WFMU: Currents with Brian D: Playlist from September 3, 2023

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	⚡ ♥ 3:02am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian... when the lord, aka ken, says get ready, ya gotta move...
	⚡ ♥ 3:04am tom tom the pipers son: you can still tell that's karl marx...
	⚡ 3:04am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian! I guess this is the next to last show in this time slot. Tuning in from the cabin again
	♥ 3:06am Brian D: Hi all! The last time actually, Don, but I'll 'splain.
	♥ 3:09am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:04 You can take Karl out of the poster, but you can't take the poster out of Karl. Or something.
	⚡ ♥ 3:10am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:09 yes, that's a good way to put it...
	♥ 3:10am Hubig Pie: What the hell is that poster? Half Karl Marx, half Vegetable Man?
	♥ 3:10am Cooh John: An unexpected pleasure to ride the currents, Brian.
	⚡ ♥ 3:11am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:06 I was sad at not seeing you on the schedule, but then noticed you were moving to Saturdays. Probably a better time for you (3am is brutal)
	♥ 3:12am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @3:10 Good to have you, Cooh.
	3:12am Chris Crisco: ↳ Song: "3 AM" by "Ernesto Diaz-Infante" Cheers Brian last chance to play this song. My calculation for new timeslot in New Zealand is 10PM Saturday. Hell I have enough trouble doing the math to post this comment!
	♥ 3:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:11 Yes, Fred. As I just told Abbie, like any old white guy, I hate change, but the new slot should be better for my sleep. I hope I won't lose any of you listeners, though.
	♥ 3:13am Hubig Pie: How'd you know this is my fav Sabbath song?
	♥ 3:13am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:12 I can't even figure out the time here.
	♥ 3:14am Brian D: ↳ Hubig Pie @3:13 Lucky guess, Hubig (it's mine, too).
	3:14am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:13 It's 5:00 somewhere.
	♥ 3:15am Cooh John: ↳ Brian D @3:13 I will try to follow.
	♥ 3:15am Hoboken Jack: Hello Brian and other night birds
	⚡ ♥ 3:15am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:13 you probably lose staying up late on fridays but gain on sunday mornings and really whole day sunday
	♥ 3:16am Brian D: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:15 Jack! Home early?
	⚡ ♥ 3:16am Michael of Cologne: Hi Brian & all. Quite some slot revolution! Heard about Degrowth Communism written by a 38-year-old Japanese author called Saito?
	♥ 3:16am Cooh John: Thanks for the support, Brian. I belong to a union.
	♥ 3:17am Hubig Pie: That Sabbath, always changing the time signature
	3:17am Chris Crisco: ↳ Song: "Fairies Wear Boots" by "Glitter Wizard" DeSatan's favorite song too!
	⚡ ♥ 3:18am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Hubig Pie @3:17 that's what makes them "jazzy"... ;)
	♥ 3:18am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:16 The revolution will not be televised. Good morning, Michael. I will check that book out. I am so sick of "growth."
	♥ 3:20am Hubig Pie: ↳ Song: "Fairies Wear Boots" by "Glitter Wizard" Jazzy Sabbath. This is great
	♥ 3:21am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:17 If only...
	⚡ ♥ 3:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:17 was not aware of that slang...
	3:26am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:23 DeSatan? It's been around for awhile I can't take credit for it.
	⚡ ♥ 3:28am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:26 yeah, had to look it up... idk?
	⚡ 3:29am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @3:06 I had forgotten that it's Labor Day weekend. Easy to forget since in most of the world it's 1 May. Does America do it differently to avoid any association with socialism?
	⚡ ♥ 3:30am fred: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:17 Looks like he's retired the gogo boots look lately. What is it with insecure mean guys and Florida?
	♥ 3:30am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:29 That's the story, Don. The US moved it in the early 20th century, and now it's more associated with picnics and the end of summer...
	⚡ ♥ 3:33am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:30 Also, May Day is related to the Haymarket affair, something neither the US nor the rest of the world are keen on remembering
	⚡ ♥ 3:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:30 and beginning of school year, inculcating children into workforce
	3:34am Chris Crisco: ↳ fred @3:30 Nothing says gay like those booties!
	♥ 3:36am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:33 Correct, Fred: www.zinnedproject.org...
	⚡ ♥ 3:39am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:36 I have friends in various (of course) anarchist unions who deny that connection very forcefully
	⚡ ♥ 3:49am Paulo AD: Hiiiiiiiiii :)
	⚡ ♥ 3:49am tom tom the pipers son: also, seems like the moving of labor celebration away from mayday changed it from a bottom up celebration to a top down one
	⚡ ♥ 3:50am Paulo AD: Glad I'm here for the last show (in this time slot) it's been years and we've been through so much
	⚡ ♥ 3:50am Paulo AD: I have no idea how that time slot works out for me?? Middle of my night I think
	♥ 3:52am diciassette: Ahoy! ABRM!
	⚡ ♥ 3:53am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:50 Nope, more like early afternoon on Saturdays. Might be golf time though Speaking of which, did that record hangover let you play yesterday?
