WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from February 17, 2024

Listener comments!
	6:02am fred: Good morning Brian and all
	⚡ 6:02am tom tom the pipers son: good morning brian and listeners, hope ms. currents is doing well...
	6:07am LiXiviated Life: I wanna sleep But NOOOOOO
	⚡ 6:07am Spikey BXL: Welcome back Brian, regards and well wishes to the mrs.
	⚡ 6:10am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & listeners. Everything you KNOW is wrong or to put it another way. I do not KNOW anything.
	6:11am Brian D: Fred! Tom Tom Tom! Lix! Spikey! Brian! All! Good morning! Mrs. Currents is doing well, all things considered. Thanks for asking. They found another broken bone in her wrist, so she's got a brace on her entire arm, like RoboCop.
	6:11am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @6:10 Knowledge is overrated.
	6:12am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: Wut up yall
	⚡ 6:12am tom tom the pipers son: re: image... an egyptian interviewer asked tucker carlson why he didn't ask putin about navalny, carlson replied 'every leader kills people, some kill more than others, leadership requires killing people'
	6:13am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:12 Sadly, he's not wrong.
	6:13am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:12 Was Tucker allowed to leave Russia yet?
	⚡ 6:14am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:13 i would think he's free to come and go as he pleases there.
	6:15am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:11 Knowledge is belief that happens to be right. In some cases one can tell, but these are few and far between
	6:16am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. We are covered in 4 inches of snow ❄️.
	⚡ 6:16am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:13 i guess it's a matter of priorities and what the bottom line is
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:15 I believe you're right, Fred.
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @6:16 Greetings Cooh.
	6:18am Fred and Alan: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:13 Listener Jonny in MA Hello and Love from Fred and Alan
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:16 Name the US president who said, albeit in jest, "Turns out I'm good at killing people."
	6:19am Fred and Alan: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:07 SPIKEY BXL LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	⚡ 6:19am Spikey BXL: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:19 Good morning dear gents, hope you are well. Big love and respect.
	⚡ 6:20am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:18 that was Barack, wasn't it?
	6:20am Fredericks: ↳ Brian D @6:18 Obama!?
	6:20am Fred and Alan: ↳ Brian D @6:18 BRIAN D GOOD MORNING FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:21am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @6:20 5 points for Spikey and Fredericks. Again, it was joke, but a dark one at best.
	⚡ 6:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:18 i think i know...:/ navalny and assange kind of echo each other
	6:21am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:14 I don't assume that to be the case.
	6:21am Brian D: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:20 Greetings Fred and Alan!
	6:22am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 Both have/had large egos. But I think you have to to do the stuff they are/were doing.
	6:22am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:18 Hi Fred and Alan! I hope that you are well! You are up early today!
	6:23am StringOFperils: What's on every Russian's mind? >> You know I think. I think you know.
	⚡ 6:25am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:22 knowingly going back to what had to be certain death in Russia.. that was something else
	⚡ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:21 he was given first class accommodations when he was there
	6:26am fred: ↳ StringOFperils @6:23 Put a comma in the middle of either phrase and the meaning changes. Commas are powerful beyond their size
	⚡ 6:27am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @6:23 MAP mutually assured paranoia
	6:28am StringOFperils: ↳ fred @6:26 The thoughts were intended in tandem. There is NO you in that construct. There is only ever and forever the state.
	6:28am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:25 Yep. Either strong belief in the cause or that you're infallible. Maybe both.
	6:32am Fred and Alan: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:22 Alan always gets up early and its snowing here in Central New Jersey
	6:36am fred: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:25 He had to know he would be killed, no matter where he went. Being killed in Russia might have seemed worth a shot, given the lack of consequences when Putin killed people in the supposed safer west
	6:39am StringOFperils: 'We control life, Winston, at all its levels. You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable. Or perhaps you have returned to your old idea that the proletarians or the slaves will arise and overthrow us. Put it out of your mind. They are helpless, like the animals. Humanity is the Party. The others are outside -- irrelevant.'
	6:40am TDK60: Hello.
	6:43am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:36 Fair point, that.
	6:43am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @6:40 Greetings TDK.
	6:44am Toothgrinder Tom: It’s a level of courage we’re not used to seeing.
	⚡ 6:44am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:43 And I guess 'choosing' this option, gave him the comfort of thinking he was taking the threat away from te immediate proximity his loved ones although the mind boggles at what his thinking must have been at that point
	6:45am fred: Speaking of Indonesia, a coworker will be in Bali and Sumatra in the coming weeks, he's looking for recommendations about music there. Does anyone have information?
	6:50am StringOFperils: Hope everyone's having a genuinely good morning out there, and that the grimness slides right off. Keep your eyes open, but always keep your heart open as well. Never submit to fear.
	6:51am Brian D: ↳ StringOFperils @6:50 Good morning String. Well said.
	⚡ 6:53am Spikey BXL: ↳ fred @6:45 Gimme Shelter is a bar in Canggu, south of Bali. Friend of a friend who used to frequent our favourite place in Brussels, the DNA bar. He's tried to create a copy of it there. Occasional live shows, HC/punkrock oriented.
	6:55am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian and all those tuned in...
	6:55am pgalub: Good morning, Brian and everyone.
	6:56am rich in angleton: good morning Brian and everyone in radioland!
	6:56am Brian D: Strand! Mr. Galub! Rich!
