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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
laraaji  meditation # 2   Favoriting day of radiance      0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
alice coltrane  spiritual eternal   Favoriting eternity      0:07:28 (MP3 | Pop-up)
unknown artist  jackass blues   Favoriting female blues singers vol 14 1923-32  document records    0:10:21 (MP3 | Pop-up)
J Dilla  The Diff'rence   Favoriting donuts      0:14:57 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Lloyd Miller  gol-e gandom   Favoriting spiritual jazz v/a  jazzman    0:15:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
don cherry  Malkauns   Favoriting brown rice      0:19:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
donald byrd  elmina   Favoriting kofi      0:38:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)
roberta flack  i can see the sun in late december   Favoriting feel like makin' love      0:46:56 (MP3 | Pop-up)
jeff parker  my ideal   Favoriting forfolks      0:59:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger  This Woman's Work   Favoriting Force Majeure      1:06:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)
buster williams  the hump   Favoriting pinnacle      1:12:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Augustus Pablo  king tubby & augustus pablo at the end of dub   Favoriting augustus pablo meets king tubby at the control      1:22:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
candy mckenzie  breakfast in bed   Favoriting lee scratch perry presents candy mckenzie      1:26:28 (MP3 | Pop-up)
David Lee Jr  second line march   Favoriting Black Fire! New Spirits! Radical and Revolutionary Jazz in the USA 1957-82      1:30:07 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Jackie McLean  Hipnosis   Favoriting hipnosis      1:31:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Groove Collective (with Bernie Worrell)  rent strike ( d.J. Smash remix)   Favoriting stolen moments red hot + cool v/a      1:42:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
bobby womack  across 110th street   Favoriting the best of      1:48:17 (MP3 | Pop-up)
burnt sugar  repatriation-of-the-midnight-moors (oakanda rmx 2)   Favoriting angles over oakanda    RIP greg tate  1:51:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Lonnie Holley  looking for all ( all rendered truth)   Favoriting just before music      2:09:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)
minnie riperton  inside my love   Favoriting adventures in paradise      2:12:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Roman Norfleet and Be Present Art Group  a vessel   Favoriting Roman Norfleet and Be Present Art Group  Mississippi Records    2:25:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Freddie Hubbard  the godfather   Favoriting sky dive      2:27:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
dorothy ashby  myself when young   Favoriting the rubyiat of dorothy ashby      2:37:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
the blackbyrds  the message   Favoriting flying start      2:43:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
laura lee  i don't want nothin' old ( but money)   Favoriting Women's Love Rights      2:50:11 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Rufus Harley  etymology   Favoriting re-creation of the gods      2:51:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Nailah Hunter  nacre meadow   Favoriting spells  leaving records    2:56:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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bradford:

Good morning Trouble & all.
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newton:

Good morning Trouble et al
  9:01am
listener james from westwood:

Morning, Trouble and everyone! The horrors persist, but so do we.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Trouble. Troublemakers.
Avatar 9:01am
No Big Thing in Chicago:

Good morning Trouble and Troubled. We're all here right now and that's something nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
∫ydniuß:

kid in my dorm got dosed against his will once.
he was freaking out.
we popped laraaji in headphones on him, he calmed right down
  9:02am
annette:

saint puddles here. top that !!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
chresti:

Morning Trouble and troubled!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Zip7:

Good morning Troubled modernists!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Trouble:

good thursday morning peoples! so glad we don't have 15 " of snow like last week's forecast warned...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Trouble and chillers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
melinda:

Morning Trouble and friends! Nice waking up to laraaji.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 9:10am
tom tom the pipers son:

good morning trouble and folks...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
StringOFperils:

Morning, Trouble. Here for communion with the saints....or a reasonable facsimile. Demons OUT!
Avatar 9:11am
Mike in Montreal:

Morning Trouble, Moderns
  9:13am
jimphis:

King Oliver & his Orchestra 1926
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TDK60:

Good day deejay Trouble.
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tak:

malkauns
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tak:

yessssss
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Juli P:

Good Morning Trouble!
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Juli P:

Good Morning FMU!
  9:22am
GorillaFella:

Good morning all! Loving these selections so far, Alice Coltrane and Don Cherry are some of my go-to calm down/meditation artists ✌️🫶🧘‍♀️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
listener james from westwood:

