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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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"So here I am, in my arms a bouquet of tragic lavender, the whole history of Southern France against my chest, the fields stretching out, the armies killing each other, horses falling, Frenchmen dying by the thousands, though none for love."--Gerd Stern from Feb 22, 2025

2/22/2025
Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra - "Calling All Freaks" - Louis Armstrong's America [0:00:00] Pedram Yar - "Beginning" - 1399 [0:07:27] - "Clip: Reuters-Ex-President Bolsonaro charged in Brazil over alleged coup plot" [0:21:39] Hearts Of Animals - "I'm On Fire" - From Out Of Nowhere b/w I'm On Fire [0:22:51] Connor D'Netto - "Witness" - Witness [0:28:02] portal iii - "Dewclaw Part 2" - Dewclaw Part 2 [0:33:18] - "Clip: WION-Meta plans undersea cable" [0:39:00] Bonnie Prince Billy - "The Water's Fine" - The Purple Bird [0:39:59] Mark Lanegan - "One Way Street" - Field Songs [0:43:58] Indian Jewelry - "Everyday" - Free Gold [0:57:29] William Tyler - "Star of Hope" - Time Indefinite [1:00:30] - "Clip: Al Jazeeera-Israeli police raid East Jerusalem bookstore" [1:06:01] Annie A - "The Wind That Had Not Touched Land" - The Wind That Had Not Touched Land [1:06:40] Geiger von Muller - "Interstellar Resorption #4" - Slide Sonatas I [1:13:58] Jako Maron - "Mdé prototrash" - Mahavélouz [1:21:02] - "Clip: Reuters-Argentina's Milei faces impeachment over crypto" [1:28:57] Joan - "Greenwich Dives" - Joan [1:30:08] Black Country, New Road - "Besties" - Forever Howlong [1:33:34] Mark Lanegan - "The River Rise" - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost [1:37:12] Little Moon - "To Be A God" - Dear Divine [1:41:41] - "Clip: KFYR-Peltier returns home" [1:47:06] Moe - "Living Again" - Circle of Giants [1:48:19] Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - "Forgive Them Oh God Amin – Amin [Vol. 1]" - Vol. 1-5 (1978-1984) Box Set [2:03:43] Three Mile Pilot - "X-Miner" - The Chief Assassin to the Sinister [2:12:27] Dahlia Seed - "Bee Sting" - Please Excuse All the Blood [2:21:48] Psychic TV - "Godstar" - Allegory & Self [2:38:35] The South China Sea - "Love Kills" - Love Kills [2:42:14] Franz Ferdinand - "Hooked" - The Human Fear [2:46:59] - "Clip: BBC-Iran charges British couple with espionage" [2:49:34] Ohyung - "Dancing on the Soft Knife" - You Are Always on My Mind [2:50:10] Mark Lanegan Band - "Radio Silence" - Somebody's Knocking [2:53:46] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149404

Duration:03:08:45

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"Mortals have dreams..." from Feb 15, 2025

2/15/2025
Holly Cole - "Dark Moon" - Dark Moon [0:00:00] Daniel Carter and Ayumi Ishito - "Teeyah" - Endless Season [0:03:02] The Exu - "Riddle Me This" - The Exu [0:07:20] Charlie Parker - "Street Beat" - Giants of Jazz Volume 12 [0:12:40] - "Clip: Reuters-Nigerian activists protest Shell over oil spills" [0:22:04] Ludus - "Deep Within" - Xenos [0:23:25] Floating Points - "Vocoder (club mix)" - Cascade [0:29:09] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Hundreds rescued from Myanmar scam centers" [0:36:41] ZonK - "that WinninG RIP" - ZonK [0:37:52] More Ease and Kahu Matsui - "That just Happened" - Computer and Recording Works for Girls [0:42:39] Post Moves - "Exit the Tragedy, Enter the Comedy" - Clarity Surrender [0:48:11] Set: INTERVIEW with Vanessa Charlot, Part 1 Sarah Vaughan - "Misty" - Greatest Hits [1:22:16] Chet Baker - "Let's Get Lost" - The Best of Chet Baker Sings [1:25:17] Set: INTERVIEW with Vanessa Charlot, Part 2 Kendrick Lamar & SZA - "Luther" - GNX [1:46:31] David Bowie - "Girl Loves Me" - Blackstar [1:49:27] Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "The Message" - The Message [1:54:18] Meat Whiplash - "Don't Slip Up" - Collected/Contextualized [2:04:02] Comateens - "Danger Zone" - Danger Zone [2:07:20] Flamin' Groovies - "River Deep Mountain High" - Let It Rock: Live From the San Francisco Civic Center [CURRENTS COMMENDATION Helen Hays: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/science/helen-hays-dead.html] [2:11:27] New York Dolls - "We're All In Love" - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This [2:16:43] Nada Surf - "Open Seas" - Moon Mirror [2:21:19] - "Clip: BBC-Ministry worker loses sensitive files in Japan" [2:25:37] Boyracer - "Midweek Soulcrusher" - Seaside Riot [2:26:29] Mechanical Canine - "Crowboss" - To My Chagrin [2:29:28] Julie - "very little effort" - M.A.A.F. Singles [2:34:40] Modern Studies - "Geese" - Cassandra [2:39:00] John Dwyer - "Neighborhood Dog" - Chime Oblivion [2:42:41] Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy" - The Very Best of Bow Wow Wow [2:44:40] The Loft - "Killer" - Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same [2:47:19] Little Moon - "Now" - Dear Divine [2:51:18] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149144

Duration:03:09:11

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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