WFMU: The Long Rally with Scott McDowell: Playlist from May 8, 2019

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:03am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:04am Davee: Good morning - how long is the rally?
	9:06am Diezel Tea: Good morning leftover glisteners and Scotty McDonutz.
	9:09am Lixiviated Life: Ok everyone, Rally caps on (Met fans, you know what I'm talking about)
	9:09am prudy: bring on Fela!
	♥ 9:09am Flowers_For_Bokonon: Morning all! I'm ready to rally!
	♥ 9:09am fred: Good morning Scott and all
	9:09am sphere: hello ralliers :)
	♥ 9:09am adampsyche: loooooooove waking up to fela
	9:10am Lixiviated Life: @Davee Well.. there's the rally prep work; the pre-rally; the long rally; the after rally party; the post rally pod cast; ....
	9:10am prudy: if you can't groove to this there is seriously something wrong!
	9:11am prudy: Expensive Shit!
	♥ 9:11am adampsyche: "The title of the album refers to an incident in which the Nigerian police tried to arrest Kuti by planting a joint on him. Kuti managed to eat the joint, prompting police to bring him into custody and wait for him to produce the excrement. According to legend he managed to use another inmate's feces and was eventually released." en.wikipedia.org...
	9:12am prudy: his music is full of anecdotes about life in Nigeria and Africa in general
	♥ 9:12am Phillippe Bastille: Howdy Scott and everyone. Rally on.
	9:13am prudy: not sure how I'm going to work with this in the "background".
	♥ 9:15am Phillippe Bastille: Hey prudy, I saw on the comments board yesterday that you lost hearing in one ear (at least I think it was you; if not, please ignore this). Sorry to read that. I hope the implant works for you. Few things worse than a music lover losing their hearing.
	9:16am Davee: @Lix - Rally?
	9:19am prudy: tell me about it Phillippe...It's been a shit downer. I also have tinnitus which make it even worse. They don't know what caused it but it happens more often than people know. happened overnight. yes be greatful for your hearing. Thanks for your concern...much appreciated.
	9:21am John from Florham Park: @Prudy hugs about your hearing loss
	9:21am sphere: good vibes to you prudy.
	9:23am Rev. Turnip Druid: Who has carrot cake?
	♥ 9:24am fred: @prudy: I'm almost totally deaf in my left ear (no eardrum, even my inner ear is compromised). Doesn't stop me from enjoying music or live shows (earphone-based ones are not working for me though). You'll pull it off and won't lose music
	9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: Missed that fab Fela track. Must now punch self, with moderate force (it being early, still) .. innaface.
	♥ 9:26am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy I have that tinnitus too. I never connected that with why I always have noise around (I even sleep with earbuds in lol) until I saw that movie Baby Driver. The lead character always has music playing to drown out the the ringing. I do know several folks with the implants (I'm that age...) and they have no complaints whatsoever. Wishing you the best.
	9:30am prudy: thanks to all for words of encouragement. always good to remember that we all struggle with various impairments
	♥ 9:31am Krys O.: Hoping for the best for you, prudy. My dad wore hearing aids reluctantly and my mom has hearing issues besides her dementia. My hearing is okay except for occasional pulsatile tinnitus.
	♥ 9:32am Scott McDowell: Hey everyone, hope all is well out there.
	♥ 9:32am Krys O.: Hey, Scott, we're just falling apart here, but loving the music.
	♥ 9:34am Scott McDowell: : )
	♥ 9:34am steveo: i have tinnitus, and try to think of it as a kind of sound art (i'm sorry if this sounds cavalier, but it works for me)
	9:35am Diezel Tea: tinnitus +1
	9:36am Diezel Tea: Actually I should've written +2 as I have it in both as many do...
	♥ 9:36am Phillippe Bastille: My middle son has been dealing with depression for the last 6 years or so. The only thing I've been able to say to him to get him out of his own head is "Everybody gets something. For some its physical, for some its mental. But nobody is immune."
	9:38am Rev. Turnip Druid: I think back during 1980s DC hardcore scene, hundreds of shows, and I don't recall anybody (certainly not myself) using plugs. So much more macho-meathead to go without. Because Reagan, we're all gonna die tomorrow, etc etc etc... or something.
	♥ 9:38am fred: @steveo: When I get a bad infection in my non-working ear, it distorts every sound and turns everyday conversations into a noise show. It does sound good, but it's painful. Not a good deal
	♥ 9:39am Planet Tyler: That was great!
	9:39am randyfrommichigan: hey now Scott and listeners
	♥ 9:39am steveo: @fred sorry to hear it. pain is not always the best art
	9:41am Steiner in Whately: Hey all
	9:42am prudy: i got my share of mental and physical afflictions. Onward!
	9:43am VincentNifigance: Tinnitus sufferers, did anyone try the 'Reddit' cure? Sorry if this is garbage, but I saw the video and it seemed to work for these people if only temporarily www.youtube.com...
	♥ 9:46am fred: @prudy: Onward it is!
