WFMU: Irwin Chusid: Playlist from February 6, 2008

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from February 6, 2008

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February 6, 2008: The station that blows when you wish it would just suck

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Lee Morgan	Yes I Can, No You Can't (edit)	The Gigolo	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bettye LaVette	I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)	The Scene of the Crime	0:03:22 (Pop-up)
Bernie Worrell	New Boss "New Boss" by "Bernie Worrell"	Improvisczario	0:06:59 (Pop-up)
Magnetic Fields	California Girls "California Girls" by "Magnetic Fields"	Distortion	0:18:50 (Pop-up)
Klaus Beyer	Gruss dich Sonnenschein	Revolver	0:21:50 (Pop-up)
Ryan Shaw	Do the 45 "Do the 45" by "Ryan Shaw"	This is Ryan Shaw	0:23:43 (Pop-up)
DJ Keri & DJ 43	Baby Elephant Safari	Upstairs at Larry's: Lawrence Welk Uncorked	0:25:54 (Pop-up)
Ray Conniff and His Orchestra and Chorus	Bah Bah Conniff Sprach (Zarathustra)	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	0:30:10 (Pop-up)
Lazy	Shine On You Crazy Diamond "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by "Lazy"	Floyd: A Chillout Experience	0:34:18 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Reaching Into In "Reaching Into In" by "Ken Nordine"	Word Jazz	0:43:28 (Pop-up)
The Helio Sequence	Can't Say No "Can't Say No" by "The Helio Sequence"	Keep Your Eyes Ahead	0:45:25 (Pop-up)
Michelle Lemay	Manic Monday "Manic Monday" by "Michelle Lemay"	Songs I Love To Sing	0:48:49 (Pop-up)
Kasey Chambers	Pony "Pony" by "Kasey Chambers"	Wayward Angel	0:51:57 (Pop-up)
Chris Isaak	American Boy "American Boy" by "Chris Isaak"	Always Got Tonight	0:56:36 (Pop-up)
Marc Cohn	If I Were An Angel "If I Were An Angel" by "Marc Cohn"	Join the Parade	1:06:01 (Pop-up)
The Fall	Assume "Assume" by "The Fall"	Fall Heads Roll	1:11:46 (Pop-up)
Cosmic Dennis Greenidge	The Summer Spirit / Love Escapade / Night Cafe / Archie Archie	Giant Man, Giant Plan (mordantmusic.com)	1:15:42 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman	Since She Started to Ride	Jonathan Goes Country	1:19:42 (Pop-up)
MGMT	Time to Pretend "Time to Pretend" by "MGMT"	Oracular Spectacular	1:22:18 (Pop-up)
Jan Turkenburg and his pupils of the Geert Grote School	In My Spaceship	Interplanetary Materials	1:31:14 (Pop-up)
The KMG's	Blues for Mr. Brown "Blues for Mr. Brown" by "The KMG's"	Funky Soul Power	1:36:01 (Pop-up)
Billy Mira	David Lee Needs a Gig "David Lee Needs a Gig" by "Billy Mira"	The Stern Show (audio from YouTube)	1:40:30 (Pop-up)
Pressure Drop	Rock the House (You'll Never Be)	Rock the House (You'll Never Be) 12"	1:43:30 (Pop-up)
The Philistines, Jr.	Cableguy "Cableguy" by "The Philistines, Jr."	2007 recordings	1:51:43 (Pop-up)
Montgomery Gentry	Gone "Gone" by "Montgomery Gentry"	Something to Be Proud Of - The Best of 1999-2005	2:02:41 (Pop-up)
Ann Lever	Crazy "Crazy" by "Ann Lever"	Incorrect Classics	2:06:24 (Pop-up)
Calexico and Iron & Wine	History of Lovers	In the Reins	2:08:59 (Pop-up)
Yuka Honda	I Dream About You "I Dream About You" by "Yuka Honda"	Eucademix	2:12:03 (Pop-up)
Destroyer	Adolf Hitler "Adolf Hitler" by "Destroyer"	Sing De Chorus & De Roaring 70s	2:16:21 (Pop-up)
Mary Tyler Moore	True, Man, True "True, Man, True" by "Mary Tyler Moore"	The Dick Van Dyke Show (episode: Somebody Has To Play Cleopatra)	2:18:22 (Pop-up)
John Scofield	Sticks and Stones "Sticks and Stones" by "John Scofield"	That's What I Say	2:19:58 (Pop-up)