	⚡ ♥ 3:54am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @3:53 Oh, prime apre golf, brunch time haha I am still hungover, yes I did play and got a bang average score. Played a different course so I'm happy with it, but boy did I sweat
	⚡ ♥ 3:55am Paulo AD: Oh Fred, I've been meaning to share this with you for ages. www.instagram.com...
	⚡ ♥ 3:57am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:55 Story of your life...
	⚡ ♥ 3:57am tom tom the pipers son: i see a future scene w/ paulo and his aa sponsor on a golf course, the sponsor saying 'this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship"... ;)
	♥ 3:59am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @3:49 Paulo!
	⚡ ♥ 4:02am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:57 Hahha I can't even think of drinking at the moment Fred, thought you'd like it
	4:02am diciassette su ruote: 503! who rebooted wfmu?
	⚡ ♥ 4:03am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @3:59 Yes brother, glad I timed this well.
	♥ 4:03am diciassette: ↳ diciassette su ruote @4:02 A brief 503 never hurt anyone (that much)
	♥ 4:04am Brian D: ↳ diciassette @4:03 Funny. I had one here, too, Dici.
	♥ 4:04am diciassette: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:57 When you say "golf" and "AA" in the same sentence it doesn't make sense, for some reason.
	⚡ ♥ 4:07am Paulo AD: I've used the AA for my golf in the past. But that's completely different
	⚡ ♥ 4:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ diciassette @4:04 does golf and drinking go together? i wouldn't know...
	♥ 4:08am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @4:07 What happens in meetings, stays in meetings.
	♥ 4:08am diciassette: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:07 It's why there are 19 holes, I think.
	♥ 4:08am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:07 In my case, drinking went with... everything.
	⚡ ♥ 4:09am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ diciassette @4:08 oh, right.
	⚡ ♥ 4:09am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:07 It used to for me, but I realised I was double shite when drinking and playing. Plus 7am beers!!
	⚡ ♥ 4:10am Paulo AD: I honestly cannot believe how long this hangover is lasting, it's been nearly a week
	⚡ ♥ 4:10am Paulo AD: I blame Fred for jinxing me
	⚡ ♥ 4:11am Paulo AD: Bri, we've been together all through through lockdown, wfh and a change in weekend and come out the other end :)
	⚡ ♥ 4:12am pgalub: Howdy, Brian and everyone.
	4:12am Chris Crisco: ↳ Paulo AD @4:09 When you see 6 flags you have a better shot at hitting one of them.
	⚡ ♥ 4:13am Paulo AD: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:12 I mean, this is true haha
	⚡ ♥ 4:13am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:08 had a hard drinking side of the family, with grandmother's favorite saying, "drunk as a fiddler's bitch" and indeed her health declined rapidly when she had to cut back on her drinking
	♥ 4:13am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @4:11 Very true, Paulo. But I hope you can take me on the course with you on Saturdays.
	♥ 4:14am Brian D: ↳ pgalub @4:12 Sir!
	♥ 4:15am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:13 Drunk as a fiddler's bitch... never heard that one. Drinking and mental illness run rampant in my family.
	⚡ ♥ 4:16am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @4:13 Oh, it'll happen :)
	⚡ ♥ 4:16am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @4:02 Yeah, we discussed that very golf/goth collision once. Great animation of it
	⚡ ♥ 4:18am Paulo AD: So last week we went for a walk to a lake in Wales, how cold could it be in summer in Wales right? Answer is very cold and wet, and this idiot wore this outfit www.instagram.com...
	⚡ ♥ 4:19am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:15 my grandparents ran liquor out of a jahn's ice cream parlor during prohibition, my grandmother was a roaring 20's personality
	♥ 4:19am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @4:18 I saw that on IG. You're a brave man.
	♥ 4:21am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:19 My grandfather smuggled liquor down from Canada during Prohibition. It was the only job he could hold on to. Bad temper. But teetotal.
	⚡ ♥ 4:21am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @4:19 Got halfway and turned around before the mushrooms kicked in haha
	⚡ ♥ 4:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:21 especially in that generation, the drinking culture ran deep...
	4:24am Gregory Lopez: Hallo Brian. Hallo everybody.
	⚡ ♥ 4:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:22 my mother, who's father died of alcoholism when she was seven, she found him dead at the kitchen table, did not get on with that grandmother.
	4:26am erik (vt): I’m a white aging guy as well ! (Oh well gosh darn it, I guess I’m old ta boot) - sometimes change is good. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna like it. Archives will hafta suffice for most of the time. 6am is for the birds. Ha! & other crepuscular creatures. Bittersweet. Til next time - cheerio and thanks for the rides.
	♥ 4:27am Brian D: ↳ Gregory Lopez @4:24 Greetings Gregory.
	♥ 4:27am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:25 Yeesh. I bet.
	⚡ ♥ 4:28am tom tom the pipers son: @brian: i think many of those abandoned buildings in south africa are former government buildings
	♥ 4:28am Brian D: ↳ erik (vt) @4:26 Thank YOU Erik. Don't be a stranger.
	♥ 4:28am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:28 Yes, Tom Tom. Link to full photo essay, from 2021, here: www.bbc.com...
	♥ 4:29am Brian D: ↳ Brian D @4:28 Not the same building where the fire was this week.
	⚡ ♥ 4:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:29 right, i gathered that.