	♥ 9:46am Passaic River Blues: Charlotte Dada and then my favorite Ethiopian nun. I love this show.
	9:47am sphere: Earplugs have always been a part of my concert routine but I still ended up with some tinnitus. I still feel lucky though.
	♥ 9:47am Krys O.: I started keeping track of my health issues several years ago and the list is growing. Autoimmune disorders cluster in my family. Music is healing.
	♥ 9:48am Krys O.: This is simply lovely, Scott.
	9:48am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: This is fantastic Scott. Those Ethiopiques albums are reliably excellent
	9:50am Rev. Turnip Druid: mild occasional tinnitus but celebrated 50th b'day with first-ever glasses. No more eagle-eyeballs for the clergy. Turnip slouching towards entropy.
	♥ 9:52am Phillippe Bastille: Onward and upward!
	♥ 9:52am Planet Tyler: Hate to mention it but have y'all seen The Bleeding Edge? It's a doc on how barely-researched/proven medical devices really are. There are many that cause serious problems but are misdiagnosed cos no one thinks that the devices are causing it - like autoimmune reactions.
	♥ 9:53am fred: Being half deaf means I get double the mileagle on earplugs, kind of a sweet deal
	9:54am prudy: one final thing re hearing loss. There are studies that correlate/w(don't know correct term) hearing loss with dementia onset. I am not using correct scientific term, but i've watched myself (and others)tune out of conversations because I can't follow them and then get lost in my own thoughts/world.
	♥ 9:54am Phillippe Bastille: Glass half-full Fred -- I like that. (Actually, the glass is always full, its just half of it is air...)
	♥ 9:56am coelacanth∅: Good Morning Scott and All
	♥ 9:56am Krys O.: I don't think medical devices caused the autoimmune diseases in my family. It could have been my parents' exposure to DDT in the refugee camp post-WWII.
	♥ 9:57am melinda: hi folks
	♥ 9:59am melinda: @prudy I've heard about the hearing loss-dementia connection too
	♥ 10:01am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy I hope that's a tenuous connection. I have some anecdotal evidence to the contrary -- father and mother-in-law lived into their mid-80s with hearing loss. No dementia for my mother-in-law, my dad only a week or two at the end when his Parkinsons took him and everything was failing. I could also include hearing loss in my kids when they were younger and I asked them to do something, but it seemed to be temporary ;)
	♥ 10:04am fred: @prudy: WFMU should be a bulwark against any cognitive loss, it should more than offset other factors
	♥ 10:07am Krys O.: Recent studies showed a connection between either herpes and/or gingivitis with dementia. My dad was mostly deaf, but he did not have dementia. Dementia is not withdrawal from society.
	♥ 10:10am Phillippe Bastille: @Krys I saw that gingivitis study. My bride waved it in my face since I am more than a little behind on dentist visits.
	♥ 10:10am melinda: @fred FMU is part of my health program, for sure. I think hearing loss is one of many things they've linked to dementia but isn't predictive of whether or not you'll have it. I think stimulating your brain in other ways to compensate for the lessened auditory pathway stimulation probably does help.
	♥ 10:12am melinda: @Krys that aligns with the theory that inflammation in general increases dementia risk.
	♥ 10:12am coelacanth∅: miles of Miles
	♥ 10:12am Phillippe Bastille: I'm happy to have found a great place for music and a bunch of seasoned folks to get older with...
	♥ 10:13am coelacanth∅: you're killing it Scott. making me not get to work.
	♥ 10:24am adampsyche: so i'm not the only one who sometimes delays going to work to listen to a set?
	10:25am βrian: I'm at work, delaying work. But only for a moment, for this noise is getting me going.
	♥ 10:26am Booz: Happy Trails is a purple geyser in a desert of shredding.
	♥ 10:31am fred: @adampsyche: I've done that many times
	♥ 10:36am Booz: After this set I may never work again.
	10:36am Listener Gregory: This is nice.
	10:40am Z-pulpa: no more work!
	10:43am John from Florham Park: @Phillipe me too have found a lot of knowledgeable folks here, i even like the country music station at night on Wednesday
	♥ 10:44am coelacanth∅: (lest we get overly canned)
	10:46am John from Florham Park: @Phillipe plus I have found a lot of new artists that I have really started to like and the fact that I don’t hear too much mainstream music
	10:49am aaronfromMI: Good morning everyone! Thank you Scott for the delightful tones and tunes.
	10:51am prudy: not equating withdrawal from society and dementia
	♥ 10:51am Booz: The dynamics of today's Rally, set to set, have been expertly shaped.
	10:52am John from Florham Park: @aaron morning how are things in the twin cities
	10:53am prudy: great set Scott!
	10:54am aaronfromMI: John, I'm from Mid-Michigan but am currently living in Philly. I know there are some other Aaron's that frequent the comment section however. Regardless, things are pretty well today!
	10:55am John from Florham Park: @Prudy there are times when I don’t want to be among people, not because I am hard of hearing, it is because I would rather be in my own company, like if I want to be in a library or book store all day I shall, or just spend the whole day in my room listening to this station or music in general
	♥ 10:55am Passaic River Blues: @Booz: word.
