WFMU: Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from January 27, 2024

Listener comments!
	12:54pm Krys O.: Witamy! Welcome!
	1:01pm Handy Haversack: As we say in Greenpoint, mowimy, mowimy, mowimy! Hello, Krys and Coasters!
	1:01pm tom tom the pipers son: hello krys, and people...
	1:01pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:01 Hi, Handy!!
	1:02pm Krys O.: Hi, tom tom!
	1:02pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi Krys and Free Form Rollers. I love today's theme!
	1:03pm spodiodi: Hi Krys O. And all!
	1:03pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:01 My family used to listen to a Polish language show on WLIB in the 60s and 70s. They had commercials for businesses in Greenpoint on heavy rotation. I remember still hearing Polish being spoken in Williamsburg in the 80s.
	1:03pm Krys O.: Hello, Jan! Howdy, spodiodi!
	1:04pm Jim Price: Kreees!
	1:04pm Krys O.: Hi, Jim!!!
	1:07pm tom tom the pipers son: that image reminds me of a photo my mother had/has of a pretty large but desolate building in a barren landscape with an aristocratic old man and little girl standing on a second story landing, i may have been a postcard. but anyway it was from poland probably from me grandmother's collection after she died
	1:08pm spodiodi: Sorry to hear about your Mom, Krys . Thanks for sharing this music
	1:08pm Krys O.: ↳ spodiodi @1:08 Thank you, spodiodi. I appreciate it.
	1:09pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:07 Post-WWII?
	1:12pm Black Cat: 🐈‍⬛✨🐈‍⬛
	1:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:09 good question, the desolation.... but i always thought of it as after wwI sometime or in the twenties, i don't have anything to go on, and was a teenager when i last saw photo
	1:13pm Krys O.: ↳ Black Cat @1:12 Hello, Black Cat!
	1:14pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:12 Lots of conflicts in Poland besides WWI or WWII.
	1:15pm Mr Fab: Hey Krys! Chicago still had a Polish-town as of fairly recently. Maybe still does?
	1:15pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:03 You still hear it here, though it's less frequent than it was when we moved to the neighborhood. The most concentrated Polish area is on the east side of McGuinness and around McGolrick Park (farther from public transit). Still some on this side of McGuinnes, though. We moved into our bldg. 20 years ago(!). When we moved in 3 of 8 units were Polish people. Only one remains. They have been very smart, adding names to the lease so as to pass the rent-stabilized place on to the next set of relatives. The great-grandchildren of the couple who originally lived there are now in the apt.! But, for example, when our neighbor across the hall died, he'd never added his Polish roommates to the lease so the landlord was able to gut the apt., renovate it, and crank the rent up.
	1:16pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:15 Hi, Mr. Fab! Yes, it does. My father had cousins who came to America in the early 20th century and they settled in Chicago. Texas also has some Polish communities too.
	1:16pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:14 u huh, the austro hungarian thing
	1:17pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:16 Russian invasions and such.
	1:19pm Black Cat: ↳ Krys O. @1:13 Hello Krys ✨
	1:19pm Handy Haversack: But seven years ago I went to see a heavyweight championship boxing match at Barclay's Center, and the challenger was a Polish boxer. He was a heavy underdog (a "puncher's chance"), but let me tell you, ALL of Greenpoint was on the G train headed down there. My god. It was red and white as far as the eye could see. Many Polish songs being sung. They put this MASSIVE Polish kid on the undercard and let him just beat the crap out of a guy, I think so the crowd would have something to feel good about. Polish challenger fought well but lost by devastating knockout in the ninth.
	1:21pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:19 Wow!
	👻 1:22pm fred: Hello Krys and all
	1:23pm Krys O.: Hi, fred!
	1:24pm HyperDose: Never thought I'd be jammin' to some Ignacy Ulatowski, but here I am!
	1:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @1:22 tell us about the music...
	👻 1:25pm WR: Hi Krys ans folks. Greatly enjoying the vintage polkas! Going into subway now, will relisten later to hear it all uninterrupted. Cheers.
	1:25pm Krys O.: Hello, HyperDose! The foxtrots are coming soon. Clear the dance floor.
	1:26pm Krys O.: Cheers, WR!!
	1:26pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:21 Only boxing match I ever went to! And I think enough for one lifetime, probably.
	1:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:24 maybe not the right time...
	1:27pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:26 My father was a big pro wrestling fan. Mom didn't care for it so Dad had to sneak off an watch on a tiny portable TV. Mom actually went to a wrestling match at the Westchester County Center. She disliked it even more.
	1:28pm Black Cat: Happy Jan 27th to you and: 1756 - Mozart 1832 - Lewis Carroll 1885 - Jerome Kern 1918 - Elmore James 1919 - Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. 1921 - Donna Reed 1930 - Bobby Bland 1942 - John Witherspoon 1944 - Nick Mason 1952 - G.E. Smith 1954 - Peter Laird 1957 - Frank Miller 1964 - Bridget Fonda 1968 - Mike Patton 1969 - Patton Oswalt
	1:29pm Krys O.: ↳ Black Cat @1:28 Mozart & Mike Patton! Neat.
