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Favoriting August 24, 2024: "Rolling home to you..."

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Sun Ra  Beyond Hiroshima   Favoriting Excelsior Mill  (excerpt)  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
Sonny Rollins  The Night Has a Thousand Eyes   Favoriting Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2    0:17:10 (Pop-up)
  Clip: Arirang News-Biden approves nuclear strategy focusing on coordinated threats from China, Russia, N. Korea       0:26:17 (Pop-up)
Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding  When You Dream   Favoriting Milton + esperanza    0:27:07 (Pop-up)
Mali Obomsawin  Lineage   Favoriting Sweet Tooth    0:36:29 (Pop-up)
Lizz Wright  Old Man   Favoriting Dreaming Wide Awake    0:44:19 (Pop-up)
 
Accra Quartet  Ablɔɖe (Freedom)   Favoriting Gbefabi (Travelers)    0:56:49 (Pop-up)
Kobe  Bunny   Favoriting Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996    1:03:35 (Pop-up)
  Clip: WION-X closes operations in Brazil       1:06:41 (Pop-up)
Katy Kirby  Wait Listen   Favoriting Blue Raspberry    1:07:49 (Pop-up)
Hearts Of Animals  Imaginary Heartbreak   Favoriting Imaginary Heartbreak    1:12:22 (Pop-up)
  Clip: Tobago Update-Gulfstream refloat operation a success     https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y52r5568vo  1:16:28 (Pop-up)
Chrystabell & David Lynch  The Answers To The Questions   Favoriting Cellophane Memories    1:17:31 (Pop-up)
Glide  Assemblage One   Favoriting Assemblage One & Two    1:23:20 (Pop-up)
John Grant  Zeitgeist   Favoriting The Art of the Lie    1:42:52 (Pop-up)
Laetitia Sadier  Who + What   Favoriting Rooting For Love    1:48:19 (Pop-up)
Tex Kerschen  Sweet Relief   Favoriting The Blue Lady    1:52:17 (Pop-up)
  Clip: Arirang News-N. Korean soldier defected to S. Korea on foot       1:55:20 (Pop-up)
Ravens & Chimes  Orphans   Favoriting The Empty House    1:56:31 (Pop-up)
 
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds  Oh My Lord   Favoriting No More Shall We Part    2:09:02 (Pop-up)
Dean Roberts  The Dole of Liars   Favoriting And the Black Moths Play the Grand Cinema  R.I.P.: https://pitchfork.com/news/dean-roberts-experimental-composer-in-thela-and-white-winged-moth-dies/  2:16:28 (Pop-up)
 
Peter Schilling  Major Tom (Coming Home)   Favoriting Error In The System    2:22:42 (Pop-up)
 
Gordan  The Bell Is Buzzing   Favoriting Gordan    2:28:59 (Pop-up)
Currents Commendation  Clip: KILL-TV-Immigrants' rights advocate Eduardo 'Eddie' Canales has died   Favoriting   https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/eddie-canales-dead.html  2:34:40 (Pop-up)
Chameleons UK  Forever   Favoriting Where Are You?    2:35:53 (Pop-up)
Ramones  Rockaway Beach   Favoriting Ramones Anthology    2:41:21 (Pop-up)
Rixe  Citadelle Rock   Favoriting Tir Groupe EP    2:43:25 (Pop-up)
Asaf Zeki Yüksel  Democracy Lessons   Favoriting Women in Turkish Electronic Music 1961-2014    2:46:16 (Pop-up)
A Tribe Called Quest  I Left My Wallet In El Segundo   Favoriting People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm    2:52:29 (Pop-up)
Carsick Cars  Could You Be There?   Favoriting 3    2:56:34 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:00am
Spikey BXL:

Good morning and welcome back Brian. Hi currentistas.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02am
tom tom the pipers son:

good morning brian and all...
  6:04am
morphe':

Attuned from sunny West Kerry ....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05am
Brian D:

Hello Spikey... Tom Tom... Morphe... All... Great to be back on the controls.
Avatar 6:05am
Don in Tampere:

Hi Brian, unfortunately gotta head out on errands so will miss most of the show but wanted to wish you and all a good Saturday anyway
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @6:05
Greetings Don. Enjoy the day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07am
Will thee SG OCNY:

Good morning Brian D and all!!!
Avatar 6:09am
TDK60:

Good morning, Brian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23am
Spikey BXL:

The story of the mural at the bottom of the image: www.greetingstour.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24am
Brian D:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:23
Yes! Damned parked cars and umbrella...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26am
fred:

Good morning Brian and listeners
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Doug in MP:

Good morning. Is that photo the old IRT substation?
  6:29am
morphe':

