WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from July 2, 2023

Listener comments!
	⚡ ♥ 2:55am Brian in UK: Quick hello Brian before nipping out for a dog walk.
	⚡ ♥ 3:02am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian, all, wonderfully snotty live rendition of the 15th on yt
	⚡ ♥ 3:03am fred: Good morning Brian and all. I don't agree with that quote, by the way. I'm not much into culture. Art, on the other hand, depletes my bank account on a regular basis
	⚡ ♥ 3:06am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:02 I apologize for ignoring your comment yesterday. I saw it but didn't have anything to say, then it slipped my mind
	♥ 3:06am Brian D: Greetings all. Happy Saturday/Sunday.
	♥ 3:07am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:03 I don't agree with it either. Saw Goddard's "Contempt" yesterday with the missus. It's a line from the film.
	⚡ ♥ 3:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:06 oh, thank you fred
	⚡ ♥ 3:11am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:06 been thinking about my brain dump about israel last week, thanks for your making me consider it more, don't even know if i was accurately relating the book review i saw on democracy now
	⚡ ♥ 3:11am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:07 We had a secretary of culture say the original quote (with "gun" instead of "checkbook"). The guy also posed for pictures in front of a banner reading "burn the fags" before being outed by Act Up. Nasty guy
	⚡ ♥ 3:13am fred: ↳ Song: "Can't Truss It" by "Public Enemy" You should have played that when Truss was in power! Granted, it was a short window
	♥ 3:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:13 If only I were that creative.
	♥ 3:15am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @2:55 Enjoy the walk, sir. Always the highlight of my days.
	♥ 3:15am Ciggy: I'm still "Up"
	⚡ ♥ 3:16am tom tom the pipers son: @brian are most the news clips going to be about scotus this week?
	⚡ ♥ 3:20am tom tom the pipers son: i guess not...
	♥ 3:22am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:16 Just one, Tom Tom.
	⚡ ♥ 3:23am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 I think Brian tries to bring up stories that are not front page news, while not ignoring the big ones
	⚡ ♥ 3:24am tom tom the pipers son: first coverage in ny times, i believe, of migrant boat sinking off greece, two weeks after it happened, guess it wasn't " fit to print".
	⚡ ♥ 3:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:23 yes, that's true
	♥ 3:26am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:23 One night, I'll bore you all with "gatekeeping theory."
	⚡ ♥ 3:26am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:24 Was it more focused on Obama's mentioning it than on the disaster itself?
	⚡ ♥ 3:27am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:26 no it didn't mention obama
	⚡ ♥ 3:29am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:26 As long as you find music that somehow relates to that, I wouldn't mind
	⚡ ♥ 3:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:26 but waitng more than two weeks to publish about the event treats it more like history makes it safer
	♥ 3:32am Ciggy: What about the wildfires What about the smoke What about the locusts What about what about ism
	⚡ ♥ 3:35am fred: ↳ Song: "Koka Kola" by "Clash" Nice choice!
	♥ 3:37am Sprattus Sprattus: Used to think this show is just too much with politics and whatnot but damn if it isn't needed...keep that torch lit, you're awesome and this show rules
	⚡ ♥ 3:40am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian. do you know that yt video of wire's the 15th, i like it more than the album version
	♥ 3:40am Sprattus Sprattus: I'm still drunk from a night of clubbing I should shut up whatever world is constantly steering of its tracks its important to know where it was just a minute ago damn
	♥ 3:41am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:40 I don't actually. I'll check it out.
	♥ 3:42am Brian D: ↳ Sprattus Sprattus @3:40 Don't shut up, Sprattus. Glad to have you. Hope you had fun.
	⚡ ♥ 3:42am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:41 its from a rockpalast show
	⚡ ♥ 3:46am fred: Good like Brigitte Bardot? Please, she's a neo-nazi, not sure about the "neo" part
	⚡ 3:47am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian and all the chatboard criowd! I missed last week, was at thhe cabin recovering with friends from a good but somehow heavy midsummer weekend.
	⚡ ♥ 3:48am tom tom the pipers son: hi don!
	♥ 3:48am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:46 Yeah, not so neo anymore.
	♥ 3:48am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:47 Don!
	⚡ ♥ 3:57am tom tom the pipers son: think i read they're aphids
	⚡ 3:58am Don in Tampere: BTW, fred already knows this from Lamentations yesterday, but I took a big and unexpected life step this past week by agreeing to buy a wood house just down the atreet from where I'm renting. I'd been planning to return to Frankfurt next year, but now it looks like I'll be in the Pispala scene for the long haul.
	⚡ ♥ 3:58am fred: I thought "I am the fly" was a reference to Pence running for president
	♥ 3:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:57 Is that it? I know little about bugs.
	♥ 4:02am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:58 I've not been to Finland, Don, but from what I've seen and heard, there are worse places. Congrats!
