WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from March 29, 2025

Listener comments!
	⚡ ♥ 6:01am tom tom the pipers son: good morning brian and all...
	6:02am poyo!: Dejavu…
	⚡ ♥ 6:02am TDK60: Good morning, Brian.
	♥ 6:04am fred: Good morning Brian and all
	♥ 6:05am fred: @Brian: nice Ginsberg ref there, yours or lyric?
	⚡ ♥ 6:06am Strandlund: Morning Brian and all those tuning in...
	6:06am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. Missed last week whole attending the Great Serpent Star Knowledge Peace Summit. Felt like I was still at the marathon. 🌟 ☮️
	♥ 6:06am Brian D: Good morning. Managing some technical challenges here, if I seem distracted...
	♥ 6:07am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:05 Hello Fred. Lyric to a song for later in the show...
	♥ 6:11am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:07 I once used readings of Howl by Ginsberg to fix software used to disguise the voices of witnesses at the Rwanda genocide trial. Both victims and perps, personal guilt was not the point there
	⚡ 6:11am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian, tom, TDK, fred, Strandlund, Cooh John from a sunny spring-like Tampere. Been washing dishes from the last week of pethaus gigs since it's in the middle of renovation and there's no hot water in the kitchen. Now off to send some attack plans to journalists on Signal.
	6:12am Fredericks: The Theory That Chimps Who Urinate Together Stay Together and Gives New Meaning to Crony Capitalism
	♥ 6:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:11 I actually remember the first time I read it. Where, when and how. A pivotal moment for me.
	♥ 6:13am fred: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 As long as these are not war plans, you're in the clear, OPSEC wise
	♥ 6:13am gnarly_gnarwhal: Will be listening as I run a lap around Irondequoit Bay. Who’s with me?!
	♥ 6:13am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 Damn, Don, forgot to tag you. Good morning.
	♥ 6:14am Brian D: ↳ gnarly_gnarwhal @6:13 In spirit, for sure. Enjoy.
	♥ 6:15am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:13 Hearing Ginsberg read it is even more mind-blowing to me
	⚡ ♥ 6:15am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:12 ho fredericks...
	6:16am Cooh John: Great tunes for morning stretch.
	⚡ ♥ 6:16am NotARealDoctor: Hey good morning Brian D and fellow Surfers of the Currents. Checking in with the dogs, enjoying a nice spring morning walk.
	⚡ ♥ 6:17am tom tom the pipers son: hi don….
	6:18am Cooh John: Heard stories that Ginsberg would recite poetry with finger cymbals at the local river.
	♥ 6:18am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:15 Yes, I've heard him read it, too.
	⚡ ♥ 6:21am tom tom the pipers son: if anyone is curious… i animated a poem….i’m curious… c.im...
	⚡ 6:22am Don in Tampere: ↳ fred @6:15 The first time I heard a recording of James Joyce reading Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses blew my mind, mainly because that was exactly how Firesign Theatre sounded when reading it at the end of How Cah You Be in Two Places at Once.
	6:23am Fredericks: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:15 Sound familiar?
	⚡ ♥ 6:24am NotARealDoctor: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 Very cool
	⚡ ♥ 6:24am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:23 it does…did you see animated gif?
	⚡ ♥ 6:24am bradford: Good morning Brian & all.
	6:25am Fredericks: Sure did. Liked it.
	⚡ ♥ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:24 thanks N.A.R.D
	♥ 6:25am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 I like that Tom Tom.
	⚡ ♥ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:25 great thanks...
	⚡ ♥ 6:28am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:25 thanks brian..my thinking is it’s more a piece with the way the poems are created, that is on a computer monitor, than if it were printed on a page...
	6:29am Fredericks: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:25 The part I quoted brought to mind trickle-down economics.
	⚡ ♥ 6:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:29 ha ha!
	⚡ ♥ 6:29am Strandlund: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 Fantastic Tom Tom...Thanks!!
	6:30am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "World's Approaching" by "Sun Ra & His Astro-Infin... This is fascinating. What is the lead instrument?
	♥ 6:30am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:28 In this one's case, it also works with the subject matter.
	♥ 6:30am duke: Nice to wake up to Sun Ra
	⚡ ♥ 6:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Strandlund @6:29 ….. ; )
	♥ 6:31am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @6:30 Marshall Allen on oboe, alto sax, piccolo and various strings on this one.
	⚡ ♥ 6:32am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "World's Approaching" by "Sun Ra & His Astro-Infin... love it when sun ra veered into exotica… don’t remember this being on strange strings…. which i found difficult
	6:32am Fredericks: Oboe! Thanks, Brian.
	⚡ ♥ 6:36am tom tom the pipers son: this clavichord(i think) is amazing
	♥ 6:37am William Hellfire: Hi Brian! Hello Saturday morning folks. Gotta visit a vampire for blood work this morning. Currents is the soundtrack to my day.
	♥ 6:39am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @6:37 Hope it's your type, William. Greetings.
	⚡ ♥ 6:44am TDK60: While Yusef is soothing our waking souls: Today there are protests against the car company Tesla, owned by an undemocratic racist. An Action Network is calling it a "Tesla Takedown." The Network's site has a map of planned protests.
	♥ 6:45am fred: Speaking of books, Finnegans Wake changed my life. I was headed for finance when I first tried (took me 20 years to get through it) but even that failed attempt opened new horizons. It also made me a teacher's pet, so much so that I got away with my exam talk (supposed to be about finance) being "American smalltown seen by David Lynch"
	⚡ ♥ 6:47am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning, Brian and newshounds.
	⚡ ♥ 6:49am NotARealDoctor: ↳ TDK60 @6:44 I really hope it works. The stock prices are plummeting, so it's doing something at least.
	♥ 6:50am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:47 Greetings, Peter. Hope you're well.
	⚡ ♥ 6:50am London Calling Francky: ↳ TDK60 @6:44 Thank you for bringing this to our attention TDK. There is even an protest event at the Tesla retailer in my side of London Town. If my entire lower leg was not in a huge cast, I would definitely consider joining.
	♥ 6:51am Brian D: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:50 What happened, LCF?
