WFMU: This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from August 16, 2018

Listener comments!
	9:03am sphere: hello Trouble :)
	♥ 9:03am Trouble: good morning thursday!
	♥ 9:04am The Oscar: Mornin'! Had to chase down my cat chasing down a mouse this morning, so this is just the soothing music I need right now.
	9:04am sphere: my musical awakening was all about Aretha. after hearing Chain Of Fools, I didn't want anything less.
	9:05am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Trouble
	9:09am Linda Lee: how lovely to hear The Queen of Soul this morning. hello Trouble! thank you!
	9:10am Linda Lee: @sphere: yes. hear that clearly.
	9:11am Otto’s Dad: Trouble, this is perfect!! Thanks!
	9:12am Linda Lee: if we doubt the existence of grace, Aretha's voice gives pause. :-)
	9:12am Bill W: Godspeed Aretha
	9:12am DumDumGuy at the Gates of Dawn: Mary don’t you weep from Aretha’s amazing grace album always gets me. That voice!
	9:13am Lily: Thanks for this, Trouble. The finest voice ever put in a body.
	9:13am Rocky Horror: Hello Trouble
	9:13am emily: You and Aretha. Nothing better on a Thursday
	9:13am Anita in Morristown: Young,gifted and black. Soul Sistah Aretha !!
	9:14am AndrewC.: Is she still with us?
	9:14am Linda Lee: she is. but she's preparing to move on.
	9:17am Linda Lee: for me it's 'spirit in the dark'. chills every time.
	♥ 9:17am steveo: good morning. thanks for being here, Trouble.
	♥ 9:19am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, modern folks. Thanks for the Aretha lead-off.
	9:19am Fredericks: Messing with my emotions.
	♥ 9:19am Trouble: happy to play an amazing artist before she passes. i want to walk aretha into the light with her very own magical sounds.
	9:19am Linda Lee: lovely.
	9:20am Linda Lee: no better tribute than the one we give when legends still live.
	♥ 9:22am melinda: Morning Trouble and all!
	9:23am Linda Lee: yes!! spanish harlem. beautiful rendition.
	9:23am MplsCoco: Thank you Trouble! ❤️
	9:23am Linda Lee: had this one on 45! :-)
	9:25am T from New B: This is so beautiful Trouble. Tears are starting to flow. A gorgeous light in all our lives is about to go out.
	9:26am Greg R.: Giving me the chills this morning. Aretha on the brain the last couple of days. Amazing Grace means so much to me. Thanks Trouble!
	9:27am bobdoesthings: good morning all
	9:27am Linda Lee: T from New B ~ i don't think so, myself. that light only returns to the source. as will we.
	9:28am bobdoesthings: I'm here a bit late.. but i'm picking up on a theme this morning...
	9:30am northguineahills: I'm here later, been waking at 1:30am and falling back asleep at 4:00am making my 6:30 wakeup untenable... (had to search to make search Aretha was still alive, then I saw LL's perfect comment).
	♥ 9:30am Kevin-san: Thanks for doing this, Trouble, I'm getting all verklempt
	9:31am sphere: woot! my fave tune.
	9:31am Linda Lee: here's that prime rent-party song :-)
	9:32am Dave Conehead: Thanks for playing all this Aretha. Driving trucks making bucks in NYC. perfect soundtrack Pixie dust for her
	9:33am Linda Lee: i'll always hear dancing feet shufflin on the floor with this one :-D
	9:34am Linda Lee: beautiful tribute Trouble!! many thanks!!
	9:38am mb: Morning all. Trouble ::tips cap::
	9:38am Anita in Morristown: Thank you for the Aretha Franklin tribute
	9:40am Linda Lee: that track reads 'the other side of the side', dear ~ but indeed, it's 'sky' :-)
	♥ 9:42am adampsyche: love this song
	9:42am northguineahills: I once went swimming at the Pt Judith, RI lighthouse, in late July. The beach was rocky and cut my feet, and the water was frigid.....(still had fun).
	9:42am Roberto: I saw Do the Right Thing in-theater with my then-62-year-old dad in '89. He thought it was one of the most powerful films he'd ever seen.
	♥ 9:45am The Oscar: BlacKkKlansman was so good. Heavy, but surprisingly hopeful, and even joyous at times.
	9:45am Roberto: Then again, my dad was raised on the mean streets of Brooklyn.
	9:46am Linda Lee: back to my 45 singles box right now :-D
	♥ 9:47am Dominick: Oh yes! perfect mid August music
	9:47am northguineahills: I saw Do the Right Thing w/ friends in Jr. High. Not my parents thing, but I believe they saw it via Blockbuster. These days, I rarely hit the cinema, I usually just stream (although when visiting the wife, we go).
	9:52am Lily: Saw BlackkKlansman last night too. Heartily agree. A rollercoaster!
	9:55am Linda Lee: usually don't like whispy lady-vocals, but this devine & statton is very nice.
	♥ 9:59am Pat in Philadelphia: AP just broke the news The Queen of Soul has left the planet. Thanks for the tribute Trouble. twitter.com...
	♥ 9:59am dutchtheo: The Associated Press @AP BREAKING: Publicist for Aretha Franklin says the Queen of Soul died Thursday at her home in Detroit.