	1:29pm Mr Fab: Some things about my Irish heritage were preserved by my parents, like Catholic school, and corn beef and cabbage, but not the music. It was apparently left behind and it wasn’t until the Pogues came along did I feel any connection to “my peoples” music. So you are very lucky, Krys.
	👻 1:29pm fred: There are villages in the Picardy region of France that were basically transplanted from Poland, and where Polish was still the main language a generation ago. I think it's no longer the case, but then again the people I know from these communities obviously had left them
	1:30pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:29 Thanks. I definitely was.
	1:31pm tom tom the pipers son: struck me that a lot of this music has a gentle rocking back and forth like a baby would get in a cradle, the rhythm just adapted to be a comfort for adults
	1:32pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:27 The dad of a buddy of mine who grew up in Brooklyn was a wrestler! He was local talent who would provide a match but lose to big-name traveling wrestlers. There's an industry term for it, but it escapes me.
	👻 1:32pm yerfriendpaul: Hi Krys, everyone!
	1:33pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:29 My mother had a cousin in Paris. Not sure when that cousin emigrated to France from Poland, but my mother corresponded with her by mail. I met my cousin's son when I was in Paris in 1981. He seemed skeptical of my wanting to find family members. I had no agenda except say hello. I've been in touch with relatives in the UK, in Argentina and Chicago. Haven't made contact with the Australian branch yet.
	1:34pm Krys O.: Hi, Paul!
	1:34pm tom tom the pipers son: my grandfather on my polish side who died when my mother was a child drove a cab and boxed for a living, probably in amateur matches that invoolved money, in the lower east side
	1:35pm Black Cat: And remembering those who left on this day: 1910 - Thomas Crapper 1922 - Nellie Bly 1967 - Roger B. Chaffee, Gus Grissom, Ed White 1972 - Mahalia Jackson 1993 - André the Giant 2004 - Jack Paar 2014 - Pete Seeger 2021 - Cloris Leachman
	1:37pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:31 There are different types like obereks, mazurkas, etc. They can really swing fast or slow like a dirge. There is a Polish dance troupe called Mazowsze that performs the traditional music and they are a treat to watch. I recommend seeking out videos online. Very entertaining and athletic.
	1:37pm Robm: afternoon fellow roller coaster listeners
	1:38pm Krys O.: ↳ Black Cat @1:35 Right, Cloris. :( I adore Mahalia Jackson. Her piece in Imitation of Life always makes me weep.
	1:38pm Krys O.: Hello, Robm!
	1:40pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:37 went to my aunt's and uncle's 60th wedding anniversary and they still danced the polka like all get out. they were over eighty yrs old
	1:40pm Robm: ↳ Krys O. @1:38 hey krys just turned this on and love the polish music, kinda reminds me of dance with me stanley on friday at 6 on the mother ship
	1:42pm Krys O.: ↳ Robm @1:40 Yay! That's kind of you. I love DJ Stashu. My mom's nickname was Stasia short for Stanislawa.
	1:42pm HyperDose: Polish is such a beautiful language 😍
	👻 1:42pm fred: Unrelated, but the main driving force for noise/experimental music in Paris is from Poland (born and grew up there)
	1:42pm HyperDose: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:32 Please tell me he had a handlebar mustache
	1:43pm Robm: ↳ Krys O. @1:42 thats great, going to have to listen to the archive later for the first 30 minutes
	1:44pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:42 The Polish avant-garde has been around for a long time in music, film and theater. There's some great Polish experimental radio pieces on UbuWeb.
	1:44pm Handy Haversack: Krys, it's also the birthday of my dear aunt who died right around the same time as your mom -- she'd have been 97 today. Here's to all those we've lost. Thanks for the remembrance.
	1:44pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:32 jobber to the stars?
	1:45pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:44 condolences handy
	1:45pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:44 Aw, Handy. I feel for you.
	1:46pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:45 And I for you.
	1:47pm Krys O.: ↳ HyperDose @1:42 It's very hard. I never had any formal classes.
	👻 1:48pm yerfriendpaul: Enjoying these tunes/bands/recordings
	1:48pm Krys O.: ↳ yerfriendpaul @1:48 Glad to hear it!
	1:49pm Robm: @Handy and Krys i feel for both of you
	1:49pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Robm.
	1:50pm Krys O.: Much obliged, Robm.
	1:50pm Robm: your welcome both of you
	1:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thought i knew two phrases in polish but find no correlation on g-translate... give me a kiss (die-may boojie) and i'm cold or it's cold(jim-na)....(?)
	1:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Seminola" by "Orkiestra A.Golda i J.Petersburskiego" This is the band that is pictured at the top of the playlist page.
	👻 1:55pm fred: Krys, you should co-host for Stashu next marathon. You could give Polish nicknames to people who pledge enough
	1:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Seminola" by "Orkiestra A.Golda i J.Petersburskiego" there was a lot of romance about native americans in germany, (karl may) guess some on poland too
	1:55pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:52 One of my sisters had an ex-husband who knew those two phrases: bardzo ziemno (very cold) and Daj mi buzi (give me a kiss.)
	1:56pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:55 Ha!
	1:57pm Robm: ↳ fred @1:55 fred that’s a good idea
	1:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:55 ah...
	1:58pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:55 Even in the 70s, we would get letters (censored) from family in Poland asking if the streets were paved with gold and if Native Americans walked around in full dress. They also asked for blue jeans. We were poor, but we shipped hand-me-down clothes to them.
