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Favoriting August 31, 2024: "You may live in this garden if you keep the waters clean..."
Some of guest Oliver Whang's work can be found here: https://www.oliverwhang.com/#h.p7usfq5bpqi5

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Artist Track Album Comments Approx. start time
Green Plum Ensemble  Cool of the Day   Favoriting The Heavenly Music    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Russell Malone  Gaslight   Favoriting Black Butterfly  R.I.P. Russell Malone: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/arts/music/russell-malone-dead.html  0:09:31 (Pop-up)
 
Circuit Des Yeux feat. Moon Bros.  Sœur de Race   Favoriting MP3  R.I.P. Catherine Ribeiro: https://pitchfork.com/news/catherine-ribeiro-boundary-breaking-french-singer-dies-at-82/  0:18:36 (Pop-up)
  Clip: Reuters-Hong Kong court convicts former Stand News editors of sedition       0:23:56 (Pop-up)
Eric Chenaux  This Ain't Life   Favoriting Delights of My Life    0:25:16 (Pop-up)
Silica Gel  Giants Live Here   Favoriting Swan Pond    0:35:35 (Pop-up)
  Clip: CNN-Oil tanker appears to be leaking oil following Houthi attack       0:39:37 (Pop-up)
The Bootleggers feat. Emmylou Harris  So You'll Aim Toward The Sky   Favoriting Lawless - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack    0:40:16 (Pop-up)
 
Billy Strings  Away from the Mire   Favoriting Home  For Mohammad 'Medo' Halimy: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2nyy8y48qo#  0:51:57 (Pop-up)
 
 
OLIVER WHANG INTERVIEW PART 1
Sturgill Simpson  Played Out   Favoriting The Ballad of Dood and Juanita    1:23:25 (Pop-up)
Tyler Childers and the Highwall  Harlan Road   Favoriting Live on Red Barn Radio    1:26:47 (Pop-up)
Patty Loveless  You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive   Favoriting Mountain Soul    1:30:11 (Pop-up)
 
 
OLIVER WHANG INTERVIEW PART 2
L.I.P.S.  They Live   Favoriting Gentrifier    1:58:44 (Pop-up)
Missing Foundation  Star of David   Favoriting Missing Foundation    2:02:04 (Pop-up)
Sonic Youth  The Sprawl   Favoriting Daydream Nation    2:05:53 (Pop-up)
  Clip: CBC-Zuckerberg says Facebook was pressured to ‘censor’ COVID-19 posts     https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/world/americas/brazil-elon-musk-x-blocked.html  2:13:32 (Pop-up)
pFem  Helgoland   Favoriting Before Rising Waters    2:14:15 (Pop-up)
Osees  Earthling   Favoriting Sorcs 80    2:24:12 (Pop-up)
 
El Khat  Zafa   Favoriting Mute    2:38:48 (Pop-up)
  Clip: NBC-Ruth Johnson Colvin, champion of literacy, dies at 107       2:43:16 (Pop-up)
The Tragically Hip  The Last of the Unplucked Gems (full-length version)   Favoriting Road Apples deluxe edition    2:44:48 (Pop-up)
Amy Rigby  Bricks   Favoriting Hang In There With Me    2:48:38 (Pop-up)
 
The Bootleggers feat. Mark Lanegan  White Light / White Heat   Favoriting Lawless - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack    2:53:19 (Pop-up)


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Will thee SG OCNY:

good morning Brian D and all!!!
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tom tom the pipers son:

good morning brian and all...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:04am
fred:

Hello Brian and all!
When was the interview recorded?
  6:06am
morphe':

↳ Song: "Cool of the Day" by "Green Plum Ensemble"
Ran into a guy the other day with a beautiful dog ... I said it looked like an Appalachian Hound and he said: "It is a genuine Kerry Beagle which were probably the
roots of the Appalachian Hounds..."
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tom tom the pipers son:

overheard conversation recently....."we're all going to have to start wearing masks soon because we're being invaded by non christians" just when i thought language like this was only used in the media by certain politicians
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TDK60:

Good morning, Brian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11am
Brian D:

Tom Tom! Fred! Will! Morphe! All! Good morning. Off to a scattered start here... Interview with Oliver was recorded earlier this week and will air in the 7 am (2nd) hour.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @6:06
My friend from Monaghan who passed away earlier this year used to make up breed names for his mutt dog, like Czech Prick Chaser, when people would ask.
Avatar ⚡ 6:15am
William Hellfire:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:07
Oh my lord where are these non-christians coming from? Outer space? Planned parenthood? I had a woman come up to me in the grocery store and ask me if I was a Satanist. Why yes I am.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16am
Strandlund:

Happy Weekend everyone!!
  Swag For Life Member 6:17am
Reagan NY ZEN RN:

Good morning Brian
Good morning Strandlund Happy weekend too you
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:17am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ William Hellfire @6:15
it's such non-sense
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:20am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:07
Have you been to the US?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:20am
fred:

↳ William Hellfire @6:15
Where did that get that idea? Clothing? Tattoos?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21am
Brian D:

Greetings Strand... Reagan...
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:21am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @6:20
first time i've heard stuff like this "in the field" firsthand
Avatar ⚡ 6:22am
William Hellfire:

↳ fred @6:20
That time I had on a Kenneth Anger designed Lucifer jacket.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23am
Strandlund:

↳ Reagan NY ZEN RN @6:17
Morning Reagan!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23am
radioronan:

Good morning Brian & all!
Avatar ⚡ 6:24am
Don in Tampere:

Hi Brian and all! I'm about to head to Seitseminen national park with a couple of friends for a hike and will listen on the way
Avatar 6:28am
TDK60:

Yes, R.I.P. Catherine Ribeiro. I was introduced to her by WFMU -- Fabio's show. One of the more uncommon "prog" or art rockers of the '60s-70s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29am
Mike Lupica:

What an excellent surprise to discover that Oliver is your guest today!
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:30am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Mike Lupica @6:29
hello dere....mike
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @6:24
Enjoy Don!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @6:28
Fabio and Scott W. brought her into my life. A unique, powerful voice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31am
Brian D:

↳ Mike Lupica @6:29
Yes, and he has wonderful things to say about you, sir.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:33am
tom tom the pipers son:

i hear flamenco in the lineage of ribeiro and alpes in spirit anyway
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:33am
Hoboken Jack:

Good morning, Brian and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34am
Mike Lupica:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:30
Yo Tom, see you in about ... 16 hours.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34am
Brian D:

↳ Hoboken Jack @6:33
Jack! I guess the clubs have closed.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:35am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Mike Lupica @6:34
that's right....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36am
fred:

Catherine Ribeiro probably got more tribute time on WFMU than on all French media combined.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39am
Brian D:

↳ fred @6:36
Really?! That's too bad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44am
fred:

↳ William Hellfire @6:22
At least you make it obvious. My fave encounter with bigotry was being accosted by a neo-nazi woman who said we should defend and be proud of our origins (I have light skin and hair and blue eyes). I replied I was proud of having Tunisian blood and left. She ran after me screaming "go home you filthy Arab scum" for a while. With how I look, people thought she was insane. I ruined her recruitment effort for a while
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:47am
tom tom the pipers son:

hearing the comment about non christians is reminding me of while in germany, being questioned about my ethnicity after i was identified as american... irish and polish i said.... they said derisively, well that's american, meaning i wasn't ethnically pure... i realized this was a leftover nazi that i was talking to
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48am
fred:

↳ Brian D @6:39
She was well known at a time, but forgotten by now. She didn't play the game, so her far left positions got her banned from mainstream media, while her independent streak drove her from the communist party
  6:55am
Mississippi:

Maybe if you want to honor Muhammad Halimy you should mention he was murdered by Israel instead of just “passing away”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56am
Brian D:

↳ Mississippi @6:55
Fair point.
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TDK60:

I note that the CNN report on the unfortunate oil tanker bombing/leak used "Iran-backed Houthis." It didn't use USA-backed Israel. Interesting.
  7:01am
morphe':