	♥ 10:02am adampsyche: noooo
	10:02am northguineahills: @Pat:: Fuuuuuuuu! Trouble did it correct.
	10:05am SeanG: Freeway of Love!
	10:05am Linda Lee: bless you, Queen of Soul!
	♥ 10:07am Mick: Singing in the infinite light - thank you Trouble for the tribute, and everyone for the thoughts
	10:08am Linda Lee: a difficult life ended. suffering done. may love guide her way.
	10:09am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I will always remember Aretha Franklin as my soundtrack for my time in the early 90's at Cooper Union.
	10:11am sphere: fare thee well.
	10:14am Mike tp: chiming in with love
	10:15am Linda Lee: this wildcookie sounds like a great lead off to 'i say a little prayer' .. just a suggestion :-D
	10:16am northguineahills: everything LL has said today....
	10:17am Linda Lee: thanks ngh. we're all together in love for Lady Soul.
	10:18am johnk77: u r killing it selecter trouble very well written obit https://variety.com/2018/music/news/aretha-franklin-dead-dies-76-1202907265/
	10:21am northguineahills: de nada, LL.....
	♥ 10:22am Trouble: merci @johnk77
	10:22am Linda Lee: totally agreed!
	10:31am Andrea in Jersey City: Aretha Franklin has left the earth plane
	10:32am Bill W: Bound to be overlooked today: the death of singer (and Godfather actress) Morgana King was announced... She passed in March. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45194833
	♥ 10:33am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang! Safe trip home, Aretha.
	♥ 10:38am Trouble: thanks bill w!
	♥ 10:39am adampsyche: wow the cosmic craziness that this show started as a pre-tribute
	♥ 10:42am melinda: @adampsyche totally
	♥ 10:43am melinda: I like today's painting, too.
	♥ 10:51am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Aretha, for the wonderful music you left for us. May you rest in peace.
	10:52am Linda Lee: yes. ain't no way. gorgeous.
	10:54am Linda Lee: ain't no autotune there either y'all
	10:57am Linda Lee: what a beautiful voice Morgana King had. aren't we lucky!
	10:58am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Linda Lee I am SO TIRED of hearing blatant AutoTune used in pop songs. It is such as stupid ugly development. It sounds like a robotic voice to me.
	10:59am Linda Lee: it is that.
	♥ 11:00am steveo: that song is about conjugating verbs in french class, right?
	11:02am Lucky: According to Wikipedia Tavares were born in Providence, but moved to New Bedford. (New Bedofrd - the Detroit of New England, no?)
	♥ 11:03am melinda: @Neil I feel the same way, it's like robots took over and they thought no one would notice. If it was used only now and then I could appreciate it more as another musical tool (I'm a fan monotone robot-voice), but it's not a substitute for a genuinely tuneful voice.
	11:03am AndrewC.: Dougal is Ardal O'hanlan
	11:04am johnk77: another obit https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/obituaries/aretha-franklin-dead.html Jon Pareles 1 of the smartest writers of words on music
	11:05am The 9am show intro: Aretha has now passed. She was an amazing voice and as an ex-Detroiter this is a big loss for Detroit music.
	♥ 11:07am The Oscar: @melinda That's pretty much my take. Dismissing it outright feels like shunning synthesizers or drum machines, but the fact that A&R types don't need to take musical talent into account when finding new singers is dispiriting.
	11:08am Linda Lee: that's the bothersome bit for me as well, Oscar. so then the surface is most important. & we're into that one too far as it is.
	11:08am βrian: Haven't made it to the beach yet this year. All the best beaches are on the Michigan side of the lake.
	♥ 11:09am Greg from ZONE 5: Michael Chabon's "Moonglow" was STELLAR (pun completely intended). And my summer jam has been "Ghostbusters" by Early B (which I purchased from BLT at the Record Fair)
	11:09am Aylec: Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montifiore
	♥ 11:09am Priscilla: Oh god, these old songs take me right back
	♥ 11:09am melinda: Ooh Child is one of the best songs ever.
	11:09am Dean: Reading Ned Rorem's New York Diary. Just read a hilarious passage in which Leonard Bernstein conducts the premiere of Rorem's Third Symphony. Rorem writes, "On the same program, though, was Bill Russo's new piece whose attractive last movement featured Maynard Fergusen's trumpet which, like Truman Capote's opinions, sometimes reached pitches only dogs can hear, sticking out like a sore thumb and rather sounding like one..."
	♥ 11:09am dforemanwv: Muriel Sparks, Lingering with Intent
	11:10am AndrewC.: At the Church Fete book stall this year someone donated lots of amazing 70s sci fi paperbacks. They didn't sell, and so as book stall organizer I get to read the books before I take them down to the charity shop! This summer I am reading Samuel Delany, Larry Niven, Ray Bradbury, Gene Wolfe, Ballard.
	11:10am Linda Lee: reading! for most of my adult life i was a 2-at-a-time type reader. loved books. lived on books. now i'm lucky to get through a blog post. lyme is fun.
	♥ 11:10am The Oscar: Just finished "Meddling Kids" by Edgar Cantero-- silly little summer horror comedy, but I liked it. Just picked up Salem's Lot for my girlfriend's an my coming Maine beach trip, because I am a cliche.
	11:10am Dean: Must read Zardoz, one of these days.
	11:11am Dean: No, not Zardoz! Dhalgren!