	⚡ 4:02am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @3:59 I only know that the mosquitos found me especially delicious last weekend
	♥ 4:03am JohnEBGood: Have a meet and greet with are tiny visitors. Share a Koka Kola!! Whooo hoooooo!! Happy birthday weekend USA : )
	⚡ ♥ 4:03am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:59 saw an image w/ caption in times but did read article
	♥ 4:03am Sprattus Sprattus: ↳ Brian D @3:42 Fun was had and I have faint memories of karaoke-ing White Rabbit and some Gen Z peeps were sayin they was weirded out by the song because "the lyrics don't make sense" go figure haha. I pointed out from the screen it's made in 67 but I doubt they took it as any sort of explanation
	⚡ ♥ 4:04am fred: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:58 Someday this house will be a banjo museum
	⚡ 4:06am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @4:02 I'm a little scared of the current government but I am not sure they will last the whole 4 years; the backlash has already set it. Between a perfect house, the music scene here (far more interesting than what I found in Frankfurt), the beautiful summers and winters (APril and May kind of suck), and the best friend I ever had made this seem like the place to stay. I will continue to miss my Frankfurt friends, and jam sessions under the apple trees at my friend's cider farm
	⚡ ♥ 4:08am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Clip: FOX2-SF-Supreme Court ruling in web designe... coverage on democracy now about this... such a shoddy case to be before supreme court . the woman who brought it doesn't even have any customers to be rejecting. just christian right bullying
	♥ 4:08am Brian D: ↳ Sprattus Sprattus @4:03 Go ask Alice...
	♥ 4:09am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:08 Worse, as you'll see from the link next to the item, the request was also BS.
	⚡ ♥ 4:15am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:09 oh yes, d. n. did cover that also. shows that court is not checking facts, just idealogical robots six of them
	⚡ ♥ 4:17am fred: Been a long time coming. I got into an argument with my father (an unashamed communist) over how we've been telling Arabs to keep quiet and wait their turn for three generations. And counting. A personal anecdote: a coworker years ago was harassed almost every day by the same cops, demanding proof of a residency permit (she was French, but Arab). We got into the scheme of going for lunch together and holding hands when cops showed up (that worked, wouldn't today because she was happily married and random social media pics would be trouble now)
	⚡ ♥ 4:21am Michael of Cologne: Good morning Brian & all, looking forward to a program full of suspense!
	⚡ ♥ 4:24am tom tom the pipers son: hi michael
	⚡ ♥ 4:24am Heidee: Good morning Brian and all. Don in da house 👋
	♥ 4:26am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:21 Ha-ha, greetings Michael. And Heidee!
	4:26am Cosmic: Perfect
	⚡ ♥ 4:26am tom tom the pipers son: hi heidee
	⚡ ♥ 4:27am Heidee: Great tracks, Brian! Hi TomTomTom!
	⚡ 4:35am Don in Tampere: Heidi! Michael! Herzliche Gruesse an das Deutschland-Crew!
	⚡ ♥ 4:35am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:15 Hi tom tom; Christianity as farce imbued with pious hypocrisy?
	4:36am Cosmic: Timing
	⚡ ♥ 4:36am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:35 Keepin' up our end, Don!
	⚡ ♥ 4:37am Heidee: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:35 Ditto! I think you found the perfect balance of multicultural (and -musical) living. I will treasure that cider place as well and hope to meet again.
	⚡ ♥ 4:38am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:35 yes, maybe and a total fabrication
	⚡ ♥ 4:39am fred: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:35 Is that a dictionary definition?
	⚡ ♥ 4:43am Heidee: ↳ Song: "Demain C'est Loin" by "IAM" @fred, What is this song about?
	⚡ ♥ 4:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ fred @4:39 One strain of it, fer sure.
	⚡ ♥ 4:46am fred: ↳ Heidee @4:43 It's a real tale of what living in the suburbs is like (in France it's like inner city in the US). Drugs, lack of opportunities, police brutality. A lot in this song, I relate to it a lot. I lived some of it
	⚡ ♥ 4:47am Heidee: ↳ fred @4:46 Even without knowing the language, it comes across strong
	♥ 4:47am Brian D: IAM are so good. Thanks for the suggestion, Fred.
	♥ 4:50am Sprattus Sprattus: ↳ Song: "Demain C'est Loin" by "IAM" La haine -vibes
	⚡ ♥ 4:53am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:38 And what about SCOTUS quashing affirmative action in the name of equality?! In the name of equality, I suggest that every single new born be given an equal share of wealth, and see how they go through life. The cards have to be reshuffled at death; even playing field for each and all!