	⚡ 6:56am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Movements 8 and 9" by "Floating Points, Pharoah S... nice to hear this again, was getting airplay on fmu a while ago, makes me think of, wonder if it was, inspiration for the andre 3000 recent release
	⚡ 6:57am Spikey BXL: ↳ fred @6:45 And another one from my source, won't even translate it as there is no need for you: Sinon, c'est + hiphop et musique commerciale mais à Canggu, les gens vont bcp au Old Man qui ferme vers 1h du matin et puis il y a des dj sets sur la plage juste à côté.
	6:58am Cooh John: Pearls of wisdom. StringOFperils.
	6:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:56 It's really a beautiful record. Gets regular airplay at Casa Currents.
	⚡ 7:00am Spikey BXL: Gotta jet - will pick up on archive. Have a great weekend all. Be a good nurse to Robowife, Brian.
	7:01am fred: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:57 Thanks! The guy is a surfer, this might be helpful
	7:03am fred: ↳ Song: "Gimme Shelter" by "Rolling Stones" Wow! Quick thinking there Brian, matching both the topic and the unrelated playlist comments
	7:03am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:00 Thanks Spikey. Trying...
	7:04am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:03 I'm nothing if not a quick thinker, Fred.
	7:04am Spikey BXL: Love that pick. (From the car)
	7:05am Mattynotimes: This song never gets old for me
	7:05am StringOFperils: Anastasia screamed in vain. Quick thinking indeed
	⚡ 7:05am tom tom the pipers son: merry clayton singing "background"
	7:07am StringOFperils: That was a really GOOD wrong song, though.
	7:08am Brian D: ↳ Mattynotimes @7:05 Matty! With you there, sir.
	7:08am Brian D: ↳ StringOFperils @7:07 You're right, String. Maybe a two-fer...
	7:11am Mark in Columbus OH: How could you cut off Hickory Wind?! My favorite siong of all time. You’re killin me
	⚡ 7:11am tom tom the pipers son: listening to a podcast about parsons and the byrds, a bit of a trickster, auditioned as a keyboard player, with designs on taking over band
	7:13am Brian D: ↳ Mark in Columbus OH @7:11 I'll play it in full, Mark. Stay tuned.
	7:13am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Midnight Ravers" by "Bob Marley & The Wailers" Oh, I didn't know Family Man Barrett had passed. What a bassist. Got to hear him live.
	7:16am Doug in MP: Good morning. I thought we were only getting half an inch of snow overnight but that was clearly incorrect
	7:18am Mark in Columbus OH: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
	⚡ 7:20am tom tom the pipers son: parsons and the byrds cut their hair before playing the opry, but changed their set list mid stream and were never invited back, as rigid as the opry was
	7:24am StringOFperils: Nice mix Upsettah, fe make me buttah dish resonate!
	⚡ 7:24am tom tom the pipers son: dig the upsetters most of all
	7:25am Cooh John: Hi Mark in Columbus. Following the Scioto on my wintery way to work.
	7:28am goes211: Always great tunes AND information on this show. Thank you, Brian.
	7:34am Brian D: ↳ goes211 @7:28 Sometimes misinformation (unintentionally), but thank you, goes.
	7:34am Robm: ↳ Doug in MP @7:16 doug i live in madison, looking like a couple of inches howdy fellow listeners
	⚡ 7:44am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian: supposed to snow until 10am, so you'll get prettiness on the way home...
	7:47am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:44 Yeah, it wasn't snowing last I looked out the window but it's coming down again.
	⚡ 7:51am tom tom the pipers son: don't know if anyone saw headline in ny times that wasn't there very long, that u.s. was investigating "IF" any of its weapons were used to harm palestinian civilians
	⚡ 7:52am Brian in UK: Brian, you may well be aware of this programme, it gives a view of what is happening around the world. www.bbc.co.uk...
	7:54am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @7:52 Yep, listen to it frequently. Thanks for sharing on here...
	7:54am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:51 You have to scroll down the homepage pretty far before you even get to Gaza...
	7:55am Robm: ↳ Brian in UK @7:52 i love that show and the beeb in general, get better news about this country then the cable news channels do
	7:55am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Artificial Limits" by "Torres" John Pilger's obit in the New York Times. He probably had more than a few acerbic comments /about/ the New York Times in his career. Ha! Rest in power.
	7:57am Re6ecca: Love this song by Torres, never heard them.
	7:58am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @7:55 Indeed. Great journalist.
	7:58am Brian D: ↳ Re6ecca @7:57 Good morning Becky! Yes, record is really good.
	7:58am morphe': Just got in from getting my butt kicked in Ping Pong by my 12 y/o Simon... must go back to the park ... he forot is sweatshirt ... might be back by 9nyc??? if no .. thanks BD and all !!!
	8:00am Brian D: Morphe! Simon's a ringer!
	8:01am fred: ↳ Song: "Teardrop" by "Massive Attack" Appropriate to the snow talk for me: I remember walking home for hours after a snowstorm many years ago, walking on a highway stretch that was blocked by trucks that had slipped and crashed across it. Mezzanine happened to be what I was listening to, so I still associate that record with cold
	⚡ 8:03am tom tom the pipers son: one sort of irksome detail in democracy now's coverage of the death of a 6 yr old palestinian girl which in the end doesn't matter very much, a harrowing soundclip of someone makinga call to un forces during an attack on palestians in a car by israeli forces, first reported that tha call was by a 15 yr old girl, which the voice sounds like, now democracy now has been reporting that the call was made by the 6 yr old girl, which doesn't make sense on a couple of levels, don't know if democracy now is manicuring story for maximum effect....(?)
