WFMU: This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from December 21, 2017

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:01am Trouble: good morning thursdayites
	♥ 9:02am Sem: Hello, and good morning, Trouble.
	♥ 9:02am melinda: Hi Trub!
	9:02am thriftstoreleather: good morning, Trouble
	9:04am Susan C.: Good morning, Trouble. This is the first song I'm hearing today and it's just beautiful.
	9:05am sphere: hi Trouble and the Troublers!
	♥ 9:05am Trouble: thanks @susan c!
	♥ 9:05am Ken From Hyde Park: Clay Pigeon just proved that art teachers like to sing on the radio. Who knew? :-0
	9:07am northguineahills: obligatory 'who's the visual artist, today?
	♥ 9:09am steveo: Good morning Trouble & all. Happy solstice!
	♥ 9:09am Trouble: sorry @ngh, I am without a photographer for today's picture. i succumbed to the seasonality of the crazzeee
	9:09am Leelee: Good morning all, enjoying the show already :)
	9:09am Itzall Ablurr: Good Morning, Trouble. Here comes the mush- I've been looking forward to your show all week!
	♥ 9:09am Trouble: thanks @ leelee! i wrote you a thanks about your kind comments last week, hope you saw them
	♥ 9:09am steveo: CREDIT: Ronald Reagan Library, ngh
	9:10am hi guys, hearing you from the J.S. Bach city,than: Hi guys, hearing you from the J.S. Bach city; thanks for this lovely playlist! Cheers from Leipzig, Camilo.
	♥ 9:10am DreamCricket: Lmao - oh man I wish I knew about this track last night. Goodmorning, Trouble and listener folk
	9:10am northguineahills: lultz, trouble, thanks as per usual!!!
	♥ 9:11am melinda: This is great.
	♥ 9:11am steveo: hi Camilo. Bryce played a piece recorded in Leipzig last Friday...
	9:12am Itzall Ablurr: "Uncredited White House photographer"- that person gets all the credit for everything.
	9:12am Itzall Ablurr: Ah! The original "Mozzar".
	♥ 9:13am NotARealDoctor: Good morning, Trouble! Happy Solstice! Lo Saturnalia! Etc!
	9:13am annie: what a voice!!
	9:15am paul: London calling! music to bake my vegan ginger christmas cookies to! xo
	9:15am Lixiviated Life: soaring beauty
	9:17am sugarplumfairywolf: Hello! Yes, the days are getting longer now!!!
	♥ 9:17am Trouble: howdy paul!!!!
	♥ 9:22am steveo: oh Maxine Weldon! Took me a while to realize that I know the Bread version from those hazy early 70s.
	♥ 9:23am melinda: @steveo yes, a soft rock classic!
	♥ 9:24am steveo: #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of August 22, 1970. I was 6 months old!
	♥ 9:25am Sem: Still a bit mesmerized by the Maria Callas. Wow.
	♥ 9:27am Trouble: check nancy reagan's shoes, o the pom pom magic
	♥ 9:29am NotARealDoctor: I wondered where everyone had gone... It's lonely here at the office...
	♥ 9:32am NotARealDoctor: @Sem! I know! I can't get over her! I already went and bought that track on Google Play... <3
	♥ 9:32am NotARealDoctor: I'll probably wind up buying the whole opera...
	9:33am Itzall Ablurr: WTH?!? Utsu? Great, another record I have to find thanks to the folks at WFMU... I thought this was from the "new" Sun Ra "Exotica" record until I read the playlist. Wow.
	♥ 9:33am Ike: I dig this.
	♥ 9:33am melinda: I dig too.
	♥ 9:35am steveo: lol the moon
	9:37am Leelee: @Trouble, I did see your reply! Thanks for the thanks :) Grateful you've got so many playlists archived; I randomly click on the pop-up players - while working and commuting - and they help me get through lots of tough days.
	♥ 9:37am The Oscar: Morning all! I love Turn It Up, and the Pioneer Valley in general. Mystery Train Records in Amherst pretty much raised me.
	♥ 9:38am melinda: That does sound kinda scary.
	9:41am Lucky: !!!!!!! ummmmmm...
	♥ 9:44am ⓘⓚⓔ: My mother does Xmas dinner like a real American: Hire an Iranian immigrant to cook our Xmas dinner at his strip mall restaurant, then go pick it up and bring it home. LOL. His lamb is always great.
	♥ 9:46am Trouble: sounds fab @IKE
	♥ 9:47am The Oscar: My fam's Danish, so we get together for the full hygge experience Christmas Eve. The big tradition is rice pudding with a single whole almond in it; whoever gets the almond wins a prize!
	9:47am diana: good morning everyone. enjoying the show today!
	♥ 9:49am melinda: I'm going to eat lebkuchen with decaf and open some presents.
