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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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"The boy who tried to vanish / To another time / Is no longer here..." from May 3, 2025

5/3/2025
Dustin Wong - "Morning Roses" - Gloria [0:00:00] Roy Harper - "Another Day" - Gather in the Mushrooms: British Folk Underground 1969-75 [0:04:06] William Tyler - "Howling at the Second Moon" - Time Indefinite [0:07:03] Erland Apneseth - "Straumen forbi (the Stream Past)" - Song over stov [0:12:02] Clip: France 24 - "Clip: France 24-Russia allegedly detains and tortures Ukrainian civilians" - n/a [More information: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/viktoriia-roshchyna-ukrainian-journalist-death-russian-prison] [0:19:08] David Grubbs - "The Snake on Its Tail" - Whistle From Above [0:20:29] Lee Ranaldo and Michael Vallera - "Early New York Silver I" - Early New York Silver [0:25:54] Clip: Africa News - "Clip: Africa News-Sudanese displaced by war return home" - n/a [0:43:42] Jacobo Vega-Albela - "To Hope" - Un-Belonging [0:44:46] Miramar - "Tu Peine (You Struggle)" - Entre tus Flores [0:50:40] Autumna - "Group Therapy" - Family Portrait [0:54:31] Set: Interview with journalist Nico Lang Slowdive - "The Sun Hits" - Souvlaki [1:40:44] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Wonderful Life" - Nocturama [1:46:39] Iggy Pop - "Family Affair" - Everybody Is A Star: The Sly Stone Songbook [1:53:35] Q Lazarus - "The Time Is Right (Dare)" - Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture) [1:56:36] The Brides Of Funkenstein - "Amorous" - Funk Or Walk [2:01:27] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [2:06:42] R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe (Jacknife Lee Remix / 2025)" - Radio Free Europe 2025 EP [https://www.rferl.org/a/rem-releases-radio-free-europe-world-press-freedom-day/33403021.html] [2:24:01] Clip: Straight Arrow News - "Clip: Straight Arrow News-FBI uses polygraph to test staff" - n/a [More information: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/28/leak-polygraph-fbi-justice-odni-dhs/] [2:27:01] The Alarm - "Devolution Workin' Man Blues" - Change [R.I.P. Mike Peters: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y7mxzn9nlo] [2:28:07] Powerplant - "Crashing Cars" - Crashing Cars [2:32:10] Clip: France 24 - "Clip: France 24-Gaza aid ship attacked by drones" - n/a [2:35:49] Neal Francis - "Dirty Little Secret" - Return to Zero [2:36:23] Rolling Stones - "Sway" - Sticky Fingers [2:43:13] Clip: Global News - "Clip: Global News-Shooting at hair salon in Sweden leaves 3 dead" - n/a [2:46:09] Jimi Hendrix - "Earth Blues" - Rainbow Bridge Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [2:46:48] Led Zeppelin - "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" - Led Zepellin III [2:50:59] Dustin Wong - "Angels We Have Heard on High" - Gloria [2:55:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151655
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"I'm like everyone else--I see the world in terms of what I would like to happen, not what actually does."--from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho from Apr 26, 2025

4/26/2025
Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - A Jazz Collection [0:00:00] Pharoah Sanders - "Love Will Find A Way" - Pharoah [0:15:13] - "Clip: WCCO-Minnesota sues Trump administration" [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/minnesota-trump-transgender-athletes.html] [0:29:33] Hyldon & Adrian Younge - "Viajante do Planeta Azul (Blue Planet Traveler)" - Hyldon JID023 [0:31:00] Manu Dibango - "Africa Boogie" - Dibango ’82—Live in Marseille [0:34:09] Jackie Myers - "You Won’t Miss Me My Dear" - What About the Butterfly [0:44:59] T Gowdy - "Strewn" - Trill Scan [0:52:33] Jill Fraser - "Beautiful Summer" - Earthly Pleasures [1:06:24] Bipolar Explorer - "Dreams of the Bell Tower Watchman" - Single [1:13:24] - "Clip: Reuters-Deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir" [1:23:25] Dead Can Dance - "Rakim" - Toward the Within [1:24:36] Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - "H2Ogate Blues" - Rebel Music: Songs of Protest and Insurrection [1:31:03] - "Clip: Economic Times-Autism registry plan announced by NIH" [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/rfk-jr-autism-nih] [1:39:28] The Motels - "Total Control" - Motels [1:40:06] Tom Waits - "Shore Leave" - Beautiful Maladies – The Island Years [1:45:50] Kuunatic - "Yew's Path" - Wheels of Ömon [1:50:11] Janis Joplin - "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" - Super Hits [1:58:25] Circuit Des Yeux - "Serenade To Sophia" - Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Traveling Evangelist’s Guide to Late 20th Century Underground Music [2:02:02] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [2:05:56] Pere Ubu - "Life Stinks" - The Modern Dance [R.I.P. David Thomas: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/24/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies] [2:26:07] - "Clip: NBC-Almost half of US lines in areas with failing grades for air pollution" [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/americans-air-pollution] [2:27:55] Rocket from the Tombs - "Nugefinger" - Black Record [2:28:33] The Clash - "Clampdown (Live from the Lewisham Odeon)" - Rebel Music: Songs of Protest and Insurrection [2:31:34] - "Clip: ABC-FBI arrests judge in immigration case" [2:35:48] Deerhoof - "Under Rats (feat. Saul Williams)" - Noble and Godlike in Ruin [2:36:32] Ceremonial Editions - "And One Day It’s Gonna Slight Return" - To The Kid EP [2:40:23] Chime Oblivion - "Kiss Her Or Be Her" - Chime Oblivion [2:44:02] FACS - "Ordinary Voices" - Wish Defense [2:45:51] Elkhorn - "Train" - Live at Milwaukee Psych Fest [2:51:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151427
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"And I've got by for so long just on fear and trust..." from Apr 19, 2025

4/19/2025
Sally Timms - "Dark Sun" - Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos [0:00:00] Big Bend - "Fast Moon" - Last Circle in a Slowdown [0:03:38] Anne Briggs - "Cruel Mother" - One Morning in May: Surface Noise 2025 Marathon Premium [0:08:29] Justin Adams and Mauro Durante - "Tide Keeps Turning" - Sweet Release [0:12:31] Deepstaria Enigmatica - "The Truths" - The Eternal Now Is the Heart of the New Tomorrow [0:18:20] - "Clip: BBC-Russian journalists and hairdresser convicted of extremism" [0:41:16] Private Joke - "Peaceful Traffic" - Ambientale (compiled by Charles Bals) [0:42:37] Banha Da Cobra - "Guayota" - Lava Love [0:45:29] Autumna - "The Days Before" - Family Portrait [0:49:42] Lynlee - "Traceless Land" - The Changeover [0:53:22] Able Noise - "Tumbling" - High Tide [1:02:55] Pom Pom Squad - "Montauk" - Mirror Starts Moving Without Me [1:07:57] St. Vincent - "The Power's Out" - All Born Screaming [1:11:41] - "Clip: France 24-French prisons targeted with arson and gunfire" [1:16:17] Kim Gordon & Bill Nace - "Strong and Foolish Heart" - The Suzanne Langille Songbook [1:17:22] The Motels - "Only the Lonely" - All Four One [1:24:29] Esko Affair - "On Broadway (long version)" - Mid-Winter's Afternoon [1:27:47] Set: INTERVIEW WITH: Jamie Courville and Chris Reynolds, filmmakers behind "Gowanus Current" https://www.gowanuscurrent.com Bob Lukomski - "The Visitors (QV edit)" - Outside Music [1:56:33] Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir - "Change Without Us" - Change Without Us [2:03:29] Structured Silence Artist—Ernie Vega - "Gwine Dig a Hole in a Mountain" - Ernie Vega [2:07:45] Martin Bisi - "The Great Trap in the Creek" - Feral Myths [2:15:36] - "Clip: Arirang News-Violence escalates as Sudan conflict passes two-year mark" [2:24:04] Elliott Sharp Carbon with Charles K. Noyes, Zeena Parkins, Bobby Previte, Jim Staley, et al - "Turbulence" - The Age of Carbon [2:24:52] The Resistance Company - "The Land Defiled" - Activist Therapy Session [2:30:05] Sugarcubes - "Birthday (Justin Robertson 12" Mix)" - It's It [2:36:08] - "Clip: DW News-Hungary effectively bans LGBTQ events" [2:43:27] Militia Vox - "Rid Of Me" - Bait EP [2:44:02] Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl" - The Singles [2:48:26] The Raincoats - "Adventures Close To Home" - The Raincoats [2:51:04] Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Long Dark Night" - Wild God [2:54:55] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151198
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“I find that being part of a family is the most excruciating possible way to be alive.”—Anne Enright, The Gathering from Apr 12, 2025

4/12/2025
Marinero - "Dream Suite" - La La La [0:00:00] Donald Byrd - "Cristo Redentor" - A New Perspective [0:03:50] Tim Hodgkinson and Atsuko Kamura - "Suisen No" - Haiku in the Wide World [0:09:30] Leya - "Corners - Chanel Beads Rework" - Bandcamp single [0:12:40] Dirty Three - "Love Changes Everything IV-VI" - Love Changes Everything [0:18:33] - "Clip: ITV-Scientists MAY have recreated extinct dire wolf" [0:40:47] Jherek Bischoff - "Cistern" - Cistern [0:42:08] Big Bend - "Cistern" - Last Circle in a Slowdown [0:48:24] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Hong Kong hit hard by US tariffs" [0:53:29] Pretenders - "I Hate Myself" - Alone [Also appears in Fallen Angels] [0:54:32] Massive Attack - "Karmacoma (feat. Tricky)" - Protection [Also appears in Fallen Angels] [0:59:17] Laurie Anderson - "Speak My Language" - Bright Red [Also appears in Fallen Angels] [1:04:29] Tremosphere - "Un Message" - Saturated Solace [1:16:30] Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - "Live Forever" - Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory [1:20:42] - "Clip: ABC-Federal immigration officials revoking student visas" [1:26:21] Mark Stewart - "Memory of You" - The Fateful Symmetry [1:27:37] Justin Adams and Mauro Durante - "Sweet Release" - Sweet Release [1:31:37] Jeff Buckley - "Everyday People" - Everybody Is A Star: The Sly Stone Songbook [CURRENTS COMMENDATION: R.I.P. Robert McChesney: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/media/robert-w-mcchesney-dead.html] [1:36:30] Laurie Styvers - "Crazy Rainy Spring" - Let Me Comfort You: The Hush Rarities [1:41:05] Califone - "Family Swan" - The Villager’s Companion [1:45:17] Nico - "One More Chance" - Chelsea Town Hall [1:53:16] Can - "Eine (One)" - Live in Keele 1977 [2:00:39] Music behind DJ: [It's Not That Bad with Jim the Poet] [2:10:52] Frank Black - "Man of Steel" - Oddballs [2:40:05] Gang of Four - "Guns Before Butter" - Entertainment! [R.I.P. Bassist Dave Allen https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/07/gang-of-four-bassist-dave-allen-dies-aged-69] [2:45:06] - "Clip: Al Jazeera-Reporters in Gaza killed in Israeli strike" [2:48:51] - "Clip: Straight Arrow News-London police raid Quaker meeting house" [2:49:27] The Split Squad - "Hey DJ" - Another Cinderella [R.I.P. Drummer Clem Burke https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clem-burke-blondie-drummer-dead-obituary-1235311703/] [2:50:04] Throwing Muses - "Albatross" - Moonlight Concessions [2:53:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150989