WFMU: This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from February 16, 2016

Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: good morning trouble!
	9:03am Listener Robert: How far back from my screen should I stand to look at the artwork?
	♥ 9:04am Trouble: good morning annie, good morning world! yes i will now change the colors on this back board...
	9:04am LizGig: Good morning, Trouble. You're the bright spot in a very wet and windy day. Thank you!
	♥ 9:04am rebuketodali: Happy Tuesday morning, Trouble! Always nice to hear Nina.
	9:05am glenn: hard to read the comments, trouble.
	9:05am glenn: better. tanx.
	♥ 9:06am Trouble: today's art work is by Susan dory, and it looks much better against silver vs grey. She has a beautiful show up right now at winston wachter in chelsea
	9:06am Listener Robert: The trick I use when there's not enough contrast between text & background is [ctrl]-a.
	♥ 9:06am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Trouble. The artwork remands me of The Thing from Fantastic Four (aka Ben Grimm).
	9:07am sphere: hi trouble and all
	9:09am bobdoesthings: good morning folks
	9:11am highlowe: Good morning all! Nina! This song ...the beauty that surrounds them..a great way to wake to the day. Thank you Trouble!
	9:12am annie: been uncommonly pre-occupied this week, trouble. i'm in the background.
	9:15am glenn: does anybody want to come and drill big holes in my sinuses?
	9:20am bobdoesthings: @glenn - no but maybe try some horseradish? or something super spicey?!
	9:30am davefromtoronto: i'm lookin' for trouble... did i come to the right place?
	9:33am sphere: here, trouble finds you!
	9:37am davefromtoronto: that's even better!
	9:38am Neanderthal Head: Trouble loves me, Trouble needs me...
	9:39am Neanderthal Head: Trouble loves me, Trouble needs me...
	9:40am Neanderthal Head: Love that tune so much had to post twice.
	♥ 9:52am Trouble: freakwater are playing at the bell house tonite, on joe belock's show feb 22. rest of their tour info: :www.bloodshotrecords.com...
	9:55am βrian: Oh fractal day, Callooh! Callay!
	♥ 10:00am museguy: funky !
	10:02am βrian: Allons-y, les troupeaux de chèvres !
	10:04am Parq: Exactly, Miss T. Well put. I'm going to steal that analogy.
	10:07am djsheilab: Yes to February hibernation!
	10:08am glenn: holing up in a cabin - robert service good, walter white bad.
	10:08am bd: Yess! I was at at that snowy Maxwells show too!!! Never forget it Magical!
	♥ 10:10am Andrew Waterloo: American want their politicians to be MOR. You need to be in intelligent to be president, but wooooaah there buddy, you read nonfiction... for fun? you need to be athletic, but woooaahhh there buddy, you climbed a mountain????? pfffft!!
	10:14am Mikeee: Songs Of Praise - one of the best records of the 80's. Thank you for playing.
	♥ 10:16am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, all!
	10:16am highlowe: was it me or did the end of the last chant sound like " get along get along get along" ...John Cale...sounded like Bowie for a second.. : (
	♥ 10:17am Trouble: @bd- that's crazee coincidence... @ mikeee, you're welcome.
	10:26am sphere: this version of In C is totally awesome.
	10:30am fourstringheroes: Oh, this in c Mali is fantastic.
	10:32am βrian: Isn't it, though?
	10:36am sphere: and it sounds we are getting the whole blessed thing. :)
	♥ 10:37am Mick: Adding my voice to the chorus of praise for this in c mali track. Thanks also for the new John Cale.
	♥ 10:37am Trouble: took a while to find this piece, it was filed under terry riley instead of africa express. thanks to joe mcgasko for hipping me to that quirk
	♥ 10:38am Trouble: i always adore john cale @ mick
	10:38am bobdoesthings: This is fantastic! <3
	♥ 10:39am Trouble: and then there is this is you want to watch the in c mali landscape www.google.com...
	10:39am fourstringheroes: the whole album is on YouTube as there is a long-form video to accompany this amazing release
	10:40am fourstringheroes: oh haha, you just wrote that!
	10:43am testingwithfire: happy mid morning Trouble and friends!
	10:51am fourstringheroes: it gets better!
	♥ 10:51am rebuketodali: God this In C is gorgeous. I'm getting chills.
	♥ 10:52am Trouble: watch the video! you will love it!!!
	10:53am jan: Add my enthusiastic appreciation to the comments about In C
	♥ 10:55am Brian in UK: Hello Trouble, lawks did you play Eddie Calvert, the Man with the Golden Trumpet?
	♥ 10:57am Trouble: i guess i did brian in uk. although i don't know him by his nickname, we are not that friendly i guess...
	11:07am bobdoesthings: eww yuck.. 'normal' playlist!?
	11:07am Listener Robert: It switched you to Approxi-play list?
	♥ 11:07am Ken From Hyde Park: At the rate the temperature is warming up today, I'll be able to heat the house by opening the windows this afternoon.
	11:11am βrian: Wow, she really kicks those Rs hard!
	11:11am Polyus: Anyone having trouble listening online?
	♥ 11:12am Jeff Golick: @Polyus: ok here in Brooklyn, via pop-up player.
	♥ 11:16am Brian in UK: iTunes OK over here. Other listening devices are available.
	11:17am Polyus: I listen via the app, so probably something wrong on this end. It has been hinky for a couple of days.
	♥ 11:18am Brian in UK: Saw the Assassin last evening. Beautiful cinamatography but a rather oblique story made it challenging to follow.
	11:20am βrian: Oumou Sangaré. What a voice!
	♥ 11:30am Trouble: i rewatched contempt by godard this weekend, so crazy and stunning.
	♥ 11:30am Brian in UK: Time for hot chocolate and crumpets.
	11:36am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Good morning from sunny San Diego. Birds are chirping out my door.
	♥ 11:38am Brian in UK: Le Mépris was reissued over here at the start of the year.
	♥ 11:39am Brian in UK: Brigitte is beautiful.
	11:42am bobdoesthings: los flechas?! muy bien!
	♥ 11:42am Greg from ZONE 5: Jennique, you lucky dog! Give my love to Petco Park.
	11:45am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: @Greg - will do! Give my regards to ZONE 5.
	11:48am βrian: Funny, here on the isthmus, we just moved from zone 4 to zone 5 ... ok, not so funny.
	♥ 11:49am Greg from ZONE 5: Oooooh…I hope this song is 43 mins long…
	♥ 11:56am Brian in UK: Trouble have you come across this fella? www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk...
	11:57am bobdoesthings: thank you trouble!
	♥ 11:59am Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Trouble!
	♥ 11:59am Mick: Great show Trouble!
	♥ 3:53pm Passaic River Blues: The Nina Simone track is achingly beautiful.