	9:50am queems: i’m having christmas dinner at my new house which was my grandparents’ old house! i’m so excited!
	♥ 9:51am Trouble: thanks @ diana! all these plans sound fabulous!
	9:51am queems: 50% of the time i have no idea what james murphy is talking about
	♥ 9:51am steveo: This is just super!
	♥ 9:51am dale: happy day trouble. i thought this was phil lynott but knew it probably wasn't.
	♥ 9:52am steveo: queems that is cool
	♥ 9:54am ɨkɛ: @Oscar, I thought "hygge" was made up by book publishers to sell quasi-Scandinavian new-age lifestyle rubbish! (There are a billion crappy audiobooks about it.) You mean it's actually real?!
	♥ 9:55am melinda: congrats, queems!
	9:56am kwhitehead: Taking the family to San Francisco on Christmas Day. Staying a week. Any SF listeners out there with tips/ideas/etc? Much appreciated.
	9:59am queems: @steveo @melinda thanks!!!
	♥ 10:00am Priscilla: Eno - like an old friend
	♥ 10:00am The Oscar: @ike It's actually kind of hilarious to me-- my mom would use the word "hyggeligt" as an adjective all the time, but I always thought it was a silly word she made up (it sounds roughly like "huggly"). When all those thinkpieces and self-help books started coming out about five years ago, it was actually kind of jarring-- I assumed this was a mindset everyone's family had growing up!
	♥ 10:00am coelacanth∅: hello Trouble, Troubled i like that picture of mrs.frankenstein rocking' mr.t's world. it's one of my screen saver pix.
	♥ 10:02am The Oscar: What's weird to me, though, is that most of those books seem to lump it in with some version of "minimalism." All my Danish relatives' houses (my mom's included) are incredibly cluttered and filled with with odd little things, which I've always considered a big part of it.
	♥ 10:05am Passaic River Blues: @coelacanth: "Mrs. Frankenstein" = legitimate chuckles from myself. Good show!
	♥ 10:06am steveo: Note: ENO has appeared in the NYT Crossword 266 times since 1949. The first time it referred to Mr. Eno was Friday, May 31, 1985 at 26D "Brian of Roxy Music"
	10:08am GListener MW: Een Soviet Russia, GPS-Nigel makes plans for YOU!!!
	♥ 10:08am coelacanth∅: my sister refers to the gps voice as "she", which annoys the shit out of me.
	♥ 10:09am coelacanth∅: ha, thanks PRB!
	♥ 10:10am melinda: @Oscar that's interesting. Probably just the convergence of two trends.
	10:11am diana: family hike after we feast. nice trail along the seekonk river. this year i'm cooking. house full of artists to balance the family. should be interesting. in providence come on by!
	♥ 10:12am steveo: Sunday, March 27, 2016 119D Composer of the Windows 95 start-up sound
	10:12am emily: Helloooo! Love seeing Mr. T and Nancy R getting it on! It makes today even more special. xxoo
	♥ 10:14am ɨkɛ: @steveo, I loved it when DJ Kenny G used to play that on a loop for 45 minutes straight.
	♥ 10:16am steveo: brilliant; I remember other specific hijinks of his but not that one. btw -Ken said yesterday that Kenny G will be doing a fill-in for him sometime in 2018....
	10:18am Itzall Ablurr: If only her future crayon had been bigger... :(
	♥ 10:21am steveo: i need tea but can't get up now because omg this set
	♥ 10:22am steveo: could you play Don Felder next?
	♥ 10:24am Hughie Considine: steveo: I'm waiting for the day when "Manzanera" gets into the Times puzzle.
	♥ 10:24am Hughie Considine: "Phil of 801"
	♥ 10:25am Trouble: @steveo: i am hatching a plot to unseat don felder from his high ranking status. but that is as far as my plot has gone...
	♥ 10:25am DreamCricket: I miss/love Kenny G. virtual tear
	10:27am βrian: I hope I haven't missed the State of the World commentary. I was moving slowly this morning. And les oiseaux !
	♥ 10:28am steveo: @t it seems hopeless... a small price to pay though
	♥ 10:28am Trouble: i fear it's too late to knit this combo for christmas day family attire: img1.etsystatic.com...
	10:28am βrian: And who's Don Felder, anyway?
	♥ 10:29am Trouble: the state of the world leaves me speechless this morning @ brian...
	10:29am BronwynB: good morning trouble and everyone!
	♥ 10:29am steveo: is the green one a dress or an overcoat?
	♥ 10:32am The Oscar: I'm realizing right now that I havent given Sandy Bull enough of my time. This is fantastic.
	♥ 10:35am Trouble: i think green sweater man is asking the model that very question as i type...@steveo
	♥ 10:36am steveo: hahaha
	♥ 10:38am melinda: I really like Sandy Bull from what I've heard on FMU.