	1:58pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:55 In twenty-five years in Greenpoint, I've learned distressingly little Polish. I can read some of the signs (or know what they mean): Mowimy po Polsku, Ksiegarnia, Staropolski, Sklarz (a personal favorite). But otherwise I've leaned how to say "what a woman!"; "you asshole"; and "will you please turn the lights back on?" And of course the single most common word threaded through conversation here which is depressing but inescapable: coorva.
	2:00pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:58 I mean, I can also say "hello" and "thank you." I'm not THAT degenerate.
	2:00pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:58 LOL! My parents were very old-fashioned and we didn't hear that kind of profanity, especially from Mom. Dad would use phrases like 'dog's blood' or 'bright cholera'.
	2:01pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:58 i used to go to staropolski meats for kielbasa to bring tio my parents house
	👻 2:01pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:00 I'm sure you can, but why would you do that in NYC?
	2:02pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @2:00 Ha! "May you get the cholera" was one of the Yiddish curses my dad learned from his grandmother.
	2:02pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:01 We try to hold ourselves to a higher standard in Greenpoint.
	2:05pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Co Mówi Walenty (What Valentine Says)" by "Władys... The pronunciation that Ochrymowicz has is archaic and associated with Eastern Poland. My father spoke like that. The letter L with a line is usually a W sound, except to some in Eastern Poland. My mother would bicker with my father about who was right.
	2:07pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Józek i Maryna-Zalecanki (Joseph and Mary-Courtin... He just said she has no heart. LOL!
	2:08pm Krys O.: My siblings and I heard these voices a lot when my dad would play his 78s.
	👻 2:09pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:02 I actually was shocked at how friendly Americans are the one time I went there. That trip scrambled my mind. Back in Paris I said good morning to someone and they threatened to call the cops. Lesson learned
	2:12pm Krys O.: This is an in-depth article on the L stroke pronunciation conundrum: en.m.wikipedia.org...
	👻 2:13pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:05 Polish spelling/pronunciation looks very confusing indeed
	2:13pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @2:09 funny/strange how that friendliness does not translate into something positive for a majority of americans when traveling
	2:14pm Mr Fab: ↳ fred @2:09 Def a cultural difference. We have a lot of Armenian and Russian immigrants, and they scowl at everyone, like they're mad at you. They're not, they just don't understand the concept of being friendly to strangers.
	2:16pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:13 My mom used to get frustrated when I couldn't get the consonant combos like sczce just right. My maternal grandfather's first name was Wawrzyniec which is like Lawrence. That's a hard one. The RZ combo is hard to get perfect too.
	2:19pm Handy Haversack: fred, I don't think I'd told you. Voltron stone passed out on Monday. Went down like he'd been shot, convulsed for 20 seconds, got up, walked out, and a minute later you couldn't tell anything had happened. $500 and two stressful bus rides later, "He seems to be in really good shape for eighteen! Let us know if it happens again." I think he was just reminding us of his importance.
	2:20pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:19 Oh, my! That's terrifying!
	👻 2:21pm fred: ↳ Mr Fab @2:14 I understand both that and the reaction I got. If someone is friendly in Paris, it's definitely a trap
	👻 2:22pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:19 NOOOOO!!!!!
	2:23pm Krys O.: I greet people in my neighborhood if I see them more than a few times even though we might not have formally met. If I see people at the bus stop regularly, I can engage in conversations with them if I sense they are open to it.
	2:23pm chresti: Hello Krys and coasters! Handy, I didn't know Voltron was 18?
	2:23pm Krys O.: Hi, chresti!
	2:24pm tom tom the pipers son: grew up with a dog that had epilepsy, first time it had a seizure was at night in bed w/ my parents, freaked them out, also had a cat with epilepsy, getting phenobarb and getting blood test done were a real pain
	👻 2:25pm fred: Then again, with all the focus on the Brothers, he had to pull rank somehow (I'm still worried)
	2:26pm Handy Haversack: ↳ chresti @2:23 Eighteen this June I think.
	2:26pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Lament Pijaka (Drunkard's Lament)" by "Fabian Oku... Fabia Okulski recorded a Polish version of Hallelujah, I'm a Bum that I played years ago on the Wiggle Room.
	2:27pm Krys O.: Voltron is about 95 in human years. I had a cat that lived to be 20 which is like 105 in human terms.
	2:27pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good afternoon, Krys and folks. I see today is Auschwitz Liberation Day, 1945.
	2:28pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:25 I think it must have been some sort of vasovagal reaction. He was in the middle of having a hairball. All else checked out: blood pressure, blood, urine, reactions, so they don't think it was a stroke or anything. His kidney levels are as good as they were when he was last in two years ago. We give him three(!) different supplements in his (terribly high-quality) food. We've had two cats make it to twenty-one and a dog to seventeen. If they can dodge cancer, we're good at keeping mammals going.
	2:28pm Krys O.: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @2:27 Hi, Ken! TCM is airing Shoah this afternoon.
	2:30pm chresti: One of my mother's cats lived to 21.
	2:31pm Sem: Good afternoon, Krys and all.
	2:31pm Krys O.: Hi, Sem!
