WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from December 14, 2024

Listener comments!
	6:01am Listener Bop Monroe: came for the Sunrise, stayed for the Current. greetings from frigid Tannersville DJBD. big moon out there.
	6:01am duke: Good morning Brian and listenerers
	⚡ 6:03am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian and all...
	6:03am Strandlund: Good Morning, Afternoon and Evening Brian and all those tuning in...
	6:04am TDK60: Good day, DJ Brian.
	6:06am Brian D: Good morning, Duke, Tom Tom, Strand, TDK and all. Greetings and thanks for hanging around, Bop.
	⚡ 6:07am bradford: Good morning Brian & all.
	6:07am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. Got through Friday 13th.
	6:08am Brian D: Bradford, Cooh, top of the morning.
	6:09am Barbie: Good morning Brian from Bedlam and Barbie.
	6:09am morphe': Attuned ....
	6:10am Listener Bop Monroe: awoken and bokin'... this is nice
	⚡ 6:11am William Hellfire: Good morning fiends!
	6:11am Barbie: The moon is just setting now.
	6:12am Brian D: Barbie! Morphe! William!
	⚡ 6:13am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian and all! It's a snowy winter day in Tampere, with a fire going in the brick oven. I'll have to leave in a while because I was asked to play banjo on a rap song at a show tonight and I have to go learn it.
	6:14am morphe': Getting muffled Jingle Bells here... Simon thought it was the start of Run DNC's Xmas en Hollis...
	⚡ 6:14am Don in Tampere: Has Trump started selling the Ten Commandments too?
	6:14am TDK60: ..And meanwhile, in the good ol' U$A, they're "working for the clampdown." (The Clash)
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:13 Greetings, Don. Banjo on a rap song. What will the kids think of next?
	⚡ 6:17am William Hellfire: Cats are at attention. You have done it again, Brian!
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:14 I think you'll hear it's not quite that.
	⚡ 6:21am tom tom the pipers son: Not NYT Junk Poetry A Philosopher Envisioned Today’s Corporate World Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years Scrubbing Up for a Peek at the Resuscitated, Glorious, Space Age Blues, Behind-the-Scenes Mess That Is the Mystery of the Brain In Our Current Political Moment
	⚡ 6:22am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @6:17 A couple of years ago I did a remix of a minimal techno track where I added banjo, but I don't think he's put out the remix album yet. He also did a remix for my "Banjo Machine Music" album, which is also stoill searching for a label 2 years after I finished it.
	⚡ 6:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:22 do you like "ruby" by silver apples, don
	6:23am JReganK: Good morning, Brian & All!
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:23 I actually don't know the track but I'll go check it out!
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:24 But not right now while Brian is on.
	⚡ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:24 banjo +electronics ....yes of course
	⚡ 6:25am William Hellfire: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:23 I saw half of the silver apples at an early apples revival. Knitting Factory NYC.
	6:25am JReganK: ↳ Song: "North American Eclipse" by "Daniel Lentz" This is excellent!
	⚡ 6:26am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ William Hellfire @6:25 nice ...w.h.
	6:26am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:22 I wonder if a label would put out Metal Machine Music today.
	6:27am Brian D: ↳ JReganK @6:23 Greetings, JReganK.
	⚡ 6:28am NotARealDoctor: Hey good morning Brian D and fellow surfers of the currents, checking in from Norfolk VA. Really enjoyed that Bad Pilot track
	6:29am fred: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:14 He has an abridged edition for the short attention span of our times. There's only "Thou Salt have No other Goods before Me". It's signed Donald J. Trump in (someone's) own hand, and is certified to be (containing traces of) gold. (words in parentheses are in fine print)
	⚡ 6:30am NotARealDoctor: Really had to peel myself out of bed this morning so I can open the pharmacy today after closing last night
	6:30am pgalub: Hey Brian and everyone.
	⚡ 6:30am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @6:26 I think that even then, it was only because it was a Lou Reed record.
	6:31am morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 "The Unbearables, for those who don’t know of them, are a loose confederation of poets and writers who came of age in 1980s and 90s New York. Infamous for their high-minded aesthetics and low, barroom manners, the group has sought to torment literary powers-that-be throughout its more than two decades of existence. The group is probably best known for organizing a boycott in 1995 of The New Yorker, protesting its flaccid, middle-of-the-road poetry. ...." [Article omits that they actually did a sit in/occupation of the New Yorker office] brooklynrail.org...
	⚡ 6:32am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:29 ivanka as salome w/ bernie's head on a platter
	6:32am Angel DiMaria: Good morning everyone
	6:34am Brian D: Good morning, NotAReal, Fred, Mr. G, Angel.
	⚡ 6:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @6:31 thanks a lot morphe....btw "glorious" needs redacting from above this will be a good read....i have no connection to other writers or read poetry
	⚡ 6:37am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:30 I'm sure you have something in the pharmacy to pep you up and maybe something for me? No hats on the bed.
	6:38am morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 ps. When I worked at St Marks BkShop '82-'87, one of my responsibilities was small press and zines and .... A couple of the self published folk used to try to "bribe me" with offers to publish my "stuff" = looking for prominent placement in the shop... I always submitted stuff using pseudonyms ... "Submission to the Editor" you would take me on my hands and knees suppliant in word and deed
	⚡ 6:38am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:36 although i was acquainted with steve dalachinsky through my ex
	⚡ 6:39am NotARealDoctor: ↳ William Hellfire @6:37 Oh sure, we've got a coffee maker in the break room
	⚡ 6:39am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @6:38 very funny
	6:42am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:38 My poetry actually gets rejected before I submit it. I have rejection letters from journals I've never even heard of.