	⚡ ♥ 4:55am fred: ↳ Sprattus Sprattus @4:50 More real and less dramatic. IAM are the real thing. They supported student demonstrations about higher education access while making it clear it was out of solidarity though nobody they knew would benefit. La haine is poverty porn by rich guys
	⚡ ♥ 4:58am tom tom the pipers son: my ex was indian and first generation british, she went to good schools and sometimes i thought she was more archetypically british than white britons . maybe this goes for arabs in france and the protest are about not only the murder, but the concept of liberte
	♥ 4:58am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:55 Interesting, Fred. I really liked that movie -- I mean, it's hard to say you like something that depicts such horrors, but...
	⚡ ♥ 5:01am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:53 yes the affirmative action ruling was an egregious example of racism ruling that affirmative action was ok in military schools and doing nothing about legacy applications to colleges which are almost entirely a white thing
	5:03am Matt: TANGENT: Interesting contemporary painter, Kent Monkman, in case anybody wants to look at some astonishing work while listening - excellent combo. Bio https://www.kentmonkman.com/biography https://www.kentmonkman.com/painting
	⚡ ♥ 5:04am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:58 I think it's about being treated like less than human. And that doesn't ever change. It's always just wait some more. The cops lied, of course, as they always do. I don't endorse the violence, which is stupid as it destroys the little they have. But I understand, decades of waiting and nothing coming
	5:06am Matt: Not entirely unrelated to some of the convo...
	♥ 5:06am Brian D: ↳ Matt @5:03 Great stuff. Thanks Matt!
	5:07am Matt: Glad to hear your reaction, thanks!
	⚡ ♥ 5:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @5:04 yes, i don't mean to be endorsing violence
	5:10am Matt: Sorry, I should have mentioned, some material is extremely graphic, some may find shocking and offensive.
	⚡ ♥ 5:10am fred: ↳ Brian D @4:58 La haine does have a few points. It could happen, but the grind of ordinary racism is a different thing, and it happens every day. That's why I call it poverty porn
	♥ 5:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:10 I think what makes it striking for those of us in the US is that we see so little frank discussion of that racism in fiction film and TV.
	♥ 5:13am Ciggy: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:53 Did you hear about that Florida Sunshine Governor who announced that he would seek to eliminate the constitutional guarantee of citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States.
	⚡ ♥ 5:16am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:13 I think we get none either here, but I really don't know
	⚡ ♥ 5:19am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @5:16 are there arabs in government, locally in the suburbs or nationally?
	⚡ ♥ 5:23am tom tom the pipers son: not that sunak is doing any thing for people of color in britain
	⚡ ♥ 5:24am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:19 Yeah, on both left and right. Makes no difference to average people though
	⚡ ♥ 5:26am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Ciggy @5:13 No, Ciggy, but it rhymes. The 4th of July: the fancy dress ball of plutocracy dressed up as democracy? Pluto = thingified value, which is only visible through its forms.
	⚡ ♥ 5:31am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 Look at the soccer club PSG. Owned by Qatar, yet their hardcore supporters are basically Nazis. Cognitive dissonance? Except cognition isn't soccer fans' strong suite over here
	⚡ ♥ 5:33am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Simple Songs About Sex and War: Always or The Chi... Now, this is interesting!
	⚡ ♥ 5:35am Michael of Cologne: ↳ fred @5:31 I always feel that only cogs have cognition and that only the mind thinks. The brain just muddles along in its snappy, synaptic way.
	♥ 5:35am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:31 It's not always just about race, but class, too. Parc des Princes still the only place in the world where I have attended a soccer/football match and been worried for my safety.
	⚡ ♥ 5:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @5:31 right, reminds me of rich arab countries' ineffectual-ness toward palestine
	⚡ ♥ 5:37am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:35 Many of the hardcore fans are cops, or soon become so, which explains the impunity
	⚡ ♥ 5:38am Brian in UK: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:58 Out last two Home Secretaries are second generation children of immigrants. A bit like ex-smokers who become so anti-smoking it turns extreme. The current attempt to send people to Rwanda is beyond the pale. Kagame is another despot.
	⚡ ♥ 5:41am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:36 They don't give a fuck, it was just a bone to their people. But they figured their people don't care either
	♥ 5:42am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:37 I actually asked the family in front of me, "Are they singing what I think they're singing?" (a song about killing Arabs). And they confirmed it. And were disgusted by it, for the record. This occurred after a French player of color for PSG made a bad play on the field.
	♥ 5:43am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:38 They say the same of recovering alcoholics. We become evangelists.
	⚡ ♥ 5:43am Brian in UK: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 Sunak allows this Rwanda scheme to continue. Not that anyone has been sent yet. He is as worrying as the last two PMs. Because they were so bad, people might think that he is OK. Wolf in sheeps clothing
	♥ 5:43am JohnEBGood: I'm drinking my beer from a martini glass. That sounds like a David Byrne lyric : )
	♥ 5:44am Brian D: ↳ JohnEBGood @5:43 What good are notebooks?