	⚡ ♥ 4:33am fred: There was a video/installation by Doug Aitken called Diamond Sea that featured abandoned, sand-filled buildings in Namibia (people were expelled because of a huge diamond mine)
	⚡ ♥ 4:36am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @3:13 Your new slot starts 12 noon here, so should be able to take it in, at least partially. After Europa Heute on Deutschlandfunk, which is often excellent. This week all about living in Portugal away from the big cities. Lots of foreigners from everywhere revitalizing moribund villages and towns.
	♥ 4:37am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:33 Interesting. I'll look that up.
	♥ 4:38am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:36 Happening in Spain, too, from what I've read.
	⚡ ♥ 4:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:36 does remote working figure into the equation?
	⚡ ♥ 4:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Swan" by "Ceramic Dog, Marc Ribot and James Brand... Großartig! Sax and Marc Ribot in the mix again.
	♥ 4:47am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:46 This record is fantastic! I can't get enough.
	4:51am suppositional: I had this show pegged as a 12am to 3am slot show shoo-in for sure. Very surprised. Seems to me this show flirts & dances in the darkness. Hhhhmmm. The light of day will have its fx on its vibe. Could be incongruously curious.
	⚡ ♥ 4:51am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:43 Yep. Quite a few work from home where there are good internet connections. Many of the hippy generation have also found a niche there, practising alternative forms of agriculture. Lisbon and Porto have become too expensive to buy into the property market. Blame it on the tourist boom. Lisbon's a great city, beautifully situated on seven hills, a bit like Rome, but steeper.
	♥ 4:52am Brian D: ↳ suppositional @4:51 Sup, Supp. We'll see how it goes. A leopard doesn't change its stripes, and neither do I.
	⚡ ♥ 4:55am Brian in UK: Good luck with the new time slot, Brian. Is it Jeffrey Davidson's old slot?
	♥ 4:56am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @4:55 Thank you, Brian. Yes, the slot occupied by Jeffrey for many years, and "Bad Animals" more recently. Tough acts to follow.
	⚡ ♥ 4:57am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:51 sort of related article, different situation www.nytimes.com...
	⚡ ♥ 4:59am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:56 in a way, more of a traditional news time slot
	♥ 5:00am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:59 Fox said the same thing.
	⚡ ♥ 5:02am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:00 nice that a friend, fox, is taking old slot
	♥ 5:03am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:02 Yes, I'm thrilled. As is she.
	⚡ ♥ 5:08am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:57 Krugman raises the big question of what happens to (the economic viability of) cities in view of remote working. The ground-rent to be had from city blocks of land undergoes revision -- downward. Capital can turn over also in the countryside! Perhaps even faster and with bigger margins.
	♥ 5:11am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:08 Krugman's right, of course. And that has downstream effects: cities are actually better for the climate/environment than sprawling suburbs.
	⚡ ♥ 5:11am fred: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:08 The power element is coming back strong though: in person office work is how middle management exerts power, and justifies its existence
	♥ 5:11am diciassette: ↳ Song: "Marion Bauer: Six Preludes for Piano" by "Phillip... I'm on the bandcamp for this, and it seems as though only the first prelude is for left hand. That eases the boggling a bit.
	⚡ ♥ 5:12am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:08 true, reminds me of another article in times today about congestion pricing changing the fabric of nyc
	⚡ ♥ 5:19am Paulo AD: I told keri it's your last show in the time slot and she's up listening
	⚡ ♥ 5:19am Paulo AD: Her reaction was "awwwww"
	♥ 5:19am Brian D: ↳ diciassette @5:11 Ah, noted, Dici. I must have misread it.
	♥ 5:20am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @5:19 My reaction, too.
	⚡ ♥ 5:24am tom tom the pipers son: that distorted organ was great
	⚡ ♥ 5:33am Michael of Cologne: ↳ fred @5:11 That's an interesting angle, Fred. Can power over others be better exercised in physical presence?
	⚡ ♥ 5:35am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Clip: VOA-steps toward healing for those impacted... don't know if catholic church was involved with running indian boarding schools in u.s. like they were in canada, i believe the church has done little in the way of reparations in canada
	♥ 5:35am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:33 Proverb: "He who controls your breadbasket, controls your destiny." Think it still applies over Zoom.
	♥ 5:36am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:35 Of course it hasn't, though to be fair this pope did apologize for the schools.
	♥ 5:36am WR: Hi Brian D and friends (i.e. familiar WFMU folks). Been listening for 30 minutes and just finished reading the comments. Not usually awake at this time and only became aware of this program a couple months ago during another unsettled night. Since then have tried to remember to catch the program from the archive but often forgot. The new time slot will work ok for me, I'm going to roll over and see if I can get a few more hours of sleep. It settles me to be reminded that there are some creative people out there pursuing a better world. Thanks and laters all.
	♥ 5:37am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, overnight crew. It'll be getting light here soon.
	⚡ ♥ 5:37am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:36 genarally, i have good feelings toward this pope
	⚡ ♥ 5:39am tom tom the pipers son: generally.... that was an egregious misspell
	5:40am morphe': 3-6 or 6-9 ET are fine for Euro live listening and the 6-9 will suit me when in NYC... Will yer sleeping pattern(s) need a shift BD?