	6:42am JReganK: ↳ Song: "Theme for Nikki" by "Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni" Sweet!
	⚡ 6:46am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:39 And medical grade caffeinated coffee. Yum. Please put some Benzedrine in my ovalteen
	6:46am morphe': ↳ Brian D @6:42 Myself and a few coworkers submitted pieces [undercover] to a special edition of the Portable Lower Eastside ... we all got the same rejection letter ".... not our style..." or something .. so we photocopied previous pieces Kurt published and sent them in, separately, saying "... is this more suitable..."
	6:47am JReganK: ↳ Song: "Theme for Nikki" by "Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni" NotARealDoctor. What Pharma-enhancement do you recommend with this track?
	6:49am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:46 Any response?
	⚡ 6:49am William Hellfire: ↳ JReganK @6:47 Grape codeine cough syrup. So good
	⚡ 6:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @6:31 the 'unbearables' seem in line with charle finch who wrote for coagula a free art journal. his column was titled "ny letter bomb" iirc
	6:51am JReganK: ↳ William Hellfire @6:49 Lol! Codeine Lattes all around!
	6:51am fred: Nikki Giovanni was such a strong voice
	⚡ 6:53am William Hellfire: ↳ JReganK @6:51 That could be a thing!
	6:53am morphe': ↳ Song: "Just A NY Poem" by "Nikki Giovanni" NG "... if I was a poet I'd kidnap you..."
	6:54am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @6:49 Got me addicted to codeine/painkillers in high school.
	6:54am JReganK: ↳ William Hellfire @6:53 Get a jump on it before it goes Corporate!
	6:56am rich in angleton: good morning brian! hello everybody in radioland!
	⚡ 6:57am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:51 not sure if you are referring to her physical voice or writer's 'voice' but once heard maya angelou read for a small audience and her physical voice was so resonant it was somewhere beyond human
	6:57am JReganK: Here's to drones and kidnapping poets!
	⚡ 6:57am William Hellfire: ↳ Brian D @6:54 Whenever I got sick I'd tell the Dr. I couldn't take robotusson so he would write a script for grape codinine. I would drink it in a day. The singer of Disco Missile used to drive around and sign for it over the counter. Used to be able to get two bottles per store. He's dead now. For better your pain than be caught on codeine. Buffy.
	6:59am morphe': must away to get wooopppppeeeddd in pingPong my my 13 y/o Simon... Thanks BD and all ...
	⚡ 7:00am tom tom the pipers son: see you morphe and thanks for the article
	7:03am JReganK: ↳ Song: "Clip: Inside Edition-Tablet with 10 Commandments ... Brian. More humor for a bleak world.
	7:03am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:59 My money's on you, Morphe.
	7:04am Brian D: ↳ JReganK @7:03 My thoughts exactly.
	⚡ 7:04am tom tom the pipers son: dig the first image
	7:05am fred: @Brian: I think France has around 100 reported femicides a year, often after violent partners get a wink from police who refuse to register complaints
	7:06am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @6:57 I guess the statute of limitations is up on this... My doctor when I was in high school was very old. When he left the room, I stole his prescription pad. The next 6 months were a blur.
	7:07am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:05 Yes, Fred. All too common. I've been debating covering that horrific rape case on this show, but it's so disturbing.
	⚡ 7:09am William Hellfire: ↳ Brian D @7:06 Whoa! Eddie stole eather from William Paterson science lab. We past a rag at a basement show. Everyone had a huff. Glad you made it out alive. So many dead friends.
	7:09am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @7:09 You too, brother.
	⚡ 7:09am NotARealDoctor: ↳ JReganK @6:47 You know i missed this question but I'm gonna second the codeine syrup
	7:10am Matthew: How about that cyclist who was run over by an ambulance, & then was charged $1500. for the ambulance ride?
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:09 All in favor of codeine, raise your hands?
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Matthew @7:10 Sadly, I think that's standard operating procedure.
	7:13am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Days in a Daze" by "Keeley" Shoedaze?
	7:14am dale: good cold morning.
	⚡ 7:14am NotARealDoctor: You know they've discontinued the promethazine with codeine syrup now actually, due to its addictive nature. They still make cherry flavored Robitussin with codeine and the even more powerful hydrocodone cough syrup flavored like pineapple
	⚡ 7:16am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and everyone.
	⚡ 7:16am Bobby: Good morning Brian and current listeners!
	⚡ 7:17am tom tom the pipers son: funny how the story of what's going on in bangladesh is being ignored by western media, notably ny times.....frmer prime minister of bangladesh took off after student revolution with over 200 billion dollars, ...not reported in times, to the best of my knowledge, or in a very limited way. one of the present challenges there is assembling an appropriate police force for a burgeoning democracy....they still have a legitimate nobel laureate as prime minister with fmr students in the cabinet and the great architecture of louis kahn for their government buildings
	⚡ 7:17am Bobby: Ah, when you wake up to Souled American. That’s a good day
	7:18am dale: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:17 'my architect' was an interesting movie.