	⚡ ♥ 5:44am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:42 It's a theme there. And many are cops. Connect the dots and that might explain a lot about the current situation
	⚡ ♥ 5:45am Brian in UK: ↳ JohnEBGood @5:43 He did record 'The Man Who Loved Beer' by Lambchop way back.
	⚡ ♥ 5:45am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian in UK @5:38 my former in-laws were immigrants and conservative like cubans in u.s., like stocholm syndrom kinda.... yes beyond the pale
	♥ 5:46am JohnEBGood: Or CBGB?
	⚡ ♥ 5:47am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian in UK @5:38 Those Home Secretaries sound like they feel lucky to have gotten in by the skin of their teeth and now want to forget about it, and their parents' struggle, by slamming the door on those coming after. It boosts their status as genuine whatevers.
	⚡ ♥ 5:47am Heidee: ↳ Song: "Half Asleep" by "Helen Money and Will Thomas" I am half asleep. But half awake. Does that make me an optimist.
	⚡ ♥ 5:48am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Heidee @5:47 your glass is half sleepy
	⚡ ♥ 5:49am fred: ↳ Heidee @5:47 Is grading done? If so, you're an optimist
	⚡ ♥ 5:49am Brian in UK: ↳ Heidee @5:47 It is a thin line.
	♥ 5:50am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @5:47 If you're still an optimist after listening to this show, then yes.
	5:51am Matt: Thank you, Brian, for the excellent musical selections.
	⚡ ♥ 5:52am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:50 That Yo-Yo Ma clip wasn't alarming
	♥ 5:53am JohnEBGood: Thank you for the fantastic show DJ Brian D. Sun coming up soon here in New Port Richey, Florida, USA. Peace all : )
	♥ 5:53am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:52 That's true, Fred. I do try to find some "lighter" stuff.
	♥ 5:56am Brian D: Well, I'm just about done. Thank you all, as always, for the enlightening discussion. Have a great week and stay safe.
	⚡ ♥ 5:56am Brian in UK: Nice work, Brian. We must have faith in the human race. Though it is taxing.
	⚡ ♥ 5:56am Heidee: Thanks Brian. This show is important. Peace all.
	5:56am Matt: You too! Thanks again...
	⚡ ♥ 5:56am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian, have a good day, commenters
	⚡ 5:56am Don in Tampere: Thanks for another great show!
	⚡ ♥ 5:58am Michael of Cologne: Thanks once again Brian! To end on a positive note: A#

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from July 2, 2023

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July 2, 2023: "When I hear the word 'culture,' I get out my checkbook."

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Wire	I Am The Fly "I Am The Fly" by "Wire"	Chairs Missing		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Algiers	Bite Back (feat. Billy Woods & Backxwash)	Shook		0:03:17 (Pop-up)
Public Enemy	Can't Truss It "Can't Truss It" by "Public Enemy"	Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black		0:09:01 (Pop-up)
Special Interest	Concerning Peace	Endure		0:14:16 (Pop-up)
Bully	All I Do "All I Do" by "Bully"	Lucky For You		0:19:40 (Pop-up)
Wednesday	Bull Believer "Bull Believer" by "Wednesday"	Rat Saw God		0:23:21 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CNN-Trump caught on tape "Clip: CNN-Trump caught on tape"			0:31:45 (Pop-up)
Clash	Koka Kola "Koka Kola" by "Clash"	London Calling		0:34:04 (Pop-up)
Loki's Folly	Don't Come Back "Don't Come Back" by "Loki's Folly"	Sisu		0:35:49 (Pop-up)
Beach House	Black Magic "Black Magic" by "Beach House"	Become EP		0:38:16 (Pop-up)
Pretenders	Message of Love "Message of Love" by "Pretenders"	Pretenders II		0:43:18 (Pop-up)
Olivia Jean	Too Late "Too Late" by "Olivia Jean"	Raving Ghost		0:46:48 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: James Murphy	Golden Years "Golden Years" by "James Murphy"	While We're Young motion picture soundtrack		0:50:09 (Pop-up)
Cor de Lux	Snap Out of It "Snap Out of It" by "Cor de Lux"	Media		0:57:37 (Pop-up)
	Clip: FOX2-SF-Supreme Court ruling in web designer case		https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/29/supreme-court-lgbtq-document-veracity-colorado	1:02:24 (Pop-up)
Shannon Lay	Glow Worms "Glow Worms" by "Shannon Lay"	Covers Vol. 1		1:02:30 (Pop-up)
	Clip: BBC-Protests in France over police shooting / WJTV-Mississippi sheriffs dept. fires deputies who engaged in torture		https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/world/europe/france-protests-police-shooting-timeline.html	1:05:35 (Pop-up)
Cat Mountain	Never Loud Enough "Never Loud Enough" by "Cat Mountain"	Cat Mountain		1:07:21 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: James Murphy	Golden Years "Golden Years" by "James Murphy"	While We're Young motion picture soundtrack		1:11:08 (Pop-up)