	⚡ ♥ 5:41am fred: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:33 The mean kind of power only works that way. I got an email from HR reminding me that I must not talk to my superiors unless talked to first, but that I must respond immediately if addressed. That shit doesn't work over zoom
	⚡ ♥ 5:41am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:12 I suppose you've heard about the political repercussions of widening the congestion pricing in London. Land demands its ground-rent, and how much that is depends on how much valorization of capital it generates. Telecommunications change those valorization conditions, though. Marx's treatment of ground-rent in Das Kapital Vol. 3 has been sorely neglected, which in turn has had dramatic (disastrous) political consequences.
	♥ 5:44am Brian D: ↳ WR @5:36 Thank you WR. Sleep well.
	♥ 5:44am Brian D: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:37 Greetings Ken.
	♥ 5:45am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @5:40 Yes, but will be for the better, morphe. I have a "conventional" M-F, 9-5 work schedule at the minute.
	♥ 5:45am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:41 Jaysus. No, it doesn't work over Zoom.
	⚡ ♥ 5:48am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:41 no, have not heard about london and though i just skimmed the times article, i don't think it addressed any complexities or repercussions. my ex is from london and spent quite a bit of time there, will look that up.
	⚡ ♥ 5:49am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @5:35 Too right. And those who hire out their labour power (aka employees or, in old speak, workers) are conveniently (for valorization) in desiring their own thingification under the wage-form. Hence job-creation, much greeted by wage-earners and politically highly prized, on its flip side simply represents yet another opportunity for capital to valorize. You can call this inversion, which turns the world topsy-turvy and addles the mind.
	⚡ ♥ 5:54am fred: Thanks Brian. I'll have to adjust my grocery run timing, but I'm used to making my life fit around the WFMU schedule anyway
	⚡ ♥ 5:55am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian...
	♥ 5:55am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:54 Thank YOU, Fred.
	⚡ ♥ 5:55am tom tom the pipers son: what fred said...
	♥ 5:56am Brian D: And thank you ALL. Hope to "see" you next Saturday from 6 am to 9 am. And then Saturdays from the on out. Be nice to Jim (next week) and Fox (beyond). Stay safe and have a great week.
	⚡ ♥ 5:57am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:48 Labour recently lost one of three by-elections due to expanding congestion fees to more outlying areas of London. Seems lots of tradies were pissed off having to pay for their commercial vehicles to enter these areas. One example of voters voting as directed by thingified-value interests. I guess that's how things are in our free market democracy.
	⚡ ♥ 5:59am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:57 the piper gets paid...

Currents with Brian D: Playlist from September 3, 2023

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September 3, 2023: “Economic for the rest of our days…”

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Ernesto Diaz-Infante	3 AM "3 AM" by "Ernesto Diaz-Infante"	Bats in the Lavendar Sky		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Cable Ties	Time for You "Time for You" by "Cable Ties"	All Her Plans		0:05:05 (Pop-up)
Glitter Wizard	Fairies Wear Boots	Fairies Wear Boots		0:10:07 (Pop-up)
Movie Movie	Working from Home "Working from Home" by "Movie Movie"	Storyboards		0:18:57 (Pop-up)
Stag	Clashing "Clashing" by "Stag"	We Got It All		0:23:09 (Pop-up)
	Clip: CNA-rising union movement in US "Clip: CNA-rising union movement in US"			0:26:24 (Pop-up)
Billy Bragg	Rich Men Earning North of a Million	Single		0:27:56 (Pop-up)
Buzzcocks	Autonomy "Autonomy" by "Buzzcocks"	Autonomy: The Productions of Martin Rushent		0:32:15 (Pop-up)
Psychic Mass	Devil Master "Devil Master" by "Psychic Mass"	Arrival of the Church of Psychic Mass		0:35:52 (Pop-up)
	Clip: WTVA-Alabama to execute prisoner using nitrogen			0:40:51 (Pop-up)
Live Skull	Neutralize the Outliers	Party Zero		0:41:56 (Pop-up)
Something Weird	Let’s All Go to the Lobby	Hey Folks It's Intermission Time		0:45:12 (Pop-up)
Squid	Undergrowth "Undergrowth" by "Squid"	O Monolth		0:57:41 (Pop-up)
Yawning Balch	Low Pressure Valley	Volume I		1:04:19 (Pop-up)
Teke::teke	Doppleganger "Doppleganger" by "Teke::teke"	Hagata		1:11:49 (Pop-up)
	Clips: DW/BBC-latest on Ukraine counteroffensive			1:15:47 (Pop-up)
Lucinda Chua	Echo "Echo" by "Lucinda Chua"	Yuan		1:17:23 (Pop-up)
Julie Byrne	Summer's End "Summer's End" by "Julie Byrne"	The Greater Wings		1:21:29 (Pop-up)
Black Country, New Road	Turbines/Pigs	Live at Bush Hall		1:25:21 (Pop-up)