↳ GorillaFella @9:22
Total truth right here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Trouble:

i brought soooo much music with me last week that didn't get played. So today is part two of black history
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
listener james from westwood:

@Trouble, just looking up Vanessa German's art, and dang, wish I'd seen this exhibition of hers in Montclair a couple years' back: www.montclairartmuseum.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
unpopularfred:

good grey thursday morning modern world
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
listener james from westwood:

↳ Trouble @9:26
Nobody here's gonna kvetch if there's a part 3 next week! You do this month proud!
  9:26am
Mike H:

↳ Song: "Malkauns" by "don cherry"
I bought the reissue of this album 5-6 years ago and it's some of the best money I've ever spent, I listen to it quite a lot
Avatar 9:27am
Matty Cannabis:

My soul is indeed troubled... lord keep me off the interwebs today.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Trouble @9:26
It's all good, Trouble. We're here for it.
  9:28am
Katharsis:

hellos
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
kuba:

↳ Song: "Malkauns" by "don cherry"
wow
  9:30am
bobopoplasticland:

Sounds a lil like Enrico Rava on this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Trouble:

dang @ listener james: i missed that show too. bummer.
Avatar 9:31am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ Song: "Malkauns" by "don cherry"
Love love love this album. The great Charlie Haden on bass.
Avatar 9:32am
Kay_in_Chi:

Don Cherry is my president.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 9:33am
common:

trouble! all!
Avatar 9:33am
Juli P:

Stay offline:
I went to Bloomingdales & tried on a 400 outfit: Pretended I was successful financially
Looked amazing
Here is two hundred dollars of it:
I need instruments; 2 pedals & a synth: I cannot afford to dress poshy
www.instagram.com...
Avatar 9:33am
Juli P:

I feel like ppl judge me in the ArtWorld.
Sad
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
StringOFperils:

↳ Kay_in_Chi @9:32
Can't even bear the P word anymore. It has turned into a container full of poison.
Avatar 9:35am
Juli P:

Made in China tho:
It's all such a show
Prolly cheaply made
Consumerism
Consume
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Juli P @9:33
are you sure you’re not an iPad musician? soft synths are cheaper
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am
∫ydniuß:

I mean, get a bluetooth keyboard controller too, obvi
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Mike in Montreal:

oh, marathon coming up!
Avatar 9:37am
Juli P:

↳ ∫ydniuß @9:36
Oh cool I should:
It's getting dire
  9:37am
hector:

loving you from the UK... great tunes Trouble.
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Juli P:

I like pushing things turning things w music lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
StringOFperils:

ME-Shell
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Juli P:

Two Turn Tables
And A Microphone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Trouble:

gracias@ hector!
  9:42am
Blacktooth:

This whole Donald Byrd album “Kofi” is good all the way thru. Like, the whole album is awesome.
Avatar 9:42am
Juli P:

I wish to make it in Hollywood:
It's dumb
I want to look nice all my life and have a fancy partner who is also an artist lol
Botox:
Silver teeth
Skincare
Piercings
Tattoos lol
I'm but a poor artist trying to look nice enough to make it
  9:42am
lentils:

gosh you can make a morning, DJ Trouble. i'm glad i work nights! looking forward to the rest of the set, keep on rockin - Lentils P.
  9:42am
John in New Paltz:

I was just listening to "Kofi" this morning! Great choice. Magisterial. j
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bixa (𝘣𝘦𝘦-𝘩𝘢):

i'm so happy it's thursday morning
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Handy Haversack:

Bright Thursday greetings from chilly New Orleans, Trouble and all the Troubled!
  9:44am
CloudyJ:

Fantastic tune! Loved the Don Cherry, too. Getting my morning rolling, thanks!
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Juli P:

Loving Trouble as always:
Almost [ledged but I need every dollar rn
Lol I sound like a fiend.
I will pledge to Trouble soon!