	♥ 11:11am dforemanwv: Emily Wilson's Odyssey translation too
	♥ 11:11am steveo: I'm reading a Richard Feynman biography by James Gleick, but very slowly because it's summer.
	11:11am Dean: A friend of mine is leading a discussion group (including credentialed classicists) of the Wilson translation.
	11:12am Karen: Morning Trouble, Summer music: Koop Brazilian Girls - gotta listen to ships in the night on the beach Summer reads: My Faraway One - it’s a huge book, so that makes it a tough beach book, but it’s letters from O’Keeffe and Stieglitz <3 Depending on my mood - rereading any Chronicles of Narnia
	11:12am Dean: @steveo: From there, pick up Ray Monk's biography of J.R. Oppenheimer. It's smashing. (Get it? Fusion joke?)
	11:12am herb.nyc: thanks for the Francoise Hardy tip, trouble - for i have just put it on hold at public library. i'm reading chris stamey memoir and "witches sluts feminists" by kristen sollee.
	11:13am Come Here Francine: Hi Trouble! Im sure this has been asked many times but what is your DJ Speaks background birdsong from?
	11:13am βrian: I used to read SciFi as an adolescent, but I've since developed an allergy.
	♥ 11:13am Greg from ZONE 5: Love Love LOVE this song! Ever since I heard it on Scott's Marathon premium that I couldn't possibly spell the name of.
	11:14am AndrewC.: Dhalgren is one of the Delanys I picked up. I've already read the Einstein Intersection last month.
	♥ 11:14am melinda: @Linda that sucks bad. I've had brain fog for years and it has stopped me from book reading for some long stretches, doing ok right now.
	11:14am Dean: I read sci-fi as an adolescent and developed an allergy, too, but recently I picked up Brian Aldiss's An Age (aka Cryptozoic). Was well worth the detour.
	♥ 11:14am steveo: @dean thanks for the tip. can't think of another atomic pun, sorry all, why are songs about space so good?
	11:15am Linda Lee: that's great. i hope to get back to it too! my lifetime love can't be left behind!
	11:15am Dean: Atomic Pun, a Van Halen joke!
	11:17am Linda Lee: looking into herbs that can help with cognition atm. missed a webinar from Dr Mary Bove on the subject last night. i was busy buying a victrola.
	♥ 11:18am fred: I'm reading Jane Eyre, and like it more than I thought I would (there are cringey parts, though)
	♥ 11:19am Trouble: @come here francine : today it is oiseaux de soleil , narrated by jean claude roche.
	11:20am Karen: @Linda Lee - That’s fantastic! All of it!
	11:20am βrian: @LLee: Did it come with the listening dog?
	11:22am Linda Lee: Nipper? no, no Nipper. i did see my foster dog, though. a small white shepherd who was abandoned at a friend's house. very young, not able to walk without pain. he's been my project. yesterday he ran! so pleased.
	♥ 11:23am Summer and Michael: We're getting an alert that says the WFMU stream "is unavailable". Anyone else having problems?
	11:24am Linda Lee: someone else had this trouble yesterday. try a different browser.
	11:25am Linda Lee: it is, Karen. life is lovely, if shitty. :-D
	♥ 11:26am Summer and Michael: Thanks, Linda - that worked!
	11:26am Linda Lee: yay!! :-)
	11:27am Karen: :)
	11:28am Michiel: Love the piano & tremolo!
	11:28am Linda Lee: i love this tune no end.
	11:29am Michiel: and banjo
	11:30am Linda Lee: i believe listening to music can help with cognition & brain health too. so here i am :-)
	11:31am Anita in Morristown: Hello
	♥ 11:32am Trouble: @lucky: wowza!
	11:32am Karen: @LindaLee I am loving life even extra these days. This month we adopted a rescue pup whose foster is a great friend, and then I married my partner of 15 years. I knew the pup would make me smile as never before, but being so tickled from a piece of paper and a ring was serendipitous.
	11:33am Dean: Reading poetry, too, lately: Frederick Seidel, William Alabaster (devotional stuff by a 16th century Protestant-turned-Catholic-times-two), William Carlos Williams. Must return to Emily Dickinson, John Ashbery, many others. Did folks see the story in the NYT by Ilya Kaminsky about his return to Odessa, where he'd grown up deaf? Around 2005 I met him at a gate at Oakland Int'l Airport. He had just published his first book of poetry, Dancing in Odessa. We flew together and talked Shakespeare (whose work he knew very well in English), poetry, studying law. He is a marvelous poet.
	11:33am Rocky Horror: @Summer and Michael: You ac also find WFMU on Tunein. I'm listening to the station on Tunein and it is fine
	11:33am Come Here Francine: @Trouble thanks!
	♥ 11:37am Sem: Bringing my head up from work just long enough to say I loved that rhumba in particular, and your show always, Trouble.
	11:40am Linda Lee: good for you, Karen! :-) joy is essential. time is short.
	11:41am Brett.L: I'm in Morristown too :) Make it funky!
	11:43am Beast of Boonton: It was reported that Aretha Franklin passed away Thursday at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit.
	♥ 11:45am jmr3: Teenage Jaco Pastorius on this Little Beaver record, I think.
	♥ 11:45am Priscilla: @Dean: Loved that Kaminsky piece!