"Blogger who documented life in Gaza killed in alleged Israeli strike"


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2nyy8y48qo
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Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @7:00
Yes. The semantics game.
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fred:

↳ TDK60 @7:00
It goes so much without saying that every candidate has to say it louder then the others. Except Bernie (can you clone that guy? Oh, you have AOC)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08am
Brian D:

Elk article: www.nytimes.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11am
Brian D:

London Review of Books essay that discusses this histoy: www.lrb.co.uk...
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 7:12am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Good morning Brian and everyone. Late to the party. 🧐
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15am
Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:12
Welcome Peter. Have some hors d'oeuvres.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15am
fred:

It was all worth it as it made JD Vance rise to prominence
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15am
Brian D:

↳ fred @7:15
We get into that.
  7:18am
rich in angleton:

good morning Brian! hello everybody in radioland!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20am
fred:

↳ Brian D @7:15
With an assist from Peter Thiel, a relatable down on his luck billionaire with totally not insane ideas
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20am
Brian D:

Some of these issues covered here: www.newyorker.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21am
dale:

morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22am
Brian D:

Rich! Dale!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31am
dale:

patty loveless on fmu - never thought that would happen!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32am
Brian D:

↳ dale @7:31
By request of Oliver.
  7:32am
Fredericks:

↳ Song: "You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive" by "Patty Loveless"
I know this song by Darrell Scott.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34am
Brian D:

↳ Fredericks @7:32
Yes, he wrote it and sang it originally.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36am
dale:

↳ Brian D @7:32
no complaint from me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36am
dale:

now i wanna hear lacy j. dalton's 'sixteenth avenue.'
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @7:15
The cat got his breakfast, then I had mine. Now grokking my coffee, thank you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48am
Brian D:

An example of Oliver's reporting on healthcare: www.nytimes.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49am
Brian D:

Eviction: www.newyorker.com...
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TDK60:

I wonder if Oliver got to visit Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky. An arts, radio, film organization for about 50 years now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @7:50
Not far from where he lived, TDK.
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dale:

wprb has become my other channel.
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Brian D:

↳ dale @7:55
This show is the Ashley Madison of radio.
Avatar ⚡ 8:01am
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "They Live" by "L.I.P.S."
!!!!! Love this!!!! Thank you!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01am
Brian D:

↳ William Hellfire @8:01
From Harlan, Kentucky.
  8:01am
Matt en Queens:

Howdy Brian and all! Just what my dr ordered
  8:03am
Fredericks:

↳ Song: "They Live" by "L.I.P.S."
Good morning!
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 8:04am
tom tom the pipers son:

i knew a reprieve was in the cards
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dale:

↳ Brian D @8:00
had to look that up. hee hee...
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ dale @8:04
Ashley Madison is still a thing. Who knew?
  8:08am
Matt en Queens:

@Dale - thou doth protest too much
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Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:07
I thought it got shut down after accidentally releasing all of its users' info.
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "The Sprawl" by "Sonic Youth"
My fave S.Y. slab. Relentless. Epic.
  8:09am
Fredericks:

↳ Song: "The Sprawl" by "Sonic Youth"
Last week I was driving through the foot hills of Appalachia listening to this song.
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @8:08
I remember that. But here we are:
www.ashleymadison.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10am
Brian D:

↳ Fredericks @8:09
I thought it worked with the theme of today's show. My favorite record of theirs, too, TDK.
  8:10am
Matt en Queens:

This is my favorite late period sonic youth album
  8:10am
Fredericks:

The synchronicity is burning my brain.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10am
Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:09
Out of respect to Mrs. Currents, I won't click on that.
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William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "The Sprawl" by "Sonic Youth"
Got to see sonic youth with s.t.p. city gardens NJ like 1990 before Goo. They were trying to play some new stuff but they stopped cause they didn't know it yet.
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tom tom the pipers son:

daydream 1989
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tom tom the pipers son:

1988
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @8:10
I'm divorced and I don't wanna get involved in that hot mess.
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dale:

ashley madison just sounds like a jc penney in house brand for plus size women.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17am
Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:13
Wasn't that their marketing slogan?
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Fredericks:

↳ Song: "Helgoland" by "pFem"
This is monstrous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20am
dale:

↳ Song: "Helgoland" by "pFem"
love this. sounds like vin diesel is about to fight the alien bugs who only come out at night.
  8:21am
Billybob:

The Ashley Madison TV commercial was priceless. "I'm lookin' for someone other than my wife, other than my wife, other than my wife" to the tune of the Climax Blues Band's "Couldn't Get It Right". It's still out there on Youtube.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 8:22am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Brian D @8:17
"Life is short. Have an affair." I just can't. Loving this pFem, BTW.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22am
Brian D:

↳ Billybob @8:21
Was it only for cheating husbands or spouses of all stripes?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23am
Brian D:

↳ Brian D @8:22
Well, I guess married women had to be on there, too. Duh.
Avatar ⚡ 8:24am
William Hellfire:

I thought that was missing foundation!!! Brian you rascal! I went to see them and they got cancelled. What was that TV special on them...cult of rage? So hilarious.
  8:24am
Billybob:

↳ Brian D @8:22
Well, the commercial only showed guys, but it takes two...so I guess by default, it's for both sexes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26am
Brian D:

↳ William Hellfire @8:24
WABC News thing, no? Am I remembering that wrong?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26am
Brian D:

↳ Billybob @8:24
Or not maybe.
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Brian D @8:08
I thought they were hacked and blackmailed into shutting down. then when they balked the hacker released everything. there was a documentary my wife and I saw a few months ago about it.
Avatar ⚡ 8:28am
William Hellfire:

↳ Brian D @8:26
I think it was. It's on YouTube.
  8:29am
pmcWhenever:

poor mark.
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Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:27
I think the guy they were interviewing said the women would get free membership, and the men had to pay a premium.
  8:31am
rich in angleton:

RE missing foundation Brian - it was that recent substack interview w Peter Missing.
  8:32am
Billybob:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:30
That's kinda like "Ladies get in free" or Plato's Retreat in the 70s where men had to be accompanied by a woman, otherwise the whole concept wouldn't work.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37am
Mennlinn Rebarts:

Fabio also played it this week ;)
  8:39am
Nina:

Can you put the name of the book here? Missed it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40am
Brian D:

↳ rich in angleton @8:31
Ah right! Do you happen to remember my bank password?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40am
Brian D:

↳ Nina @8:39
Algiers, Third World Capital:Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers by Elaine Mokhtefi
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41am
Brian D:

↳ Mennlinn Rebarts @8:37
Jeez, I must have tuned out.
  8:41am
Nina:

Thank you! 🙏
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 8:41am
tom tom the pipers son:

fabio back on thursdays w/ new schedule
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William Hellfire:

Great show thank you see y'all at fools!
  8:44am
morphe':

Thanks BD and all ... great Interview too..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:44am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:41
Yes, he is. Feels right somehow. Scott back on Mondays, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45am
Handy Haversack:

I never catch as much of this show as I'd like to, but I'm always glad for what I get. Morning, Brian and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46am
Brian D:

↳ Handy Haversack @8:45
Hello Handy. Hope you and K8t are well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Brian D @8:46
We had a good trip to Maine and other points north, and now K8's parents are in town. So ... fair to middling?
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 8:48am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Great show, Brian. Thank you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50am
Brian D:

↳ Handy Haversack @8:47
Ha! I know that drill. Mrs. Currents is a long-suffering soul with my family.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Song: "Bricks" by "Amy Rigby"
🧱 mindreading the current project! 🧱
Thanks Brian!
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 8:52am
tom tom the pipers son:

thanks brian....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55am
Brian D:

Thank you all for joining me this week. And my thanks to Oliver Whang. Have a great weekend and week and stay safe.
  8:55am
Bort Simpson:

Exceptionally fine tune choices all day, my headspace is saved yet again
Avatar 8:56am
TDK60:

Gracias, DJ Brian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58am
Handy Haversack:

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

Thank you Brian D!!!
be well everyone!!!
Avatar 9:01am
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