	10:38am Lewis: OH NO - I have been trying to rid my ear of this worm for weeks!! (although from Rust Never Sleeps)
	10:47am Kevlicki: Morning Trouble and all, Just wondering if anyone else has poked around Neil Youngs new online archive? neilyoungarchives.com Its kind of amazing and overwhelming
	10:47am Itzall Ablurr: This show is amazing. Glad I'm doing some "rote" work and can stay here to enjoy it.
	♥ 10:49am Trouble: merci @itzall ablurr! haven't had a minute to do that @kevlicki, i heard it's something that should be looked into...
	10:51am βrian: Never heard Anna K sing before.
	♥ 10:51am Tiago from Portugal: Hi Trouble. Great show as usual! @kevlick: Overwhelming indeed is the word
	10:52am Itzall Ablurr: I seem to recall... www.brainscape.com...
	♥ 10:53am coelacanth∅: Lewis you could be worse off. I've had powder finger in my head for days and never hated it; weeks? I don't know...but I've had "roland the headless thompson gunner" in my head since monday am (thank you Joe McGasco) -not a good thing!
	♥ 10:55am The Oscar: Been meaning to do a deep dive into Belbury Circle/Ghost Box. The Fortean Times had a great cover story a few months back about them, and the weirdly spooky aesthetic of '70s BBC kids programming.
	♥ 10:55am Trouble: obrigado @tiago!
	♥ 10:57am coelacanth∅: ("powder finger" fuck this auto-incorrect bullshit. -i'm on someone else's laptop and it takes twice as long to post because of going back to correct all the in incorrections the machine has made.)
	♥ 10:58am coelacanth∅: (heh, I missed one in there too)
	10:58am Kevlicki: Its incredibly extensive, I haven't devoted the time it deserves to get acquainted yet. But its really special
	11:01am Lewis: @coelancanthø: I hedged a bit, the weeks long ear worm is more like a medley of the acoustic side of Rust Never Sleeps, but with Powderfinger and Pocahantus as the chorus. While I am not familiar with your haunting tune - I extend my heartfelt sympathy ;-)
	11:03am βrian: I didn't know Donald spoke French!
	11:05am northguineahills: Drink! feck!, girls!
	11:07am Itzall Ablurr: I'm callin' you out, Forbidden 5- you totally stold this from "Moon of Manakoora", my favorite exotica song. Still, nice work!
	11:08am queems: this is like jungle vs. farm vs. space
	♥ 11:09am The Oscar: @Itzall From what little I've heard (a couple of tracks on the Lux & Ivy's Favorites mixes, which might be all that exists), Forbidden Five were sort of an Exotica parody band. They have another one called "Enchanted Farm" that's basically Martin Denny with barnyard animals.
	11:09am queems: i would like my personal theme music to just be all exotica songs
	♥ 11:13am coelacanth∅: Lewis thanks! it's a good song actually (Warren Zevon), just not as an earworm! -and I've had that exact combination in my head before too...maybe because I fairly often play just those 2 songs off the album.
	♥ 11:14am The Oscar: @queems I've always wanted a light switch in my house that automatically plays exotica, like Dr. Jacoby in Twin Peaks.
	♥ 11:17am steveo: Wish I'd thought to name one of my kids "YouGenius".
	11:21am queems: @theoscar that would be SO COOL. my house is already decorated like it should have one of those installed
	11:22am Itzall Ablurr: Dear The Oscar, thanks for the tip; I have most of those "Lux & Ivy" mixes but they're so deep I haven't really picked out too many single favorites. F.F. seem like a fun bunch, I will have to check 'em out.
	♥ 11:23am melinda: @queems do you listen to Explorers Room on the GTDR stream? It is an exotica themed show with visits to related musics.
	11:24am queems: @melinda no! i definitely have to check that out!
	♥ 11:25am melinda: Definitely! Thursday night 7-10.
	♥ 11:25am steveo: Love this Aparicio fellow; so glad that someone dug this up and released it. Alas, I must go away now. Thank you, Trouble, for the fantasticness today. Have a happy whatever it is (and not cooking).
	♥ 11:25am The Oscar: @Itzall I downloaded the first six maybe ten years ago, and they were pretty much all I listened to that summer. I haven't delved as deeply into the later ones, but I know there are a couple (16 and 17 maybe?) which are all exotica/soundtrack/instrumental weirdness.
	11:26am Itzall Ablurr: Exotica hungry? (apologies, beloved wfmu for stepping on your toes a ittle) Darryl Brogdon's "Retro Cocktail Hour" on "another station", as Johnny Carson used to say.
	♥ 11:26am The Oscar: And seconded on Explorer's Room-- it really is consistently great.
