WFMU: Bryce: Playlist from October 16, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 12:03pm Krys O.: Good aftahnoon!
	♥ 12:03pm Handy Haversack: Bryce and all the Marbles! Hello!
	♥ 12:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: No coughing, please. The show has started.
	♥ 12:04pm David (in London): Afternoon Brycicles.
	12:04pm adrian elaine: Good day!
	♥ 12:05pm chresti: Good morning to afternoon Bryce and marble heads!
	♥ 12:05pm Bryce: hi, all y'all!
	♥ 12:06pm Rory: Hey Bryce, skeletons, and fellow listeners!
	♥ 12:07pm Yes: hallo
	♥ 12:08pm Rev. Turnip Druid: THAT is one hell of an ampersand.
	12:10pm ami ad: Hello DJ. Hello all. It's Friday.
	♥ 12:10pm Handy Haversack: These would be good sounds to be out among the sparrows with ... but they work pretty dang well with the rain outside the window, too.
	12:16pm ?: I was ready to Raga Against the Machine [TM]...
	♥ 12:19pm Ken From Hyde Park: Some days you raga against the machine. Some days you are the machine.
	♥ 12:20pm Handy Haversack: Beep. Boop. Beep.
	♥ 12:20pm Ike: Someday a real rain will come and wash all the commercial radio scum off the streets!
	♥ 12:20pm tim from champaign (now washington): I was hoping for Jazz Boogie Friday but these sounds are mighty fine.
	♥ 12:25pm Handy Haversack: JA got you all hotted up, tim! (And deservedly so!)
	♥ 12:25pm Carmichael: My first, last and ONLY Skype meeting of the day is over! Time to drone ....
	♥ 12:26pm Bryce: starting november, this show will transition to an all chicago blues format. thank you in advance for your support.
	♥ 12:28pm Carmichael: I was hoping for "DroneVember", where it's a different frequency each hour.
	♥ 12:29pm Rory: I was really hoping for a 3 hour Christian Metal show! Darn... always next year.
	♥ 12:31pm tim from champaign (now washington): @Bryce - you lead the way and I'll follow.I've got my Summer Blues Fest loaded dice fanny pack and Hawaiin shirt ready to go.
	♥ 12:38pm Ken From Hyde Park: Keeping up with the Kashkashian.
	♥ 12:38pm Andrew_in_WI: My local NPR station actually has a weekly Chicago blues show
	♥ 12:38pm Bryce: damn it!
	♥ 12:40pm Carmichael: Liz Berg's old college station KDVS has a Prog Rock show every Saturday afternoon. Pretty cool stuff, if you're a prog head like me.
	♥ 12:40pm zopa: My apologies for the paucity of my pledge, Bryce. SMK and Mtt were really desperate. I will endeavour to stave off the transition to all blues as best as I can. Which is to say.... don't change anything. You are perfect just as you are.
	♥ 12:42pm Andrew_in_WI: The Blue Side with Mary Flynn www.wpr.org...
	♥ 12:43pm Passaic River Blues: I love all the Sardinian shit Bryce plays. Every single second of it--it's been such a revelation.
	♥ 12:44pm tim from champaign (now washington): I like the turn this set has taken.
	♥ 12:44pm phoboken: Loving this on this dreary NJ afternoon!
	♥ 12:45pm tim from champaign (now washington): Me too, Passaic! I can't wait until I find some Sardinian records in the wild.
	♥ 12:45pm Rory: Wow! This track!
	♥ 12:46pm Passaic River Blues: @Tim: word! It's like Breton stuff gone darker and more gothic. Fully on board.
	♥ 12:48pm coelacanth∅: hello
	♥ 12:54pm Bryce: hey, c!
	12:54pm ami ad: hello
	♥ 12:56pm Handy Haversack: Blargh. Had just settled into a routine of going to hear to Greek gangster folk every week around the corner from my apt. when that stopped being an option. Heavy nostalgia wave here.
	♥ 12:58pm Carmichael: I saw Taraf de Haïdouks about 10 years ago, with Bireli Legrene opening. Astonishing night.
	♥ 12:59pm tim from champaign (now washington): Any of yous check out Xylouris White? That's one of my current favorites.
	1:03pm Layet Johnson: Today’s show is amazing!! Thanks Bryce.
	♥ 1:08pm βrian: Faster, faster!
	♥ 1:09pm βrian: !!!
	♥ 1:10pm tim from champaign (now washington): I love the Louis Prima like vocal stylings
	♥ 1:10pm chris: bad kitty. no stop rekkid. hi, Bryce and folks.
	♥ 1:11pm Tome: nice !<>! only wish I had some of that homemade plum brandy now !<> !
