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Options March 18, 2020: fill-in for Duane

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Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks  I Scare Myself   Options 0:00:00 (Pop‑up)
The Monkees  Goin' Down   Options 0:06:57 (Pop‑up)
Orlando Julius  Psychedelic Afro Shop   Options 0:10:51 (Pop‑up)
Volcano Suns  Balancing Act   Options 0:17:11 (Pop‑up)
DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul  Rocket Fuel   Options 0:20:34 (Pop‑up)
Hot Tuna  Death Don't Have No Mercy   Options 0:23:44 (Pop‑up)
Ella Fitzgerald w/ Chuck Webb & His Orchestra  When I Get Low, I Get High   Options 0:29:53 (Pop‑up)
Wyatt/ Atzmon/ Stephen  What's New   Options 0:32:18 (Pop‑up)

Music behind DJ:
Dave Hamilton 
Cracklin' Bread   Options
0:35:23 (Pop‑up)
The Blackbyrds  Do It, Fluid   Options 0:41:26 (Pop‑up)
Souljazz Orchestra  Ya Basta   Options 0:46:45 (Pop‑up)
Arthur Russell  Arm Around You   Options 0:54:10 (Pop‑up)
Digital Underground  The D-Flowinstrumental   Options 0:59:21 (Pop‑up)
Cory Daye  Single Again   Options 1:04:08 (Pop‑up)
King Tubby & the Aggrovators  A Serious Version   Options 1:09:38 (Pop‑up)
Tom Verlaine  Yonki Time   Options 1:13:08 (Pop‑up)
Holy Modal Rounders  Black Eyed Susie   Options 1:16:54 (Pop‑up)
The Bongos  In the Congo   Options 1:18:32 (Pop‑up)

Music behind DJ:
Dave Hamilton 
Cracklin' Bread   Options
1:21:14 (Pop‑up)
Olatunji  Frekoba   Options 1:27:24 (Pop‑up)
Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra  Discipline 33   Options 1:36:27 (Pop‑up)
Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra  Rocket Number Nine   Options 1:41:59 (Pop‑up)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra  Moonship Journey   Options 1:46:08 (Pop‑up)
Marshall Allen & Danny Ray Thompson  Interstellar Low Ways   Options 1:51:11 (Pop‑up)
Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra  Life Is Splendid/Immeasurable   Options 1:56:56 (Pop‑up)

Music behind DJ:
Dave Hamilton 
Cracklin' Bread   Options
2:06:31 (Pop‑up)
James Brown  Jimmy Mack   Options 2:10:45 (Pop‑up)
Sam Cooke  Just for You   Options 2:13:21 (Pop‑up)
Little Jerry Williams  I'm the Lover Man   Options 2:15:35 (Pop‑up)
Armando Peraza  Funky Broadway   Options 2:19:17 (Pop‑up)
Jimmy Gilford  Misery Street   Options 2:21:52 (Pop‑up)
Joe Cuba  Ariñañara   Options 2:24:13 (Pop‑up)
Nova  I Feel Like Getting Down   Options 2:27:12 (Pop‑up)

Music behind DJ:
Dave Hamilton 
Cracklin' Bread   Options
2:33:34 (Pop‑up)
Rolling Stones  Memo From Turner   Options 2:36:10 (Pop‑up)
Rev, Mack McCollum w/Combined Choirs  I'm Gonna Stand Still   Options 2:40:17 (Pop‑up)
Eleventh Dream Day  Taking Leave   Options 2:45:15 (Pop‑up)
Morgana King  Out of Nowhere   Options 2:51:46 (Pop‑up)
Jean Bosco Mwenda  Masanga   Options 2:55:20 (Pop‑up)


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Listener comments!

  12:03pm Patrick:

Happy Wednesday
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:03pm melinda:

Howdy Ira and everyone! Thanks for being there.
  12:04pm Fletchernyc:

Hi Ira!! Looking forward to your show:)
Avatar ♥ 12:04pm Strandlund:

Thank you Ira for filling in...I'm excited to hear your show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:04pm Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Ira, hey peoples
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:04pm Pedro in Arlington:

Thanks for your service, Ira the K. And the other thing you do too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:04pm listener 126464:

Yeah thanks Ira, cheers everybody!
  12:04pm MONEYBAG$:

Hello Ira! Last week when things started going down, I needed music to relax and picked Dan Hicks
  12:04pm steveL:

So happy to have WFMU. Truly a comfort!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:04pm steveo:

Good to hear you, Ira
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:05pm opurt:

Good morning Ira and all from the bay area. Looking forward to the show.
  12:05pm mrmikestandsir:

ahhh, Dan Hicks! Thanks, Ira.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:06pm Rob (Jerzcity):

Hiya, Ira, all
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:06pm chris_in_space:

Super cool to have you playing records today, Ira! Thanks for filling in.

