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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

Language:

English


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"I get down on my knees and do what must be done / And kiss Achilles' hand, the killer of my son."--from "Ceasefire" by Michael Longley (1939-2025) from Feb 8, 2025

2/8/2025
Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad - "Get Up" - Ebo Taylor JID022 [0:00:00] Floating Points - "Fast Forward" - Cascade [0:03:30] Post Moves - "Angels of Capital" - Clarity Surrender [0:12:51] - "Clip: France24-Hundreds of women raped in DR Congo" [0:25:02] PAN Project Ensemble - "The Naked: question" - Borderless Flows [0:26:10] M.B. & Sonologyst - "Forma Brunosa" - Forme [0:31:37] Watkins Group - "Biasd Bealach Odail (Odal's Way Beast)" - Beanntan a' Bhròin (Mountains of Sorrow) [0:38:14] Mako Sica - "Unraveling" - Garland of Heads feat. Tatsu Aoki, Thymme Jones & Jacob Fawcett [0:49:31] Min Bul - "Champagne of Course" - Min Bul [British Natural History Museum's 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award--https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypn8jz9q7o] [1:03:46] - "Clip: WION-GBS Outbreak in India" [1:14:51] Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall - "BIRDBRAIN (olle ångest)" - Their Power Reached Across Space and Time—To Defy Them Was Death—Or Worse [1:15:18] Merchants - "Weaving the Snakes" - Marrow [1:21:10] Black to Comm - "Stolen Androgens" - Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens [1:28:58] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Indians deported in shackles" [1:32:58] Insides - "Subordinate" - Soft Bonds [1:34:07] Worst Spills - "Gadfly" - Hum Death [1:41:24] If/When - "Waiting, Proud and Bold" - A Wide Space Variable [CURRENTS COMMENDATION: Coalition for Women in Journalism: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/sep/09/i-get-so-many-threats-the-woman-standing-up-for-female-journalists-against-rising-repression] [1:51:17] Los Tábanos Experience - "Random Fields" - Split 2024 (Domboshawa) [1:57:50] The Black Angels - "Manipulation" - Passover [2:20:28] - "Clip: 10 News First-Floods Expected To Worsen in Australia" [2:26:05] Wand - "Goldfish" - Help Desk / Goldfish [2:27:09] Claude Fontaine - "Concha Do Mar" - La Mer [For "Danny Pipes" (Danny in Poughkeepsie) and his family. Rest In Peace, Danny.] [2:37:27] - "Clip: Reuters-El Salvador offers prison to US" [2:40:38] Detention - "El Salvador" - Dead Rock 'N' Rollers [2:41:47] UZI - "Existencia absurda" - Silla Eléctrica / VA Punk Colombia (2018) [2:44:15] The Damned - "Wait for the Blackout" - The Best of the Damned [2:46:39] Meat Whiplash - "Here It Comes" - Collected/Contextualized [2:50:33] The Clash - "Bank Robber" - The Story Of The Clash Volume 1 [Friday was Clash day!] [2:53:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148925

Duration:03:08:29

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"And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain..." from Feb 1, 2025