	♥ 11:27am Priscilla: Great music to plot charts by. Thanks, Trouble!
	11:28am queems: @melinda thanks so much! i’m usually awake for a good portion of that time slot
	11:28am kevlicki: One minute to the solstice
	11:29am kevlicki: Well that took a moment to post. Happy winter all!
	♥ 11:32am melinda: @Itzall thanks for the tip
	♥ 11:34am Trouble: ocean charts @priscilla? going on a translatlantic sailing voyage?
	11:34am Itzall Ablurr: Dear melinda, you're welcome, hopefully all of this "net brutality" nonsense won't hinder our listening experiences, since there is so little "real" radio anymore.
	11:35am βrian: Just watch out for the norovirus.
	11:36am βrian: Everyone in the office is wearing headphones, yet we all snapped our fingers at the same moment ....
	11:44am queems: this guy is going for the gold
	♥ 11:45am Sem: Boy, those are some serious fado chops right here. Lovin' this.
	11:47am emily: I wish I wasn't a sucker for this kind of duet but I do like it. (Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett).
	♥ 11:48am Priscilla: Oh dear no — nothing so exotic. Just financial charts!
	♥ 11:49am melinda: Yeah, the net brutality is kind of scary. I'm trying to stay abreast of ways to fight the decision.
	11:49am queems: everyone seems to like these two so much and i just don’t get it
	11:52am βrian: And that's ok!
	♥ 11:53am melinda: Great show Trouble, thanks!
	11:53am queems: for sure
	♥ 11:54am Sem: Engaging morning and musical palette. Thank you, Trouble. See you and all next time. Joyeuses fêtes!
	11:55am βrian: Ecouter la radio sans chanteuses, c'est comme un jour sans soleil.
	11:55am βrian: Coming up on the hour: Underwater Theme Park with Meghan wfmu.org... Prepare to dive.
	♥ 11:55am coelacanth∅: back to work. Thanks Trouble have a happy krampusfest tchau peeps
	♥ 11:56am Trouble: happy merry to all of yeeee. thanks for sitting in, see you next week!!
	♥ 11:57am coelacanth∅: βrian -or to fly!
	♥ 11:57am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Trouble. Hope the holiday season is stress-free for you, as much as possible, anyway.
	11:59am βrian: I leave that to fleep. He's built for it.
	♥ 11:59am Tiago from Portugal: Obrigado Trouble.
	12:01pm northguineahills: Thanks Trouble, enjoy the solstice

This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from December 21, 2017

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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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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	New	Approx. start time
carla del forno	clusters "clusters" by "carla del forno"	the garden	blackest ever black			*	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
sandcatchers	watch the wings slow	what we found along the way	chant records			*	0:04:42 (Pop-up)
dina martinez	christmas "christmas" by "dina martinez"				7"		0:08:21 (Pop-up)
maria callas	mozart Don Giovanni non mi dir (atto II)	rarities					0:11:44 (Pop-up)
alex chilton	dream lover "dream lover" by "alex chilton"	big star keep an eye on the sky box					0:15:48 (Pop-up)
maxine weldon	make it with you "make it with you" by "maxine weldon"	Mood Shirt ('70s Do-Over): Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie 2017 Marathon Premium					0:19:38 (Pop-up)
arnaud fleurant-didier	risotto aux corgettes	la reproduction					0:22:40 (Pop-up)
nina simone	everyone's gone to the moon	and piano!					0:26:12 (Pop-up)
kenny graham and his satellites	utsu	moondog and suncat suites					0:29:15 (Pop-up)

bob, andy and marcia griffiths	learning things about you	sweet memories					0:42:09 (Pop-up)
francis bebey	la condition masculine	African Electronic Music 1975-1982					0:44:13 (Pop-up)
LCD soundsystem	tonite "tonite" by "LCD soundsystem"	american dream				*	0:47:33 (Pop-up)
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino	quannu te visciu	canzoniere	ponderosa music records			*	0:52:55 (Pop-up)
lars finberg	born shopping "born shopping" by "lars finberg"	moonlight over bakersfield	in the red			*	0:57:20 (Pop-up)
brian eno	the true wheel "the true wheel" by "brian eno"	taking tiger mountain (by strategy)					0:59:24 (Pop-up)