Bee Balm Fields	Keep Far Away "Keep Far Away" by "Bee Balm Fields"	Whiskey Walkin'		1:15:07 (Pop-up)
	Clip: Sky-protest at cricket test "Clip: Sky-protest at cricket test"			1:18:57 (Pop-up)
Simple Minds	Twist/Run/Repulsion "Twist/Run/Repulsion" by "Simple Minds"	Empires and Dance		1:20:12 (Pop-up)
Buzzcocks	Why Can't I Touch It? "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks"	A Different Compilation		1:24:45 (Pop-up)
The Mars Volta	Cicatriz ESP "Cicatriz ESP" by "The Mars Volta"	De-Loused in the Comatorium		1:29:01 (Pop-up)
IAM	Demain C'est Loin "Demain C'est Loin" by "IAM"	L'école Du Micro D'argent		1:41:43 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: James Murphy	Golden Years "Golden Years" by "James Murphy"	While We're Young motion picture soundtrack		1:50:47 (Pop-up)
Kammerflimmer Kollektief	Erstes Kapitel [verschliffen]	Schemen		1:56:47 (Pop-up)
Arthur Russell	In the Light of a Miracle	Picture of Bunny Rabbit		2:05:00 (Pop-up)
Bang On A Can All-Stars	Hz (by Jóhann Jóhannsson)	Field Recordings	R.I.P.: Robert Black--https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/arts/music/robert-black-dead.html	2:11:53 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CBS: Mosques in Minneapolis observe Eid in midst of attacks			2:18:42 (Pop-up)
Arooj aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily	To Remain/To Return	Love in Exile		2:19:50 (Pop-up)
Emanuele Arciuli and Costanza Savarese	Simple Songs About Sex and War: Always or The Children or Whatever	William Duckworth: The Time Curve Preludes		2:29:04 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CBS-cellist Yo-Yo Ma gets back to nature			2:32:30 (Pop-up)
Emilie Cecilia LeBel	further migration (migration no. 1) (2016)	Field Studies		2:34:05 (Pop-up)
Helen Money and Will Thomas	Half Asleep	Trace		2:46:00 (Pop-up)
Robert Hoinstein	Half Asleep "Half Asleep" by "Robert Hoinstein"	Lost and Found		2:48:58 (Pop-up)
Takashi Kokubu and Andrea Esperti	Lights of Alpha Centauri	Music for a Cosmic Garden		2:52:56 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	⚡ ♥ 2:55am Brian in UK: Quick hello Brian before nipping out for a dog walk.
	⚡ ♥ 3:02am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian, all, wonderfully snotty live rendition of the 15th on yt
	⚡ ♥ 3:03am fred: Good morning Brian and all. I don't agree with that quote, by the way. I'm not much into culture. Art, on the other hand, depletes my bank account on a regular basis
	⚡ ♥ 3:06am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:02 I apologize for ignoring your comment yesterday. I saw it but didn't have anything to say, then it slipped my mind
	♥ 3:06am Brian D: Greetings all. Happy Saturday/Sunday.
	♥ 3:07am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:03 I don't agree with it either. Saw Goddard's "Contempt" yesterday with the missus. It's a line from the film.
	⚡ ♥ 3:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:06 oh, thank you fred
	⚡ ♥ 3:11am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:06 been thinking about my brain dump about israel last week, thanks for your making me consider it more, don't even know if i was accurately relating the book review i saw on democracy now
	⚡ ♥ 3:11am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:07 We had a secretary of culture say the original quote (with "gun" instead of "checkbook"). The guy also posed for pictures in front of a banner reading "burn the fags" before being outed by Act Up. Nasty guy
	⚡ ♥ 3:13am fred: ↳ Song: "Can't Truss It" by "Public Enemy" You should have played that when Truss was in power! Granted, it was a short window
	♥ 3:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:13 If only I were that creative.
	♥ 3:15am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @2:55 Enjoy the walk, sir. Always the highlight of my days.
	♥ 3:15am Ciggy: I'm still "Up"
	⚡ ♥ 3:16am tom tom the pipers son: @brian are most the news clips going to be about scotus this week?
	⚡ ♥ 3:20am tom tom the pipers son: i guess not...
	♥ 3:22am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:16 Just one, Tom Tom.
	⚡ ♥ 3:23am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 I think Brian tries to bring up stories that are not front page news, while not ignoring the big ones
	⚡ ♥ 3:24am tom tom the pipers son: first coverage in ny times, i believe, of migrant boat sinking off greece, two weeks after it happened, guess it wasn't " fit to print".
	⚡ ♥ 3:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:23 yes, that's true
	♥ 3:26am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:23 One night, I'll bore you all with "gatekeeping theory."
	⚡ ♥ 3:26am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:24 Was it more focused on Obama's mentioning it than on the disaster itself?