The Guild of Temporal Adventurers	Wheel of the Law	Kendra Smith Presents The Guild of Temporal Adventurers	2:29:40 (Pop-up)
Robert Palmer	Parade of the Obliterators	b-side of "Pride" 12	2:33:34 (Pop-up)
Mary Lorson & Billy Cote	Turtle Song	Piano Creeps	2:40:27 (Pop-up)
Roy Harper	The Black Cloud of Islam	Once	2:44:18 (Pop-up)
The Necks	The Sleep of Champions "The Sleep of Champions" by "The Necks"	The Boys	2:47:18 (Pop-up)
Jack Hayter	Misfortune's Big Statue	Practical Wireless	2:51:24 (Pop-up)
Andy Breckman	Fly Me to the Moon (in the shower)	Ken Freedman's show Feb 6, 2008	2:53:50 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	3:28pm JJZ: Baby Elephant Safari is fun.
	3:36pm CG in HF at MCRE: Well, I've never heard anything like Bah Bah that.
	3:37pm Parq: Pink Freakin' Floyd, cha-cha-cha.
	3:56pm north guinea hills: the bronchitis must have put irwin in an amiable mood as this set is surprisingly 'listenable' (whatever that means)
	3:58pm andy: Does any one know if it is unlucky to not have eaten pancakes on shrove tuesday?
	3:59pm Zach in Philly: Chambers into Isaak -- YeeHaw!!
	3:59pm Listener Dave: I'm still waiting for the "Manilow bomb". Both Ken and Irwin have crossed that line before. Though I think Ken only played the jingles medley.
	4:00pm Listener Dave: Re; pancakes: Like all superstitions, if you believe it is unlucky then it is.
	4:07pm Cubicle Carl: You deserve a break today, Irwin.
	4:09pm Wednesday Fan: Welcome back Irwin! Will Wednesday ever return to Ken, Kenny and Irwin?
	4:11pm Listener Dave: You mean you can't cross a line to drop a bomb? I would think you'd ALWAYS want to cross a line before dropping a bomb. If you really wanted to do it, you could just pull up a song from an archive, right? You don't need no stinkin' library, do you?
	4:23pm Zach in Philly: Dig that twang in "Since She Started to Ride"! Sweet music to my ears -- thank you, thank you, thank you~
	4:24pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: Time to Irwinate!
	4:25pm Sean Daily: We liiiiiiike MGMT... Nice pitch-thick beats.
	4:26pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: I know that I like "Time to Pretend." My opinion on MGMT is still forming.
	4:28pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: The Management
	4:30pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGMT Well, they used to be known as "The Management". Maybe just "Management".
	4:30pm Doug: My old band was called The Management. We were on Smash or Trash on Scharpling's show years ago.
	4:35pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: Maybe that's why they changed their name.. :)
	4:37pm fishmonkeystew: In My Spaceship rocks!
	4:39pm ryan: agreed!
	4:44pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: Affirmative.
	5:06pm Zach in Philly: Montgomery Gentry ~ Yeah, Baby! I'll be daw-Gone:-)
	5:26pm Parq: Oh man, I remember that D van D episode. Dick's wife sings Calypso for Suburbanites -- well, why the heck not?
	5:38pm burden: oh irwin, where is the punchline, you would disdain quotidian muppets rocking out youtube clip,
	5:48pm north guinea hills: one ticket to the lake of fire for me good sir, i find this roy harper hilarious!
	5:50pm abdul: wait, this roy harper song is heinous and noxious
	5:51pm north guinea hills: i also find berhard gunter hilarious at the end of the day
	5:52pm Sean Daily: Funny, I just have this sudden desire to deck Mr. Harper. But the better angels of my nature whisper, "First Amendment, boys, First Amendment." Everyone's entitled to their opinion, including the mouthbreathing yahoos.