	⚡ 7:19am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:14 I once drank an 8 oz bottle of robotusson and had to endure a 30 hr bus ride home and I could not pee. Tussin stops the caught and the reflex to trigger a good pee!
	7:19am ?: Thou Salt have No other Goods before Me
	7:20am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:16 Good morning, Peter.
	7:20am Brian D: ↳ Bobby @7:16 Bobby! Missed you the other night. How was it?
	⚡ 7:22am Bobby: ↳ Brian D @7:20 Always better when you are there, but a good time for all I think
	7:24am Brian D: ↳ Bobby @7:22 I was so looking forward to it. Always a fun hang. Judging by the dumpster, a fair bit of trash. Always a good sign.
	⚡ 7:29am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Clip: Euronews-Belgian sex workers gain labor rig... Drat. Really wanted to go to Ken & Andy 7sd (full contact) Bingo (Ken said full contact; musta been bloody). So when I heard this sex story, I thought “what would Andy say?” This? - “ya know, Ken is very clever. All the sex workers here at wfmu, he gets around the labor rights thing by calling them djs. Oh Kenny, what are we gonna do with you?”.
	⚡ 7:29am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	7:31am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:29 Ha! That's spot on. Andy had 'em rolling at the last staff meeting.
	7:31am Brian D: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:29 Greetings, Will.
	⚡ 7:32am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:31 oh to be a fly on the wall...
	⚡ 7:33am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @7:31 Oh to be a fly on the wall. G’day to you and all.
	⚡ 7:34am herb.nyc: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:32 Oh you type faster than me!
	⚡ 7:34am NotARealDoctor: ↳ William Hellfire @7:19 Hmmm that's not a side effect I'd ever heard of before, but I've also never drank an entire bottle of Robitussin
	⚡ 7:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ herb.nyc @7:34 that way i don't get swatted
	⚡ 7:36am herb.nyc: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:34 I bet Ken has a SWAT team at wfmu (yes I know, the T means Team so I not need type the word, but it reads funny)
	⚡ 7:38am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "I Feel It All" by "Honeyglaze" Oh, sounds like Kristen Hersh. Yes? (She has a book on songwriting, and was kinda curious)
	7:40am fred: ↳ Song: "Clip: Korea Now-Student protests at women's unive... South Korea is very patriarchal, so I think the students have a point
	7:43am estebangrande: good morning to Brian and the Current
	7:44am radioronan: Good morning Brian & everyone tuned in!
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:38 Similar, for sure. This is Honeyglaze's first record, I think.
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:40 Very much so, Fred.
	7:46am Brian D: Good morning, Esteban and Ronan.
	7:50am Strandlund: ↳ Song: "Tres tristes transeúntes (Three Sad Passers-By)" ... Loving this track!!
	⚡ 7:50am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:34 Yeah, don't. And don't eat 12 Dramamine either.
	7:51am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:45 Many female students from Asia at work (from South Korea, China, Taiwan or Japan) told me they feel a lot of pressure to get married and have children, so studies feel a respite (whether is research, computer science, or composition)
	7:55am estebangrande: ↳ William Hellfire @7:50 so that i don't, would you tell what happens?
	7:57am fred: ↳ fred @7:51 Another example is the LDS. BYU has many talented female scientists, but most disappear soon after their PhD, with efforts to contact them about their work discouraged by the administration. To my (limited) knowledge, even when contact is made, they have turned the page and are not interested
	8:01am G: ↳ fred @7:51 The birth rate in S Korea in 2022 was 0.78. Replacement rate is 2.1 -- At that rate their population would decline by 2/3rds over coming decades. So yeah, seems like S Koreans have gotten reluctant to pair off and have families.
	8:06am fred: ↳ G @8:01 Education is also very expensive when you count the prep for the super-competitive exams. So having a kid is a financial commitment fewer are looking forward to
	8:12am G: ↳ fred @8:06 Many developed countries have this issue going -- having kids and raising them to succeed well has gotten very pricey, and a huge effort for 2 decades and more. Japan is at 1.26 birthrate, the US at 1.66 birth rate. Many Euro countries, too...
	8:12am Michael C St Lou: ↳ Song: "This Is Not A Political Song" by "Dead Pioneers" Hi Brian, everyone. ⭐️🔥💣❤️❤️
	8:13am fred: ↳ Song: "This Is Not A Political Song" by "Dead Pioneers" Makes me want to see The Ex again
	⚡ 8:15am William Hellfire: ↳ Song: "Wild World" by "The Birthday Party" Hey!!!
	8:15am Scott from Boston: This song is scary…early BDP is
	8:17am Toothgrinder Tom: What is BDP?
	8:19am Toothgrinder Tom: Never mind - I know now
	8:22am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Post Plethoric Rhetoric" by "Wilderness" This drumming is quite good.
	8:23am Fredericks: Any suggestions on where I might get my hands on a philosophy book translated into Chinese?
	8:24am StringOFperils: Western philosophy?
	8:25am fred: ↳ G @8:12 SK also has this "work long, drink hard" corporate culture (for men only) that reinforces that women are alone for house and kids tasks. Not exactly appealing to more and more women there. So more are like "why sacrifice all I earned through my work for someone I'll barely see and who'll see me as his servant"
	⚡ 8:28am William Hellfire: ↳ estebangrande @7:55 Besides feeling sick I was hallucinating that I was roller skating and really beloved that it happened when I was just laying on a mattress with my friend.