	10:56am John from Florham Park: @aaron ouch sorry about that, guess I need a score card at times:)
	10:56am John from Florham Park: @PRB double word for the long rally
	♥ 10:57am Devin B.: Nice!
	♥ 10:57am Passaic River Blues: Jesus, Carl Stone into Kausing Much Damage? Hell yes!
	10:57am Carmichael from Carmichael: Heya Scott and morning zoo.
	10:57am brick layer: konstipated monkeees dooo dooo
	♥ 10:58am Booz: Solid gold whiplash segue.
	♥ 10:59am Mick: That was an attention-getting transition. Great show Scott!
	♥ 11:00am fred: @Passaic River Blues: That's the WFMU effect
	11:00am prudy: there's a difference between voluntary withdrawal from society and a situation where there are no other choices
	♥ 11:02am JtotheK: Great KMD record. Hi Scott, hi everyone.
	♥ 11:07am fred: @prudy: what do you mean?
	♥ 11:08am adampsyche: i think @prudy means jail?
	♥ 11:08am tim from champaign: Howdy Scott and everyone!
	♥ 11:10am coelacanth∅: but jail isn't a withdrawal from society; in fact in the united (police) states it's an enormous part of out society. (more than any other country on the planet)
	♥ 11:11am coelacanth∅: ("our", not "out")
	♥ 11:13am fred: It's kinda weird to me how the US jails so many people yet insists it make them outliers unfit to vote
	11:14am prudy: earlier conversation about hearing loss...in a room full of people chatting and you can't hear anything so you just zone out.
	♥ 11:15am Devin B.: Hprizm!
	♥ 11:15am coelacanth∅: it's big business, the whole catch-22 cycle.
	♥ 11:16am Passaic River Blues: @Fred: it's the issue from the marriage of the profit motive and racism.
	11:17am Listener Gregory: Completely unfamiliar with this Shepp. How did it pass me by at the time?
	♥ 11:18am coelacanth∅: prudy i do that. tests say my perception of frequencies is on the average 17-year-old's level (& i'm a couple score older than that) but i've always had trouble distinguishing voices from each-other. since i was little. it's a brain problem, not a hearing problem. ...and i like just thinking, so i withdraw and just listen to the whole mess.
	♥ 11:19am fred: @prudy: I don't think you're missing much. If it's meaningful, they'll repeat it, with even more thought. You'll miss some wit, but get more meat
	11:20am prudy: I don't find the whole mess very interesting
	♥ 11:22am adampsyche: hell yeah i have this lee perry on vinyl!
	♥ 11:22am Mick: @prudy, i looked back through the thread - so sorry to read about that. hope things go well with treatment/implant
	♥ 11:22am coelacanth∅: i do. enough so that i often record public places or parties; and when i listen to those records later i can then distinguish all the separate conversations.
	♥ 11:23am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy @steve I have a good bit of social anxiety so I don't spend a huge amount of time in any meaningful conversations except for a close few. Probably why I spend so much time on this board. Can interact from the safety of my home office.
	11:23am Listener Gregory: Very few songs can't be improved by the sound of a screaming baby.
	11:24am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: Tripe and broad beans!
	♥ 11:25am tim from champaign: To quote Curtis from Up In Smoke, this Lee Perry will go boogie woogie on your brain!
	♥ 11:26am Phillippe Bastille: Enjoying the show very much today, Scott. Thank you for putting it together.
	11:26am sphere: Man that Lee Perry track was fricking eerie. I always wonder if Timbaland was inspired by Perry when he created Are You That Somebody.
	11:27am prudy: I'm with you Phillippe. But then there are times when I do actually want to participate and can't
	♥ 11:27am adampsyche: my wife hates it when i put on that record
	♥ 11:27am adampsyche: @prudy :/
	♥ 11:27am coelacanth∅: i have a cassette my aunt brought back from ...sri lanka? c.1985 of this beautiful, peaceful music, both sides of a c-40(?) tape, and every few minutes the sound of a crying baby comes in for a minute. somehow it adds to the beauty! ...then at the very end, as the music is fading out the baby is laughing!
	11:30am Z-pulpa: @coelacanth∅, id love to hear that!
	11:30am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: coelacanth∅, a lot of field recordings seem to have incidental background noises along with the musicians, kids playing, someone starting a motorbike. I agree - it's important, and does add something
	♥ 11:30am Phillippe Bastille: coelecanth? Do you still have access to it? Sounds like something to burn on a CD and pass it on. I bet there's a DJ or two on FMU that would play it for us.
	♥ 11:30am Passaic River Blues: @coelacanth: that cassette sounds like it's amazing! The description is also almost like an imaginary episode of "Bodega Pop."
	♥ 11:30am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy I get that.
	♥ 11:34am coelacanth∅: zpulpa -funny you should say that, because i worked some of it into the sound collage i made for our probably-never-going-to-happen tape-trading club! i'll get to you a copy though, if you want. (i want yours too though, when you finish it!)