	8:09am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:03 In fairness, that story was happening in real time.
	8:12am fred: I actually like Earthling, though not as much as Outside
	8:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:12 My list constantly changes.
	8:14am TDK60: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:03 tom tom: It wasn't the UN they called but the Red Crescent whose two ambulance workers on the way to help were also murdered.
	⚡ 8:16am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:09 but would a six year old palestinian girl have a cell phone or the where-with-all to make a call to the u.n. and the voice sounds like someone older, it's a messy detail, which doesn't matter in the end, but still.... oh ok, red crescent
	8:18am Strandlund: Really enjoying the show, Brian. Love your playlist every week!!
	8:19am dday: ↳ StringOFperils @6:39 and: www.youtube.com...
	8:24am Strandlund: RIP Mojo Nixon...:(
	8:24am StringOFperils: ↳ dday @8:19 Strange synchronicity: The last thing I did before falling asleep last night was to watch 3 old episodes of TZ, something I haven't done for years. But I don't think I've ever seen this one! Thanks!...Perennial theme. :(
	8:25am ∫ydniuß: nfl fans have letters for you: M O J O
	8:26am dday: ↳ StringOFperils @8:24 Getting closer every day
	8:28am Drewid: I thought Elvis is everywhere!
	8:28am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:16 Some reports said the call was made by a teenager, who was then shot and the younger kid kept talking. I think this is reasonable, not meaning it's true. What's your point?
	8:29am StringOFperils: ↳ Drewid @8:28 Not in Michael J. Fox
	8:31am Lyoobloo Russkaya: I hate the Super Bowl...lets play something about the Super Bowl...drrrrrrrr
	8:32am Nina: Sooooooo good!!!
	8:34am StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Looking for a Kiss" by "New York Dolls" I lick the sidewalk of St. Mark's Place in honour of this record. Mmmmm. Tastes like trash.
	8:35am DC: Too many UUUUHHHHH verbal UUUUHHHHHH pauses between UUUUUHHHHHHHH words Have a plan, make notes, rehearse Your approach to your presentation is UUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHH embarrassing
	8:35am fred: ↳ StringOFperils @8:34 This doesn't sound very sanitary
	8:36am ∫ydniuß: I mean, this guy 👆🏻 could have been there. Ugh.
	⚡ 8:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:28 i only heard one voice on that clip, possible that it goes on for longer. the point just being one of accuracy and artificially increasing the pathos of the story by making the main victim of the atrocity a small child rather than the teenager or rest of the people in the car. democracy now is saying the 6 yr old made the call now after reporting that it was the 15 yr old
	8:37am fred: ↳ DC @8:35 UUUUHHHmbrellas, is that planned enough?
	8:39am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:36 Changing a story without explaining why is a flaring red flag indeed
	⚡ 8:39am Bobby: Enjoyed the show. Thanks, DJ
	8:41am StringOFperils: ↳ fred @8:35 Understatement of the year. That sidewalk has a veneer that would baffle science.
	8:41am slugluv1313: good morning, Brian! Everyone! been listening/lurking -- thanks so much for the fantastic show!😺😺
	8:43am rich in angleton: I see what you did there Brian!
	⚡ 8:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:36 it is shameful to use the word pathos to describe an event that is beyond words we have
	8:44am fred: ↳ StringOFperils @8:41 Once it melds with roaches, it will become the species that inherit this planet
	8:45am Erin in Boston: Hay DJ! the audio on your spoken word clips is too low. Needs to go louder! Great show thank you 4 rocking.
	⚡ 8:45am tom tom the pipers son: isn't st marks place filled with nondescript shops now?
	8:45am fred: ↳ Song: "Clip: France24-France plans to revoke birthplace ... Not just there, actually
	8:45am dday: The Man in Black still rigs "true" www.youtube.com...
	8:45am dday: ↳ dday @8:45 rings damn keyboard :)
	8:46am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning
	8:47am TDK60: tom tom. I saw that D.N. report. I recall they said that a 15 year-old made an initial call. Then, the 6 year-old made another call from the same phone apparently. Have they retracted this?
	8:48am StringOFperils: ↳ fred @8:44 I haven't been down there for a while, but back in the day, that process was well under way, ha ha! The kind of place where the trash bags looked like they heartbeats, where you looked into the grimy fly-flecked shadows only to find something was looking back at you. The Dolls got all their clothes down there.
	8:48am northguineahills: somehow awake.... diggery ensuing...
	8:48am ∫ydniuß: thanks for the amps Brian! gotta run
	⚡ 8:49am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ TDK60 @8:47 i haven't seen that report, and they've only played clip with voice that sounds like 15 yr old and say it's the 6 yr old
	⚡ 8:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @8:48 trash and vaudville
	8:51am dday: ↳ northguineahills @8:48 How you doin'?
	8:51am geeked gerkin: ↳ fred @8:12 Re Bowie’s “edm” motifs: yes, I was having same thoughts. Outside is … well, more outside! Despite an album like “dud on arrival” black tie white noise - I have fun revisiting that album as well as so many others. When’s the last time one spun either Tin Machine? Worthy stuff.
	8:51am Nina: Fantastic show. So good!
	8:51am TDK60: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:49 Maybe you could ask them to clarify.
	8:51am Barbie: Hey Brian thanks for another great show
	8:51am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:45 Not entirely. Village Works is there.
	8:51am StringOFperils: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:50 Yep! Did some shopping there myself.
