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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


Episodes
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"When there's bombs in the Middle East, you want to hurt yourself..." from May 4, 2024

5/4/2024
Arne Eigenfeldt - "Of Threadbare Morality to Listen" - A Walk to Meryton [0:00:00] Madi Dangerously - "Spirit Traveler (feat. Brainorchestra)" - HELLO BLU3BIRD, VOL 2 [0:09:42] Nimbus - "Consider the Wound" - Sunburned Hand of the Man [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/02/university-protests-gaza-student-pictures] [0:14:11] n/a - "Clip: BBC-Evidence suggests Nika Shakarami molested and killed by armed forces" - n/a [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68840881] [0:22:36] Infinite River - "Blessed Unrest" - Tabula Rasa [0:23:22] Emel - "Pride" - MRA [0:27:21] Kee Avil - "Do This Again" - Spine [0:31:28] Mary Timony - "Don't Disappear" - Untame the Tiger [0:34:47] n/a - "Clip: FRANCE24-US novelist Paul Auster dies at 77" - n/a [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/books/paul-auster-dead.html] [0:38:26] Nick Drake - "At The Chime Of A City Clock" - Bryter Layter [0:38:58] Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell - "Guadalupe" - One To The Heart, One To The Head [0:43:42] Hoppy Kamiyama - "racoon" - Hoppy Kamiyama [0:54:34] Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - "Come Undone" - Hawk [1:11:19] Graham Coxon - "Cruel Mother" - Shirley Inspired [1:20:28] Sin Ropas - "Holy Broken" - Holy Broken [1:27:27] n/a - "Clip: Network Africa-new measles vaccine patch in clinical trials" - n/a [1:31:51] The Mommyheads - "Solemn By the Sea" - Coney Island Kid [1:32:41] Kristjan Eastman - "The Sun Is in My Eyes" - Power Man and Astro Girl [1:36:54] Belle & Sebastian - "Piazza, New York Catcher" - Dear Catastrophe Waitress [1:43:34] n/a - "Clip: TRT-Moscow flaunts military hardware captured during conflict" - n/a [1:46:31] The Weather Station - "Robber" - Ignorance [1:47:53] Ocon - "Fool Again" - Notes on a Century [1:53:17] Belle & Sebastian - "Allie" - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance [1:58:33] Modern Silent Cinema - "Forest Warrior" - The Cabinet of Modern Silent Cinema [2:05:54] Morphine - "Super Sex" - Yes [2:09:45] Flipper - "Sex Bomb" - Generic Flipper [2:13:55] Ramones - "53rd & 3rd" - Ramones [2:21:29] Mudhoney - "Hate The Police" - Superfuzz Bigmuff [R.I.P. Gary Floyd: https://pitchfork.com/news/gary-floyd-incendiary-singer-of-texan-punk-greats-the-dicks-dies-at-71/] [2:23:44] n/a - "Clip: CBS-Chicago-Chicago Tribune, other newspapers sue Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement" - n/a [2:25:51] The Glorious Vapors - "Aren’t the Nights Pure Magic (feat. Michael Guarrine)" - The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Pissing in the Wind [2:26:27] Jane's Addiction - "Standing in the Shower Thinking" - Nothing's Shocking [2:32:06] The Thirsty Giants - "Ever" - Thirst and Misery [2:35:11] The Ar-Kaics - "Stone Love" - See the World on Fire [2:39:18] Torrey - "Happy Your Exist" - Torrey [2:45:44] Bed Maker - "Ballad of Tokitae" - Bed Maker [2:49:01] n/a - "Clip: C-SPAN-President Biden at 2024 White House Correspondents' Dinner" - n/a [World Press Freedom Day: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnd6k8ggzn2o] [2:51:50] Metz - "Light Your Way Home" - Upon Gravity Hill [`] [2:53:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139543

Duration:03:07:18

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"But keep my place and the empty chair..." from Apr 27, 2024