	11:48am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: My co-worker's father is going to give me 70 CDs of 60s and 70s music because he digitized it all twice so he has a backup. I refused politely a couple times then said ok. Hope there are some cool gems in there for me and my wife!
	11:49am Linda Lee: @Wild Neil ~ i'd bank on it. :-)
	♥ 11:50am Doug in JC: An uplifting set today. Thank you!
	11:50am Linda Lee: thank you so much Trouble!
	11:51am Linda Lee: i just shouted YES when i heard that piano!! yes yes!!
	11:52am Dean: It was lovely, wasn't it, @Priscilla?
	11:52am Linda Lee: sing it Sister Aretha!!
	11:53am sufferwords: peace soul sister number one
	♥ 11:53am Greg from ZONE 5: "You better think about what you sayin'. You better think about the consequences of your actions…"
	♥ 11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: "Don't you blaspheme in here!"
	♥ 11:55am Gaylord Fields: Trouble, I came here specifically for comfort and comradeship, and you and the commenters did not disappoint. Just thank you.
	♥ 11:55am Jeff Golick: Mm-hmm.
	11:55am Linda Lee: Rock STEADY baby!!!! YES YES
	11:56am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Aretha Franklin and James Brown expanded my musical overton window BIGTIME about 30 years ago.
	11:56am Karen: <3
	11:56am Linda Lee: thank you for joining us Mr. Fields!! joyous celebration!!
	♥ 11:56am Jay Goges: Trouble... thank you for everything you're playing today. Everyone should take a moment to honor Aretha today...
	♥ 11:57am adampsyche: what a fucking nice playlist. going to add this one to my list that i'll revisit over and over again.
	♥ 11:58am Gaylord Fields: @Linda Lee: Been here since 10:15 or so, silently sitting in the church pew and worshiping.
	♥ 11:58am Trouble: hugs to you gaylord! i know you will continue the peace and love vibes for queen aretha this weekend...
	♥ 11:58am Gaylord Fields: @Trouble: Daydreaming and thinking of her.
	11:59am Linda Lee: yes lord. yes.
	11:59am Come Here Francine: Echoing many others: wonderful playlist today, thanks!
	♥ 11:59am Priscilla: Wow Trouble. Just so moving.
	♥ 11:59am Barney Grubbs: thank you!
	♥ 12:00pm Mick: Thank you Trouble and everyone.
	♥ 12:00pm melinda: thanx trub!
	12:00pm Dean: The day before the news emerged about Aretha's health I acquired her Amazing Grace. Awaiting its arrival. Dammit.
	12:01pm Rocky Horror: Great show Trouble
	♥ 12:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Elvis & Aretha, 41 years apart. Makes one think.
	♥ 1:11pm Michael 98145: What a wonderful addition to the archive. Thank you.

This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from August 16, 2018

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	New	Approx. start time
aretha franklin	a song for you "a song for you" by "aretha franklin"	let me in your life	atlantic			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	day dreaming "day dreaming" by "aretha franklin"	young, gifted and black	atlantic			0:05:02 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	cry like a baby "cry like a baby" by "aretha franklin"	soul sister	atlantic			0:09:25 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	walk on by "walk on by" by "aretha franklin"	today i sing the blues	columbia			0:11:24 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	people get ready "people get ready" by "aretha franklin"	lady soul	atlantic			0:14:01 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	hey now hey ( the other side of the sky)	hey now hey ( the other side of the sky)	atlantic			0:17:33 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	spanish harlem "spanish harlem" by "aretha franklin"	greatest hits	atlantic			0:22:35 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	it only happens when i look at you	you	atlantic			0:25:41 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	baby, i love you "baby, i love you" by "aretha franklin"	Aretha Arrives	atlantic			0:30:05 (Pop-up)

marcia griffiths	band of gold "band of gold" by "marcia griffiths"	band of gold	harry j records	7"		0:41:10 (Pop-up)
cornelius brothers and sister rose	Too Late To Turn Back Now	the story of	emi			0:45:08 (Pop-up)
george soule	get involved "get involved" by "george soule"	black & proud	trikont			0:47:41 (Pop-up)
faye adams	the hammer keeps a knockin'	Jukebox Mambo: Rumba and Afro-Latin Accented Rhythm & Blues 1949-1960	jazzman record co			0:50:45 (Pop-up)
devine & statton	under the weather	Les Filles du Crepuscule (V/A)	LTM Recordings			0:53:33 (Pop-up)
ibeyi	think of you "think of you" by "ibeyi"	ibeyi	XL recordings			0:56:54 (Pop-up)

tim maia	tudo vai mudar "tudo vai mudar" by "tim maia"	a arte de tim maia	fonobras			1:05:02 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	o no not my baby "o no not my baby" by "aretha franklin"	spirit in the dark	atlantic			1:07:12 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	see saw "see saw" by "aretha franklin"	aretha now	atlantic			1:10:00 (Pop-up)
wildcookie	touchy touchy "touchy touchy" by "wildcookie"	cookie dough	homegrown			1:13:32 (Pop-up)