	⚡ 8:51am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ TDK60 @8:51 i was looking into contacting them
	8:52am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:45 I know. Saw headlines that this was really about maintaining "French identity and culture."
	⚡ 8:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:51 good to hear
	8:53am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @8:51 Hi Barbie! Thanks for the company and stuff for Mrs. Currents the other day.
	⚡ 8:53am tom tom the pipers son: good morning ngh... how's it going? how was night out w/ friends
	8:53am TDK60: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:51 Maybe watch/listen to the /whole/ report, also maybe read their text transcript. And, get back to us later if you do contact.
	8:54am fred: ↳ Brian D @8:52 French identity and culture is a mongrel thing, as are many cultures that are alive
	8:55am morphe': BD - Tralee has hit the BIG TIME --- a teen [Morris O'Shea Salazaar] turned up in Killoragin [mid-way bet Tralee and Killarney] in the 2000s after his father was killed in "a car accident" in Mexico... His mother was/is Salazaar = the sister/cousin of El Chapo's 1st wife = the mother of los Chapitos ... Morris O’Shea Salazar is 0n the top 10 of Interpol at the moment for drug trafficking and Tralee/Cork-Cobh port is/are the epicenter at the moment ... https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/notorious-sinaloa-cartel-suspected-to-be-behind-plot-to-export-32m-of-crystal-meth-from-ireland/a1331461947.html
	⚡ 8:55am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ TDK60 @8:53 yes i may have some gaps my viewing
	8:56am northguineahills: ↳ fred @8:54 "hon hon hon"? just joshing!
	8:57am northguineahills: brian, this has been beautiful, thank you!
	8:57am fred: ↳ northguineahills @8:56 Are you going to Florida?
	8:58am Brian D: Quick goodbye, folks. Thanks for joining me... uh um... stay safe!
	⚡ 8:58am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian, best healthy thoughts to you ans ms. currents
	8:58am rich in angleton: great show Brian! soulside!!! this is such a great record!
	8:58am TDK60: (Did we ever hear Mojo Nixon? He's everywhere now.) Gracias, Brian.
	8:59am StringOFperils: Thanks, Brian. Soldier on, everyone! (without actually being one, if possible)
	8:59am bleubombersune: Brian D Thank U 4 the music All stay safe and be well
	9:00am dday: ↳ TDK60 @8:53 It seems to have been reported correctly. The 15 year old initiated the call to the Red Crescent. Car was fired upon killing all but the 6 year old. Phone line seems left open. 6 year old scared asking for help from Red Crescent. Ambulance sent, workers & 6 year old were then killed. horrible story no matter what the details. www.democracynow.org...

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Jessica Jennifer Williams	The Weapon of Truth	Orgonomic Music	Modern Harmonic		0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Hailu Mergia	Yetawat Hilm "Yetawat Hilm" by "Hailu Mergia"	Pioneer Works Swing (Live)	Awesome Tapes From Africa		0:07:12 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: ABC Australia-Indonesia election results in	n/a	n/a	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/world/asia/indonesia-election-jokowi-role.html	0:15:16 (Pop-up)
Ewart Asplund Ricks Trio	The Determination to Be Free	Emphatic Now	Neuma Records	R.I.P. Joe Madison: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/business/media/joe-madison-dead.html	0:16:38 (Pop-up)
Francisco Mela feat. Cooper-Moore and William Parker	Earth	Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 3	577 Records		0:22:27 (Pop-up)

Jon Christopher Nelson	Toward The Event Horizon	The Persistence of Time and Memory	Neuma Records		0:41:43 (Pop-up)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra	Movements 8 and 9	Promises	Luaka Bop		0:50:38 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: BBC-migrating species facing extinction	n/a	n/a		1:00:19 (Pop-up)
Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter "Gimme Shelter" by "Rolling Stones"	Let It Bleed	Decca/London Records		1:00:48 (Pop-up)
Gram Parsons	Love Hurts "Love Hurts" by "Gram Parsons"	Grievous Angel	VMP Country		1:05:27 (Pop-up)
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Midnight Ravers	Catch A Fire	Tuff Gong/Island	R.I.P. Aston “Family Man” Barrett: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/arts/music/aston-barrett-dead.html	1:11:00 (Pop-up)

Gram Parsons	Hickory Wind "Hickory Wind" by "Gram Parsons"	Grievous Angel	VMP Country		1:17:00 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: SBU Journalism-death of disability activist Brooke Ellison	n/a	n/a	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/health/brooke-ellison-dead.html	1:21:10 (Pop-up)
The Upsetters	Night Doctor "Night Doctor" by "The Upsetters"	The Upsetter	Trojan	R.I.P. Jon Franklin: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/business/media/jon-franklin-dead.html https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/line-by-line-mrs-kellys-monster-how-jon-franklin-wrote-a-classic/	1:22:10 (Pop-up)

Califone	McMansions "McMansions" by "Califone"	Villagers	Jealous Butcher Records		1:30:32 (Pop-up)
Pete Astor	The Emperor, the Dealer and the Birthday Boy	Tall Stories and New Religions	Tapete Records		1:38:13 (Pop-up)

Annie Hart	The Earth Loves You Back	Orindal Records Sampler Vol. 4: Powerful Forces Beyond Our Understanding	Ordinal Records		1:42:02 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: CBC-European leaders call for self-reliance after Trump NATO comments	n/a	n/a	https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68273449	1:48:06 (Pop-up)