	♥ 11:37am coelacanth∅: Phillippe i do still have it. my aunt gave my many tapes, back in the day. mostly from indonesia, bali being one of her 2 favorite countries. (traveling was her thing)
	♥ 11:37am Jeff Golick: That's quite a band, behind Shipp. Hello.
	♥ 11:40am coelacanth∅: it's time (passed time) i get to work Thank you Scott! Excellent as always. take care folks
	♥ 11:42am Phillippe Bastille: @coelacanthe I'd love to hear it. Let me know if you ever put it on-line and send me a link!
	11:42am Z-pulpa: @ coelacanth∅, it may just have to happen little by little! Have a good day!
	11:43am mary: Beautiful show
	♥ 11:43am steveo: Summer song! Can the summer schedule be far behind?
	11:45am dan in wisconsin: Pretty killer show today, thank you, Scott
	♥ 11:47am Ken From Hyde Park: Three hours doesn't seem to be enough for a long rally. Thanks, Scott.
	♥ 11:47am Krys O.: Ooh, Olivia is the Music Director. That cassette sounds like something up her alley.
	11:47am Listener Gregory: Stillman plays all the instruments on this record. Knowing this has unfortunately made me doubt whether the drums and reeds are quite in sync.
	11:48am Listener Gregory: But I still like the record.
	♥ 11:48am Scott McDowell: Thank you everyone for jamming with me this morning : )
	♥ 11:49am Krys O.: I'm able to listen today at a decent volume since my co-worker is out today. Riding the volume is one of the perils of listening to WFMU in an open office.
	11:49am Z-pulpa: This has been a lovely and sensitizing show! Thank You Scott.
	11:51am Carmichael: @krys, I have a walled office and a closed door policy.
	11:51am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: Amazing story to that Opus Minor track. Unpublished at the time, only available now as a limited edition LP direct from a record label/shop in Paris (as far as I can see). Good job finding that, Scott
	11:52am sphere: im in an open office but thank Bog for the Headphones of Awesome.
	♥ 11:52am Mick: amazing show! Thank you, Scott!
	11:52am sphere: thank you Scott.
	♥ 11:52am tim from champaign: Whoa, one can easily get lost in this song. Thanks for the great jams Scott! At the risk of a collective groan I'll quote Tom Petty and say "you're jammin' me".
	11:52am βrian: Coming up on the Drummer Stream, if you're so inclined: 100% Whatever with Mary Wing: wfmu.org...
	♥ 11:55am Booz: Great show and thoughtful board, thanks Scott & Rallizes
	♥ 11:56am steveo: thanks, Scott; very enjoyable show
	11:57am doncaballero: Great show, as always, Thanks Scott!
	♥ 11:57am Passaic River Blues: Thank you, Scott.
	11:58am βrian: Yes, indeed, Scott. A really great show.
	♥ 11:59am adampsyche: thanks scott!

The Long Rally with Scott McDowell: Playlist from May 8, 2019

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May 8, 2019

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Grachan Moncur III	Hipnosis "Hipnosis" by "Grachan Moncur III"	Mosaic Select #1	Mosaic	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Fela Kuti	Water No Get Enemy "Water No Get Enemy" by "Fela Kuti"	Expensive Shit/He Miss Road	MCA	0:10:19 (Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman	Law Years "Law Years" by "Ornette Coleman"	The Complete Science Fiction Sessions	Columbia	0:20:08 (Pop-up)
Ahmed Ag Kaedy	Imetawan "Imetawan" by "Ahmed Ag Kaedy"	Akaline Kidal	Sahel Sounds	0:25:04 (Pop-up)
unknown	Walay Mepli Sla "Walay Mepli Sla" by "unknown"	Cameroun: Flûtes des Monts Mandara	Ocora	0:29:29 (Pop-up)
Charlotte Dada	Don't Let Me Down "Don't Let Me Down" by "Charlotte Dada"	Money No Be Sand: 1960s Afro-Lypso, Pidgin Highlife, Afro-Soul, Afro-Rock	Original Music	0:32:59 (Pop-up)

Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou	The Homeless Wanderer	Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo	Buda Musique	0:44:14 (Pop-up)
Jean-Charles Capon	Reve D'Oasis "Reve D'Oasis" by "Jean-Charles Capon"	L'univers - Solitude	Souffle Continu	0:50:56 (Pop-up)
Imarhan	Alwa "Alwa" by "Imarhan"	Temet	City Slang	0:52:59 (Pop-up)
Daniel Carter/Tobias Wilner/Djibril Toure/Federico Ughi	flatbush avenue	New York United	577 Records	0:56:32 (Pop-up)

William Parker	Testimony "Testimony" by "William Parker"	Testimony	Centering	1:03:34 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis	John McLaughlin "John McLaughlin" by "Miles Davis"	Bitches Brew	Columbia	1:11:40 (Pop-up)
Quicksilver Messenger Service	Calvary	Happy Trails	Captiol	1:16:06 (Pop-up)
Headroom	Skyliner "Skyliner" by "Headroom"	New Heaven	Ever Never	1:28:14 (Pop-up)

