Thanks, tom tom. I really don't get migraines of the ocular variety or otherwise. I take CBD each night at bedtime.
	8:29am Juli: ↳ Song: "She Belongs To Me" by "Cat Power" I know all the words.
	8:30am Krys O.: ↳ Brian in UK @8:27 I know that feeling. I once had two ocular migraines in succession. The longest one was 40 minutes. I see an ophthalmologist once a year to check on my various conditions.
	8:32am Frances: I actually enjoy the visual part
	8:32am Colin: Great show. Thank you
	8:32am Krys O.: ↳ dday @8:23 Very interesting. Thanks!
	⚡ 8:33am Will thee Sound Guy: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	8:33am dday: ↳ dday @8:23 If you are interested in the Frampton story, I'd be glad to scan the pages & email them to you. Maybe they will help.
	8:34am Krys O.: ↳ dday @8:33 Sure. Hit me offlist.
	⚡ 8:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @8:28 does the cbd work? asking for this person, thought i read cbn, harder to find, is even better
	8:36am dday: ↳ Krys O. @8:32 His were episodes that lasted for 3 months each year for 9 years & he could set his watch to their onset. Debilitating, frightening. Until he got the oxygen therapy which was quite simple. I will get that together for you You never know :)
	8:37am Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:34 It is sufficient for my needs.
	8:37am PaulRobeson1923: Morningggggg What does Santa eat for breakfast?
	⚡ 8:38am Brian in UK: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @8:37 I don't know. What does Santa eat for breakfast?
	⚡ 8:38am herb.nyc: A personal message. And a civic minded one. I work / volunteer w LES Ecology Center, and we collect food scraps at the union square gmkt, nyc. I’ll be there on Wednesday Dec 27, 9-5am. Come w gifts (food scraps) or not. We can be “mixing pop and politics”, as Billy Bragg sez. Members of YLT and Deans of Discipline and Bush Tetras and Blonde Redhead have been known to come. In fact, lemme call them now…
	8:39am PaulRobeson1923: Good morning, Mr.Brian. Santa eats Oatmeal, boiled in red wine. With a seasonal glass of chia seed water!
	8:39am TDK60: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @8:37 Morning Paul. Candy canes?
	8:39am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ TDK60 @8:39 Close but no cigar. Good morningg, Mr.TDK60
	8:40am HyperDose: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:34 Careful with those hemp-derived supplements. There is little to no regulation regarding production and safety. Most of it is snake oil. CBD is really the only hemp cannabinoid that works. The rest are ineffective unless they're derived from cannabis due to the entourage effect of all the cannabinoids working in unison Alliant Hemp, CBDistillery, and Bluebird Botanicals make great CBD oil
	⚡ 8:41am herb.nyc: Haha, Brian’s comments about playing songs he hasn’t played reminds me of his colleague’s remark: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU — I am in the "feeling bad about all the great music I didn't play this year" stage of making my Best Of 2023 lists.
	8:42am morphe': Been shopping for foodstuffs in Madrid to avoid the shoppers .. so missed .. Just noticed the Saviour front and center on top??? Does that mean Armegeddon [sp?] ... cold in Madrid flat so can use some heat... ps Holy hosiery: Late rabbi’s socks sell for $18K on eBay... https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/metro/rabbi-joel-teitelbaums-socks-sell-for-18k-on-ebay/
	⚡ 8:43am Brian in UK: ↳ Frances @8:32 Cannot say I enjoyed them but they were tolerable. Never affected working, last job was as a phlebotomist!
	⚡ 8:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ HyperDose @8:40 right i remember what you said about the illegal pot farms, are there safety problems even with legal dispensaries?
	8:44am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ TDK60 @8:39 Santa also eats whale and Seal blubber. Goji berry, hemp seed, Chia seed blend
	8:44am Frances: My sister just texted to say she has covid. Christmas was to be at her house. Oh, Santa.
	⚡ 8:45am Brian in UK: ↳ Frances @8:44 Oh no.
	8:46am Juli: Packing cleaning done:::} Now j dishes!!!! Go I.
	8:46am Brian D: ↳ Frances @8:44 Sorry to hear that Frances. Wishing her well.
	8:47am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Frances @8:44 Oh dear. Now what?
	8:47am Juli: ↳ Frances @8:44 ::::{ This happened to our Christmas two years ago.
	8:48am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @8:44 With Ketchup
	8:48am Frances: My nephew is driving in today from Indiana, he will have to stay at my apartment in soho, and I will stay here upstate. Maybe we can all get together later in the week
	⚡ 8:49am Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "What a Wonderful World" by "Nick Cave and Shane M... I like Robert Wyatt's version too.
