WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from October 12, 2024

Listener comments!
	6:01am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian!! Hello Listeners!!
	⚡ 6:02am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian.... listeners
	⚡ 6:02am Spikey BXL: Good morning Brian, fellow currentistas. Strand, tom tom
	6:02am duke: Good Saturday everyone. Nice to hear Nick Cave
	6:03am morphe': Attuned...
	⚡ 6:03am tom tom the pipers son: hello spikey...
	⚡ 6:04am William Hellfire: Good morning fiends!
	⚡ 6:05am Spikey BXL: Billy Missile, duke, morphe!
	6:05am Brian D: Greetings and salutations, all.
	⚡ 6:07am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian and all. I'm back safe and sound from the Dark Bottle tour of Germany, which was a blast. Now fasting both to compensate for some overindulgence on tour and not being able to do my usual Lent one due to so much travel.
	6:08am Strandlund: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:02 Cheers to the weekend, Spikey!!
	6:08am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:07 Is that intermittent fasting, Don? Welcome home.
	6:10am Mr. Oxford: Hello Brian, hello everyone. Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening wherever you are. Enjoying the show so far. Great Nick Cave opener. I look forward to hearing Kirstin McCudden.
	⚡ 6:13am William Hellfire: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:05 Hi spikey!
	6:15am Barbie: Morning Brian
	6:17am Brian D: Barbie! Up and at 'em!
	6:17am Barbie: Always
	⚡ 6:18am Michael of Cologne: Good noonday Brian.
	6:18am morphe': BD - you take the ferry across? Usually - always?
	6:19am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:18 Ah, no, Morphe. Train. But I got here a bit early and it is a beautiful morning here. Plus, all the streetlights were out... bad for security, but good for looking at the river and skyline at night.
	⚡ 6:19am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @6:08 Nope, this is full-on, no solid food for 6 days fasting. Just some herbal or chaga tea and very small amounts of diluted vegetable or fruit juice. Day three now, so still a little slow, but based on experience, from tomorrow I'll feel amazing
	6:21am Brian D: Good morning, Strand, Tom Tom, Spikey, Duke, William, Mr. Oxford, and Michael.
	6:21am Brian D: ↳ Brian D @6:21 Note intentional use of "Oxford comma" after Mr. Oxford. I love grammar jokes.
	⚡ 6:21am Spikey BXL: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:19 Hey Don, that's something else. Enjoy it
	6:22am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:19 Dude, that's hardcore. Good luck with that.
	6:25am Ciggy: Good morning Brian Northern lights abound
	⚡ 6:26am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @6:21 Aka Harvard comma?
	⚡ 6:27am Don in Tampere: I've done it loads of times by now. Started late 90s and did it every year until I got into a job that required daily presence in 2010, and didn't do it again until 2021. Then I remembered how much it energizes me for months and decided to make sure I do it at least once a year.
	⚡ 6:28am Don in Tampere: ↳ Ciggy @6:25 There would have been an amazing show of them here but it was pouring rain. A friend in the UK saw them there.
	6:28am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @6:26 The Harvard comma must follow the word "white." (That's an Afirmative Action joke.)
	⚡ 6:28am Don in Tampere: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:21 The effect is more enjoyable than the process, but it's not as hard as one would think
	⚡ 6:29am NotARealDoctor: Good morning from Norfolk VA, out walking the dogs but no park this morning I'm afraid I've got to go open the pharmacy this morning
	⚡ 6:29am Spikey BXL: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:28 I am thinking it is similar to the buzz I experienced when I felt my body transfer into full ketose a couple of years back.
	6:30am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:27 Hmmm. Something to think about.
	⚡ 6:33am WR: Hello Brian and folks.
	⚡ 6:33am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @6:28 And it's omitted for detractive action?
	6:34am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @6:33 Which Harvard is all about. Allegedly.
	6:39am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers.
	6:40am Brian D: Greetings WR, Cooh.
	⚡ 6:42am Don in Tampere: ↳ Song: "The Vision" by "Joanna Mattrey & gabby fluke-mogul" This is vaguely reminiscent of Thurd Ear Band
	⚡ 6:45am Don in Tampere: Third, that is! What a typo!
	6:45am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:42 Bet they were an influence.
	6:48am Toothgrinder Tom: I’ve been attempting a news fast recently (except for Currents of course, that would be foolhardy).
	6:51am TDK60: Good morning Brian, current affairs followers who like music.
	⚡ 6:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Toothgrinder Tom @6:48 Yeah, it's always the same, without let-up. Only the instantiations of the self-same change endlessly.
	⚡ 6:54am Spikey BXL: Phil doing a triple thrash threesome
	⚡ 6:54am William Hellfire: Carols show is great! Psyched to wake up early on a Sunday. Anti music cats!!!!
	6:57am pp: Cactus Blossoms are one of Michael Shelley's faves. Can only get those harmonies from siblings. Should they be more popular considering their timeless sound?
	6:58am Brian D: ↳ Toothgrinder Tom @6:48 Can't blame you for taking a news fast... Good morning.
	6:58am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @6:51 Hello TDK.
	6:59am dale: morning. had to log in to see what this unusually fay scott was. the paul williams songbook looks like it's worth seeking out.
	6:59am Toothgrinder Tom: @Michael of Cologne I’ve been a news junkie all my life, so it’s hard. But I’ve been reading a book about the history of the creation of the Federal Reserve banking system instead.
	⚡ 7:00am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "We Could Be Flying" by "Scott Walker" Meow morning all, pushed myself outa bed. Looking forward to the interview. And hearing SW makes me wanna get some of his stuff. And I think I saw some used CDs at Love Not Money, 42 Eldridge St nyc, 2 days ago. Plus this songbook is a must. Woof!
	7:00am Toothgrinder Tom: Good morning, Brian! Always nice to hear your show.
	⚡ 7:01am Spikey BXL: Bastards, and Masters
	⚡ 7:01am herb.nyc: ↳ TDK60 @6:51 Oh hey, good morning tdk60. Brian said “she has a bastard, haha, masters…”. Haha
	⚡ 7:03am herb.nyc: Here in nyc, mayor Eric Putin sooo loves the press. Especially Chief of Patrol John Chell
	7:04am TDK60: ↳ herb.nyc @7:01 Good day, herb.nyc.
	7:05am ?: ↳ herb.nyc @7:01 he made a faux pas, yeah. Don't laugh.
	7:06am dale: wiki has an entry for scott's album 'any day now' which mentions producer and arrangers but no musician listing.
