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Music inspired by life and current events

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East Orange, NJ

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Music inspired by life and current events

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English


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“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”—Philip K. Dick, How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later from Jul 12, 2025

7/12/2025
Rita Bliss - "We Will Sing" [0:00:00] Rianne Downey - "The Song of Old Glencoe" [0:02:50] Hannah Marcus - "Weeds and Lilies" - The Hannah Marcus Years: 1993-2004 [R.I.P. Mark Lipsitz of Bar/None] [0:06:46] - "Clip: DW-Heat Causes closure of Acropolis" [0:12:36] Golden Brown - "Beelzebufo" - Whisker Fatigue [0:13:12] L. Don Okami - "Riding" - Judgement Day at Pyynikki [0:27:57] Amanda Mur - "Canto a los migrantes" - Neu Om [0:36:19] - "Clip: Reuters-Trump announces 50% tariffs on Brazil" [More information: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/americas/brazil-trump-bolsonaro-lula-coup-tariff.html] [0:40:56] Enji - "Old Folks" - Sonor [0:41:48] Set: INTERVIEW with Constance Malleret—Part 1 Walter Franco - "Mixteraçao" - Nuts for Brazil: Scott Williams' 2015 Marathon Premium [1:13:16] Erasmo Carlos - "É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo (You Gotta Find a Way, My Friend)" - I'm Still Here soundtrack [1:20:07] Set: INTERVIEW with Constance Malleret—Part 2 Aline Calixto - "Oxossi" - Aline Calixto [1:41:45] Arlindo Cruz - "Meu Lugar (My Place)" - Sambista Perfeito [1:45:54] Nico - "The End" - Chelsea Town Hall [1:54:31] Kadef Abgi - "Rahma" - Diva Of Deva Loka [2:03:18] The Feelies - "Dancing Barefoot" - Rewind [2:11:40] Glitter Wizard - "Fairies Wear Boots" - Fairies Wear Boots [2:17:25] - "Clip: 9News-Record high in measles cases in the US" [2:26:11] Cactus World News - "State of Emergency" - Urban Beaches [2:26:38] - "Clip: BBC-Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit found dead hours after being fired" [2:33:55] Depeche Mode - "Fly on the Windscreen" - Black Celebration [2:35:05] Deerhoof - "Damaged Eyes Squinting Into the Beautiful Overhot Sun" - Devil Kids [2:43:47] The Paranoid Style - "Underworld, USA" - Underworld USA [2:48:34] FAXED, The Rolling Stones, The Fall - "Emotional Mithering" - Grotesque Rescue [2:51:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153978

Duration:03:06:57

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"There is no other thing--no belief or religion or faith... Just the knowledge that when we finally close our eyes, someone will be there to watch over us..."--Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying from Jul 5, 2025

7/5/2025
Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" - Monk 'Round the World [0:00:00] Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio - "Pillar of Light" - Armageddon Flower [0:14:33] - "Clip: DW News-Freed Belarussian opposition activist Siarhei Tsikhanouski" [More information: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czey1y6x6zzo] [0:30:18] Adrian Younge - "Sorrir na Chuva (Smile in the Rain)" - Something About April III [0:31:29] Anthony Joseph - "An Afrofuturist Poem" - Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back [0:35:31] - "Clip: FirstPost-Investigators Probe Air India Crash" [More information: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq7vgq2e5o] [0:40:16] Uroboro - "give space to despair" - The Bass Speaks [0:41:04] Miles Davis - "Tadd's Delight" - 'Round About Midnight [0:54:04] Music behind DJ: Mark Snow - "X-Files Theme" - Songs in the Key of X [0:58:44] David Moore - "Bleeding, KS" [1:08:52] Steve Reich - "Come Out" - Early Works [1:14:04] - "Clip: France24-Turkish magazine editors arrested over alleged prophet cartoon" [1:26:56] Blixa Bargeld & Nikko Weidemann - "Lazarus" - Blixa Bargeld Sings David Bowie [1:28:16] Mogwai - "Ex-Cowboy" - Come On Die Young [1:32:42] - "Clip: KTLA-Anti-Trump protest in Los Angeles July 4" [1:41:49] Mark Springer + Neil Tennant + Sacconi Quartet - "My Friend the Monster" - Sleep of Reason [1:42:36] Led Zeppelin - "In My Time of Dying" - Physical Graffiti [1:58:00] - "Clip: CBC-U.S. pauses some weapons shipments to Ukraine" [2:08:56] Meat Puppets - "Lake of Fire" - Meat Puppets II [2:10:15] Camper Van Beethoven - "Come Out" - New Roman Times [2:27:29] Pretenders - "Night in My Veins" - Ladykillers: 23 Tracks to Die For [2:29:15] Deerhoof - "Love-Lore 2" - Devil Kids [Announced this week they are taking their music off Spotify.] [2:32:31] David Bowie - "This Is Not America" - Bowie at the Beeb [2:36:17] YHWH Nailgun - "Black Out" - 45 Pounds [2:39:33] - "Clip: Sky News-Bob Vylan statement following controversial Glastonbury performance" [2:42:31] Bob Vylan - "Dream Big (feat. Amy Taylor)" [2:43:27] Minus 5 - "We Will Not Be Released" - Oar On, Penelope! [2:46:29] The Clash - "Straight to Hell" - From Here to Eternity: Live [2:52:24] https://freeform.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153723

Duration:03:09:56

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"Now all your victories are in vain." from Jun 28, 2025