	2:33pm Krys O.: I invariably mess up something with the playlist. I'm exhausted when I put this together. Mea culpa.
	👻 2:33pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:28 Are you thinking about getting another mammal to join? (I understand a dolphin would be tough in your current living space)
	2:34pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:33 Actually, yes. We are contemplating a puppy. In July.
	2:36pm tom tom the pipers son: was franka a woman?
	👻 2:38pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:33 I'm exhausted too, that's relatable
	2:40pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:36 No, that is a Polish male name. Frank Sinatra would be Franka too.
	2:41pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @2:40 ah, thought it would be remarkable for a female led quartet in 1926
	2:41pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:38 I'm up until midnight finishing the pre-recording after being up since 4 am. I'm bound to miss a title in the mic break.
	2:42pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:41 It wouldn't be surprising. The 1920s were kind of hep in some ways.
	2:43pm tom tom the pipers son: u huh
	👻 2:45pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:41 I love your show, mistakes and all. I wouldn't have it any other way
	2:45pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:45 Thank you!
	2:46pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @2:42 there was lil hardin in the u.s.
	2:47pm Handy Haversack: Thought I heard the knife grinder's truck out there and ran outside with my dirk, but I guess it was some other random bell.
	2:48pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:47 Seriously?
	2:50pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Krys. Have a restful afternoon!
	2:51pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @2:48 Yeah, he comes by every couple of months. Works all of Brooklyn from what I can tell. Little green truck. Saved my good kitchen knife last year after I'd dropped it and bent the tip. Charged me $6!
	2:51pm Krys O.: Thanks, Ken!
	2:52pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Krys! An extremely enjoyable tribute. Jenki, jenki, jenki!
	2:52pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:51 That is awesome!
	2:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks krys, have enjoyed the last two weeks
	2:52pm Jan Turkenburg: Thanks, Krys. Have been listening while sorting out family photos for my father's 90th birthday.
	2:53pm Krys O.: Thank you ever so much to everyone for being here. It means so much to me. Be well!
	👻 2:53pm WR: A lovely episode, Krys! Thank you very much. Here's to all the memories.
	2:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Jan Turkenburg @2:52 Great! My best wishes to your father, Jan!
	👻 2:54pm spodiodi: thanks again for sharing this wonderful music with us, Krys! ❤️
	👻 2:54pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:51 How much does he charge for your vorpal blade?
	2:56pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:54 An arm and a leg?
	2:56pm chresti: Thankski Krys!
	👻 2:57pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:56 That's just a flesh wound!
	2:57pm Krys O.: ↳ chresti @2:56 Tee hee!
	3:05pm Jim Price: Good show!
	5:34pm Stanley: Well, I much enjoyed this show. You are mad Krys but so am I. Keep up the good work.

Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from January 27, 2024

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January 27, 2024: Polish Music from 1926
--Part of my tribute to my late mother who was born in Kielce, Poland in 1926

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The Artur Gold (conducting) and Jerzy Petersburski (on accordion) band

Artist	Track	Year	Approx. start time
Helena Zboińska-Ruszkowska	Chopin's Nocturne	1926	0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Franciszek Dukla Orkiestra	Uparta Dziewczyna (Stubborn Girl)	1926	0:07:25 (Pop-up)
Franciszek Dukla Orkiestra	Polka spod Krakowa (Polka from Krakow)	1926	0:10:44 (Pop-up)
Ignacy Ulatowski	Wesele Magdy (Magdy's Wedding)	1926	0:13:57 (Pop-up)
Ignacy Ulatowski	Hupaj - Siupaj (Whoops Whoops)	1926	0:16:38 (Pop-up)
Ignacy Ulatowski	Jadą Ułani. (Riding Uhlans)	1926	0:19:24 (Pop-up)
Ignacy Ulatowski	Nad Elbą Fale (Jakiż to chłopiec) [On the Elba Waves--What a Nice Boy]	1926	0:22:11 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra Franciszka Przybylskiego	Wojtek w Zalotach (Wojtek in Courtship)	1926	0:25:17 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra Franciszka Przybylskiego	W Zielonym Gaiku (In a Green Grove)	1926	0:28:18 (Pop-up)
Jakub Stefan Zieliński & Niuta Gutowska	Polska Marysia	1926	0:31:07 (Pop-up)
Trio Jozefa Dombrowskiego	Władzia Polka	1926	0:34:24 (Pop-up)
Trio Jozefa Dombrowskiego	Cacy Lala (Beautiful Doll)	1926	0:37:44 (Pop-up)

Zygmunt Karasiński & Szymon Kataszek	Czy Pani Mieszka Sama? (Do You Live Alone, Madame?)	1926	0:43:24 (Pop-up)
Beka Orkiestra	Nie Namawiaj , Bo Ulegnę (Do Not Persuade Me, Or I Will Give In)	1926	0:46:39 (Pop-up)