	7:08am dale: is that albany as being the hotbed of journalist attacks on the graph?
	⚡ 7:08am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Toothgrinder Tom @6:59 Steady progress in weaning off?
	7:09am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:01 I put the sh-t in Freudian slip.
	7:10am Brian D: ↳ @7:05 I'm laughing,
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ dale @7:06 Right. I even looked there. Same with Discogs.
	⚡ 7:12am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and news hounds.
	7:12am Brian D: ↳ dale @7:08 Coincidence. Reflects NY in general. Most incidents in NYC.
	7:12am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:12 Hello Peter!
	7:13am Brian D: For the data: pressfreedomtracker.us
	7:14am dale: ↳ Brian D @7:12 pshew!
	7:15am whereifoundyou: Wfmu used to be chill in the morning I could listen to npr if I wanted to hear this kind of news
	7:16am ∫ydniuß: if only… 🤣
	7:16am ?: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 whats stopping you
	7:17am ∫ydniuß: ↳ @7:16 dog took the knob
	7:18am morphe': ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 "What's all this I hear about Russian Jewelry????"
	7:18am Charles in Chicago: Good morning Brian, everyone. I'm not usually listening at this hour but I woke up early and I'm glad I tuned in. Great interview.
	⚡ 7:19am WR: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 If you can listen to the streams WFMU has three alternatives running right now that are only music at the time.
	7:19am dale: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 i find this to be pretty chill. if you want morning zoo, well...
	7:20am HyperDose: I'm just over here shakin my booty to the tunes ☕😎
	7:20am Danny in Poughkeepsie: Good morning Brian!!
	7:20am ?: ↳ Song: "What's Going On" by "Richie Havens" Richie is really tall. none of his friends call him Richie
	7:21am Charles in Chicago: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 How long have you been listening to the station? And do you understand the concept of Free-Form?
	7:22am Fredericks: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 I wouldn't mind if Brian and Cricket changed slots, but I love both shows.
	7:22am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:18 Good morning, Charles.
	7:22am Brian D: ↳ Danny in Poughkeepsie @7:20 Danny!
	7:22am TDK60: ↳ Song: "What's Going On" by "Richie Havens" I'm glad to hear of this Press Freedom Tracker project. Also, glad to hear great Richie.
	7:22am ∫ydniuß: this has always been a news show. just sayin
	7:24am morphe': ↳ Song: "Interview with Kirstin McCudden of US Press Freed... https://freedom.press/newsletter/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADLL4kEaXs8UeS8xfsVVly67C81Eo&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy6avot2IiQMVhphQBh2iigPxEAAYASAAEgKPlvD_BwE
	⚡ 7:27am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 Woof Moo is and remains chill.
	7:27am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:27 hehehe it's all over the map IMO - that's why I love it
	7:28am rich in angleton: good morning brian and everyone in radioland!
	7:28am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:27 (ever hear Professor Dum Dum? or Ken's show?)
	7:29am ?: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:27 most people are just hear to comment anyway
	7:31am morphe': ↳ Song: "Interview with Kirstin McCudden, Part 2" ARREST/CRIMINAL CHARGE Total Incidents: 352 Arrests/detainments at protests 290 See incidents → Journalists still facing charges 13 See incidents → Journalists detained without charges 140 See incidents → Arrested using excessive force 82 See incidents → https://pressfreedomtracker.us
	7:33am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @7:28 Rich! Sleeping in?
	7:34am Brian D: Jeff German: www.theguardian.com...
	7:34am Brian D: More on Jeff German: www.bbc.com...
	⚡ 7:34am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:27 Right on. FWIW, I wonder if any NPR stations would run this interview. It's all World Cafe, Acoustic Cafe, Boring Cafe.
	7:34am Charles in Chicago: ↳ morphe' @7:31 I wanted to see historical trends but if I select "data from all time", the bar chart on the right of the page still only shows Jan-Dec. Suggestion to the site owners, plot over history. It would be interesting.
	⚡ 7:35am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Great interview, Brian. I wish it wasn't necessary tho.
	7:35am ∫ydniuß: if I ain’t laughin Imma cryin
	7:35am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:34 The data only goes back to 2017, unfortunately. So it's a snapshot. But an important one.
	⚡ 7:35am WR: Jeff German en.wikipedia.org...
	7:37am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:35 I get it. But I want to plot the data from 2017 to 2024 and the graph axis is still only Jan-Dec, I think it's combining data from all the years, but still just plotting by month. 2017-2024 is 7 years, still a significant time span
	7:39am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:37 Ah, yeah, I see that. I guess it's just month-to-month data for the entire period. So, you know which month is the worst month for press freedom across the history of the tracker.
	⚡ 7:43am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	7:44am HyperDose: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:43 Will! Who wants coffee?
	7:45am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:39 Exactly, but I'd like to see the whole timeline plotted out on one graph. Just a suggestion to the site owners. And what the hell happened in May 2020?
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ HyperDose @7:44 "I got the Tim Horton's... I got your sister's ass..."
	7:46am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:45 I'll have decaf!
	7:46am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:45 I know. I'll mention it to Kirstin. May 2020 = the murder of George Floyd
	7:46am dale: ↳ Song: "Ohio / Machine Gun" by "The Isley Brothers" this is a jam right here.
	7:48am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:46 My favorite Wake sound effect.
	⚡ 7:49am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @7:44 meeee, coffee please ☕ ☕ ☕
	7:50am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:46 Oh right, the Floyd murder. Of course. Thanks Brian.
	⚡ 7:50am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:28 I've heard Professor Dum Dum filling in for Ken. He's a national treasure. Does he have his own show on one of the alternate streams?
	⚡ 7:50am newton: Good morning Brian, Alternate Currents
	⚡ 7:51am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Interview with Kirstin McCudden, Part 2" More power AND protection for the press! Thx for the interview, Brian, and thx for doing. On the flip side is the press which has so sold its soul. NYC has the free paper am-metro, owned by schneps media; they have more local papers. It’s full of puff pieces. If their writers get arrested it’s because they don’t laud the subject enough! Totally disgusting. -Ohio: my sign language prof in college said she was a student there when it happened.
	7:52am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:50 Newton! Good morning.
	7:52am Toothgrinder Tom: @Michael 7:08 hard to say, maybe in the very long term perspective?
	7:52am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:51 Fair point, Herb. A lot of factors play into that, though. The media is a business in this country, with few exceptions, and it's run that way.
	7:54am Hoboken Pete: Wow! Isley Bros.- Ohio- Machine Gun. A great song!