2/1/2025
Todd Rundgren - "Liar" - Liars [0:00:00] Wand - "Help Desk" - Help Desk / Goldfish [0:04:59] Eva Novoa - "Aire" - Novoa / Carter / Mela Trio, Vol. 1 [0:12:08] n/a - "Clip: ABC-Guantanamo will hold up to 30,000 migrants" - n/a [0:32:36] Matt Rogalsky - "Visitation 1" - Visitations and Revisitations [0:33:33] n/a - "Clip: Euronews-German opposition passes migration overhaul proposal with far right" - n/a [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/31/german-parliament-rejects-opposition-migration-bill-backed-by-far-right-afd] [0:44:53] If/When - "Who Will Bury the Gravediggers?" - A Wide Space Variable [0:45:43] Amy Allison - "Say It Ain't So" - No Frills Friend [0:50:31] Elysian Fields - "Brightest and Best" - Brightest and Best [0:54:22] Matchess - "Death in Rafo (or, The Crator)" - Stena [1:06:08] Damon Albarn - "You and Me (ft. Brian Eno)" - Everyday Robots [1:15:11] Diamante Eléctrico - "Sálvese Quien Pueda (Every Man for Himself)" - Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer [1:22:50] n/a - "Clip: Arirang-Latest on Uganda Ebola outbreak" - n/a [1:27:37] Wang Chung - "The World In Which We Live" - Mosaic [1:28:22] Brian Gibson - "Metal Maze" - Thrasher [1:35:19] Amir Tataloo - "Tazianeh" - Tazianeh [https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/rapper-sentenced-to-death-after-being-accused-of-blasphemy-by-iranian-court/ar-AA1xzHF7] [1:38:14] Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall - "There Are Some Worlds Where All Dreams Die (en glad stund)" - Their Power Reached Across Space and Time—To Defy Them Was Death—Or Worse [1:51:39] Boreal Taiga - "The Time in Nuuk" - Greenland [1:59:02] n/a - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Fighting continues in DRC" - n/a [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qwlkydxxko] [2:04:28] Modern Studies - "Mud and Flame" - Welcome Strangers [2:05:19] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad, with Jim the Poet] [2:10:51] Peter Holsapple - "Don't Mention the War" - Game Day [2:28:07] Sun Volt - "Living in the USA" - Electro Melodier [2:34:02] Minus 5 - "With A Gun" - The Minus 5 [2:38:52] Pavement - "AT&T" - Wowee Zowee [2:43:48] n/a - "Clip: WION-New Zealand Gives Mountain Legal Standing as Person" - n/a [2:47:18] Mechanical Canine - "Watercourse" - To My Chagrin [2:48:12] REM - "Can't Get There From Here" - Fables of the Reconstruction [2:53:52] Andi Sex Gang - "As Tears Go By (Reprise)" - Faithfull Covers: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull [2:57:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148685

Duration:03:08:43

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"Love asks us to get beyond our personal hopes and fears, to embrace another's reality."--Ann Druyan from Jan 25, 2025

1/25/2025
Matthew Shipp Trio - "World Construct" - World Construct [0:00:00] Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble - "Emergency Peace" - Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble: Emergency Peace [0:09:57] Anthony Coleman and Brian Chase - "With Cunning" - Arcades [0:23:03] Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver - "the abolition of art, the abolition of freedom, the abolition of you and me" - Moten/López/Cleaver [0:30:43] n/a - "Clip: WCCO-Peltier prison sentence commuted" - n/a [https://apnews.com/article/leonard-peltier-biden-pardons-eba525b713f2ec739b84aa4426366775] [0:39:16] William Parker - "Happiness" - Painters Winter [0:39:54] Patti Smith Group - "Ghost Dance" - Easter [1:01:01] Eszter Balint - "Before America; (Newsreel Avenue)" - I Hate Memory [1:05:35] Elysian Fields - "I Can Give You That" - What the Thunder Said [1:09:48] n/a - "Clip: NPR-Trump attempts to move U.S. companies from Ireland" - n/a [https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/01/22/ireland-on-alert-as-trump-pulls-us-out-of-global-tax-deal/] [1:14:04] Leo Abrahams & Shahzad Ismaily - "Acts of Union" - Visitations [1:15:04] Chrystabell & David Lynch - "The Sky Falls" - Cellophane Memories [R.I.P. David Lynch] [1:25:59] The Relastics - "No Answer" - Everything Is Sateen: Five Songs Inspired by Vonnegut [1:29:51] n/a - "Clip: PBS-Jules Feiffer dies" - n/a [R.I.P. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/arts/jules-feiffer-dead.html] [1:32:38] Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - "The Long Goodbye" - Hope [1:33:23] Steve Miller Band - "Space Intro/Fly Like An Eagle" - Fly Like An Eagle [1:51:32] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] The Band - "Chest Fever" - Music From Big Pink [R.I.P. Garth Hudson: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/remembering-garth-hudson-the-man-who-transformed-the-band] [2:12:34] n/a - "Clip: WPIX-Biden pardons activist Ravi Ragbir" - n/a [https://gothamist.com/news/biden-grants-presidential-pardon-to-nyc-immigrant-rights-leader-ravi-ragbir?ref=hellgatenyc.com] [2:17:48] Yo La Tengo - "Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass [2:18:49] n/a - "Clip: Fox Business-Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht pardoned" - n/a [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o] [2:29:36] Ava Mendoza - "The Shadow Song" - The Circular Train [2:30:32] n/a - "Clip: Reuters-Russia declares emergency after Black Sea oil spill" - n/a [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ngk5vgmpo] [2:38:25] Catherine Wheel - "Black Metallic" - Ferment [2:39:18] Natural Velvet - "More Than Shards" - Perma-Blues [2:46:31] Gitkin - "Go Time" - Golden Age [2:51:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148459

