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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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“You can come live with us amongst the has-beens and the addicts…” from Mar 21, 2026

3/21/2026
Miles Davis - "Yesternow" - A Tribute to Jack Johnson [0:00:00] Donald Harrison with Ron Carter & Billy Cobham - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - This Is Jazz [0:26:26] Clip - "SBS News-Arrest made in acid attack on Indonesian human rights activist" [0:37:44] Herbie Hancock - "The Sorcerer" - The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972 - 1988 [0:38:44] Clip - "10News-Denmark prepped for US invasion of Greenland" [0:45:53] John McLaughlin - "Devotion" - Devotion [0:46:42] Green Mitchell Trio - "Sunday Monday" - Nature Channel [0:58:20] Khan Jamal - "Pure Energy" - Give the Vibes Some [1:05:25] Modern Silent Cinema - "Early Spring" - The Man Who Stopped and Stared at Clouds [1:20:24] Clip - "France24-Hundreds killed in Kabul drug rehab clinic strike" [1:23:26] Lost Under Heaven - "Winter's Truth" - Something is Announced by Your Life! [1:24:18] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Ghosteen" - Ghosteen [1:32:29] Clip - "PBS-States sue over EPA climate change ruling" [1:44:38] Mark Lanegan - "Solitaire" - Imitations [1:45:18] WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN - "Rats and Roses" - Currents 2026 Marathon Premium: Gazette de Montreal The stories and songs of the year, from Canada’s cultural capital [1:54:07] Chatham Rise - "Here She Comes" - Trillium [2:00:07] Clip - "DW-Israeli forces kill Palestinian family in occupied West Bank" [2:04:54] Broadcast - "Where Youth and Laughter Go" - The Future Crayon [2:05:35] Simple Minds - "Street Hassle" - Sparkle in the Rain [2:08:18] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet (with theme song)] [2:10:24] Simple Minds - "Street Hassle" - Sparkle in the Rain [2:23:32] The Fratellis - "Henrietta" - Costello Music [2:28:29] The Cribs - "Brothers Won't Break" - Selling A Vibe [2:31:57] Clip - "ABC-Jewish school bombing in the Netherlands" [2:34:58] Wire - "23 Years Too Late" - Read & Burn 03 [2:35:43] Human Adult Band - "Lie Torpid" - Freddy's Phone Call [2:45:22] Le Réservoir Système - "Chanson pour le jour d’après" - Custom Incantations [2:48:30] Les Cowboys Fringants - "Merci Ben" - Pub Royal [2:51:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162364

Duration:03:07:51

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"Oh, how can my giving find the / Rhythm and the time of you…” from Mar 14, 2026