	⚡ ♥ 6:52am TDK60: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:49 Good morning, NARD with canine pals. I can't go myself today. But I hope it has an impact.
	⚡ ♥ 6:53am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Brian D @6:50 Brian, I'm doing OK. I'm doing my own journalism thang at the xc ski national championships: nordicinsights.news...
	⚡ ♥ 6:53am London Calling Francky: ↳ Brian D @6:51 Thank you for asking Brian. I ruptured my Achilles tendon while getting too worked up when playing tennis. I forgot for a second I am not 20 anymore and I have 3 decades on top of that! And now I am facing a very very long recovery time...
	⚡ 6:54am Don in Tampere: Off to gym and then the cabin, but I hopefully can listen to the last hour or so on the road. Have a great Saturday all!
	⚡ ♥ 6:54am NotARealDoctor: ↳ TDK60 @6:52 I've seen several Tesla owners posting online about notes left on their cars urging them to sell their vehicle before people start thinking they support that Nazi
	⚡ ♥ 6:55am TDK60: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:50 Good morning London Francky. Ouch. [?] I'm glad Londoners will be out too!
	6:58am Cooh John: RIP Jamal Kashoggi.
	⚡ ♥ 6:59am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	⚡ ♥ 6:59am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:54 Notes left on Teslas is the polite way of doing it... there have been reports of vehicles covered in graffiti with various levels of offensiveness!
	7:01am rich in angleton: good morning brian and everyone in radioland! it's nice to be here today.
	⚡ ♥ 7:01am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:59 Several cybertrucks were completely destroyed in the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, windows and doors smashed and broken by angry crowds
	♥ 7:02am Brian D: For those interested: The Last Drops of Mexico City by Long Lead and Magnum Photo: mexicocitywater.longlead.com
	♥ 7:02am fred: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 At least you have a healthy NIH thanks to Brexit, right?
	♥ 7:03am Brian D: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 Yikes! Get well soon.
	♥ 7:04am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @6:58 Indeed. Good morning, CJ.
	♥ 7:05am Brian D: CORRECT information on Reiko Futing, by the way (apologies all): en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 7:05am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @7:01 Rich!
	⚡ ♥ 7:06am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:01 Yep and a poster has been appearing around London warning people against purchasing Swasticars... www.euronews.com...
	⚡ ♥ 7:07am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 My dad tore his Achilles tendon back when i was in high school and he was about 50, that was how I really learned to drive since he couldn't
	⚡ ♥ 7:07am London Calling Francky: ↳ Brian D @7:03 Thank you Brian, your kind words of support are much appreciated!
	⚡ ♥ 7:07am NotARealDoctor: He also did it playing tennis
	⚡ ♥ 7:09am NotARealDoctor: ↳ TDK60 @6:52 Wish I could go as well, but alas I'm working
	⚡ ♥ 7:10am London Calling Francky: ↳ fred @7:02 Haha yes of course Fred, our beloved NHS benefited from Brexit by a nice tasty £350M... it was written on all the red pro-Brexit campaign buses... surely must be true...
	⚡ ♥ 7:11am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:07 Wow exactly like me... Tennis and Five-O... did he fully recover eventually?
	⚡ ♥ 7:12am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 my dad completely tore his in 96, i think he was 45 at the time. he slipped to the wet worn metal steps on the subway stairs. he then drove stick hone and later went to the hospital. it was his left foot, we still don't know how he actually drove his car
	♥ 7:13am HyperDose: we're Current(s)! 🌬️🌊
	⚡ ♥ 7:14am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:12 Thank you for sharing Will... it is surprisingly not painful... this is why apparently a lot of people continue hobbling about and bearing weight on it and then do real damage... how was his recovery?
	♥ 7:15am pgalub: Hey Brian and everyone.
	♥ 7:16am Brian D: ↳ pgalub @7:15 Mr. G!
	7:16am Barbie: Hi Brian and everyone else
	♥ 7:16am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @7:16 Barbie! Good morning.
	7:17am Barbie: I haven’t heard Can in a long time
	♥ 7:18am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @7:17 A WFMU staple!
	⚡ ♥ 7:19am tom tom the pipers son: michael karoli> david gilmour
	⚡ ♥ 7:19am nortonjutland: Good Morning Brian.
	⚡ ♥ 7:20am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:14 I think initially it was 4 months, but really it was a year for strength and mobility to be mostly back
	⚡ ♥ 7:20am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:11 It took him a few months though this was over 20 years ago so I can't remember quite how many.
	⚡ ♥ 7:21am dale: good morning.
	⚡ ♥ 7:22am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:20 Yep, consistent with what I have been told... that is even more hours of WoofMooing than I would normally be able to do! Silver lining!
	⚡ ♥ 7:23am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:20 Yep, also in line with the advice I was given... mega sigh
	⚡ ♥ 7:25am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:22 did you have surgery? if so try to take care of the scar, It makes picking shoes and boots a lot harder for him now. we're the same size, so I've ended up with shoes that he can't wear that bother the scar.
	⚡ ♥ 7:28am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:25 No thank goodness Will... another silver lining... my tendon rupture was smaller than what the protocol recommends surgery for... so in my case the protocol here says 3 weeks in a case and 10 weeks in the funky equine boot with tons of physio...
	⚡ ♥ 7:29am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Song: "Samsara II" by "Painkiller" Man this is great
	♥ 7:30am Ike: Wow, I haven't heard Painkiller in a while. I remember playing them on my own goofy little radio show on my cruddy, now-defunct 10-watt college station in the 90s.
	7:30am Alanthepainter: Thank you this is a great waking tool/song!
	⚡ ♥ 7:31am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:28 best of luck with the process, don't push yourself too hard. definitely get some rest
	⚡ ♥ 7:32am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:23 Just follow the doctor's advice and all will be well... eventually
	⚡ ♥ 7:32am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:31 Thank you Will, your kind words of support really mean a great deal! I will need to learn the noble skill of patience...
	⚡ ♥ 7:33am NotARealDoctor: Alright, about to get into the shower, going ears only Bluetooth mode. Thanks Brian D.