annette peacock	joy "joy" by "annette peacock"	i belong to a world that's destroying itself					1:10:53 (Pop-up)
broadcast	where youth and laughter go	the future crayon					1:17:17 (Pop-up)
sandy bull	No Deposit-No Return Blues	e pluribus unum					1:19:57 (Pop-up)
neil young	powderfinger "powderfinger" by "neil young"	hitchhiker				*	1:37:05 (Pop-up)
chie mukai + justin simon	sugita hi no	hi tsuki	mesh-key				1:40:11 (Pop-up)
leah paul	Miami "Miami" by "leah paul"	we will do the worrying	skiri			*	1:42:16 (Pop-up)
helen morgan	i see two lovers "i see two lovers" by "helen morgan"	Art Deco: Sophisticated Ladies v/a					1:46:30 (Pop-up)
Anna Karina	Sous Le Soleil Exactement						1:50:10 (Pop-up)
The Belbury Circle	cloudburst five	outward journeys	ghost box			*	1:53:12 (Pop-up)
nico	little sister "little sister" by "nico"	chelsea girl					1:56:51 (Pop-up)

the forbidden five	R.F.D. rangoon	Sounds of the Unexpected v/a	ace			*	2:05:39 (Pop-up)
aine o'dwyer	mass of the rosary ring	Music For Church Cleaners, Vols. 1 & 2					2:07:41 (Pop-up)
Eugenius Rudnik	Dixi "Dixi" by "Eugenius Rudnik"	Polish Radio Experimental Studio (1957-2003) (V/A)	wire	1967		*	2:15:55 (Pop-up)
luiz henrique	mas que nada "mas que nada" by "luiz henrique"	Record Club Volume Two (V/A)	mr bongo			*	2:19:31 (Pop-up)
Emilio Aparicio Moog	los visitantes de sirio	Expansion Galactica	mental experience			*	2:22:25 (Pop-up)
krootchey	hot voodoo dub "hot voodoo dub" by "krootchey"	qu'est-ce Qu'ila	dark entries		12"	*	2:26:17 (Pop-up)
gillian hills	pres de la cascade "pres de la cascade" by "gillian hills"	gillian hills			10"		2:33:44 (Pop-up)

sheridan fox	native sun "native sun" by "sheridan fox"	patagonia				*	2:38:50 (Pop-up)
el turronero	Eres Lava de un Volcan	new hondo	pharaway sounds	1980		*	2:41:25 (Pop-up)
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile	over everything	lotta sea lice	matador			*	2:45:44 (Pop-up)
francoiz breut	la femme sans histoire	francoiz breut					2:52:56 (Pop-up)
the daisy chain	Superfluous Daisy	straight or lame					2:56:06 (Pop-up)
serge gainsbourg	negative blues "negative blues" by "serge gainsbourg"	confidentiel					2:58:50 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:01am Trouble: good morning thursdayites
	♥ 9:02am Sem: Hello, and good morning, Trouble.
	♥ 9:02am melinda: Hi Trub!
	9:02am thriftstoreleather: good morning, Trouble
	9:04am Susan C.: Good morning, Trouble. This is the first song I'm hearing today and it's just beautiful.
	9:05am sphere: hi Trouble and the Troublers!
	♥ 9:05am Trouble: thanks @susan c!
	♥ 9:05am Ken From Hyde Park: Clay Pigeon just proved that art teachers like to sing on the radio. Who knew? :-0
	9:07am northguineahills: obligatory 'who's the visual artist, today?
	♥ 9:09am steveo: Good morning Trouble & all. Happy solstice!
	♥ 9:09am Trouble: sorry @ngh, I am without a photographer for today's picture. i succumbed to the seasonality of the crazzeee
	9:09am Leelee: Good morning all, enjoying the show already :)
	9:09am Itzall Ablurr: Good Morning, Trouble. Here comes the mush- I've been looking forward to your show all week!
	♥ 9:09am Trouble: thanks @ leelee! i wrote you a thanks about your kind comments last week, hope you saw them
	♥ 9:09am steveo: CREDIT: Ronald Reagan Library, ngh
	9:10am hi guys, hearing you from the J.S. Bach city,than: Hi guys, hearing you from the J.S. Bach city; thanks for this lovely playlist! Cheers from Leipzig, Camilo.
	♥ 9:10am DreamCricket: Lmao - oh man I wish I knew about this track last night. Goodmorning, Trouble and listener folk
	9:10am northguineahills: lultz, trouble, thanks as per usual!!!
	♥ 9:11am melinda: This is great.
	♥ 9:11am steveo: hi Camilo. Bryce played a piece recorded in Leipzig last Friday...
	9:12am Itzall Ablurr: "Uncredited White House photographer"- that person gets all the credit for everything.
	9:12am Itzall Ablurr: Ah! The original "Mozzar".
	♥ 9:13am NotARealDoctor: Good morning, Trouble! Happy Solstice! Lo Saturnalia! Etc!
	9:13am annie: what a voice!!
	9:15am paul: London calling! music to bake my vegan ginger christmas cookies to! xo
	9:15am Lixiviated Life: soaring beauty
	9:17am sugarplumfairywolf: Hello! Yes, the days are getting longer now!!!