	5:58pm Listener Dave: Great show even without the Manilow.
	8:59pm Irwin Chusid: Roy Harper writes a song about violence committed against innocent people in the name of Islam -- and for that Sean Daily labels him a "yahoo" and feels inclined to physically assault him. But Sean asserts his respect for "freedom of speech" (somewhat grudgingly it would appear). On the subject of Islamic extremism in its more violent forms, however, Sean has no comment, and doesn't appreciate others offering critical views. They deserve to be "decked." Why not beheaded?
	3:58pm Sean Daily: You have a point, Irwin, and I apologize. That was out of line. My only explanation - not excuse, but explanation - for such a comment is that I was having a bad day. Problem is, if Harper had been standing there, I WOULD have hit him, and things would have gone to a very bad place very quickly. Harper does have his right to free speech, and I shouldn't have been so flip about it. My mother likes to say, "I disagree with him, but I'll give my life for his right to say it." That's something I thought I'd learned. You were right to call me on that. But I still think the song was bigoted. Not every Muslim is violent. If it were, and if every Muslim was an honor-killer and suicide bomber, then the streets of America would be awash with blood. Keep in mind that there are a lot of Muslims here. What I objected to was his broadbrushing the ENTIRE religion. Or maybe I'm wrong, and I heard the song completely wrong, and I made myself sound like a complete jerk. Wouldn't be the first time. Next time, I'll learn something from this, and I'll make my objections known without threats of physical violence.
	4:06pm Sean Daily: Actually, scratch that. I DID make myself sound like a complete jerk, no matter if I was right or not - kinda like all that righteous violence that Harper was objecting to. Oy...
	7:54pm Marty Parker: Thank you for having the courage to play Roy Harper's "Black Cloud of Islam". Those lyrics give me chills. Pay no mind to those accuplaylisters who get all worked up, who NEED to be offended, who wish to censor. You have allowed great art to stand by itself without apology. Go Irwin!

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Lee Morgan	Yes I Can, No You Can't (edit)	The Gigolo	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bettye LaVette	I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)	The Scene of the Crime	0:03:22 (Pop-up)
Bernie Worrell	New Boss "New Boss" by "Bernie Worrell"	Improvisczario	0:06:59 (Pop-up)
Magnetic Fields	California Girls "California Girls" by "Magnetic Fields"	Distortion	0:18:50 (Pop-up)
Klaus Beyer	Gruss dich Sonnenschein	Revolver	0:21:50 (Pop-up)
Ryan Shaw	Do the 45 "Do the 45" by "Ryan Shaw"	This is Ryan Shaw	0:23:43 (Pop-up)
DJ Keri & DJ 43	Baby Elephant Safari	Upstairs at Larry's: Lawrence Welk Uncorked	0:25:54 (Pop-up)
Ray Conniff and His Orchestra and Chorus	Bah Bah Conniff Sprach (Zarathustra)	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	0:30:10 (Pop-up)
Lazy	Shine On You Crazy Diamond "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by "Lazy"	Floyd: A Chillout Experience	0:34:18 (Pop-up)
Ken Nordine	Reaching Into In "Reaching Into In" by "Ken Nordine"	Word Jazz	0:43:28 (Pop-up)
The Helio Sequence	Can't Say No "Can't Say No" by "The Helio Sequence"	Keep Your Eyes Ahead	0:45:25 (Pop-up)