willie rosario & his orchestra	mereces que te quiera	el bravo soy yo	inca			1:17:11 (Pop-up)
orlandivo	Um Abraço No Bengil "Um Abraço No Bengil" by "orlandivo"	orlandivo	kindred spirits			1:20:04 (Pop-up)
malo	suavecito "suavecito" by "malo"	soul hits of the 70's v 7	rhino			1:22:41 (Pop-up)
mike dorane	you keep me hanging on	soulful reggae box	trojan			1:25:35 (Pop-up)
tavares	more than a woman "more than a woman" by "tavares"	ost saturday night fever	polydor			1:29:11 (Pop-up)
joe bataan	para puerto rico voy "para puerto rico voy" by "joe bataan"	saint latin's day massacre	fania			1:32:27 (Pop-up)
kisanzi congo	soif conjugale "soif conjugale" by "kisanzi congo"	Congotronics 2: Buzz'n'Rumble From The Urb'n'Jungle	crammed discs			1:37:32 (Pop-up)
bobbi humphrey	please set me at ease	blue break beats	blue note			1:45:47 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	ain't no way "ain't no way" by "aretha franklin"	lady soul	atlantic			1:50:41 (Pop-up)
morgana king	you're not so easy to forget	morgana king sings	tripjazz			1:54:56 (Pop-up)

The Five Stairsteps	o-o-oh child "o-o-oh child" by "The Five Stairsteps"	hits of the 70's soul v. 2	rhino			2:08:18 (Pop-up)
starship commader woo woo	master ship ( excerpt)	Personal Space (Electronic Soul 1974 - 1984)	chocolate industries			2:10:36 (Pop-up)
softgels	dire wolf in flight "dire wolf in flight" by "softgels"	Digital Foci	softgels			2:16:56 (Pop-up)
sandy bull	rhumba "rhumba" by "sandy bull"	steel tears/endventions & tributes	omnivore		*	2:21:21 (Pop-up)
funkadelic	back in our minds "back in our minds" by "funkadelic"	Maggot Brain	westbound records			2:35:35 (Pop-up)
the temptations	Psychedelic Shack	Psychedelic Shack	motown			2:40:02 (Pop-up)
little beaver	i can dig it "i can dig it" by "little beaver"	party down	cat			2:42:20 (Pop-up)
laura lee	if you can beat me rocking	two sides of laura lee	hot wax			2:47:00 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	think "think" by "aretha franklin"	aretha now	atlantic			2:50:07 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	when the battle is over	spirit in the dark (reissue)	4 men with beards			2:52:06 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	rock steady "rock steady" by "aretha franklin"	ten years of gold	atlantic			2:54:39 (Pop-up)
aretha franklin	say a little prayer for you	aretha now	atlantic			2:58:28 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:03am sphere: hello Trouble :)
	♥ 9:03am Trouble: good morning thursday!
	♥ 9:04am The Oscar: Mornin'! Had to chase down my cat chasing down a mouse this morning, so this is just the soothing music I need right now.
	9:04am sphere: my musical awakening was all about Aretha. after hearing Chain Of Fools, I didn't want anything less.
	9:05am Aaron Working In Newark: Good Morning Trouble
	9:09am Linda Lee: how lovely to hear The Queen of Soul this morning. hello Trouble! thank you!
	9:10am Linda Lee: @sphere: yes. hear that clearly.
	9:11am Otto’s Dad: Trouble, this is perfect!! Thanks!
	9:12am Linda Lee: if we doubt the existence of grace, Aretha's voice gives pause. :-)
	9:12am Bill W: Godspeed Aretha
	9:12am DumDumGuy at the Gates of Dawn: Mary don’t you weep from Aretha’s amazing grace album always gets me. That voice!
	9:13am Lily: Thanks for this, Trouble. The finest voice ever put in a body.
	9:13am Rocky Horror: Hello Trouble
	9:13am emily: You and Aretha. Nothing better on a Thursday
	9:13am Anita in Morristown: Young,gifted and black. Soul Sistah Aretha !!
	9:14am AndrewC.: Is she still with us?
	9:14am Linda Lee: she is. but she's preparing to move on.
	9:17am Linda Lee: for me it's 'spirit in the dark'. chills every time.
	♥ 9:17am steveo: good morning. thanks for being here, Trouble.
	♥ 9:19am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, modern folks. Thanks for the Aretha lead-off.
	9:19am Fredericks: Messing with my emotions.
	♥ 9:19am Trouble: happy to play an amazing artist before she passes. i want to walk aretha into the light with her very own magical sounds.
	9:19am Linda Lee: lovely.
	9:20am Linda Lee: no better tribute than the one we give when legends still live.
	♥ 9:22am melinda: Morning Trouble and all!
	9:23am Linda Lee: yes!! spanish harlem. beautiful rendition.
	9:23am MplsCoco: Thank you Trouble! ❤️
	9:23am Linda Lee: had this one on 45! :-)
	9:25am T from New B: This is so beautiful Trouble. Tears are starting to flow. A gorgeous light in all our lives is about to go out.
	9:26am Greg R.: Giving me the chills this morning. Aretha on the brain the last couple of days. Amazing Grace means so much to me. Thanks Trouble!
	9:27am bobdoesthings: good morning all
	9:27am Linda Lee: T from New B ~ i don't think so, myself. that light only returns to the source. as will we.
	9:28am bobdoesthings: I'm here a bit late.. but i'm picking up on a theme this morning...
	9:30am northguineahills: I'm here later, been waking at 1:30am and falling back asleep at 4:00am making my 6:30 wakeup untenable... (had to search to make search Aretha was still alive, then I saw LL's perfect comment).