	⚡ ♥ 3:27am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:26 no it didn't mention obama
	⚡ ♥ 3:29am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:26 As long as you find music that somehow relates to that, I wouldn't mind
	⚡ ♥ 3:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @3:26 but waitng more than two weeks to publish about the event treats it more like history makes it safer
	♥ 3:32am Ciggy: What about the wildfires What about the smoke What about the locusts What about what about ism
	⚡ ♥ 3:35am fred: ↳ Song: "Koka Kola" by "Clash" Nice choice!
	♥ 3:37am Sprattus Sprattus: Used to think this show is just too much with politics and whatnot but damn if it isn't needed...keep that torch lit, you're awesome and this show rules
	⚡ ♥ 3:40am tom tom the pipers son: @ brian. do you know that yt video of wire's the 15th, i like it more than the album version
	♥ 3:40am Sprattus Sprattus: I'm still drunk from a night of clubbing I should shut up whatever world is constantly steering of its tracks its important to know where it was just a minute ago damn
	♥ 3:41am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:40 I don't actually. I'll check it out.
	♥ 3:42am Brian D: ↳ Sprattus Sprattus @3:40 Don't shut up, Sprattus. Glad to have you. Hope you had fun.
	⚡ ♥ 3:42am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:41 its from a rockpalast show
	⚡ ♥ 3:46am fred: Good like Brigitte Bardot? Please, she's a neo-nazi, not sure about the "neo" part
	⚡ 3:47am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian and all the chatboard criowd! I missed last week, was at thhe cabin recovering with friends from a good but somehow heavy midsummer weekend.
	⚡ ♥ 3:48am tom tom the pipers son: hi don!
	♥ 3:48am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:46 Yeah, not so neo anymore.
	♥ 3:48am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:47 Don!
	⚡ ♥ 3:57am tom tom the pipers son: think i read they're aphids
	⚡ 3:58am Don in Tampere: BTW, fred already knows this from Lamentations yesterday, but I took a big and unexpected life step this past week by agreeing to buy a wood house just down the atreet from where I'm renting. I'd been planning to return to Frankfurt next year, but now it looks like I'll be in the Pispala scene for the long haul.
	⚡ ♥ 3:58am fred: I thought "I am the fly" was a reference to Pence running for president
	♥ 3:59am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:57 Is that it? I know little about bugs.
	♥ 4:02am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:58 I've not been to Finland, Don, but from what I've seen and heard, there are worse places. Congrats!
	⚡ 4:02am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @3:59 I only know that the mosquitos found me especially delicious last weekend
	♥ 4:03am JohnEBGood: Have a meet and greet with are tiny visitors. Share a Koka Kola!! Whooo hoooooo!! Happy birthday weekend USA : )
	⚡ ♥ 4:03am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:59 saw an image w/ caption in times but did read article
	♥ 4:03am Sprattus Sprattus: ↳ Brian D @3:42 Fun was had and I have faint memories of karaoke-ing White Rabbit and some Gen Z peeps were sayin they was weirded out by the song because "the lyrics don't make sense" go figure haha. I pointed out from the screen it's made in 67 but I doubt they took it as any sort of explanation
	⚡ ♥ 4:04am fred: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:58 Someday this house will be a banjo museum
	⚡ 4:06am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @4:02 I'm a little scared of the current government but I am not sure they will last the whole 4 years; the backlash has already set it. Between a perfect house, the music scene here (far more interesting than what I found in Frankfurt), the beautiful summers and winters (APril and May kind of suck), and the best friend I ever had made this seem like the place to stay. I will continue to miss my Frankfurt friends, and jam sessions under the apple trees at my friend's cider farm
	⚡ ♥ 4:08am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Clip: FOX2-SF-Supreme Court ruling in web designe... coverage on democracy now about this... such a shoddy case to be before supreme court . the woman who brought it doesn't even have any customers to be rejecting. just christian right bullying
	♥ 4:08am Brian D: ↳ Sprattus Sprattus @4:03 Go ask Alice...
	♥ 4:09am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:08 Worse, as you'll see from the link next to the item, the request was also BS.
	⚡ ♥ 4:15am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:09 oh yes, d. n. did cover that also. shows that court is not checking facts, just idealogical robots six of them
	⚡ ♥ 4:17am fred: Been a long time coming. I got into an argument with my father (an unashamed communist) over how we've been telling Arabs to keep quiet and wait their turn for three generations. And counting. A personal anecdote: a coworker years ago was harassed almost every day by the same cops, demanding proof of a residency permit (she was French, but Arab). We got into the scheme of going for lunch together and holding hands when cops showed up (that worked, wouldn't today because she was happily married and random social media pics would be trouble now)
	⚡ ♥ 4:21am Michael of Cologne: Good morning Brian & all, looking forward to a program full of suspense!
