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Favoriting January 27, 2024: "Half a million boots went slogging through hell..."

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Phil Alvin  Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?   Favoriting Un"Sung Stories"     
Theo Angell  Don't Cross The Street   Favoriting Met Life     
Henry Franklin with Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad  African Sun (Shabaka Hutchins Remix)   Favoriting Remixes JID020     
Linda Sharrock / Itaru Oki / Mario Rechtern / Eric Zinman / Makoto Sato / Yoram Rosilio  No Is No   Favoriting No Is No  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/arts/music/linda-sharrock.html   
  Clip: WION-North Korea punishes minors for watching South Korean TV        
Linda Dusman  Flashpoint   Favoriting Flashpoint     
Son Lux  Very Busy   Favoriting Everything Everywhere All at Once (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)     

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James Murphy 
Golden Years   Favoriting
While We're Young motion picture soundtrack 
 
 
Sharon Van Etten  Quiet Eyes   Favoriting Past Lives (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)     
I Think Like Midnight  Overnight Tubes   Favoriting Microtonal Honkytonk     
Blue Ocean  The Radiant Edge   Favoriting Fertile State     
 
The Wolfe Tones  Celtic Symphony   Favoriting 25th Anniversary   
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Lulu  Morning Dew   Favoriting Love Loves to Love Lulu   
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Frank Black  Dirty Old Town   Favoriting Fast Man Raider Man   
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The Pogues  Fiesta   Favoriting If I Should Fall from Grace with God   
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  Clip: ABC Australia-Russians apologize for anti-state behavior     https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68016310   
Mogwai  May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door   Favoriting Come On Die Young   
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  By The Time I Get To Phoenix   Favoriting Bobby Gillespie Presents I Still Can't Believe You're Gone   
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Camera Obscura  Knee Deep at the National Pop League   Favoriting Underachievers Please Try Harder   
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Donovan  Catch the Wind (mono)   Favoriting The Essential Donovan   
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Chi-Lites  The Coldest Days of My Life Part 1   Favoriting Bobby Gillespie Presents I Still Can't Believe You're Gone     
  Clip: CBS-Mass shooting suspect dies in Texas        
Belle and Sebastian  The Boy With The Arab Strap   Favoriting The Boy With The Arab Strap     
Simple Minds  Capital City   Favoriting Empires and Dance     
Fat Black Cats  Area 51   Favoriting Fat Black Cats   
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  Clip: CBC-Canada to place limit on foreign students        
Soap Box  Mad Jungle Beat   Favoriting Mad Jungle Beat     
 
Franz Ferdinand  Curious   Favoriting Hits to the Head     
  Clip: BBC-Lost Gustav Klimt painting found after nearly 100 years        
Boney M.  Daddy Cool   Favoriting Take the Heat Off Me  R.I.P. producer Frank Farian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/23/frank-farian-creator-of-boney-m-and-milli-vanilli-dies-aged-82 
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Declan Welsh and The Decadent West  Doesnae Happen Here   Favoriting No Pasaran / Doesnae Happen Here   
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Vaselines  You Think You’re A Man   Favoriting The Way of The Vaselines: A Complete History     
Dead Pony  Cobra   Favoriting About Love     
Primal Scream  Higher Than The Sun   Favoriting Screamadelica     
Fratellis  Creepin’ Up The Backstairs   Favoriting Costello Music     
Teenage Fanclub  I Will Love You   Favoriting Nothing Lasts Forever     
Cream  I Feel Free   Favoriting Fresh Cream     


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tom tom the pipers son:

good morning brian and people...
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" by "Phil Alvin"
Good morning, DJ Brian.
I was introduced to "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" by a Peter, Paul & Mary version.
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Don in Tampere:

Good morning Brian, tom and whoever else is out there! Hope it's been a good week. I started the weekend off nicely by driving to Pori to see Fred Frith and Susanna Santos Silva do a beautiful concert. Now about to do the usual Saturday house cleaning to the sound of Currents.
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tom tom the pipers son:

tbh now it's brother/sister can you spare two bucks
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tom tom the pipers son:

i guess that doesn't even cover inflation
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tom tom the pipers son:

"We could buy a loaf of Bond Bread or a snack-size Frisbie pie, or ride the trolley car. And for a dime, people could walk into a tavern and get a cold glass of draft beer."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11am
Brian D:

Good morning all. Thrilled to be back. I trust Darren treated you well?
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Hoboken Jack:

Good morning, Brian!!
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Michael of Cologne:

Good noonday Brian, Tom Tom & all. Not so cold here today in Cologne, and even a bit sunny
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16am
Brian D:

↳ Hoboken Jack @6:14
Jack! Just getting home?
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Brian D:

↳ Michael of Cologne @6:15
Greetings Michael.
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tom tom the pipers son:

hi michael...
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Fredericks:

↳ Hoboken Jack @6:14
Hiya, Hobo J and my fellow Currenters.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:19am
tom tom the pipers son:

missed that linda sharrock article first time around, thx brian
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23am
pgalub:

Hey there Brian, JAAAAACK and everyone.
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Beast of Boonton:

🙉
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:19
Hey Tom Tom, yeah it's a good one. Very inspiring.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26am
Brian D:

↳ pgalub @6:23
Mr. Galub, happy belated.
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TDK60:

Of course, the slaughter in Gaza remains the top world story. Destruction and death continue, thanks in large part to the arms of the USA, sent by the Democrat regime in DC. The US Weimar liberal class in media and academics spread lies, obfuscation, a new McCarthyism. Mendacity and complicity--these are theme words of the USA for year 2024. Yet, hats off to South Africa for standing up for the right thing by taking Israel to the International Court of Justice on genocide charges. Shout-out too, to the Service Employees International Union and United Auto Workers for calling for a ceasefire.
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tom tom the pipers son:

it was unclear to me why the court in the hague didn't call for a ceasefire, but called for everything but, giving a green light and leaving it up to international "community" fmr plo rep on democracy now seemed satisfied with the ruling
  6:40am
Toothgrinder Tom:

Love the jazz announcer voice!
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:42am
tom tom the pipers son:

i didn't "love" poor things, thought it over designed and tied up too neatly at the end...
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Juli:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:42
Too critical imo
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fred:

Good morning Brian and listeners
  6:43am
Cooh John:

Yabba dabba do, Brian and current eventers!
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TDK60:

Glasgow, eh? Never been. Some Gentle Giant? Mogwai?
  6:47am
Toothgrinder Tom:

Is that ‘Golden Years’ playing in the background?
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 6:47am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Juli @6:43
no my honest take, didn't didn't like it during, sort of got that it was a fairytale afterwards and liked it more
  6:47am
rich in angleton:

good morning Brian and everyone in radioland!
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fred:

If I had to be trapped in some country due to flight delays, Scotland might be at the top of my list (I like whisky)
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Brian D:

↳ Toothgrinder Tom @6:47
Si senor.
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Brian D:

↳ rich in angleton @6:47
Rich!
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tom tom the pipers son:

best to ms currents, seriously...
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Brian D:

↳ fred @6:48
With you there, Fred. Though I like whiskey too much. Good morning.
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TDK60:

Sorry to hear about the injury of Ms. Currents. Scotland next time. Did she fall outside a store or in un-commercial territory? Aren't stores required to de-ice their walkways?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55am
fred:

↳ Brian D @6:50
It's a rhetorical scenario for me anyway, as flying is a serious health hazard for me (inner ear fistula)
  6:55am
Toothgrinder Tom:

Hope she is on the mend very soon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56am
Brian D:

↳ fred @6:55
Ouch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @6:50
Thanks TDK and all. A community garden, actually.
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Fredericks:

Actuels.
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fred:

↳ Brian D @6:56
That's why I will never visit the magic factory. It could go right or very wrong, and the US is not where I want to have a medical emergency (if I had a few millions to spare, the station would be a better way to do so)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06am
Brian D:

↳ fred @7:03
After the past 10 days, I get that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08am
fred:

Glasgow got another place in history as the site of the first Jandek concert.
Not sure the plaque has been ordered yet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09am
Brian D:

↳ fred @7:08
I didn't know that! Another reason to like the place.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11am
fred:

↳ Brian D @7:09
There's a DVD of it (haven't seen or heard the performance)
en.wikipedia.org...
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Morning Dew" by "Lulu"
was that a grateful dead cover?
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fred:

↳ Song: "Dirty Old Town" by "Frank Black"
Speaking of streams of whiskey... (RIP Shane)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:12
Different song.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 7:16am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:13
thought so. it was the only song that came up in search, sounded like a country song
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Fredericks:

↳ Brian D @7:13
Discogs credits the same authors. But I don't think that's correct.
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TDK60:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:12
tomtom: "Dew" is by Bonnie Dobson. '60s Folkies Fred Neil and Tim Rose had versions before the Gratefuls, I think.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @7:16
Also on the "To Sir With Love" soundtrack, no? Lulu's version, that is.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ TDK60 @7:16
thanks...
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JohnEBGood:

Rock on DJ Brian. Happy New Year 🎉🥂
  7:19am
Toothgrinder Tom:

Liverpool supporters know this melody as the ‘Virgil Van Dyke’ song. (Re Dirty Old Town)
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fred:

↳ Song: "Fiesta" by "The Pogues"
For some reason I had this song stuck in my ear all week
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Strandlund:

Good Morning and welcome back, Brian D!!
Good morning Currents Listeners!!
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TDK60:

↳ Brian D @7:17
Brian, not sure about the Lulu version. Jeff Beck did it on his first solo outing, "Truth"--with young Rod Stewart on vocals. 1968.
  7:21am
S_Rah:

Hey. Good show. Thought my Alexa played the wrong station for a minute - but the news clip is part of your show. I’m in
  7:22am
S_Rah:

Sometimes fmu is just noise and sometimes it’s the peak of creativity
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23am
Brian D:

↳ Toothgrinder Tom @7:19
Both Celtic and Liverpool consider "You'll Never Walk Alone" an anthem. Van Dijk played for Celtic, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24am
Brian D:

↳ S_Rah @7:22
We try.
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fred:

↳ Brian D @7:24
I like the ambiguity about which one you are trying for
  7:29am
Ryan in St Paul:

Man, that Mogwai was perfect
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Brian D:

↳ fred @7:28
I thought I was being subtle.
  7:29am
S_Rah:

@fred 🩵
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33am
Strandlund:

↳ S_Rah @7:22
That should be on a bumper sticker!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33am
fred:

↳ Brian D @7:29
My bad phrasing it as if these were separate paths
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tom tom the pipers son:

re: celtic sentimentality, i'm half irish and recognize this trait and somehow feel compelled to share this, maybe more a case of stupidity than culture.... was in a essay writing class at the new school a long time ago and there was an irish guy in his twenties, probably, in the class, he wrote an essay about him being in nato forces during the serbian conflict and witnessed a man being taken hostage, he said witnessed the hostage's throat being slit, then the bard said "and it was my birthday" the class was speechless.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38am
Brian D:

↳ fred @7:33
Very true.
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:36
Christ, that's some story.
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NotARealDoctor:

Good morning Brian, good morning everyone! Greetings from Virginia. We're at the park and Cooper the dog is letting me throw the ball for him
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TDK60:

Donovan's fine debut song. I read his bio. Upon an early visit to the US, Donovan met Stevie Wonder at a club; Stevie proceeded to sing "Wind" to the shocked Scot.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 7:42am
NotARealDoctor:

Thanks especially for that Donovan, a personal favorite artist of mine
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Fredericks:

Ewan MacColl wrote Dirty Old Town.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45am
Brian D:

↳ Fredericks @7:44
Ah, you're right. My bad.
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fred:

↳ Fredericks @7:44
Right, whose daughter Kirsty sang with Shane on Fairytale of New York
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "The Boy With The Arab Strap" by "Belle and Sebast...
belle and sebastian's phrasing is so identifiable
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:54
Seeing them in May. Fingers crossed.
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Fredericks:

↳ Song: "Capital City" by "Simple Minds"
Never heard this side of Simple Minds.
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tom tom the pipers son:

oh that's thinking ahead,.... never heard this simple minds, not what i expected
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Fredericks @7:57
ha...
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Fredericks:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:58
Ha!
  7:59am
Ryan in St Paul:

The bands Yummy Fur and Lung Leg from Glasgow were 2 of my favorites back in the 90s.
  7:59am
Cosmic:

Hola Brian and all
  8:00am
Robm:

good morning fellow current listeners
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Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:57
Empires and Dance is an AMAZING record.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Capital City" by "Simple Minds"
slightly reminiscent of tubeway army
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:00
i see...
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fred:

Gotta leave soonish: concert of Mongolian music, supposedly focused on urtyn duu, which is my favorite style, so I'm pretty excited about it (though my fave singer, Byambajargal Gombodorj, won't be there)
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @8:02
throat singing?
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Fredericks:

↳ Song: "Area 51" by "Fat Black Cats"
This reminds a bit of The Birthday Party.
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dale:

had my ears on, great show.
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fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:04
Probably, hopefully not much. Urtyn duu is totally different, more melisma
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Brian D:

↳ fred @8:06
Enjoy Fred.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 8:08am
tom tom the pipers son:

oh looked it up. very interesting, 20th c invention, correct?
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tom tom the pipers son:

long syllabic singing. maybe ten words to a song
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William Hellfire:

Wild Saturday morning punk rock breakfast. Hell-o
  8:12am
Robm:

@brian ouch that stinks with your wife breaking her arm
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13am
fred:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:09
Here's a sample: www.youtube.com...
I don't think the style is that recent
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14am
Brian D:

↳ Robm @8:12
Yeah, she's been in a lot of pain, poor thing.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ fred @8:13
thx fred
  8:16am
Robm:

↳ Brian D @8:14
does she have a cast on yet?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17am
Brian D:

↳ Robm @8:16
She had surgery Thursday. Cast and splint. Broken in six places and structural damage. 12-week rehab.
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fred:

↳ Brian D @8:14
She put up with you, so we know she can handle a lot
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Brian D:

↳ fred @8:17
Very true.
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fred:

@Brian: Just be careful on canine walks. You don't want to hire a cat to walk the dog
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Brian D:

↳ fred @8:20
I can't afford to get hurt at this point.
  8:24am
Robm:

↳ Brian D @8:17
hope the rehab goes smoothly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24am
Brian D:

↳ Robm @8:24
Thank you, Robm.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

good morning Brian D and all!!!
  8:31am
Cosmic:

Trainspotting was set in Glasgow, so does anything by blondie, iggy and underworld count?
  8:32am
Cosmic:

Speedy recovery wishes
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tom tom the pipers son:

@fred: urtyn duu..."considered by Mongolians to be rooted in their nomadic life before the socialist revolution of 1921" ... with a quick scan got it confused
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Brian D:

↳ Cosmic @8:31
Edinburgh, actually. Not to correct you. Thanks for the well wishes.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:32
been to edinburgh, did a set during fringe, someone once told me edinburgh is boston to glasgow's new york
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Been lurking for a while. Good morning Brian and everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:35
That works for me. Glasgow is like the Village in the 70s and 80s. Mrs. Currents says I always seem very at home there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38am
Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:37
Happy to have you lurking, Peter.
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Brian I just saw the thread about your better half. Best wishes for her recovery. Are you in Morris County NJ? I had an awesome physical therapist there.
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 8:40am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:37
speaking of village is pomme frites still there after move after second ave explosion?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:40am
Brian D:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @8:39
Thank you, Peter. In the city, actually.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:40
Yep. MacDougal St.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42am
James Douglas:

Brian, check out Groove Terminator's "You Can't See", uses a similar repeating riff as this Primal Scream.
  8:43am
Cosmic:

Oh. That was all I knew about Glasgow too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43am
Brian D:

↳ Cosmic @8:43
No worries, Cosmic. An excuse to explore.
  8:47am
Cosmic:

Yes that’s what I was thinking!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50am
Brian D:

↳ James Douglas @8:42
Will do. Cheers, James.
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks brian, and please tell ms currents about all the well wishes from the currents contingent...
  8:55am
goes211:

Sorry to hear about the injury. All the best and a speedy recovery!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57am
radioronan:

Thank you, Brian. Best to your your wife on her recovery. Glasgow AF, as they say..Cheers, y'all!
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TDK60:

Great to hear some Glasgow sounds. Cheers, Brian, Ms. Currents.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59am
Brian D:

Thank you all for the well wishes for Mrs. Currents. She needs 'em. And thank you all for joining me this week. Stay safe and have a great week!
  8:59am
rich in angleton:

thanks so much Brian! great show! and all the best to mrs currents!
Avatar ⚡ Swag For Life Member 9:00am
Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Brian D, hope your wife heals up soon
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