	8:49am HyperDose: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:43 Yes! The problem both legal and black market consumers are facing now is sprayed weed. Dispensaries have "house flower" that is significantly cheaper. Due to not enough regulation. They'll grow low grade moldy cannabis, spray it with naturally derived terpenes (what makes plants smell), and try to pass it off as quality. The terp spray isn't necessarily dangerous, it's just trying to polish a turd. You can tell it's been sprayed due to the artificial nature of the scent and the little alcohol tinge that leaves a nasty aftertaste on the tongue after consumption
	8:50am Juli: ↳ HyperDose @8:49 Still smoking Delta 8 religiously lol
	8:50am Juli: Hidden Hills There are dispensaries walking distance from house very near
	8:50am PaulRobeson1923: Peace & Love ya’ll A long way from home
	⚡ 8:51am Brian in UK: Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday.
	⚡ 8:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Motherless Child" by "Crime and the City Solution" An inspired interpretation -- Thanks Brian!
	⚡ 8:53am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ HyperDose @8:49 u huh thanks, you know your stuff
	⚡ 8:54am tom tom the pipers son: hey thanks brian have a 'great' christmas...;)
	8:54am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me this week. Sorry I haven't been more chatty on here. Distracted with stomach issues. Appreciate you all for keeping the conversation flowing. Stay safe and have a great week. Happy Holidays to all who observe.
	8:54am Krys O.: Take care, everyone and stay safe.
	8:55am HyperDose: ↳ Juli @8:50 Yeah I wouldn't do that. But hey, it's your health. Freedom to choose!
	8:55am Juli: TY DJ!!!! Ty all for listening to me!!1 & to music w me! Happy Holidays!
	8:55am Juli: ↳ HyperDose @8:55 I'll figure it out soon. Tell me why sometime
	8:56am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Brian D @8:54 Feel better, Mr.Brian D. Nice show
	⚡ 8:57am herb.nyc: Am off to trader joe. But has Brian played any Tobin Sprout? I heard he has a new cd full of old demos. I played 3 old CDs 2 nights ago. He’s an amazing paint artist as well
	8:57am morphe': Thanks BD and all .. mucking about in the kitchen... All teh Best to all !!!
	⚡ 8:57am herb.nyc: Happy holidays to all!
	8:57am radioronan: What a wonderful motherless child world to leave us in! Feel better! Thanks Brian..cheers y'all
	8:57am TDK60: I'm glad Bachman has spoken out against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, helped produce a compilation. Thanks Brian. Happy holidays.
	8:57am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Brian D @8:54 I’m wondering, is it staying in? Or too much outrushing? Stomach issues are powerful
	8:57am Katharsis: Thanks all, light a candle curse the glare. catch you on the flip side.
	8:58am PaulRobeson1923: I’m not a doctor but I do know breakfast
	8:58am ∫ydniuß: Thx Brian!
	8:59am rich in angleton: thanks Brian!!!! merry christmas!
	⚡ 9:03am WR: Thank you.
	9:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ BrianD ~

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from December 23, 2023

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December 23, 2023: "Jesus lying in his mother’s arms / Is a photon released from a dying star..."

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
John McLaughlin	Peace One "Peace One" by "John McLaughlin"	My Goal's Beyond
Tom Waits	Step Right Up "Step Right Up" by "Tom Waits"	Small Change		0:07:17 (Pop-up)
Trond Kallevåg	Høvding "Høvding" by "Trond Kallevåg"	Amerikabåten		0:13:20 (Pop-up)
Allison Miller	Hudson "Hudson" by "Allison Miller"	Rivers in Our Veins		0:17:17 (Pop-up)
	Clip: ABC-US negotiates prisoner exchange with Venezuela		https://themessenger.com/politics/us-venezuela-hostage-release-deal-maduro-ally	0:22:17 (Pop-up)
Francisco Mela and Zoh Amba	El Cisne Blanco	Causa y Efecto Vol 2		0:23:22 (Pop-up)
The Midnight Hour (Ali Shaheed Muhammead Adrian Younge)	Phoenix (Theon Cross Remix)	Remixes JID020		0:31:05 (Pop-up)
Delia Meshlir	The Lights from the Sky	Bring Back the Light		0:35:12 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Reuters-Trial of Jimmy Lai starts in China			0:41:06 (Pop-up)
Dan Melchior / Jim Marlowe	$100,000 Worth of Bronze	Footprints in the Men's Room		0:42:08 (Pop-up)
Fishbone	Slick Nick You Devil You	It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)		0:55:48 (Pop-up)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	Fireflies	Ghosteen		1:00:41 (Pop-up)
Soundwalk Collective	Schimmer Sanft den Klang des Tages	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed soundtrack	Interview with Nan Goldin, subject of the documentary: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-more-of-us-there-are-the-more-of-us-there-are/	1:04:51 (Pop-up)
Lucinda Williams	Unsuffer Me "Unsuffer Me" by "Lucinda Williams"	West		1:08:11 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WION-France passes controversial immigration bill			1:13:38 (Pop-up)
Sunwatchers	Foams "Foams" by "Sunwatchers"	Music Is Victory Over Time		1:15:12 (Pop-up)
Jozef van Wissem	Nosferatu Act 4 "Nosferatu Act 4" by "Jozef van Wissem"	Nosferatu-The Call of the Death Bird		1:24:49 (Pop-up)
Low	If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Babby Jesus)	Christmas		1:32:30 (Pop-up)
