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Saturday, March 18, 2017
WFMU Fundraiser Show With MC Trouble
Please Make a Pledge Here, Thanks!

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Greetings dear listeners! I hope you can pledge tonight to support WFMU!

If you pledge to my show right here, as usual I've made a custom conceptual world music cd for everyone who pledges $75 or more.

This year's custom cd is Electromigration – Global Music on the Move - celebrating the musical contributions of immigrant musicians in the US and other countries too. African music in France… Indian music in England… Latin music in the USA and much more. Check out the fabulous covert art by Mayuko Fujino - who does a show on WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio web stream when she’s not making amazing paper cutout art:



Of course, if my cd doesn't float your boat you can choose a different DJ's premium (cd or otherwise) instead. You can see the full list of DJ CD premiums at https://wfmu.org/dj-premiums/.

I’m now in my fourth decade on WFMU! Who’d a thunk it? And if you are in a good place economically, perhaps you’ll consider celebrating my radio longevity by making a $10 per month (or more) sustaining Swag For Life pledge.

If you do, your cup shall runneth over with WFMU swag EVERY year! This year for a $10 per month swag for life pledge you’ll receive our special edition Eat Flaming Death Fascist Media Pigs propaganda satire T-shirt, designed by Dr. PhrankenShop.

If you can make it up to a $30 per month swag for life pledge, you’ll get our new WFMU Baseball Jersey designed by Akira Yonekawa, and you can choose one bonus past or present Marathon prize from our Prize Warehouse! And you’ll receive a similar batch of goodies every year as long as you remain a Swag for Lifer.

But any amount you can pledge is most fabulous and wonderful. And it just takes a $20 pledge to get our fab new bumper sticker AND get in the running for a prize drawing for one of the great cds and LPs I’m giving away to lucky pledgers this evening!

A premium-cd-level pledge of $75 or more also gets you into the running for our Grand Prize for this show, a 9 CD Box Set of remarkable Nigerian music by the iconoclastic William Onyeabor!

And you can peruse the fabulous swag on offer station-wide at various pledge levels - our beautiful new t-shirts, sticker, our new Live at Monty Hall DVD - with two tracks from our HONK NYC! shows and lots lots more - at https://wfmu.org/swag.

Thanks!

This Week's Playlist:

Erkin Koray: Istemem / Various Artists: Love, Peace and Poetry - Asian Psychedelic Music (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Barış Manço: Derule / Various Artists: Love, Peace and Poetry - Asian Psychedelic Music (0:04:13 Pop-up)

Tartit With Imharhan: Music from our CD Tartit and Imharhan live from the Sahara - up for grabs NOW! Pledge to get in the running! (0:10:45 Pop-up)
Former in-studio guests on the show, all the way from Mali!

Francis Bebey: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! (0:28:44 Pop-up)

William Onyeabor: Music from our Grand Prize 9-CD Williiam Onyeabor Box set on Luaka Bop! Pledge $75 or more and you'll be in the running to win it! (0:32:30 Pop-up)

Googoosh, Zia, Various Artists: Music from the Double LP Pomegranates - music of 60s / 70s Pre-Revolutionary Iran - our prize up for grabs, pledge to get in the running! (0:37:52 Pop-up)

Various Artists from Malawi: Music from Zomba Prison Project - I Will Not Stop Singing - it's up for grabs as a prize now, pledge to get in the running1 (0:58:50 Pop-up)

Elisio Gomes and others: Music from Synthesize the Soul - Astro Atlantic Hypnotica from Cape Verde 1973-1988 on Ostinato - our prize up for grabs now! (1:19:25 Pop-up)

Master Blaster: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! (1:24:45 Pop-up)

Orchestre National de Barbes: Alaoui - From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! (1:27:27 Pop-up)

Various Artists: Music from Synthesize the Soul - Astro Atlantic Hypnotica from Cape Verde 1973-1988 on Ostinato - our prize up for grabs now! (1:36:31 Pop-up)

Konono N°1 with Batida: Music from the CD up for grabs now - Konono No. 1 meets Batida on Crammed Discs - get in the running with a pledge now! (1:49:41 Pop-up)

Shego Band: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! (1:56:49 Pop-up)

Carte de Séjour (featuring Rachid Taha): From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! (1:59:12 Pop-up)

Omar Souleyman: From his double-LP Haflat Gharbia - the Western Concerts on Sublime Frequencies - it's the prize up for grabs now. Pledge to get in the running! (2:16:44 Pop-up)

Various Artists: Music from Various Artists: Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque Upper Volta - TRIPLE CD up for grabs now - pledge to get in the running! (2:33:02 Pop-up)

Celia Cruz: From our Premium CD - Electromigration - 75 dollar pledge or more gets it, plus our new t-shirt, sticker and you get into a prize drawing and Grand Prize drawing! (2:36:01 Pop-up)

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.

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