	♥ 9:30am Kevin-san: Thanks for doing this, Trouble, I'm getting all verklempt
	9:31am sphere: woot! my fave tune.
	9:31am Linda Lee: here's that prime rent-party song :-)
	9:32am Dave Conehead: Thanks for playing all this Aretha. Driving trucks making bucks in NYC. perfect soundtrack Pixie dust for her
	9:33am Linda Lee: i'll always hear dancing feet shufflin on the floor with this one :-D
	9:34am Linda Lee: beautiful tribute Trouble!! many thanks!!
	9:38am mb: Morning all. Trouble ::tips cap::
	9:38am Anita in Morristown: Thank you for the Aretha Franklin tribute
	9:40am Linda Lee: that track reads 'the other side of the side', dear ~ but indeed, it's 'sky' :-)
	♥ 9:42am adampsyche: love this song
	9:42am northguineahills: I once went swimming at the Pt Judith, RI lighthouse, in late July. The beach was rocky and cut my feet, and the water was frigid.....(still had fun).
	9:42am Roberto: I saw Do the Right Thing in-theater with my then-62-year-old dad in '89. He thought it was one of the most powerful films he'd ever seen.
	♥ 9:45am The Oscar: BlacKkKlansman was so good. Heavy, but surprisingly hopeful, and even joyous at times.
	9:45am Roberto: Then again, my dad was raised on the mean streets of Brooklyn.
	9:46am Linda Lee: back to my 45 singles box right now :-D
	♥ 9:47am Dominick: Oh yes! perfect mid August music
	9:47am northguineahills: I saw Do the Right Thing w/ friends in Jr. High. Not my parents thing, but I believe they saw it via Blockbuster. These days, I rarely hit the cinema, I usually just stream (although when visiting the wife, we go).
	9:52am Lily: Saw BlackkKlansman last night too. Heartily agree. A rollercoaster!
	9:55am Linda Lee: usually don't like whispy lady-vocals, but this devine & statton is very nice.
	♥ 9:59am Pat in Philadelphia: AP just broke the news The Queen of Soul has left the planet. Thanks for the tribute Trouble. twitter.com...
	♥ 9:59am dutchtheo: The Associated Press @AP BREAKING: Publicist for Aretha Franklin says the Queen of Soul died Thursday at her home in Detroit.
	♥ 10:02am adampsyche: noooo
	10:02am northguineahills: @Pat:: Fuuuuuuuu! Trouble did it correct.
	10:05am SeanG: Freeway of Love!
	10:05am Linda Lee: bless you, Queen of Soul!
	♥ 10:07am Mick: Singing in the infinite light - thank you Trouble for the tribute, and everyone for the thoughts
	10:08am Linda Lee: a difficult life ended. suffering done. may love guide her way.
	10:09am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: I will always remember Aretha Franklin as my soundtrack for my time in the early 90's at Cooper Union.
	10:11am sphere: fare thee well.
	10:14am Mike tp: chiming in with love
	10:15am Linda Lee: this wildcookie sounds like a great lead off to 'i say a little prayer' .. just a suggestion :-D
	10:16am northguineahills: everything LL has said today....
	10:17am Linda Lee: thanks ngh. we're all together in love for Lady Soul.
	10:18am johnk77: u r killing it selecter trouble very well written obit https://variety.com/2018/music/news/aretha-franklin-dead-dies-76-1202907265/
	10:21am northguineahills: de nada, LL.....
	♥ 10:22am Trouble: merci @johnk77
	10:22am Linda Lee: totally agreed!
	10:31am Andrea in Jersey City: Aretha Franklin has left the earth plane
	10:32am Bill W: Bound to be overlooked today: the death of singer (and Godfather actress) Morgana King was announced... She passed in March. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45194833
	♥ 10:33am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang! Safe trip home, Aretha.
	♥ 10:38am Trouble: thanks bill w!
	♥ 10:39am adampsyche: wow the cosmic craziness that this show started as a pre-tribute
	♥ 10:42am melinda: @adampsyche totally
	♥ 10:43am melinda: I like today's painting, too.
	♥ 10:51am Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Aretha, for the wonderful music you left for us. May you rest in peace.
	10:52am Linda Lee: yes. ain't no way. gorgeous.
	10:54am Linda Lee: ain't no autotune there either y'all
	10:57am Linda Lee: what a beautiful voice Morgana King had. aren't we lucky!
	10:58am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Linda Lee I am SO TIRED of hearing blatant AutoTune used in pop songs. It is such as stupid ugly development. It sounds like a robotic voice to me.
	10:59am Linda Lee: it is that.
	♥ 11:00am steveo: that song is about conjugating verbs in french class, right?
	11:02am Lucky: According to Wikipedia Tavares were born in Providence, but moved to New Bedford. (New Bedofrd - the Detroit of New England, no?)
	♥ 11:03am melinda: @Neil I feel the same way, it's like robots took over and they thought no one would notice. If it was used only now and then I could appreciate it more as another musical tool (I'm a fan monotone robot-voice), but it's not a substitute for a genuinely tuneful voice.