	⚡ 8:32am newton: mourning
	8:34am Fredericks: ↳ StringOFperils @8:24 Ideally, yes.
	8:35am Fredericks: Rawls, Kant, Wile etc.
	⚡ 8:35am newton: a dear friend passed unexpectedly this week. One of the really good ones, it is a huge loss,
	⚡ 8:35am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Haven't been super active with the comments today. Great show, Brian.
	8:36am Fredericks: ↳ newton @8:35 Sorry to hear that. It's a life changing event.
	8:38am wearpants: Got a copy on my shelf
	⚡ 8:38am newton: if anyone is inclined here is a short film an sva grad student made some years ago about my friend bill dilworth youtu.be...
	8:39am Scott from Boston: I know practically nothing of Delmore except for what I’ve learned through Lou Reed… What would you recommend starting with?
	8:40am G in Rome: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities he taught Lou writing at Syracuse
	8:40am Brian D: ↳ newton @8:35 Sorry to hear, Newton. Sending good thoughts.
	8:41am G in Rome: DS story collection In Dreams begin Respons...
	8:41am Brian D: ↳ Scott from Boston @8:39 www.poetryfoundation.org...
	8:43am Scott from Boston: Thank you so much everyone! Brian fantastic show as usual
	8:47am fred: ↳ Brian D @8:41 There was a review of o poem collection in Dissent: www.dissentmagazine.org...
	⚡ 8:49am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ newton @8:35 sorry to hear about your friend, keep your memories. our condolences
	8:49am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:47 Yes, and this in London Review of Books: www.lrb.co.uk...
	⚡ 8:49am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Mahashmashana" by "Father John Misty" Thx for playing misty for me (are you Clint Eastwood?) last wk, Brian. I went to library and put his new one on hold (not on shelves yet. Oh, If yr Clint, who am I? Was it Brenda vaccaro?)
	8:50am gauche knee: Newton, Sorry on the loss of your dear friend. it’s always hard & sudden loss can have a layer of whiplash/disbelief…sending warmth ♥️
	8:51am gauche knee: Another solid one, Thanks Brian! Stay toasty all ✌🏾
	8:54am Brian D: Hey all, thank you for joining me this morning. Great discussion on here, as always. Stay safe and have a great weekend.
	8:54am TDK60: Thanks, Brian.
	8:55am fred: ↳ Brian D @8:49 You're being less obvious with your politics, though I haven't been exactly shy about mine
	8:57am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:55 To paraphrase, "subtlety is the soul of wit," Fred.
	⚡ 8:58am William Hellfire: Great show! Thank you.
	⚡ 8:59am Will thee SG OCNY: thank you Brian D!!!
	⚡ 8:59am NotARealDoctor: Thanks Brian! Just in time I'm walking into the pharmacy now. Have a great week everyone!
	9:00am G in Rome: Humbolt's Gift by Saul Bellow -- based on Delmore Schwartz
	7:51pm Will: Hi Brian, love this show, it a beauty with a strong message. I am checking to see if y'all DJs check your after-shift comments since the board is still open, here I am on Saturday.
	2:05pm Brian D: ↳ Will @7:51 I see you, Will. Thanks for the kind words.

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from December 14, 2024

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Jennifer Castle	Earthsong "Earthsong" by "Jennifer Castle"	Camelot		0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Blind Pilot	Believe Me "Believe Me" by "Blind Pilot"	In the Shadows of the Holy Mountain		0:03:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Daniel Lentz	North American Eclipse	Lips		0:10:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Inside Edition-Tablet with 10 Commandments to be Auctioned			0:30:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Alarm Will Sound/Aphex Twin	Cliffs	Acoustica		0:31:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Al Jazeera-Kenya protests against femicide			0:38:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni	Theme for Nikki	Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies	R.I.P. Nikki Giovanni: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/nikki-giovannis-legacy-of-black-love	0:39:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nikki Giovanni	Just A NY Poem "Just A NY Poem" by "Nikki Giovanni"	The Way I Feel		0:46:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Gèmètchu Itana	Yakolèlé "Yakolèlé" by "Gèmètchu Itana"	Éthiopiques 25: 1971-1975 Modern Roots		0:50:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

田中亜矢 (Aya Tanaka)	朝 (Morning)	朝 (Morning)	Photos of Damascus by Myriam Boulos.	1:00:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Adrian Younge	Run feat. ALANI "Run feat. ALANI" by "Adrian Younge"	Adrian Younge Presents Linear Labs Sao Paulo		1:04:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Keeley	Days in a Daze "Days in a Daze" by "Keeley"	Beautiful Mysterious		1:08:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Euronews-Belgian sex workers gain labor rights			1:13:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Souled American	Deal "Deal" by "Souled American"	Notes Campfire		1:13:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tess Parks	Running Home to Sing "Running Home to Sing" by "Tess Parks"	Pomegranate		1:20:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