	♥ 9:17am Trouble: howdy paul!!!!
	♥ 9:22am steveo: oh Maxine Weldon! Took me a while to realize that I know the Bread version from those hazy early 70s.
	♥ 9:23am melinda: @steveo yes, a soft rock classic!
	♥ 9:24am steveo: #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of August 22, 1970. I was 6 months old!
	♥ 9:25am Sem: Still a bit mesmerized by the Maria Callas. Wow.
	♥ 9:27am Trouble: check nancy reagan's shoes, o the pom pom magic
	♥ 9:29am NotARealDoctor: I wondered where everyone had gone... It's lonely here at the office...
	♥ 9:32am NotARealDoctor: @Sem! I know! I can't get over her! I already went and bought that track on Google Play... <3
	♥ 9:32am NotARealDoctor: I'll probably wind up buying the whole opera...
	9:33am Itzall Ablurr: WTH?!? Utsu? Great, another record I have to find thanks to the folks at WFMU... I thought this was from the "new" Sun Ra "Exotica" record until I read the playlist. Wow.
	♥ 9:33am Ike: I dig this.
	♥ 9:33am melinda: I dig too.
	♥ 9:35am steveo: lol the moon
	9:37am Leelee: @Trouble, I did see your reply! Thanks for the thanks :) Grateful you've got so many playlists archived; I randomly click on the pop-up players - while working and commuting - and they help me get through lots of tough days.
	♥ 9:37am The Oscar: Morning all! I love Turn It Up, and the Pioneer Valley in general. Mystery Train Records in Amherst pretty much raised me.
	♥ 9:38am melinda: That does sound kinda scary.
	9:41am Lucky: !!!!!!! ummmmmm...
	♥ 9:44am ⓘⓚⓔ: My mother does Xmas dinner like a real American: Hire an Iranian immigrant to cook our Xmas dinner at his strip mall restaurant, then go pick it up and bring it home. LOL. His lamb is always great.
	♥ 9:46am Trouble: sounds fab @IKE
	♥ 9:47am The Oscar: My fam's Danish, so we get together for the full hygge experience Christmas Eve. The big tradition is rice pudding with a single whole almond in it; whoever gets the almond wins a prize!
	9:47am diana: good morning everyone. enjoying the show today!
	♥ 9:49am melinda: I'm going to eat lebkuchen with decaf and open some presents.
	9:50am queems: i’m having christmas dinner at my new house which was my grandparents’ old house! i’m so excited!
	♥ 9:51am Trouble: thanks @ diana! all these plans sound fabulous!
	9:51am queems: 50% of the time i have no idea what james murphy is talking about
	♥ 9:51am steveo: This is just super!
	♥ 9:51am dale: happy day trouble. i thought this was phil lynott but knew it probably wasn't.
	♥ 9:52am steveo: queems that is cool
	♥ 9:54am ɨkɛ: @Oscar, I thought "hygge" was made up by book publishers to sell quasi-Scandinavian new-age lifestyle rubbish! (There are a billion crappy audiobooks about it.) You mean it's actually real?!
	♥ 9:55am melinda: congrats, queems!
	9:56am kwhitehead: Taking the family to San Francisco on Christmas Day. Staying a week. Any SF listeners out there with tips/ideas/etc? Much appreciated.
	9:59am queems: @steveo @melinda thanks!!!
	♥ 10:00am Priscilla: Eno - like an old friend
	♥ 10:00am The Oscar: @ike It's actually kind of hilarious to me-- my mom would use the word "hyggeligt" as an adjective all the time, but I always thought it was a silly word she made up (it sounds roughly like "huggly"). When all those thinkpieces and self-help books started coming out about five years ago, it was actually kind of jarring-- I assumed this was a mindset everyone's family had growing up!
	♥ 10:00am coelacanth∅: hello Trouble, Troubled i like that picture of mrs.frankenstein rocking' mr.t's world. it's one of my screen saver pix.
	♥ 10:02am The Oscar: What's weird to me, though, is that most of those books seem to lump it in with some version of "minimalism." All my Danish relatives' houses (my mom's included) are incredibly cluttered and filled with with odd little things, which I've always considered a big part of it.
	♥ 10:05am Passaic River Blues: @coelacanth: "Mrs. Frankenstein" = legitimate chuckles from myself. Good show!
	♥ 10:06am steveo: Note: ENO has appeared in the NYT Crossword 266 times since 1949. The first time it referred to Mr. Eno was Friday, May 31, 1985 at 26D "Brian of Roxy Music"
	10:08am GListener MW: Een Soviet Russia, GPS-Nigel makes plans for YOU!!!
	♥ 10:08am coelacanth∅: my sister refers to the gps voice as "she", which annoys the shit out of me.
	♥ 10:09am coelacanth∅: ha, thanks PRB!