Michelle Lemay	Manic Monday "Manic Monday" by "Michelle Lemay"	Songs I Love To Sing	0:48:49 (Pop-up)
Kasey Chambers	Pony "Pony" by "Kasey Chambers"	Wayward Angel	0:51:57 (Pop-up)
Chris Isaak	American Boy "American Boy" by "Chris Isaak"	Always Got Tonight	0:56:36 (Pop-up)
Marc Cohn	If I Were An Angel "If I Were An Angel" by "Marc Cohn"	Join the Parade	1:06:01 (Pop-up)
The Fall	Assume "Assume" by "The Fall"	Fall Heads Roll	1:11:46 (Pop-up)
Cosmic Dennis Greenidge	The Summer Spirit / Love Escapade / Night Cafe / Archie Archie	Giant Man, Giant Plan (mordantmusic.com)	1:15:42 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman	Since She Started to Ride	Jonathan Goes Country	1:19:42 (Pop-up)
MGMT	Time to Pretend "Time to Pretend" by "MGMT"	Oracular Spectacular	1:22:18 (Pop-up)
Jan Turkenburg and his pupils of the Geert Grote School	In My Spaceship	Interplanetary Materials	1:31:14 (Pop-up)
The KMG's	Blues for Mr. Brown "Blues for Mr. Brown" by "The KMG's"	Funky Soul Power	1:36:01 (Pop-up)
Billy Mira	David Lee Needs a Gig "David Lee Needs a Gig" by "Billy Mira"	The Stern Show (audio from YouTube)	1:40:30 (Pop-up)
Pressure Drop	Rock the House (You'll Never Be)	Rock the House (You'll Never Be) 12"	1:43:30 (Pop-up)
The Philistines, Jr.	Cableguy "Cableguy" by "The Philistines, Jr."	2007 recordings	1:51:43 (Pop-up)
Montgomery Gentry	Gone "Gone" by "Montgomery Gentry"	Something to Be Proud Of - The Best of 1999-2005	2:02:41 (Pop-up)
Ann Lever	Crazy "Crazy" by "Ann Lever"	Incorrect Classics	2:06:24 (Pop-up)
Calexico and Iron & Wine	History of Lovers	In the Reins	2:08:59 (Pop-up)
Yuka Honda	I Dream About You "I Dream About You" by "Yuka Honda"	Eucademix	2:12:03 (Pop-up)
Destroyer	Adolf Hitler "Adolf Hitler" by "Destroyer"	Sing De Chorus & De Roaring 70s	2:16:21 (Pop-up)
Mary Tyler Moore	True, Man, True "True, Man, True" by "Mary Tyler Moore"	The Dick Van Dyke Show (episode: Somebody Has To Play Cleopatra)	2:18:22 (Pop-up)
John Scofield	Sticks and Stones "Sticks and Stones" by "John Scofield"	That's What I Say	2:19:58 (Pop-up)
The Guild of Temporal Adventurers	Wheel of the Law	Kendra Smith Presents The Guild of Temporal Adventurers	2:29:40 (Pop-up)
Robert Palmer	Parade of the Obliterators	b-side of "Pride" 12	2:33:34 (Pop-up)
Mary Lorson & Billy Cote	Turtle Song	Piano Creeps	2:40:27 (Pop-up)
Roy Harper	The Black Cloud of Islam	Once	2:44:18 (Pop-up)
The Necks	The Sleep of Champions "The Sleep of Champions" by "The Necks"	The Boys	2:47:18 (Pop-up)
Jack Hayter	Misfortune's Big Statue	Practical Wireless	2:51:24 (Pop-up)
Andy Breckman	Fly Me to the Moon (in the shower)	Ken Freedman's show Feb 6, 2008	2:53:50 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:28pm JJZ: Baby Elephant Safari is fun.
	3:36pm CG in HF at MCRE: Well, I've never heard anything like Bah Bah that.
	3:37pm Parq: Pink Freakin' Floyd, cha-cha-cha.
	3:56pm north guinea hills: the bronchitis must have put irwin in an amiable mood as this set is surprisingly 'listenable' (whatever that means)
	3:58pm andy: Does any one know if it is unlucky to not have eaten pancakes on shrove tuesday?
	3:59pm Zach in Philly: Chambers into Isaak -- YeeHaw!!
	3:59pm Listener Dave: I'm still waiting for the "Manilow bomb". Both Ken and Irwin have crossed that line before. Though I think Ken only played the jingles medley.
	4:00pm Listener Dave: Re; pancakes: Like all superstitions, if you believe it is unlucky then it is.
	4:07pm Cubicle Carl: You deserve a break today, Irwin.
