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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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"But I've spoken to the angels who'll protect you..." from Dec 21, 2024

12/21/2024
Peter Schreier - "Sequentia" - Mozart Requiem [For DJ Cullan co-host of Why Do We Only Listen to Dead People?] [0:00:00] Brotzmann, Nilssen-Love - "Frozen Nose, Melting Toes" - Butterfly Mushroom [0:22:19] Byard Lancaster, Steve McCall, Sylvin Maro - "Us" - Us [For Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roschyna: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/ukraine-journalist-viktoria-roshchyna-dead.html] [0:28:25] - "Clip: India Today-Woman Trafficked to Pakistan Returns Home" [More on this story: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c983l216j95o] [0:32:46] Laura Marling - "Child of Mine" - Patterns In Repeat [0:33:36] Dogwood Daughter - "Nativity" - Appalachian Christmas (Folk Carols from the Mountains) [0:37:41] Low - "Some Hearts (at Christmas Time)" - Some Hearts (at Christmas Time) [0:42:37] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "God Is in the House" - No More Shall We Part [0:46:02] Set: Interview with Greg Donahue, Part 1 Tom Waits - "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" - Used Songs [1:22:13] Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" - Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk [1:26:41] Set: Interview with Greg Donahue, Part 2 Bloody Noes - "Walking Through the Graveyard" - Objects Are People Too [1:50:17] Velvet Underground - "Jesus" - Velvet Underground [1:54:23] Vaselines - "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" - The Way of the Vaselines: a Complete History [For Eb Furgurson: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/business/media/eb-furgurson-iii-dead.html] [2:13:48] Replacements - "Anywhere's Better Than Here" - Don't Tell a Soul [R.I.P. Slim Dunlap: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/replacements-guitarist-bob-slim-dunlap-121215905.html] [2:17:22] - "Clip: Reuters-Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed" [2:20:14] Sprints - "Feast" - Feast - single [2:21:20] The Clean - "Side On" - Anthology [Featured in the documentary "Never Look Away" about CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth] [2:23:49] IDLES - "Pop Pop Pop (feat. Danny Brown)" - Pop Pop Pop [2:25:53] - "Clip: BBC-Pope reveals 2021 assassination plot" [2:29:18] Hi Vis - "Feeling Bless" - Guided Tour [2:29:58] Distant Worker - "Little Drummer Boy" - i'll be home for christmas b/w little drummer boy [2:33:16] David Bowie - "Lazarus" - Blackstar [2:41:46] Dither Craf and His Lifeless Orchestra - "Christmas Asleep" - The Legend Of Rufus Funk Death [2:48:02] The Porchistas - "The Holiday Nap" - A Dirty Jersey Christmas - EP [2:52:06] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147249

Duration:03:07:04

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"You’ll take a thought and laugh aloud..." from Dec 14, 2024