	♥ 10:10am melinda: @Oscar that's interesting. Probably just the convergence of two trends.
	10:11am diana: family hike after we feast. nice trail along the seekonk river. this year i'm cooking. house full of artists to balance the family. should be interesting. in providence come on by!
	♥ 10:12am steveo: Sunday, March 27, 2016 119D Composer of the Windows 95 start-up sound
	10:12am emily: Helloooo! Love seeing Mr. T and Nancy R getting it on! It makes today even more special. xxoo
	♥ 10:14am ɨkɛ: @steveo, I loved it when DJ Kenny G used to play that on a loop for 45 minutes straight.
	♥ 10:16am steveo: brilliant; I remember other specific hijinks of his but not that one. btw -Ken said yesterday that Kenny G will be doing a fill-in for him sometime in 2018....
	10:18am Itzall Ablurr: If only her future crayon had been bigger... :(
	♥ 10:21am steveo: i need tea but can't get up now because omg this set
	♥ 10:22am steveo: could you play Don Felder next?
	♥ 10:24am Hughie Considine: steveo: I'm waiting for the day when "Manzanera" gets into the Times puzzle.
	♥ 10:24am Hughie Considine: "Phil of 801"
	♥ 10:25am Trouble: @steveo: i am hatching a plot to unseat don felder from his high ranking status. but that is as far as my plot has gone...
	♥ 10:25am DreamCricket: I miss/love Kenny G. virtual tear
	10:27am βrian: I hope I haven't missed the State of the World commentary. I was moving slowly this morning. And les oiseaux !
	♥ 10:28am steveo: @t it seems hopeless... a small price to pay though
	♥ 10:28am Trouble: i fear it's too late to knit this combo for christmas day family attire: img1.etsystatic.com...
	10:28am βrian: And who's Don Felder, anyway?
	♥ 10:29am Trouble: the state of the world leaves me speechless this morning @ brian...
	10:29am BronwynB: good morning trouble and everyone!
	♥ 10:29am steveo: is the green one a dress or an overcoat?
	♥ 10:32am The Oscar: I'm realizing right now that I havent given Sandy Bull enough of my time. This is fantastic.
	♥ 10:35am Trouble: i think green sweater man is asking the model that very question as i type...@steveo
	♥ 10:36am steveo: hahaha
	♥ 10:38am melinda: I really like Sandy Bull from what I've heard on FMU.
	10:38am Lewis: OH NO - I have been trying to rid my ear of this worm for weeks!! (although from Rust Never Sleeps)
	10:47am Kevlicki: Morning Trouble and all, Just wondering if anyone else has poked around Neil Youngs new online archive? neilyoungarchives.com Its kind of amazing and overwhelming
	10:47am Itzall Ablurr: This show is amazing. Glad I'm doing some "rote" work and can stay here to enjoy it.
	♥ 10:49am Trouble: merci @itzall ablurr! haven't had a minute to do that @kevlicki, i heard it's something that should be looked into...
	10:51am βrian: Never heard Anna K sing before.
	♥ 10:51am Tiago from Portugal: Hi Trouble. Great show as usual! @kevlick: Overwhelming indeed is the word
	10:52am Itzall Ablurr: I seem to recall... www.brainscape.com...
	♥ 10:53am coelacanth∅: Lewis you could be worse off. I've had powder finger in my head for days and never hated it; weeks? I don't know...but I've had "roland the headless thompson gunner" in my head since monday am (thank you Joe McGasco) -not a good thing!
	♥ 10:55am The Oscar: Been meaning to do a deep dive into Belbury Circle/Ghost Box. The Fortean Times had a great cover story a few months back about them, and the weirdly spooky aesthetic of '70s BBC kids programming.
	♥ 10:55am Trouble: obrigado @tiago!
	♥ 10:57am coelacanth∅: ("powder finger" fuck this auto-incorrect bullshit. -i'm on someone else's laptop and it takes twice as long to post because of going back to correct all the in incorrections the machine has made.)
	♥ 10:58am coelacanth∅: (heh, I missed one in there too)
	10:58am Kevlicki: Its incredibly extensive, I haven't devoted the time it deserves to get acquainted yet. But its really special
	11:01am Lewis: @coelancanthø: I hedged a bit, the weeks long ear worm is more like a medley of the acoustic side of Rust Never Sleeps, but with Powderfinger and Pocahantus as the chorus. While I am not familiar with your haunting tune - I extend my heartfelt sympathy ;-)
	11:03am βrian: I didn't know Donald spoke French!
	11:05am northguineahills: Drink! feck!, girls!
	11:07am Itzall Ablurr: I'm callin' you out, Forbidden 5- you totally stold this from "Moon of Manakoora", my favorite exotica song. Still, nice work!