David Grubbs	The Snake on Its Tail	Whistle From Above		1:25:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Honeyglaze	I Feel It All "I Feel It All" by "Honeyglaze"	Real Deal		1:31:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Korea Now-Student protests at women's university mulling coed			1:35:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Goat Girl	Viper Fish "Viper Fish" by "Goat Girl"	Goat Girl		1:36:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Elkhorn	Crystal Hummingbird "Crystal Hummingbird" by "Elkhorn"	The Red Valley		1:40:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Julián Mayorga	Tres tristes transeúntes (Three Sad Passers-By)	Chak Chak Chak Chak		1:45:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Angry Zeta	Worms and Bugs "Worms and Bugs" by "Angry Zeta"	Chills and Thrills		1:48:36 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Black Slipper	Forlorn and Futile "Forlorn and Futile" by "Black Slipper"	Cohesive Theories		1:52:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Stan Clear and the Closing Doors	Market Rate Yapping	Pulse Width Mods EP		2:03:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: KMOV-North Korean IT workers indicted in extortion plot			2:06:36 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dead Pioneers	This Is Not A Political Song	Dead Pioneers		2:07:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Birthday Party	Wild World "Wild World" by "The Birthday Party"	Hits		2:12:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Wilderness	Post Plethoric Rhetoric	Wilderness		2:15:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Afterimage	Satellite Of Love "Satellite Of Love" by "Afterimage"	Faces to Hide		2:23:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Cure	All I Ever Am "All I Ever Am" by "The Cure"	Songs Of A Lost World		2:28:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

U2	Acrobat "Acrobat" by "U2"	Achtung Baby		2:36:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Father John Misty	Mahashmashana "Mahashmashana" by "Father John Misty"	Mahashmashana		2:40:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Janel and Anthony	Crystal Wish "Crystal Wish" by "Janel and Anthony"	New Moon In The Evil Age		2:50:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:01am Listener Bop Monroe: came for the Sunrise, stayed for the Current. greetings from frigid Tannersville DJBD. big moon out there.
	6:01am duke: Good morning Brian and listenerers
	⚡ 6:03am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian and all...
	6:03am Strandlund: Good Morning, Afternoon and Evening Brian and all those tuning in...
	6:04am TDK60: Good day, DJ Brian.
	6:06am Brian D: Good morning, Duke, Tom Tom, Strand, TDK and all. Greetings and thanks for hanging around, Bop.
	⚡ 6:07am bradford: Good morning Brian & all.
	6:07am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. Got through Friday 13th.
	6:08am Brian D: Bradford, Cooh, top of the morning.
	6:09am Barbie: Good morning Brian from Bedlam and Barbie.
	6:09am morphe': Attuned ....
	6:10am Listener Bop Monroe: awoken and bokin'... this is nice
	⚡ 6:11am William Hellfire: Good morning fiends!
	6:11am Barbie: The moon is just setting now.
	6:12am Brian D: Barbie! Morphe! William!
	⚡ 6:13am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian and all! It's a snowy winter day in Tampere, with a fire going in the brick oven. I'll have to leave in a while because I was asked to play banjo on a rap song at a show tonight and I have to go learn it.
	6:14am morphe': Getting muffled Jingle Bells here... Simon thought it was the start of Run DNC's Xmas en Hollis...
	⚡ 6:14am Don in Tampere: Has Trump started selling the Ten Commandments too?
	6:14am TDK60: ..And meanwhile, in the good ol' U$A, they're "working for the clampdown." (The Clash)
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:13 Greetings, Don. Banjo on a rap song. What will the kids think of next?
	⚡ 6:17am William Hellfire: Cats are at attention. You have done it again, Brian!
	6:17am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:14 I think you'll hear it's not quite that.
	⚡ 6:21am tom tom the pipers son: Not NYT Junk Poetry A Philosopher Envisioned Today’s Corporate World Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years Scrubbing Up for a Peek at the Resuscitated, Glorious, Space Age Blues, Behind-the-Scenes Mess That Is the Mystery of the Brain In Our Current Political Moment
	⚡ 6:22am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @6:17 A couple of years ago I did a remix of a minimal techno track where I added banjo, but I don't think he's put out the remix album yet. He also did a remix for my "Banjo Machine Music" album, which is also stoill searching for a label 2 years after I finished it.
	⚡ 6:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:22 do you like "ruby" by silver apples, don
	6:23am JReganK: Good morning, Brian & All!
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:23 I actually don't know the track but I'll go check it out!
	⚡ 6:24am Don in Tampere: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:24 But not right now while Brian is on.
	⚡ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:24 banjo +electronics ....yes of course
	⚡ 6:25am William Hellfire: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:23 I saw half of the silver apples at an early apples revival. Knitting Factory NYC.
	6:25am JReganK: ↳ Song: "North American Eclipse" by "Daniel Lentz" This is excellent!
	⚡ 6:26am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ William Hellfire @6:25 nice ...w.h.
	6:26am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:22 I wonder if a label would put out Metal Machine Music today.
	6:27am Brian D: ↳ JReganK @6:23 Greetings, JReganK.
	⚡ 6:28am NotARealDoctor: Hey good morning Brian D and fellow surfers of the currents, checking in from Norfolk VA. Really enjoyed that Bad Pilot track
	6:29am fred: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:14 He has an abridged edition for the short attention span of our times. There's only "Thou Salt have No other Goods before Me". It's signed Donald J. Trump in (someone's) own hand, and is certified to be (containing traces of) gold. (words in parentheses are in fine print)
	⚡ 6:30am NotARealDoctor: Really had to peel myself out of bed this morning so I can open the pharmacy today after closing last night
	6:30am pgalub: Hey Brian and everyone.
