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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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"History is what's happening." from Nov 16, 2024

11/16/2024
Lou Donaldson - "Peepin'" - Mr. Shing-a-Ling [R.I.P.: https://people.com/lou-donaldson-leading-alto-saxophonist-dead-age-98-8744013] [0:00:00] Kamasi Washington - "Prologue" - Fearless Movement [0:07:58] Lou Donaldson - "If There's Hell Below (We're All Going To Go)" - Cosmos [0:18:12] Lou Donaldson - "Confirmation" - Forgotten Man [0:27:11] n/a - "Clip: BBC-Shell wins climate case" - n/a [0:33:04] Lou Donaldson - "Birdseed" - Birdseed [0:33:45] Roy Haynes/Quincy Jones - "Jones Bones" - Jazz Abroad [R.I.P.: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-11-12/roy-haynes-dead-jazz-drummer-band-leader-99] [0:45:31] Roy Haynes - "Vistalite" - Vistalite [0:51:15] Ryo Murakami - "Ten Commandments" - Anthology of Contemporary Music from Far East (V/A) [R.I.P. Photographer Mark Jury: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/books/mark-jury-dead.html] [1:01:21] Snapline - "TheAnswer#3" - Shou Hua [1:06:10] n/a - "Clip: NEWS9-Greta Thunberg Protests COP29" - n/a [1:14:29] Hiperson - "The History" - She Came Back from the Square [1:15:49] Backspace - "Screen" - Human Nature Architecture [1:21:06] n/a - "Clip: BBC-Spy whale fled Russian military training" - n/a [1:28:49] Stolen - "Chaos" - Fragment [1:30:12] Jumping Goat - "How Can you Easily Believe" - Walking on the Ice [1:40:33] Carsick Cars - "Zhong Nan Hai" - Carsick Cars [1:41:11] Yo La Tengo - "Nowhere Near (excerpt)" - Painful [1:49:53] Music behind DJ: It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet - "n/a" - n/a [1:51:49] Yo La Tengo - "Nowhere Near" - Painful [2:03:55] Meat Puppets - "The Great Awakening" - Dusty Notes [2:09:03] Lou Reed - "Magic and Loss-the Summation" - The Essential Lou Reed [2:14:16] n/a - "Clip: SABC-Deal reached on global climate credits" - n/a [2:20:48] Fontaines D.C. - "Favourite" - Romance [2:21:22] The Cure - "Alone" - Songs Of A Lost World [2:25:36] n/a - "Clip: NBC-U.S. backs off threat to withhold military aid to Israel" - n/a [2:32:20] The Fleshtones - "Way of the World" - It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves) [2:33:30] Nap Eyes - "Isolation" - The Neon Gate [2:41:09] Alex Izenberg - "Only the Moon Knows" - Alex Izenberg & the Exiles [2:49:07] Leonard Cohen - "Chelsea Hotel #2" - The Essential Leonard Cohen [2:53:12] Ostraaly - "My Baby" - Misery Guests [2:56:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146099

Duration:03:08:54

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"Now you gotta answer your own question..." from Nov 9, 2024