This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from February 16, 2016

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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.

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Thu. Feb 27th, 9am - Noon: Jennifer Higgie (More info...)
This is the Modern World with Trouble welcomes Jennifer Higgie, author of The Other Side, a Story of Women in Art and the Spiritual World. Jennifer Higgie is an Australian writer living in London. She wrote fabulously for Frieze Magazine for over 2 decades, is a curator and hosted the podcast Bow Down. In honor of The Other Side coming out in paperback in the US, Jennifer and trouble will discuss women artists, seances and spiritualism.

February 16, 2016: in a field of puppies

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(* = new)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	New	Approx. start time
Shearwater	prime "prime" by "Shearwater"	jet plane and oxbow	sub pop		*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
nina simone	isn't it a pity "isn't it a pity" by "nina simone"	emergency ward	rca victor			0:03:22 (Pop-up)
bridget st john	song for the waterden widow	jumblequeen	bgo records			0:15:17 (Pop-up)
yang fan	see! ( here comes) the witch!/joker's joke	what happened after 1001 nights?	genjing		*	0:16:49 (Pop-up)
saidou/hassan	Music for a Hauka Ceremony	folk music of the sahel vol 1	sublime frequencies			0:22:43 (Pop-up)
rufus harley	queens "queens" by "rufus harley"	courage: the atlantic recordings	Rhino Handmade			0:26:10 (Pop-up)
eddie calvert	angelina "angelina" by "eddie calvert"	Popcorn Exotica v/a	croydon municipal			0:35:15 (Pop-up)

freakwater	forgettable "forgettable" by "freakwater"	feels like the third time	thrill jockey	1993		0:44:47 (Pop-up)
the phillipians	never say what you want	Christians Catch Hell: Gospel Roots 1976-79 v/a	honest jon's		*	0:47:53 (Pop-up)
freakwater	number one with a bullet	Scheherazade	bloodshot		*	0:50:51 (Pop-up)
willis jackson	headed and gutted "headed and gutted" by "willis jackson"	headed and gutted	muse records			0:55:07 (Pop-up)