Distant Worker	Little Drummer Boy	i'll be home for christmas b/w little drummer boy		1:37:19 (Pop-up)
Studded Left	Heavy Heartbeat "Heavy Heartbeat" by "Studded Left"	Everyone Around Here		1:45:31 (Pop-up)
Princess Thailand	The Dispute "The Dispute" by "Princess Thailand"	Golden Frames		1:52:27 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Reuters-Chile rejects new constitution			1:55:52 (Pop-up)
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros	Silver and Gold	Streetcore		1:57:20 (Pop-up)
Tremosphere	Burst "Burst" by "Tremosphere"	Becoming Creatures		2:00:03 (Pop-up)
Discreet Charms	Miracle Migraine "Miracle Migraine" by "Discreet Charms"	Discreet Charms		2:05:26 (Pop-up)
Collate	Numbers "Numbers" by "Collate"	Generative Systems		2:08:33 (Pop-up)
	Clip: KGW-EPA turns 50 "Clip: KGW-EPA turns 50"			2:10:47 (Pop-up)
Atomic Rooster	Tomorrow Night "Tomorrow Night" by "Atomic Rooster"	Bob Stanley and Pete Wings Presents Incident at a Free Festival		2:12:50 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	Memory of a Free Festival	The Width of a Circle		2:16:45 (Pop-up)
Jane's Addiction	Been Caught Stealing (out take)	Kettle Whistle		2:22:28 (Pop-up)
Cat Power	She Belongs To Me "She Belongs To Me" by "Cat Power"	Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert		2:25:58 (Pop-up)
Iron and Wine	Grace for Saints and Ramblers	Who Can See Forever soundtrack		2:30:29 (Pop-up)
Canopée	Perdre "Perdre" by "Canopée"	Canopée		2:38:15 (Pop-up)
Nick Cave and Shane MacGowan	What a Wonderful World	What A Wonderful World		2:45:09 (Pop-up)
Crime and the City Solution	Motherless Child	Paradise Discotheque		2:48:11 (Pop-up)
Daniel Bachman	I Must Leave You, Someone’s Saying / Till the Roses Come Again	When the Roses Come Again		2:52:03 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:00am garethdandelion: Testing!
	6:01am garethdandelion: Ah, it works! Sorry, that's all!
	6:01am fred: Good morning Brian and listeners
	6:05am Brian D: Greetings all. Happy Holidays. Fred, I've been meaning to send you something from London Review of Books for weeks.
	⚡ 6:05am tom tom the pipers son: good morning brian and people... saw they're not celebrating christmas in bethlehem, baby in nativity scene surrounded by rubble
	6:06am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. When will peace break out?
	6:07am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:05 That reminds of the cringe "do they know it's christmas" thing (I'm that old)
	6:08am TDK60: Good morning.
	6:10am fred: About this pic: why chose a paddling shot of this old guy when actual surfing in that outfit would be much more impressive?
	⚡ 6:11am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:07 yes but, i guess one difference being it was done 'in context' and also not by celebrities
	6:12am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:10 One of many questionable choices, I'd say.
	6:13am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:12 I'm in for the questionable choices, yous don't kill people
	6:15am fred: yours, not yous
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:15 Yous works in NY/NJ. Here's the article I've been meaning to share with you, Fred: www.lrb.co.uk...
	6:18am Robm: good morning fellow currents listeners and merry christmas
	6:19am fred: That French law is a shame, and yet another sign of this country not drifting but cowboy hat waving into fascism
	6:20am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:19 Yes, a similar law likely coming here as well.
	⚡ 6:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:19 was it consciously some 'consolation prize', or something like that, given to le pen
	6:24am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:22 It's paving her way to power. I'm all for a female president, but not this one
	6:25am LiXiviated Life: Zat you Santy Clause?
	6:25am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian and everyone tuned in...
	6:25am ?: When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around When the world is running down You make the best of what's still around
	6:28am Paulo AD: Yes I've timed this right :) merry christmas Brian
	6:28am TDK60: ↳ fred @6:24 Good morning Fred. So much for "liberty fraternity and equality."
	6:29am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @6:28 Long time, no see, Paulo.
	⚡ 6:29am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Step Right Up" by "Tom Waits" Great track this grey noonday, Brian, Tom Tom & all. Tom Tom: I enjoyed Evan Parker's Environ 3 at relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com...
	⚡ 6:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:24 with 'leaders' like this coming to power, i wonder if it's partially a cognitive issue, they're easy to 'get'.
	⚡ 6:30am WR: ↳ Song: "El Cisne Blanco" by "Francisco Mela and Zoh Amba" The sax player's name is spelled Zoh Amba. 577records.bandcamp.com...
	⚡ 6:31am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @6:29 oh great you heard it, i thought it was great.
	6:32am Brian D: ↳ WR @6:30 Corrected. Think autocorrect incorrected me. Thank you.
	⚡ 6:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:31 great, great, great... it's early here
	6:35am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:34 You too could manage the Currents playlist.