	⚡ 7:54am newton: all the newspapers used to be free, they were left behind on subways, and in coffeeshops for anyone to use
	7:57am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:54 Freedom ain't free, Newton.
	⚡ 7:59am newton: no, freedom is a necessary expense, but people's enslavement is costly
	⚡ 8:00am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @7:52 Yes, it’s a business. Just thought of this now, and poke holes into it- what if press were like campaigns? Govt issues matching funds. And you’d hafta abide by certain rules My comment omitted interviewee’s name, oops - Thx for the interview, Brian, and thx for doing, Kirsten.
	8:00am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:59 Preach.
	8:01am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:46 pasteboard.co... I combined the data and plotted it
	8:02am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @8:00 But, in that model, would the press be truly free to criticize the government as needed?
	8:03am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:01 Boy, looking at it that way, you really see the confluence of the pandemic, the election, and Floyd murder.
	8:03am pgalub: Good morning Brian and everyone!
	8:03am Brian D: ↳ pgalub @8:03 Greetings, Pete.
	8:05am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @8:03 Yeah. I was really curious to see this view so I created it myself. I do this sort of thing (data visualization) for a living... anyhow thanks for the interview and the great show, and for passing my suggestion along to Kirstin.
	⚡ 8:05am newton: when the govt gives matching funds it tends to think its has the right to put rules and restrictions on the recipient. Sometimes those rules are to ensure equality of access and fairness, but other times it is to censor and distort voices and content.
	⚡ 8:05am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:02 Good question. Can ya call Kirsten now? Or is Columbia Journalism Review here? Or Mr Sulzberger?
	8:06am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:50 Prof Dum Dum has had his own show at various times, he comes and goes on the schedule.
	8:06am Brian D: ↳ newton @8:05 See: government grants, FMU.
	8:07am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @8:05 Mr. Sulzberger still hasn't responded to my job application from 1990.
	8:09am Krys O.: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:06 Occasionally, Bill Zebub will air some Prof. Dum Dum on his Vortex of Chaos on the Sheena stream. Thursdays at noon to 3 pm ET. wfmu.org... And good morning.
	8:10am HyperDose: ↳ newton @7:59 these are the kinds of profound thoughts you get here at woof moo
	8:11am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Krys O. @8:09 Good morning to you!
	⚡ 8:11am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:07 Wotta putz! That Odenkirk guy (brain fart- can’t recall his first name) said he applies to nyt after graduating. Received a letter, something like “sorry…yr a talented man…come visit us”. He later got a job elsewhere and he visited nyt. And I think he was welcomed by them and they talked to him (?). He framed letter
	8:11am Brian D: ↳ Krys O. @8:09 Greetings, Krys. I haven't listened to Bill Zebub in ages. Shame on me.
	8:11am Fredericks: ↳ herb.nyc @8:11 Bob.
	8:11am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @8:11 I am kidding. I never applied to that rag.
	8:12am Charles in Chicago: ↳ herb.nyc @8:11 (That's brain constipation, not a fart)
	⚡ 8:13am herb.nyc: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:12 Well I don’t know sh_t from shinola!
	⚡ 8:13am herb.nyc: ↳ Fredericks @8:11 You are brilliant. Thx
	⚡ 8:14am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:11 “Wfmu dj lies on chatboard. Criminal charges possible. Film at 11”
	⚡ 8:15am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Song: "Clip: 6ABC-US DoJ proposes breaking up Google" breaking it up is a long time coming, I feel many other monopolies have been fractured by the government quicker... its about time
	8:16am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:15 antitrust enforcement has been out of style for a long long time
	⚡ 8:16am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:16 💯
	⚡ 8:17am herb.nyc: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:15 Hi Will. You sure said it!
	8:18am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:16 since at least 2001 when United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation ended in a settlement rather than any real action against Microsoft. That took the teeth out of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. I expect similar non-results in the Google case. (Remember when Microsoft was the "bad guy"?)
	⚡ 8:18am newton: I cancelled my new york times subscription today because I couldnt log in to the account. Their support people told be to install their app so I could read it on my phone, which I do not want, and to install Google Chrome on my computer because the new york times is designed to work best with that, rather than firefox! SUlzberger is going to miss my $4 monthly!
	⚡ 8:19am William Hellfire: Nosferatu dancing...it would be a funny awkward shimmy.
	⚡ 8:19am newton: ↳ newton @8:18 it wasnt today it was earlier this week.
	8:19am iiibeat: Brief Hole Dredging through the inversions of intention. All things materialize, as microorganisms overrun constituent cells. Feeding frenzies versus innocent ignorance. Swirling around perfect calm. Omniscient, nescient, omnipresent, absent, omnipotent, powerless. Control through inherent abandon. All things matter toward restoration. Nothing matters toward effect. Illumination into illusion. Fields into souls. Unity holds all difference. Ripe for a smattering via mist. Concrete. Residue. Residence. Residents. Waste matters. Thought matters. Count matters. Pace matters. Transference matters. Intention matters. Sense of belief matters. Geology matters. Churning and stirring. The invisible weighs more. Inversions touch liquid mirror droplets amid phantom gatherings quenched temporary at summary hills through tail tremor wind lick.
	⚡ 8:19am herb.nyc: ↳ Krys O. @8:09 I once pledged to prof dum dum’s show. It was on at midnight right after bill kelly. I phoned. Bill answered. I said “hey, yr co host. No volunteers there?” No, was the answer. Ugh
	⚡ 8:24am William Hellfire: I produced DVD extras for lead night of the living dead zombie Bill heinzmans films Flesheater and Majorets
	8:28am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @8:24 That's something! Also, have to recommend the Morricone Youth soundtrack to the film.
	⚡ 8:30am tom tom the pipers son: hello brian...fell asleep...ugh....i'll listen to interview later...
	⚡ 8:31am William Hellfire: ↳ Brian D @8:28 Oh that sounds great! I saw them play with Zombi in 2006. They did Goblins Deep Red and the Mothra theme. I had tears in my eyes such a great show.
	8:31am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:30 No worries, Tom Tom. So did I. ;-)
	8:32am rich in angleton: ↳ Brian D @7:33 hahaha - the cat was very talkative early so I didn't have a chance to announce my arrival! sleeping in.. c'mon Brian? does that sound like me?
	8:32am HyperDose: ↳ William Hellfire @8:19 close enough lol youtu.be...
	8:32am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @8:32 Not at all. Reason I was asking.
	⚡ 8:32am William Hellfire: ↳ Song: "It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking)" by "Jack W... Song for Ben.