	♥ 1:14pm Handy Haversack: chris! Your avatar is going to need to put some mustard on it to keep up with this music!
	♥ 1:14pm chris: Buster's slackin.
	♥ 1:16pm Justin B.: Pass the slivovitz
	1:17pm WM: Keeping in mind that it's almost always a bad idea to generalize about any music or art, how would you characterize the music you have been playing on this show and how did you get interested in it in the first place? It seems somewhat out of character from your usual interests.
	♥ 1:18pm βrian: Wouldn't want to meet that tuba player in a dark alley.
	♥ 1:21pm zopa: @Justin B.: Ha! You just brought back memories of my former father-in-law. It's said he came from a family of Slovakian horse thieves!
	♥ 1:24pm Heidee: That Balkan music is hot!
	♥ 1:26pm Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	♥ 1:27pm Bryce: hi, wm! i think when you posted, we were in romania for a bit ps. you'd be surprised — i actually love to explore traditional music, just may have not gone on an excursion recently!
	♥ 1:27pm Heidee: Ea indeed!
	1:28pm Barba Yiorgi: yia sou Petro Louka Halkia me ya orea sou!!
	1:29pm Barba Yiorgi: Greek soul cooking
	♥ 1:29pm Justin B.: @zopa that is some excellent family lore
	♥ 1:29pm Jason from Houston: ꒰｡•‿•｡꒱
	♥ 1:33pm Handy Haversack: Barba Yiorgi! I was just filled with missing Troost and the monthly shows there. Loving the tunes, Bryce.
	♥ 1:35pm Krys O.: Found out recently that my dad was born in a disputed area that was technically Lithuania, but was annexed by Poland when my pop was born almost 100 years ago, then it was annexed by the Soviets into the Belorussian & Lithuanian satellites.
	♥ 1:45pm Heidee: Hi Krys O., there has been a very turbulent history in those parts. You have all my respect of your cultural heritage!
	♥ 1:47pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	1:47pm WM: So... Southeaster European traditional music. I'm completely unfamiliar with the sound. I should have learned by now not to be surprised by any music you play, Bryce.
	1:48pm sphere: hullo
	1:48pm WM: So... Southeaster European traditional music. I'm completely unfamiliar with the sound. I should have learned by now not to be surprised by any music you play, Bryce.
	1:48pm WM: Sorry for the repeat...
	1:49pm sphere: @ Krys O - That's some seriously disputed territory.
	♥ 1:50pm Bryce: yes! i really, really love music from that area. if you were digging it, "Taraf de Haïdouks" is a really nice jumping off point. they're a sort of virtuosic super group and have a bunch of CDs!
	♥ 1:52pm Handy Haversack: Thanks for the tip, Bryce! Hey, sphere.
	1:52pm sphere: hey handy :) have you all heard that recent Azerbaijani Guitara album, featuring the late Rüstəm Quliyev? it is really good.
	1:55pm Barba Yiorgi: hey Handy! I second the motion re Taraf De Haidouks. Amazing stuff
	♥ 1:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: @Krys O - Now you'll have at least five different agencies looking for back taxes.
	♥ 2:01pm Michael 98145: My peeps left Slovakia when it was still Hungary and hungry
	♥ 2:02pm YETI BOB: Michael - same here. I remember my grandmother talking about the Kaiser.
	♥ 2:03pm YETI BOB: Austro-Hungary ... they were forced to learn German in school ... she didn't like it.
	♥ 2:03pm Michael 98145: As has been noted, Central Europe was not a happy place
	♥ 2:05pm YETI BOB: Moravské Lieskové, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia. I only recently found the name of the place, from church baptism records. I haven't been there but would love to visit sometime, once travel is OK.
	♥ 2:07pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ꒰⁎❛⃘ੌ ᵕ ❛⃘⁎꒱
	♥ 2:07pm Jason from Houston: Stunning...
	2:08pm sphere: My mother's side were Hungarian Jews. Many of them didn't make it through WWII.
	♥ 2:10pm Michael 98145: i could use some good stuffed cabbage right now
	♥ 2:13pm YETI BOB: Kapusta!
	♥ 2:13pm Rory: Some Jalapeño poppers and Beer would hit the spot right about now...
	♥ 2:14pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	♥ 2:14pm Handy Haversack: I live in a still heavily Polish neighborhood. There is some seriously good food here. Even for a vegetarian!
	♥ 2:15pm Handy Haversack: Though I am also immediately going with what Rory said!
	2:15pm listener monica: by coincidence I made goulash last night...
	♥ 2:16pm Heidee: My papa was Hungarian and I am proud of it.
	♥ 2:17pm chris: no wonder i like this piece so much: Jack Rose. friggin' miracle worker.