Mary Lattimore & Elysse Thebner Miller	Grips on a Baby	And the Birds Flew Overhead	Footfalls Records	1:44:04 (Pop-up)
Carl Stone	Okajouki "Okajouki" by "Carl Stone"	Baroo	Unseen Worlds	1:53:56 (Pop-up)
KMD	Subroc's Mission "Subroc's Mission" by "KMD"	Mr. Hood	Elektra	1:56:27 (Pop-up)

Archie Shepp	Black Gipsy "Black Gipsy" by "Archie Shepp"	Black Gipsy	Prestige	2:05:04 (Pop-up)
Hprizm	Up from the Flames "Up from the Flames" by "Hprizm"	Magnetic Memory	Don Giovanni	2:13:16 (Pop-up)
Archie Shepp	Black Gipsy "Black Gipsy" by "Archie Shepp"	Black Gipsy	Prestige	2:14:38 (Pop-up)
Lee Perry	Favorite Dish "Favorite Dish" by "Lee Perry"	Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread	VP	2:21:39 (Pop-up)
Avey Tare	K.C. Yours "K.C. Yours" by "Avey Tare"	Cows on Hourglass Pond	Domino	2:24:59 (Pop-up)
Os Novos Bahianos	Eu De Adjetivos	É Ferro Na Boneca!	Mr. Bongo	2:30:29 (Pop-up)

Opus Minor	Summer Song "Summer Song" by "Opus Minor"	Opus Minor	Monster Melodies	2:39:17 (Pop-up)
Robert Stillman	The Stars are Beautiful	Reality	Ordinal	2:46:24 (Pop-up)
Elkhorn	Jam III "Jam III" by "Elkhorn"	Elk Jam	Feeding Tube	2:56:26 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:03am Krys O.: Greetings!
	9:04am Davee: Good morning - how long is the rally?
	9:06am Diezel Tea: Good morning leftover glisteners and Scotty McDonutz.
	9:09am Lixiviated Life: Ok everyone, Rally caps on (Met fans, you know what I'm talking about)
	9:09am prudy: bring on Fela!
	♥ 9:09am Flowers_For_Bokonon: Morning all! I'm ready to rally!
	♥ 9:09am fred: Good morning Scott and all
	9:09am sphere: hello ralliers :)
	♥ 9:09am adampsyche: loooooooove waking up to fela
	9:10am Lixiviated Life: @Davee Well.. there's the rally prep work; the pre-rally; the long rally; the after rally party; the post rally pod cast; ....
	9:10am prudy: if you can't groove to this there is seriously something wrong!
	9:11am prudy: Expensive Shit!
	♥ 9:11am adampsyche: "The title of the album refers to an incident in which the Nigerian police tried to arrest Kuti by planting a joint on him. Kuti managed to eat the joint, prompting police to bring him into custody and wait for him to produce the excrement. According to legend he managed to use another inmate's feces and was eventually released." en.wikipedia.org...
	9:12am prudy: his music is full of anecdotes about life in Nigeria and Africa in general
	♥ 9:12am Phillippe Bastille: Howdy Scott and everyone. Rally on.
	9:13am prudy: not sure how I'm going to work with this in the "background".
	♥ 9:15am Phillippe Bastille: Hey prudy, I saw on the comments board yesterday that you lost hearing in one ear (at least I think it was you; if not, please ignore this). Sorry to read that. I hope the implant works for you. Few things worse than a music lover losing their hearing.
	9:16am Davee: @Lix - Rally?
	9:19am prudy: tell me about it Phillippe...It's been a shit downer. I also have tinnitus which make it even worse. They don't know what caused it but it happens more often than people know. happened overnight. yes be greatful for your hearing. Thanks for your concern...much appreciated.
	9:21am John from Florham Park: @Prudy hugs about your hearing loss
	9:21am sphere: good vibes to you prudy.
	9:23am Rev. Turnip Druid: Who has carrot cake?
	♥ 9:24am fred: @prudy: I'm almost totally deaf in my left ear (no eardrum, even my inner ear is compromised). Doesn't stop me from enjoying music or live shows (earphone-based ones are not working for me though). You'll pull it off and won't lose music
	9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid: Missed that fab Fela track. Must now punch self, with moderate force (it being early, still) .. innaface.
	♥ 9:26am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy I have that tinnitus too. I never connected that with why I always have noise around (I even sleep with earbuds in lol) until I saw that movie Baby Driver. The lead character always has music playing to drown out the the ringing. I do know several folks with the implants (I'm that age...) and they have no complaints whatsoever. Wishing you the best.
	9:30am prudy: thanks to all for words of encouragement. always good to remember that we all struggle with various impairments
	♥ 9:31am Krys O.: Hoping for the best for you, prudy. My dad wore hearing aids reluctantly and my mom has hearing issues besides her dementia. My hearing is okay except for occasional pulsatile tinnitus.