WFMU got me through 9/11, and I'm glad it's around now during this tough time.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:06pm 12539:

Thanks for coming in, Ira!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:06pm David (in London):

This is helping already Ira.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:07pm Kat in Chicago:

Nice to hear you, Ira.
  12:07pm Ochre Ogre:

Hi Ira, wow that sounds surreal like NY after 9/11. Haven't heard this since 197...?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:07pm Irene Trudel:

YES! Perfect choosing Dan Hicks, Ira! Love this song so much. Striking it Rich was the first album of his I discovered right out of high school. Reminds me, I still owe you that WFMU session he did for me back in 2005. Maybe while I’m forced to stay home I'll dig it up for you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:07pm Matt_E:

Going through Manhattan with no horns sounds so eerie
  ♥ 12:08pm andreirublev:

Good day Mr K!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:09pm Amanda:

Sssssock it to me
Avatar ♥ 12:09pm jt:

yes, Matt_E.. its very eerie
Avatar 12:09pm Listening Out There:

Irene --- How's the wrist?
  12:09pm MONEYBAG$:

Like a mama cow!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:09pm Irene Trudel:

I live on a busy avenue in Manhattan's UWS. Super quiet, very little traffic, car or foot, broken by sirens ever so often (which admittedly make me jump more than usual now).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:10pm David (in London):

@Handy - You haven't been forced back in to Google Hangouts again have you?
  12:10pm Matt in Carrboro:

Thanks for spinning records for me and my elementary kids, Ira! We love the Monkees (and their tv show)! Stay safe up there.
  12:10pm Rachel Bo Bachel:

What a treat to have Ira K today! And thanks for the Monkees! <3
  12:11pm Dayffid the human dial tone:

Hey Ira and listeners!
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:12pm upstate sean:

Monkees killin it, very alternative :)
  12:12pm modern blaze:

howdy! got here on 2nd song
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:13pm Ira:

Good afternoon, everyone!
  12:13pm Frank Zaatar:

This was the first Monkees song I ever liked. Back when I was too cool for the Monkees.
  12:13pm David K:

Goin' Down! -
my absolute favorite Monkees tune -
also maybe the most obscure. thx much!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:14pm Handy Haversack:

@DIL -- no, though the whole damn system went down (when I accidentally unplugged it!). Was/am 100 Percent Winging!
Avatar 12:14pm Jeff Conklin:

I'm here for a Hot Tuna jam. Hi, Ira.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:14pm Ira:

I HATED Goin' Down when it came out. I was too square for the Monkees getting too cool. Didn't like Micky's curly hair either, which was surely self-loathing on my part.
Avatar ♥ 12:15pm Jason The K:

I third or fourth that Goin' Down is a Monkees fave of mine too.
  12:15pm Jay in the Lou:

Afrofunk is the exalted sound.
Avatar ♥ 12:16pm Jason The K:

@Ira You first wave Monkees kids weren't scatting?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:17pm David (in London):

Handy, you "accidentally" unplugged it. Thus hastening your return to FMU... Oops, silly me.
  12:17pm ?:

Hi Ira, Off to a great start there. Leslie and Frank here in Somerville are tuned. WMBR and WZBC are shut down because they are in school buildings.
Avatar ♥ 12:18pm jt:

So easy to scare myself these days.. great song, Thanks DJ Ira for opening my ears to this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:18pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks for holding it down, Ira!
  12:18pm Frankem:

Ira - Enjoying the show.

Irene - missing you on WFMU!
  12:19pm David K:

sorry Ira, Goin' Down was a whole 'nother direction for them - jazz!
& the video was awesome with analog effects - mirroring and multiplying... I was blown away when I saw it on their TV show back in the sixties
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:19pm RomanDogBird:

it's a balancing act
and i can't balance
and i can't act too well
apparently
apparently
  12:19pm LazArchives:

Hey Ira,
Happy to be under house arrest with you spinning the discs. Looking forward to a rocking & interesting show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:20pm Mike & Dusty:

so glad to be attached to Ira, ’FMU and these sounds via terrestrial radio in the East Village, where for 22 years i’ve (apropos of nothing much) been assiduously picking up my dogs’ poop
  12:20pm mario:

Hi Ira!
I'm a fan of yours and I'm happy to hear from you - and good music- on the radio. It's not frequent (I have to admit that it is the first time)! I was at the Cabaret Sauvage with my daughter Sara two years ago. What a show! I loved that crazy second part of the performance even if the first one was very good, nice and cool.
Hope to hear you again very soon.
In Paris we try to not loose our minds - we can't quit our apartments and the days are so strange . The world doesn't seem to turn very round. But I hope better days for all of us.
All the best,
Mario
  12:21pm Rachel Bo Bachel:

Ira, nice stage dive at the 5th night of Hanukkah show! :D
  12:21pm Spaceman One:

Yes, the great Volcano Suns!
  12:22pm Karen:

good afternoon. a song from my youth. thanks for being here.
  12:22pm David K:

David in London - how's Penny (& your other foxes)?
  12:22pm Maria D:

Hoorah for the Volcano Suns!
  12:22pm Frank Zaatar:

Of course, that didn't stop me from tuning in every Monday night.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:22pm Yes:

:) :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:23pm listener 126464:

de to the la
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:23pm LW Rhino:

Hiya Ira, Tasty selections, thanks!
Avatar 12:23pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