3/14/2026
Tim Buckley - "Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)" - Happy Sad [0:00:00] Jessica Moss - "Opened Ending" - Currents 2026 Marathon Premium: Gazette de Montreal The stories and songs of the year, from Canada’s cultural capital [Pledge of $75 or more gets you this or any DJ premium of your choice. (Photo: 1963 March on Washington)] [0:11:41] June McDoom - "Babe, You Light Me Up" - June McDoom [A pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP. (Photo: Rosa Parks)] [0:28:05] Clip - "WSMV-Nashville TV reporter detained by ICE" [0:33:28] June McDoom - "On My Way" - June McDoom [(Photo: 2022 protest in Washington Square Park)] [0:34:31] Jim McCann - "Grace" - Grace and Other Irish Love Songs [(Photo: Iraq Bedouins 1956)] [0:38:32] Music behind DJ: Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - "We Are All One With The Moon And The Planets" - The Space Between [0:42:54] Folk Bitch Trio - "Cathode Ray" - Now Would Be A Good Time [A pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP. (Photo by Susan Meseilas)] [0:49:17] Clip - "BBC-WW2 bomb in Dresden causes evacuation" [0:53:27] Folk Bitch Trio - "I'll Find A Way (To Carry It All)" - Now Would Be A Good Time [(Photo: Witches, England, 1966)] [0:53:47] Mark Stewart - "Memory of You" - The Fateful Symmetry [Pledge of $75 or more gets you in the running for the grand prize: this album on red-vinyl. (Full Magnum collection: https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/witches-bitches-decades-of-womens-defiance-through-the-magnum-archive/)] [0:56:39] Music behind DJ: Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - "We Are All One With The Moon And The Planets" - The Space Between [1:01:50] Peter Hammill - "All the Tiredness" - Consequences [1:07:25] Music behind DJ: Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - "We Are All One With The Moon And The Planets" - The Space Between [1:13:21] William Tyler - "Concern" - Time Indefinite [A pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP.] [1:18:21] Clip - "Sky News-Explosion at US embassy in Oslo on Sunday" [1:23:34] clip - "NBC-Shots fired outside U.S. consulate in Toronto on Tuesday" [1:23:54] William Tyler - "A Dream, A Flood" - Time Indefinite [1:24:21] Mountain Movers - "Everyone Cares" - Mountain Movers [R.I.P. Ronnie Eldridge: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/obituaries/ronnie-eldridge-dead.html] [1:28:10] William Tyler - "Electric Lake" - Time Indefinite [1:40:10] FeMaLe GEniUs - "Made of Marble" - Jagged and Fractured [A pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP.] [1:45:38] Clip - "ABC-Live Nation, Justice Department settle antitrust case" [1:50:16] FeMaLe GEniUs - "I Was Wrong" - Jagged and Fractured [1:51:11] Mark Stewart - "Neon Girl" - The Fateful Symmetry [Pledge of $75 or more gets you in the running for the grand prize: this album on red-vinyl.] [1:55:20] Music behind DJ: Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - "We Are All One With The Moon And The Planets" - The Space Between [1:59:19] Kieran Hebden + William Tyler - "If I Had A Boat" - 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s [A pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP.] [2:03:56] Clip - "ABC Australia-Rapper wins Nepal's first election since uprising" [2:15:27] Kieran Hebden + William Tyler - "Loretta Guides My Hands Through the Radio" - 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s [2:15:55] Lou Reed - "Crazy Feeling" - Coney Island Baby [2:18:16] Music behind DJ: Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - "We Are All One With The Moon And The Planets" - The Space Between [2:21:02] The Wolfe Tones - "Broad Black Brimmer" - Irish Rebel Songs [2:27:08] Music behind DJ: Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble - "We Are All One With The Moon And The Planets" - The Space Between [2:30:36] Squid - "Building 650" - Cowards [A pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP.] [2:34:34] Joe Strummer...

Duration:03:08:15

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"Come down this instant / You're too high..." from Mar 7, 2026

3/7/2026
Art Blakey - "Caravan" - Basquiat Salutes Jazz [0:00:00] Rebecca Foon - "New World" - Currents 2026 Marathon Premium: Gazette de Montreal The stories and songs of the year, from Canada’s cultural capital [Pledge of $75 or more] [0:10:54] Animal Surrender! - "Shenandoah" - A Boot For Every Bane [Pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP.] [0:20:58] Clip - "Channel 4-Four London men arrested over Iran spying" [0:24:43] Animal Surrender! - "Misswanderer" - A Boot For Every Bane [0:25:03] Chris Brokaw - "8 or 9 Things" - Ghost Ship [Pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP.] [0:44:12] Clip - "WHAM-Austin, Texas bar shooting may have been linked with Iran attack" [0:48:03] Chris Brokaw - "Profile" - Ghost Ship [0:48:57] Nick Drake - "Saturday Sun" - Five Leaves Left [0:53:03] Elysian Fields - "I Can Give You That" - What the Thunder Said [Pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP.] [1:18:18] Clip - "Page Six-Tourette's sketch on SNL criticized" [1:22:45] Elysian Fields - "This World is Just a World" - What the Thunder Said [1:23:29] Bellbird - "Blurred Season" - Currents 2026 Marathon Premium: Gazette de Montreal The stories and songs of the year, from Canada’s cultural capital [Pledge of $75 or more] [1:28:06] Alan Sparhawk - "Too High" - With Trampled by Turtles [Pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this colored vinyl LP.] [1:56:30] Music behind DJ: [Journalist: Susan Sheehan: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/books/susan-sheehan-dead.html Photojournalist: Paul Conroy https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y6jvlv83ro] [2:02:39] Alan Sparhawk - "Princess Road Surgery" - With Trampled by Turtles [2:03:35] Deerhoof - "Overrated Species Anyhow" - Noble and Godlike in Ruin [Pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this test tube green vinyl LP.] [2:21:49] Clip - "ABC-US military joins Ecuador in fight against drug gangs" [2:24:05] Deerhoof - "Return of the Return of the Fire Trick Star" - Noble and Godlike in Ruin [2:24:39] Big Audio Dynamite II - "The Globe" - The Globe [2:27:29] Swans - "Red Yellow" - Birthing [Pledge of $20 or more gets you in the running for this LP donated by our own John Allen.] [2:43:23] Devo - "Working in the Coal Mine" - Turnaround: B-Sides and More [2:50:13] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161908