	♥ 9:32am Scott McDowell: Hey everyone, hope all is well out there.
	♥ 9:32am Krys O.: Hey, Scott, we're just falling apart here, but loving the music.
	♥ 9:34am Scott McDowell: : )
	♥ 9:34am steveo: i have tinnitus, and try to think of it as a kind of sound art (i'm sorry if this sounds cavalier, but it works for me)
	9:35am Diezel Tea: tinnitus +1
	9:36am Diezel Tea: Actually I should've written +2 as I have it in both as many do...
	♥ 9:36am Phillippe Bastille: My middle son has been dealing with depression for the last 6 years or so. The only thing I've been able to say to him to get him out of his own head is "Everybody gets something. For some its physical, for some its mental. But nobody is immune."
	9:38am Rev. Turnip Druid: I think back during 1980s DC hardcore scene, hundreds of shows, and I don't recall anybody (certainly not myself) using plugs. So much more macho-meathead to go without. Because Reagan, we're all gonna die tomorrow, etc etc etc... or something.
	♥ 9:38am fred: @steveo: When I get a bad infection in my non-working ear, it distorts every sound and turns everyday conversations into a noise show. It does sound good, but it's painful. Not a good deal
	♥ 9:39am Planet Tyler: That was great!
	9:39am randyfrommichigan: hey now Scott and listeners
	♥ 9:39am steveo: @fred sorry to hear it. pain is not always the best art
	9:41am Steiner in Whately: Hey all
	9:42am prudy: i got my share of mental and physical afflictions. Onward!
	9:43am VincentNifigance: Tinnitus sufferers, did anyone try the 'Reddit' cure? Sorry if this is garbage, but I saw the video and it seemed to work for these people if only temporarily www.youtube.com...
	♥ 9:46am fred: @prudy: Onward it is!
	♥ 9:46am Passaic River Blues: Charlotte Dada and then my favorite Ethiopian nun. I love this show.
	9:47am sphere: Earplugs have always been a part of my concert routine but I still ended up with some tinnitus. I still feel lucky though.
	♥ 9:47am Krys O.: I started keeping track of my health issues several years ago and the list is growing. Autoimmune disorders cluster in my family. Music is healing.
	♥ 9:48am Krys O.: This is simply lovely, Scott.
	9:48am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: This is fantastic Scott. Those Ethiopiques albums are reliably excellent
	9:50am Rev. Turnip Druid: mild occasional tinnitus but celebrated 50th b'day with first-ever glasses. No more eagle-eyeballs for the clergy. Turnip slouching towards entropy.
	♥ 9:52am Phillippe Bastille: Onward and upward!
	♥ 9:52am Planet Tyler: Hate to mention it but have y'all seen The Bleeding Edge? It's a doc on how barely-researched/proven medical devices really are. There are many that cause serious problems but are misdiagnosed cos no one thinks that the devices are causing it - like autoimmune reactions.
	♥ 9:53am fred: Being half deaf means I get double the mileagle on earplugs, kind of a sweet deal
	9:54am prudy: one final thing re hearing loss. There are studies that correlate/w(don't know correct term) hearing loss with dementia onset. I am not using correct scientific term, but i've watched myself (and others)tune out of conversations because I can't follow them and then get lost in my own thoughts/world.
	♥ 9:54am Phillippe Bastille: Glass half-full Fred -- I like that. (Actually, the glass is always full, its just half of it is air...)
	♥ 9:56am coelacanth∅: Good Morning Scott and All
	♥ 9:56am Krys O.: I don't think medical devices caused the autoimmune diseases in my family. It could have been my parents' exposure to DDT in the refugee camp post-WWII.
	♥ 9:57am melinda: hi folks
	♥ 9:59am melinda: @prudy I've heard about the hearing loss-dementia connection too
	♥ 10:01am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy I hope that's a tenuous connection. I have some anecdotal evidence to the contrary -- father and mother-in-law lived into their mid-80s with hearing loss. No dementia for my mother-in-law, my dad only a week or two at the end when his Parkinsons took him and everything was failing. I could also include hearing loss in my kids when they were younger and I asked them to do something, but it seemed to be temporary ;)
	♥ 10:04am fred: @prudy: WFMU should be a bulwark against any cognitive loss, it should more than offset other factors
	♥ 10:07am Krys O.: Recent studies showed a connection between either herpes and/or gingivitis with dementia. My dad was mostly deaf, but he did not have dementia. Dementia is not withdrawal from society.
	♥ 10:10am Phillippe Bastille: @Krys I saw that gingivitis study. My bride waved it in my face since I am more than a little behind on dentist visits.
	♥ 10:10am melinda: @fred FMU is part of my health program, for sure. I think hearing loss is one of many things they've linked to dementia but isn't predictive of whether or not you'll have it. I think stimulating your brain in other ways to compensate for the lessened auditory pathway stimulation probably does help.