	⚡ 6:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:35 ha!
	⚡ 6:38am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:36 i actually 'auto corrected' myself mid sentence
	6:39am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:38 The playlist tech here is incredible, but if a DJ makes a typo, the mistakes are immortalized. Many of those mistakes are mine.
	⚡ 6:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:39 reminds me of the curb your enthusiasm w/ obit "beloved cunt" instead of "beloved aunt"
	6:45am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:43 That's funny (full disclosure: never watched that show). My beat as a reporter is usually health. For some reason, I often slip and type out "hepatits" instead of hepatitis. Thankfully, I spot it.
	⚡ 6:46am tom tom the pipers son: ha! that show was funny
	6:54am radioronan: Good morning Brian..thanks for coiming in & doing show..feel better!
	6:57am Brian D: ↳ radioronan @6:54 Thanks Ronan. It's ALWAYS a pleasure, even with a tummy ache.
	6:59am dale: morning. this could be jimmy scott if he went a little dark.
	⚡ 7:00am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Slick Nick You Devil You" by "Fishbone" hear a couple of lonnie holley sound alikes here and there, this one kinda
	7:00am rich in angleton: good morning Brian! happy holidays everyone in radioland!
	7:01am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:17 Thanks so much for this. Years ago a coworker asked for a book recommendation, and I said Infinite Jest. Guy didn't go past the first pages, confronted me about the word "webbing", asking how he was supposed to know about that. He went on to say he asked professors in Italy who agreed this book should not be read. I didn't get reported to HR for it (not sure, actually), but he called it abuse, and he didn't read much of it
	7:03am The Butterman: ↳ Song: "Slick Nick You Devil You" by "Fishbone" Nice, was wondering recently why no one ever plays Fishbone around here. They seem WFMU-ey enough. Nice choice Mr. Brian
	7:04am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning
	7:04am Tom from Stirling: ↳ fred @7:01 Infinite Jest is a chore. A Supposedly Fun Thing to do is more accessible.
	7:05am dale: ↳ Song: "Fireflies" by "Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds" warren ellis sound is huge in this song.
	7:06am ?: ↳ Song: "Fireflies" by "Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds" One of the most moving meditations on loss ever recorded. The entire disc is one for the ages
	7:06am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:01 My pleasure, sir. Interesting insight into his final months.
	7:09am fred: A recent interview with Nan Golding: www.nplusonemag.com...
	7:10am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:09 Yes. I was just about to post that. Thank you, Fred!
	7:12am fred: ↳ Tom from Stirling @7:04 Did you read The broom of the system? Immature, but some nerd jokes there that a comic couldn't come up with
	7:13am Dan S: ↳ Song: "Unsuffer Me" by "Lucinda Williams" This is such a raw and powerful song.
	⚡ 7:14am tom tom the pipers son: didn't quite trust goldin's work, thought she was exploiting her own 'ghetto' for the thrill of the mainstream, but perhaps i'm wrong and she's transcended her art world success
	7:14am Tom from Stirling: ↳ fred @7:12 Just those two. Enjoyed both.
	7:15am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:10 Maybe put it on the playlist? It would be more visible there
	7:16am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:15 Done.
	7:16am Katharsis: hellos
	7:17am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:14 I think your misgivings are both warranted and misguided
	7:17am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:14 If you see the doc, it's clear she had the support of her subjects, who saw her as speaking for them.
	7:17am Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "Clip: WION-France passes controversial immigratio... That's what happens.
	⚡ 7:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:17 that's a 'funny' contradiction, like i said, i doubt my 'misgivings'
	⚡ 7:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:17 been meaning to watch
	7:22am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:17 Having met one person who was in her earlier acclaimed work, it's not that she speak for them, but with them
	7:25am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:21 It's not: doubting is usually the way to go, but sometimes doubts should be dismissed. That's the way doubt works, or should
	7:25am Tom from Stirling: Night of Silence/Silent Night
	7:25am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Song: "Foams" by "Sunwatchers" To the boat!
	⚡ 7:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:25 thanks fred, i think i got that...
	7:31am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:22 Fair point.
	7:31am Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "Nosferatu Act 4" by "Jozef van Wissem" Wonderful. But not for everybody.
	7:32am fred: ↳ Song: "Nosferatu Act 4" by "Jozef van Wissem" Shouldn't that be Jozef van Wissem?
	7:34am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:32 Yes. And I should take typing lessons. That mistake will now haunt whoever plays that record.
	7:36am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:30 I think doubt is asking for evidence, suspending judgment until then. I think we could use more of that attitude
	7:37am Tom from Stirling: George Winston
	7:39am morphe': Picked up the Wee Simon(12) for the Madrid xmas times ... happy ... must run and get some foodstuffs ... Simon is listening and holding down the fort ...
	7:40am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:34 You're not the first, just the first where I would dare contracting you without being shouted out
	7:41am Paulo AD: Sorry, got distracted by talking nonsense to keri
	7:41am dale: ↳ Song: "Little Drummer Boy" by "Distant Worker" little drum machine boy.