	⚡ 8:33am WR: Thank you for the interview segment and news blurbs, Brian D. Thank you.
	8:33am Brian D: ↳ WR @8:33 Truly my pleasure, WR.
	⚡ 8:34am William Hellfire: ↳ HyperDose @8:32 Haha
	⚡ 8:36am herb.nyc: Kinda related to google monopoly is Amazon. And I’m seeing a play tonight , described- As the oceans rise, a band of queer warehouse workers travel from job to job, running from the encroaching coastline. An unlikely love story, and a startling new work of speculative fiction, In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot is a quietly revolutionary tale of queer aging, chosen family, and the search for home in a volatile world. I’ll report next wk. gotta feed cats at the office. Thx, Brian, take care all.
	8:37am morphe': "Joe Bonamassa Plays Rory Gallagher – Due To Popular Demand, Third Show Added on July 3rd, 2025" https://www.mnprmagazine.com/news/joe-bonamassa-rory-gallagher-extra-date/
	⚡ 8:40am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ newton @8:18 that's absurd, I hate when they push their apps or a singular browser... the web used to be about incusion and compatibility across platforms. sheer laziness on the programmers over there. especially given the fact that you were an actual subscriber and not just a leech.
	8:41am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:40 I miss the old 90's web. I used to be pretty enthusiastic about the WWW - I helped develop and promote it - and now it's mostly a sad mess. Sorry.
	⚡ 8:44am William Hellfire: Whoa! Great show Brian! Remember to watch spooky movies everyone!!!! Last night Erin and I did House of the Devil and Let's scare Jessica to Death.
	⚡ 8:44am newton: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:40 It didn't seem as innocent as laziness of programmers. More like greed. They wanted google power and all the data that's fit to steal. NYT has to turn a profit somehow.
	8:44am Bizco Bey: ↳ Song: "Clip: ABC-Several states sue social media company" WFMU is bad for my mental health
	⚡ 8:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Bastards of Young" by "Replacements" A rock medley as finale. Thanks, Brian!
	8:46am Mattynotimes: My man Brian! I knew you were gonna hit me with some Replacements at the right time!
	8:47am Brian D: ↳ Mattynotimes @8:46 Matty! We've got ESP, my friend.
	8:48am Charles in Chicago: ↳ newton @8:44 To be fair, it's not the programmers' fault. It takes a lot of work to make websites work cross-platform, and the more video, interactive content, etc, they embed the harder it is. it was simpler to achieve when websites were a lot simpler, and unless it's a real priority, the companies won't pay for it. It's not the programmers who are lazy, it's the people who pay them don't want to pay for something (cross-platform compatibility) that they don't deem important.
	8:49am Mattynotimes: Enjoy the weekend Brian! I’m filling in for Roger Nov 2 so I’ll pop in and say hi! Hope alls well
	8:50am Danny in Poughkeepsie: Thanks Brian for another fantastic show! I am reading Death in Sin City because of this show. Cheers!!
	⚡ 8:51am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ newton @8:44 it could totally be a higher level greed monger as well
	⚡ 8:52am newton: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:51 of course the greed comes from on high, the programmer is just hired to do the job. I never said the greed was the programmer's.
	8:52am morphe': Thanks BD and all !!!!
	8:54am ∫ydniuß: ↳ iiibeat @8:19 What is the mind? No Matter. What is matter? Never mind.
	8:54am Charles in Chicago: ↳ newton @8:52 sorry, it was Will who said "sheer laziness on the programmers over there". Anyhow the programmers aren't lazy, they just do what they are paid to do, and don't do what they aren't paid for.
	8:54am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me today. And my thanks again to Kirstin McCudden at US Press Freedom Tracker. Stay safe, everybody.
	⚡ 8:54am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian...
	8:55am ∫ydniuß: thx Brian D!
	8:55am TDK60: Gracias, Brian.
	⚡ 8:57am NotARealDoctor: Thanks Brian, Great interview. Have a great weekend everyone
	8:57am JG: ↳ Song: "If I Should Fall From Grace With God [live]" by "... Everybody loves Shane McGowan!
	⚡ 8:58am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Great show, Brian. Thank you.
	⚡ 8:58am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:54 I've been coding HTML and stuff since '96 there used to be specific cases in your code for other browsers to make sure the page displays properly across all platforms. I probably shouldn't have said the programmers are lazy, it is almost always corporate greed...
	⚡ 8:58am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Brian D!!!
	9:00am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:58 right, I've been doing programming including web dev since forever, but the cross-platform stuff is now harder than ever due to video, interactive features, javascript, etc. it used to be a lot easier. i miss the old "open" web!
	9:00am Charles in Chicago: bye thanks Brian!
	9:00am ?: ↳ herb.nyc @8:36 Herb, the Don Hunerberg page is getting cleaned up by wikipedia gatekeepers as predicted. They said it was orphan so added links

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October 12, 2024: "I woke up this morning with the blues all around my head..."

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Joy "Joy" by "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds"	Wild God	0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
West of Roan	Bread of Life "Bread of Life" by "West of Roan"	Queen of Eyes	0:05:51 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lisa Knapp	The Rowan Tree "The Rowan Tree" by "Lisa Knapp"	Living motion picture soundtrack	0:11:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Quietus	The Daybreak Choir Of What's Been Done	Volume 6	0:16:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Sky-Russia trying to create 'mayhem' on European streets		0:27:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Laura Cannell and Lori Goldston	The Underground Passage to The Castle	The Deer Are Small And The Rabbits Are Big	0:28:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Al Jazeera-Argentina poverty rate rises above 50 percent		0:36:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joanna Mattrey & gabby fluke-mogul	The Vision	Oracle	0:37:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Scott Walker	We Could Be Flying "We Could Be Flying" by "Scott Walker"	We've Only Just Begun: The Paul Williams Songbook	0:54:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Interview with Kirstin McCudden of US Press Freedom Tracker, Part 1
Richie Havens	What's Going On "What's Going On" by "Richie Havens"	Portfolio	1:16:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Childish Gambino	This is America "This is America" by "Childish Gambino"	MP3 Single	1:22:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Interview with Kirstin McCudden, Part 2
Flogging Molly	The Times They Are A-Changin'	Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan	1:38:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	Willy and the Poorboys	1:41:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Isley Brothers	Ohio / Machine Gun	Givin' It Back	1:43:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Molchat Doma	Son "Son" by "Molchat Doma"	Belaya Polosa	1:54:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Surplus 1980	Some Few Facts (And One False One) About Birds	Illusion of Consistency	2:01:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Chime School	Words You Say "Words You Say" by "Chime School"	The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel	2:06:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Body Meπa	Stones "Stones" by "Body Meπa"	Prayer In Dub	2:09:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: 6ABC-US DoJ proposes breaking up Google		2:11:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Modern Silent Cinema	Nosferatu Boogie	Aphonia	2:12:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

James King and the Lonewolves	Happy Home	Pretty Blue Eyes EP	2:22:55 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Eljin Marbles	Three Fires "Three Fires" by "Eljin Marbles"	Cool Fires: Songs of L.A. Art at Midcentury	2:26:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jack White	It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking)	No Name	2:30:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rory Gallagher	Bullfrog Blues "Bullfrog Blues" by "Rory Gallagher"	Big Guns The Very Best of Rory Gallagher	2:34:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: ABC-Several states sue social media company		2:41:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Thin Lizzy	Bad Reputation "Bad Reputation" by "Thin Lizzy"	Icon	2:41:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Replacements	Bastards of Young "Bastards of Young" by "Replacements"	For Sale: Live At Maxwell's 1986	2:44:59 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Oceanator	Be Here "Be Here" by "Oceanator"	Everything Is Love and Death	2:48:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Hinds	Stranger (feat. Grian Chatten)	Viva Hinds	2:51:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Pogues	If I Should Fall From Grace With God [live]	Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! - The Pogues Boxset	2:55:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:01am Strandlund: Good Morning Brian!! Hello Listeners!!