	⚡ 6:30am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @6:26 I think that even then, it was only because it was a Lou Reed record.
	6:31am morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 "The Unbearables, for those who don’t know of them, are a loose confederation of poets and writers who came of age in 1980s and 90s New York. Infamous for their high-minded aesthetics and low, barroom manners, the group has sought to torment literary powers-that-be throughout its more than two decades of existence. The group is probably best known for organizing a boycott in 1995 of The New Yorker, protesting its flaccid, middle-of-the-road poetry. ...." [Article omits that they actually did a sit in/occupation of the New Yorker office] brooklynrail.org...
	⚡ 6:32am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:29 ivanka as salome w/ bernie's head on a platter
	6:32am Angel DiMaria: Good morning everyone
	6:34am Brian D: Good morning, NotAReal, Fred, Mr. G, Angel.
	⚡ 6:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @6:31 thanks a lot morphe....btw "glorious" needs redacting from above this will be a good read....i have no connection to other writers or read poetry
	⚡ 6:37am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:30 I'm sure you have something in the pharmacy to pep you up and maybe something for me? No hats on the bed.
	6:38am morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 ps. When I worked at St Marks BkShop '82-'87, one of my responsibilities was small press and zines and .... A couple of the self published folk used to try to "bribe me" with offers to publish my "stuff" = looking for prominent placement in the shop... I always submitted stuff using pseudonyms ... "Submission to the Editor" you would take me on my hands and knees suppliant in word and deed
	⚡ 6:38am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:36 although i was acquainted with steve dalachinsky through my ex
	⚡ 6:39am NotARealDoctor: ↳ William Hellfire @6:37 Oh sure, we've got a coffee maker in the break room
	⚡ 6:39am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @6:38 very funny
	6:42am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:38 My poetry actually gets rejected before I submit it. I have rejection letters from journals I've never even heard of.
	6:42am JReganK: ↳ Song: "Theme for Nikki" by "Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni" Sweet!
	⚡ 6:46am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:39 And medical grade caffeinated coffee. Yum. Please put some Benzedrine in my ovalteen
	6:46am morphe': ↳ Brian D @6:42 Myself and a few coworkers submitted pieces [undercover] to a special edition of the Portable Lower Eastside ... we all got the same rejection letter ".... not our style..." or something .. so we photocopied previous pieces Kurt published and sent them in, separately, saying "... is this more suitable..."
	6:47am JReganK: ↳ Song: "Theme for Nikki" by "Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni" NotARealDoctor. What Pharma-enhancement do you recommend with this track?
	6:49am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:46 Any response?
	⚡ 6:49am William Hellfire: ↳ JReganK @6:47 Grape codeine cough syrup. So good
	⚡ 6:50am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ morphe' @6:31 the 'unbearables' seem in line with charle finch who wrote for coagula a free art journal. his column was titled "ny letter bomb" iirc
	6:51am JReganK: ↳ William Hellfire @6:49 Lol! Codeine Lattes all around!
	6:51am fred: Nikki Giovanni was such a strong voice
	⚡ 6:53am William Hellfire: ↳ JReganK @6:51 That could be a thing!
	6:53am morphe': ↳ Song: "Just A NY Poem" by "Nikki Giovanni" NG "... if I was a poet I'd kidnap you..."
	6:54am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @6:49 Got me addicted to codeine/painkillers in high school.
	6:54am JReganK: ↳ William Hellfire @6:53 Get a jump on it before it goes Corporate!
	6:56am rich in angleton: good morning brian! hello everybody in radioland!
	⚡ 6:57am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @6:51 not sure if you are referring to her physical voice or writer's 'voice' but once heard maya angelou read for a small audience and her physical voice was so resonant it was somewhere beyond human
	6:57am JReganK: Here's to drones and kidnapping poets!
	⚡ 6:57am William Hellfire: ↳ Brian D @6:54 Whenever I got sick I'd tell the Dr. I couldn't take robotusson so he would write a script for grape codinine. I would drink it in a day. The singer of Disco Missile used to drive around and sign for it over the counter. Used to be able to get two bottles per store. He's dead now. For better your pain than be caught on codeine. Buffy.
	6:59am morphe': must away to get wooopppppeeeddd in pingPong my my 13 y/o Simon... Thanks BD and all ...
	⚡ 7:00am tom tom the pipers son: see you morphe and thanks for the article
	7:03am JReganK: ↳ Song: "Clip: Inside Edition-Tablet with 10 Commandments ... Brian. More humor for a bleak world.
	7:03am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @6:59 My money's on you, Morphe.
	7:04am Brian D: ↳ JReganK @7:03 My thoughts exactly.
	⚡ 7:04am tom tom the pipers son: dig the first image
	7:05am fred: @Brian: I think France has around 100 reported femicides a year, often after violent partners get a wink from police who refuse to register complaints
	7:06am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @6:57 I guess the statute of limitations is up on this... My doctor when I was in high school was very old. When he left the room, I stole his prescription pad. The next 6 months were a blur.
	7:07am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:05 Yes, Fred. All too common. I've been debating covering that horrific rape case on this show, but it's so disturbing.