	11:03am AndrewC.: Dougal is Ardal O'hanlan
	11:04am johnk77: another obit https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/obituaries/aretha-franklin-dead.html Jon Pareles 1 of the smartest writers of words on music
	11:05am The 9am show intro: Aretha has now passed. She was an amazing voice and as an ex-Detroiter this is a big loss for Detroit music.
	♥ 11:07am The Oscar: @melinda That's pretty much my take. Dismissing it outright feels like shunning synthesizers or drum machines, but the fact that A&R types don't need to take musical talent into account when finding new singers is dispiriting.
	11:08am Linda Lee: that's the bothersome bit for me as well, Oscar. so then the surface is most important. & we're into that one too far as it is.
	11:08am βrian: Haven't made it to the beach yet this year. All the best beaches are on the Michigan side of the lake.
	♥ 11:09am Greg from ZONE 5: Michael Chabon's "Moonglow" was STELLAR (pun completely intended). And my summer jam has been "Ghostbusters" by Early B (which I purchased from BLT at the Record Fair)
	11:09am Aylec: Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montifiore
	♥ 11:09am Priscilla: Oh god, these old songs take me right back
	♥ 11:09am melinda: Ooh Child is one of the best songs ever.
	11:09am Dean: Reading Ned Rorem's New York Diary. Just read a hilarious passage in which Leonard Bernstein conducts the premiere of Rorem's Third Symphony. Rorem writes, "On the same program, though, was Bill Russo's new piece whose attractive last movement featured Maynard Fergusen's trumpet which, like Truman Capote's opinions, sometimes reached pitches only dogs can hear, sticking out like a sore thumb and rather sounding like one..."
	♥ 11:09am dforemanwv: Muriel Sparks, Lingering with Intent
	11:10am AndrewC.: At the Church Fete book stall this year someone donated lots of amazing 70s sci fi paperbacks. They didn't sell, and so as book stall organizer I get to read the books before I take them down to the charity shop! This summer I am reading Samuel Delany, Larry Niven, Ray Bradbury, Gene Wolfe, Ballard.
	11:10am Linda Lee: reading! for most of my adult life i was a 2-at-a-time type reader. loved books. lived on books. now i'm lucky to get through a blog post. lyme is fun.
	♥ 11:10am The Oscar: Just finished "Meddling Kids" by Edgar Cantero-- silly little summer horror comedy, but I liked it. Just picked up Salem's Lot for my girlfriend's an my coming Maine beach trip, because I am a cliche.
	11:10am Dean: Must read Zardoz, one of these days.
	11:11am Dean: No, not Zardoz! Dhalgren!
	♥ 11:11am dforemanwv: Emily Wilson's Odyssey translation too
	♥ 11:11am steveo: I'm reading a Richard Feynman biography by James Gleick, but very slowly because it's summer.
	11:11am Dean: A friend of mine is leading a discussion group (including credentialed classicists) of the Wilson translation.
	11:12am Karen: Morning Trouble, Summer music: Koop Brazilian Girls - gotta listen to ships in the night on the beach Summer reads: My Faraway One - it’s a huge book, so that makes it a tough beach book, but it’s letters from O’Keeffe and Stieglitz <3 Depending on my mood - rereading any Chronicles of Narnia
	11:12am Dean: @steveo: From there, pick up Ray Monk's biography of J.R. Oppenheimer. It's smashing. (Get it? Fusion joke?)
	11:12am herb.nyc: thanks for the Francoise Hardy tip, trouble - for i have just put it on hold at public library. i'm reading chris stamey memoir and "witches sluts feminists" by kristen sollee.
	11:13am Come Here Francine: Hi Trouble! Im sure this has been asked many times but what is your DJ Speaks background birdsong from?
	11:13am βrian: I used to read SciFi as an adolescent, but I've since developed an allergy.
	♥ 11:13am Greg from ZONE 5: Love Love LOVE this song! Ever since I heard it on Scott's Marathon premium that I couldn't possibly spell the name of.
	11:14am AndrewC.: Dhalgren is one of the Delanys I picked up. I've already read the Einstein Intersection last month.
	♥ 11:14am melinda: @Linda that sucks bad. I've had brain fog for years and it has stopped me from book reading for some long stretches, doing ok right now.
	11:14am Dean: I read sci-fi as an adolescent and developed an allergy, too, but recently I picked up Brian Aldiss's An Age (aka Cryptozoic). Was well worth the detour.
	♥ 11:14am steveo: @dean thanks for the tip. can't think of another atomic pun, sorry all, why are songs about space so good?
	11:15am Linda Lee: that's great. i hope to get back to it too! my lifetime love can't be left behind!
	11:15am Dean: Atomic Pun, a Van Halen joke!
	11:17am Linda Lee: looking into herbs that can help with cognition atm. missed a webinar from Dr Mary Bove on the subject last night. i was busy buying a victrola.
	♥ 11:18am fred: I'm reading Jane Eyre, and like it more than I thought I would (there are cringey parts, though)
	♥ 11:19am Trouble: @come here francine : today it is oiseaux de soleil , narrated by jean claude roche.
	11:20am Karen: @Linda Lee - That’s fantastic! All of it!
	11:20am βrian: @LLee: Did it come with the listening dog?
	11:22am Linda Lee: Nipper? no, no Nipper. i did see my foster dog, though. a small white shepherd who was abandoned at a friend's house. very young, not able to walk without pain. he's been my project. yesterday he ran! so pleased.