Groupa	Por riba se ceifa o pão "Por riba se ceifa o pão" by "Groupa"	Kind of Folk - Vol. 4 Iberia	(Bread is reeped on the side)	1:34:49 (Pop-up)
	Clip: PBS-gay men arrested in Nigeria, Uganda			1:38:34 (Pop-up)
Ceramic Dog, Marc Ribot and James Brandon Lewis	Swan	Connection		1:38:47 (Pop-up)
Tinariwen	Nak Idnizdjam "Nak Idnizdjam" by "Tinariwen"	Amatssou		1:48:32 (Pop-up)
Lucio Capece	The grooves in a vinyl record are an icon for the recorded music but not for any of the intermediary	From Scratch New Discantos Quartet		1:53:59 (Pop-up)
Phillip Bush	Marion Bauer: Six Preludes for Piano	Concord		1:59:05 (Pop-up)
Fay Victor	How Can You Do It? "How Can You Do It?" by "Fay Victor"	Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful		2:17:06 (Pop-up)
	Clip: VOA-steps toward healing for those impacted by Native American board schools			2:22:16 (Pop-up)
Jamie Branch	Burning Grey "Burning Grey" by "Jamie Branch"	Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))		2:23:19 (Pop-up)
Mako Sica	Trapeze "Trapeze" by "Mako Sica"	Balancing Tear		2:32:39 (Pop-up)
Vincent Herring	Hard Work "Hard Work" by "Vincent Herring"	Hard Times		2:45:14 (Pop-up)
Charles McPherson	Good Morning Heartache	Siku Ya Bibi		2:45:15 (Pop-up)
Brigid Mae Power	Counting Down "Counting Down" by "Brigid Mae Power"	Dream from the Deep Well		2:49:31 (Pop-up)
The Feelies	Dancing Barefoot "Dancing Barefoot" by "The Feelies"	Jersey Covers Jersey - 2023 Six Degrees WFMU Marathon Premium		2:53:30 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	⚡ ♥ 3:02am tom tom the pipers son: hi brian... when the lord, aka ken, says get ready, ya gotta move...
	⚡ ♥ 3:04am tom tom the pipers son: you can still tell that's karl marx...
	⚡ 3:04am Don in Tampere: Hi Brian! I guess this is the next to last show in this time slot. Tuning in from the cabin again
	♥ 3:06am Brian D: Hi all! The last time actually, Don, but I'll 'splain.
	♥ 3:09am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:04 You can take Karl out of the poster, but you can't take the poster out of Karl. Or something.
	⚡ ♥ 3:10am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:09 yes, that's a good way to put it...
	♥ 3:10am Hubig Pie: What the hell is that poster? Half Karl Marx, half Vegetable Man?
	♥ 3:10am Cooh John: An unexpected pleasure to ride the currents, Brian.
	⚡ ♥ 3:11am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:06 I was sad at not seeing you on the schedule, but then noticed you were moving to Saturdays. Probably a better time for you (3am is brutal)
	♥ 3:12am Brian D: ↳ Cooh John @3:10 Good to have you, Cooh.
	3:12am Chris Crisco: ↳ Song: "3 AM" by "Ernesto Diaz-Infante" Cheers Brian last chance to play this song. My calculation for new timeslot in New Zealand is 10PM Saturday. Hell I have enough trouble doing the math to post this comment!
	♥ 3:13am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:11 Yes, Fred. As I just told Abbie, like any old white guy, I hate change, but the new slot should be better for my sleep. I hope I won't lose any of you listeners, though.
	♥ 3:13am Hubig Pie: How'd you know this is my fav Sabbath song?
	♥ 3:13am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:12 I can't even figure out the time here.
	♥ 3:14am Brian D: ↳ Hubig Pie @3:13 Lucky guess, Hubig (it's mine, too).
	3:14am Chris Crisco: ↳ Brian D @3:13 It's 5:00 somewhere.
	♥ 3:15am Cooh John: ↳ Brian D @3:13 I will try to follow.
	♥ 3:15am Hoboken Jack: Hello Brian and other night birds
	⚡ ♥ 3:15am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:13 you probably lose staying up late on fridays but gain on sunday mornings and really whole day sunday
	♥ 3:16am Brian D: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:15 Jack! Home early?
	⚡ ♥ 3:16am Michael of Cologne: Hi Brian & all. Quite some slot revolution! Heard about Degrowth Communism written by a 38-year-old Japanese author called Saito?
	♥ 3:16am Cooh John: Thanks for the support, Brian. I belong to a union.
	♥ 3:17am Hubig Pie: That Sabbath, always changing the time signature
	3:17am Chris Crisco: ↳ Song: "Fairies Wear Boots" by "Glitter Wizard" DeSatan's favorite song too!
	⚡ ♥ 3:18am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Hubig Pie @3:17 that's what makes them "jazzy"... ;)
	♥ 3:18am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @3:16 The revolution will not be televised. Good morning, Michael. I will check that book out. I am so sick of "growth."
	♥ 3:20am Hubig Pie: ↳ Song: "Fairies Wear Boots" by "Glitter Wizard" Jazzy Sabbath. This is great
	♥ 3:21am Brian D: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:17 If only...
	⚡ ♥ 3:23am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:17 was not aware of that slang...
	3:26am Chris Crisco: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:23 DeSatan? It's been around for awhile I can't take credit for it.
	⚡ ♥ 3:28am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:26 yeah, had to look it up... idk?