	⚡ ♥ 7:34am tom tom the pipers son: secondary problem with in injury that results in immobility is weight gain….kept pulling calf muscle…put on 50 pounds
	⚡ ♥ 7:35am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:32 Thank you NotARealDoctor... coming from you with your nickname, not too sure what to make of your advice! 🙃😂🤣
	⚡ ♥ 7:36am London Calling Francky: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:34 Yeah Tom, good point... I am learning the hard way that there is too much of me to carry on crutches... therefore I have halved my eating portions...
	7:41am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Burning from the Inside" by "Bauhaus" I was not familiar with this side of Bauhaus.
	⚡ ♥ 7:43am Paulo AD: Ello all, time zone shift got me again. Nice to tune into a bit of goth :)
	♥ 7:44am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @7:43 Paulo!
	♥ 7:47am Ike: ↳ Paulo AD @7:43 Where are you these days, Paulo? I try not to spend too much time on social media anymore, but did I see something suggesting you're heading back to Wales?
	7:47am Fredericks: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:32 Sound like a real doctor right there.
	⚡ ♥ 7:51am London Calling Francky: ↳ Fredericks @7:47 Yes good point Fredericks! 😊😊
	♥ 7:51am HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks" yes yes, I consent!
	7:52am gnut: ↳ TDK60 @6:44 the automobile industry has always been based on the idea of selling an asirational status signalling fantasy. As such it is predicated on hierarchic class stratus differences, and the fantasy of increasing personal and social value as you move up the chain. While this bullshit value system is only one of many things to hate about the auto industry in history and still today, the changes that tesla brings to the story are bigger by, dare I say it, 100X. I doubt that protesting at Tesla will have the desired effect, still worth doing, despite the increase validation of their zeal and delusional purpose the t Rump teslacles will take from it, tesla stock tanking is the best hope - take awa the assholes money and by even his own value system he is nothing
	⚡ ♥ 7:52am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @7:44 What's up chap, you fully recoverd?
	7:53am morphe': Attuned .... got off the news bus ....
	♥ 7:53am Brian D: As recovered as I'll ever be, thank you for asking.
	⚡ ♥ 7:53am Paulo AD: ↳ Ike @7:47 Hiya ike. Yes I am currently in God's country. Having a walk through the forestry at the moment, clearly too overdressed haha
	⚡ ♥ 7:54am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @7:53 Good to hear. It's knocked alot of people on their ass, speaking from experience. Not me but ya know lol
	♥ 7:57am HyperDose: ↳ Paulo AD @7:53 start warm, hike hot start cool, hike warm 🧭🗺️🍁
	⚡ ♥ 7:58am Paulo AD: I'm off to see John Cale in Cardiff tonight, can't wait
	⚡ ♥ 7:58am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Brian D @7:53 happy to hear that you're feeling better
	⚡ ♥ 7:59am Paulo AD: ↳ HyperDose @7:57 I could have used that advice a while back lol
	♥ 7:59am Ike: ↳ Paulo AD @7:53 Haven't been yet, but I think of it more as Doctor Who country these days due to filming there, LOL Dog > God (Cat also good, ha ha meow)
	8:02am Barbie: She was so pretty
	♥ 8:03am HyperDose: ↳ Paulo AD @7:59 at least the sweating helps cut weight. which creates room for more beer! :D
	⚡ ♥ 8:06am Paulo AD: ↳ HyperDose @8:03 I'm off the drink man. Getting my head straight
	⚡ ♥ 8:07am Paulo AD: ↳ Ike @7:59 When I lived in Cardiff years ago, I nearly ran over John barrowman filming outside my building lol
	⚡ ♥ 8:07am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: The ex-wife's family came over on the next boat after the Mayflower, actually.
	♥ 8:09am Snortley: What do you think Native Americans make of the Statue of Liberty? From some perspectives, it's a celebration of genocide.
	8:10am morphe': Trump Immigration Hypocrisy [just one example] = Trump trying to stop Family Reunification Visas after bringing Melania's mother and father....
	♥ 8:10am Snortley: It was actually originally planned as a commemoration of the abolition of slavery.
	♥ 8:11am zachary: Good morning Brian, Jim, and everyone on the boards. I found this book, "With Poor Immigrants to America" by Stephen Graham, a while back on Librivox and found it very fascinating: librivox.org... Here's the Gutenberg version, too: www.gutenberg.org...
	⚡ ♥ 8:12am Michael of Cologne: ↳ gnut @7:52 I wonder if T.'s ditatorial dirigisme, which is antithetical to the capitalist principle (valorization of thingified value), might tank the U.S. economy, and hence also the global economy. Maybe leading capitalists will even get upset enough about diminished profits to tank T.? Just wishfully thinking... Sorry to hear of your torn Achilles' tendon, LCF.
	8:12am morphe': Film: A Day Without a Mexican
	⚡ ♥ 8:13am London Calling Francky: ↳ zachary @8:11 Thank you for sharing Zachary, that looks like a fascinating read... I will definitely give it a go!
	⚡ ♥ 8:13am London Calling Francky: ↳ Michael of Cologne @8:12 Thank you so much for the kind words MoC! Hopefully the recovery will be smooth...
	8:15am Barbie: The garden state
	♥ 8:16am Brian D: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
	♥ 8:16am zachary: ↳ London Calling Francky @8:13 No problem, Francky. I thought it was an interesting listen. May you enjoy it. The immigration process at the time was intense.
	⚡ ♥ 8:20am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Subway Train" by "New York Dolls" ny dolls, ramones owed so much to the shangri las….this verse is pure shangri las..
	♥ 8:21am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:20 Very much so. An influence both acknowledged.
	⚡ ♥ 8:22am London Calling Francky: ↳ zachary @8:16 Oh yes, intense is perhaps an understatement... from a European perspective (I am a French/Italian living in the UK), we all have stories of ancestors who managed, more or less successfully and more or less painfully, to cross the pond and to settle somewhere in the Americas to make a new lives for themselves...
	8:22am ?: Sh, angry las
	⚡ ♥ 8:22am tom tom the pipers son: Hey brian… i liked the zorn drawing show…prob going to music perf april 5th
	⚡ ♥ 8:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:21 oh….