	⚡ 6:02am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian.... listeners
	⚡ 6:02am Spikey BXL: Good morning Brian, fellow currentistas. Strand, tom tom
	6:02am duke: Good Saturday everyone. Nice to hear Nick Cave
	6:03am morphe': Attuned...
	⚡ 6:03am tom tom the pipers son: hello spikey...
	⚡ 6:04am William Hellfire: Good morning fiends!
	⚡ 6:05am Spikey BXL: Billy Missile, duke, morphe!
	6:05am Brian D: Greetings and salutations, all.
	⚡ 6:07am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian and all. I'm back safe and sound from the Dark Bottle tour of Germany, which was a blast. Now fasting both to compensate for some overindulgence on tour and not being able to do my usual Lent one due to so much travel.
	6:08am Strandlund: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:02 Cheers to the weekend, Spikey!!
	6:08am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:07 Is that intermittent fasting, Don? Welcome home.
	6:10am Mr. Oxford: Hello Brian, hello everyone. Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening wherever you are. Enjoying the show so far. Great Nick Cave opener. I look forward to hearing Kirstin McCudden.
	⚡ 6:13am William Hellfire: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:05 Hi spikey!
	6:15am Barbie: Morning Brian
	6:17am Brian D: Barbie! Up and at 'em!
	6:17am Barbie: Always
	⚡ 6:18am Michael of Cologne: Good noonday Brian.
	6:18am morphe': BD - you take the ferry across? Usually - always?
	6:19am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:18 Ah, no, Morphe. Train. But I got here a bit early and it is a beautiful morning here. Plus, all the streetlights were out... bad for security, but good for looking at the river and skyline at night.
	⚡ 6:19am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @6:08 Nope, this is full-on, no solid food for 6 days fasting. Just some herbal or chaga tea and very small amounts of diluted vegetable or fruit juice. Day three now, so still a little slow, but based on experience, from tomorrow I'll feel amazing
	6:21am Brian D: Good morning, Strand, Tom Tom, Spikey, Duke, William, Mr. Oxford, and Michael.
	6:21am Brian D: ↳ Brian D @6:21 Note intentional use of "Oxford comma" after Mr. Oxford. I love grammar jokes.
	⚡ 6:21am Spikey BXL: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:19 Hey Don, that's something else. Enjoy it
	6:22am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:19 Dude, that's hardcore. Good luck with that.
	6:25am Ciggy: Good morning Brian Northern lights abound
	⚡ 6:26am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @6:21 Aka Harvard comma?
	⚡ 6:27am Don in Tampere: I've done it loads of times by now. Started late 90s and did it every year until I got into a job that required daily presence in 2010, and didn't do it again until 2021. Then I remembered how much it energizes me for months and decided to make sure I do it at least once a year.
	⚡ 6:28am Don in Tampere: ↳ Ciggy @6:25 There would have been an amazing show of them here but it was pouring rain. A friend in the UK saw them there.
	6:28am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @6:26 The Harvard comma must follow the word "white." (That's an Afirmative Action joke.)
	⚡ 6:28am Don in Tampere: ↳ Spikey BXL @6:21 The effect is more enjoyable than the process, but it's not as hard as one would think
	⚡ 6:29am NotARealDoctor: Good morning from Norfolk VA, out walking the dogs but no park this morning I'm afraid I've got to go open the pharmacy this morning
	⚡ 6:29am Spikey BXL: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:28 I am thinking it is similar to the buzz I experienced when I felt my body transfer into full ketose a couple of years back.
	6:30am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:27 Hmmm. Something to think about.
	⚡ 6:33am WR: Hello Brian and folks.
	⚡ 6:33am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @6:28 And it's omitted for detractive action?
	6:34am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @6:33 Which Harvard is all about. Allegedly.
	6:39am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers.
	6:40am Brian D: Greetings WR, Cooh.
	⚡ 6:42am Don in Tampere: ↳ Song: "The Vision" by "Joanna Mattrey & gabby fluke-mogul" This is vaguely reminiscent of Thurd Ear Band
	⚡ 6:45am Don in Tampere: Third, that is! What a typo!
	6:45am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:42 Bet they were an influence.
	6:48am Toothgrinder Tom: I’ve been attempting a news fast recently (except for Currents of course, that would be foolhardy).
	6:51am TDK60: Good morning Brian, current affairs followers who like music.
	⚡ 6:52am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Toothgrinder Tom @6:48 Yeah, it's always the same, without let-up. Only the instantiations of the self-same change endlessly.
	⚡ 6:54am Spikey BXL: Phil doing a triple thrash threesome
	⚡ 6:54am William Hellfire: Carols show is great! Psyched to wake up early on a Sunday. Anti music cats!!!!
	6:57am pp: Cactus Blossoms are one of Michael Shelley's faves. Can only get those harmonies from siblings. Should they be more popular considering their timeless sound?
	6:58am Brian D: ↳ Toothgrinder Tom @6:48 Can't blame you for taking a news fast... Good morning.
	6:58am Brian D: ↳ TDK60 @6:51 Hello TDK.