	7:41am Paulo AD: How are you all?
	7:41am rich in angleton: playing a Houston Christmas classic...
	7:42am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:40 A DJ should appreciate editing.
	7:42am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @7:41 Are you ever talking anything else?
	7:42am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @7:42 Fair question haha
	7:43am Paulo AD: When we got home last night keri fell asleep in the middle of me talking about how great the beatles were. This was after crying at their new song again haha
	⚡ 7:43am tom tom the pipers son: @ fred: something i'd like to run by you, i have an idea to write something comparing malevich's black square with john cage's 4' 33"on the basis of their nothingness/ somethingness, in addition the influence of zen buddhism on cage and of negative theology on malevich. have seen some literature online about buddhist perspective on negative theology. any thoughts?
	⚡ 7:44am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Babby Jes... Woof to all, listening since 7am. So many intense songs, but hearing Brian say he had a better day w his 96yo friend made me smile. As for this beautiful song, if he she it were born today, they’d find a way to monetize it on social media. And now, bk to bfast…
	7:44am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:43 Ohhh this is good
	7:44am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @7:43 My point, made
	⚡ 7:45am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Song: "Little Drummer Boy" by "Distant Worker" Hey this song slaps thanks Brian
	7:45am HyperDose: Love that I can wake up to this show now. The 3-6am block isn't easy to stay up for
	⚡ 7:45am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Paulo AD @7:44 oh thanks paulo
	⚡ 7:46am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Babby Jes... Also, in Mimi Parker obit in nyt, it said her name was pronounced mi-mee, but she never correkted anyone for saying otherwise
	⚡ 7:47am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and ev everyone.
	7:47am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:43 That has been trodden into the ground. Unless you have something new to say (meaning, supported, not a hot take) stay away from that
	7:48am Juli: ↳ herb.nyc @7:44 Lame. Jesus would not monetize on Social Media for their own gain. FU & Jesus is not a it nothing is an it God ppl are dumb I want to make art not make money in case ppl were wondering btw
	7:49am Juli: *An it
	7:50am Juli: Ppl always say I'm after money it's like there are no thoughts there: humans need money to live& make art::
	⚡ 7:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:47 ah, thanks, but off hand, could you point me to something on the subject
	7:50am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @7:44 Haha I was helping you out
	7:50am Juli: Ppl get so tight when artists need money because they don't have ideas to get money for...........
	7:51am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:45 If you haven't heard it the podcast the history of rock and roll in 500 songs is amazing. The first half of the velvet underground episode deals alot with cage
	7:52am Juli: Misogyny is so real. They don't even think I have a mind.
	7:52am Paulo AD: And his influence on cale
	⚡ 7:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Paulo AD @7:51 oh i'll check that out
	7:52am Paulo AD: ↳ Juli @7:48 What am I missing here?
	7:53am Juli: ↳ Paulo AD @7:52 They said Jesus was an it trying to monetize
	7:55am Juli: I am so tired of ppl on Social Media saying things when I talk about sponsorships & grants::: BE HAPPY FOR OTHERS If I want to start companies let me. I have to figure out borrowing money::my folks would be all up in my shit I would have to do it secretly
	7:55am Paulo AD: ↳ Juli @7:53 Oh right right, sorry was a bit distracted
	7:56am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:52 It's really really good. Every episode is so well researched
	7:56am dale: ↳ Juli @7:48 the apostles would do that for him. you have to spread the word somehow.
	7:56am Juli: ↳ Paulo AD @7:55 No sorries ::::}
	⚡ 7:56am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian: wait, missed that, did you say something on playlist eas for me, or am i hearing things
	⚡ 7:57am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Juli @7:53 i think the implication was that social media would find a way to monetize the existence of Jesus. And some people do prefer it/its pronouns, i personally know someone who does in real life meat space
	7:57am Juli: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:57 They monetized Jesus::: That is the definition of what is happening lol But Jesus wouldn't
	7:57am Paulo AD: Ohhh Brian, keep the end of Jan free. Maybe I'll come hang out in the studio :)
	7:58am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:50 There a lot of more interesting Cage work, find something that resonates with Malevich if you're set on that. Before referencing 4'33, spend that time coming up with something. If not, go in another direction
	⚡ 7:58am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Juli @7:57 exactly
	7:58am Juli: The Church Monetized JC from the gecko:::
	7:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:56 I did my Sterling "back to back and a belly to belly" thing.
	7:59am fred: I miss Joe Strummer
	⚡ 7:59am herb.nyc: ↳ Juli @7:48 Glug. Yes. I am often dump. Maybe I mistyped. Or you misread. I meant that OTHERS would monetize Jesus’s birth. As for saying FU to me, ouch. Thx for commenting, NotARealDoctor
	8:00am yippie: He might get a lot of Covid if he goes around the world kissing pretty girls
	8:00am Juli: ↳ herb.nyc @7:59 Sorry I got triggered. Please accept my apology:::{
	⚡ 8:00am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @7:58 ok, thanks for the advice.