I Know I'm An Alien	I Don't Relate To You I've No Idea What You're About	I Know I'm An Alien and I Want To Go Home Sometimes But Then I Remember That I Gotta Try and Understand You	i know i'm an alien		*	1:06:09 (Pop-up)
african head charge	dervish chant	songs of praise	on U sound			1:07:48 (Pop-up)
john cale	if you were still around	M: fans	double six		*	1:15:22 (Pop-up)
The Heliocentrics & Melvin Van Peebles	trust the cosmos ( believe in the universe)	The Last Transmission	now again			1:20:39 (Pop-up)
Terry Riley / Africa Express	in c	in c mali	transgressive			1:24:11 (Pop-up)

gribouille	a courte paille "a courte paille" by "gribouille"	Beginners Guide to French Pop (V/A)	nascente			2:09:41 (Pop-up)
puyai lee santana	cheif lee santana	luk thong the roots of thai funk	ZudRangMa			2:12:06 (Pop-up)
oumou sangare	ko sira "ko sira" by "oumou sangare"	ko sira	nonesuch			2:15:16 (Pop-up)
cozy cole and his all stars	bouncy	cozy cole and his all starts	paris			2:21:46 (Pop-up)
fleurs d'amour	Fleurs d'Amour, Fleurs d'Amities	Fleurs d'Amour, Fleurs d'Amities	trans-canada disques			2:25:08 (Pop-up)
soapkills	galbi "galbi" by "soapkills"	the best of soapkills	Crammed Discs		*	2:26:42 (Pop-up)
gloria lasso	sarah "sarah" by "gloria lasso"	paris blues the french realist singers 1926-1958 v/a	emi			2:30:22 (Pop-up)
savages	mechanics "mechanics" by "savages"	adore life	matador		*	2:33:29 (Pop-up)
simon fisher turner	running running/frescobaldi. the greatest organist of our time	Caravaggio 1610: Original Soundtrack of the Derek Jarman Film	el /cherry red			2:40:44 (Pop-up)
los flechas	diciendo no "diciendo no" by "los flechas"	Algo Salvaje: Untamed Beat and Garage Nuggets from Spain Vol. 2	munster		*	2:41:14 (Pop-up)
tim maia	i don't know what to do with myself	1971	oficial arquivos		*	2:43:18 (Pop-up)
finis africae	danca do corpo "danca do corpo" by "finis africae"	amazonia	Em		*	2:47:11 (Pop-up)
meg baird	don't weigh down the light	Don't Weigh Down the Light	drag city			2:52:02 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02am annie: good morning trouble!
	9:03am Listener Robert: How far back from my screen should I stand to look at the artwork?
	♥ 9:04am Trouble: good morning annie, good morning world! yes i will now change the colors on this back board...
	9:04am LizGig: Good morning, Trouble. You're the bright spot in a very wet and windy day. Thank you!
	♥ 9:04am rebuketodali: Happy Tuesday morning, Trouble! Always nice to hear Nina.
	9:05am glenn: hard to read the comments, trouble.
	9:05am glenn: better. tanx.
	♥ 9:06am Trouble: today's art work is by Susan dory, and it looks much better against silver vs grey. She has a beautiful show up right now at winston wachter in chelsea
	9:06am Listener Robert: The trick I use when there's not enough contrast between text & background is [ctrl]-a.
	♥ 9:06am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Trouble. The artwork remands me of The Thing from Fantastic Four (aka Ben Grimm).
	9:07am sphere: hi trouble and all
	9:09am bobdoesthings: good morning folks
	9:11am highlowe: Good morning all! Nina! This song ...the beauty that surrounds them..a great way to wake to the day. Thank you Trouble!
	9:12am annie: been uncommonly pre-occupied this week, trouble. i'm in the background.
	9:15am glenn: does anybody want to come and drill big holes in my sinuses?
	9:20am bobdoesthings: @glenn - no but maybe try some horseradish? or something super spicey?!
	9:30am davefromtoronto: i'm lookin' for trouble... did i come to the right place?
	9:33am sphere: here, trouble finds you!
	9:37am davefromtoronto: that's even better!
	9:38am Neanderthal Head: Trouble loves me, Trouble needs me...
	9:39am Neanderthal Head: Trouble loves me, Trouble needs me...
	9:40am Neanderthal Head: Love that tune so much had to post twice.
	♥ 9:52am Trouble: freakwater are playing at the bell house tonite, on joe belock's show feb 22. rest of their tour info: :www.bloodshotrecords.com...
	9:55am βrian: Oh fractal day, Callooh! Callay!
	♥ 10:00am museguy: funky !
	10:02am βrian: Allons-y, les troupeaux de chèvres !
	10:04am Parq: Exactly, Miss T. Well put. I'm going to steal that analogy.
	10:07am djsheilab: Yes to February hibernation!
	10:08am glenn: holing up in a cabin - robert service good, walter white bad.