	♥ 10:12am melinda: @Krys that aligns with the theory that inflammation in general increases dementia risk.
	♥ 10:12am coelacanth∅: miles of Miles
	♥ 10:12am Phillippe Bastille: I'm happy to have found a great place for music and a bunch of seasoned folks to get older with...
	♥ 10:13am coelacanth∅: you're killing it Scott. making me not get to work.
	♥ 10:24am adampsyche: so i'm not the only one who sometimes delays going to work to listen to a set?
	10:25am βrian: I'm at work, delaying work. But only for a moment, for this noise is getting me going.
	♥ 10:26am Booz: Happy Trails is a purple geyser in a desert of shredding.
	♥ 10:31am fred: @adampsyche: I've done that many times
	♥ 10:36am Booz: After this set I may never work again.
	10:36am Listener Gregory: This is nice.
	10:40am Z-pulpa: no more work!
	10:43am John from Florham Park: @Phillipe me too have found a lot of knowledgeable folks here, i even like the country music station at night on Wednesday
	♥ 10:44am coelacanth∅: (lest we get overly canned)
	10:46am John from Florham Park: @Phillipe plus I have found a lot of new artists that I have really started to like and the fact that I don’t hear too much mainstream music
	10:49am aaronfromMI: Good morning everyone! Thank you Scott for the delightful tones and tunes.
	10:51am prudy: not equating withdrawal from society and dementia
	♥ 10:51am Booz: The dynamics of today's Rally, set to set, have been expertly shaped.
	10:52am John from Florham Park: @aaron morning how are things in the twin cities
	10:53am prudy: great set Scott!
	10:54am aaronfromMI: John, I'm from Mid-Michigan but am currently living in Philly. I know there are some other Aaron's that frequent the comment section however. Regardless, things are pretty well today!
	10:55am John from Florham Park: @Prudy there are times when I don’t want to be among people, not because I am hard of hearing, it is because I would rather be in my own company, like if I want to be in a library or book store all day I shall, or just spend the whole day in my room listening to this station or music in general
	♥ 10:55am Passaic River Blues: @Booz: word.
	10:56am John from Florham Park: @aaron ouch sorry about that, guess I need a score card at times:)
	10:56am John from Florham Park: @PRB double word for the long rally
	♥ 10:57am Devin B.: Nice!
	♥ 10:57am Passaic River Blues: Jesus, Carl Stone into Kausing Much Damage? Hell yes!
	10:57am Carmichael from Carmichael: Heya Scott and morning zoo.
	10:57am brick layer: konstipated monkeees dooo dooo
	♥ 10:58am Booz: Solid gold whiplash segue.
	♥ 10:59am Mick: That was an attention-getting transition. Great show Scott!
	♥ 11:00am fred: @Passaic River Blues: That's the WFMU effect
	11:00am prudy: there's a difference between voluntary withdrawal from society and a situation where there are no other choices
	♥ 11:02am JtotheK: Great KMD record. Hi Scott, hi everyone.
	♥ 11:07am fred: @prudy: what do you mean?
	♥ 11:08am adampsyche: i think @prudy means jail?
	♥ 11:08am tim from champaign: Howdy Scott and everyone!
	♥ 11:10am coelacanth∅: but jail isn't a withdrawal from society; in fact in the united (police) states it's an enormous part of out society. (more than any other country on the planet)
	♥ 11:11am coelacanth∅: ("our", not "out")
	♥ 11:13am fred: It's kinda weird to me how the US jails so many people yet insists it make them outliers unfit to vote
	11:14am prudy: earlier conversation about hearing loss...in a room full of people chatting and you can't hear anything so you just zone out.
	♥ 11:15am Devin B.: Hprizm!
	♥ 11:15am coelacanth∅: it's big business, the whole catch-22 cycle.
	♥ 11:16am Passaic River Blues: @Fred: it's the issue from the marriage of the profit motive and racism.
	11:17am Listener Gregory: Completely unfamiliar with this Shepp. How did it pass me by at the time?
	♥ 11:18am coelacanth∅: prudy i do that. tests say my perception of frequencies is on the average 17-year-old's level (& i'm a couple score older than that) but i've always had trouble distinguishing voices from each-other. since i was little. it's a brain problem, not a hearing problem. ...and i like just thinking, so i withdraw and just listen to the whole mess.
	♥ 11:19am fred: @prudy: I don't think you're missing much. If it's meaningful, they'll repeat it, with even more thought. You'll miss some wit, but get more meat
	11:20am prudy: I don't find the whole mess very interesting
	♥ 11:22am adampsyche: hell yeah i have this lee perry on vinyl!
	♥ 11:22am Mick: @prudy, i looked back through the thread - so sorry to read about that. hope things go well with treatment/implant
	♥ 11:22am coelacanth∅: i do. enough so that i often record public places or parties; and when i listen to those records later i can then distinguish all the separate conversations.
	♥ 11:23am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy @steve I have a good bit of social anxiety so I don't spend a huge amount of time in any meaningful conversations except for a close few. Probably why I spend so much time on this board. Can interact from the safety of my home office.