	⚡ 3:29am Don in Tampere: ↳ Brian D @3:06 I had forgotten that it's Labor Day weekend. Easy to forget since in most of the world it's 1 May. Does America do it differently to avoid any association with socialism?
	⚡ ♥ 3:30am fred: ↳ Chris Crisco @3:17 Looks like he's retired the gogo boots look lately. What is it with insecure mean guys and Florida?
	♥ 3:30am Brian D: ↳ Don in Tampere @3:29 That's the story, Don. The US moved it in the early 20th century, and now it's more associated with picnics and the end of summer...
	⚡ ♥ 3:33am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:30 Also, May Day is related to the Haymarket affair, something neither the US nor the rest of the world are keen on remembering
	⚡ ♥ 3:34am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @3:30 and beginning of school year, inculcating children into workforce
	3:34am Chris Crisco: ↳ fred @3:30 Nothing says gay like those booties!
	♥ 3:36am Brian D: ↳ fred @3:33 Correct, Fred: www.zinnedproject.org...
	⚡ ♥ 3:39am fred: ↳ Brian D @3:36 I have friends in various (of course) anarchist unions who deny that connection very forcefully
	⚡ ♥ 3:49am Paulo AD: Hiiiiiiiiii :)
	⚡ ♥ 3:49am tom tom the pipers son: also, seems like the moving of labor celebration away from mayday changed it from a bottom up celebration to a top down one
	⚡ ♥ 3:50am Paulo AD: Glad I'm here for the last show (in this time slot) it's been years and we've been through so much
	⚡ ♥ 3:50am Paulo AD: I have no idea how that time slot works out for me?? Middle of my night I think
	♥ 3:52am diciassette: Ahoy! ABRM!
	⚡ ♥ 3:53am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:50 Nope, more like early afternoon on Saturdays. Might be golf time though Speaking of which, did that record hangover let you play yesterday?
	⚡ ♥ 3:54am Paulo AD: ↳ fred @3:53 Oh, prime apre golf, brunch time haha I am still hungover, yes I did play and got a bang average score. Played a different course so I'm happy with it, but boy did I sweat
	⚡ ♥ 3:55am Paulo AD: Oh Fred, I've been meaning to share this with you for ages. www.instagram.com...
	⚡ ♥ 3:57am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @3:55 Story of your life...
	⚡ ♥ 3:57am tom tom the pipers son: i see a future scene w/ paulo and his aa sponsor on a golf course, the sponsor saying 'this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship"... ;)
	♥ 3:59am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @3:49 Paulo!
	⚡ ♥ 4:02am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:57 Hahha I can't even think of drinking at the moment Fred, thought you'd like it
	4:02am diciassette su ruote: 503! who rebooted wfmu?
	⚡ ♥ 4:03am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @3:59 Yes brother, glad I timed this well.
	♥ 4:03am diciassette: ↳ diciassette su ruote @4:02 A brief 503 never hurt anyone (that much)
	♥ 4:04am Brian D: ↳ diciassette @4:03 Funny. I had one here, too, Dici.
	♥ 4:04am diciassette: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:57 When you say "golf" and "AA" in the same sentence it doesn't make sense, for some reason.
	⚡ ♥ 4:07am Paulo AD: I've used the AA for my golf in the past. But that's completely different
	⚡ ♥ 4:07am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ diciassette @4:04 does golf and drinking go together? i wouldn't know...
	♥ 4:08am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @4:07 What happens in meetings, stays in meetings.
	♥ 4:08am diciassette: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:07 It's why there are 19 holes, I think.
	♥ 4:08am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:07 In my case, drinking went with... everything.
	⚡ ♥ 4:09am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ diciassette @4:08 oh, right.
	⚡ ♥ 4:09am Paulo AD: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:07 It used to for me, but I realised I was double shite when drinking and playing. Plus 7am beers!!
	⚡ ♥ 4:10am Paulo AD: I honestly cannot believe how long this hangover is lasting, it's been nearly a week
	⚡ ♥ 4:10am Paulo AD: I blame Fred for jinxing me
	⚡ ♥ 4:11am Paulo AD: Bri, we've been together all through through lockdown, wfh and a change in weekend and come out the other end :)
	⚡ ♥ 4:12am pgalub: Howdy, Brian and everyone.
	4:12am Chris Crisco: ↳ Paulo AD @4:09 When you see 6 flags you have a better shot at hitting one of them.
	⚡ ♥ 4:13am Paulo AD: ↳ Chris Crisco @4:12 I mean, this is true haha
	⚡ ♥ 4:13am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:08 had a hard drinking side of the family, with grandmother's favorite saying, "drunk as a fiddler's bitch" and indeed her health declined rapidly when she had to cut back on her drinking
	♥ 4:13am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @4:11 Very true, Paulo. But I hope you can take me on the course with you on Saturdays.
	♥ 4:14am Brian D: ↳ pgalub @4:12 Sir!
	♥ 4:15am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:13 Drunk as a fiddler's bitch... never heard that one. Drinking and mental illness run rampant in my family.