	⚡ ♥ 8:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ @8:22 ha...
	8:24am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Brian!
	♥ 8:24am Brian D: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @8:24 Greg!
	♥ 8:24am Handy Haversack: Morning, Brian, all. Nice to hear Lou first thing in the morning.
	♥ 8:26am Brian D: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:24 Greetings, Handy. Hope you and K8 are well.
	♥ 8:28am zachary: ↳ London Calling Francky @8:22 Ha! Indeed. Horrifying may be a better descriptor. I wish I knew more of my family's stories. I think there was some writing from my mother's side, but not my father's.
	♥ 8:29am Handy Haversack: ↳ Brian D @8:26 Thanks, Brian. Hanging in.
	♥ 8:32am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:22 Thinking about that, too, Tom, but it's Mrs. Currents' birthday so I may not be able to. We really liked the exhibit, too. Especially the Memento Mori stuff.
	⚡ ♥ 8:33am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:29 HBD mrs currents..
	♥ 8:33am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "EMT, Police and the Fire Department" by "Shilpa Ray" Shilpa Ray! What a force!
	⚡ ♥ 8:34am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:33 truth 💥🎤
	8:40am kevlicki: Hey Brian and all!
	♥ 8:43am Brian D: ↳ kevlicki @8:40 What's up, Kev?
	⚡ ♥ 8:45am Michael of Cologne: Thanks, Brian. Was running very late today.
	8:45am kevlicki: Doing well in spite of the fash currents.
	⚡ ♥ 8:46am tom tom the pipers son: that shilpa ray was incredibly…raw
	8:46am Cooh John: Thanks for the great music, Brian.
	♥ 8:46am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @8:45 Better late than never, Michael. Good morning.
	♥ 8:47am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:46 My favorite track of hers. But she's great in general.
	⚡ ♥ 8:49am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:47 met jeff g and dj peter at ahmed show… good times
	8:49am kevlicki: Brian, have you been to The P.I.T. In Williamsburg?
	♥ 8:49am Brian D: ↳ kevlicki @8:49 No... why?
	8:49am morphe': gotta go ... thanks BD and all....
	⚡ ♥ 8:49am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ kevlicki @8:49 fred moten/brandon lopez there 5/6
	♥ 8:51am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:49 Oooh, that sounds good. I rarely get over there.
	♥ 8:51am HyperDose: thanks Brian. have a great weekend!
	♥ 8:52am the other nadia (hectic): thank you brian
	⚡ ♥ 8:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:51 good place…been there several times thanks brian
	♥ 8:52am Handy Haversack: ↳ Brian D @8:47 Have you seen her live? We caught her a year or so back. Great show.
	8:53am kevlicki: It’s a political book store, they just had Boff Walley do an event last week. https://www.propertyistheft.org/ Fellas from The Sunwatchers run it
	♥ 8:53am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Brian! Happy birthday to Mrs. Currents. Take care, all.
	♥ 8:53am Brian D: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:52 Yes. She actually performed here at Monty Hall, maybe 2018? Really great. And she's super nice.
	♥ 8:53am Handy Haversack: ↳ kevlicki @8:53 Caught Shellshag there a month or so back. A friend of ours volunteers there regularly.
	⚡ ♥ 8:55am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Brian D!!!
	♥ 8:55am listener 126464: ↳ Song: "Another Sad Esophagus – acoustic demo [radio edit... Good morning. Porchistas are playing this afternoon at Transparent Gallery in Asbury Park with Karyn Kuhl band and Renee Maskin.
	⚡ ♥ 8:55am NotARealDoctor: Thanks Brian! See you next week!
	♥ 8:56am Brian D: Alright all, the clock on the wall says it's time for me to go. Sorry for not being more active on here today. Had some issues with my audio clips that required attention. Thank you for joining me. Stay safe and have a great Saturday!
	♥ 8:56am Brian D: ↳ listener 126464 @8:55 Cool, thanks for reminding me.
	♥ 8:58am listener 126464: ↳ Brian D @8:56 You’re welcome. Thank you.
	⚡ ♥ 8:59am London Calling Francky: Thank you Brian and all! Great show and great support all around!
	⚡ ♥ 9:00am radioronan: Thanks Brian!
	♥ 9:20am slugluv1313: thank you, Brian -- fantastic and inspiring show, so appreciated in these insane times 😺😺 (i was listening, just not able to sign in!)

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March 29, 2025: “These are not the best minds of my generation…”

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Terence Blanchard	Wadagbe (Intro) / Wadagbe (Good Luck in Igbo)	Flow		0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Kyle Jones	Miriama Young: This Earthly Round (Redux)	Dualities		0:16:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: Channel 4 News-Turkey deports BBC journalist during media crackdown			0:24:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra	World's Approaching	Strange Strings		0:25:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Yusef Lateef	A Flower "A Flower" by "Yusef Lateef"	Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert from Avignon		0:35:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: BBC-Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza "Clip: BBC-Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza"			0:43:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Reiko Füting	free: whereof – wherefore	Distant: Violin. Sound		0:44:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Porridge Radio	OK "OK" by "Porridge Radio"	The Machine Starts To Sing EP	Photography by Jérôme Sessini/Magnum Photos, Canon Ambassador from The Last Drops of Mexico City by Long Lead and Magnum Photo: https://mexicocitywater.longlead.com/	1:00:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tindersticks	Medicine "Medicine" by "Tindersticks"	PAST IMPERFECT The best of tindersticks '92 - '21		1:03:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Can	Vier (Four) "Vier (Four)" by "Can"	Live in Keele 1977		1:08:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Painkiller	Samsara II "Samsara II" by "Painkiller"	Samsara		1:22:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
De Klok	Doctor "Doctor" by "De Klok"	Stop The Clock		1:28:36 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bauhaus	Burning from the Inside "Burning from the Inside" by "Bauhaus"	Crackle		1:33:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
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Simple Minds	Thirty Frames A Second	Empires and Dance		1:43:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Buzzcocks	Why Can't I Touch It? "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks"	Singles Going Steady		1:48:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	"It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet"		It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet	1:55:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Dirty Blvd. "Dirty Blvd." by "Lou Reed"	New York		2:13:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
New York Dolls	Subway Train "Subway Train" by "New York Dolls"	New York Dolls		2:17:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Friko	Get Numb To It! "Get Numb To It!" by "Friko"	Where We’ve Been Where We Go from Here		2:22:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: NY1-Lawmakers seek permanent funding for 9-11 health program			2:27:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shilpa Ray	EMT, Police and the Fire Department	Door Girl		2:28:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Kee Avil	I too, bury (claire rousay Remix)	Crease Remixed		2:33:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tricky	Broken Homes (feat. PJ Harvey)	Broken Homes / Money Greedy		2:39:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Q Lazzarus	Fathers, Mothers, And Children Dying In The Street	Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture)		2:43:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	Clip: WCCO-Cuts to health funding for states could have big impact			2:48:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Porchistas	Another Sad Esophagus – acoustic demo [radio edit]	Another Sad Esophagus		2:49:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	End Credits "End Credits" by "Yo La Tengo"	Old Joy (Official Soundtrack)		2:53:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	⚡ ♥ 6:01am tom tom the pipers son: good morning brian and all...