	8:00am Juli: My life was ruined by ppl saying such things of myself lol I am rebuilding tbh
	⚡ 8:01am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:59 ah, thought i heard something... for last year i am off sports, don't know if i'll ever go back
	⚡ 8:02am herb.nyc: ↳ Juli @8:00 Apology accepted. BUT people may say FU to me when I deserve it. Better still, do it like George Carlin-“FU and anyone that looks like you!”
	8:03am Juli: ↳ herb.nyc @8:02 Lol
	8:03am radioronan: ↳ Song: "Silver and Gold" by "Joe Strummer and the Mescale... 21 years gone..maybe do something no matter how small in his name..
	⚡ 8:04am herb.nyc: ↳ Juli @8:03 I just took out George’s “class clown” cd from library. Brilliant
	8:06am Juli: I have to get on the train today:::: I can do this! So lazy after working lol Want to smoke and write all day. Oh the Holidays
	8:06am dday: ↳ HyperDose @7:45 Morning. How are things going with your situation? If you don't care to discuss here you can always contact me via the contact page. Hoping things are improving for you
	⚡ 8:06am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & hipsters.
	⚡ 8:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:59 lost interest in baseball completely, now both ny teams seem to be 'evil empires' and failed ones too
	8:08am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:07 Yankees and?
	8:09am Juli: Clean. Pack. 9 AM Hope everyone else is living it up!
	8:09am dday: ↳ Juli @7:55 Follow your heart, use what resources present themselves to you, no apologies. Being in the arts is hard. Being in general is hard. Stay true to your vision.
	⚡ 8:09am Brian in UK: My migraine was diagnosed as a Scintillating Scotoma. Sounds cool but could live without it. I know, it could be a band name.
	8:10am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:00 Depends on your approach to Malevich, but Cage's Ryoanji series could be relevant, if you thought 4'33 would be. The black/white works could tie in, but I don't know which period you're studying
	⚡ 8:10am Brian in UK: ↳ Juli @8:09 Sun has just appeared here. Lifts the spirits.
	⚡ 8:10am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:08 mets too, so corporatized an top heavy
	8:10am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @8:08 Cubs fan here
	8:11am Juli: ↳ dday @8:09 ::::::} Ty
	8:12am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
	8:13am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:06 I checked in the other day
	8:14am Juli: ↳ Brian in UK @8:10 Beautiful::::}
	8:14am dday: ↳ Juli @8:11 An artist lives with me as you know. Both mixed media & music. She's been working on a hard goods piece based around the words. "and yet she persisted" Considering the very serious medical issues she is currently dealing with, those words mean everything. Persist,persist,persist Survival
	8:15am dday: ↳ Paulo AD @8:13 Checked in with HyperDose?
	⚡ 8:15am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Song: "Tomorrow Night" by "Atomic Rooster" Love me some Atomic Rooster!
	8:16am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:15 Yup yup
	8:16am Juli: ↳ dday @8:14 Best of luck to her to her personal successes!!!
	8:16am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:15 We're friends on insta, making sure he was ok
	8:16am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @8:10 How does a Welshman living in AD become a Cubs fan?
	8:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ dday @8:14 <3
	8:16am dday: ↳ Song: "Tomorrow Night" by "Atomic Rooster" My brother saw these guys in 71 or 72 with Savoy Brown & Chicken Shack Central Theater, Passaic,NJ (pre-Capitol concert days).
	8:17am Juli: The girl at the store used COWS MILK DIDNT EVEN ASK THEY ARE AN ORGANIC PLACE & I HADN"T HAD COFFEE YET LOL MUST GO to the grocery store sigh I j drank cow's milk... I dumped it out:::{
	⚡ 8:17am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Clip: KGW-EPA turns 50" Related: This news reminds me, that due to climate change, an invasive species now may soon become a natural species. (How to define soon?). I read a nyt thing about this. (But that paper isn’t even fit to print)
	8:18am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @8:16 Mostly alot of 80s films and I love an under dog. Then my wife is from Chicago so they re-I forced it
	8:18am dday: ↳ Juli @8:16 Thank you. Let the negative stuff slide off of you like a wet little duck. It's not worth the time spent agonizing over it. (helpful hint) :)
	8:19am Juli: Wet little duck. Gots it, Lol.
	⚡ 8:19am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:16 Since Brian sez welsh, the bug club played a great show at knitting factory (of baker falls, formerly the pyramid, east village of nyc). They from wales. They be greeeeeat!
	8:19am Juli: Ty.
	8:19am dday: ↳ Paulo AD @8:16 Doing OK? I sent him some links for free legal help out his way.
	8:19am Paulo AD: ↳ herb.nyc @8:19 Yes they are :)
	8:19am Krys O.: ↳ Brian in UK @8:09 Hello, Brian in UK. I've had scintillating scotoma. It's also known as an ocular migraine. It's been a while since I've had one, but I had my share of them. I would get them when fatigued or my vision prescription was out of date. I've had a couple of brain MRIs too to rule out anything nefarious. I even tried meds once, but it left me even more exhausted than the ocular migraine would have if it ran its course. I also have optic neuritis. Take care of yourself.