You are only doing one fill-in today?
  12:24pm Jay in the Lou:

Defense Production Act just invoked.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:24pm Corey:

Afternoon Ira and everybody. Thanks for coming in!
Avatar ♥ 12:24pm jeffreylazar:

I've got the best icon around!
  12:25pm Martinibomb:

yo Ira! sounding good
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:25pm David (in London):

@David K - All seem well thanks. The foxes don't seem to be self-isolating or social distancing, that's for sure. I might send them out to do my shopping. How goes things with you?
  12:25pm Jay in the Lou:

Terrific show!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:25pm LW Rhino:

How do you like your tuna? ...Red Hot !
Avatar 12:25pm Snoochienucci:

hey all! nice set so far Ira! THE TUNAAAA!!!!! one of my alltime favs
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:25pm DonJuanTijuana:

Welcome IRA the K!!!.I knew today was gonna be great when TOPT kicked things off today. That Monkees track was Bananas!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:25pm Mike & Dusty:

i can hear Conklin exhale from here #hottuna
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:26pm Handy Haversack:

Hey, my cousin is Jorma Kuakonen.
Avatar 12:26pm Beast of Boonton:

Jorma!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:26pm David (in London):

Ah Snoochmeister. Hello to you.
Avatar 12:27pm Tennessee Jeb:

nice.
Avatar 12:27pm Snoochienucci:

@handy you serious?????? @DIL hello to you, whats going on?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:27pm Handy Haversack:

@Todd, you ready if Ira tires? Make it a full Day-o-phonic?
  12:27pm Rachel Bo Bachel:

Todd you are a rocknroll soldier! (but pls stay safe ;) )
  12:28pm Jeremy:

Really enjoying this set. Very much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:29pm David (in London):

Snoochie - A whole of lot staying home and writing blog posts about statistical process control really. With Ken, and now Ira, and a pot of tea, that's actually much more enjoyable than it might sound...
  12:29pm zippie:

sometimes death has a little mercy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:29pm LW Rhino:

Todd will be the Honky Tonk Radio boy later tonight.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:29pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Handy! Thanks for checking in last night. Wanted to mix it up on the comments more, but the records were a-flyin' everywhere…
  12:30pm stalvey:

Had a hankering to hear this even before the bug. Thanks for reading my little mind! And from so far away...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:30pm streetwaves:

Is this what all Hot Tuna sounds like?
Avatar 12:30pm Snoochienucci:

@DIL sounds plenty enjoyable to me. im kinda doing the same except the blogs post are switched out for 3d models of kitchens. and the tea is swapped out for espresso. Either way cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:31pm LW Rhino:

Hey Greg, how things in zone 5 ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:31pm Handy Haversack:

Hey, Greg -- sounded great! I sent that Fucked Up album to a friend, who also dug muchly. Kate looked up at one point early and said, "Wait, am I really hearing House of Pain?"! Super fun.
Avatar ♥ 12:31pm Jason The K:

This might be my favorite Ella tune!
Avatar 12:32pm Beast of Boonton:

@streetwaves - try some electric Hot Tuna sometime
Avatar 12:32pm Snoochienucci:

@Streetwaves not all, but that is def there sound. From their first album, which was a live set. They do electric too. had a period where they were kinda heavier rock also
  12:32pm yerfriendpaul:

This sounds so good
  12:32pm Greg Mottola:

Ira! We're tuning in down here in Tribeca, enjoying social distancing with you. xo, Greg & Sarah
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:33pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Weird ... I thought I heard someone yesterday yell "Kiss me, I'm Ira-ish!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:33pm Andrew_in_WI:

Hot Tuna is great. Love Jorma
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:34pm Matt Fiveash:

Thanks for your service today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:34pm Michael 98145:

wasn't much yelling around here yesterday ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:34pm steveo:

wall-to-wall great picks
  12:34pm zippie:

jormama
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:35pm David (in London):

Snoochie - I raise a cup of tea in your general direction.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:35pm David (in London):

Hi steveo
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:35pm steveo:

greetings, David
  12:36pm Steve Gunn:

IRA ! loving this -- thank you
  12:36pm SeanG:

thanks for being here Ira <3
  12:37pm SeanG:

@greg mottola Adventureland is my favorite movie of all time
  12:39pm Lou:

Thank you Ira!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:39pm DonJuanTijuana:

Hmmm, I think Ira needs a regular slot for this station
  12:40pm zippie:

taran from home improvement show taught me to smoke out of a lemon
  12:40pm don_laine:

You’re making my day, Ira.
  12:40pm Isaac in New Haven:

I request "We're All Gunna Die," by the vastly underappreciated Danny Cohen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:40pm David K:

@DIL (catching on to the lingo here) well enough thx. sheltering in place, pretty much.
My first time on this forum (long time listener ;-) amazed to find you here, DA.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:40pm Marcel M:

Whats up people?
  12:42pm Greg Mottola:

@SeanG ... gee, that's nice to hear! Thanks, Sean!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:42pm David K:

Ira, lovely selections.
requesting another obscurity - Memo From Turner
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:42pm David (in London):