Baby in Gaza partly paralysed from polio in territory’s first case for 25 years"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/baby-in-gaza-partly-paralysed-from-polio-in-territorys-first-case-for-25-years
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @6:29
Sigh. Yes, but this also happened: www.independent.ie...
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Doug in MP:

Fear not, it is an old substation, but for Manhattan Railway, which was eventually taken over by the IRT.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:35am
Brian D:

↳ Doug in MP @6:32
Yes, at Canal and Allen streets.
Avatar 6:37am
Doug in MP:

↳ Brian D @6:35
One of my favorite areas to walk around!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39am
NotARealDoctor in Norfolk VA:

Hey good morning Brian and fellow riders of the Currents. It's a somewhat chilly morning up at the dog park today, nevertheless we chase
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41am
Brian D:

↳ Doug in MP @6:37
For me, as well. It's also part of one of my running/jogging routes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46am
McGroovey:

I'm here. How's the party? I hear there's a live DJ.
  6:49am
Cooh John:

Good morning Brian and current eventers.
Avatar 6:54am
Michael of Cologne:

↳ Song: "When You Dream" by "Milton Nascimento & Esperanza...
Some jazz brilliance there. Welcome back Brian, and hello to everybody.
  6:56am
LiXiviated Life:

I’ve spent time in Dunlow WV
It’s not what you think it is.
  6:56am
morphe':

↳ Brian D @6:32
, Motaz Azaiza was in Dublin ; Any idea how he managed to get out of Gaza?
Does he have dual citizenship?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57am
Brian D:

↳ McGroovey @6:46
Not so live, apparently. Happy Birthday, McGroovey.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @6:56
Fellow journalists got him out.
  6:59am
morphe':

"
‘Fierce, fearless and fiery’ Irish campaigner and writer Nell McCafferty is laid to rest"

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/23/fierce-fearless-and-fiery-irish-campaigner-and-writer-nell-mccafferty-dies-at-80
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59am
Brian D:

↳ LiXiviated Life @6:56
I think Oliver would agree: www.lrb.co.uk...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01am
NotARealDoctor in Norfolk VA:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:23
interesting story,I have to admit I was a bit nervous when, in the first paragraph, they had to bring the cops in to pressure the business owner into allowing them to paint, hard to read the whole thing at the park but I bookmarked it to finish later
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03am
McGroovey:

↳ Brian D @6:57
Danke schön.

Did I spell that right? I just felt like speaking German today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04am
Brian D:

↳ McGroovey @7:03
You're the second person who has used the German this morning. Wayne Newton must be in the air.
Avatar 7:05am
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Bunny" by "Kobe"
Whoa!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09am
Strandlund:

Morning Brian!!
Hello everyone!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Brian D @7:04
Sadly, Germany has been in the news here today.

www.theguardian.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12am
Brian D:

↳ Spikey BXL @7:10
Ah yes. Saw the headline.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13am
Brian D:

Michael! Cooh! Strand! NotAReal! Belated good mornings.
  7:14am
Mattynotimes:

Morning Brian! Morning friends
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14am
Brian D:

↳ Mattynotimes @7:14
Matt! How are you and the family feeling?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Good morning Brian and everyone. Late start, covid got me a couple days ago.
  7:15am
Mattynotimes:

Everyone doing well! Just took my first negative covid test!
  7:16am
Mattynotimes:

Next time you come down to Highlands we will surely break bread together!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16am
NotARealDoctor in Norfolk VA:

↳ Spikey BXL @7:10
Oh man what a tragedy
  7:17am
rich in angleton:

good morning Brian and everyone in radioland!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17am
NotARealDoctor in Norfolk VA:

Looks like the dogs are done, taking the show in the road with me, thanks Brian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18am
Brian D:

↳ Mattynotimes @7:16
Good to hear! And absolutely...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18am
Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:15
Sorry to hear that, Peter. Speedy recovery. It's going around.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18am
Brian D:

↳ rich in angleton @7:17
Rich!
  7:19am
Stanley:

@Spikey BXL Hi Spike. There are disturbed people everywhere. The main difference between Europe and in the US is the availability of guns. There's only a certain amount of damage you can do armed with a knife. Thank Gawd.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Stanley @7:19
Hi Stanley, I was thinking the same thing last night. Hope they catch the perp before more people are hurt.
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Heidee:

Hey all, hope you are well! Hi Brian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23am
Brian D:

↳ Stanley @7:19
Very true, Stanley. Good morning.
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Doug in MP:

NME: Don McLean says “woke” young people “don’t know why they’re angry”, and he predicted it in ‘American Pie’
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23am
Brian D:

↳ Heidee @7:23
Heidee! Great to "see" you. How's the pup?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25am
Brian D:

↳ Doug in MP @7:23
I'm beginning to see Andy Breckman's point of view...
Avatar 7:26am
Doug in MP:

↳ Brian D @7:25
That was my first thought too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27am
Brian in UK:

Hello Brian & listeners.
Rain & blue skies on repeat over here. There must be a rainbow soon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28am
Brian in UK:

↳ Stanley @7:19
Stanley, think that I have sold the Howard 350. Avatar showing for old times sake.
  7:28am
Mattynotimes:

Man this is awesome!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30am
Brian D:

↳ Brian in UK @7:27
Greetings Brian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30am
Brian D:

↳ fred @6:26
Missed you there, Fred. Hope you're well.
Avatar 7:31am
Heidee:

Hiya, yes indeed. 👋
Here‘s the pup:
imgur.com...
How are yours?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32am
Brian D:

↳ Heidee @7:31
Beautiful. Both well, touch wood. Had fun at the beach last weekend.
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Heidee:

↳ Brian D @7:32
I wish mine wouldn‘t mind the water :-)
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Doug in MP:

↳ Heidee @7:31
Nice pup!
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Heidee:

↳ Doug in MP @7:33
Thank you 😍
  7:33am
Mattynotimes:

Never heard of Glide….so exciting!
Avatar 7:34am
Doug in MP:

We recently lost two cats a week apart to old age and adopted another to keep our remaining elderly cat company. It's been a rollercoaster
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34am
tom tom the pipers son:

been working on a website...wix is quite easy to use...
  7:35am
Chris:

had the great pleasure of meeting a few weeks back at the cd fair! good to have you back. As I research, this Glide record is impossible to find other than a Bandcamp stream. All the best. Chris in Philly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35am
Brian D:

↳ Mattynotimes @7:33
Will Sargent of Echo and the Bunnymen side project.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36am
Brian D:

↳ Heidee @7:32
Lira, the one in my avatar, loves to swim. Puca, her younger "brother" isn't quite as keen.
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Heidee:

↳ Doug in MP @7:34
Aw, it‘s always so sad when you lose a family member..
I understand dogs better than cats but I‘m excited to do some cat sitting starting today. Two very pretty British short hair.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37am
Brian D:

↳ Chris @7:35
Chris! Yes, likewise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37am
Brian D:

↳ Doug in MP @7:34
Never easy. Condolences.
Avatar 7:38am
Heidee:

↳ Brian D @7:36
Also a welcome cooling effect in hot summers. Lucky Lira.
Puca and Lira are lovely names.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38am
Brian D:

↳ Brian D @7:35
Sergeant. Editor edit thyself.
  7:39am
Mattynotimes:

Ha ive been looking all over. Seemingly I am going to have to find th vinyl. I LOVE A TREASURE HUNT!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39am
Brian D:

↳ Heidee @7:38
Thank you. Lira came to us just after our visit to Istanbul. Puca, is a spirit in Irish tradition.
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TDK60:

↳ Doug in MP @7:34
Hi Doug. Farewell to your cats.
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Heidee:

↳ Brian D @7:39
🥰
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Doug in MP:

Thank you, I just hope we did the best we could for them.

Hi TDK60, nice to see you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44am
dale:

morning. late wakeup in the o.c.
  7:47am
rich in angleton:

↳ Doug in MP @7:34
I'm so sorry for your losses. we're currently down to our 18 year old cat.. I've found over the years that losing a cat is more difficult to deal with than losing a parent. maybe because you can't really talk to them and understand how they are feeling in the process..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Doug in MP @7:34
I'm sorry for your loss. Would love to hear how your senior kitty is getting along with the new on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @7:18
Thanks Brian. Fortunately I'm current with boosters.
Avatar 7:52am
Doug in MP:

↳ rich in angleton @7:47
I agree. We just spend so much time with our pets that their sudden absence takes a long time to come to terms with
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Doug in MP:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:49
Thanks... so far she's afraid of our older cat. He comes on a bit strong though.
Are you formerly Peter from Boonton?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Doug in MP @7:53
Yes, I'm that guy. Moved to Saranac Lake last September and loving it.
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Doug in MP:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:54
I remember you talking about trying to get up there. Congratulations! Saranac Lake is beautiful... we stayed at the Partridge Cottage a few weeks before the pandemic broke out
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Doug in MP @7:55
I've driven by Partridge Cottage a couple times. Beautiful place.
  8:00am
timbo:

Nice song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00am
radioronan:

Shaking the bones & seeking caffeine. Good morning Brian & all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03am
Spikey BXL:

volvulus?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05am
Spikey BXL:

Resident hypochondriac, at your service
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06am
dale:

been watching m*a*s*h on MeTV lately. it's always about 20 years after a war that the comedy about it is acceptable. seems we're ready for a wacky comedy about our men and women in afghanistan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09am
Brian D:

↳ Spikey BXL @8:05
Ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09am
Brian D:

↳ dale @8:06
That's where we watch them as well. They'd never make a show like that now.
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TDK60:

↳ dale @8:06
Morning Dale. With your math, we'll have to wait till 2041.
  8:14am
morphe':

No Korea fixation ... a writer was interviewed the other day on RTE about his Falklands scholarship which started
in 1982 when he was a school boy and he feared the Euro Championship [not sure who his team was] was to be cancelled by "The Falklands War" so he came running home from school each day to track the war with news and charts ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @8:09
Friend of mine, his dad served in AFG in the British army, between the world wars. He told me some awful stories that his dad had relayed to him. Like, if you were at a guard post in the pitch dark and you lit a cigarette, you'd be shot dead. This while my brother was deployed there. Ugh.
  8:17am
clarke:

morning from new orleans, i often listen, but am not often conscious enough to check in. jolly good show, tho!
  8:18am
clarke:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:16
smoking is bad for your health.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @8:14
He may still be charting. One side doesn't consider that conflict "over."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18am
Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:16
I don't think there is a "good" war story.
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northguineahills:

↳ morphe' @8:14
since the falklands won't be accepted by comnebol (b/c of argentina), still waiting to see if concacaf would be an acceptable compromise...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @8:18
Totally.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23am
dale:

major tom - GREAT name! we had a kitte carlisle.
Avatar 8:24am
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by "Peter Schilling"
Berlin '83 had the duetsche version of this track as the theme song....
  8:24am
clarke:

a flat i once lived in had a cat named Ronson.
  8:24am
anders:

Beautiful choice
  8:25am
Gary K:

!!! I have not heard this song in decades. Good memories. Thanks for playing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25am
dale:

kitty.....

brought home another older cat from a shelter to keep our squeakers company. she's named rorschach, black and white with no real pattern. she wants to be friends but squeakers just hisses at her.
  8:25am
clarke:

an "answer" song, in a way
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Doug in MP:

↳ dale @8:25
Our new cat is a black and white "cow" cat also. Nice choice
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "The Dole of Liars" by "Dean Roberts"
woah, didn't realize dean roberts died. my friend, dion workman, played w/ him in thela....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30am
Brian D:

R.I.P. Eddie Canales: www.nytimes.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32am
Mike Sin:

My cat and I are drinking coffee and enjoying this show immensely.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:34am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Mike Sin @8:32
My kitty's morning routine has changed. After breakfast, he heads off for the post breakfast nap. Later in the morning, we might sit on the porch together. At least until it gets cold.
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Heidee:

↳ Mike Sin @8:32
Does kitty take milk in her coffee? :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:36am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Brian D @8:30
🕯️❤️
  8:37am
clarke:

↳ Song: "Forever" by "Chameleons UK"
impressive album!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38am
Brian D:

↳ Mike Sin @8:32
Thanks Mike. Save me some java, will ya?
Avatar 8:43am
Heidee:

Thank you for a lovely show Brian. ☀️ Take care all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43am
McGroovey:

We're about to get into the car and drive to Ohio. We didn't usually go to Ohio.
  8:43am
clarke:

the myth is that dee dee could barely play bass. listening just now, i beg to differ.
  8:44am
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @8:43
safe travels, sir!
Avatar 8:44am
northguineahills:

↳ McGroovey @8:43
oy, not ohio! will be sending tots and pears!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46am
Brian D:

↳ McGroovey @8:43
Ah yes, safe travels and best of luck to Mini-McGroovey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Spikey BXL @7:20
person detained, let's hope they got him
  8:47am
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @8:43
what school??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Song: "Citadelle Rock" by "Rixe"
A tip based on you playing these guys for you Brian: Syndrome 81 - Prisons Imaginaires
  8:50am
clarke:

hey, does anyone know where Echo&Bunny got that sample "you have to shoot a man in the back"??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54am
Brian D:

Alright all. Thank you for joining me. Have a great weekend and stay safe. Journalist Oliver Whang interview next week.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54am
Spikey BXL:

Thanks Brian!!
  8:55am
clarke:

jolly good, brian!! thnx!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @8:54
Great show, Brian. Thank you.
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "Clip: KILL-TV-Immigrants' rights advocate Eduardo...
Hats off to 'Eddie' Canales.

Thanks, Brian.
  8:56am
rich in angleton:

↳ Spikey BXL @8:49
I love that syndrome 81 record!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57am
Spikey BXL:

↳ rich in angleton @8:56
high five!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59am
∫ydniuß:

Thanks Brian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59am
Will thee SG OCNY:

Thank you Brian D!!!
  9:00am
LiXiviated Life:

Well now the pressure is on
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