	6:02am poyo!: Dejavu…
	⚡ ♥ 6:02am TDK60: Good morning, Brian.
	♥ 6:04am fred: Good morning Brian and all
	♥ 6:05am fred: @Brian: nice Ginsberg ref there, yours or lyric?
	⚡ ♥ 6:06am Strandlund: Morning Brian and all those tuning in...
	6:06am Cooh John: Good morning Brian and current eventers. Missed last week whole attending the Great Serpent Star Knowledge Peace Summit. Felt like I was still at the marathon. 🌟 ☮️
	♥ 6:06am Brian D: Good morning. Managing some technical challenges here, if I seem distracted...
	♥ 6:07am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:05 Hello Fred. Lyric to a song for later in the show...
	♥ 6:11am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:07 I once used readings of Howl by Ginsberg to fix software used to disguise the voices of witnesses at the Rwanda genocide trial. Both victims and perps, personal guilt was not the point there
	⚡ 6:11am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian, tom, TDK, fred, Strandlund, Cooh John from a sunny spring-like Tampere. Been washing dishes from the last week of pethaus gigs since it's in the middle of renovation and there's no hot water in the kitchen. Now off to send some attack plans to journalists on Signal.
	6:12am Fredericks: The Theory That Chimps Who Urinate Together Stay Together and Gives New Meaning to Crony Capitalism
	♥ 6:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:11 I actually remember the first time I read it. Where, when and how. A pivotal moment for me.
	♥ 6:13am fred: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 As long as these are not war plans, you're in the clear, OPSEC wise
	♥ 6:13am gnarly_gnarwhal: Will be listening as I run a lap around Irondequoit Bay. Who’s with me?!
	♥ 6:13am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @6:11 Damn, Don, forgot to tag you. Good morning.
	♥ 6:14am Brian D: ↳ gnarly_gnarwhal @6:13 In spirit, for sure. Enjoy.
	♥ 6:15am fred: ↳ Brian D @6:13 Hearing Ginsberg read it is even more mind-blowing to me
	⚡ ♥ 6:15am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:12 ho fredericks...
	6:16am Cooh John: Great tunes for morning stretch.
	⚡ ♥ 6:16am NotARealDoctor: Hey good morning Brian D and fellow Surfers of the Currents. Checking in with the dogs, enjoying a nice spring morning walk.
	⚡ ♥ 6:17am tom tom the pipers son: hi don….
	6:18am Cooh John: Heard stories that Ginsberg would recite poetry with finger cymbals at the local river.
	♥ 6:18am Brian D: ↳ fred @6:15 Yes, I've heard him read it, too.
	⚡ ♥ 6:21am tom tom the pipers son: if anyone is curious… i animated a poem….i’m curious… c.im...
	⚡ 6:22am Don in Tampere: ↳ fred @6:15 The first time I heard a recording of James Joyce reading Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses blew my mind, mainly because that was exactly how Firesign Theatre sounded when reading it at the end of How Cah You Be in Two Places at Once.
	6:23am Fredericks: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:15 Sound familiar?
	⚡ ♥ 6:24am NotARealDoctor: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 Very cool
	⚡ ♥ 6:24am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:23 it does…did you see animated gif?
	⚡ ♥ 6:24am bradford: Good morning Brian & all.
	6:25am Fredericks: Sure did. Liked it.
	⚡ ♥ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:24 thanks N.A.R.D
	♥ 6:25am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 I like that Tom Tom.
	⚡ ♥ 6:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:25 great thanks...
	⚡ ♥ 6:28am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @6:25 thanks brian..my thinking is it’s more a piece with the way the poems are created, that is on a computer monitor, than if it were printed on a page...
	6:29am Fredericks: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:25 The part I quoted brought to mind trickle-down economics.
	⚡ ♥ 6:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Fredericks @6:29 ha ha!
	⚡ ♥ 6:29am Strandlund: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:21 Fantastic Tom Tom...Thanks!!
	6:30am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "World's Approaching" by "Sun Ra & His Astro-Infin... This is fascinating. What is the lead instrument?
	♥ 6:30am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:28 In this one's case, it also works with the subject matter.
	♥ 6:30am duke: Nice to wake up to Sun Ra
	⚡ ♥ 6:30am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Strandlund @6:29 ….. ; )
	♥ 6:31am Brian D: ↳ Fredericks @6:30 Marshall Allen on oboe, alto sax, piccolo and various strings on this one.
	⚡ ♥ 6:32am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "World's Approaching" by "Sun Ra & His Astro-Infin... love it when sun ra veered into exotica… don’t remember this being on strange strings…. which i found difficult
	6:32am Fredericks: Oboe! Thanks, Brian.
	⚡ ♥ 6:36am tom tom the pipers son: this clavichord(i think) is amazing
	♥ 6:37am William Hellfire: Hi Brian! Hello Saturday morning folks. Gotta visit a vampire for blood work this morning. Currents is the soundtrack to my day.