12/14/2024
Jennifer Castle - "Earthsong" - Camelot [0:00:00] Blind Pilot - "Believe Me" - In the Shadows of the Holy Mountain [0:03:17] Daniel Lentz - "North American Eclipse" - Lips [0:10:13] - "Clip: Inside Edition-Tablet with 10 Commandments to be Auctioned" [0:30:17] Alarm Will Sound/Aphex Twin - "Cliffs" - Acoustica [0:31:21] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Kenya protests against femicide" [0:38:44] Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni - "Theme for Nikki" - Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies [R.I.P. Nikki Giovanni: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/nikki-giovannis-legacy-of-black-love] [0:39:43] Nikki Giovanni - "Just A NY Poem" - The Way I Feel [0:46:44] Gèmètchu Itana - "Yakolèlé" - Éthiopiques 25: 1971-1975 Modern Roots [0:50:42] 田中亜矢 (Aya Tanaka) - "朝 (Morning)" - 朝 (Morning) [Photos of Damascus by Myriam Boulos.] [1:00:40] Adrian Younge - "Run feat. ALANI" - Adrian Younge Presents Linear Labs Sao Paulo [1:04:39] Keeley - "Days in a Daze" - Beautiful Mysterious [1:08:41] - "Clip: Euronews-Belgian sex workers gain labor rights" [1:13:10] Souled American - "Deal" - Notes Campfire [1:13:53] Tess Parks - "Running Home to Sing" - Pomegranate [1:20:34] David Grubbs - "The Snake on Its Tail" - Whistle From Above [1:25:43] Honeyglaze - "I Feel It All" - Real Deal [1:31:04] - "Clip: Korea Now-Student protests at women's university mulling coed" [1:35:40] Goat Girl - "Viper Fish" - Goat Girl [1:36:29] Elkhorn - "Crystal Hummingbird" - The Red Valley [1:40:29] Julián Mayorga - "Tres tristes transeúntes (Three Sad Passers-By)" - Chak Chak Chak Chak [1:45:18] Angry Zeta - "Worms and Bugs" - Chills and Thrills [1:48:36] Black Slipper - "Forlorn and Futile" - Cohesive Theories [1:52:19] Stan Clear and the Closing Doors - "Market Rate Yapping" - Pulse Width Mods EP [2:03:27] - "Clip: KMOV-North Korean IT workers indicted in extortion plot" [2:06:36] Dead Pioneers - "This Is Not A Political Song" - Dead Pioneers [2:07:23] The Birthday Party - "Wild World" - Hits [2:12:11] Wilderness - "Post Plethoric Rhetoric" - Wilderness [2:15:39] Afterimage - "Satellite Of Love" - Faces to Hide [2:23:47] The Cure - "All I Ever Am" - Songs Of A Lost World [2:28:34] U2 - "Acrobat" - Achtung Baby [2:36:08] Father John Misty - "Mahashmashana" - Mahashmashana [2:40:37] Janel and Anthony - "Crystal Wish" - New Moon In The Evil Age [2:50:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147053
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"Long as you're alive / Go on and find you some sun" from Dec 7, 2024

12/7/2024
Nubya Garcia - "Dawn ft. Esperanza Spalding" - Odyssey Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Caravan" - Basquiat Salutes Jazz Leo Genovese - "Part 1" - Forward [0:16:39] - "Clip: SABC-Namibia elects first woman leader" [Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah] [0:36:22] London Brew - "Nu Sha Ni Sha Nu Oss Ra" - London Brew [0:37:28] Greg Lisher - "Zen and the Art of Long Distance Driving" - Underwater Detection Method [0:46:21] phoanøgramma & Luca Ferro - "Puzzling Memories" - Limen Memoriae [Photos of Salih Basheer: https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/salih-basheer-return-to-sudan/] [0:58:37] Mariel Roberts & Jacob Kirkegaard - "Anapra" - Traverse [1:07:18] - "Clip: BBC-Romania court orders rerun of election amid allegations of interference" [1:10:10] Alvarius B. - "Drunken Patriot" - What One Man Can Do with an Acoustic Guitar, Surely Another Can Do with His Hands Around the Neck of God [1:11:00] Graham Parker - "Greener Pastures" - Silver Patron Saints: the Songs of Jesse Malin [Jesse Malin cover] [1:20:02] Jesse Malin - "Revelations" - Sunset Kids [1:24:02] Ella Raphael - "Tangled Love" - Mad Sometimes [1:26:49] Father John Misty - "Mental Health" - Mahashmashana [1:30:18] - "Clip: BBC-Vietnamese billionaire loses appeal in bank fraud case" [1:36:45] Patti Smith Group - "Pissing in a River" - Radio Ethiopia [1:37:56] Janel and Anthony - "Flyover Iceland" - New Moon in the Evil Age [Photo by Anton Brink/EPA] [1:42:45] Birthday Girl - "Ibuprofen" - Birthday Girl [1:49:09] Caribou - "Volume" - Honey [1:57:13] The Bug - "Mi Lost ft. Miss Red" - Angels and Devils [2:01:49] Music behind DJ: Monty Norman Orchestra - "James Bond Theme" - The Best Of Bond... James Bond [2:08:01] Set: It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - "James Bond Theme" [2:22:10] Christopher Cross - "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" [excerpt] [2:22:43] Christopher Cross - "All Right" [excerpt] [2:23:15] Lean Low - "Out Of Rhythm (feat. Jaydonclover)" - Out Of Rhythm [Samples “I’m So Tired” by Fugazi] [2:17:39] - "Clip: WQAD-Iowa pork plant fined for child labor violations" [2:21:15] Washed Out - "Waking Up" - Notes from a Quiet Life [2:21:52] Gurriers - "Come and See" - Come and See [2:26:34] - "Clip: Evening Standard-Elgin Marbles deal close" [2:32:01] Straw Man Army - "Earthworks" - Earthworks [2:33:22] Afterimage - "No Dreams" - Faces to Hide [2:38:13] - "Clip: CBS-Unexplained flying objects over New Jersey" [2:42:31] 999 - "Nobody Knows" - Emergency at the Old Waldorf 1979 [2:43:32] Vulture Feather - "Blood Knot" - It Will Be Like Now [2:46:18] HOUSE Of ALL - "There's More" - HOUSE Of ALL [2:51:05] Lutalo - "The Bed" - The Academy [2:55:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146820