11/9/2024
Miles Davis - "Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)" - Sketches of Spain [0:00:00] Kamasi Washington - "Dream State (feat. Andre 3000)" - Fearless Movement [0:17:46] Quincy Jones and His Orchestra - "Little Karen" - The Quintessence [R.I.P.: https://apnews.com/article/quincy-jones-dead-a9e31c7e39c448d8971519f47a22dd21] [0:26:23] - "Clip: France 24-Prix Goncourt awarded to Kamel Daoud's Houris" [0:30:03] Les McCann - "The Truth" - Les McCann Plays the Truth [0:31:02] Nikki Giovanni and the New York Community Choir - "Conversation (How I Got Over)" - Like a Ripple on a Pond [0:36:59] - "Clip: VOA-UNESCO concerned for Sudan heritage sites" [0:41:49] Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin - "Stars Begin to Fall" - Symbiont [0:43:01] Ostraaly - "Down" - Misery Guests [0:46:45] Chris Brokaw - "The Man Who Sold the World" - The Hand That Wrote This Letter [0:59:40] BASIC - "For Stars of the Air" - This Is BASIC [1:03:34] - "Clip: ABC4 Utah-Idaho Health Department votes against providing COVID-19 vaccine" [1:12:43] Fontaines D.C. - "Big Shot (Live at Glastonbury)" - Skinty Fia [1:13:12] Alex Izenberg - "Dreams of Déjà Vu" - Alex Izenberg & the Exiles [1:16:49] Cigarettes After Sex - "Hideaway" - X's [1:25:30] - "Clip: World Book Day 2011-Edna O'Brien reads Plunder from Saints and Sinners" [1:30:04] The Cure - "And Nothing Is Forever" - Songs of a Lost World [1:34:14] Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn - "Quiet in a World Full of Noise" - Quiet in a World Full of Noise [1:41:06] - "Clip: WFAA-Boeing strike settled" [1:45:07] Belle and Sebastian - "Ever Had A Little Faith?" - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance [Inspired to play after reading this: https://www.newletters.org/a-little-slice-of-the-moon-by-summer-hammond/] [1:45:47] Trust Fund - "Leaving the Party Early" - Has It Been A While? [1:55:05] REM - "Pop Song 89 (acoustic)" - In Time: The Best of R.E.M 1988-2003 [1:58:46] Boomtown Rats - "Banana Republic" - Mondo Bongo [2:01:56] Vulture Feather - "Monument" - Liminal Fields [2:06:52] Doka - "Howl / Mexican Dog" - Cycli [2:11:58] Captain Beefheart - "The Thousandth and Tenth Day of the Human Totem Pole" - Ice Cream For Crow [2:23:36] - "Clip: NBC-Russian plot to sabotage cargo planes" [2:29:27] The Psychotic Monks - "Crash" - Talking Through Repetition [2:30:07] Class - "Scared To Care" - A Healthy Alternative [2:37:03] - "Clip: WION-Netflix Offices Raided In Europe" [2:38:58] Martin Bisi - "Master Plan For Retaking Williamsburg" - Your Ultimate Urban Fantasy [2:39:43] New Order - "Dream Attack" - Technique [Released in the US on Quincy Jones' Qwest Records.] [2:45:40] Albinos - "Suburban Girl" - Bamboo Night [2:50:57] Tom Waits - "Sea of Love" - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [2:54:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145858

Duration:03:08:15

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"Look around / Believe in what you see..." from Nov 2, 2024

11/2/2024
Darius Jones - "We Inside Now" - Legend of E-Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) [0:00:00] Daniel Carter, Leo Genovese, William Parker, Francisco Mela - "Vida Mia" - Shine Hear, vol. 2 [0:09:19] Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Tony Levin - "The Good Feelings" - The Good Feelings [0:17:41] - "Clip: Sky-Chinese police arrest people in Halloween costumes" [0:27:20] Philip Glass, Tana Quartet - "String Quartet No.4: Movement I" - Philip Glass: String Quartet No.4 (Buczak) [0:28:00] - "Clip: TaiwanPlus-Japan Mount Fuji Still Snowless" [0:35:53] Lloyd Thayer - "Cultivation" - Limitation is Necessary [0:36:27] Set: PART 1—INTERVIEW WITH ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA Tracy Chapman - "Heaven's Here on Earth" - New Beginning [1:14:15] Set: PART 2—INTERVIEW WITH ANASTASIA SAMOYLOVA Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral [1:33:20] Big | Brave - "Not Speaking of the Ways" - A Chaos Of Flowers [1:39:11] - "Clip: DW-Israel parliament bans UNRWA" [1:45:27] Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Grey Rubble - Green Shoots" - "No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" [1:46:06] Morwan - "Где-то там вдали (They Succeeded Here and There)" - Zola​-​Zemlya [1:53:00] Bi-2 - "Полковнику никто не пишет (No One Writes to the Colonel)" - Bi-2 [2:00:24] - "Clip: Reuters-Protests over Georgia's disputed election results" [2:06:12] withershins - "Fast Car" - Withershinned [2:06:14] Throwing Muses - "Morning Birds 1" - Purgatory / Paradise [2:18:42] Pavement - "Silent Kit" - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain [2:22:06] Jack White - "Morning At Midnight" - No Name [2:25:11] Mekons - "Where Were You?" - Where Were You​?​: Hen's Teeth and Other Lost Fragments of Un​-​Popular Culture Vol​.​2 [2:28:16] Dream Syndicate - "Halloween" - The Days of Wine and Roses [2:31:06] This Kind of Punishment - "Ahead of Their Time" - This Kind Of Punishment [2:37:08] - "Clip: CTV-Russian court fines Google" [2:41:25] Mossmen - "Seed" - Sunstream [2:42:02] Bipolar Explorer - "Epiphany" - Memories of the Sky [2:50:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145622
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"Bet you I won't be blue always / 'Cause the sun's gonna shine..." from Oct 26, 2024