Henryk Gold Orkiestra	Ja Się Boję Sama Spać (I’m Afraid To Sleep Alone)	1926	0:49:16 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra A.Golda i J.Petersburskiego	Seminola	1926	0:52:19 (Pop-up)
Zygmunta Wiehlera Orkiestra	August	1926	0:55:07 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra J. Czarneckiego	Brawo! Bis! (Bravo Encore!	1926	0:57:58 (Pop-up)

Władysław Ochrymowicz	Co Mówi Walenty (What Valentine Says)	1926	1:02:25 (Pop-up)
Władysław Ochrymowicz & Teodozia Wandyczowa	Józek i Maryna-Zalecanki (Joseph and Mary-Courting)	1926	1:05:52 (Pop-up)
Władysław Ochrymowicz	Poczekaj, Hanka Tam U Chróstu (Wait, Hanka, There by the Forest)	1926	1:08:42 (Pop-up)
Władysław Ochrymowicz	Szedł Jasio Do Kasi (John Goes to Katy)	1926	1:11:46 (Pop-up)
Władysław Ochrymowicz & Teodozia Wandyczowa	Dziad i Baba (The Old Couple)	1926	1:14:47 (Pop-up)
Władysław Ochrymowicz & Teodozia Wandyczowa	Na Kujawach w Karczmisku (A Tavern in Kujawy}.	1926	1:18:22 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra Jan Kapalka	Niebede Sie Zenil (I Won't Marry)	1926	1:21:08 (Pop-up)
Fabian Okulski	Lament Pijaka (Drunkard's Lament)	1926	1:24:17 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra Jan Kapalka	Czemuz Ta Rola Nie Zorana (Why Is This Field Not Plowed)	1926	1:27:12 (Pop-up)

Kwartet Franka Kurzawy	Mlawski Mazur	1926	1:31:57 (Pop-up)
Kwartet Franka Kurzawy	Tyrli "Tyrli" by "Kwartet Franka Kurzawy"	1926	1:35:31 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra Witkowski	Weselne Dzwony (Wedding Bells)	1926	1:38:50 (Pop-up)
Orkiestra Witkowski	Polka w Naszym Kraju (Polka in Our Country)	1926	1:42:08 (Pop-up)
Ignacy Ulatowski	Oj! Helka! "Oj! Helka!" by "Ignacy Ulatowski"	1926	1:45:14 (Pop-up)
Kwartet Franka Kurzawy	Marysia Polka	1926	1:50:19 (Pop-up)
Kwartet Franka Kurzawy	Romans Cygański (Gypsy Romance)	1926	1:51:30 (Pop-up)

Stanisław Gruszczyński	Aria from Act 4 of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano	1926	1:56:49 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:54pm Krys O.: Witamy! Welcome!
	1:01pm Handy Haversack: As we say in Greenpoint, mowimy, mowimy, mowimy! Hello, Krys and Coasters!
	1:01pm tom tom the pipers son: hello krys, and people...
	1:01pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:01 Hi, Handy!!
	1:02pm Krys O.: Hi, tom tom!
	1:02pm Jan Turkenburg: Hi Krys and Free Form Rollers. I love today's theme!
	1:03pm spodiodi: Hi Krys O. And all!
	1:03pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:01 My family used to listen to a Polish language show on WLIB in the 60s and 70s. They had commercials for businesses in Greenpoint on heavy rotation. I remember still hearing Polish being spoken in Williamsburg in the 80s.
	1:03pm Krys O.: Hello, Jan! Howdy, spodiodi!
	1:04pm Jim Price: Kreees!
	1:04pm Krys O.: Hi, Jim!!!
	1:07pm tom tom the pipers son: that image reminds me of a photo my mother had/has of a pretty large but desolate building in a barren landscape with an aristocratic old man and little girl standing on a second story landing, i may have been a postcard. but anyway it was from poland probably from me grandmother's collection after she died
	1:08pm spodiodi: Sorry to hear about your Mom, Krys . Thanks for sharing this music
	1:08pm Krys O.: ↳ spodiodi @1:08 Thank you, spodiodi. I appreciate it.
	1:09pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:07 Post-WWII?
	1:12pm Black Cat: 🐈‍⬛✨🐈‍⬛
	1:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:09 good question, the desolation.... but i always thought of it as after wwI sometime or in the twenties, i don't have anything to go on, and was a teenager when i last saw photo
	1:13pm Krys O.: ↳ Black Cat @1:12 Hello, Black Cat!
	1:14pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:12 Lots of conflicts in Poland besides WWI or WWII.
	1:15pm Mr Fab: Hey Krys! Chicago still had a Polish-town as of fairly recently. Maybe still does?
	1:15pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:03 You still hear it here, though it's less frequent than it was when we moved to the neighborhood. The most concentrated Polish area is on the east side of McGuinness and around McGolrick Park (farther from public transit). Still some on this side of McGuinnes, though. We moved into our bldg. 20 years ago(!). When we moved in 3 of 8 units were Polish people. Only one remains. They have been very smart, adding names to the lease so as to pass the rent-stabilized place on to the next set of relatives. The great-grandchildren of the couple who originally lived there are now in the apt.! But, for example, when our neighbor across the hall died, he'd never added his Polish roommates to the lease so the landlord was able to gut the apt., renovate it, and crank the rent up.
	1:16pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:15 Hi, Mr. Fab! Yes, it does. My father had cousins who came to America in the early 20th century and they settled in Chicago. Texas also has some Polish communities too.
	1:16pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:14 u huh, the austro hungarian thing
	1:17pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:16 Russian invasions and such.