Torres	Artificial Limits "Artificial Limits" by "Torres"	What An Enormous Room	Merge	R.I.P. John Pilger: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/business/media/john-pilger-dead.html	1:49:28 (Pop-up)
Massive Attack	Teardrop "Teardrop" by "Massive Attack"	Mezzanine	Virgin/Circa		1:55:18 (Pop-up)
The Good, the Bad & the Queen	Nature Springs	The Good, the Bad & the Queen	Parlophone, Honest Jon's, EMI, Virgin		2:00:52 (Pop-up)

David Bowie	Little Wonder (Danny Saber Dance Mix)	Earthling	Arista/BMG/RCA/Virgin		2:08:02 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: VTV News-Death of activist Merle Ratner	n/a	n/a	https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/08/east-village-anti-war-activist-fatally-struck-by-tow-truck-driver/	2:13:41 (Pop-up)
Devon Welsh	You Can Do Anything "You Can Do Anything" by "Devon Welsh"	Come With Me If You Want to Live	American Dreams		2:14:54 (Pop-up)

Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon	The Lost World	Alternative Tentacles For Beginners 2014 Sampler	Alternative Tentacles	R.I.P. Mojo Nixon: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/arts/music/mojo-nixon-dead.html	2:21:40 (Pop-up)
Fish Karma	God is a Groovy Guy "God is a Groovy Guy" by "Fish Karma"	Teddy in the Sky with Magnets	Triple X / Triple Nixxxon		2:25:21 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: SNL-Super Sunday "Clip: SNL-Super Sunday" by "n/a"	n/a	n/a		2:28:56 (Pop-up)
New York Dolls	Looking for a Kiss	New York Dolls	Mercury	R.I.P. Steve Ostrow: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/14/steve-ostrow-icon-of-gay-nightlife-dies-ages-91	2:31:36 (Pop-up)
The Umbrellas	Say What You Mean "Say What You Mean" by "The Umbrellas"	Fairweather Friend	Slumberland Records		2:35:00 (Pop-up)
n/a	Clip: France24-France plans to revoke birthplace citizenship in Mayotte	n/a	n/a		2:39:22 (Pop-up)
Newtown Neurotics	I Get On Your Nerves	Cognitive Dissidents	Cadiz Music		2:40:40 (Pop-up)
Das Damen	House of Mirrors "House of Mirrors" by "Das Damen"	1986: Keeps Me Wild	Dromedary		2:46:36 (Pop-up)
Morwan	Topoli "Topoli" by "Morwan"	Suitaye Palaye	Feel It Records		2:49:31 (Pop-up)
Soulside	Runner "Runner" by "Soulside"	A Brief Moment in the Sun	Dischord Records		2:55:54 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:02am fred: Good morning Brian and all
	⚡ 6:02am tom tom the pipers son: good morning brian and listeners, hope ms. currents is doing well...
	6:07am LiXiviated Life: I wanna sleep But NOOOOOO
	⚡ 6:07am Spikey BXL: Welcome back Brian, regards and well wishes to the mrs.
	⚡ 6:10am Brian in UK: Hello Brian & listeners. Everything you KNOW is wrong or to put it another way. I do not KNOW anything.
	6:11am Brian D: Fred! Tom Tom Tom! Lix! Spikey! Brian! All! Good morning! Mrs. Currents is doing well, all things considered. Thanks for asking. They found another broken bone in her wrist, so she's got a brace on her entire arm, like RoboCop.
	6:11am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @6:10 Knowledge is overrated.
	6:12am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: Wut up yall
	⚡ 6:12am tom tom the pipers son: re: image... an egyptian interviewer asked tucker carlson why he didn't ask putin about navalny, carlson replied 'every leader kills people, some kill more than others, leadership requires killing people'
	6:13am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:12 Sadly, he's not wrong.
	6:13am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:12 Was Tucker allowed to leave Russia yet?
	⚡ 6:14am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:13 i would think he's free to come and go as he pleases there.
	6:15am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:11 Knowledge is belief that happens to be right. In some cases one can tell, but these are few and far between
	6:16am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. We are covered in 4 inches of snow ❄️.
	⚡ 6:16am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:13 i guess it's a matter of priorities and what the bottom line is
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:15 I believe you're right, Fred.
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @6:16 Greetings Cooh.
	6:18am Fred and Alan: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:13 Listener Jonny in MA Hello and Love from Fred and Alan
	6:18am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:16 Name the US president who said, albeit in jest, "Turns out I'm good at killing people."
	6:19am Fred and Alan: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:07 SPIKEY BXL LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	⚡ 6:19am Spikey BXL: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:19 Good morning dear gents, hope you are well. Big love and respect.
	⚡ 6:20am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:18 that was Barack, wasn't it?
	6:20am Fredericks: ↳ Brian D @6:18 Obama!?
	6:20am Fred and Alan: ↳ Brian D @6:18 BRIAN D GOOD MORNING FROM FRED AND ALAN
	6:21am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @6:20 5 points for Spikey and Fredericks. Again, it was joke, but a dark one at best.
	⚡ 6:21am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:18 i think i know...:/ navalny and assange kind of echo each other
	6:21am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:14 I don't assume that to be the case.
	6:21am Brian D: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:20 Greetings Fred and Alan!
	6:22am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 Both have/had large egos. But I think you have to to do the stuff they are/were doing.
	6:22am Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b: ↳ Fred and Alan @6:18 Hi Fred and Alan! I hope that you are well! You are up early today!
	6:23am StringOFperils: What's on every Russian's mind? >> You know I think. I think you know.