4/27/2024
The Lostines - "Full Moon Night" - Meet the Lostines [0:00:00] Star City Survivor - "A Descending Visitation" - Wilderness [0:04:54] Miles Davis - "Frelon Brun" - Filles de Kilimanjaro [0:17:48] Room 31 - "Hint of Apology" - Crazy Town [0:23:20] n/a - "Clip: Reuters-What's happening with global plastic treaty talks?" - n/a [0:32:36] Pas Musique - "Black Panther" - Ether Arrangements [0:33:57] Heron Oblivion - "Rama" - Heron Oblivion [0:38:11] n/a - "Clip: BBC-Father fights oil giant BP over son's death" - n/a [0:48:34] Modern Silent Cinema - "Death Whistles the Clues" - The Cabinet of Modern Silent Cinema [0:49:17] The Violet Mine - "Blame Me" - White Night [0:52:47] Set: Interview: Diane Foley Sting - "The Empty Chair" - Jim: The James Foley Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1:26:23] Dan Romer / Saul Simon MacWilliams / Osei Essed - "Message to All of Us" - Jim: The James Foley Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [1:29:36] Eiko Ishibashi - "A Ghost in a Train, Thinking" - The Dream My Bones Dream [1:34:08] Saints Martyrs - "Le Christ est dans le bruit" - Mythologie de dernier recours [1:40:05] Mogwai - "What Are They Doing In Heaven Today" - Les Revenants soundtrack [1:45:38] n/a - "Clip: CBS-Journalist and former hostage Terry Anderson dies at 76" - n/a [1:51:27] Elbow - "Roll Call" - Lost Worker Bee EP [1:52:16] Emel - "Lose My Mind (feat. Nayomi)" - MRA [2:03:17] Farah Kaddour - "Estehial" - Bada [2:08:43] n/a - "Clip: Bloomberg-UK's Rwanda Bill to Become Law" - n/a [2:12:54] Adjustable Mustard - "Willie" - Pure Love [2:13:13] Infinite River - "Breathless" - Tabula Rasa [2:16:44] Bjork / PJ Harvey - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" - Live at the Brit Awards, 1994 [2:24:25] Lou Reed - "I'm Waiting For The Man" - Words & Music: May 1965 [2:28:17] Glorious Din - "Pallet To The Floor" - Leading Stolen Horses [2:33:09] The Smiths - "Is It Really So Strange? (John Peel session 12/2/86)" - Louder Than Bombs [2:35:44] Torrey - "Really AM" - Torrey [2:40:02] The Clash - "Know Your Rights" - From Here to Eternity: Live [https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/april/at-columbia] [2:45:04] The Foreign Correspondents - "We're Dancing" - 45 [2:49:14] Sheer Mag - "Mechanical Garden" - Playing Favorites [2:52:36] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139289

Duration:03:08:40

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"We live together in a photograph of time..." from Apr 20, 2024

4/20/2024
Room 31 - "OK, Mr. Tough Guy" - Crazy Town [0:00:00] Fay Victor / Herbie Nichols SUNG - "The Culprit Is You" - Life Is Funny That Way [0:06:20] Departure Street - "Everything Is A Dream" - Into The Drop Zone [R.I.P. Don Wright: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/business/media/don-wright-dead.html] [0:17:30] Pas Musique - "Going Down Forever" - Ether Arrangements [0:23:31] - "CBC-Coral reefs experiencing mass bleaching event" [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/climate/coral-reefs-bleaching.html] [0:29:18] Star City Survivor - "Loss" - Wilderness [0:30:31] Sonny Sharrock Band - "All My Trials" - Highlife [0:48:28] - "Clip: CBS-Some imported produce test high for pesticides" [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/fruits-vegetables-pesticide-consumer-reports] [0:56:29] Hoppy Kamiyama - "Cogito" - Hoppy Kamiyama [0:56:58] Shiver - "Chromakode" - Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne Vol. 2 [1:04:16] Anohni and the Johnsons - "Fistful of Love" - I Am a Bird Now [1:11:39] Dubliners - "The Fields of Athenry" - Spirit of the Irish [1:20:57] The Blarney Lads - "I'll Tell Me Ma" - Pub Songs Ireland [1:25:02] Thin Lizzy - "Whiskey In The Jar" - The Peel Sessions [1:27:02] Farah Kaddour - "Khuzama" - Bada [1:33:53] SUSS - "Flight" - Birds and Beasts [1:41:09] - "Clip: Sky-Brussels shuts down conservatism conference" [1:46:48] Sin Ropas - "The Fever You Fake" - Holy Broken [1:48:00] Madder Rose - "I Want A New Me (girlghostboyghost)" - No One Gets Hurt Ever [1:53:16] - "Clip: 4SidesTV-Nearly half of China's major cities are sinking" [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68844731] [1:56:08] Elbow - "This Blue World" - The Take Off and Landing of Everything [1:57:02] FeMaLe GeNiuS - "Fire (remix)" - FeMaLe GeNiuS [2:04:18] David Bowie / Brian Eno - "Get Real – Sounds Right Mix (ft. NATURE)" - Single [2:07:38] Penny Arcade - "Black Clouds" - Back Water Collage [2:12:00] Darius Denominator - "Vector Divergent Scheme" - Derangements [2:14:57] Wolves Again - "Endless Horizon" - Ruined Cities Yield No Light [2:18:29] - "Clip: Taiwan Plus-Indian Security Forces Kill at Least 29 Maoist Rebels" [2:21:40] Lovataraxx - "Bruxism (Fire)" - Sophomore [2:22:09] Liquid Liquid - "Cavern" - Optimo EP [2:32:09] Mollys - "Zombi Mariachi" - Balm Trips [2:37:28] - "Clip: WION-Heavy rain and flash flood warnings sweep the Gulf" [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68839043] [2:40:55] Boeckner - "Lose" - Boeckner! [2:41:57] X-Ray Spex - "Plastic Bag" - The Anthology [2:46:48] Pearl Harbour - "Do Your Homework" - Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost, Too [2:52:36] Sheer Mag - "I Gotta Go" - Playing Favorites [2:55:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139062