	1:19pm Black Cat: ↳ Krys O. @1:13 Hello Krys ✨
	1:19pm Handy Haversack: But seven years ago I went to see a heavyweight championship boxing match at Barclay's Center, and the challenger was a Polish boxer. He was a heavy underdog (a "puncher's chance"), but let me tell you, ALL of Greenpoint was on the G train headed down there. My god. It was red and white as far as the eye could see. Many Polish songs being sung. They put this MASSIVE Polish kid on the undercard and let him just beat the crap out of a guy, I think so the crowd would have something to feel good about. Polish challenger fought well but lost by devastating knockout in the ninth.
	1:21pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:19 Wow!
	👻 1:22pm fred: Hello Krys and all
	1:23pm Krys O.: Hi, fred!
	1:24pm HyperDose: Never thought I'd be jammin' to some Ignacy Ulatowski, but here I am!
	1:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @1:22 tell us about the music...
	👻 1:25pm WR: Hi Krys ans folks. Greatly enjoying the vintage polkas! Going into subway now, will relisten later to hear it all uninterrupted. Cheers.
	1:25pm Krys O.: Hello, HyperDose! The foxtrots are coming soon. Clear the dance floor.
	1:26pm Krys O.: Cheers, WR!!
	1:26pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:21 Only boxing match I ever went to! And I think enough for one lifetime, probably.
	1:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:24 maybe not the right time...
	1:27pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:26 My father was a big pro wrestling fan. Mom didn't care for it so Dad had to sneak off an watch on a tiny portable TV. Mom actually went to a wrestling match at the Westchester County Center. She disliked it even more.
	1:28pm Black Cat: Happy Jan 27th to you and: 1756 - Mozart 1832 - Lewis Carroll 1885 - Jerome Kern 1918 - Elmore James 1919 - Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. 1921 - Donna Reed 1930 - Bobby Bland 1942 - John Witherspoon 1944 - Nick Mason 1952 - G.E. Smith 1954 - Peter Laird 1957 - Frank Miller 1964 - Bridget Fonda 1968 - Mike Patton 1969 - Patton Oswalt
	1:29pm Krys O.: ↳ Black Cat @1:28 Mozart & Mike Patton! Neat.
	1:29pm Mr Fab: Some things about my Irish heritage were preserved by my parents, like Catholic school, and corn beef and cabbage, but not the music. It was apparently left behind and it wasn’t until the Pogues came along did I feel any connection to “my peoples” music. So you are very lucky, Krys.
	👻 1:29pm fred: There are villages in the Picardy region of France that were basically transplanted from Poland, and where Polish was still the main language a generation ago. I think it's no longer the case, but then again the people I know from these communities obviously had left them
	1:30pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:29 Thanks. I definitely was.
	1:31pm tom tom the pipers son: struck me that a lot of this music has a gentle rocking back and forth like a baby would get in a cradle, the rhythm just adapted to be a comfort for adults
	1:32pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:27 The dad of a buddy of mine who grew up in Brooklyn was a wrestler! He was local talent who would provide a match but lose to big-name traveling wrestlers. There's an industry term for it, but it escapes me.
	👻 1:32pm yerfriendpaul: Hi Krys, everyone!
	1:33pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:29 My mother had a cousin in Paris. Not sure when that cousin emigrated to France from Poland, but my mother corresponded with her by mail. I met my cousin's son when I was in Paris in 1981. He seemed skeptical of my wanting to find family members. I had no agenda except say hello. I've been in touch with relatives in the UK, in Argentina and Chicago. Haven't made contact with the Australian branch yet.
	1:34pm Krys O.: Hi, Paul!
	1:34pm tom tom the pipers son: my grandfather on my polish side who died when my mother was a child drove a cab and boxed for a living, probably in amateur matches that invoolved money, in the lower east side
	1:35pm Black Cat: And remembering those who left on this day: 1910 - Thomas Crapper 1922 - Nellie Bly 1967 - Roger B. Chaffee, Gus Grissom, Ed White 1972 - Mahalia Jackson 1993 - André the Giant 2004 - Jack Paar 2014 - Pete Seeger 2021 - Cloris Leachman
	1:37pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:31 There are different types like obereks, mazurkas, etc. They can really swing fast or slow like a dirge. There is a Polish dance troupe called Mazowsze that performs the traditional music and they are a treat to watch. I recommend seeking out videos online. Very entertaining and athletic.
	1:37pm Robm: afternoon fellow roller coaster listeners
	1:38pm Krys O.: ↳ Black Cat @1:35 Right, Cloris. :( I adore Mahalia Jackson. Her piece in Imitation of Life always makes me weep.
	1:38pm Krys O.: Hello, Robm!
	1:40pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:37 went to my aunt's and uncle's 60th wedding anniversary and they still danced the polka like all get out. they were over eighty yrs old
	1:40pm Robm: ↳ Krys O. @1:38 hey krys just turned this on and love the polish music, kinda reminds me of dance with me stanley on friday at 6 on the mother ship
	1:42pm Krys O.: ↳ Robm @1:40 Yay! That's kind of you. I love DJ Stashu. My mom's nickname was Stasia short for Stanislawa.