	⚡ 6:25am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:22 knowingly going back to what had to be certain death in Russia.. that was something else
	⚡ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:21 he was given first class accommodations when he was there
	6:26am fred: ↳ StringOFperils @6:23 Put a comma in the middle of either phrase and the meaning changes. Commas are powerful beyond their size
	⚡ 6:27am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @6:23 MAP mutually assured paranoia
	6:28am StringOFperils: ↳ fred @6:26 The thoughts were intended in tandem. There is NO you in that construct. There is only ever and forever the state.
	6:28am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:25 Yep. Either strong belief in the cause or that you're infallible. Maybe both.
	6:32am Fred and Alan: ↳ Listener Jonny in MA............. d-_-b @6:22 Alan always gets up early and its snowing here in Central New Jersey
	6:36am fred: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:25 He had to know he would be killed, no matter where he went. Being killed in Russia might have seemed worth a shot, given the lack of consequences when Putin killed people in the supposed safer west
	6:39am StringOFperils: 'We control life, Winston, at all its levels. You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable. Or perhaps you have returned to your old idea that the proletarians or the slaves will arise and overthrow us. Put it out of your mind. They are helpless, like the animals. Humanity is the Party. The others are outside -- irrelevant.'
	6:40am TDK60: Hello.
	6:43am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:36 Fair point, that.
	6:43am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @6:40 Greetings TDK.
	6:44am Toothgrinder Tom: It’s a level of courage we’re not used to seeing.
	⚡ 6:44am Spikey BXL: ↳ Brian D @6:43 And I guess 'choosing' this option, gave him the comfort of thinking he was taking the threat away from te immediate proximity his loved ones although the mind boggles at what his thinking must have been at that point
	6:45am fred: Speaking of Indonesia, a coworker will be in Bali and Sumatra in the coming weeks, he's looking for recommendations about music there. Does anyone have information?
	6:50am StringOFperils: Hope everyone's having a genuinely good morning out there, and that the grimness slides right off. Keep your eyes open, but always keep your heart open as well. Never submit to fear.
	6:51am Brian D: ↳ StringOFperils @6:50 Good morning String. Well said.
	⚡ 6:53am Spikey BXL: ↳ fred @6:45 Gimme Shelter is a bar in Canggu, south of Bali. Friend of a friend who used to frequent our favourite place in Brussels, the DNA bar. He's tried to create a copy of it there. Occasional live shows, HC/punkrock oriented.
	6:55am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian and all those tuned in...
	6:55am pgalub: Good morning, Brian and everyone.
	6:56am rich in angleton: good morning Brian and everyone in radioland!
	6:56am Brian D: Strand! Mr. Galub! Rich!
	⚡ 6:56am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Movements 8 and 9" by "Floating Points, Pharoah S... nice to hear this again, was getting airplay on fmu a while ago, makes me think of, wonder if it was, inspiration for the andre 3000 recent release
	⚡ 6:57am Spikey BXL: ↳ fred @6:45 And another one from my source, won't even translate it as there is no need for you: Sinon, c'est + hiphop et musique commerciale mais à Canggu, les gens vont bcp au Old Man qui ferme vers 1h du matin et puis il y a des dj sets sur la plage juste à côté.
	6:58am Cooh John: Pearls of wisdom. StringOFperils.
	6:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:56 It's really a beautiful record. Gets regular airplay at Casa Currents.
	⚡ 7:00am Spikey BXL: Gotta jet - will pick up on archive. Have a great weekend all. Be a good nurse to Robowife, Brian.
	7:01am fred: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:57 Thanks! The guy is a surfer, this might be helpful
	7:03am fred: ↳ Song: "Gimme Shelter" by "Rolling Stones" Wow! Quick thinking there Brian, matching both the topic and the unrelated playlist comments
	7:03am Brian D: ↳ Spikey BXL @7:00 Thanks Spikey. Trying...
	7:04am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:03 I'm nothing if not a quick thinker, Fred.
	7:04am Spikey BXL: Love that pick. (From the car)
	7:05am Mattynotimes: This song never gets old for me
	7:05am StringOFperils: Anastasia screamed in vain. Quick thinking indeed
	⚡ 7:05am tom tom the pipers son: merry clayton singing "background"
	7:07am StringOFperils: That was a really GOOD wrong song, though.
	7:08am Brian D: ↳ Mattynotimes @7:05 Matty! With you there, sir.
	7:08am Brian D: ↳ StringOFperils @7:07 You're right, String. Maybe a two-fer...
	7:11am Mark in Columbus OH: How could you cut off Hickory Wind?! My favorite siong of all time. You’re killin me
	⚡ 7:11am tom tom the pipers son: listening to a podcast about parsons and the byrds, a bit of a trickster, auditioned as a keyboard player, with designs on taking over band
	7:13am Brian D: ↳ Mark in Columbus OH @7:11 I'll play it in full, Mark. Stay tuned.
	7:13am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Midnight Ravers" by "Bob Marley & The Wailers" Oh, I didn't know Family Man Barrett had passed. What a bassist. Got to hear him live.
	7:16am Doug in MP: Good morning. I thought we were only getting half an inch of snow overnight but that was clearly incorrect
	7:18am Mark in Columbus OH: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
	⚡ 7:20am tom tom the pipers son: parsons and the byrds cut their hair before playing the opry, but changed their set list mid stream and were never invited back, as rigid as the opry was
	7:24am StringOFperils: Nice mix Upsettah, fe make me buttah dish resonate!