	6:59am dale: morning. had to log in to see what this unusually fay scott was. the paul williams songbook looks like it's worth seeking out.
	6:59am Toothgrinder Tom: @Michael of Cologne I’ve been a news junkie all my life, so it’s hard. But I’ve been reading a book about the history of the creation of the Federal Reserve banking system instead.
	⚡ 7:00am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "We Could Be Flying" by "Scott Walker" Meow morning all, pushed myself outa bed. Looking forward to the interview. And hearing SW makes me wanna get some of his stuff. And I think I saw some used CDs at Love Not Money, 42 Eldridge St nyc, 2 days ago. Plus this songbook is a must. Woof!
	7:00am Toothgrinder Tom: Good morning, Brian! Always nice to hear your show.
	⚡ 7:01am Spikey BXL: Bastards, and Masters
	⚡ 7:01am herb.nyc: ↳ TDK60 @6:51 Oh hey, good morning tdk60. Brian said “she has a bastard, haha, masters…”. Haha
	⚡ 7:03am herb.nyc: Here in nyc, mayor Eric Putin sooo loves the press. Especially Chief of Patrol John Chell
	7:04am TDK60: ↳ herb.nyc @7:01 Good day, herb.nyc.
	7:05am ?: ↳ herb.nyc @7:01 he made a faux pas, yeah. Don't laugh.
	7:06am dale: wiki has an entry for scott's album 'any day now' which mentions producer and arrangers but no musician listing.
	7:08am dale: is that albany as being the hotbed of journalist attacks on the graph?
	⚡ 7:08am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Toothgrinder Tom @6:59 Steady progress in weaning off?
	7:09am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:01 I put the sh-t in Freudian slip.
	7:10am Brian D: ↳ @7:05 I'm laughing,
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ dale @7:06 Right. I even looked there. Same with Discogs.
	⚡ 7:12am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and news hounds.
	7:12am Brian D: ↳ dale @7:08 Coincidence. Reflects NY in general. Most incidents in NYC.
	7:12am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:12 Hello Peter!
	7:13am Brian D: For the data: pressfreedomtracker.us
	7:14am dale: ↳ Brian D @7:12 pshew!
	7:15am whereifoundyou: Wfmu used to be chill in the morning I could listen to npr if I wanted to hear this kind of news
	7:16am ∫ydniuß: if only… 🤣
	7:16am ?: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 whats stopping you
	7:17am ∫ydniuß: ↳ @7:16 dog took the knob
	7:18am morphe': ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 "What's all this I hear about Russian Jewelry????"
	7:18am Charles in Chicago: Good morning Brian, everyone. I'm not usually listening at this hour but I woke up early and I'm glad I tuned in. Great interview.
	⚡ 7:19am WR: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 If you can listen to the streams WFMU has three alternatives running right now that are only music at the time.
	7:19am dale: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 i find this to be pretty chill. if you want morning zoo, well...
	7:20am HyperDose: I'm just over here shakin my booty to the tunes ☕😎
	7:20am Danny in Poughkeepsie: Good morning Brian!!
	7:20am ?: ↳ Song: "What's Going On" by "Richie Havens" Richie is really tall. none of his friends call him Richie
	7:21am Charles in Chicago: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 How long have you been listening to the station? And do you understand the concept of Free-Form?
	7:22am Fredericks: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 I wouldn't mind if Brian and Cricket changed slots, but I love both shows.
	7:22am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:18 Good morning, Charles.
	7:22am Brian D: ↳ Danny in Poughkeepsie @7:20 Danny!
	7:22am TDK60: ↳ Song: "What's Going On" by "Richie Havens" I'm glad to hear of this Press Freedom Tracker project. Also, glad to hear great Richie.
	7:22am ∫ydniuß: this has always been a news show. just sayin
	7:24am morphe': ↳ Song: "Interview with Kirstin McCudden of US Press Freed... https://freedom.press/newsletter/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADLL4kEaXs8UeS8xfsVVly67C81Eo&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy6avot2IiQMVhphQBh2iigPxEAAYASAAEgKPlvD_BwE
	⚡ 7:27am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ whereifoundyou @7:15 Woof Moo is and remains chill.
	7:27am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:27 hehehe it's all over the map IMO - that's why I love it
	7:28am rich in angleton: good morning brian and everyone in radioland!
	7:28am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:27 (ever hear Professor Dum Dum? or Ken's show?)
	7:29am ?: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:27 most people are just hear to comment anyway
	7:31am morphe': ↳ Song: "Interview with Kirstin McCudden, Part 2" ARREST/CRIMINAL CHARGE Total Incidents: 352 Arrests/detainments at protests 290 See incidents → Journalists still facing charges 13 See incidents → Journalists detained without charges 140 See incidents → Arrested using excessive force 82 See incidents → https://pressfreedomtracker.us
	7:33am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @7:28 Rich! Sleeping in?
	7:34am Brian D: Jeff German: www.theguardian.com...
	7:34am Brian D: More on Jeff German: www.bbc.com...
	⚡ 7:34am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:27 Right on. FWIW, I wonder if any NPR stations would run this interview. It's all World Cafe, Acoustic Cafe, Boring Cafe.
	7:34am Charles in Chicago: ↳ morphe' @7:31 I wanted to see historical trends but if I select "data from all time", the bar chart on the right of the page still only shows Jan-Dec. Suggestion to the site owners, plot over history. It would be interesting.
	⚡ 7:35am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Great interview, Brian. I wish it wasn't necessary tho.
	7:35am ∫ydniuß: if I ain’t laughin Imma cryin
	7:35am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:34 The data only goes back to 2017, unfortunately. So it's a snapshot. But an important one.
	⚡ 7:35am WR: Jeff German en.wikipedia.org...
	7:37am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:35 I get it. But I want to plot the data from 2017 to 2024 and the graph axis is still only Jan-Dec, I think it's combining data from all the years, but still just plotting by month. 2017-2024 is 7 years, still a significant time span
	7:39am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:37 Ah, yeah, I see that. I guess it's just month-to-month data for the entire period. So, you know which month is the worst month for press freedom across the history of the tracker.
	⚡ 7:43am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	7:44am HyperDose: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:43 Will! Who wants coffee?
	7:45am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:39 Exactly, but I'd like to see the whole timeline plotted out on one graph. Just a suggestion to the site owners. And what the hell happened in May 2020?
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ HyperDose @7:44 "I got the Tim Horton's... I got your sister's ass..."
	7:46am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:45 I'll have decaf!