10/26/2024
Asher Gamedze and the Black Lungs - "Melancholia" - Constitution [0:00:00] Tom Skinner - "Happiness" - Voices of Bishara Live at “mu” [0:06:53] Tim Berne / Bill Frisell - "Homage" - Live in Someplace Nice [0:16:23] Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad - "Obi do Woa (If Someone Loves You) feat Ebo Taylor" - Jazz is Dead 021 [0:24:22] - "Clip: FirstPost America-Musk Awards $1 Million Daily to Voters" [0:28:03] Lloyd Thayer - "Celebration" - Limitation Is Necessary [0:29:23] Leif Vollebekk - "Peace of Mind" - Revelation [0:54:19] Billy Bragg - "Love Has No Pride" - Workers Playtime [https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/palestinian-resilience-and-resistance-in-the-occupied-west-bank/] [0:59:42] Barbara Dane - "Trouble In Mind" - Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs [R.I.P.: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/22/headlines/barbara_dane_blues_singer_and_longtime_political_activist_dies_at_97] [1:03:15] - "Clip: DW-Israel targets Lebanese city of Tyre" [1:06:17] Duo Falak - "۴ (Track 4)" - Tira-Tira [1:07:30] Grateful Dead - "What's Become of the Baby?" - Aoxomoxoa [R.I.P. Phil Lesh] [1:15:43] Bipolar Explorer - "Hold My Soul" - Memories of the Sky [1:28:12] Hypnodrone Ensemble - "Alchemia" - The Problem Is In The Sender - Do Not Tamper With The Receiver [1:35:17] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Over one million children at risk of malnutrition in South Sudan" [1:43:45] Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Pale Spectator Takes Photographs" - "No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" [1:44:49] Mono - "Times Goes By" - Oath [1:56:19] The Beachnuts - "Sad, Lonely Orphan Boy" - Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65 [2:14:42] Ezra Collective - "Hear Me Cry" - Dance. No One's Watching [2:17:02] Movie Movie - "We Gotta Go" - In 4-D! [2:20:34] - "Clip: BBC-Commonwealth leaders to debate slavery reparations" [2:23:59] Matthew Sweet - "Divine Intervention" - Girlfriend [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/matthew-sweet-stroke-tour-b2634076.html] [2:24:36] - "Clip: CNN-Central Park Five sue Trump for defamation" [2:30:06] The The - "Cognitive Dissident" - Ensoulment [2:31:35] The Nymphs - "Imitating Angels" - The Nymphs [For Inger Lorre and Gary Indiana] [2:34:41] Titus Andronicus - "I Can Not Be Satisfied" - The Will to Live [2:39:10] Bright Eyes - "Tiny Suicides" - Five Dice, All Threes [2:44:18] Oceanator - "Lullaby" - Everything Is Love and Death [2:51:32] Barbara Dane - "This Little Light of Mine" - Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs [2:55:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145408

Duration:03:08:49