	♥ 6:39am Brian D: ↳ William Hellfire @6:37 Hope it's your type, William. Greetings.
	⚡ ♥ 6:44am TDK60: While Yusef is soothing our waking souls: Today there are protests against the car company Tesla, owned by an undemocratic racist. An Action Network is calling it a "Tesla Takedown." The Network's site has a map of planned protests.
	♥ 6:45am fred: Speaking of books, Finnegans Wake changed my life. I was headed for finance when I first tried (took me 20 years to get through it) but even that failed attempt opened new horizons. It also made me a teacher's pet, so much so that I got away with my exam talk (supposed to be about finance) being "American smalltown seen by David Lynch"
	⚡ ♥ 6:47am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning, Brian and newshounds.
	⚡ ♥ 6:49am NotARealDoctor: ↳ TDK60 @6:44 I really hope it works. The stock prices are plummeting, so it's doing something at least.
	♥ 6:50am Brian D: ↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:47 Greetings, Peter. Hope you're well.
	⚡ ♥ 6:50am London Calling Francky: ↳ TDK60 @6:44 Thank you for bringing this to our attention TDK. There is even an protest event at the Tesla retailer in my side of London Town. If my entire lower leg was not in a huge cast, I would definitely consider joining.
	♥ 6:51am Brian D: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:50 What happened, LCF?
	⚡ ♥ 6:52am TDK60: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:49 Good morning, NARD with canine pals. I can't go myself today. But I hope it has an impact.
	⚡ ♥ 6:53am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: ↳ Brian D @6:50 Brian, I'm doing OK. I'm doing my own journalism thang at the xc ski national championships: nordicinsights.news...
	⚡ ♥ 6:53am London Calling Francky: ↳ Brian D @6:51 Thank you for asking Brian. I ruptured my Achilles tendon while getting too worked up when playing tennis. I forgot for a second I am not 20 anymore and I have 3 decades on top of that! And now I am facing a very very long recovery time...
	⚡ 6:54am Don in Tampere: Off to gym and then the cabin, but I hopefully can listen to the last hour or so on the road. Have a great Saturday all!
	⚡ ♥ 6:54am NotARealDoctor: ↳ TDK60 @6:52 I've seen several Tesla owners posting online about notes left on their cars urging them to sell their vehicle before people start thinking they support that Nazi
	⚡ ♥ 6:55am TDK60: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:50 Good morning London Francky. Ouch. [?] I'm glad Londoners will be out too!
	6:58am Cooh John: RIP Jamal Kashoggi.
	⚡ ♥ 6:59am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Brian D and all!!!
	⚡ ♥ 6:59am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @6:54 Notes left on Teslas is the polite way of doing it... there have been reports of vehicles covered in graffiti with various levels of offensiveness!
	7:01am rich in angleton: good morning brian and everyone in radioland! it's nice to be here today.
	⚡ ♥ 7:01am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:59 Several cybertrucks were completely destroyed in the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, windows and doors smashed and broken by angry crowds
	♥ 7:02am Brian D: For those interested: The Last Drops of Mexico City by Long Lead and Magnum Photo: mexicocitywater.longlead.com
	♥ 7:02am fred: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 At least you have a healthy NIH thanks to Brexit, right?
	♥ 7:03am Brian D: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 Yikes! Get well soon.
	♥ 7:04am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @6:58 Indeed. Good morning, CJ.
	♥ 7:05am Brian D: CORRECT information on Reiko Futing, by the way (apologies all): en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 7:05am Brian D: ↳ rich in angleton @7:01 Rich!
	⚡ ♥ 7:06am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:01 Yep and a poster has been appearing around London warning people against purchasing Swasticars... www.euronews.com...
	⚡ ♥ 7:07am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 My dad tore his Achilles tendon back when i was in high school and he was about 50, that was how I really learned to drive since he couldn't
	⚡ ♥ 7:07am London Calling Francky: ↳ Brian D @7:03 Thank you Brian, your kind words of support are much appreciated!
	⚡ ♥ 7:07am NotARealDoctor: He also did it playing tennis
	⚡ ♥ 7:09am NotARealDoctor: ↳ TDK60 @6:52 Wish I could go as well, but alas I'm working
	⚡ ♥ 7:10am London Calling Francky: ↳ fred @7:02 Haha yes of course Fred, our beloved NHS benefited from Brexit by a nice tasty £350M... it was written on all the red pro-Brexit campaign buses... surely must be true...
	⚡ ♥ 7:11am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:07 Wow exactly like me... Tennis and Five-O... did he fully recover eventually?
	⚡ ♥ 7:12am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @6:53 my dad completely tore his in 96, i think he was 45 at the time. he slipped to the wet worn metal steps on the subway stairs. he then drove stick hone and later went to the hospital. it was his left foot, we still don't know how he actually drove his car
	♥ 7:13am HyperDose: we're Current(s)! 🌬️🌊
	⚡ ♥ 7:14am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:12 Thank you for sharing Will... it is surprisingly not painful... this is why apparently a lot of people continue hobbling about and bearing weight on it and then do real damage... how was his recovery?
	♥ 7:15am pgalub: Hey Brian and everyone.
	♥ 7:16am Brian D: ↳ pgalub @7:15 Mr. G!
	7:16am Barbie: Hi Brian and everyone else
	♥ 7:16am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @7:16 Barbie! Good morning.
	7:17am Barbie: I haven’t heard Can in a long time
	♥ 7:18am Brian D: ↳ Barbie @7:17 A WFMU staple!
	⚡ ♥ 7:19am tom tom the pipers son: michael karoli> david gilmour
	⚡ ♥ 7:19am nortonjutland: Good Morning Brian.
	⚡ ♥ 7:20am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:14 I think initially it was 4 months, but really it was a year for strength and mobility to be mostly back
	⚡ ♥ 7:20am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:11 It took him a few months though this was over 20 years ago so I can't remember quite how many.
	⚡ ♥ 7:21am dale: good morning.
	⚡ ♥ 7:22am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:20 Yep, consistent with what I have been told... that is even more hours of WoofMooing than I would normally be able to do! Silver lining!