	7:46am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:45 I know. I'll mention it to Kirstin. May 2020 = the murder of George Floyd
	7:46am dale: ↳ Song: "Ohio / Machine Gun" by "The Isley Brothers" this is a jam right here.
	7:48am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:46 My favorite Wake sound effect.
	⚡ 7:49am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ HyperDose @7:44 meeee, coffee please ☕ ☕ ☕
	7:50am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:46 Oh right, the Floyd murder. Of course. Thanks Brian.
	⚡ 7:50am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @7:28 I've heard Professor Dum Dum filling in for Ken. He's a national treasure. Does he have his own show on one of the alternate streams?
	⚡ 7:50am newton: Good morning Brian, Alternate Currents
	⚡ 7:51am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Interview with Kirstin McCudden, Part 2" More power AND protection for the press! Thx for the interview, Brian, and thx for doing. On the flip side is the press which has so sold its soul. NYC has the free paper am-metro, owned by schneps media; they have more local papers. It’s full of puff pieces. If their writers get arrested it’s because they don’t laud the subject enough! Totally disgusting. -Ohio: my sign language prof in college said she was a student there when it happened.
	7:52am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:50 Newton! Good morning.
	7:52am Toothgrinder Tom: @Michael 7:08 hard to say, maybe in the very long term perspective?
	7:52am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:51 Fair point, Herb. A lot of factors play into that, though. The media is a business in this country, with few exceptions, and it's run that way.
	7:54am Hoboken Pete: Wow! Isley Bros.- Ohio- Machine Gun. A great song!
	⚡ 7:54am newton: all the newspapers used to be free, they were left behind on subways, and in coffeeshops for anyone to use
	7:57am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:54 Freedom ain't free, Newton.
	⚡ 7:59am newton: no, freedom is a necessary expense, but people's enslavement is costly
	⚡ 8:00am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @7:52 Yes, it’s a business. Just thought of this now, and poke holes into it- what if press were like campaigns? Govt issues matching funds. And you’d hafta abide by certain rules My comment omitted interviewee’s name, oops - Thx for the interview, Brian, and thx for doing, Kirsten.
	8:00am Brian D: ↳ newton @7:59 Preach.
	8:01am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @7:46 pasteboard.co... I combined the data and plotted it
	8:02am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @8:00 But, in that model, would the press be truly free to criticize the government as needed?
	8:03am Brian D: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:01 Boy, looking at it that way, you really see the confluence of the pandemic, the election, and Floyd murder.
	8:03am pgalub: Good morning Brian and everyone!
	8:03am Brian D: ↳ pgalub @8:03 Greetings, Pete.
	8:05am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Brian D @8:03 Yeah. I was really curious to see this view so I created it myself. I do this sort of thing (data visualization) for a living... anyhow thanks for the interview and the great show, and for passing my suggestion along to Kirstin.
	⚡ 8:05am newton: when the govt gives matching funds it tends to think its has the right to put rules and restrictions on the recipient. Sometimes those rules are to ensure equality of access and fairness, but other times it is to censor and distort voices and content.
	⚡ 8:05am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:02 Good question. Can ya call Kirsten now? Or is Columbia Journalism Review here? Or Mr Sulzberger?
	8:06am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:50 Prof Dum Dum has had his own show at various times, he comes and goes on the schedule.
	8:06am Brian D: ↳ newton @8:05 See: government grants, FMU.
	8:07am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @8:05 Mr. Sulzberger still hasn't responded to my job application from 1990.
	8:09am Krys O.: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:06 Occasionally, Bill Zebub will air some Prof. Dum Dum on his Vortex of Chaos on the Sheena stream. Thursdays at noon to 3 pm ET. wfmu.org... And good morning.
	8:10am HyperDose: ↳ newton @7:59 these are the kinds of profound thoughts you get here at woof moo
	8:11am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Krys O. @8:09 Good morning to you!
	⚡ 8:11am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:07 Wotta putz! That Odenkirk guy (brain fart- can’t recall his first name) said he applies to nyt after graduating. Received a letter, something like “sorry…yr a talented man…come visit us”. He later got a job elsewhere and he visited nyt. And I think he was welcomed by them and they talked to him (?). He framed letter
	8:11am Brian D: ↳ Krys O. @8:09 Greetings, Krys. I haven't listened to Bill Zebub in ages. Shame on me.
	8:11am Fredericks: ↳ herb.nyc @8:11 Bob.
	8:11am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @8:11 I am kidding. I never applied to that rag.
	8:12am Charles in Chicago: ↳ herb.nyc @8:11 (That's brain constipation, not a fart)
	⚡ 8:13am herb.nyc: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:12 Well I don’t know sh_t from shinola!
	⚡ 8:13am herb.nyc: ↳ Fredericks @8:11 You are brilliant. Thx
	⚡ 8:14am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @8:11 “Wfmu dj lies on chatboard. Criminal charges possible. Film at 11”
	⚡ 8:15am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Song: "Clip: 6ABC-US DoJ proposes breaking up Google" breaking it up is a long time coming, I feel many other monopolies have been fractured by the government quicker... its about time
	8:16am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:15 antitrust enforcement has been out of style for a long long time
	⚡ 8:16am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:16 💯
	⚡ 8:17am herb.nyc: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:15 Hi Will. You sure said it!
	8:18am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:16 since at least 2001 when United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation ended in a settlement rather than any real action against Microsoft. That took the teeth out of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. I expect similar non-results in the Google case. (Remember when Microsoft was the "bad guy"?)
	⚡ 8:18am newton: I cancelled my new york times subscription today because I couldnt log in to the account. Their support people told be to install their app so I could read it on my phone, which I do not want, and to install Google Chrome on my computer because the new york times is designed to work best with that, rather than firefox! SUlzberger is going to miss my $4 monthly!
	⚡ 8:19am William Hellfire: Nosferatu dancing...it would be a funny awkward shimmy.
	⚡ 8:19am newton: ↳ newton @8:18 it wasnt today it was earlier this week.
	8:19am iiibeat: Brief Hole Dredging through the inversions of intention. All things materialize, as microorganisms overrun constituent cells. Feeding frenzies versus innocent ignorance. Swirling around perfect calm. Omniscient, nescient, omnipresent, absent, omnipotent, powerless. Control through inherent abandon. All things matter toward restoration. Nothing matters toward effect. Illumination into illusion. Fields into souls. Unity holds all difference. Ripe for a smattering via mist. Concrete. Residue. Residence. Residents. Waste matters. Thought matters. Count matters. Pace matters. Transference matters. Intention matters. Sense of belief matters. Geology matters. Churning and stirring. The invisible weighs more. Inversions touch liquid mirror droplets amid phantom gatherings quenched temporary at summary hills through tail tremor wind lick.