	⚡ ♥ 4:16am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @4:13 Oh, it'll happen :)
	⚡ ♥ 4:16am fred: ↳ Paulo AD @4:02 Yeah, we discussed that very golf/goth collision once. Great animation of it
	⚡ ♥ 4:18am Paulo AD: So last week we went for a walk to a lake in Wales, how cold could it be in summer in Wales right? Answer is very cold and wet, and this idiot wore this outfit www.instagram.com...
	⚡ ♥ 4:19am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:15 my grandparents ran liquor out of a jahn's ice cream parlor during prohibition, my grandmother was a roaring 20's personality
	♥ 4:19am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @4:18 I saw that on IG. You're a brave man.
	♥ 4:21am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:19 My grandfather smuggled liquor down from Canada during Prohibition. It was the only job he could hold on to. Bad temper. But teetotal.
	⚡ ♥ 4:21am Paulo AD: ↳ Brian D @4:19 Got halfway and turned around before the mushrooms kicked in haha
	⚡ ♥ 4:22am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:21 especially in that generation, the drinking culture ran deep...
	4:24am Gregory Lopez: Hallo Brian. Hallo everybody.
	⚡ ♥ 4:25am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:22 my mother, who's father died of alcoholism when she was seven, she found him dead at the kitchen table, did not get on with that grandmother.
	4:26am erik (vt): I’m a white aging guy as well ! (Oh well gosh darn it, I guess I’m old ta boot) - sometimes change is good. Doesn’t mean I’m gonna like it. Archives will hafta suffice for most of the time. 6am is for the birds. Ha! & other crepuscular creatures. Bittersweet. Til next time - cheerio and thanks for the rides.
	♥ 4:27am Brian D: ↳ Gregory Lopez @4:24 Greetings Gregory.
	♥ 4:27am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:25 Yeesh. I bet.
	⚡ ♥ 4:28am tom tom the pipers son: @brian: i think many of those abandoned buildings in south africa are former government buildings
	♥ 4:28am Brian D: ↳ erik (vt) @4:26 Thank YOU Erik. Don't be a stranger.
	♥ 4:28am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:28 Yes, Tom Tom. Link to full photo essay, from 2021, here: www.bbc.com...
	♥ 4:29am Brian D: ↳ Brian D @4:28 Not the same building where the fire was this week.
	⚡ ♥ 4:29am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:29 right, i gathered that.
	⚡ ♥ 4:33am fred: There was a video/installation by Doug Aitken called Diamond Sea that featured abandoned, sand-filled buildings in Namibia (people were expelled because of a huge diamond mine)
	⚡ ♥ 4:36am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @3:13 Your new slot starts 12 noon here, so should be able to take it in, at least partially. After Europa Heute on Deutschlandfunk, which is often excellent. This week all about living in Portugal away from the big cities. Lots of foreigners from everywhere revitalizing moribund villages and towns.
	♥ 4:37am Brian D: ↳ fred @4:33 Interesting. I'll look that up.
	♥ 4:38am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:36 Happening in Spain, too, from what I've read.
	⚡ ♥ 4:43am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:36 does remote working figure into the equation?
	⚡ ♥ 4:46am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Song: "Swan" by "Ceramic Dog, Marc Ribot and James Brand... Großartig! Sax and Marc Ribot in the mix again.
	♥ 4:47am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:46 This record is fantastic! I can't get enough.
	4:51am suppositional: I had this show pegged as a 12am to 3am slot show shoo-in for sure. Very surprised. Seems to me this show flirts & dances in the darkness. Hhhhmmm. The light of day will have its fx on its vibe. Could be incongruously curious.
	⚡ ♥ 4:51am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:43 Yep. Quite a few work from home where there are good internet connections. Many of the hippy generation have also found a niche there, practising alternative forms of agriculture. Lisbon and Porto have become too expensive to buy into the property market. Blame it on the tourist boom. Lisbon's a great city, beautifully situated on seven hills, a bit like Rome, but steeper.
	♥ 4:52am Brian D: ↳ suppositional @4:51 Sup, Supp. We'll see how it goes. A leopard doesn't change its stripes, and neither do I.
	⚡ ♥ 4:55am Brian in UK: Good luck with the new time slot, Brian. Is it Jeffrey Davidson's old slot?
	♥ 4:56am Brian D: ↳ Brian in UK @4:55 Thank you, Brian. Yes, the slot occupied by Jeffrey for many years, and "Bad Animals" more recently. Tough acts to follow.
	⚡ ♥ 4:57am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @4:51 sort of related article, different situation www.nytimes.com...
	⚡ ♥ 4:59am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @4:56 in a way, more of a traditional news time slot
	♥ 5:00am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:59 Fox said the same thing.
	⚡ ♥ 5:02am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:00 nice that a friend, fox, is taking old slot
	♥ 5:03am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:02 Yes, I'm thrilled. As is she.
	⚡ ♥ 5:08am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:57 Krugman raises the big question of what happens to (the economic viability of) cities in view of remote working. The ground-rent to be had from city blocks of land undergoes revision -- downward. Capital can turn over also in the countryside! Perhaps even faster and with bigger margins.
	♥ 5:11am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:08 Krugman's right, of course. And that has downstream effects: cities are actually better for the climate/environment than sprawling suburbs.