	♥ 2:17pm captain beef fart: stuffed cabbage, jalapeño poppers, beer... making me Hungary ...I'll see myself out.
	♥ 2:18pm People Like Us: this is very nice
	♥ 2:18pm YETI BOB: Division St in Chicago was once called the "Polish Broadway". And we still have "Ukrainian Village" and "Polish Triangle". Lots of good food in my 'hood. :)
	♥ 2:20pm Michael 98145: Plus the great Polish Museum of America
	♥ 2:20pm YETI BOB: Absolutely love this "Wooden Guitar" set. Too bad Locust Records went under. I also wish Tompkins Square had issued more of the Imaginational Anthem series on LP, they are sooooo good.
	♥ 2:21pm Ken From Hyde Park: My dear mother's side came over from Poland. I should ask her if she knows more about the specifics.
	2:24pm Baker: Great schtuph as usual, young man!!
	♥ 2:24pm Michael 98145: @Ken, yes! All those memories are gone too soon.
	♥ 2:28pm Handy Haversack: Oh WOW, do I ever want to hear Bryce's drive-time show!
	2:28pm garlic lover:
	♥ 2:29pm Michael 98145: said the magic word: garlic
	♥ 2:29pm Bryce: @hh CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'RE THE 91st CALLER!!!!!!
	♥ 2:30pm chresti: Yay hhandy!
	♥ 2:31pm Krys O.: The area was the Wilno Voivoideship aka The Central Republic of Lithuania. It was all part of the great Polish-Lithuanian Republic back in the 17th-18th centuries though. My dad's baby sister was raised in Belarus and only spoke Russian. When my dad passed nine years ago, I had to ask a friend to translate a letter into Russian to notify her. Two of my uncles were executed in Siberia during WWII too. The music my dad played was influenced heavily by gypsy and tango styles.
	♥ 2:33pm Michael 98145: Thanks again for your shows, Bryce
	♥ 2:34pm Krys O.: @Heidee: I love learning about Hungarian history. It's fascinating. I recently watched a Hungarian film and a Czech film and I could pick up some of the words with the Slavic roots.
	2:35pm mb: Bryce Bryce! People People!
	♥ 2:35pm Handy Haversack: I knew that with persistence and a little luck, I'd make it! Can I just say "I love SMOOTH 91, home of Brycer and the GAMELANADINGDONGS!"
	♥ 2:36pm Bryce: air horn sound effect
	♥ 2:36pm chris: hey, mb!
	♥ 2:37pm Rory: mb in the house!
	♥ 2:37pm Bryce: hello!
	♥ 2:37pm Ken From Hyde Park: If you kind of cross your eyes and stare, this track sounds raga-ish.
	♥ 2:37pm zopa: I've spent most of the show driving around Slovakia via google maps. excellent sounds for the virtual tour.
	♥ 2:38pm stefica: I feel specifically targeted by all the Roma music. Thank you!
	♥ 2:38pm coelacanth∅: reminded me of Jessica Moss
	♥ 2:38pm Krys O.: During the 70s, letters from my aunt and uncle in Belarus would be heavily redacted. Back then any talk of my parents going back there would be quashed because the Soviets would likely claim my father. The 'rents didn't become U.S. citizens until the 1980s. Mom is still alive at 94, but she has late-state dementia. Her folks were from Central Poland, Kielce Voivodeship.
	2:38pm mic_a: A rare live yap here. (Thanks always, Bryce & Skeletons.) There's a lot of material about Central Europe in Ben Katchor's odd new (non-comix) book, "The Dairy Restaurant." Its organization is kind of wandering, but the information is vast.
	♥ 2:39pm Handy Haversack: Krys O., do you know the poet Paul Celan? I think about his story a lot. His home city was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire just two years before he was born but was part of the Kingdom of Romania. The Red Army invaded in WWII but "repatriated" the German speakers. Then Romania switched allegiance to the Axis and took it over again. They ghettoized and enslaved the Jewish population and later deported to other camps those that survived. When the war ended, Celan's whole family had died in the camps, and his home town was a part of the Soviet Union. Still a cultural center of Ukraine now. He went to Paris and lived and died there.
	♥ 2:40pm Bryce: @stefica hahaaaaa! :) [bugs bunny voice] ehhhhhh could be
	♥ 2:40pm Bryce: wow, thanks, mic_a! i'll keep my eyes peeled for that!
	♥ 2:42pm Bryce: oh no, i botched my timing on this. may be too close to the end of the show to thank everyone. but thank you so, so much, if you've been able to toss the station a little bone during our mid-term push. it REALLY makes a difference this time of year, this year especially. much love to you all!!!