	4:09pm Wednesday Fan: Welcome back Irwin! Will Wednesday ever return to Ken, Kenny and Irwin?
	4:11pm Listener Dave: You mean you can't cross a line to drop a bomb? I would think you'd ALWAYS want to cross a line before dropping a bomb. If you really wanted to do it, you could just pull up a song from an archive, right? You don't need no stinkin' library, do you?
	4:23pm Zach in Philly: Dig that twang in "Since She Started to Ride"! Sweet music to my ears -- thank you, thank you, thank you~
	4:24pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: Time to Irwinate!
	4:25pm Sean Daily: We liiiiiiike MGMT... Nice pitch-thick beats.
	4:26pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: I know that I like "Time to Pretend." My opinion on MGMT is still forming.
	4:28pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: The Management
	4:30pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGMT Well, they used to be known as "The Management". Maybe just "Management".
	4:30pm Doug: My old band was called The Management. We were on Smash or Trash on Scharpling's show years ago.
	4:35pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: Maybe that's why they changed their name.. :)
	4:37pm fishmonkeystew: In My Spaceship rocks!
	4:39pm ryan: agreed!
	4:44pm Chance From That Third World Country, Maine: Affirmative.
	5:06pm Zach in Philly: Montgomery Gentry ~ Yeah, Baby! I'll be daw-Gone:-)
	5:26pm Parq: Oh man, I remember that D van D episode. Dick's wife sings Calypso for Suburbanites -- well, why the heck not?
	5:38pm burden: oh irwin, where is the punchline, you would disdain quotidian muppets rocking out youtube clip,
	5:48pm north guinea hills: one ticket to the lake of fire for me good sir, i find this roy harper hilarious!
	5:50pm abdul: wait, this roy harper song is heinous and noxious
	5:51pm north guinea hills: i also find berhard gunter hilarious at the end of the day
	5:52pm Sean Daily: Funny, I just have this sudden desire to deck Mr. Harper. But the better angels of my nature whisper, "First Amendment, boys, First Amendment." Everyone's entitled to their opinion, including the mouthbreathing yahoos.
	5:58pm Listener Dave: Great show even without the Manilow.
	8:59pm Irwin Chusid: Roy Harper writes a song about violence committed against innocent people in the name of Islam -- and for that Sean Daily labels him a "yahoo" and feels inclined to physically assault him. But Sean asserts his respect for "freedom of speech" (somewhat grudgingly it would appear). On the subject of Islamic extremism in its more violent forms, however, Sean has no comment, and doesn't appreciate others offering critical views. They deserve to be "decked." Why not beheaded?
	3:58pm Sean Daily: You have a point, Irwin, and I apologize. That was out of line. My only explanation - not excuse, but explanation - for such a comment is that I was having a bad day. Problem is, if Harper had been standing there, I WOULD have hit him, and things would have gone to a very bad place very quickly. Harper does have his right to free speech, and I shouldn't have been so flip about it. My mother likes to say, "I disagree with him, but I'll give my life for his right to say it." That's something I thought I'd learned. You were right to call me on that. But I still think the song was bigoted. Not every Muslim is violent. If it were, and if every Muslim was an honor-killer and suicide bomber, then the streets of America would be awash with blood. Keep in mind that there are a lot of Muslims here. What I objected to was his broadbrushing the ENTIRE religion. Or maybe I'm wrong, and I heard the song completely wrong, and I made myself sound like a complete jerk. Wouldn't be the first time. Next time, I'll learn something from this, and I'll make my objections known without threats of physical violence.
	4:06pm Sean Daily: Actually, scratch that. I DID make myself sound like a complete jerk, no matter if I was right or not - kinda like all that righteous violence that Harper was objecting to. Oy...
	7:54pm Marty Parker: Thank you for having the courage to play Roy Harper's "Black Cloud of Islam". Those lyrics give me chills. Pay no mind to those accuplaylisters who get all worked up, who NEED to be offended, who wish to censor. You have allowed great art to stand by itself without apology. Go Irwin!

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from February 6, 2008

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