	⚡ ♥ 5:11am fred: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:08 The power element is coming back strong though: in person office work is how middle management exerts power, and justifies its existence
	♥ 5:11am diciassette: ↳ Song: "Marion Bauer: Six Preludes for Piano" by "Phillip... I'm on the bandcamp for this, and it seems as though only the first prelude is for left hand. That eases the boggling a bit.
	⚡ ♥ 5:12am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:08 true, reminds me of another article in times today about congestion pricing changing the fabric of nyc
	⚡ ♥ 5:19am Paulo AD: I told keri it's your last show in the time slot and she's up listening
	⚡ ♥ 5:19am Paulo AD: Her reaction was "awwwww"
	♥ 5:19am Brian D: ↳ diciassette @5:11 Ah, noted, Dici. I must have misread it.
	♥ 5:20am Brian D: ↳ Paulo AD @5:19 My reaction, too.
	⚡ ♥ 5:24am tom tom the pipers son: that distorted organ was great
	⚡ ♥ 5:33am Michael of Cologne: ↳ fred @5:11 That's an interesting angle, Fred. Can power over others be better exercised in physical presence?
	⚡ ♥ 5:35am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Clip: VOA-steps toward healing for those impacted... don't know if catholic church was involved with running indian boarding schools in u.s. like they were in canada, i believe the church has done little in the way of reparations in canada
	♥ 5:35am Brian D: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:33 Proverb: "He who controls your breadbasket, controls your destiny." Think it still applies over Zoom.
	♥ 5:36am Brian D: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:35 Of course it hasn't, though to be fair this pope did apologize for the schools.
	♥ 5:36am WR: Hi Brian D and friends (i.e. familiar WFMU folks). Been listening for 30 minutes and just finished reading the comments. Not usually awake at this time and only became aware of this program a couple months ago during another unsettled night. Since then have tried to remember to catch the program from the archive but often forgot. The new time slot will work ok for me, I'm going to roll over and see if I can get a few more hours of sleep. It settles me to be reminded that there are some creative people out there pursuing a better world. Thanks and laters all.
	♥ 5:37am Ken From Hyde Park: Good morning, overnight crew. It'll be getting light here soon.
	⚡ ♥ 5:37am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Brian D @5:36 genarally, i have good feelings toward this pope
	⚡ ♥ 5:39am tom tom the pipers son: generally.... that was an egregious misspell
	5:40am morphe': 3-6 or 6-9 ET are fine for Euro live listening and the 6-9 will suit me when in NYC... Will yer sleeping pattern(s) need a shift BD?
	⚡ ♥ 5:41am fred: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:33 The mean kind of power only works that way. I got an email from HR reminding me that I must not talk to my superiors unless talked to first, but that I must respond immediately if addressed. That shit doesn't work over zoom
	⚡ ♥ 5:41am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:12 I suppose you've heard about the political repercussions of widening the congestion pricing in London. Land demands its ground-rent, and how much that is depends on how much valorization of capital it generates. Telecommunications change those valorization conditions, though. Marx's treatment of ground-rent in Das Kapital Vol. 3 has been sorely neglected, which in turn has had dramatic (disastrous) political consequences.
	♥ 5:44am Brian D: ↳ WR @5:36 Thank you WR. Sleep well.
	♥ 5:44am Brian D: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:37 Greetings Ken.
	♥ 5:45am Brian D: ↳ morphe' @5:40 Yes, but will be for the better, morphe. I have a "conventional" M-F, 9-5 work schedule at the minute.
	♥ 5:45am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:41 Jaysus. No, it doesn't work over Zoom.
	⚡ ♥ 5:48am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:41 no, have not heard about london and though i just skimmed the times article, i don't think it addressed any complexities or repercussions. my ex is from london and spent quite a bit of time there, will look that up.
	⚡ ♥ 5:49am Michael of Cologne: ↳ Brian D @5:35 Too right. And those who hire out their labour power (aka employees or, in old speak, workers) are conveniently (for valorization) in desiring their own thingification under the wage-form. Hence job-creation, much greeted by wage-earners and politically highly prized, on its flip side simply represents yet another opportunity for capital to valorize. You can call this inversion, which turns the world topsy-turvy and addles the mind.
	⚡ ♥ 5:54am fred: Thanks Brian. I'll have to adjust my grocery run timing, but I'm used to making my life fit around the WFMU schedule anyway
	⚡ ♥ 5:55am tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian...
	♥ 5:55am Brian D: ↳ fred @5:54 Thank YOU, Fred.
	⚡ ♥ 5:55am tom tom the pipers son: what fred said...
	♥ 5:56am Brian D: And thank you ALL. Hope to "see" you next Saturday from 6 am to 9 am. And then Saturdays from the on out. Be nice to Jim (next week) and Fox (beyond). Stay safe and have a great week.
	⚡ ♥ 5:57am Michael of Cologne: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:48 Labour recently lost one of three by-elections due to expanding congestion fees to more outlying areas of London. Seems lots of tradies were pissed off having to pay for their commercial vehicles to enter these areas. One example of voters voting as directed by thingified-value interests. I guess that's how things are in our free market democracy.
	⚡ ♥ 5:59am tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael of Cologne @5:57 the piper gets paid...

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