	10:08am bd: Yess! I was at at that snowy Maxwells show too!!! Never forget it Magical!
	♥ 10:10am Andrew Waterloo: American want their politicians to be MOR. You need to be in intelligent to be president, but wooooaah there buddy, you read nonfiction... for fun? you need to be athletic, but woooaahhh there buddy, you climbed a mountain????? pfffft!!
	10:14am Mikeee: Songs Of Praise - one of the best records of the 80's. Thank you for playing.
	♥ 10:16am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, all!
	10:16am highlowe: was it me or did the end of the last chant sound like " get along get along get along" ...John Cale...sounded like Bowie for a second.. : (
	♥ 10:17am Trouble: @bd- that's crazee coincidence... @ mikeee, you're welcome.
	10:26am sphere: this version of In C is totally awesome.
	10:30am fourstringheroes: Oh, this in c Mali is fantastic.
	10:32am βrian: Isn't it, though?
	10:36am sphere: and it sounds we are getting the whole blessed thing. :)
	♥ 10:37am Mick: Adding my voice to the chorus of praise for this in c mali track. Thanks also for the new John Cale.
	♥ 10:37am Trouble: took a while to find this piece, it was filed under terry riley instead of africa express. thanks to joe mcgasko for hipping me to that quirk
	♥ 10:38am Trouble: i always adore john cale @ mick
	10:38am bobdoesthings: This is fantastic! <3
	♥ 10:39am Trouble: and then there is this is you want to watch the in c mali landscape www.google.com...
	10:39am fourstringheroes: the whole album is on YouTube as there is a long-form video to accompany this amazing release
	10:40am fourstringheroes: oh haha, you just wrote that!
	10:43am testingwithfire: happy mid morning Trouble and friends!
	10:51am fourstringheroes: it gets better!
	♥ 10:51am rebuketodali: God this In C is gorgeous. I'm getting chills.
	♥ 10:52am Trouble: watch the video! you will love it!!!
	10:53am jan: Add my enthusiastic appreciation to the comments about In C
	♥ 10:55am Brian in UK: Hello Trouble, lawks did you play Eddie Calvert, the Man with the Golden Trumpet?
	♥ 10:57am Trouble: i guess i did brian in uk. although i don't know him by his nickname, we are not that friendly i guess...
	11:07am bobdoesthings: eww yuck.. 'normal' playlist!?
	11:07am Listener Robert: It switched you to Approxi-play list?
	♥ 11:07am Ken From Hyde Park: At the rate the temperature is warming up today, I'll be able to heat the house by opening the windows this afternoon.
	11:11am βrian: Wow, she really kicks those Rs hard!
	11:11am Polyus: Anyone having trouble listening online?
	♥ 11:12am Jeff Golick: @Polyus: ok here in Brooklyn, via pop-up player.
	♥ 11:16am Brian in UK: iTunes OK over here. Other listening devices are available.
	11:17am Polyus: I listen via the app, so probably something wrong on this end. It has been hinky for a couple of days.
	♥ 11:18am Brian in UK: Saw the Assassin last evening. Beautiful cinamatography but a rather oblique story made it challenging to follow.
	11:20am βrian: Oumou Sangaré. What a voice!
	♥ 11:30am Trouble: i rewatched contempt by godard this weekend, so crazy and stunning.
	♥ 11:30am Brian in UK: Time for hot chocolate and crumpets.
	11:36am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: Good morning from sunny San Diego. Birds are chirping out my door.
	♥ 11:38am Brian in UK: Le Mépris was reissued over here at the start of the year.
	♥ 11:39am Brian in UK: Brigitte is beautiful.
	11:42am bobdoesthings: los flechas?! muy bien!
	♥ 11:42am Greg from ZONE 5: Jennique, you lucky dog! Give my love to Petco Park.
	11:45am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: @Greg - will do! Give my regards to ZONE 5.
	11:48am βrian: Funny, here on the isthmus, we just moved from zone 4 to zone 5 ... ok, not so funny.
	♥ 11:49am Greg from ZONE 5: Oooooh…I hope this song is 43 mins long…
	♥ 11:56am Brian in UK: Trouble have you come across this fella? www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk...
	11:57am bobdoesthings: thank you trouble!
	♥ 11:59am Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Trouble!
	♥ 11:59am Mick: Great show Trouble!
	♥ 3:53pm Passaic River Blues: The Nina Simone track is achingly beautiful.

This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from February 16, 2016

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