	1:42pm HyperDose: Polish is such a beautiful language 😍
	👻 1:42pm fred: Unrelated, but the main driving force for noise/experimental music in Paris is from Poland (born and grew up there)
	1:42pm HyperDose: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:32 Please tell me he had a handlebar mustache
	1:43pm Robm: ↳ Krys O. @1:42 thats great, going to have to listen to the archive later for the first 30 minutes
	1:44pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:42 The Polish avant-garde has been around for a long time in music, film and theater. There's some great Polish experimental radio pieces on UbuWeb.
	1:44pm Handy Haversack: Krys, it's also the birthday of my dear aunt who died right around the same time as your mom -- she'd have been 97 today. Here's to all those we've lost. Thanks for the remembrance.
	1:44pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:32 jobber to the stars?
	1:45pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:44 condolences handy
	1:45pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:44 Aw, Handy. I feel for you.
	1:46pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:45 And I for you.
	1:47pm Krys O.: ↳ HyperDose @1:42 It's very hard. I never had any formal classes.
	👻 1:48pm yerfriendpaul: Enjoying these tunes/bands/recordings
	1:48pm Krys O.: ↳ yerfriendpaul @1:48 Glad to hear it!
	1:49pm Robm: @Handy and Krys i feel for both of you
	1:49pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Robm.
	1:50pm Krys O.: Much obliged, Robm.
	1:50pm Robm: your welcome both of you
	1:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thought i knew two phrases in polish but find no correlation on g-translate... give me a kiss (die-may boojie) and i'm cold or it's cold(jim-na)....(?)
	1:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Seminola" by "Orkiestra A.Golda i J.Petersburskiego" This is the band that is pictured at the top of the playlist page.
	👻 1:55pm fred: Krys, you should co-host for Stashu next marathon. You could give Polish nicknames to people who pledge enough
	1:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Seminola" by "Orkiestra A.Golda i J.Petersburskiego" there was a lot of romance about native americans in germany, (karl may) guess some on poland too
	1:55pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:52 One of my sisters had an ex-husband who knew those two phrases: bardzo ziemno (very cold) and Daj mi buzi (give me a kiss.)
	1:56pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:55 Ha!
	1:57pm Robm: ↳ fred @1:55 fred that’s a good idea
	1:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @1:55 ah...
	1:58pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:55 Even in the 70s, we would get letters (censored) from family in Poland asking if the streets were paved with gold and if Native Americans walked around in full dress. They also asked for blue jeans. We were poor, but we shipped hand-me-down clothes to them.
	1:58pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @1:55 In twenty-five years in Greenpoint, I've learned distressingly little Polish. I can read some of the signs (or know what they mean): Mowimy po Polsku, Ksiegarnia, Staropolski, Sklarz (a personal favorite). But otherwise I've leaned how to say "what a woman!"; "you asshole"; and "will you please turn the lights back on?" And of course the single most common word threaded through conversation here which is depressing but inescapable: coorva.
	2:00pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:58 I mean, I can also say "hello" and "thank you." I'm not THAT degenerate.
	2:00pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:58 LOL! My parents were very old-fashioned and we didn't hear that kind of profanity, especially from Mom. Dad would use phrases like 'dog's blood' or 'bright cholera'.
	2:01pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:58 i used to go to staropolski meats for kielbasa to bring tio my parents house
	👻 2:01pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:00 I'm sure you can, but why would you do that in NYC?
	2:02pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @2:00 Ha! "May you get the cholera" was one of the Yiddish curses my dad learned from his grandmother.
	2:02pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:01 We try to hold ourselves to a higher standard in Greenpoint.
	2:05pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Co Mówi Walenty (What Valentine Says)" by "Władys... The pronunciation that Ochrymowicz has is archaic and associated with Eastern Poland. My father spoke like that. The letter L with a line is usually a W sound, except to some in Eastern Poland. My mother would bicker with my father about who was right.
	2:07pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Józek i Maryna-Zalecanki (Joseph and Mary-Courtin... He just said she has no heart. LOL!
	2:08pm Krys O.: My siblings and I heard these voices a lot when my dad would play his 78s.
	👻 2:09pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:02 I actually was shocked at how friendly Americans are the one time I went there. That trip scrambled my mind. Back in Paris I said good morning to someone and they threatened to call the cops. Lesson learned
	2:12pm Krys O.: This is an in-depth article on the L stroke pronunciation conundrum: en.m.wikipedia.org...
	👻 2:13pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:05 Polish spelling/pronunciation looks very confusing indeed
	2:13pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @2:09 funny/strange how that friendliness does not translate into something positive for a majority of americans when traveling
	2:14pm Mr Fab: ↳ fred @2:09 Def a cultural difference. We have a lot of Armenian and Russian immigrants, and they scowl at everyone, like they're mad at you. They're not, they just don't understand the concept of being friendly to strangers.
	2:16pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:13 My mom used to get frustrated when I couldn't get the consonant combos like sczce just right. My maternal grandfather's first name was Wawrzyniec which is like Lawrence. That's a hard one. The RZ combo is hard to get perfect too.
	2:19pm Handy Haversack: fred, I don't think I'd told you. Voltron stone passed out on Monday. Went down like he'd been shot, convulsed for 20 seconds, got up, walked out, and a minute later you couldn't tell anything had happened. $500 and two stressful bus rides later, "He seems to be in really good shape for eighteen! Let us know if it happens again." I think he was just reminding us of his importance.