	♥ 11:23am Summer and Michael: We're getting an alert that says the WFMU stream "is unavailable". Anyone else having problems?
	11:24am Linda Lee: someone else had this trouble yesterday. try a different browser.
	11:25am Linda Lee: it is, Karen. life is lovely, if shitty. :-D
	♥ 11:26am Summer and Michael: Thanks, Linda - that worked!
	11:26am Linda Lee: yay!! :-)
	11:27am Karen: :)
	11:28am Michiel: Love the piano & tremolo!
	11:28am Linda Lee: i love this tune no end.
	11:29am Michiel: and banjo
	11:30am Linda Lee: i believe listening to music can help with cognition & brain health too. so here i am :-)
	11:31am Anita in Morristown: Hello
	♥ 11:32am Trouble: @lucky: wowza!
	11:32am Karen: @LindaLee I am loving life even extra these days. This month we adopted a rescue pup whose foster is a great friend, and then I married my partner of 15 years. I knew the pup would make me smile as never before, but being so tickled from a piece of paper and a ring was serendipitous.
	11:33am Dean: Reading poetry, too, lately: Frederick Seidel, William Alabaster (devotional stuff by a 16th century Protestant-turned-Catholic-times-two), William Carlos Williams. Must return to Emily Dickinson, John Ashbery, many others. Did folks see the story in the NYT by Ilya Kaminsky about his return to Odessa, where he'd grown up deaf? Around 2005 I met him at a gate at Oakland Int'l Airport. He had just published his first book of poetry, Dancing in Odessa. We flew together and talked Shakespeare (whose work he knew very well in English), poetry, studying law. He is a marvelous poet.
	11:33am Rocky Horror: @Summer and Michael: You ac also find WFMU on Tunein. I'm listening to the station on Tunein and it is fine
	11:33am Come Here Francine: @Trouble thanks!
	♥ 11:37am Sem: Bringing my head up from work just long enough to say I loved that rhumba in particular, and your show always, Trouble.
	11:40am Linda Lee: good for you, Karen! :-) joy is essential. time is short.
	11:41am Brett.L: I'm in Morristown too :) Make it funky!
	11:43am Beast of Boonton: It was reported that Aretha Franklin passed away Thursday at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit.
	♥ 11:45am jmr3: Teenage Jaco Pastorius on this Little Beaver record, I think.
	♥ 11:45am Priscilla: @Dean: Loved that Kaminsky piece!
	11:48am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: My co-worker's father is going to give me 70 CDs of 60s and 70s music because he digitized it all twice so he has a backup. I refused politely a couple times then said ok. Hope there are some cool gems in there for me and my wife!
	11:49am Linda Lee: @Wild Neil ~ i'd bank on it. :-)
	♥ 11:50am Doug in JC: An uplifting set today. Thank you!
	11:50am Linda Lee: thank you so much Trouble!
	11:51am Linda Lee: i just shouted YES when i heard that piano!! yes yes!!
	11:52am Dean: It was lovely, wasn't it, @Priscilla?
	11:52am Linda Lee: sing it Sister Aretha!!
	11:53am sufferwords: peace soul sister number one
	♥ 11:53am Greg from ZONE 5: "You better think about what you sayin'. You better think about the consequences of your actions…"
	♥ 11:54am Ken From Hyde Park: "Don't you blaspheme in here!"
	♥ 11:55am Gaylord Fields: Trouble, I came here specifically for comfort and comradeship, and you and the commenters did not disappoint. Just thank you.
	♥ 11:55am Jeff Golick: Mm-hmm.
	11:55am Linda Lee: Rock STEADY baby!!!! YES YES
	11:56am Wild Neil\|\|Peace All: Aretha Franklin and James Brown expanded my musical overton window BIGTIME about 30 years ago.
	11:56am Karen: <3
	11:56am Linda Lee: thank you for joining us Mr. Fields!! joyous celebration!!
	♥ 11:56am Jay Goges: Trouble... thank you for everything you're playing today. Everyone should take a moment to honor Aretha today...
	♥ 11:57am adampsyche: what a fucking nice playlist. going to add this one to my list that i'll revisit over and over again.
	♥ 11:58am Gaylord Fields: @Linda Lee: Been here since 10:15 or so, silently sitting in the church pew and worshiping.
	♥ 11:58am Trouble: hugs to you gaylord! i know you will continue the peace and love vibes for queen aretha this weekend...
	♥ 11:58am Gaylord Fields: @Trouble: Daydreaming and thinking of her.
	11:59am Linda Lee: yes lord. yes.
	11:59am Come Here Francine: Echoing many others: wonderful playlist today, thanks!
	♥ 11:59am Priscilla: Wow Trouble. Just so moving.
	♥ 11:59am Barney Grubbs: thank you!
	♥ 12:00pm Mick: Thank you Trouble and everyone.
	♥ 12:00pm melinda: thanx trub!
	12:00pm Dean: The day before the news emerged about Aretha's health I acquired her Amazing Grace. Awaiting its arrival. Dammit.
	12:01pm Rocky Horror: Great show Trouble
	♥ 12:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Elvis & Aretha, 41 years apart. Makes one think.
	♥ 1:11pm Michael 98145: What a wonderful addition to the archive. Thank you.

This Is The Modern World with Trouble: Playlist from August 16, 2018

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