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Saturday, March 17, 2018 Favoriting
WFMU Fundraiser Show With MC Trouble
Please Make a Pledge Here, Thanks!

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Greetings dear listeners! I hope you can pledge tonight to support WFMU!

If you pledge to my show right here, as usual I've made a custom conceptual world music cd for everyone who pledges $75 or more.

This year's custom cd is World Covers - inspired by my weekly Friday morning World Covers segments on WFMU’s morning show Wake and Bake with Clay Pigeon.



Of course, if my cd doesn't float your boat you can choose a different DJ's premium (cd or otherwise) instead. You can see the full list of DJ CD premiums at https://wfmu.org/dj-premiums/.

I’m now in my fourth decade on WFMU! Who’d a thunk it? And if you are in a good place economically, perhaps you’ll consider celebrating my radio longevity by making a $10 per month (or more) sustaining Swag For Life pledge.

If you do, your cup shall runneth over with WFMU swag EVERY year! This year for a $10 per month swag for life pledge (or a $50 or more one-time pledge) you’ll receive the WFMU Sputnik T-Shirt, designed by Jon Langford of the Mekons!

If you can make it up to a $15 per month swag for life pledge, you’ll get our new WFMU Woof Moo logo Cooler,designed by Aaron Taylor-Waldman. And you’ll receive a similar batch of goodies every year as long as you remain a Swag for Lifer.

Higher Swag For Life monthly levels get you to our WFMU Turntable Sweatshirt designed by Nick Dewar ($30/month), the spectacular Secret Society Record Bag, designed by Scott Corkins ($41/month), the WFMU Horn O’ Plenty USB Drive ($81/month), and free admission for you and a guest to WFMU’s Monty Hall for a full year ($416/month). At each level you get everything from the prior levels too - crazy amounts of stuff!



But any amount you can pledge is most fabulous and wonderful. And it just takes a $20 pledge to get our fab new WFMU glow in the dark magnet designed by Mary Blount, discount admission to our Record Fair April 27 - 29 at Brooklyn Expo Center - AND you’ll get in the running for a prize drawing for one of the great LPs and CDs I’m giving away to lucky pledgers this evening!

A premium-cd-level pledge of $75 or more also gets you into the running for our grand prize, an around-the-world grab bag of 20 CDs and LPs!

And you can peruse the fabulous swag on offer station-wide at various pledge levels at https://wfmu.org/swag.

Thanks!



Here’s a quick list of the premiums you may request at various pledge levels! (You can see all the premiums on offer at https://wfmu.org/swag/.)

•$20 gets you the WFMU glow in the dark magnet - and you get in the running for whatever prize is up for grabs
•$50 gets you the new FMU Sputnik t-shirt
•$75 gets you all of that PLUS my premium cd of World Covers (or you can choose a different DJ premium!
•$15 per month (or a $180 one-time pledge or multiple pledges adding up to $180) gets you all of the above PLUS a WFMU cooler! And you can choose three MORE DJ premiums!
•$30 per month (or $365) gets you all of the above PLUS our new WFMU Turntable Sweatshirt, 7 MORE DJ Premiums PLUS you get to pick a CLASSIC WFMU Prize from our Prize Warehouse!
•$41 per month (or $500) gets you all of the above PLUS the Secret Society Record Bag, the most amazing bag WFMU has ever offered, plus 12 MORE DJ Premium and TWO CLASSIC WFMU Prizes from our Prize Warehouse!
•$83 per month (or $1000) gets you all of the above plus a USB drive PACKED with FMU favorites, 18 MORE DJ Premiums and FOUR classic WFMU prizes from our prize warehouse!
•$416 per month gets you EVERYTHING above plus EVERY DJ Premium AND a plus-one for every Monty Hall event through Dec 31 2018! Egads!

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Imarhan: Zinzjumegh Favoriting / Temet / City Slang / * (0:00:00 Pop-up)
GIG: Wed May 2 @ Rough Trade NYC

Mississippi Fred McDowell: John Henry Favoriting / Shake 'Em On Down / Tomato ‎ (0:04:34 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Amer Lyn - from Sousoume Tamachek - album from Sahel sounds - up for grabs NOW - make your pledge! Favoriting (0:10:01 Pop-up)

Mdou Moctar: Nikali Talit - from Sousoume Tamachek - album from Sahel sounds - up for grabs NOW - make your pledge! Favoriting (0:20:22 Pop-up)

Angela Kalule: Me and Bobby McGee - From the Premium CD World Covers - pledge $75 or more to get it automatically! Favoriting (0:25:32 Pop-up)