	2:20pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:19 Oh, my! That's terrifying!
	👻 2:21pm fred: ↳ Mr Fab @2:14 I understand both that and the reaction I got. If someone is friendly in Paris, it's definitely a trap
	👻 2:22pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:19 NOOOOO!!!!!
	2:23pm Krys O.: I greet people in my neighborhood if I see them more than a few times even though we might not have formally met. If I see people at the bus stop regularly, I can engage in conversations with them if I sense they are open to it.
	2:23pm chresti: Hello Krys and coasters! Handy, I didn't know Voltron was 18?
	2:23pm Krys O.: Hi, chresti!
	2:24pm tom tom the pipers son: grew up with a dog that had epilepsy, first time it had a seizure was at night in bed w/ my parents, freaked them out, also had a cat with epilepsy, getting phenobarb and getting blood test done were a real pain
	👻 2:25pm fred: Then again, with all the focus on the Brothers, he had to pull rank somehow (I'm still worried)
	2:26pm Handy Haversack: ↳ chresti @2:23 Eighteen this June I think.
	2:26pm Krys O.: ↳ Song: "Lament Pijaka (Drunkard's Lament)" by "Fabian Oku... Fabia Okulski recorded a Polish version of Hallelujah, I'm a Bum that I played years ago on the Wiggle Room.
	2:27pm Krys O.: Voltron is about 95 in human years. I had a cat that lived to be 20 which is like 105 in human terms.
	2:27pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good afternoon, Krys and folks. I see today is Auschwitz Liberation Day, 1945.
	2:28pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:25 I think it must have been some sort of vasovagal reaction. He was in the middle of having a hairball. All else checked out: blood pressure, blood, urine, reactions, so they don't think it was a stroke or anything. His kidney levels are as good as they were when he was last in two years ago. We give him three(!) different supplements in his (terribly high-quality) food. We've had two cats make it to twenty-one and a dog to seventeen. If they can dodge cancer, we're good at keeping mammals going.
	2:28pm Krys O.: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @2:27 Hi, Ken! TCM is airing Shoah this afternoon.
	2:30pm chresti: One of my mother's cats lived to 21.
	2:31pm Sem: Good afternoon, Krys and all.
	2:31pm Krys O.: Hi, Sem!
	2:33pm Krys O.: I invariably mess up something with the playlist. I'm exhausted when I put this together. Mea culpa.
	👻 2:33pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:28 Are you thinking about getting another mammal to join? (I understand a dolphin would be tough in your current living space)
	2:34pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:33 Actually, yes. We are contemplating a puppy. In July.
	2:36pm tom tom the pipers son: was franka a woman?
	👻 2:38pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:33 I'm exhausted too, that's relatable
	2:40pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:36 No, that is a Polish male name. Frank Sinatra would be Franka too.
	2:41pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @2:40 ah, thought it would be remarkable for a female led quartet in 1926
	2:41pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:38 I'm up until midnight finishing the pre-recording after being up since 4 am. I'm bound to miss a title in the mic break.
	2:42pm Krys O.: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:41 It wouldn't be surprising. The 1920s were kind of hep in some ways.
	2:43pm tom tom the pipers son: u huh
	👻 2:45pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @2:41 I love your show, mistakes and all. I wouldn't have it any other way
	2:45pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:45 Thank you!
	2:46pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Krys O. @2:42 there was lil hardin in the u.s.
	2:47pm Handy Haversack: Thought I heard the knife grinder's truck out there and ran outside with my dirk, but I guess it was some other random bell.
	2:48pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:47 Seriously?
	2:50pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Krys. Have a restful afternoon!
	2:51pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Krys O. @2:48 Yeah, he comes by every couple of months. Works all of Brooklyn from what I can tell. Little green truck. Saved my good kitchen knife last year after I'd dropped it and bent the tip. Charged me $6!
	2:51pm Krys O.: Thanks, Ken!
	2:52pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Krys! An extremely enjoyable tribute. Jenki, jenki, jenki!
	2:52pm Krys O.: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:51 That is awesome!
	2:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks krys, have enjoyed the last two weeks
	2:52pm Jan Turkenburg: Thanks, Krys. Have been listening while sorting out family photos for my father's 90th birthday.
	2:53pm Krys O.: Thank you ever so much to everyone for being here. It means so much to me. Be well!
	👻 2:53pm WR: A lovely episode, Krys! Thank you very much. Here's to all the memories.
	2:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Jan Turkenburg @2:52 Great! My best wishes to your father, Jan!
	👻 2:54pm spodiodi: thanks again for sharing this wonderful music with us, Krys! ❤️
	👻 2:54pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:51 How much does he charge for your vorpal blade?
	2:56pm Handy Haversack: ↳ fred @2:54 An arm and a leg?
	2:56pm chresti: Thankski Krys!
	👻 2:57pm fred: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:56 That's just a flesh wound!
	2:57pm Krys O.: ↳ chresti @2:56 Tee hee!
	3:05pm Jim Price: Good show!
	5:34pm Stanley: Well, I much enjoyed this show. You are mad Krys but so am I. Keep up the good work.

Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from January 27, 2024

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