6/28/2025
Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - "Know What I Mean? (take 12)" - Know What I Mean? [0:00:00] Okonski - "Vista" - Entrance Music [0:06:53] Kamasi Washington - "The Next Step" - The Epic [0:12:39] Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin - "Yek (Single Edit)" - Ghosted III [0:27:26] - "Clip: PBS-Journalist Bill Moyers dies" [More information: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/bill-moyers-dead.html] [0:33:29] Nancy Richmond - "Movin' On" - Cheaha Mountain Rainbows [0:34:32] - "Clip: CBS-Government set to open Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention camp" [0:39:08] Johnny Coley - "That Knock on the Door" - Mister Sweet Whisper [0:39:54] Roxborough & Blau - "They Say" - Poetica Dystopia [0:47:37] Mark Springer + Neil Tennant + Sacconi Quartet - "Morn" - Sleep of Reason [0:59:46] Rebecca Foon & Aliayta Foon-Dancoes - "Incandescence" - Reverie [1:06:33] - "Clip: NBC-French festival-goers jabbed with syringes" [1:12:15] BIG|BRAVE - "Innominate Nº i" - OST [1:13:17] Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - "Birds Toss Precious Flowers" - Hang On To Each Other [1:22:22] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Kenya protests turn deadly" [1:35:08] Thisquietarmy - "Les radicaux libres (Free Radicals)" - Langue Hybride [1:35:10] En Fer - "Seconde Passerelle: La Voie du Feu Astral et de l'Achimie Ferreuse (Second Gateway: The Way of Astral Fire and Ferrous Alchemy)" - A propos des diverses formes de Passerelles (About the various forms of Gateways) [1:44:28] Kuntari - "Anak Kecil (Child)" - Lahar (Lava) [1:52:15] - "Clip: France24-Fast fashion graveyard Chilean desert" [More information: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/chile-fast-fashion-waste-atacama-desert] [1:57:32] Centre El Muusa - "Desert Song" - Purple Stones [1:58:39] Herb Alpert - "Rise" - Rise [2:04:49] Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize" - Life After Death [2:12:13] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad With Jim the Poet] [2:15:58] David Bowie - "Pablo Picasso" - Reality [2:32:15] Mazz Swift - "New Anthem" - The 10000 Things: PRAISE SONGS for the iRiligious [2:41:12] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Damascus church targeted by suicide bombing" [2:47:00] The Bug Club - "War Movies" - On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System [2:47:21] Simon Joyner & David Nance - "Dancing With Mr. D" - Goats Head Soup [2:49:49] Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams - "Room 13" - Silver Patron Saints: the Songs of Jesse Malin [2:53:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153517

Duration:03:08:15

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"Where only those in pain go?..." from Jun 21, 2025

6/21/2025
William Parker and the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra - "Mayan Space Station" - Sunrise in the Tone World [0:00:00] Shilpa Ray - "New York Minute Prayer" - Door Girl [0:11:45] Miles Davis - "Shhh/Peaceful" - In a Silent Way [0:16:07] - "Clip: Clip: TVC News Nigeria-University Enforces No Bra, No Entry Rule" [More information: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d0p3z9grko] [0:34:02] Wayne Shorter - "Down in the Depths" - Introducing Wayne Shorter [0:34:56] - "Clip: PBS-USFDA approves new HIV prevention drug" [But: https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/06/18/gilead-hiv-prevention-shot-poor-countries-access-aids-infectious-disease-medicine-pharma-biotech/] [0:45:09] Billy Mohler - "Sooner" - The Eternal [0:45:49] Tremosphere - "Sunshine" - Saturated Solace [R.I.P. photographer Beauford Smith: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/arts/beuford-smith-dead.html] [1:00:16] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Idiot Prayer" - The Boatman's Call [1:04:39] Alan Sparhawk - "Don’t Take Your Light" - With Trampled by Turtles [1:09:00] - "Clip: Forbes- Trump Mobile Launched by Trump Org" [1:14:17] Kieran Hebden + William Tyler - "If I Had A Boat" - 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s [1:14:59] Lyle Lovett - "If I Had a Boat" - Pontiac [1:26:13] Quinie - "Col My Love" - Forefowk, Mind Me [1:29:29] - "Clip: Channel 4 News-World has three years to limit global warming to 1.5C" [1:36:19] Wilderness - "Beautiful Alarms" - Vessel States [1:36:55] Swans - "Guardian Spirit" - Birthing [1:45:51] Patti Smith - "Parade" - Sugar, Alcohol, & Meat - The Dial-A-Poem Poets [1:56:53] Patti Smith - "Gloria In Excelsis Deo" - Horses [2:02:53] - "Clip: KOAA-National LGBTQ youth suicide hotline will end" [2:08:50] The Specials - "Racist Friend" - The Singles Collection [2:09:37] Shilpa Ray - "Johnny Thunders Fantasy Space Camp" - Last Year's Savage [2:13:19] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad With Jim The Poet] [2:15:53] Mudhoney - "A Thousand Forms of Mind" - Tomorrow Hit Today [2:32:42] - "Clip: ALPS Global News-Social Media #1 News Source in US" [2:37:19] Horsegirl - "Switchover" - Phonetics On and On [2:38:01] Adam and the Ants - "Prince Charming" - Prince Charming [2:44:54] Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Makes Me Great" - Makes Me Great b/w Out of Body [2:48:14] Hotwax - "Strange to be Here" - Hot Shock [2:52:24] Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - "Redemption Song" - Streetcore [2:55:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153260

Duration:03:08:16