Soul Brothers: Akabongi - from our GRAND PRIZE around the world 20 cd / lp GRAB BAG - pledge $75 or more to get in the running! Favoriting (0:30:14 Pop-up)

Omar Souleyman: Choubi and Ya Bnayya - from To Syria with Love (on the Mad Decent label) - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS! Favoriting (0:40:53 Pop-up)

Tony Allen and Chicago Afrobeat Project: Cut the Infection - from our GRAND PRIZE around the world 20 cd / lp GRAB BAG - pledge $75 or more to get in the running! Favoriting (0:59:46 Pop-up)

Orchestre Super Mazembe: Words of Love (Maloba d'Amour) - From the Premium CD World Covers - pledge $75 or more to get it automatically! Favoriting (1:01:09 Pop-up)

Jalisco Band: Billy Don't Be a Hero - From the Premium CD World Covers - pledge $75 or more to get it automatically! Favoriting (1:04:02 Pop-up)

Hanba: Piosenka Mlodych Wioslarzy Favoriting / Beda Bici (1:06:32 Pop-up)

Tracy Thornton Steel Band: Rockaway Beach - From the Premium CD World Covers - pledge $75 or more to get it automatically! Favoriting (1:12:56 Pop-up)

Vieux Farka Toure: Bonheur - from his album Samba (on the Six Degrees label) - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS! Favoriting (1:22:28 Pop-up)

Vieux Farka Toure: Bai Kaitere - from his album Samba (on the Six Degrees label) - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS! Favoriting (1:24:58 Pop-up)

Machuca Cumbia: Staying Alive - From the Premium CD World Covers - yours for a pledge of $75 or more Favoriting (1:36:58 Pop-up)

Goran Bregovic, Katarzyna Rooijens (Kayah): Čaje Šukarije - from the compilation Discover Balkan Music with ARC Music - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS Favoriting (1:40:51 Pop-up)

Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Ostala Favoriting / Subdina / Vogiton / * (1:44:22 Pop-up)
Next week's guests!

Tirana Folk Ensemble: Do Mar CIften - from the compilation Discover Balkan Music with ARC Music - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS Favoriting (1:46:27 Pop-up)

Natacha Atlas: I Put a Spell on You - From the Premium CD World Covers - yours for a pledge of $75 or more Favoriting (1:49:34 Pop-up)

Caravan Palace: Dragons - from our GRAND PRIZE around the world 20 cd / lp GRAB BAG - pledge $75 or more to get in the running! Favoriting (1:59:41 Pop-up)

Esma: Ciganka - from the compilation Discover Balkan Music with ARC Music - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS Favoriting (2:00:04 Pop-up)

Taraf de Haïdouks & Kočani Orkestar: Carolina - From the Premium CD World Covers - pledge $75 or more to get it automatically! Favoriting (2:04:03 Pop-up)

Oumou Sangare: Minata Waraba from Mogoya (No Format label) - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS Favoriting (2:10:19 Pop-up)

Oumou Sangare: Fadjamou from Mogoya (No Format label) - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS Favoriting (2:14:28 Pop-up)

Oumou Sangare: Djoukourou from Mogoya (No Format label) - the prize currently up for grabs - get in the running with your pledge now of $20 or more, THANKS Favoriting (2:18:47 Pop-up)

Ananda Shankar: Jumpin' Jack Flash - From the Premium CD World Covers - yours for a pledge of $75 or more Favoriting (2:21:21 Pop-up)

Purna Das Baul and Bapi Das Baul: Mr. Tambourine Man- From the Premium CD World Covers - yours for a pledge of $75 or more Favoriting (2:40:10 Pop-up)

Mohammed Rafi & Asha Bhosle: Dekho Ab To (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) - From the Premium CD World Covers - yours for a pledge of $75 or m Favoriting (2:42:03 Pop-up)

Amadou & Mariam: Yiki Yassa - from La Confusion - CD & LP - currently up for grabs - a pledge of any amount gets you in the running! Favoriting (2:44:57 Pop-up)

Amadou & Mariam: Bofou from La Confusion - CD & LP - currently up for grabs - a pledge of any amount gets you in the running! Favoriting (2:54:45 Pop-up)





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Email here to JOIN the TSP E-MAIL LIST for giveaways, show news!

If you want to be on an email list for special ticket and music giveaways and to hear news about upcoming specials and special events (including our remote broadcasts from Barbes in Park Slope, Brooklyn - send an email to Rob W here and be sure to write "list" in the subject line.

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

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National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

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International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

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Listener comments!

Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:07pm Trouble:

good evening TSP listeners! welcome to Rob's last fundraiser for the 2018 marathon. If you haven't pledged your support to Rob, tonite is the time. If you have pledged, up it by pledging upyours@wfmu.org
  6:09pm Karen in Sleepy Hollow:

Have a great show Rob! I hope you and Trouble pass the goal quick and easy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm Rob W:

Good evening everyone! This just in: Our first PRIZE up for grabs - you could be the lucky winner w/ a pledge of $20 or more - is great Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar's Sousoume Tamachek - make a pledge now to get in the running!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm Rob W:

Thanks Karen!
Avatar 6:10pm TDK60:

Evening Rob & Trouble. The Sun is still up for another hour, still calling it evening...
Avatar 6:13pm βrian:

Almost two hours 'til sunset on the Isthmus. Trying to cajole my habibti into a pledge.
Avatar 6:16pm βrian:

This music goes nicely with the ambience here where the kitchen smells of a motley black bean stew.
  6:20pm ike:

Hey fellow listeners, this show deserves a LOT more pledge love than it usually gets! Do it now, don't wait for the finale!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm Doobois:

@ßrian: Agreed, as a mighty lentil soup is a-percolatin' in ours!
Avatar 6:24pm βrian:

I expect Polish roots music would have an irrepressible beet. Am I right?
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:27pm Trouble:

rob was the first wfmu dj that i had the pleasure to meet. he invited me to fmu parties and introduced me to the gang and here i am today, a proud WFMU dj asking you to support rob's singular talent and enthusiasm for music that it would be difficult, if not impossible to hear without him.
Avatar 6:27pm TDK60:

I heard once that John Henry is the most recorded U.S. folk song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36pm northguineahills:

uh oh, it's weekend Trouble! yaye!
Avatar 6:37pm βrian:

We librarians agree.
Avatar 6:40pm βrian:

Does the FCC let you say "functional?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm northguineahills:

Omar Souleyman!
Avatar 6:44pm βrian:

"Omar's coming!"
Avatar 6:45pm TDK60:

I recall when Afropop started gaining notice. I'd been listening to reggae in the mid-to-late '70s and more African LPs showed up. A local college station had an African show. Albums like King Sunny Ade's Juju Music made a splash. There was a mag Reggae & African Beat. Etcetera. This was late '70s early 80s.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:46pm Threemoons:

Good evening. Got up two hours ago after an all-night Monster Hunter World session. Already pledged and did SFL but glad that this show is getting love also....
Avatar 6:48pm βrian:

@TDK: It even hit NPR by then with Georges Collinet hosting Afropop Worldwide.
Avatar 6:48pm TDK60:

Oh yes, Brian.
Avatar 6:49pm βrian:

Maybe Rob knows the Omar instrument here that sounds to me like a bombard?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm Doobois:

I hope everyone in the phone room and studio are busting a move to this as we are. Holy arthritis-buster!
Avatar 6:51pm TDK60:

It could be synth/sampler.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm northguineahills:

Omar Souleyman started out playing dabke, and damn, does he kill it live! His band (the last time I saw him), had a Kurdish keyboard player, a Druze player (I believe Omar is Sunni), not that it matters, but it shows how inclusive his band was (I believe he was originally from Al-Malikyah or Al-Hasakah in NE Syria (sorry, can't remember, brain is on strike today)
  6:57pm DouglasInDallas:

I regularly "tune in to see what the cool kids in Williamsburg are freaking out their Uber drivers with now..." #SwagForLife baby
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm Ken From Hyde Park:

For international listeners, the number to call is +1 201 413 9368.
Avatar 6:59pm βrian:

It somehow reminds me of a food co-op. If I had a dollar for every hour of volunteer time I worked ... Oy!

(Or even 79 cents, for that matter.)
Avatar 6:59pm slugluv1313:

OMAR!!!!
was lucky to see him in Central Park some years ago - crazy hot humid afternoon, his energy was incredible
Avatar 7:00pm slugluv1313:

Rob, what song will you be singing with Hoof and Mouth?
Avatar 7:01pm βrian:

Oh, yes! Dr Bronner's! It could keep you company for hours if you're on the can.
Avatar 7:03pm βrian:

No, Newfie time. A half hour ahead of you.
Avatar 7:05pm TDK60:

Words Of Love fits that style so well.
  7:09pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Yes, I upped my moolah to cover my culo... those covers are great for parties. Now everyone feel the world of love here. Say hi to Kacy for us...
Avatar 7:18pm TDK60:

Bas again. Hello from "New Amsterdam."
Avatar 7:18pm βrian:

Madison? One of my homies!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:19pm Bas NL:

Hi TDK60 and all!
Avatar 7:19pm TDK60:

Trouble, can you nudge Rob to play a tune from the Francophone world?
Avatar 7:20pm βrian:

@TDK60: Ouai, je suis d'accord !
  7:22pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Halliday cover? Give him some...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm Buffalo's Tom:

Hi everyone! Can someone please tell me the email address by which I can increase my pledge? Thanks!
Avatar 7:25pm βrian:

upyours@wfmu.org
  7:27pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

You make me laugh. So funny: upyours@wfmu.org
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm Buffalo's Tom:

Haha, thanks!
Avatar 7:31pm βrian:

I feel like I'm on the Reference Desk, though I've never been on a physical one.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:31pm Trouble:

upping your pledge? we love that!!!!
Avatar 7:31pm TDK60:

Well Toure, being from Mali, likely speaks French also.
Avatar 7:35pm βrian:

Yep, I met him once. All our communications were en français. We found out he had lived for a time in Guinea.
  7:35pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

You are killing me (with love) with this Malian and Senegalese music. I need to get away from this because I'm an glued to it. I need to do work. What do you want??? Anyway play some French musique'. I need to rail down a bit.
  7:39pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Sgt. Garcia is ranking great! Met them in Lafayette, La. at the Festivale' (coming up in April folks). We worked and had fun.
  7:50pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Play "Rock the Casbah" by Rachid Taha... That tickles a "wallet twitch"... plus great song. Also if you want some hard punk Balkan items: Kultur Shock... with stalwart sax and 'avant monster' Amy Denio.
Avatar 7:53pm TDK60:

Rob, do you have time to relax around the house?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm Doobois:

I don't want to misdirect anyone, but I thought I should mention that Moondog scored a "Mouse Bonus." And that my better half, Lynne, pledged cos she just doggone loves Rob.
Avatar 7:55pm βrian:

"It's Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and he's a wild man, so bug off."
  8:07pm yippie:

rob i think i once saw you on canal street listening to your headphones a couple months ago
  8:09pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Taraf de Haïdouks do it hardcore. Can't play that enough.
Avatar 8:17pm slugluv1313:

"Screamin' Jay - he's my main man!"
  8:18pm Bill:

Dr. Bronner's Peppermint soap rules! Don't give me any of that Tea Tree stuff.
Avatar 8:18pm βrian:

Wf-Oumou.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:23pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Sorry, was away for a bit. Did you mention the live remotes on TSP, like the Golden Festival? Folks can pledge in support of that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm Rob W:

Thanks Ken, yes, in fact we have another remote coming up on May 26th from Issyra Gallery in Hoboken with lotsa great live music! Show your support with a pledge, THANKS!
Avatar 8:27pm TDK60:

Those Rollings. Yikes this cut goes back to '70, groovy.
Avatar 8:29pm βrian:

Trouble said "most unique." Hah

But yes, pledge, pledge. pledge !!
Avatar 8:30pm TDK60:

Anyone ever been to a Rollings concert? I've never.
Avatar 8:38pm TDK60:

Extra streams here are great. Drummer has Explorers Room with DJ Flash Strap. An exotica lens, often world music. Thu. 7-10. etc.
  8:39pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Explain what "Secret Society" pledge is. Show your support with a pledge, THANKS!
  8:43pm ike:

Isn't Daniel Blumin also from WNYU? There are some good shows on there, but their FM signal sucks, and their web stream sucks worse. Pledge to FMU because its stream is *reliable* -- help keep it that way!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:43pm Trouble:

brian: i am happy to say unique is a word that needs additional description here at wfmu, since we are indeed soooooo very unique
Avatar 8:44pm TDK60:

WNYU, I think it is, has a great Arab music show.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:44pm Trouble:

41 $ a month on your credit card is a secret society pledge: you get the record bag!!! and the turntable sweatshirt and everything at all the lower pledge levels
  8:47pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Ike: The web stream via iPhone is great. No apps, no nothing. In Fla the FM cast is "very poor". Go finger. How's WNYU these days?
Avatar 8:47pm TDK60:

Send some funds to this WFMU station "glisteners." You won't be bored...it's sorta unique.
Avatar 8:49pm βrian:

WFMU is uniquey. I'll give you that.
  8:52pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

TDK: What 'NYU 'Arab' show do you speak of? Sounds very interesting.
Avatar 8:53pm βrian:

I thought Brighton Beach was in the UK ...
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm Ken From Hyde Park:

You could even say it's WFMU-nique!
Avatar 8:56pm βrian:

But really, who has cable any more? Or TV?
Avatar 8:58pm TDK60:

el Garee: "Unfortunately, It Was Paradise" -classic Arab music. On this Woofmoo Radio, Rob's "Paradise" also plays Arab.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:58pm Bas NL:

Thanks Rob & Trouble!
  8:58pm el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Globally WFMUnique. The world is yours and ours.
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