	11:23am Listener Gregory: Very few songs can't be improved by the sound of a screaming baby.
	11:24am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: Tripe and broad beans!
	♥ 11:25am tim from champaign: To quote Curtis from Up In Smoke, this Lee Perry will go boogie woogie on your brain!
	♥ 11:26am Phillippe Bastille: Enjoying the show very much today, Scott. Thank you for putting it together.
	11:26am sphere: Man that Lee Perry track was fricking eerie. I always wonder if Timbaland was inspired by Perry when he created Are You That Somebody.
	11:27am prudy: I'm with you Phillippe. But then there are times when I do actually want to participate and can't
	♥ 11:27am adampsyche: my wife hates it when i put on that record
	♥ 11:27am adampsyche: @prudy :/
	♥ 11:27am coelacanth∅: i have a cassette my aunt brought back from ...sri lanka? c.1985 of this beautiful, peaceful music, both sides of a c-40(?) tape, and every few minutes the sound of a crying baby comes in for a minute. somehow it adds to the beauty! ...then at the very end, as the music is fading out the baby is laughing!
	11:30am Z-pulpa: @coelacanth∅, id love to hear that!
	11:30am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: coelacanth∅, a lot of field recordings seem to have incidental background noises along with the musicians, kids playing, someone starting a motorbike. I agree - it's important, and does add something
	♥ 11:30am Phillippe Bastille: coelecanth? Do you still have access to it? Sounds like something to burn on a CD and pass it on. I bet there's a DJ or two on FMU that would play it for us.
	♥ 11:30am Passaic River Blues: @coelacanth: that cassette sounds like it's amazing! The description is also almost like an imaginary episode of "Bodega Pop."
	♥ 11:30am Phillippe Bastille: @prudy I get that.
	♥ 11:34am coelacanth∅: zpulpa -funny you should say that, because i worked some of it into the sound collage i made for our probably-never-going-to-happen tape-trading club! i'll get to you a copy though, if you want. (i want yours too though, when you finish it!)
	♥ 11:37am coelacanth∅: Phillippe i do still have it. my aunt gave my many tapes, back in the day. mostly from indonesia, bali being one of her 2 favorite countries. (traveling was her thing)
	♥ 11:37am Jeff Golick: That's quite a band, behind Shipp. Hello.
	♥ 11:40am coelacanth∅: it's time (passed time) i get to work Thank you Scott! Excellent as always. take care folks
	♥ 11:42am Phillippe Bastille: @coelacanthe I'd love to hear it. Let me know if you ever put it on-line and send me a link!
	11:42am Z-pulpa: @ coelacanth∅, it may just have to happen little by little! Have a good day!
	11:43am mary: Beautiful show
	♥ 11:43am steveo: Summer song! Can the summer schedule be far behind?
	11:45am dan in wisconsin: Pretty killer show today, thank you, Scott
	♥ 11:47am Ken From Hyde Park: Three hours doesn't seem to be enough for a long rally. Thanks, Scott.
	♥ 11:47am Krys O.: Ooh, Olivia is the Music Director. That cassette sounds like something up her alley.
	11:47am Listener Gregory: Stillman plays all the instruments on this record. Knowing this has unfortunately made me doubt whether the drums and reeds are quite in sync.
	11:48am Listener Gregory: But I still like the record.
	♥ 11:48am Scott McDowell: Thank you everyone for jamming with me this morning : )
	♥ 11:49am Krys O.: I'm able to listen today at a decent volume since my co-worker is out today. Riding the volume is one of the perils of listening to WFMU in an open office.
	11:49am Z-pulpa: This has been a lovely and sensitizing show! Thank You Scott.
	11:51am Carmichael: @krys, I have a walled office and a closed door policy.
	11:51am Kevin_Ringwood_ UK: Amazing story to that Opus Minor track. Unpublished at the time, only available now as a limited edition LP direct from a record label/shop in Paris (as far as I can see). Good job finding that, Scott
	11:52am sphere: im in an open office but thank Bog for the Headphones of Awesome.
	♥ 11:52am Mick: amazing show! Thank you, Scott!
	11:52am sphere: thank you Scott.
	♥ 11:52am tim from champaign: Whoa, one can easily get lost in this song. Thanks for the great jams Scott! At the risk of a collective groan I'll quote Tom Petty and say "you're jammin' me".
	11:52am βrian: Coming up on the Drummer Stream, if you're so inclined: 100% Whatever with Mary Wing: wfmu.org...
	♥ 11:55am Booz: Great show and thoughtful board, thanks Scott & Rallizes
	♥ 11:56am steveo: thanks, Scott; very enjoyable show
	11:57am doncaballero: Great show, as always, Thanks Scott!
	♥ 11:57am Passaic River Blues: Thank you, Scott.
	11:58am βrian: Yes, indeed, Scott. A really great show.
	♥ 11:59am adampsyche: thanks scott!

The Long Rally with Scott McDowell: Playlist from May 8, 2019

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