Duration:03:08:13

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"Destruction then becomes the prominent end of hatred. All means may be adopted for this end."--Aleander F. Shand from Nov 30, 2024

11/30/2024
Mariel Roberts and Jacob Kirkegaard - "Juarez" - Traverse [0:00:00] Vincent Taeger - "Notre soleil est mort" - OK Crooner [0:03:43] Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko - "Vulnerable" - Bamako Chicago Sound System [0:09:03] Bill Laswell - "Manipura Chakra" - Chakra - The Seven Centers [0:18:20] - "Clip: BBC-Poisoning scare for backpackers in Laos" [0:34:20] Robbie Robertson - "Somewhere Down The Crazy River" - Robbie Robertson [0:34:46] Leonard Cohen - "You Want It Darker" - You Want It Darker [0:39:39] - "Clip: WION-Assisted Dying Bill passes in England and Wales" [0:44:29] Beck - "Ramshackle" - Odelay [0:45:09] Les Arrivants - "Mohajer (Migrant)" - Towards the Light [0:59:38] Elisabet Curbelo - "Canarian Bayram" - Resonance Unbound [1:09:21] Brian Eno - "There Were Bells" - ForeverAndEverNoMore [1:18:34] Frank Turner - "About You" - Silver Patron Saints: the Songs of Jesse Malin [1:27:06] Bagatelle - "Summer in Dublin" - Bagatelle [https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/1112/1480569-farewell-to-the-46a-on-liveline/] [1:31:10] - "Clip: 7NEWS-Australia-Cop who used taser on 95yo woman found guilty" [1:35:58] Otay:Onil - "Good Fool (acoustic)" - True Faith Ain't Blind [1:37:00] Rodion G.A. - "Poftiti La Control" - From the Archives of G.A. [1:41:29] - "Clip: France24-Toxic smog persists over northern India" [1:46:31] So Sner - "New Sad City" - The Well [1:47:37] Ella Raphael - "Mad Sometimes" - Mad Sometimes [1:50:28] Mdou Moctar - "Oh France" - Funeral For Justice [1:53:20] The Redskins - "16 Tons" - Neither Washington Nor Moscow [2:03:08] Mr. Gnome - "Nothing and Everything" - A Sliver of Space [2:06:24] - "Clip: NBC-Australia bans social media for under 16s" [2:13:40] Strange Party - "Imitators" - Sleepwalking Through Life [2:14:44] BRRDS - "Everything Is Going to Be Alright" - Underneath the Jet Stream [2:19:46] Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - "New York Is Killing Me" - We're New Here [2:24:02] Gogol Bordello - "You Know It’s Dark When Atheists Start to Pray" - Silver Patron Saints: the Songs of Jesse Malin [2:29:45] - "Clip: ABC-Australia-Pakistan protests shut down by police" [2:33:54] The Effigies - "Guns or Ballots" - Burned [2:34:57] Rixe - "Diktat" - Tir Groupe EP [2:37:44] Galaxie 500 - "Shout You Down" - Uncollected Noise New York '88 -'90 [2:42:26] Warren Teagarden - "Mistaken for a Radical" - Haiku Island Vol. 1 [2:45:14] The Fall - "There's A Ghost In My House" - A Different World - The Holland-Dozier-Holland Songbook [2:48:26] Devarrow - "Likewise" - Heart Shaped Rock [2:51:00] Roxy Music - "Let's Stick Together" - Street Life: Greatest Hits [2:54:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146589

Duration:03:08:44