	⚡ 8:20am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:10 the thought originally came up in a discussion about 'anticipatory aesthetics'. my thought was that types of emptiness set the table for new things to arise, in malevich's case it was history and revolution that filled the void and with cage it was phenomenolgy and 60's counterculture. this is a bit of a reach
	8:20am Paulo AD: ↳ dday @8:19 Yeah doing OK I would say. He's getting help but my help is always there for him
	⚡ 8:21am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ dday @8:16 Musta been a hella good concert, dday. My best wishes to your SO to get over her medical issues.
	8:21am Juli: I need to release this movie. Some one help me lol
	8:22am Juli: Seriously.
	8:23am Frances: I had 3 scintillating scotomas last week. Talk about anticipatory aesthetics and phenomenology! I have sumatriptan to stop the headach part right when it starts so in 20 minutes I am mostly back to normal
	8:23am dday: ↳ Krys O. @8:19 I read recently in of all places Peter Frampton's book, "Do you feel like I do," that he suffered badly from them for years until he was seen & was treated with oxygen saturation, by again of all people actress Lisa Kudrow's Dad who is a doctor. Peter has either carried oxygen or made sure he had it available to him on all of his tours since his diagnosis & treatment.
	8:23am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:20 Ryoanji might work, the Zen stuff about emptiness and the white/black flat/raised. It is a reach, but worthwhile things usually are. Crap things too, no way to tell until way later, gotta give a shot?
	⚡ 8:24am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @8:19 krys someone i know has severe migraines, have you tried cbd or cbn, saw a hot/cold pack face mask on the internet too
	8:24am Juli: ::::}
	⚡ 8:26am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:23 thanks fred, will do some more cage listening /reading and see what comes up
	8:26am fred: ↳ fred @8:23 The score is somehow about the landscape too, that could give you another angle
	⚡ 8:27am Brian in UK: ↳ Krys O. @8:19 I tried various trypins, only good one was Topiramate. stopped taking it now. Less frequent since retiring. Unsure if that is relevant. Starts with minor visual impairment, last about twenty minutes then is gone. No headache but a little ache in the head. Sometimes feel deflated later in the day.
	⚡ 8:28am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:26 hmm. i'll see i'm not stuck on the idea
	8:28am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning Brian & all!
	8:28am Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:24 Thanks, tom tom. I really don't get migraines of the ocular variety or otherwise. I take CBD each night at bedtime.
	8:29am Juli: ↳ Song: "She Belongs To Me" by "Cat Power" I know all the words.
	8:30am Krys O.: ↳ Brian in UK @8:27 I know that feeling. I once had two ocular migraines in succession. The longest one was 40 minutes. I see an ophthalmologist once a year to check on my various conditions.
	8:32am Frances: I actually enjoy the visual part
	8:32am Colin: Great show. Thank you
	8:32am Krys O.: ↳ dday @8:23 Very interesting. Thanks!
	⚡ 8:33am Will thee Sound Guy: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	8:33am dday: ↳ dday @8:23 If you are interested in the Frampton story, I'd be glad to scan the pages & email them to you. Maybe they will help.
	8:34am Krys O.: ↳ dday @8:33 Sure. Hit me offlist.
	⚡ 8:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @8:28 does the cbd work? asking for this person, thought i read cbn, harder to find, is even better
	8:36am dday: ↳ Krys O. @8:32 His were episodes that lasted for 3 months each year for 9 years & he could set his watch to their onset. Debilitating, frightening. Until he got the oxygen therapy which was quite simple. I will get that together for you You never know :)
	8:37am Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:34 It is sufficient for my needs.
	8:37am PaulRobeson1923: Morningggggg What does Santa eat for breakfast?
	⚡ 8:38am Brian in UK: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @8:37 I don't know. What does Santa eat for breakfast?
	⚡ 8:38am herb.nyc: A personal message. And a civic minded one. I work / volunteer w LES Ecology Center, and we collect food scraps at the union square gmkt, nyc. I’ll be there on Wednesday Dec 27, 9-5am. Come w gifts (food scraps) or not. We can be “mixing pop and politics”, as Billy Bragg sez. Members of YLT and Deans of Discipline and Bush Tetras and Blonde Redhead have been known to come. In fact, lemme call them now…
	8:39am PaulRobeson1923: Good morning, Mr.Brian. Santa eats Oatmeal, boiled in red wine. With a seasonal glass of chia seed water!
	8:39am TDK60: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @8:37 Morning Paul. Candy canes?
	8:39am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ TDK60 @8:39 Close but no cigar. Good morningg, Mr.TDK60
	8:40am HyperDose: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:34 Careful with those hemp-derived supplements. There is little to no regulation regarding production and safety. Most of it is snake oil. CBD is really the only hemp cannabinoid that works. The rest are ineffective unless they're derived from cannabis due to the entourage effect of all the cannabinoids working in unison Alliant Hemp, CBDistillery, and Bluebird Botanicals make great CBD oil
	⚡ 8:41am herb.nyc: Haha, Brian’s comments about playing songs he hasn’t played reminds me of his colleague’s remark: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU — I am in the "feeling bad about all the great music I didn't play this year" stage of making my Best Of 2023 lists.