@David K - Well, glad to have you here. But am I being slow on the uptake here? Do we know each other?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:42pm Irene Trudel:

Yes, Ira fits right into our strange WFMU family. Probably difficult for him to do a regular show due to touring. But I'm grateful for today's fill-in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:44pm Yes:

oh baby
  12:45pm Kelly Jones:

Hi Ira, I'm grateful for today's fill in too (Irene). Sounds GREAT!
  12:45pm Matt in Carrboro:

Hey Steve Gunn, bummed to miss you and William and Mary down here next week. Stay safe!
Avatar ♥ 12:45pm jeffreylazar:

How about an Eleventh Dream Day cut Ira?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:46pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Hey Rhino, Ken, Fiveash, Irene & Kelly! Man, what a swell party this is!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:47pm melinda:

@SeanG @Greg M great movie! Daytrippers too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:47pm David (in London):

@jeffreylazar - Now, you're talking. I remember reading a review of Prairie School Freakout in Strange Things are Happening magazine and getting very excited. Seems like only five minutes ago, but it's already 32 years. Sheesh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:48pm David K:

Donna's survivor? saw you at the Keys in 2010 (I may have the wrong David (surely there are several in London.
  12:48pm Joey joe joe:

Great selections from this young fill-in (so far). He should consider a career in music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:48pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Marcel! melinda!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:49pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Hello everybody. Brilliant starter( I Scare Myself), Ira.
  12:49pm SeanG:

Hi melinda, hope all is well in Portland :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:50pm melinda:

yo Greg!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:50pm Handy Haversack:

Hey, Kevin. How are things above the bay?
  12:51pm Greg Mottola:

@melinda - Thanks!!! (Stay safe)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:51pm David (in London):

@David K - No, that wasn't me. I'll put word out on the 'Davids in London' underground network and pass it on to the right one. Still, I'm glad to make your acquaintance man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:52pm Marcel M:

Hey Greg!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:52pm Marcel M:

errrr.... did the stream just go down?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:52pm melinda:

@Sean things are ok here! Most people are hunkering down, 32 corona cases reported in Maine as of yesterday, mostly in my county.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:52pm Baja Joe:

Chirp?
  12:53pm Ghetto Pastrami:

Did the feed drop or just for me ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm Devin B.:

No stream here
Avatar ♥ 12:53pm Jason The K:

The air is very dead.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm chris_in_space:

Yeah I've got crickets on the stream
  12:53pm yerfriendpaul:

Yep, quiet here too
  12:53pm JakeGould:

@IreneTrudel: I explored Manhattan over the weekend and went specifically to Times Square, Midtown and Bryant Park on Sunday. Deader than dead. So quiet and calm. Literally peaceful and I never thought I would experience it being peaceful in Midtown ever.

And on 42nd Street next to Bryant Park an older woman pushing a shopping cart needed some help with directions to the 1 train. I pointed to Time Square. Traffic (foot and cars) was dead.

Then when she walked away it dawned on me how crazy it was to see a real human doing basic domestic errands in the middle of midtown.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm melinda:

it dropped
  12:53pm Dayffid the human dial tone:

Oh dear ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm Marcel M:

Fuuuuuuck
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm Marcel M:

Its back!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm David (in London):

Literally the LAST thing any of us need now is for FMU to go on the blink.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm Jason S:

FM dropped too but it's back and I'm really enjoying the show!
  12:53pm Dayffid the human dial tone:

Phew!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm David K:

yes yes, my apologies - there's another David in your vicinity with a penchant for foxes.
same here, cheer'o
Avatar 12:53pm David in London:

Wake up
  12:53pm Ben:

It came back for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm Devin B.:

Back!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm Michael 98145:

yes, whew
  12:53pm Dayffid the human dial tone:

That nearly was the end of the world
  12:54pm Jeremy:

Yes! Arthur Russell.
  12:54pm yerfriendpaul:

Phew
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm Matthew_London:

You can't rush Arthur Russell
  12:54pm Ghetto Pastrami:

Oh man, so glad it came back
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm Kelly Jones:

I called Ken Freedman, he said it was just operator error. :D
  12:54pm JakeGould:

On Mary’s list she mentioned she’s using the station’s Spotify… And apparently so is Ira? So there might be login issues conflicting?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:54pm melinda:

@Jake is the lack of people more creepy or pleasant?
  12:55pm Rachel Bo Bachel:

<3 Arthur Russell <3
  12:56pm Vincent Diggins:

Ira, Vince from Pearl. Thanks for keeping wfmu rolling. Thanks for playing Green Onions on the fundraiser. Made my day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:56pm David K:

@DIL, your new profile pic, ain't my DIL. Could be his son, if he had one ;-)
Peace (& wash yo damn hands!)
Avatar 12:56pm Duane:

Sounding great Mr. K!!!!
  12:56pm JakeGould:

@melinda: Creepy and pleasant. In Midtown it was pleasant since that is such a nasty part of the city. It was creepy when I walked around TriBeCa, Chinatown and Greenwich Village. Seeing those areas dead creeped me out.