	⚡ 7:09am William Hellfire: ↳ Brian D @7:06 Whoa! Eddie stole eather from William Paterson science lab. We past a rag at a basement show. Everyone had a huff. Glad you made it out alive. So many dead friends.
	7:09am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @7:09 You too, brother.
	⚡ 7:09am NotARealDoctor: ↳ JReganK @6:47 You know i missed this question but I'm gonna second the codeine syrup
	7:10am Matthew: How about that cyclist who was run over by an ambulance, & then was charged $1500. for the ambulance ride?
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:09 All in favor of codeine, raise your hands?
	7:11am Brian D: ↳ Matthew @7:10 Sadly, I think that's standard operating procedure.
	7:13am TDK60: ↳ Song: "Days in a Daze" by "Keeley" Shoedaze?
	7:14am dale: good cold morning.
	⚡ 7:14am NotARealDoctor: You know they've discontinued the promethazine with codeine syrup now actually, due to its addictive nature. They still make cherry flavored Robitussin with codeine and the even more powerful hydrocodone cough syrup flavored like pineapple
	⚡ 7:16am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and everyone.
	⚡ 7:16am Bobby: Good morning Brian and current listeners!
	⚡ 7:17am tom tom the pipers son: funny how the story of what's going on in bangladesh is being ignored by western media, notably ny times.....frmer prime minister of bangladesh took off after student revolution with over 200 billion dollars, ...not reported in times, to the best of my knowledge, or in a very limited way. one of the present challenges there is assembling an appropriate police force for a burgeoning democracy....they still have a legitimate nobel laureate as prime minister with fmr students in the cabinet and the great architecture of louis kahn for their government buildings
	⚡ 7:17am Bobby: Ah, when you wake up to Souled American. That’s a good day
	7:18am dale: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:17 'my architect' was an interesting movie.
	⚡ 7:19am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:14 I once drank an 8 oz bottle of robotusson and had to endure a 30 hr bus ride home and I could not pee. Tussin stops the caught and the reflex to trigger a good pee!
	7:19am ?: Thou Salt have No other Goods before Me
	7:20am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:16 Good morning, Peter.
	7:20am Brian D: ↳ Bobby @7:16 Bobby! Missed you the other night. How was it?
	⚡ 7:22am Bobby: ↳ Brian D @7:20 Always better when you are there, but a good time for all I think
	7:24am Brian D: ↳ Bobby @7:22 I was so looking forward to it. Always a fun hang. Judging by the dumpster, a fair bit of trash. Always a good sign.
	⚡ 7:29am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Clip: Euronews-Belgian sex workers gain labor rig... Drat. Really wanted to go to Ken & Andy 7sd (full contact) Bingo (Ken said full contact; musta been bloody). So when I heard this sex story, I thought “what would Andy say?” This? - “ya know, Ken is very clever. All the sex workers here at wfmu, he gets around the labor rights thing by calling them djs. Oh Kenny, what are we gonna do with you?”.
	⚡ 7:29am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	7:31am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:29 Ha! That's spot on. Andy had 'em rolling at the last staff meeting.
	7:31am Brian D: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:29 Greetings, Will.
	⚡ 7:32am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @7:31 oh to be a fly on the wall...
	⚡ 7:33am herb.nyc: ↳ Brian D @7:31 Oh to be a fly on the wall. G’day to you and all.
	⚡ 7:34am herb.nyc: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:32 Oh you type faster than me!
	⚡ 7:34am NotARealDoctor: ↳ William Hellfire @7:19 Hmmm that's not a side effect I'd ever heard of before, but I've also never drank an entire bottle of Robitussin
	⚡ 7:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ herb.nyc @7:34 that way i don't get swatted
	⚡ 7:36am herb.nyc: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:34 I bet Ken has a SWAT team at wfmu (yes I know, the T means Team so I not need type the word, but it reads funny)
	⚡ 7:38am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "I Feel It All" by "Honeyglaze" Oh, sounds like Kristen Hersh. Yes? (She has a book on songwriting, and was kinda curious)
	7:40am fred: ↳ Song: "Clip: Korea Now-Student protests at women's unive... South Korea is very patriarchal, so I think the students have a point
	7:43am estebangrande: good morning to Brian and the Current
	7:44am radioronan: Good morning Brian & everyone tuned in!
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ herb.nyc @7:38 Similar, for sure. This is Honeyglaze's first record, I think.
	7:45am Brian D: ↳ fred @7:40 Very much so, Fred.
	7:46am Brian D: Good morning, Esteban and Ronan.
	7:50am Strandlund: ↳ Song: "Tres tristes transeúntes (Three Sad Passers-By)" ... Loving this track!!
	⚡ 7:50am William Hellfire: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:34 Yeah, don't. And don't eat 12 Dramamine either.
	7:51am fred: ↳ Brian D @7:45 Many female students from Asia at work (from South Korea, China, Taiwan or Japan) told me they feel a lot of pressure to get married and have children, so studies feel a respite (whether is research, computer science, or composition)
	7:55am estebangrande: ↳ William Hellfire @7:50 so that i don't, would you tell what happens?