	⚡ ♥ 7:23am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:20 Yep, also in line with the advice I was given... mega sigh
	⚡ ♥ 7:25am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:22 did you have surgery? if so try to take care of the scar, It makes picking shoes and boots a lot harder for him now. we're the same size, so I've ended up with shoes that he can't wear that bother the scar.
	⚡ ♥ 7:28am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:25 No thank goodness Will... another silver lining... my tendon rupture was smaller than what the protocol recommends surgery for... so in my case the protocol here says 3 weeks in a case and 10 weeks in the funky equine boot with tons of physio...
	⚡ ♥ 7:29am NotARealDoctor: ↳ Song: "Samsara II" by "Painkiller" Man this is great
	♥ 7:30am Ike: Wow, I haven't heard Painkiller in a while. I remember playing them on my own goofy little radio show on my cruddy, now-defunct 10-watt college station in the 90s.
	7:30am Alanthepainter: Thank you this is a great waking tool/song!
	⚡ ♥ 7:31am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:28 best of luck with the process, don't push yourself too hard. definitely get some rest
	⚡ ♥ 7:32am NotARealDoctor: ↳ London Calling Francky @7:23 Just follow the doctor's advice and all will be well... eventually
	⚡ ♥ 7:32am London Calling Francky: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:31 Thank you Will, your kind words of support really mean a great deal! I will need to learn the noble skill of patience...
	⚡ ♥ 7:33am NotARealDoctor: Alright, about to get into the shower, going ears only Bluetooth mode. Thanks Brian D.
	⚡ ♥ 7:34am tom tom the pipers son: secondary problem with in injury that results in immobility is weight gain….kept pulling calf muscle…put on 50 pounds
	⚡ ♥ 7:35am London Calling Francky: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:32 Thank you NotARealDoctor... coming from you with your nickname, not too sure what to make of your advice! 🙃😂🤣
	⚡ ♥ 7:36am London Calling Francky: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:34 Yeah Tom, good point... I am learning the hard way that there is too much of me to carry on crutches... therefore I have halved my eating portions...
	7:41am Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Burning from the Inside" by "Bauhaus" I was not familiar with this side of Bauhaus.
	⚡ ♥ 7:43am Paulo AD: Ello all, time zone shift got me again. Nice to tune into a bit of goth :)
	♥ 7:44am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @7:43 Paulo!
	♥ 7:47am Ike: ↳ Paulo AD @7:43 Where are you these days, Paulo? I try not to spend too much time on social media anymore, but did I see something suggesting you're heading back to Wales?
	7:47am Fredericks: ↳ NotARealDoctor @7:32 Sound like a real doctor right there.
	⚡ ♥ 7:51am London Calling Francky: ↳ Fredericks @7:47 Yes good point Fredericks! 😊😊
	♥ 7:51am HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks" yes yes, I consent!
	7:52am gnut: ↳ TDK60 @6:44 the automobile industry has always been based on the idea of selling an asirational status signalling fantasy. As such it is predicated on hierarchic class stratus differences, and the fantasy of increasing personal and social value as you move up the chain. While this bullshit value system is only one of many things to hate about the auto industry in history and still today, the changes that tesla brings to the story are bigger by, dare I say it, 100X. I doubt that protesting at Tesla will have the desired effect, still worth doing, despite the increase validation of their zeal and delusional purpose the t Rump teslacles will take from it, tesla stock tanking is the best hope - take awa the assholes money and by even his own value system he is nothing
	⚡ ♥ 7:52am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @7:44 What's up chap, you fully recoverd?
	7:53am morphe': Attuned .... got off the news bus ....
	♥ 7:53am Brian D: As recovered as I'll ever be, thank you for asking.
	⚡ ♥ 7:53am Paulo AD: ↳ Ike @7:47 Hiya ike. Yes I am currently in God's country. Having a walk through the forestry at the moment, clearly too overdressed haha
	⚡ ♥ 7:54am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @7:53 Good to hear. It's knocked alot of people on their ass, speaking from experience. Not me but ya know lol
	♥ 7:57am HyperDose: ↳ Paulo AD @7:53 start warm, hike hot start cool, hike warm 🧭🗺️🍁
	⚡ ♥ 7:58am Paulo AD: I'm off to see John Cale in Cardiff tonight, can't wait
	⚡ ♥ 7:58am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Brian D @7:53 happy to hear that you're feeling better
	⚡ ♥ 7:59am Paulo AD: ↳ HyperDose @7:57 I could have used that advice a while back lol
	♥ 7:59am Ike: ↳ Paulo AD @7:53 Haven't been yet, but I think of it more as Doctor Who country these days due to filming there, LOL Dog > God (Cat also good, ha ha meow)
	8:02am Barbie: She was so pretty
	♥ 8:03am HyperDose: ↳ Paulo AD @7:59 at least the sweating helps cut weight. which creates room for more beer! :D
	⚡ ♥ 8:06am Paulo AD: ↳ HyperDose @8:03 I'm off the drink man. Getting my head straight
	⚡ ♥ 8:07am Paulo AD: ↳ Ike @7:59 When I lived in Cardiff years ago, I nearly ran over John barrowman filming outside my building lol
	⚡ ♥ 8:07am Peter from Saranac Lake NY: The ex-wife's family came over on the next boat after the Mayflower, actually.
	♥ 8:09am Snortley: What do you think Native Americans make of the Statue of Liberty? From some perspectives, it's a celebration of genocide.
	8:10am morphe': Trump Immigration Hypocrisy [just one example] = Trump trying to stop Family Reunification Visas after bringing Melania's mother and father....
	♥ 8:10am Snortley: It was actually originally planned as a commemoration of the abolition of slavery.
	♥ 8:11am zachary: Good morning Brian, Jim, and everyone on the boards. I found this book, "With Poor Immigrants to America" by Stephen Graham, a while back on Librivox and found it very fascinating: librivox.org... Here's the Gutenberg version, too: www.gutenberg.org...