	♥ 2:43pm Michael 98145: this is just about the only station some of us listen to
	♥ 2:45pm chresti: My cousin's father is Hungarian Jew who, with his mother, managed to escape prison camp, he was around 12 and managed to charm someone in charge with his drawing abilities, I forget exactly how, but that somehow earned he and his mother a way to escape death.
	♥ 2:45pm Krys O.: @Handy: I hadn't heard of him, but the story sounds very familiar. My father had relatives who emigrated to points across the globe too. Several ended up in Argentina. I have cousins there that speak Spanish and sing the Polish birthday song too.
	♥ 2:46pm Michael 98145: speaking of pickles, there is a grim book, The Vanquished by Robert Gerwarth, that describes how the ruins of Europe after WWI led to the following war ...
	2:47pm David in London: Can we continue listening to this for the six days please?
	♥ 2:47pm Michael 98145: Sto Lat !
	♥ 2:48pm Handy Haversack: Ha, good call, David. You know, I have not paid the time bill in forever, but they just won't seem to cut it off.
	♥ 2:48pm Krys O.: I recently downloaded a Kindle book Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe by Anne Applebaum. I look forward to reading it soon.
	♥ 2:49pm Heidee: @ Krys O., that's nice. Multi-culti, what could be better.
	♥ 2:50pm Krys O.: As always, many thanks, Bryce and everyone. This music, your expansive knowledge and kind hearts are a blessing.
	♥ 2:52pm Handy Haversack: Celan wrote in German but was very conscious of the atrocities done in the language, and most of his poetry is caught in that struggle. A poem by Celan was very important in my and Kate's wooing and then was my vows when we ended up having to get married (for insurance reasons). Also: Thanks, Bryce! What a great show today! Top to bottom and all the creamy middle, too! Thanks so much to you and your Skeletons and everyone. Friday is really bringing it on WFMU this week. Be well, all!
	2:52pm sam: thanks bryce. excellent sounds
	♥ 2:54pm chresti: Thanks Bryce!
	2:56pm David in London: Krys, if you don’t already know his work, you might enjoy Patrick Leigh Fermor. He was a born irregular who walked across Europe in the 1930s and wrote the experience up later in a trilogy of books. Someone once described him as a combination of Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene. I found them utterly charming.
	2:56pm David in London: Thanks Bryce. A real trip.
	2:56pm P-90: What would Friday afternoons be without Bryce to shuffle our crystals?
	♥ 2:56pm Bryce: thanks to alla yous!!! so blessed to have this weekly moment to ground myself firmly in the ether with you fine folks.
	♥ 2:56pm chris: thanks, Bryce!
	♥ 2:57pm Rory: Thanks Bryce!
	♥ 2:59pm zopa: Ďakujem!
	♥ 3:01pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	♥ 3:11pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Bryce Brilliant, as always ...even Brillianter than always!
	7:00pm Krzysztof: So amazing you revisited Labë Country album and Efisio Melis! Back in 2009 I was continuously listening to your show from my Friday work and learned about this stuff for the first time, so good memories. Thank you, Bryce!

Bryce: Playlist from October 16, 2020

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October 16, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Jonathan Coleclough & Murmer	Freon	Husk	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Cody Yantis	At an Angle "At an Angle" by "Cody Yantis"	Place & Distance	0:15:06 (Pop-up)
Andrea Belfi	Simile al Nero A "Simile al Nero A" by "Andrea Belfi"	Qualcosa di Simile al Nero	0:21:59 (Pop-up)
Vincenzo Ferrara, Pietro Vallone, Vito D'Angelo	Novena di Natale	Voci	0:33:06 (Pop-up)
Efisio Melis	Madiana in Re "Madiana in Re" by "Efisio Melis"	Les Launeddas en Sardaigne	0:35:37 (Pop-up)
Stoian Petrov	Bagpipe Solo "Bagpipe Solo" by "Stoian Petrov"	Bulgaria	0:40:15 (Pop-up)
Arap Celoleskaj, Fatbardha Brahimi, Nazif Celaj, & Nikolin Likaj	N’ato penxhere t’ergjendta	Albania: Labë Country	0:44:50 (Pop-up)