	⚡ 7:24am tom tom the pipers son: dig the upsetters most of all
	7:25am Cooh John: Hi Mark in Columbus. Following the Scioto on my wintery way to work.
	7:28am goes211: Always great tunes AND information on this show. Thank you, Brian.
	7:34am Brian D: ↳ goes211 @7:28 Sometimes misinformation (unintentionally), but thank you, goes.
	7:34am Robm: ↳ Doug in MP @7:16 doug i live in madison, looking like a couple of inches howdy fellow listeners
	⚡ 7:44am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian: supposed to snow until 10am, so you'll get prettiness on the way home...
	7:47am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:44 Yeah, it wasn't snowing last I looked out the window but it's coming down again.
	⚡ 7:51am tom tom the pipers son: don't know if anyone saw headline in ny times that wasn't there very long, that u.s. was investigating "IF" any of its weapons were used to harm palestinian civilians
	⚡ 7:52am Brian in UK: Brian, you may well be aware of this programme, it gives a view of what is happening around the world. www.bbc.co.uk...
	7:54am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @7:52 Yep, listen to it frequently. Thanks for sharing on here...
	7:54am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:51 You have to scroll down the homepage pretty far before you even get to Gaza...
	7:55am Robm: ↳ Brian in UK @7:52 i love that show and the beeb in general, get better news about this country then the cable news channels do
	7:55am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Artificial Limits" by "Torres" John Pilger's obit in the New York Times. He probably had more than a few acerbic comments /about/ the New York Times in his career. Ha! Rest in power.
	7:57am Re6ecca: Love this song by Torres, never heard them.
	7:58am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @7:55 Indeed. Great journalist.
	7:58am Brian D: ↳ Re6ecca @7:57 Good morning Becky! Yes, record is really good.
	7:58am morphe': Just got in from getting my butt kicked in Ping Pong by my 12 y/o Simon... must go back to the park ... he forot is sweatshirt ... might be back by 9nyc??? if no .. thanks BD and all !!!
	8:00am Brian D: Morphe! Simon's a ringer!
	8:01am fred: ↳ Song: "Teardrop" by "Massive Attack" Appropriate to the snow talk for me: I remember walking home for hours after a snowstorm many years ago, walking on a highway stretch that was blocked by trucks that had slipped and crashed across it. Mezzanine happened to be what I was listening to, so I still associate that record with cold
	⚡ 8:03am tom tom the pipers son: one sort of irksome detail in democracy now's coverage of the death of a 6 yr old palestinian girl which in the end doesn't matter very much, a harrowing soundclip of someone makinga call to un forces during an attack on palestians in a car by israeli forces, first reported that tha call was by a 15 yr old girl, which the voice sounds like, now democracy now has been reporting that the call was made by the 6 yr old girl, which doesn't make sense on a couple of levels, don't know if democracy now is manicuring story for maximum effect....(?)
	8:09am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:03 In fairness, that story was happening in real time.
	8:12am fred: I actually like Earthling, though not as much as Outside
	8:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:12 My list constantly changes.
	8:14am TDK60: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:03 tom tom: It wasn't the UN they called but the Red Crescent whose two ambulance workers on the way to help were also murdered.
	⚡ 8:16am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:09 but would a six year old palestinian girl have a cell phone or the where-with-all to make a call to the u.n. and the voice sounds like someone older, it's a messy detail, which doesn't matter in the end, but still.... oh ok, red crescent
	8:18am Strandlund: Really enjoying the show, Brian. Love your playlist every week!!
	8:19am dday: ↳ StringOFperils @6:39 and: www.youtube.com...
	8:24am Strandlund: RIP Mojo Nixon...:(
	8:24am StringOFperils: ↳ dday @8:19 Strange synchronicity: The last thing I did before falling asleep last night was to watch 3 old episodes of TZ, something I haven't done for years. But I don't think I've ever seen this one! Thanks!...Perennial theme. :(
	8:25am ∫ydniuß: nfl fans have letters for you: M O J O
	8:26am dday: ↳ StringOFperils @8:24 Getting closer every day
	8:28am Drewid: I thought Elvis is everywhere!
	8:28am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:16 Some reports said the call was made by a teenager, who was then shot and the younger kid kept talking. I think this is reasonable, not meaning it's true. What's your point?
	8:29am StringOFperils: ↳ Drewid @8:28 Not in Michael J. Fox
	8:31am Lyoobloo Russkaya: I hate the Super Bowl...lets play something about the Super Bowl...drrrrrrrr
	8:32am Nina: Sooooooo good!!!
	8:34am StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Looking for a Kiss" by "New York Dolls" I lick the sidewalk of St. Mark's Place in honour of this record. Mmmmm. Tastes like trash.
	8:35am DC: Too many UUUUHHHHH verbal UUUUHHHHHH pauses between UUUUUHHHHHHHH words Have a plan, make notes, rehearse Your approach to your presentation is UUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHH embarrassing
	8:35am fred: ↳ StringOFperils @8:34 This doesn't sound very sanitary
	8:36am ∫ydniuß: I mean, this guy 👆🏻 could have been there. Ugh.
	⚡ 8:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @8:28 i only heard one voice on that clip, possible that it goes on for longer. the point just being one of accuracy and artificially increasing the pathos of the story by making the main victim of the atrocity a small child rather than the teenager or rest of the people in the car. democracy now is saying the 6 yr old made the call now after reporting that it was the 15 yr old
	8:37am fred: ↳ DC @8:35 UUUUHHHmbrellas, is that planned enough?