	⚡ ♥ 8:12am Michael of Cologne: ↳ gnut @7:52 I wonder if T.'s ditatorial dirigisme, which is antithetical to the capitalist principle (valorization of thingified value), might tank the U.S. economy, and hence also the global economy. Maybe leading capitalists will even get upset enough about diminished profits to tank T.? Just wishfully thinking... Sorry to hear of your torn Achilles' tendon, LCF.
	8:12am morphe': Film: A Day Without a Mexican
	⚡ ♥ 8:13am London Calling Francky: ↳ zachary @8:11 Thank you for sharing Zachary, that looks like a fascinating read... I will definitely give it a go!
	⚡ ♥ 8:13am London Calling Francky: ↳ Michael of Cologne @8:12 Thank you so much for the kind words MoC! Hopefully the recovery will be smooth...
	8:15am Barbie: The garden state
	♥ 8:16am Brian D: Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
	♥ 8:16am zachary: ↳ London Calling Francky @8:13 No problem, Francky. I thought it was an interesting listen. May you enjoy it. The immigration process at the time was intense.
	⚡ ♥ 8:20am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Subway Train" by "New York Dolls" ny dolls, ramones owed so much to the shangri las….this verse is pure shangri las..
	♥ 8:21am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:20 Very much so. An influence both acknowledged.
	⚡ ♥ 8:22am London Calling Francky: ↳ zachary @8:16 Oh yes, intense is perhaps an understatement... from a European perspective (I am a French/Italian living in the UK), we all have stories of ancestors who managed, more or less successfully and more or less painfully, to cross the pond and to settle somewhere in the Americas to make a new lives for themselves...
	8:22am ?: Sh, angry las
	⚡ ♥ 8:22am tom tom the pipers son: Hey brian… i liked the zorn drawing show…prob going to music perf april 5th
	⚡ ♥ 8:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:21 oh….
	⚡ ♥ 8:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ @8:22 ha...
	8:24am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Brian!
	♥ 8:24am Brian D: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @8:24 Greg!
	♥ 8:24am Handy Haversack: Morning, Brian, all. Nice to hear Lou first thing in the morning.
	♥ 8:26am Brian D: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:24 Greetings, Handy. Hope you and K8 are well.
	♥ 8:28am zachary: ↳ London Calling Francky @8:22 Ha! Indeed. Horrifying may be a better descriptor. I wish I knew more of my family's stories. I think there was some writing from my mother's side, but not my father's.
	♥ 8:29am Handy Haversack: ↳ Brian D @8:26 Thanks, Brian. Hanging in.
	♥ 8:32am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:22 Thinking about that, too, Tom, but it's Mrs. Currents' birthday so I may not be able to. We really liked the exhibit, too. Especially the Memento Mori stuff.
	⚡ ♥ 8:33am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:29 HBD mrs currents..
	♥ 8:33am Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "EMT, Police and the Fire Department" by "Shilpa Ray" Shilpa Ray! What a force!
	⚡ ♥ 8:34am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:33 truth 💥🎤
	8:40am kevlicki: Hey Brian and all!
	♥ 8:43am Brian D: ↳ kevlicki @8:40 What's up, Kev?
	⚡ ♥ 8:45am Michael of Cologne: Thanks, Brian. Was running very late today.
	8:45am kevlicki: Doing well in spite of the fash currents.
	⚡ ♥ 8:46am tom tom the pipers son: that shilpa ray was incredibly…raw
	8:46am Cooh John: Thanks for the great music, Brian.
	♥ 8:46am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @8:45 Better late than never, Michael. Good morning.
	♥ 8:47am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:46 My favorite track of hers. But she's great in general.
	⚡ ♥ 8:49am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:47 met jeff g and dj peter at ahmed show… good times
	8:49am kevlicki: Brian, have you been to The P.I.T. In Williamsburg?
	♥ 8:49am Brian D: ↳ kevlicki @8:49 No... why?
	8:49am morphe': gotta go ... thanks BD and all....
	⚡ ♥ 8:49am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ kevlicki @8:49 fred moten/brandon lopez there 5/6
	♥ 8:51am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:49 Oooh, that sounds good. I rarely get over there.
	♥ 8:51am HyperDose: thanks Brian. have a great weekend!
	♥ 8:52am the other nadia (hectic): thank you brian
	⚡ ♥ 8:52am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @8:51 good place…been there several times thanks brian
	♥ 8:52am Handy Haversack: ↳ Brian D @8:47 Have you seen her live? We caught her a year or so back. Great show.
	8:53am kevlicki: It’s a political book store, they just had Boff Walley do an event last week. https://www.propertyistheft.org/ Fellas from The Sunwatchers run it
	♥ 8:53am Handy Haversack: Thanks, Brian! Happy birthday to Mrs. Currents. Take care, all.
	♥ 8:53am Brian D: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:52 Yes. She actually performed here at Monty Hall, maybe 2018? Really great. And she's super nice.
	♥ 8:53am Handy Haversack: ↳ kevlicki @8:53 Caught Shellshag there a month or so back. A friend of ours volunteers there regularly.
	⚡ ♥ 8:55am Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Brian D!!!
	♥ 8:55am listener 126464: ↳ Song: "Another Sad Esophagus – acoustic demo [radio edit... Good morning. Porchistas are playing this afternoon at Transparent Gallery in Asbury Park with Karyn Kuhl band and Renee Maskin.
	⚡ ♥ 8:55am NotARealDoctor: Thanks Brian! See you next week!
	♥ 8:56am Brian D: Alright all, the clock on the wall says it's time for me to go. Sorry for not being more active on here today. Had some issues with my audio clips that required attention. Thank you for joining me. Stay safe and have a great Saturday!
	♥ 8:56am Brian D: ↳ listener 126464 @8:55 Cool, thanks for reminding me.
	♥ 8:58am listener 126464: ↳ Brian D @8:56 You’re welcome. Thank you.
	⚡ ♥ 8:59am London Calling Francky: Thank you Brian and all! Great show and great support all around!
	⚡ ♥ 9:00am radioronan: Thanks Brian!
	♥ 9:20am slugluv1313: thank you, Brian -- fantastic and inspiring show, so appreciated in these insane times 😺😺 (i was listening, just not able to sign in!)

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from March 29, 2025

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