	11:08am queems: this is like jungle vs. farm vs. space
	♥ 11:09am The Oscar: @Itzall From what little I've heard (a couple of tracks on the Lux & Ivy's Favorites mixes, which might be all that exists), Forbidden Five were sort of an Exotica parody band. They have another one called "Enchanted Farm" that's basically Martin Denny with barnyard animals.
	11:09am queems: i would like my personal theme music to just be all exotica songs
	♥ 11:13am coelacanth∅: Lewis thanks! it's a good song actually (Warren Zevon), just not as an earworm! -and I've had that exact combination in my head before too...maybe because I fairly often play just those 2 songs off the album.
	♥ 11:14am The Oscar: @queems I've always wanted a light switch in my house that automatically plays exotica, like Dr. Jacoby in Twin Peaks.
	♥ 11:17am steveo: Wish I'd thought to name one of my kids "YouGenius".
	11:21am queems: @theoscar that would be SO COOL. my house is already decorated like it should have one of those installed
	11:22am Itzall Ablurr: Dear The Oscar, thanks for the tip; I have most of those "Lux & Ivy" mixes but they're so deep I haven't really picked out too many single favorites. F.F. seem like a fun bunch, I will have to check 'em out.
	♥ 11:23am melinda: @queems do you listen to Explorers Room on the GTDR stream? It is an exotica themed show with visits to related musics.
	11:24am queems: @melinda no! i definitely have to check that out!
	♥ 11:25am melinda: Definitely! Thursday night 7-10.
	♥ 11:25am steveo: Love this Aparicio fellow; so glad that someone dug this up and released it. Alas, I must go away now. Thank you, Trouble, for the fantasticness today. Have a happy whatever it is (and not cooking).
	♥ 11:25am The Oscar: @Itzall I downloaded the first six maybe ten years ago, and they were pretty much all I listened to that summer. I haven't delved as deeply into the later ones, but I know there are a couple (16 and 17 maybe?) which are all exotica/soundtrack/instrumental weirdness.
	11:26am Itzall Ablurr: Exotica hungry? (apologies, beloved wfmu for stepping on your toes a ittle) Darryl Brogdon's "Retro Cocktail Hour" on "another station", as Johnny Carson used to say.
	♥ 11:26am The Oscar: And seconded on Explorer's Room-- it really is consistently great.
	♥ 11:27am Priscilla: Great music to plot charts by. Thanks, Trouble!
	11:28am queems: @melinda thanks so much! i’m usually awake for a good portion of that time slot
	11:28am kevlicki: One minute to the solstice
	11:29am kevlicki: Well that took a moment to post. Happy winter all!
	♥ 11:32am melinda: @Itzall thanks for the tip
	♥ 11:34am Trouble: ocean charts @priscilla? going on a translatlantic sailing voyage?
	11:34am Itzall Ablurr: Dear melinda, you're welcome, hopefully all of this "net brutality" nonsense won't hinder our listening experiences, since there is so little "real" radio anymore.
	11:35am βrian: Just watch out for the norovirus.
	11:36am βrian: Everyone in the office is wearing headphones, yet we all snapped our fingers at the same moment ....
	11:44am queems: this guy is going for the gold
	♥ 11:45am Sem: Boy, those are some serious fado chops right here. Lovin' this.
	11:47am emily: I wish I wasn't a sucker for this kind of duet but I do like it. (Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett).
	♥ 11:48am Priscilla: Oh dear no — nothing so exotic. Just financial charts!
	♥ 11:49am melinda: Yeah, the net brutality is kind of scary. I'm trying to stay abreast of ways to fight the decision.
	11:49am queems: everyone seems to like these two so much and i just don’t get it
	11:52am βrian: And that's ok!
	♥ 11:53am melinda: Great show Trouble, thanks!
	11:53am queems: for sure
	♥ 11:54am Sem: Engaging morning and musical palette. Thank you, Trouble. See you and all next time. Joyeuses fêtes!
	11:55am βrian: Ecouter la radio sans chanteuses, c'est comme un jour sans soleil.
	11:55am βrian: Coming up on the hour: Underwater Theme Park with Meghan wfmu.org... Prepare to dive.
	♥ 11:55am coelacanth∅: back to work. Thanks Trouble have a happy krampusfest tchau peeps
	♥ 11:56am Trouble: happy merry to all of yeeee. thanks for sitting in, see you next week!!
	♥ 11:57am coelacanth∅: βrian -or to fly!
	♥ 11:57am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Trouble. Hope the holiday season is stress-free for you, as much as possible, anyway.
	11:59am βrian: I leave that to fleep. He's built for it.
	♥ 11:59am Tiago from Portugal: Obrigado Trouble.
	12:01pm northguineahills: Thanks Trouble, enjoy the solstice

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