Arap Celoleskaj, Fatbardha Brahimi, Nazif Celaj, & Nikolin Likaj	Moj bonjakja pa mama	Albania: Labë Country	0:48:17 (Pop-up)
Taraf de Haïdouks	Dragoste de la Clejani	Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts	0:51:22 (Pop-up)
Tony Iordache	Într-o Joi De Dimineață	Sounds From a Bygone Age, vol. 4	1:02:53 (Pop-up)
Tony Iordache	Foaie Verde Și-o Crăiță	Sounds From a Bygone Age, vol. 4	1:08:46 (Pop-up)
Fanfare Ciocărlia	Ciocărlia "Ciocărlia" by "Fanfare Ciocărlia"	Romania: Wild Sounds From Transylvania, Wallachia & Moldavia	1:12:05 (Pop-up)
Taraf Mociu	Horea Oilor "Horea Oilor" by "Taraf Mociu"	Romania: Wild Sounds From Transylvania, Wallachia & Moldavia	1:15:01 (Pop-up)
Petro-Loukas Chalkias & Kompania	Improvisation In Dialogue	Greece / Epirus	1:18:34 (Pop-up)
Ali Ekber Çiçek	Ondört Bin Yıl Gezdim Pervanelikte	Turkey: Bektashi Music. Ashik Songs	1:30:09 (Pop-up)

Dariush Dolat-Shahi	Improvisation on Tar 1	The Third Eye	1:40:55 (Pop-up)
Alexander Turnquist	Standing at the Entrance of a Hidden City	Imaginational Anthem, vol. 5	2:04:49 (Pop-up)
Jack Rose	Tree in the Valley "Tree in the Valley" by "Jack Rose"	Luck in the Valley	2:10:15 (Pop-up)
Steffen Basho-Junghans	Smiling Penguins	Wooden Guitar	2:16:24 (Pop-up)

Louise Landes Levi, Timo van Luijk, Bart De Paepe	New Melancholy	Kami	2:25:37 (Pop-up)
Af Ursin	Capsule detachée "Capsule detachée" by "Af Ursin"	Aura Legato	2:35:29 (Pop-up)
Timo van Luijk & Mark Harwood	Crystal Shuffle	Vang Circular	2:50:32 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 12:03pm Krys O.: Good aftahnoon!
	♥ 12:03pm Handy Haversack: Bryce and all the Marbles! Hello!
	♥ 12:03pm Ken From Hyde Park: No coughing, please. The show has started.
	♥ 12:04pm David (in London): Afternoon Brycicles.
	12:04pm adrian elaine: Good day!
	♥ 12:05pm chresti: Good morning to afternoon Bryce and marble heads!
	♥ 12:05pm Bryce: hi, all y'all!
	♥ 12:06pm Rory: Hey Bryce, skeletons, and fellow listeners!
	♥ 12:07pm Yes: hallo
	♥ 12:08pm Rev. Turnip Druid: THAT is one hell of an ampersand.
	12:10pm ami ad: Hello DJ. Hello all. It's Friday.
	♥ 12:10pm Handy Haversack: These would be good sounds to be out among the sparrows with ... but they work pretty dang well with the rain outside the window, too.
	12:16pm ?: I was ready to Raga Against the Machine [TM]...
	♥ 12:19pm Ken From Hyde Park: Some days you raga against the machine. Some days you are the machine.
	♥ 12:20pm Handy Haversack: Beep. Boop. Beep.
	♥ 12:20pm Ike: Someday a real rain will come and wash all the commercial radio scum off the streets!
	♥ 12:20pm tim from champaign (now washington): I was hoping for Jazz Boogie Friday but these sounds are mighty fine.
	♥ 12:25pm Handy Haversack: JA got you all hotted up, tim! (And deservedly so!)
	♥ 12:25pm Carmichael: My first, last and ONLY Skype meeting of the day is over! Time to drone ....
	♥ 12:26pm Bryce: starting november, this show will transition to an all chicago blues format. thank you in advance for your support.
	♥ 12:28pm Carmichael: I was hoping for "DroneVember", where it's a different frequency each hour.
	♥ 12:29pm Rory: I was really hoping for a 3 hour Christian Metal show! Darn... always next year.
	♥ 12:31pm tim from champaign (now washington): @Bryce - you lead the way and I'll follow.I've got my Summer Blues Fest loaded dice fanny pack and Hawaiin shirt ready to go.
	♥ 12:38pm Ken From Hyde Park: Keeping up with the Kashkashian.
	♥ 12:38pm Andrew_in_WI: My local NPR station actually has a weekly Chicago blues show
	♥ 12:38pm Bryce: damn it!
	♥ 12:40pm Carmichael: Liz Berg's old college station KDVS has a Prog Rock show every Saturday afternoon. Pretty cool stuff, if you're a prog head like me.
	♥ 12:40pm zopa: My apologies for the paucity of my pledge, Bryce. SMK and Mtt were really desperate. I will endeavour to stave off the transition to all blues as best as I can. Which is to say.... don't change anything. You are perfect just as you are.
	♥ 12:42pm Andrew_in_WI: The Blue Side with Mary Flynn www.wpr.org...
	♥ 12:43pm Passaic River Blues: I love all the Sardinian shit Bryce plays. Every single second of it--it's been such a revelation.