Duration:03:08:15

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"Who cares, who cares what the future brings?..." with an Interview with artist Audrey Flack from Apr 13, 2024

4/13/2024
Nick Cave - "Higgs Boson Blues" - Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace [R.I.P. Peter Higgs: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/science/peter-higgs-dead.html] [0:00:00] Departure Street - "Traveling By Night" - Into The Drop Zone [0:06:41] Penny Arcade - "Don't Cry No Tears" - Back Water Collage [0:17:54] A Tribe Called Quest - "Melatonin" - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service [R.I.P. Casey Benjamin: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/arts/music/casey-benjamin-dead.html] [0:21:13] - "Clip: BBC-'Uncharted territory' fears after record hot March" [0:25:45] Robert Glasper Experiment - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Black Radio [0:27:27] Lovataraxx - "Heidi Montauk" - Sophomore [0:40:57] - "Clip: CBS-EPA sets new rule for forever chemicals in drinking water" [More on this: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/11/pfas-limits-epa-drinking-water] [0:46:46] Arne Eigenfeldt - "For As You Are" - A Walk to Meryton [0:49:09] Set: Interview with artist Audrey Flack--Part 1 Audrey Flack and the History of Art Band - "Pablo Picasso" - Audrey Flack and the History of Art Band [Profile of Audrey from a few years ago: https://www.forbes.com/sites/briennewalsh/2021/01/26/feminist-as-audrey-flack/] [1:29:33] Audrey Flack and the History of Art Band - "Action Jackson" - Audrey Flack and the History of Art Band [1:35:16] Audrey Flack and the History of Art Band - "Vincent Van Gogh" - Audrey Flack and the History of Art Band [1:38:37] Set: Interview with artist Audrey Flack--Part 2 Hannah Marcus - "Demerol" - The Hannah Marcus Years: 1993-2004 [2:02:38] Hannah Marcus - "Purple Mother" - Desert Farmers [2:06:36] John Lennon - "Imagine" - Imagine [2:12:01] Replacements - "Achin’ to Be (Matt Wallace Mix)" - Dead Man's Pop [2:15:05] - "Clip: BBC-European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction" [2:18:46] David Bowie - "Pablo Picasso" - Reality [2:19:07] Mollys - "Purple Space" - Balm Trips [2:23:18] Nightspore - "Give Everything Away" - Godseed [2:28:31] Usurabi - "Arise" - Once in a Red Room [2:33:08] Salami Rose Joe Louis - "Sugar Coating" - Akousmatikous [2:37:46] - "Clip: DW-Germany faces Nicaragua’s genocide case at ICJ" [2:42:09] Vessel - "Some Say" - Wrapped in Cellophane [2:42:37] Boeckner - "Euphoria" - Boeckner! [2:47:18] Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden" - The Best of Siouxsie and The Banshees [2:51:18] Still Animals - "Downtown Path" - Still Animals [2:54:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138832

Duration:03:08:28