Duration:03:08:19

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"I am blind, drowning in this ocean..." from Jan 18, 2025

1/18/2025
Todd Gaffke - "Cody Ray: A City Moving Forward - The Rubber City" - Locally Sourced: Music from Akron, Ohio [0:00:00] The Necks - "Bleed (Part 1)" - Bleed [0:08:15] Primitive Art Group - "Macho Groove" - 1981-86 [0:29:08] Ackley-Chen-Centazzo-DeGruttola-Kaiser-Manring - "The Owl" - Two Views of Steve Lacy’s The Wire [0:39:09] - "Clip: Sky News-CCTV footage shows IDF using ambulance during raid" [0:43:38] Low - "Closer" - Things We Lost In the Fire [0:45:25] Brian Gibson - "Mad Moon" - Thrasher [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/arts/design/los-angeles-artists-fire-destroyed.html (painting by Alec Egan--https://anatebgi.com/artists/alec-egan/)] [0:58:44] Bjork - "Black Lake" - Vulnicura [Diana Thater, A Wild Kingdom (https://www.thaterstudio.com)] [1:05:19] Moby - "on air ft. serpentwithfeet" - Always Centered At Night [Kathryn Andrews, Hollywood Dahlia: https://www.davidkordanskygallery.com/artist/kathryn-andrews] [1:15:28] - "Clip: Sky News-Biden warns of 'oligarchy' in farewell address" [1:19:45] Francis Dunnery - "In My Father's Eyes" - The Gulley Flats Boys [Camila Taylor, Quiet Friend: https://camillataylor.com/quiet-friend] [1:21:16] Virgin Insanity - "The Thousand" - Illusions of the Maintenance Man [Kelly Akashi, Heirloom: https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/kelly-akashi] [1:29:35] Chlara Oscoro - "Scorched Season" - Rancor:Succor [Paul McCarthy, Untitled 38 (Dream, Death): https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/2796-paul-mccarthy/#] [1:32:39] Dirtmusic - "Desert Wind" - BKO [Ross Simonini, Magnus in Yellow: https://www.rosssimonini.com] [1:44:13] - "Clip: WHAM-Syracuse deputies wrongfully detain 11-year-old girl" [1:48:44] Silver (51) - "Children of the Lord" - Children of the Lord [Gary Indiana and his library/workspace (NY Times): https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n01/colm-toibin/in-la] [1:50:05] The Cure - "The Caterpillar" - The Top [Keith Haring, Totem: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/arts/design/la-fires-art-collector-warhol-haring.html] [1:56:21] Hum Drum - "Eternal Blue" - Every Heaven [Andy Warhol, Queen Elizabeth II] [2:00:42] OHYUNG - "no good" - You Are Always on My Mind [2:07:29] Rolling Stones - "Live With Me" - Let It Bleed [2:30:48] - "Clip: NPR-Biden removes Cuba from State Sponsor Of Terrorism list" [2:34:20] Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - "One Track Mind" - L.A.M.F. [2:34:56] S.Y.P.H. - "Klammheimlich (secretly)" - Pure Freude Singles 1979+1981 [2:37:30] - "Clip: Global News-SEC sues Musk over Twitter stock disclosure" [2:40:27] Sewerheads - "Your Old Bedroom" - Despair Is a Heaven [2:41:07] Louse - "A Potter's Field" - Passions Like Tar [2:50:02] Goat Girl - "Ride Around" - Below the Waste [2:54:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148192

Duration:03:08:09