	8:39am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:36 Changing a story without explaining why is a flaring red flag indeed
	⚡ 8:39am Bobby: Enjoyed the show. Thanks, DJ
	8:41am StringOFperils: ↳ fred @8:35 Understatement of the year. That sidewalk has a veneer that would baffle science.
	8:41am slugluv1313: good morning, Brian! Everyone! been listening/lurking -- thanks so much for the fantastic show!😺😺
	8:43am rich in angleton: I see what you did there Brian!
	⚡ 8:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:36 it is shameful to use the word pathos to describe an event that is beyond words we have
	8:44am fred: ↳ StringOFperils @8:41 Once it melds with roaches, it will become the species that inherit this planet
	8:45am Erin in Boston: Hay DJ! the audio on your spoken word clips is too low. Needs to go louder! Great show thank you 4 rocking.
	⚡ 8:45am tom tom the pipers son: isn't st marks place filled with nondescript shops now?
	8:45am fred: ↳ Song: "Clip: France24-France plans to revoke birthplace ... Not just there, actually
	8:45am dday: The Man in Black still rigs "true" www.youtube.com...
	8:45am dday: ↳ dday @8:45 rings damn keyboard :)
	8:46am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning
	8:47am TDK60: tom tom. I saw that D.N. report. I recall they said that a 15 year-old made an initial call. Then, the 6 year-old made another call from the same phone apparently. Have they retracted this?
	8:48am StringOFperils: ↳ fred @8:44 I haven't been down there for a while, but back in the day, that process was well under way, ha ha! The kind of place where the trash bags looked like they heartbeats, where you looked into the grimy fly-flecked shadows only to find something was looking back at you. The Dolls got all their clothes down there.
	8:48am northguineahills: somehow awake.... diggery ensuing...
	8:48am ∫ydniuß: thanks for the amps Brian! gotta run
	⚡ 8:49am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ TDK60 @8:47 i haven't seen that report, and they've only played clip with voice that sounds like 15 yr old and say it's the 6 yr old
	⚡ 8:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @8:48 trash and vaudville
	8:51am dday: ↳ northguineahills @8:48 How you doin'?
	8:51am geeked gerkin: ↳ fred @8:12 Re Bowie’s “edm” motifs: yes, I was having same thoughts. Outside is … well, more outside! Despite an album like “dud on arrival” black tie white noise - I have fun revisiting that album as well as so many others. When’s the last time one spun either Tin Machine? Worthy stuff.
	8:51am Nina: Fantastic show. So good!
	8:51am TDK60: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:49 Maybe you could ask them to clarify.
	8:51am Barbie: Hey Brian thanks for another great show
	8:51am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:45 Not entirely. Village Works is there.
	8:51am StringOFperils: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:50 Yep! Did some shopping there myself.
	⚡ 8:51am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ TDK60 @8:51 i was looking into contacting them
	8:52am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:45 I know. Saw headlines that this was really about maintaining "French identity and culture."
	⚡ 8:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:51 good to hear
	8:53am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @8:51 Hi Barbie! Thanks for the company and stuff for Mrs. Currents the other day.
	⚡ 8:53am tom tom the pipers son: good morning ngh... how's it going? how was night out w/ friends
	8:53am TDK60: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:51 Maybe watch/listen to the /whole/ report, also maybe read their text transcript. And, get back to us later if you do contact.
	8:54am fred: ↳ Brian D @8:52 French identity and culture is a mongrel thing, as are many cultures that are alive
	8:55am morphe': BD - Tralee has hit the BIG TIME --- a teen [Morris O'Shea Salazaar] turned up in Killoragin [mid-way bet Tralee and Killarney] in the 2000s after his father was killed in "a car accident" in Mexico... His mother was/is Salazaar = the sister/cousin of El Chapo's 1st wife = the mother of los Chapitos ... Morris O’Shea Salazar is 0n the top 10 of Interpol at the moment for drug trafficking and Tralee/Cork-Cobh port is/are the epicenter at the moment ... https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/notorious-sinaloa-cartel-suspected-to-be-behind-plot-to-export-32m-of-crystal-meth-from-ireland/a1331461947.html
	⚡ 8:55am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ TDK60 @8:53 yes i may have some gaps my viewing
	8:56am northguineahills: ↳ fred @8:54 "hon hon hon"? just joshing!
	8:57am northguineahills: brian, this has been beautiful, thank you!
	8:57am fred: ↳ northguineahills @8:56 Are you going to Florida?
	8:58am Brian D: Quick goodbye, folks. Thanks for joining me... uh um... stay safe!
	⚡ 8:58am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian, best healthy thoughts to you ans ms. currents
	8:58am rich in angleton: great show Brian! soulside!!! this is such a great record!
	8:58am TDK60: (Did we ever hear Mojo Nixon? He's everywhere now.) Gracias, Brian.
	8:59am StringOFperils: Thanks, Brian. Soldier on, everyone! (without actually being one, if possible)
	8:59am bleubombersune: Brian D Thank U 4 the music All stay safe and be well
	9:00am dday: ↳ TDK60 @8:53 It seems to have been reported correctly. The 15 year old initiated the call to the Red Crescent. Car was fired upon killing all but the 6 year old. Phone line seems left open. 6 year old scared asking for help from Red Crescent. Ambulance sent, workers & 6 year old were then killed. horrible story no matter what the details. www.democracynow.org...

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from February 17, 2024

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