Great Black History Music
Avatar 9:46am
Juli P:

[Pledged]
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Trouble:

february vacation @ handy? i thought JC was on school break this week the traffic has been so empty. maybe it's just the cold...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
unpopularfred:

↳ Juli P @9:42
Hang in there Juli P, you've got the right attitude
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:43
Enjoy those tacky overpriced souvenir stores and other neat stuff! www.frinkiac.com...
Avatar 9:47am
Charles in Chicago:

↳ StringOFperils @9:34
I'd rather have a President than a King!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Trouble @9:46
Yup, NYC schools are off. And we are staying mere blocks from Euclid Records. I brought a certain record bag with me ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Handy Haversack:

I see that today is the Occlusion of the Icons! The great circle makes its round ...
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:48
Have a great time Handy! Check out the Hi-Ho Lounge and surrounding area if you get a chance. Stay away from the touristic crap and NOLA is great.
  9:50am
Cosmic:

This Roberta flack album is 🔥 dreams
  9:52am
Katharsis:

i love the way she says “hey” in this piece
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
disco_nap_:

Hello dear Troublemakers
  9:52am
wimpy:

Hey sorry if that has been answered, but what’s the “theme baby theme” on the swag list?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
StringOFperils:

↳ Charles in Chicago @9:47
I'll bet. When you used to have one, it was never perfect, but this...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
Handy Haversack:

↳ wimpy @9:52
Double CD of theme songs from WFMU shows with more available for download.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Charles in Chicago @9:49
A fifteen-minute walk away!

We caught some cool sax and accordion improv last night.
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Juli P:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:56
Lots of amazing music in that witchy town!
There was this huge shop by the Levi on the outskirts of the French Quarter I wish I went there not before the internet because it is so cool & has a free store in the front
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northguineahills:

↳ Cosmic @9:50
what cosmic said...
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:56
Superb! Enjoy the rest of your vacation.
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Juli P:

Reasons I enjoy the social medias: documentary photographs of my life:
If I had money it would be in print form.
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wimpy:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:53
ah neat thanks. hopefully i'm able to donate more than I was in october. that shirt is rad!
  10:02am
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ Song: "my ideal" by "jeff parker"
my bestie said "I feel like this track never ends and I don't want it to" 💖🪷we are soaking in the vibes^_^ loved Roberta Flack as well. just a divine set of music all together. ✨
  10:03am
annette:

after i got fired from being honest,drove to NEOLA . wandered around and enjoyed street musiscians
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "my ideal" by "jeff parker"
i've toasted this jeff parker before, but very gabor szabo!
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Juli P:

Pre internet pre smart phones this is all I got because I was too busy living my life:
I guess there is something to be said for living me life without a smart phone because I experienced pure magic. But only have my writing to document.
www.facebook.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Jim the Poet:

I hope Mulder and Scully aren't fired
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northguineahills:

oh, fark no, kash patel....
  10:06am
Rich:

Confirm Kash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
listener james from westwood:

Kash Patel is yet another one of these "Who the fuck ARE all these rancid little gunsels?" who keep showing up for this guy. Where do they come from?
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Juli P:

UMMMMMMMMMM go away.
I need Trouble's voice.
  10:07am
annette:

fire smelly that musk thing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
Jim the Poet:

I do not like what is going on
  10:07am
Rich:

Sample email for senator:
Dear Senator,
Kash Only!
Confirm him today.
Thanks in advance!
  10:07am
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

appreciate u keeping it real Trouble ✌️ listener james lmao you're right 🧟‍♂️
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Zip7:

Jeez louise, that's amazing about the stock holdings. Ahh, the trolls are showing up.
  10:08am
GorillaFella:

I could live in that Roberta Flack song haha such a gorgeous world of peace in that tune. Great follow up with My Ideal as well, Im was only familiar with the Chet Baker version so when I noticed the melody my ears perked up. Beautiful set :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
StringOFperils:

About 6,000 IRS employees are reportedly slated for termination...goodbye audits. Hello gangster land.
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Mike in Montreal:

Please folks, call your rep. I'll hold your seats and make sure they don't clear the table
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northguineahills:

my rep is becca balint. she self-describes herself as a feisty dyke. (she doesn't put up w/ scheisse). originally from jersey, she's been in brattleboro, vt for over 20 years.
Avatar 10:08am
Charles in Chicago:

5calls.org is a great resource... it will help you connect with your reps and senators without talking to a robot... I've been calling frequently. Call volumes are high right now so you might not get through at first, be persistent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Jim the Poet:

I call my rep all the time but he's so rich
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
wolfingham:

Kash Patel also owns between $1m - $5m in stock of chinese owned Shein which is slated to go public
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northguineahills:

↳ northguineahills @10:08
(on her email list)
  10:09am
Rich:

Yes, call your representative now!
  10:09am
Toothgrinder Tom:

I was just about to say - is this Kate Bush?
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northguineahills:

↳ wolfingham @10:08
that too...
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Juli P:

↳ Jim the Poet @10:08
You have not the money: You are not the human.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
newton:

↳ StringOFperils @10:08
except for those who make less than $100k or who receive aid of any kind, there will be audits for them in this miserable new world
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Rabbitsmokinintheferns:

Sad to say, we can write and call all we want, at the end of the day the Republican majority are spineless scaredy-cats that will push all these nightmare confirmations through.
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "This Woman's Work" by "Dezron Douglas & Brandee Y...
harptastic!
  10:10am
annette:

I REPEAT : LIVE YOUR VALUES
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
StringOFperils:

↳ newton @10:09
Maybe they'll get exiled to the 51st state of New Siberia.
  10:10am
Rich:

Enjoy the music y'all. Lay off the whiskey and let the politic-ing be! Digging the harp.
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Juli P:

I shop & support local & recycled.
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Juli P:

↳ Rich @10:10
What?
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tak:

spinning tubes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
WoodsOfMaine:

Is resist.bot worth using? Somebody mentioned it here a couple of days ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
newton:

a few more years of climate change that will be farmland
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Franco Twinkie:

Can I ask my representative to do something about the smirk on Emil Bove's face?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
disco_nap_:

Can someone please put the number Trouble just said in the chat?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Trouble:

hey listeners: if you disagree with what i have to say then you are free to disagree. If you get stupid and rude then i will ban you, just saying. we have rules of conduct on this playlist...wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
disco_nap_:

Or can I just use 5calls?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
WoodsOfMaine:

@Trouble: did you hear about the new Eno book on art coming out?
  10:13am
annette:

GULF OF MEXITALLIA. TIME TO VOTE
  10:13am
Rich:

867-5309
  10:14am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good morning, Trouble and Everyone. Lurking with the flu.
  10:14am
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ annette @10:10
amen to that !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
disco_nap_:

Oh I found it on 5calls yay! 5calls.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Trouble:

to call dc and ask for any us senator or rep 201-224-3121
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
disco_nap_:

↳ Trouble @10:14
Thanks Trouble, you rule!
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Juli P:

↳ Trouble @10:13
Frame complaints in the form of questions w respect & they will prolly maybe be answered!

I must head out:
Ty Everyone
Ty Trouble~
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
StringOFperils:

Ima think WAR she's a gonna come soon.
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βrian:

Rolling in late. I hope Trouble is holding forth. We need that solidarity, these days.
  10:15am
Toothgrinder Tom:

@Franco Twinkie he’s got a serious Nosferaru vibe going on.
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "the hump" by "buster williams"
title gives me a shock g reference....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
listener james from westwood:

↳ Trouble @10:13
Ooh! Thanks for this link—didn't know we had a formal public TOS here! Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Trouble @10:13
I guess you're talking to me?

Nevermind. I'll just sit in the corner and fume.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
WoodsOfMaine:

My rep is that pathetic pseudo-dem Jared Golden, who has called for a 10% tariff on all products from China...to "bring back manufacturing in the U.S." Geezuz.
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northguineahills:

↳ Franco Twinkie @10:16
no one can disagree w/ you, especially when burritos are in play!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Zip7:

NY Times has an excellent piece about crypto scams ruining a Kansas bank. Nice to know that King Orangeboi and Pres. Elon want to set up a federal crypto reserve.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
newton:

↳ northguineahills @10:18
+ soup and pie
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northguineahills:

↳ WoodsOfMaine @10:17
yes, b/c that's how macroeconomics works (le sigh)
  10:19am
annette:

OPPS. .. meant MEX
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northguineahills:

↳ newton @10:19
now i want soup....and pie!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Trouble:

5 calls is a great way t connect. they are sticking to one issue so that it can get tallied . if you talk about mutiple issues they might not get tagged.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
disco_nap_:

Just made my first call woo! WHAT A RUSH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Trouble:

i say call your reps whether you agree with them or not. you pay their salaries, they need to hear what you have to say
  10:20am
annette:

OPPS...MEANT GULF OF METALLICA.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
listener james from westwood:

For calls to Congress, I usually have to yammer out a few lines via speech-to-text into a blank text doc as a script. Otherwise I just start ranting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
listener james from westwood:

↳ annette @10:20
Now THIS is what we should put on the map!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
StringOFperils:

The tariff dodge is part of a mafia-like protection racket really, It's already evidencing itself globally as the extortion that it really is. You give me all your stuff, and I don't kill you. And then after you have handed it over, I kill you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Trouble:

super congrats@ disco_nap! keep it up. every day go for the rush!
  10:23am
annette:

need a good bowl of stew or chowder to calm me down
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
WoodsOfMaine:

Do y'all think emails are as effective as phone calls?
Avatar 10:23am
TDK60:

↳ Song: "king tubby & augustus pablo at the end of dub" by...
Dub to the rescue.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Zip7:

Been watching a good Netflix series titled "Mo" about a Palestinian refugee and his family in Houston. Very funny and poignant. Sure jibes with my memories of H-Town. Mo Amer is a force of nature
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
disco_nap_:

↳ wolfingham @10:08
I've been following Shein's attempts to go public via the excellent sustainable fashion journalist Katie Robinson. Highly recommend her YT channel if you're interested in such things: www.youtube.com...
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northguineahills:

↳ annette @10:19
it was called gulf of mexico before there was a us or a nation of 'mexico'. the UNGEGN and IHO determines what to call geographic features by international agreement. however, there are disagreements, such as arab/persian gulf, and sea of japan/east sea (and those two won't be solved any time soon. as for el golfo fiasco, el pinche naranja won't have a say in the long run.
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northguineahills:

↳ TDK60 @10:23
what tdk said...
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WoodsOfMaine:

↳ annette @10:20
Why not? They've got Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "king tubby & augustus pablo at the end of dub" by...
i haz this rekkid!
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disco_nap_:

↳ Trouble @10:22
Thank you! Been slacking this week but you got me motivated to make up for lost time!
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HyperDose:

WFMU think tank in full effect!
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captain beef fart:

↳ northguineahills @10:25
I want that rekkid!
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Rich:

↳ northguineahills @10:24
Spanish explorers named what we call Chesapeake Bay "Bahía de Madre de Dios". I like that.
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common:

just emailed my reps. thanks, trouble!
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northguineahills:

↳ Rich @10:26
bay of the mother of god, me gusta!
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Jason from Houston:

Heyyyyyyyy there.
  10:28am
GorillaFella:

↳ Song: "king tubby & augustus pablo at the end of dub" by...
Some guy on the bus put me on to King Tubby about a year ago and Im forever grateful. Ultimate take some deep breaths and chill out type music
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captain beef fart:

↳ Rich @10:26
I wonder what the Piscataway, Nanticoke and Powhatan called it.
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tak:

↳ Song: "breakfast in bed" by "candy mckenzie"
looove
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disco_nap_:

↳ Song: "breakfast in bed" by "candy mckenzie"
Wow, love this!
  10:29am
annette:

when Rueben Valdes finally broke out with music in english, i cried. A FRIEND LIKE YOU 🙏
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captain beef fart:

↳ captain beef fart @10:28
ooooh-- Algonquin name for "big river"
  10:30am
Adrian in London:

Hello Trouble, and everyone, from grey mizzly London.
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TDK60:

Good morning cap'n b.f. I assume that the Gulf of Mexico may have had various Indigenous names.
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Matty Cannabis:

I love this Jackie Mac tune... totally killin it today miss trouble
  10:33am
annette:

old joke : dint mind her having breakfast in bed till i found a crumb in the closet... (btw, lighten up, All )
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listener james from westwood:

↳ Song: "Hipnosis" by "Jackie McLean"
Ah, nice!
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Mike in Montreal:

↳ Adrian in London @10:30
greetings from painfully sunny -12 up here.
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mndave:

↳ Song: "Hipnosis" by "Jackie McLean"
raising a glass to Scott McDowell!
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chresti:

The only time I've had breakfast in bed was in the hospital - I did feel special
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Trouble:

bonjour@ adrian!
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StringOFperils:

Excellent music, Trouble. We're the luckiest people in history to have all these riches heaped up for us to enjoy.
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βrian:

11°F/-12°C on the isthmus. We're having a bit of a respite.
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βrian:

↳ chresti @10:33
I was amazed at how good food service apple sauce could taste.
  10:37am
a.:

There was a WFMU DJ who played this album as the opener of his show, and I swear there was a different solo every time.
  10:37am
Toothgrinder Tom:

@Mike in Montreal brutal
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Zip7:

Looking forward to yur 2025 premium, Trouble. I always load them into my phone and laptop, and it's a pleasant surprise when a track comes up randomly
  10:38am
wimpy:

Love this song! And really anything with grachan moncur on it
  10:38am
Santos L Halper:

Scott McDowell, the Long Rally. Miss him!
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Trouble:

scott mcdowell will be cohosting during the fundraising marathon
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Hipnosis" by "Jackie McLean"
I'm trying to remember who uses this as bed music- DJ Scott...?
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newton:

↳ TDK60 @10:32
Delicious Fish Store
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a.:

↳ Santos L Halper @10:38
Yes that was it, thank you!
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Mike in Montreal:

↳ Toothgrinder Tom @10:37
no, Monday was brutal, about -17C and powerful wind. This is better!
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northguineahills:

↳ Trouble @10:38
yaye! i heart scott mcdowell!
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pot8o:

morning troublemakers!
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chresti:

↳ Trouble @10:38
THAT IS THE ONE!
  10:43am
annette:

UP YOURS SOON. JUST SUPPORT ALL THOSE WHO GIVE US THEIR BEST.
  10:44am
Toothgrinder Tom:

@Mike in Montreal 10:39 glad to hear it. The coldest I’ve ever been has been in Quebec - on summit of Mont Tremblant, around -20 degrees.
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rx "rexy" scabin:

Any Last Poets in the stack?
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TDK60:

↳ newton @10:38
Morning newton. Hee. Could be. I'm too busy this morn or else I'd look up some possible names. (Did ya notice I still use "Gulf of Mexico"? I'm so subversive.)
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ WoodsOfMaine @10:23
No. Call your reps, it's not that hard to do. 5calls.org Prepare what you want to say
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annette:

up to 20 here at olyphant. no wind. heat wave. YAY .
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newton:

no one on fmu has played Guns, Bombs, Handgrenades, by R.A.P.P. from Birth of the Y starting to feel very timely just saying
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ TDK60 @10:46
gulfof.mapquest.com... (you can change it to whatever you like)
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newton:

↳ TDK60 @10:46
I worry "Gulf of Mexico" will become a registered trade name for Gulf Oil
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "across 110th street" by "bobby womack"
I have an excellent Blaxploitation theme collection CD, of course this is featured on it.
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disco_nap_:

↳ Song: "across 110th street" by "bobby womack"
Awwww yeeeeuh!
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Jack McGuire:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:49
But can it compete with Velvet Smooth oe Dolomite?
  10:51am
Adrian in London:

MY wife’s just reminded me that she once sat one seat away from Bobby Womack at an Isley Brothers gig, and he was wearing black leather trousers that had a woman’s face appliquéd on the crotch!
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HyperDose:

↳ Song: "across 110th street" by "bobby womack"
brother Bobby knows how to talk to the people. groovy!
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StringOFperils:

Womack recorded SO many great things. Really interesting guitar player and arranger.
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gauche knee:

↳ Song: "across 110th street" by "bobby womack"
So so good
  10:53am
beedee:

Bobby Womack, not just a great singer, songwriter, arranger, funk legend but... also an ace session rhythm guitar player especially for that quintessential 70s funk wah-wah guitar (ala the style of Shaft - but that was not him).
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Zip7:

↳ StringOFperils @10:52
Yeah, he's all over "There's a Riot Goin' On"
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Trouble:

ouch@ adrian...
  10:55am
annette:

Trouble, my first gift was from you . a super great cd. thank you. sorry to sound so old, but still love them discs
  10:56am
hector:

I will be replaying this set! you on fire!
  10:59am
beedee:

Burnt Sugar sounds great! Has some of that Kruder and Dorfmeister KD Sessions wooooshhhh chill sounds.
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Mxter Baba:

Salutations, Trouble, troubled, troublers— and the rest!
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Trouble:

@ annette: i play cd's and LP's every week.. I still buy cd;"s because you can get the music cheaper sometimes on cd, or it's the only way to get the music. no shame!
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Mister Dobalina:

Thank you FMU for saving me from the horrible music they play in the waiting room of my dentist.
  11:01am
jack t:

both of Tate's books of essays have been sitting on my shelf for way too long... need to finally take the dive
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annette:

friend "tecchi pal " sez cd sound superior to mp3 or other s
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Mike in Montreal:

↳ annette @10:55
yea, really no shame. CDs are underappreciated these days. If nothing else they're a good way to OWN a hard copy of something
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "repatriation-of-the-midnight-moors (oakanda rmx 2...
burnt sugar! we lost greg tate too early. not only a great musician, but an amazing journalist!
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Mike in Montreal @11:02
I still have a lot of CDs. Mix CDs, too! Now I just need a functional CD player.
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Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜:

Morning Trouble, fellow Troublemakers...
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StringOFperils:

↳ Zip7 @10:53
You'll be happy to hear that I was listening to one of those old Beaker Street air-checks from '60s KAAY Little Rock, that you hipped me to, quite a while back. Always a 'trip' to go back to those faraway mysterious radio waves
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Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜:

Now I see I gotta check for my SFL email whilst working away....gotta get my badges back!
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Mxter Baba:

and I’m putting Jennifer Higgie’s book on my reading queue right away!
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Mike in Montreal:

↳ Mxter Baba @11:03
I have a cheapo optical drive attached to my comp, works very well
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Mike in Montreal @11:05
oh, fun!
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Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜:

↳ Mxter Baba @11:03
I still have to get my huge CD collection ripped to a drive.
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newton:

↳ Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜 @11:04
got an email from McGasko too. Looks like we all lost our show badges already
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Mxter Baba:

I still have VHS and a VHS player somewhere in the boxes I still need to unpack
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Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜:

↳ Mxter Baba @11:06
I have a few VHS tapes that I also need to rip.
  11:07am
annette:

FELLING HOT HOT HOT, BUSTA.
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Trouble:

www.tate.org.uk...
  11:10am
Cosmic:

Tate St Ives is here!
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WoodsOfMaine:

I'll have to get the Jennifer Higgie book. Recently read The Story of Art Without Men. Pretty good, if a bit long.
  11:11am
Cosmic:

Thanks, Trouble 🙏
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pot8o:

↳ Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜 @11:05
i highly recommend eac
  11:13am
Tara:

managed to catch two events online recently with Jennifer Higgie! both were fantastic. so interesting and moving
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Zip7:

↳ StringOFperils @11:04
Wow! Oh yes, what a hoot. Hard to believe it blanketed the Midwest. My late wife was from Kansas City and I'm from Oklahoma and we grew up listening to it. Classic teen-transistor-radio-under-the-sheets. In fact I remember this specific show: archive.org...
  11:13am
annette:

gave my vcr s to sis and friends . sheeshe. aint no one savouring the pot
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Trouble:

very cool @ tara! she is fabulous!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Song: "inside my love" by "minnie riperton"
Wake 'n' Bake Artist of the Week!
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bixa (𝘣𝘦𝘦-𝘩𝘢):

minnie 4 ever
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PKNY:

↳ Song: "inside my love" by "minnie riperton"
I vote that every show on WFMU today play "Inside My Love".
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Jason from Houston:

↳ Song: "inside my love" by "minnie riperton"
Phew. Feels like it is getting warmer in here. Is it just me?
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Mike in Montreal:

↳ Jason from Houston @11:15
really, the lyrics steam up the windows!
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WoodsOfMaine:

↳ Jason from Houston @11:15
Exactly what I thought when I heard this earlier today. Yow!
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PhillyG:

Minnie Glisteners!
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chris_in_space:

↳ Song: "inside my love" by "minnie riperton"
Funny thing is I played this at home last night just for fun. Today? Twice on FMU so far.
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Zip7:

Miles Davis did a tribute to Minnie in '75: www.youtube.com...
  11:17am
Blacktooth:

Tribe Called Quest “Lyrics To Go” sample there!!!
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Stevel:

↳ Song: "inside my love" by "minnie riperton"
So distracted. Don't. Stop. Dont stop.
  11:18am
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ Song: "inside my love" by "minnie riperton"
obsessed w this track<3
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unpopularfred:

↳ PKNY @11:15
somehow, I don't see Fabio playing this, but you never know
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Trouble:

i can't freekin believe that clay played that song too. what??? i need to look at his playlist before i go on air??
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Trouble:

@ zip: that sounds amazing!
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Jason from Houston:

↳ WoodsOfMaine @11:16
Just at work blushing as I turn the volume down. It's fine.
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newton:

↳ unpopularfred @11:19
Pledge season opened today, he could be persuaded
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pot8o:

↳ unpopularfred @11:19
he always plays a mainstream song at the end of every show so who knows?
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pot8o:

i don't know what song this is but this is excellent
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Bones:

Trouble absolutely killing it today, even moreso than usual. What a great show.
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listener james from westwood:

↳ Song: "the godfather" by "Freddie Hubbard"
"You come into my playlist, on the day my daughter is to be married. . . ."
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Zip7:

This is another unreleased Miles track from '75 that he used to close shows from that era: www.youtube.com...
Great Michael Henderson bass. My god, that band!!!
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Trouble:

merci@ bones!
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Steve Del Sol:

↳ Song: "the godfather" by "Freddie Hubbard"
I know it is not right, but I often whistle this tune at unfortunate moments....
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Steve Del Sol @11:35
Love the tune, never heard Freddie play it
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Sera from Rockaway:

↳ Song: "inside my love" by "minnie riperton"
Had no idea Minnie died at age 31! What a legacy she left behind, not to mention the queen that Maya is.....
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Sera from Rockaway:

I got the tix last time and it was such a fun show!!
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Trouble:

YES@sera: joe is always a great show!
  11:41am
headcleaner:

↳ Song: "myself when young" by "dorothy ashby"
Such a voice
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joe mulligan:

I don't always get to listen at these hours, but want to note that the chats are always the most kind and by compassionate people. Trouble you set the tone for fun and kindness through great music and discussion
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Trouble:

thanks @joe! that is very sweet of you to say!
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luke’s:

beast selection thus far, thank u boss
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βrian:

The Subway will soon be boarding:

wfmu.org...
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Song: "myself when young" by "dorothy ashby"
I might have to pick up this Dorothy Ashby LP. And guess what - Dusty Groove, which is near my house, has it in stock!!
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Song: "etymology" by "Rufus Harley"
Funny story about jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley - "On several occasions, when a neighbor called the police to complain about Harley's practicing in his home, he would quickly put away his bagpipes and feign ignorance, asking the officers, "Do I look like I'm Irish or Scottish to you?"" (from WP)
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Listener Jonny in Hahvahd Skwayah:

Hi Trouble! I've been lurking as I work on fighting nazis.

SPECTACULAR set!!!
  11:55am
GorillaFella:

Big thanks to Trouble for an absolutely incredible, spirit enriching program today. These sets have been nothing short of magic✨️✨️✨️
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Listener Jonny in Hahvahd Skwayah:

↳ Song: "etymology" by "Rufus Harley"
THis reminds me a lot of what Ken Vandermark's bands write/play.
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Jason from Houston:

Thank you, Trouble.
Catch you soon, radio buddies.
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Ben in Newark:

Thanks for the great show today, Trouble. I lost my father this week, which has been tough, but I'm grateful for the healing energy and positive vibes your show always brings
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TDK60:

Merci, radio presenter DJ T.
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emilyh:

↳ Song: "etymology" by "Rufus Harley"
this. is. FANTASTIC.
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Listener Jonny in Hahvahd Skwayah:

↳ Ben in Newark @11:56
I'm sorry Ben. Be strong.
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βrian:

↳ Charles in Chicago @11:55
They never asked to peek beneath the kilt?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Ben in Newark @11:56
Pixie dust to your and family.
Thank you, Trouble. Remember to call your representatives, folks.
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pot8o:

thanks trouble! have a great week everyone!
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Ben in Newark:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:57
Thanks Ken, much appreciated
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Ben in Newark:

↳ Listener Jonny in Hahvahd Skwayah @11:56
Thank you
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Mike in Montreal:

Such a solid show Trouble, thanks for the strong vibrations.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:57
your >>> you
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TDK60:

↳ Ben in Newark @11:56
My sympathy, Ben.
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Mike in Montreal:

↳ Listener Jonny in Hahvahd Skwayah @11:55
That's important work. Thank you
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listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Trouble! Hang in there, all!
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bradford:

Thanks as always, Trouble.
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StringOFperils:

Thank you for the great show, Trouble... And sorry for your loss, Ben. Glad you could be here with all of us.
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three-hour brunch friend:

thank you Trouble!!
  11:59am
Adrian in London:

I e really enjoyed listening to the show, today. thanks Trouble!
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Trouble!
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red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ Song: "nacre meadow" by "Nailah Hunter"
wow!! thanks Trouble 💖 and all 💖
  5:48pm
hamptad:

Thanks for another great show DJ Trouble.
I also want to say I love your speaking voice, its the voice of the cool aunt i never had!
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