	⚡ 8:19am herb.nyc: ↳ Krys O. @8:09 I once pledged to prof dum dum’s show. It was on at midnight right after bill kelly. I phoned. Bill answered. I said “hey, yr co host. No volunteers there?” No, was the answer. Ugh
	⚡ 8:24am William Hellfire: I produced DVD extras for lead night of the living dead zombie Bill heinzmans films Flesheater and Majorets
	8:28am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @8:24 That's something! Also, have to recommend the Morricone Youth soundtrack to the film.
	⚡ 8:30am tom tom the pipers son: hello brian...fell asleep...ugh....i'll listen to interview later...
	⚡ 8:31am William Hellfire: ↳ Brian D @8:28 Oh that sounds great! I saw them play with Zombi in 2006. They did Goblins Deep Red and the Mothra theme. I had tears in my eyes such a great show.
	8:31am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:30 No worries, Tom Tom. So did I. ;-)
	8:32am rich in angleton: ↳ Brian D @7:33 hahaha - the cat was very talkative early so I didn't have a chance to announce my arrival! sleeping in.. c'mon Brian? does that sound like me?
	8:32am HyperDose: ↳ William Hellfire @8:19 close enough lol youtu.be...
	8:32am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @8:32 Not at all. Reason I was asking.
	⚡ 8:32am William Hellfire: ↳ Song: "It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking)" by "Jack W... Song for Ben.
	⚡ 8:33am WR: Thank you for the interview segment and news blurbs, Brian D. Thank you.
	8:33am Brian D: ↳ WR @8:33 Truly my pleasure, WR.
	⚡ 8:34am William Hellfire: ↳ HyperDose @8:32 Haha
	⚡ 8:36am herb.nyc: Kinda related to google monopoly is Amazon. And I’m seeing a play tonight , described- As the oceans rise, a band of queer warehouse workers travel from job to job, running from the encroaching coastline. An unlikely love story, and a startling new work of speculative fiction, In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot is a quietly revolutionary tale of queer aging, chosen family, and the search for home in a volatile world. I’ll report next wk. gotta feed cats at the office. Thx, Brian, take care all.
	8:37am morphe': "Joe Bonamassa Plays Rory Gallagher – Due To Popular Demand, Third Show Added on July 3rd, 2025" https://www.mnprmagazine.com/news/joe-bonamassa-rory-gallagher-extra-date/
	⚡ 8:40am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ newton @8:18 that's absurd, I hate when they push their apps or a singular browser... the web used to be about incusion and compatibility across platforms. sheer laziness on the programmers over there. especially given the fact that you were an actual subscriber and not just a leech.
	8:41am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:40 I miss the old 90's web. I used to be pretty enthusiastic about the WWW - I helped develop and promote it - and now it's mostly a sad mess. Sorry.
	⚡ 8:44am William Hellfire: Whoa! Great show Brian! Remember to watch spooky movies everyone!!!! Last night Erin and I did House of the Devil and Let's scare Jessica to Death.
	⚡ 8:44am newton: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:40 It didn't seem as innocent as laziness of programmers. More like greed. They wanted google power and all the data that's fit to steal. NYT has to turn a profit somehow.
	8:44am Bizco Bey: ↳ Song: "Clip: ABC-Several states sue social media company" WFMU is bad for my mental health
	⚡ 8:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Bastards of Young" by "Replacements" A rock medley as finale. Thanks, Brian!
	8:46am Mattynotimes: My man Brian! I knew you were gonna hit me with some Replacements at the right time!
	8:47am Brian D: ↳ Mattynotimes @8:46 Matty! We've got ESP, my friend.
	8:48am Charles in Chicago: ↳ newton @8:44 To be fair, it's not the programmers' fault. It takes a lot of work to make websites work cross-platform, and the more video, interactive content, etc, they embed the harder it is. it was simpler to achieve when websites were a lot simpler, and unless it's a real priority, the companies won't pay for it. It's not the programmers who are lazy, it's the people who pay them don't want to pay for something (cross-platform compatibility) that they don't deem important.
	8:49am Mattynotimes: Enjoy the weekend Brian! I’m filling in for Roger Nov 2 so I’ll pop in and say hi! Hope alls well
	8:50am Danny in Poughkeepsie: Thanks Brian for another fantastic show! I am reading Death in Sin City because of this show. Cheers!!
	⚡ 8:51am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ newton @8:44 it could totally be a higher level greed monger as well
	⚡ 8:52am newton: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:51 of course the greed comes from on high, the programmer is just hired to do the job. I never said the greed was the programmer's.
	8:52am morphe': Thanks BD and all !!!!
	8:54am ∫ydniuß: ↳ iiibeat @8:19 What is the mind? No Matter. What is matter? Never mind.
	8:54am Charles in Chicago: ↳ newton @8:52 sorry, it was Will who said "sheer laziness on the programmers over there". Anyhow the programmers aren't lazy, they just do what they are paid to do, and don't do what they aren't paid for.
	8:54am Brian D: Thank you all for joining me today. And my thanks again to Kirstin McCudden at US Press Freedom Tracker. Stay safe, everybody.
	⚡ 8:54am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian...
	8:55am ∫ydniuß: thx Brian D!
	8:55am TDK60: Gracias, Brian.
	⚡ 8:57am NotARealDoctor: Thanks Brian, Great interview. Have a great weekend everyone
	8:57am JG: ↳ Song: "If I Should Fall From Grace With God [live]" by "... Everybody loves Shane McGowan!
	⚡ 8:58am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Great show, Brian. Thank you.
	⚡ 8:58am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Charles in Chicago @8:54 I've been coding HTML and stuff since '96 there used to be specific cases in your code for other browsers to make sure the page displays properly across all platforms. I probably shouldn't have said the programmers are lazy, it is almost always corporate greed...
	⚡ 8:58am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Brian D!!!
	9:00am Charles in Chicago: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:58 right, I've been doing programming including web dev since forever, but the cross-platform stuff is now harder than ever due to video, interactive features, javascript, etc. it used to be a lot easier. i miss the old "open" web!
	9:00am Charles in Chicago: bye thanks Brian!
	9:00am ?: ↳ herb.nyc @8:36 Herb, the Don Hunerberg page is getting cleaned up by wikipedia gatekeepers as predicted. They said it was orphan so added links

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