	⚡ ♥ 4:24am tom tom the pipers son: hi michael
	⚡ ♥ 4:24am Heidee: Good morning Brian and all. Don in da house 👋
	♥ 4:26am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:21 Ha-ha, greetings Michael. And Heidee!
	4:26am Cosmic: Perfect
	⚡ ♥ 4:26am tom tom the pipers son: hi heidee
	⚡ ♥ 4:27am Heidee: Great tracks, Brian! Hi TomTomTom!
	⚡ 4:35am Don in Tampere: Heidi! Michael! Herzliche Gruesse an das Deutschland-Crew!
	⚡ ♥ 4:35am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:15 Hi tom tom; Christianity as farce imbued with pious hypocrisy?
	4:36am Cosmic: Timing
	⚡ ♥ 4:36am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:35 Keepin' up our end, Don!
	⚡ ♥ 4:37am Heidee: ↳ Don in Tampere @4:35 Ditto! I think you found the perfect balance of multicultural (and -musical) living. I will treasure that cider place as well and hope to meet again.
	⚡ ♥ 4:38am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:35 yes, maybe and a total fabrication
	⚡ ♥ 4:39am fred: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:35 Is that a dictionary definition?
	⚡ ♥ 4:43am Heidee: ↳ Song: "Demain C'est Loin" by "IAM" @fred, What is this song about?
	⚡ ♥ 4:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ fred @4:39 One strain of it, fer sure.
	⚡ ♥ 4:46am fred: ↳ Heidee @4:43 It's a real tale of what living in the suburbs is like (in France it's like inner city in the US). Drugs, lack of opportunities, police brutality. A lot in this song, I relate to it a lot. I lived some of it
	⚡ ♥ 4:47am Heidee: ↳ fred @4:46 Even without knowing the language, it comes across strong
	♥ 4:47am Brian D: IAM are so good. Thanks for the suggestion, Fred.
	♥ 4:50am Sprattus Sprattus: ↳ Song: "Demain C'est Loin" by "IAM" La haine -vibes
	⚡ ♥ 4:53am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:38 And what about SCOTUS quashing affirmative action in the name of equality?! In the name of equality, I suggest that every single new born be given an equal share of wealth, and see how they go through life. The cards have to be reshuffled at death; even playing field for each and all!
	⚡ ♥ 4:55am fred: ↳ Sprattus Sprattus @4:50 More real and less dramatic. IAM are the real thing. They supported student demonstrations about higher education access while making it clear it was out of solidarity though nobody they knew would benefit. La haine is poverty porn by rich guys
	⚡ ♥ 4:58am tom tom the pipers son: my ex was indian and first generation british, she went to good schools and sometimes i thought she was more archetypically british than white britons . maybe this goes for arabs in france and the protest are about not only the murder, but the concept of liberte
	♥ 4:58am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:55 Interesting, Fred. I really liked that movie -- I mean, it's hard to say you like something that depicts such horrors, but...
	⚡ ♥ 5:01am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:53 yes the affirmative action ruling was an egregious example of racism ruling that affirmative action was ok in military schools and doing nothing about legacy applications to colleges which are almost entirely a white thing
	5:03am Matt: TANGENT: Interesting contemporary painter, Kent Monkman, in case anybody wants to look at some astonishing work while listening - excellent combo. Bio https://www.kentmonkman.com/biography https://www.kentmonkman.com/painting
	⚡ ♥ 5:04am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:58 I think it's about being treated like less than human. And that doesn't ever change. It's always just wait some more. The cops lied, of course, as they always do. I don't endorse the violence, which is stupid as it destroys the little they have. But I understand, decades of waiting and nothing coming
	5:06am Matt: Not entirely unrelated to some of the convo...
	♥ 5:06am Brian D: ↳ Matt @5:03 Great stuff. Thanks Matt!
	5:07am Matt: Glad to hear your reaction, thanks!
	⚡ ♥ 5:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @5:04 yes, i don't mean to be endorsing violence
	5:10am Matt: Sorry, I should have mentioned, some material is extremely graphic, some may find shocking and offensive.
	⚡ ♥ 5:10am fred: ↳ Brian D @4:58 La haine does have a few points. It could happen, but the grind of ordinary racism is a different thing, and it happens every day. That's why I call it poverty porn
	♥ 5:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:10 I think what makes it striking for those of us in the US is that we see so little frank discussion of that racism in fiction film and TV.
	♥ 5:13am Ciggy: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:53 Did you hear about that Florida Sunshine Governor who announced that he would seek to eliminate the constitutional guarantee of citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States.
	⚡ ♥ 5:16am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:13 I think we get none either here, but I really don't know
	⚡ ♥ 5:19am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @5:16 are there arabs in government, locally in the suburbs or nationally?