Also the few stores that were open were creepy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:57pm Handy Haversack:

GTDR never dropped.
Avatar ♥ 12:57pm Faux Jean:

twerkin' from home to these tunes. tee hee, tee hee.
  12:57pm JakeGould:

@Handy: Yes it did. A few times.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:58pm Marley P. Dogg:

Thanks for being on today Ira
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:58pm David (in London):

@David K - Ah, this again. That's David in London. Once I figured out that the app vs website meant that I had a non-unique ID, I brought in the brackets, so I am David (in London). The fox is me, and that other guy isn't. He's one of the other Davids in London. Confused yet?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:59pm David (in London):

Hello David in London (no brackets).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:59pm Handy Haversack:

I never heard blank @JG. But I'm notoriously clueless.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:00pm Asheville Jon:

he should not be touching the other side of their face
  1:00pm Rachel Bo Bachel:

Hey Marley Dogg!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:00pm David (in London):

@Handy - Surely 'notoriously on top of things'?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:01pm melinda:

@Jake my store was one of few open yesterday until I got permission to go home early, I felt like we were being creepers for staying open.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:01pm Marley P. Dogg:

Hi Rachel!!
  ♥ 1:01pm Mike H:

Thanks for the show Ira, been really enjoying it. Best wishes and good health to everyone here <3
  1:01pm prudy:

Hello Ira, thanks for being there in this crazy time...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:01pm Handy Haversack:

I have a laptop on a piano stool on a folding TV tray, @DIL, if that gets me close to qualifying!
  1:01pm georgia:

Hi Vince! We almost made it to Pearl on Friday.. but the movie let out too late. Hope you're all ok! Georgia
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:01pm Rich in Bay Ridge:

Thanks Ira, this show is helping stave off the work-from-home fit of rage that seems imminent
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:01pm David K:

@DIL (WITH brackets?!?) yeah, no more confused than usual. thx for not just blowin' me off for another crackpot.
Enjoy & stay safe
  1:02pm JakeGould:

@melinda: What kind of store do you work in? Was there any sense to it staying open in the middle of this?
  1:03pm georgia:

Hi Ira, the show is ACES so far! That stovetop
is getting the cleaning of a lifetime.
  1:03pm Vincent Diggins:

Georgia, Doing ok, Hunkering down in Newark, Listening to WFMU. Sorry we missed you. Stay well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:03pm David (in London):

@David K - Whereabouts are you? And you seem to be a keyboard playing man, yes?
  1:04pm SeanG:

do the humpty hump
Avatar ♥ 1:04pm Monica:

wow! you totally threw me off guard with this one, ira!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:05pm KevinfromBayRidge:

@ Handy(12:50). Fine, thanks. Ran along the Bay(yes, ABOVE it!)this morning.Although a decent amount of people out, still a good social distancing place. If "shelter in place' happens,I hope this is still an option.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:05pm steveo:

@handy i've moved to the fireplace mantel now, and that seems like a better height for my back... (i'm sure you were up all night concerned about my standing "desk")
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:05pm melinda:

@Jake leather goods and accessories, so...no. I understand why some stay open given the lack of a clear directive from state and local officials.
Avatar 1:05pm modern blaze:

Ira, today is a very-very
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:05pm Handy Haversack:

@steveo, I *did* wonder! My feet are not as happy with this rug as the puffy one at work.

Walking the dog!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:06pm David K:

@D(IL) I'm in JC, right next to WFMU!
& yup, I'm kool on keys (if I do say so...)
Avatar 1:06pm Snoochienucci:

@Handy if you are still here - is Jorma actually your cousin?
Avatar ♥ 1:06pm Jason The K:

Robyn Hitchcock is doing a live video stream tonight for charity. Surely the right crowd for this. www.stageit.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:07pm steveo:

Hmm, Handy, I hope you will find something cushy to aid your standing or otherwise adapt. also, it takes about 60% of my mental processes to remember that Haversack is not a town in upstate new york
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:08pm steveo:

or maybe NJ? (who needs a house out in Haversack? Is that all you get for your money?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:08pm David (in London):

@steveo - I feel a rerecording of the Fountains of Wayne's 'Hackensack' coming on...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:09pm Irene Trudel:

Already bought my "ticket", Jason. Robyn and Emma are doing a live set to benefit the East Nashville neighborhood devastated by the tornado.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:09pm steveo:

will have to look that up, d(il)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:09pm Handy Haversack:

@Snooch: Indeedy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:09pm David (in London):

@David K - Ah, you're keeping it local. Top man. I look forward to hearing your smooth keyboard stylings at some stage.
  1:10pm jwelsh8:

This song reminds me a bit of "Alle Sei Di Sera" by Eduard De Crescenzo. Wonder if one influenced the other . . .
Avatar 1:10pm Snoochienucci:

@Handy thats awesome! Ive seen those guys as much as I can. Jorma's book was amazing, and the book that got me back into reading just over a year ago!
  1:11pm Ochre Ogre:

@ Jason K- Cool thanks for the notice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:11pm Yes:

king tubby , thank you
Avatar ♥ 1:11pm Jason The K:

@Irene Trudel Ticket purchased as well! As Robyn says, Good on ya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:12pm David K:

@D(IL) S'possible - I jam locally, once we (are allowed to) crawl out from under our respective and well spaced rocks.
  1:13pm luker duker:

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:13pm norske jersey boy:

IRA ! IRA! IRA ! Ya Basta !
Enjoying from socially distanced Norway...
Avatar 1:17pm ben abs:

Hi Ira, David in London(on lockdown?) Tom from myspace
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:17pm Yes:

Excellent
Avatar ♥ 1:17pm Hams:

yonki time!
  1:17pm Ira Fan:

Ira's back!!! My fave WFMU DJ!
  1:17pm JakeGould:

@melinda: Crazy. But in NYC I hear people who are servers, bartenders and such saying “It stinks that Mayor de Blasio is forcing us to close…” But guess what? Ain’t nobody going out anyway. Either pull the plug now or wait a few days until the message gets out: The city is socially dead.
  1:19pm Ochre Ogre:

@Ira- All this isolation stuff makes me think of Syd Barrett or Rubber Room by Parter Wagoner, wink nudge.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:20pm David (in London):

Hey Ben. Yep, lock down in Stoke Newington. How are you getting on?
  1:20pm Ira Fan:

Is Ira a girl's or a boy's name?
  1:21pm Slaboch:

Sounding great as always!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:22pm listener 126464:

start swimming!
  1:23pm Ira Fan:

oh, it's a boy; thats cool
Avatar ♥ 1:23pm Danne D:

Bless you Ira and Bless everyone in WFMU-land!!!
  1:24pm Jess:

Hi Ira! Love that Arthur Russell track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:24pm Michael 98145:

what Danne D just said
  1:24pm Rachel Bo Bachel:

Hey Ben abs! How you guys holding up over there??
Avatar 1:25pm ben abs:

@david All good if relatively sparse shelves in Clapton, need to make my way to the gf in Stroud tomorrow. Good to hear your keeping well brother. Needless to say looking for work in this environment isnt ideal!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:27pm David (in London):

@Ben, I hear you man, it's a bad climate out there economically. Hang in there, and something will come through. When all this madness is over perhaps we can have a local pint - I'm buying.
Avatar 1:28pm ben abs:

hey Rachel! imminent lockdown, i hope. UK has been super lax as far in terms of keeping this thing under control. Hope you and your family are good and happy
Avatar 1:29pm ben abs:

@david, would be a pleasure :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:30pm Marley P. Dogg:

Saw Sun Ra at town hall a few weeks ago - so good! And the band leader is 96 years old young! Ira - so sorry about the passing of your friend
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:31pm tom from Glasgow:

this is brilliant
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:32pm Michael 98145:

Whoa. Olatunji!
  1:33pm Ira Fan:

no tinned tomatoes here for my fry-up
Avatar 1:34pm ben abs:

not to deter from fmu ratings but cafe oto in london is live steaming all cancelled concerts and Charles Hayward is performing tomorrow
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:34pm Yes:

feeling this
  1:35pm Ira Fan:

never trust a cafe that has such a pretentious name
  1:37pm Ira Fan:

yeah
  1:38pm Mr & Mrs Bobby Microwave:

Loving today's show. Nice day for a Pet Wedding.
  1:38pm Marie:

Yo, what a treat! (Ira and Sun Ra)!
  1:39pm Hawkeye:

Loving this Ira the K! The only think that keeps me alive is WFMU and some pinot noir.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:39pm tom from Glasgow:

it's the word "sound" in Japanese. not really that pretentious
  1:40pm Marie:

must say, Duane's honey is always missed when not here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:41pm David (in London):

@Ben - I was due at OTO on Sunday for Lubomyr Melnyk, but it's been postponed till August now. Sigh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:42pm Mick:

Plenty of people have been saying this (or something like it), but this station is providing even more of a lifeline than usual these days. Thanks to Todd and Ken and Ira and everyone at WFMU.
Avatar ♥ 1:44pm βrian:

Is there a cafe laryngology?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:44pm Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

oh this is making my day! thanks! and hi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:44pm Irene Trudel:

Absolutely, Mick! It keeps me from checking out the news, a source of panic. Thanks to everyone at WFMU for keeping our sanity intact!
  1:44pm allanINtoronto:

Still a pretty great way to communicate between isolated peoples.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:45pm David (in London):

@Mick - It bears repeating sir, it really does.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:45pm Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Mick: uh HUH! So grateful to have access to this space while sheltering in place here in sf.
  1:47pm Rick G:

Thank you Ira and WFMU for this time and service. Especially helpful right now, of course. Cheers to all.
Avatar 1:47pm ben abs:

@Mick you're 100% correct. Thank you everybody who is keeping this live. WFMU is such an important institution and community for many people. Thank you all! @david sucks that all these shows must be cancelled. But super necessary. My concern is for those who need attention that is non virus related, hope they get adequate treatment
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:48pm Greg from ZONE 5:

I'll take the Moonship over the PATH any day.
  1:48pm Hugo (NL):

tnx for this sun ra greatness ira. you are helping me through a very rough day
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:48pm Irene Trudel:

Granny, where in SF? Peter & I were there the beginning of March to visit with family in Richmond in the E.Bay. we have lots of family
& friends out your way. Hope you are doing okay.
Avatar ♥ 1:49pm Jason The K:

@Greg HAHAHA!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:50pm zopa:

Is the ship the moon? What is the destination?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:51pm David (in London):

@zopa - The desintation is Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:51pm zopa:

Oh! I am soooo ready for this journey!
  ♥ 1:52pm Christopher O:

Loving this so far! Soundtrack to some family yardwork right now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:52pm chris:

greetings, Ira and folks, from the cool and damp redwoods of west marin, ca. digging your selections, Ira! thank you.
  1:52pm Matt in Carrboro:

my 7 and 9 year-old boys are learning all about some Sun Ra here. Good home schooling experience!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:52pm Irene Trudel:

Loving all this Sun Ra Arkestra, Ira! Nice tribute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:52pm Handy Haversack:

@snooch (1:10): I have never met him, though both my sisters have. I used to be fairly in touch with his brother. I should check out that book!

His mother and my dad were very close, lived together as kids after my dad was orphaned. I managed to get out to CA to visit her before she died, not long after my dad died.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:53pm Mick:

Irene your point about not compulsively checking the panic-inducing news is well taken! And the Sun Ra/Danny Ray Thompson tribute goes a long way in the 'building community out of isolation' department
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:54pm Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

Irene: waving from Potrero Hill! I've got plenty of tea, a pot of homemade soup and WFMU,so i'm good for now, thanks! i hope all is well with you and yours, great to see you here.
Avatar 1:55pm ben abs:

Hola Handy, hope you're doing well
  1:55pm Patrick:

Thanks IRA .great show today.anytime I think about moving out of Philadelphia I say to myself well if it's good enough for the Sun Ra arkestra then it's good enough for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:56pm chris_in_space:

What a killer Sun Ra set. Lovin' the interview clips between tracks.
Avatar 1:56pm jessiedorothy:

Thanks Jason the K for the heads up on the Hitchcock livestream tonight!
Avatar 1:57pm ben abs:

that was mesmerising
Avatar ♥ 1:58pm Jason The K:

@jessiedorothy Cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:58pm Irene Trudel:

i took a lot of photos of the Sun Ra Arkestra at the Newport Jazz festival last summer. you can see them here: www.flickr.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:59pm Handy Haversack:

Hey, @ben abs! You know, strikes and gutters, gutters and strikes. But all in all doing OK. You good?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:02pm David (in London):

@Handy - Wasn't it Oscar Wilde who said "Some of us are in the gutter dreaming of a strike and a cold beer"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:02pm Irene Trudel:

Thanks Granny! Hanging on the couch with kitties. Recovering from carpal tunnel surgery withe various pain meds, and Ira's show is perfect to drift along with.
Avatar ♥ 2:04pm Paul D:

Ken thanks for keeping the station alive during this time! we shall prevail!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:04pm Handy Haversack:

Dunsany, @DIL. But a lot of people make that mistake.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:05pm Ira:

Hope you're typing with the good hand, Irene!!!!
  2:06pm choggie:

Space IS the Place
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:07pm Corey:

Thank you for this Sun Ra set, Ira. Very moving.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:09pm Irene Trudel:

All good, Ira!
  2:10pm don_laine:

Ugh I wish you had a weekly show
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:12pm Marcel M:

Very much enjoying the show, Ira. Thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:13pm Marcel M:

Hope you recover well Irene!!! Cats are such a comfort to have at home, aren't they?
  2:14pm J-Boogie:

Thanks for spinning Ira. I learned Cracklin Bread from one of your Maxwell's hannukah CDs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:14pm Rich in Bay Ridge:

James Brown rockin’ the organ!
  2:16pm Jay in the Lou:

Speaking of "mack"...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:18pm Michael 98145:

enjoyin this set
  2:19pm choggie:

wo-REEEEEEEE!
  2:22pm Mia Vergari:

Thank you for being here. This is exactly what I need right now (dancing at my desk) <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:23pm Irene Trudel:

Yes, Marcel, cats know when you need a little comforting. Doing well, btw.
  2:31pm Ric:

Ira, did you log Discipline 27-11 / What Planet Is This? / Life Is Splendid / Immeasurable ?
  2:32pm steveL:

Ira, doing what WFMU does so exceptionally well in times of crisis. Thank you so much for connecting us, across the country and literally around the world.
Avatar ♥ 2:33pm Hams:

sounding good here in athens, ga. my folks called & talked me into clearing out of new york yesterdee. nice to still have WFMU. thanks for pullin' through, ira.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:33pm chris_in_space:

How badass is the bass line in this Nova track?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:34pm Yes:

This track is really really great
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:34pm p20:

@chris_in_space: VERY VERY BAAAADASS
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:34pm Mick:

Feel better Irene! Spectacular shots from Newport.
  2:35pm steveL:

Chris: it’s got me moving around the kitchen in a provocative manner.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:37pm chris_in_space:

@p20 @steveL:
The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:37pm p20:

I mean, how do you measure it? What is the reference unit of badassness? (or is it badassitude?)
  2:38pm J-Boogie:

one of my fave RS songs
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:38pm zopa:

badassity?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:38pm xtrakrispy:

Memo from Turner. My fave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:38pm karlward:

Play anything with Robert Quine on it.
  2:38pm PJ:

Is this the Ry Cooder version?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:39pm Mike & Dusty:

Any choice NZ sides in the bag?

or De Artsen
Avatar ♥ 2:39pm Hams:

slim harpo?
Avatar ♥ 2:39pm Marshall Stacks:

Great track, great film.
  2:39pm Mr. Pumpy:

Just what I needed!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:39pm sphere:

Play Breakfast In Bed by Dusty Springfield! I love Mussel Shoals.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:39pm DonJuanTijuana:

well if you're taking requests...Peter Laughner - Down at the Bar
  2:39pm Bill W:

Jerry Lewis woulda been 94 on Monday, if you have any handy...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:40pm xtrakrispy:

Dramarama cover of Memo is killer. I head Jagger showed up to sing backup...
  2:40pm mario:

Good music, glasses of good wine and my apartment turns into a dance floor. In France is time for this kind of things now
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:41pm karlward:

Also acceptable: play anything with Kryssi Battalene on it (Headroom's "City Lights" is a personal favorite, or anything she shreds on the last few Mountain Movers records).
Avatar ♥ 2:41pm Woo:

Is this virus going to delay the new Stones album another 10 years?
  2:41pm Matt in Carrboro:

I wanted to play Immune by Low on my WXDU radio show but Duke is all shut down including the station (for now).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:42pm sphere:

In 10 years, we will have an AI version of the Rolling Stones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:42pm p20:

@chris_in_space: nice Bootsy reference there, I confess that I had to look that one up. (Maybe the "Collins" should be the SI unit of baddassity.)
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:42pm Ira:

PJ: Yes, it was the Ry Cooder version.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:42pm Michael 98145:

always remember who you say you are
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:43pm karlward:

sphere: I'm not sure we don't already have Rolling Stones AI supremacy.
  2:43pm steveL:

Damn, Rev. Mac! I ain’t going anywhere! Praise glory!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:43pm sphere:

@ karlward - You explain a lot of things with that comment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:44pm Mike & Dusty:

Thank you so much Ira. I tuned in for Duane’s show and have danced at least as much as I would have, much to Dusty’s joy
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:45pm Ira:

Dancing portion of the program about to end!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:45pm karlward:

I'll tell you what I'd do: two baptisms at the same time
  2:47pm Ken j:

Great show, Ira! Thank you!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:47pm sphere:

Wow, did not know that 11th Dream Day did gorgeous!
Avatar ♥ 2:47pm jeffreylazar:

Thanks for playing my request Ira, you are a star!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:50pm Mike & Dusty:

@Ira here for ebbtide and flowtide both
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:50pm Mike & Dusty:

thought this 11DD was a David Kilgour song I had missed somewhere
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:52pm p20:

this is so different from Doug McCombs' work with Tortoise
Avatar ♥ 2:52pm jeffreylazar:

Ursa Major LP. So great!
  2:52pm PJ:

@Ira: Thanks, I knew it was different from the version on Metamorphosis (better, in my opinion.)
Avatar 2:53pm Mr & Mrs Bobby Microwave:

Thanks for the best part of this day. What are we supposed to do when the show is over?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:53pm sphere:

@jeffreylazar - all i have is Beet. so what else would you recommend besides Ursa Major?
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:53pm 12539:

Thank! You! Ira!
  2:54pm Vincent Diggins:

Thanks for a great show, Ira.
Avatar 2:54pm jessiedorothy:

Thanks for this, Ira. Stay safe & healthy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:54pm Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Ira!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:55pm Phin The Hyooman:

Much thanks, Ira, for the great show!
  2:55pm Stacey:

Aquarium Drunkard just quoted Fade in a post on IG. Thanks for making this all a little more bearable. ☮️
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:55pm Rich in Bay Ridge:

Thank you Ira.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:56pm sphere:

oh thanks Ira. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:56pm Mike & Dusty:

@Mr & Mrs Bobby M
continue to stay safe and, all of Ira’s past shows are available to stream
Avatar ♥ 2:57pm jeffreylazar:

@sphere - You can't go wrong. Praire School Freakout, Eighth, Riot Now...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:57pm steveo:

thank you Ira; was wonderful to hear you today
  2:57pm mario:

Thanks Ira!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:58pm sphere:

@jeffreylazar - thx!
Avatar ♥ 2:58pm jeffreylazar:

Thanks Ira. Hi to Georgia!
  2:58pm Jay in the Lou:

Breathtaking.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:58pm Corey:

Thanks for the past 3 hours Ira! Be well.
  2:58pm Dave Miss:

Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:59pm Kat in Chicago:

Thanks, Ira!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:59pm listener 126464:

Thanks Ira!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:00pm chris_in_space:

Thanks Ira! That was a lot of fun. Good hanging with all the listeners here too.
Avatar 3:00pm jessiedorothy:

Be well everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:05pm Mysterious Mike:

Take care, folks!
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