	7:57am fred: ↳ fred @7:51 Another example is the LDS. BYU has many talented female scientists, but most disappear soon after their PhD, with efforts to contact them about their work discouraged by the administration. To my (limited) knowledge, even when contact is made, they have turned the page and are not interested
	8:01am G: ↳ fred @7:51 The birth rate in S Korea in 2022 was 0.78. Replacement rate is 2.1 -- At that rate their population would decline by 2/3rds over coming decades. So yeah, seems like S Koreans have gotten reluctant to pair off and have families.
	8:06am fred: ↳ G @8:01 Education is also very expensive when you count the prep for the super-competitive exams. So having a kid is a financial commitment fewer are looking forward to
	8:12am G: ↳ fred @8:06 Many developed countries have this issue going -- having kids and raising them to succeed well has gotten very pricey, and a huge effort for 2 decades and more. Japan is at 1.26 birthrate, the US at 1.66 birth rate. Many Euro countries, too...
	8:12am Michael C St Lou: ↳ Song: "This Is Not A Political Song" by "Dead Pioneers" Hi Brian, everyone. ⭐️🔥💣❤️❤️
	8:13am fred: ↳ Song: "This Is Not A Political Song" by "Dead Pioneers" Makes me want to see The Ex again
	⚡ 8:15am William Hellfire: ↳ Song: "Wild World" by "The Birthday Party" Hey!!!
	8:15am Scott from Boston: This song is scary…early BDP is
	8:17am Toothgrinder Tom: What is BDP?
	8:19am Toothgrinder Tom: Never mind - I know now
	8:22am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Post Plethoric Rhetoric" by "Wilderness" This drumming is quite good.
	8:23am Fredericks: Any suggestions on where I might get my hands on a philosophy book translated into Chinese?
	8:24am StringOFperils: Western philosophy?
	8:25am fred: ↳ G @8:12 SK also has this "work long, drink hard" corporate culture (for men only) that reinforces that women are alone for house and kids tasks. Not exactly appealing to more and more women there. So more are like "why sacrifice all I earned through my work for someone I'll barely see and who'll see me as his servant"
	⚡ 8:28am William Hellfire: ↳ estebangrande @7:55 Besides feeling sick I was hallucinating that I was roller skating and really beloved that it happened when I was just laying on a mattress with my friend.
	⚡ 8:32am newton: mourning
	8:34am Fredericks: ↳ StringOFperils @8:24 Ideally, yes.
	8:35am Fredericks: Rawls, Kant, Wile etc.
	⚡ 8:35am newton: a dear friend passed unexpectedly this week. One of the really good ones, it is a huge loss,
	⚡ 8:35am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Haven't been super active with the comments today. Great show, Brian.
	8:36am Fredericks: ↳ newton @8:35 Sorry to hear that. It's a life changing event.
	8:38am wearpants: Got a copy on my shelf
	⚡ 8:38am newton: if anyone is inclined here is a short film an sva grad student made some years ago about my friend bill dilworth youtu.be...
	8:39am Scott from Boston: I know practically nothing of Delmore except for what I’ve learned through Lou Reed… What would you recommend starting with?
	8:40am G in Rome: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities he taught Lou writing at Syracuse
	8:40am Brian D: ↳ newton @8:35 Sorry to hear, Newton. Sending good thoughts.
	8:41am G in Rome: DS story collection In Dreams begin Respons...
	8:41am Brian D: ↳ Scott from Boston @8:39 www.poetryfoundation.org...
	8:43am Scott from Boston: Thank you so much everyone! Brian fantastic show as usual
	8:47am fred: ↳ Brian D @8:41 There was a review of o poem collection in Dissent: www.dissentmagazine.org...
	⚡ 8:49am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ newton @8:35 sorry to hear about your friend, keep your memories. our condolences
	8:49am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:47 Yes, and this in London Review of Books: www.lrb.co.uk...
	⚡ 8:49am herb.nyc: ↳ Song: "Mahashmashana" by "Father John Misty" Thx for playing misty for me (are you Clint Eastwood?) last wk, Brian. I went to library and put his new one on hold (not on shelves yet. Oh, If yr Clint, who am I? Was it Brenda vaccaro?)
	8:50am gauche knee: Newton, Sorry on the loss of your dear friend. it’s always hard & sudden loss can have a layer of whiplash/disbelief…sending warmth ♥️
	8:51am gauche knee: Another solid one, Thanks Brian! Stay toasty all ✌🏾
	8:54am Brian D: Hey all, thank you for joining me this morning. Great discussion on here, as always. Stay safe and have a great weekend.
	8:54am TDK60: Thanks, Brian.
	8:55am fred: ↳ Brian D @8:49 You're being less obvious with your politics, though I haven't been exactly shy about mine
	8:57am Brian D: ↳ fred @8:55 To paraphrase, "subtlety is the soul of wit," Fred.
	⚡ 8:58am William Hellfire: Great show! Thank you.
	⚡ 8:59am Will thee SG OCNY: thank you Brian D!!!
	⚡ 8:59am NotARealDoctor: Thanks Brian! Just in time I'm walking into the pharmacy now. Have a great week everyone!
	9:00am G in Rome: Humbolt's Gift by Saul Bellow -- based on Delmore Schwartz
	7:51pm Will: Hi Brian, love this show, it a beauty with a strong message. I am checking to see if y'all DJs check your after-shift comments since the board is still open, here I am on Saturday.
	2:05pm Brian D: ↳ Will @7:51 I see you, Will. Thanks for the kind words.

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