	⚡ ♥ 5:23am tom tom the pipers son: not that sunak is doing any thing for people of color in britain
	⚡ ♥ 5:24am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:19 Yeah, on both left and right. Makes no difference to average people though
	⚡ ♥ 5:26am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Ciggy @5:13 No, Ciggy, but it rhymes. The 4th of July: the fancy dress ball of plutocracy dressed up as democracy? Pluto = thingified value, which is only visible through its forms.
	⚡ ♥ 5:31am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 Look at the soccer club PSG. Owned by Qatar, yet their hardcore supporters are basically Nazis. Cognitive dissonance? Except cognition isn't soccer fans' strong suite over here
	⚡ ♥ 5:33am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Simple Songs About Sex and War: Always or The Chi... Now, this is interesting!
	⚡ ♥ 5:35am Michael of Cologne: ↳ fred @5:31 I always feel that only cogs have cognition and that only the mind thinks. The brain just muddles along in its snappy, synaptic way.
	♥ 5:35am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:31 It's not always just about race, but class, too. Parc des Princes still the only place in the world where I have attended a soccer/football match and been worried for my safety.
	⚡ ♥ 5:36am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @5:31 right, reminds me of rich arab countries' ineffectual-ness toward palestine
	⚡ ♥ 5:37am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:35 Many of the hardcore fans are cops, or soon become so, which explains the impunity
	⚡ ♥ 5:38am Brian in UK: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:58 Out last two Home Secretaries are second generation children of immigrants. A bit like ex-smokers who become so anti-smoking it turns extreme. The current attempt to send people to Rwanda is beyond the pale. Kagame is another despot.
	⚡ ♥ 5:41am fred: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:36 They don't give a fuck, it was just a bone to their people. But they figured their people don't care either
	♥ 5:42am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:37 I actually asked the family in front of me, "Are they singing what I think they're singing?" (a song about killing Arabs). And they confirmed it. And were disgusted by it, for the record. This occurred after a French player of color for PSG made a bad play on the field.
	♥ 5:43am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @5:38 They say the same of recovering alcoholics. We become evangelists.
	⚡ ♥ 5:43am Brian in UK: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:23 Sunak allows this Rwanda scheme to continue. Not that anyone has been sent yet. He is as worrying as the last two PMs. Because they were so bad, people might think that he is OK. Wolf in sheeps clothing
	♥ 5:43am JohnEBGood: I'm drinking my beer from a martini glass. That sounds like a David Byrne lyric : )
	♥ 5:44am Brian D: ↳ JohnEBGood @5:43 What good are notebooks?
	⚡ ♥ 5:44am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:42 It's a theme there. And many are cops. Connect the dots and that might explain a lot about the current situation
	⚡ ♥ 5:45am Brian in UK: ↳ JohnEBGood @5:43 He did record 'The Man Who Loved Beer' by Lambchop way back.
	⚡ ♥ 5:45am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian in UK @5:38 my former in-laws were immigrants and conservative like cubans in u.s., like stocholm syndrom kinda.... yes beyond the pale
	♥ 5:46am JohnEBGood: Or CBGB?
	⚡ ♥ 5:47am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian in UK @5:38 Those Home Secretaries sound like they feel lucky to have gotten in by the skin of their teeth and now want to forget about it, and their parents' struggle, by slamming the door on those coming after. It boosts their status as genuine whatevers.
	⚡ ♥ 5:47am Heidee: ↳ Song: "Half Asleep" by "Helen Money and Will Thomas" I am half asleep. But half awake. Does that make me an optimist.
	⚡ ♥ 5:48am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Heidee @5:47 your glass is half sleepy
	⚡ ♥ 5:49am fred: ↳ Heidee @5:47 Is grading done? If so, you're an optimist
	⚡ ♥ 5:49am Brian in UK: ↳ Heidee @5:47 It is a thin line.
	♥ 5:50am Brian D: ↳ Heidee @5:47 If you're still an optimist after listening to this show, then yes.
	5:51am Matt: Thank you, Brian, for the excellent musical selections.
	⚡ ♥ 5:52am fred: ↳ Brian D @5:50 That Yo-Yo Ma clip wasn't alarming
	♥ 5:53am JohnEBGood: Thank you for the fantastic show DJ Brian D. Sun coming up soon here in New Port Richey, Florida, USA. Peace all : )
	♥ 5:53am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:52 That's true, Fred. I do try to find some "lighter" stuff.
	♥ 5:56am Brian D: Well, I'm just about done. Thank you all, as always, for the enlightening discussion. Have a great week and stay safe.
	⚡ ♥ 5:56am Brian in UK: Nice work, Brian. We must have faith in the human race. Though it is taxing.
	⚡ ♥ 5:56am Heidee: Thanks Brian. This show is important. Peace all.
	5:56am Matt: You too! Thanks again...
	⚡ ♥ 5:56am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian, have a good day, commenters
	⚡ 5:56am Don in Tampere: Thanks for another great show!
	⚡ ♥ 5:58am Michael of Cologne: Thanks once again Brian! To end on a positive note: A#

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