	♥ 12:44pm tim from champaign (now washington): I like the turn this set has taken.
	♥ 12:44pm phoboken: Loving this on this dreary NJ afternoon!
	♥ 12:45pm tim from champaign (now washington): Me too, Passaic! I can't wait until I find some Sardinian records in the wild.
	♥ 12:45pm Rory: Wow! This track!
	♥ 12:46pm Passaic River Blues: @Tim: word! It's like Breton stuff gone darker and more gothic. Fully on board.
	♥ 12:48pm coelacanth∅: hello
	♥ 12:54pm Bryce: hey, c!
	12:54pm ami ad: hello
	♥ 12:56pm Handy Haversack: Blargh. Had just settled into a routine of going to hear to Greek gangster folk every week around the corner from my apt. when that stopped being an option. Heavy nostalgia wave here.
	♥ 12:58pm Carmichael: I saw Taraf de Haïdouks about 10 years ago, with Bireli Legrene opening. Astonishing night.
	♥ 12:59pm tim from champaign (now washington): Any of yous check out Xylouris White? That's one of my current favorites.
	1:03pm Layet Johnson: Today’s show is amazing!! Thanks Bryce.
	♥ 1:08pm βrian: Faster, faster!
	♥ 1:09pm βrian: !!!
	♥ 1:10pm tim from champaign (now washington): I love the Louis Prima like vocal stylings
	♥ 1:10pm chris: bad kitty. no stop rekkid. hi, Bryce and folks.
	♥ 1:11pm Tome: nice !<>! only wish I had some of that homemade plum brandy now !<> !
	♥ 1:14pm Handy Haversack: chris! Your avatar is going to need to put some mustard on it to keep up with this music!
	♥ 1:14pm chris: Buster's slackin.
	♥ 1:16pm Justin B.: Pass the slivovitz
	1:17pm WM: Keeping in mind that it's almost always a bad idea to generalize about any music or art, how would you characterize the music you have been playing on this show and how did you get interested in it in the first place? It seems somewhat out of character from your usual interests.
	♥ 1:18pm βrian: Wouldn't want to meet that tuba player in a dark alley.
	♥ 1:21pm zopa: @Justin B.: Ha! You just brought back memories of my former father-in-law. It's said he came from a family of Slovakian horse thieves!
	♥ 1:24pm Heidee: That Balkan music is hot!
	♥ 1:26pm Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	♥ 1:27pm Bryce: hi, wm! i think when you posted, we were in romania for a bit ps. you'd be surprised — i actually love to explore traditional music, just may have not gone on an excursion recently!
	♥ 1:27pm Heidee: Ea indeed!
	1:28pm Barba Yiorgi: yia sou Petro Louka Halkia me ya orea sou!!
	1:29pm Barba Yiorgi: Greek soul cooking
	♥ 1:29pm Justin B.: @zopa that is some excellent family lore
	♥ 1:29pm Jason from Houston: ꒰｡•‿•｡꒱
	♥ 1:33pm Handy Haversack: Barba Yiorgi! I was just filled with missing Troost and the monthly shows there. Loving the tunes, Bryce.
	♥ 1:35pm Krys O.: Found out recently that my dad was born in a disputed area that was technically Lithuania, but was annexed by Poland when my pop was born almost 100 years ago, then it was annexed by the Soviets into the Belorussian & Lithuanian satellites.
	♥ 1:45pm Heidee: Hi Krys O., there has been a very turbulent history in those parts. You have all my respect of your cultural heritage!
	♥ 1:47pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	1:47pm WM: So... Southeaster European traditional music. I'm completely unfamiliar with the sound. I should have learned by now not to be surprised by any music you play, Bryce.
	1:48pm sphere: hullo
	1:48pm WM: So... Southeaster European traditional music. I'm completely unfamiliar with the sound. I should have learned by now not to be surprised by any music you play, Bryce.
	1:48pm WM: Sorry for the repeat...
	1:49pm sphere: @ Krys O - That's some seriously disputed territory.
	♥ 1:50pm Bryce: yes! i really, really love music from that area. if you were digging it, "Taraf de Haïdouks" is a really nice jumping off point. they're a sort of virtuosic super group and have a bunch of CDs!
	♥ 1:52pm Handy Haversack: Thanks for the tip, Bryce! Hey, sphere.
	1:52pm sphere: hey handy :) have you all heard that recent Azerbaijani Guitara album, featuring the late Rüstəm Quliyev? it is really good.
	1:55pm Barba Yiorgi: hey Handy! I second the motion re Taraf De Haidouks. Amazing stuff
	♥ 1:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: @Krys O - Now you'll have at least five different agencies looking for back taxes.