	8:42am morphe': Been shopping for foodstuffs in Madrid to avoid the shoppers .. so missed .. Just noticed the Saviour front and center on top??? Does that mean Armegeddon [sp?] ... cold in Madrid flat so can use some heat... ps Holy hosiery: Late rabbi’s socks sell for $18K on eBay... https://nypost.com/2023/12/09/metro/rabbi-joel-teitelbaums-socks-sell-for-18k-on-ebay/
	⚡ 8:43am Brian in UK: ↳ Frances @8:32 Cannot say I enjoyed them but they were tolerable. Never affected working, last job was as a phlebotomist!
	⚡ 8:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ HyperDose @8:40 right i remember what you said about the illegal pot farms, are there safety problems even with legal dispensaries?
	8:44am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ TDK60 @8:39 Santa also eats whale and Seal blubber. Goji berry, hemp seed, Chia seed blend
	8:44am Frances: My sister just texted to say she has covid. Christmas was to be at her house. Oh, Santa.
	⚡ 8:45am Brian in UK: ↳ Frances @8:44 Oh no.
	8:46am Juli: Packing cleaning done:::} Now j dishes!!!! Go I.
	8:46am Brian D: ↳ Frances @8:44 Sorry to hear that Frances. Wishing her well.
	8:47am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Frances @8:44 Oh dear. Now what?
	8:47am Juli: ↳ Frances @8:44 ::::{ This happened to our Christmas two years ago.
	8:48am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @8:44 With Ketchup
	8:48am Frances: My nephew is driving in today from Indiana, he will have to stay at my apartment in soho, and I will stay here upstate. Maybe we can all get together later in the week
	⚡ 8:49am Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "What a Wonderful World" by "Nick Cave and Shane M... I like Robert Wyatt's version too.
	8:49am HyperDose: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:43 Yes! The problem both legal and black market consumers are facing now is sprayed weed. Dispensaries have "house flower" that is significantly cheaper. Due to not enough regulation. They'll grow low grade moldy cannabis, spray it with naturally derived terpenes (what makes plants smell), and try to pass it off as quality. The terp spray isn't necessarily dangerous, it's just trying to polish a turd. You can tell it's been sprayed due to the artificial nature of the scent and the little alcohol tinge that leaves a nasty aftertaste on the tongue after consumption
	8:50am Juli: ↳ HyperDose @8:49 Still smoking Delta 8 religiously lol
	8:50am Juli: Hidden Hills There are dispensaries walking distance from house very near
	8:50am PaulRobeson1923: Peace & Love ya’ll A long way from home
	⚡ 8:51am Brian in UK: Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday.
	⚡ 8:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Motherless Child" by "Crime and the City Solution" An inspired interpretation -- Thanks Brian!
	⚡ 8:53am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ HyperDose @8:49 u huh thanks, you know your stuff
	⚡ 8:54am tom tom the pipers son: hey thanks brian have a 'great' christmas...;)
	8:54am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me this week. Sorry I haven't been more chatty on here. Distracted with stomach issues. Appreciate you all for keeping the conversation flowing. Stay safe and have a great week. Happy Holidays to all who observe.
	8:54am Krys O.: Take care, everyone and stay safe.
	8:55am HyperDose: ↳ Juli @8:50 Yeah I wouldn't do that. But hey, it's your health. Freedom to choose!
	8:55am Juli: TY DJ!!!! Ty all for listening to me!!1 & to music w me! Happy Holidays!
	8:55am Juli: ↳ HyperDose @8:55 I'll figure it out soon. Tell me why sometime
	8:56am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Brian D @8:54 Feel better, Mr.Brian D. Nice show
	⚡ 8:57am herb.nyc: Am off to trader joe. But has Brian played any Tobin Sprout? I heard he has a new cd full of old demos. I played 3 old CDs 2 nights ago. He’s an amazing paint artist as well
	8:57am morphe': Thanks BD and all .. mucking about in the kitchen... All teh Best to all !!!
	⚡ 8:57am herb.nyc: Happy holidays to all!
	8:57am radioronan: What a wonderful motherless child world to leave us in! Feel better! Thanks Brian..cheers y'all
	8:57am TDK60: I'm glad Bachman has spoken out against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, helped produce a compilation. Thanks Brian. Happy holidays.
	8:57am PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Brian D @8:54 I’m wondering, is it staying in? Or too much outrushing? Stomach issues are powerful
	8:57am Katharsis: Thanks all, light a candle curse the glare. catch you on the flip side.
	8:58am PaulRobeson1923: I’m not a doctor but I do know breakfast
	8:58am ∫ydniuß: Thx Brian!
	8:59am rich in angleton: thanks Brian!!!! merry christmas!
	⚡ 9:03am WR: Thank you.
	9:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ BrianD ~

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