Duration:03:08:01

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"I scared them, whoever they were, the people I was supposed to know...." from "Metonymy" by Richard Siken from Feb 28, 2026

2/28/2026
Sophie Tassignon - "The Soldier In You" - A Slender Thread [0:00:00] Set: THE BOB KRASNER SET Charles Mingus - "Nostalgia in Times Square" - Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland [0:05:44] Clip - "Firstpost-Japan plans to deploy missiles near Taiwan" [0:18:01] The Nagel Heyer All-Stars - "Nostalgia in Times Square (feat. Warren Vaché, Wycliffe Gordon, Ken Peplowski, Eric Reed)" - Uptown Lowdown - A Jazz Salute to the Big Apple [0:18:41] Danny Silversmith - "Nostalgia in Times Square" - Jazz Jam at the Parlor (2021-2023) [0:26:55] Noël Akchoté - "Times Square" - Plays the Music of Ornette Coleman [0:35:24] Hiromi - "Out There - Strollin'" - Out There [0:37:06] Camille Laily - "Times Square" - Poèmes Jazz [0:43:49] Clip - "France24-Senegal may increase prison terms for same-sex relations" [0:49:22] Enisle - "Once upon a time in Times Square (Times Square jazz)" - Sounds from New York [0:50:20] Gak Sato and Tadahiko Yokogawa - "Turismo" - Renga [0:54:01] James Covell - "Times Square" - Jazz Late at Night [0:58:05] Joan As Police Woman Tony Allen Dave Okumu - "The Barbarian" - The Solution Is Restless [1:08:24] Clip - "CNN-Britain arrests former ambassador to US with ties to Epstein" [1:20:14] Maya Shenfeld - "Image Makers" - Cover-Up (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) [1:20:42] Those Who Walk Away - "The Beginning and the End" - Afterlife Requiem [1:24:14] ANOHNI and the Johnsons - "It Must Change" - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross [1:28:23] History Dog - "Field Recordings" - Root Systems [1:33:27] Clip - "ABC-Australian PM evacuated over Shen Yun bomb threat" [1:39:05] Emily Robb - "Dance Music" - Soundtrack to the Space Between Attack and Decay [1:39:42] Winged Wheel - "Bird Spells" - Desert So Green [1:45:05] Big Blood - "Who Lives?" - Electric Voyeur [1:49:55] LILS - "In the Street" - Feel World [1:53:00] The Sick Man of Europe - "Obsolete" - The Sick Man of Europe [1:55:05] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [2:01:01] The Intima - "Public Secret (2024 Mix feat. Julia Sabra)" - Poppy Seeds: An International Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza [2:27:59] Clip - "AfricaNews-Bones of St Francis of Assisi on public display" [2:32:17] Downtown Boys - "100% Inheritance Tax" - Full Communism [2:33:00] The Ex and Guests - "Apartment Block (live at Cafe OTO)" - Poppy Seeds: An International Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza [2:35:15] Gumball - "This Town" - Special Kiss [2:46:44] Soft Shoulder - "Savings" - Smudge on Kill [2:48:30] Iggy Pop - "Success" - Lust for Life [2:52:45] Jesse Malin - "Broken Radio feat. Bruce Springsteen" - Glitter in the Gutter [2:57:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161640

Duration:03:09:20