	♥ 2:01pm Michael 98145: My peeps left Slovakia when it was still Hungary and hungry
	♥ 2:02pm YETI BOB: Michael - same here. I remember my grandmother talking about the Kaiser.
	♥ 2:03pm YETI BOB: Austro-Hungary ... they were forced to learn German in school ... she didn't like it.
	♥ 2:03pm Michael 98145: As has been noted, Central Europe was not a happy place
	♥ 2:05pm YETI BOB: Moravské Lieskové, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia. I only recently found the name of the place, from church baptism records. I haven't been there but would love to visit sometime, once travel is OK.
	♥ 2:07pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ꒰⁎❛⃘ੌ ᵕ ❛⃘⁎꒱
	♥ 2:07pm Jason from Houston: Stunning...
	2:08pm sphere: My mother's side were Hungarian Jews. Many of them didn't make it through WWII.
	♥ 2:10pm Michael 98145: i could use some good stuffed cabbage right now
	♥ 2:13pm YETI BOB: Kapusta!
	♥ 2:13pm Rory: Some Jalapeño poppers and Beer would hit the spot right about now...
	♥ 2:14pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	♥ 2:14pm Handy Haversack: I live in a still heavily Polish neighborhood. There is some seriously good food here. Even for a vegetarian!
	♥ 2:15pm Handy Haversack: Though I am also immediately going with what Rory said!
	2:15pm listener monica: by coincidence I made goulash last night...
	♥ 2:16pm Heidee: My papa was Hungarian and I am proud of it.
	♥ 2:17pm chris: no wonder i like this piece so much: Jack Rose. friggin' miracle worker.
	♥ 2:17pm captain beef fart: stuffed cabbage, jalapeño poppers, beer... making me Hungary ...I'll see myself out.
	♥ 2:18pm People Like Us: this is very nice
	♥ 2:18pm YETI BOB: Division St in Chicago was once called the "Polish Broadway". And we still have "Ukrainian Village" and "Polish Triangle". Lots of good food in my 'hood. :)
	♥ 2:20pm Michael 98145: Plus the great Polish Museum of America
	♥ 2:20pm YETI BOB: Absolutely love this "Wooden Guitar" set. Too bad Locust Records went under. I also wish Tompkins Square had issued more of the Imaginational Anthem series on LP, they are sooooo good.
	♥ 2:21pm Ken From Hyde Park: My dear mother's side came over from Poland. I should ask her if she knows more about the specifics.
	2:24pm Baker: Great schtuph as usual, young man!!
	♥ 2:24pm Michael 98145: @Ken, yes! All those memories are gone too soon.
	♥ 2:28pm Handy Haversack: Oh WOW, do I ever want to hear Bryce's drive-time show!
	2:28pm garlic lover:
	♥ 2:29pm Michael 98145: said the magic word: garlic
	♥ 2:29pm Bryce: @hh CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'RE THE 91st CALLER!!!!!!
	♥ 2:30pm chresti: Yay hhandy!
	♥ 2:31pm Krys O.: The area was the Wilno Voivoideship aka The Central Republic of Lithuania. It was all part of the great Polish-Lithuanian Republic back in the 17th-18th centuries though. My dad's baby sister was raised in Belarus and only spoke Russian. When my dad passed nine years ago, I had to ask a friend to translate a letter into Russian to notify her. Two of my uncles were executed in Siberia during WWII too. The music my dad played was influenced heavily by gypsy and tango styles.
	♥ 2:33pm Michael 98145: Thanks again for your shows, Bryce
	♥ 2:34pm Krys O.: @Heidee: I love learning about Hungarian history. It's fascinating. I recently watched a Hungarian film and a Czech film and I could pick up some of the words with the Slavic roots.
	2:35pm mb: Bryce Bryce! People People!
	♥ 2:35pm Handy Haversack: I knew that with persistence and a little luck, I'd make it! Can I just say "I love SMOOTH 91, home of Brycer and the GAMELANADINGDONGS!"
	♥ 2:36pm Bryce: air horn sound effect
	♥ 2:36pm chris: hey, mb!
	♥ 2:37pm Rory: mb in the house!
	♥ 2:37pm Bryce: hello!
	♥ 2:37pm Ken From Hyde Park: If you kind of cross your eyes and stare, this track sounds raga-ish.
	♥ 2:37pm zopa: I've spent most of the show driving around Slovakia via google maps. excellent sounds for the virtual tour.
	♥ 2:38pm stefica: I feel specifically targeted by all the Roma music. Thank you!
	♥ 2:38pm coelacanth∅: reminded me of Jessica Moss
	♥ 2:38pm Krys O.: During the 70s, letters from my aunt and uncle in Belarus would be heavily redacted. Back then any talk of my parents going back there would be quashed because the Soviets would likely claim my father. The 'rents didn't become U.S. citizens until the 1980s. Mom is still alive at 94, but she has late-state dementia. Her folks were from Central Poland, Kielce Voivodeship.
	2:38pm mic_a: A rare live yap here. (Thanks always, Bryce & Skeletons.) There's a lot of material about Central Europe in Ben Katchor's odd new (non-comix) book, "The Dairy Restaurant." Its organization is kind of wandering, but the information is vast.
	♥ 2:39pm Handy Haversack: Krys O., do you know the poet Paul Celan? I think about his story a lot. His home city was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire just two years before he was born but was part of the Kingdom of Romania. The Red Army invaded in WWII but "repatriated" the German speakers. Then Romania switched allegiance to the Axis and took it over again. They ghettoized and enslaved the Jewish population and later deported to other camps those that survived. When the war ended, Celan's whole family had died in the camps, and his home town was a part of the Soviet Union. Still a cultural center of Ukraine now. He went to Paris and lived and died there.
	♥ 2:40pm Bryce: @stefica hahaaaaa! :) [bugs bunny voice] ehhhhhh could be
	♥ 2:40pm Bryce: wow, thanks, mic_a! i'll keep my eyes peeled for that!
	♥ 2:42pm Bryce: oh no, i botched my timing on this. may be too close to the end of the show to thank everyone. but thank you so, so much, if you've been able to toss the station a little bone during our mid-term push. it REALLY makes a difference this time of year, this year especially. much love to you all!!!
	♥ 2:43pm Michael 98145: this is just about the only station some of us listen to
	♥ 2:45pm chresti: My cousin's father is Hungarian Jew who, with his mother, managed to escape prison camp, he was around 12 and managed to charm someone in charge with his drawing abilities, I forget exactly how, but that somehow earned he and his mother a way to escape death.
	♥ 2:45pm Krys O.: @Handy: I hadn't heard of him, but the story sounds very familiar. My father had relatives who emigrated to points across the globe too. Several ended up in Argentina. I have cousins there that speak Spanish and sing the Polish birthday song too.
	♥ 2:46pm Michael 98145: speaking of pickles, there is a grim book, The Vanquished by Robert Gerwarth, that describes how the ruins of Europe after WWI led to the following war ...
	2:47pm David in London: Can we continue listening to this for the six days please?
	♥ 2:47pm Michael 98145: Sto Lat !
	♥ 2:48pm Handy Haversack: Ha, good call, David. You know, I have not paid the time bill in forever, but they just won't seem to cut it off.
	♥ 2:48pm Krys O.: I recently downloaded a Kindle book Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe by Anne Applebaum. I look forward to reading it soon.
	♥ 2:49pm Heidee: @ Krys O., that's nice. Multi-culti, what could be better.
	♥ 2:50pm Krys O.: As always, many thanks, Bryce and everyone. This music, your expansive knowledge and kind hearts are a blessing.
	♥ 2:52pm Handy Haversack: Celan wrote in German but was very conscious of the atrocities done in the language, and most of his poetry is caught in that struggle. A poem by Celan was very important in my and Kate's wooing and then was my vows when we ended up having to get married (for insurance reasons). Also: Thanks, Bryce! What a great show today! Top to bottom and all the creamy middle, too! Thanks so much to you and your Skeletons and everyone. Friday is really bringing it on WFMU this week. Be well, all!
	2:52pm sam: thanks bryce. excellent sounds
	♥ 2:54pm chresti: Thanks Bryce!
	2:56pm David in London: Krys, if you don’t already know his work, you might enjoy Patrick Leigh Fermor. He was a born irregular who walked across Europe in the 1930s and wrote the experience up later in a trilogy of books. Someone once described him as a combination of Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene. I found them utterly charming.
	2:56pm David in London: Thanks Bryce. A real trip.
	2:56pm P-90: What would Friday afternoons be without Bryce to shuffle our crystals?
	♥ 2:56pm Bryce: thanks to alla yous!!! so blessed to have this weekly moment to ground myself firmly in the ether with you fine folks.
	♥ 2:56pm chris: thanks, Bryce!
	♥ 2:57pm Rory: Thanks Bryce!
	♥ 2:59pm zopa: Ďakujem!
	♥ 3:01pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	♥ 3:11pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Bryce Brilliant, as always ...even Brillianter than always!
	7:00pm Krzysztof: So amazing you revisited Labë Country album and Efisio Melis! Back in 2009 I was continuously listening to your show from my Friday work and learned about this stuff for the first time, so good memories. Thank you, Bryce!

Bryce: Playlist from October 16, 2020

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