Listener comments!

⚡ ♥ 6:00am
: Hello, Brian! Currentistas!   6:01am
Hawkeye: Top of the morning. ♥ 6:06am
Brian D: Spikey, Hawkeye, ALL, good morning. ⚡ ♥ 6:08am
nortonjutland: Good morning Brian! ⚡ ♥ 6:10am
William Hellfire: Good morning Brian and feinds! I've been to South Africa. My ex wife was from Durban looked just like Ringwood NJ just swap Monkey for squirrels. ⚡ ♥ 6:10am
tom tom the pipers son: good morning brian and all... ♥ 6:10am
HyperDose: Oh currEnts not currAnts 🤦🏾‍♂️
🗞👍🏾🫐🙅🏼‍♀️ ♥ 6:11am
Brian D: Good morning, NJ, William and Tom Tom. ⚡ 6:11am
Don in Tampere: Hi Brian and all, happy midsummer from the middle of the forest. ♥ 6:11am
Brian D:

↳ William Hellfire @6:10

I've never been. Was speaking to a friend the other day who has. Attended an outdoor Springboks watch party with about 400,000 people. ♥ 6:12am
Brian D:

↳ HyperDose @6:10

If only, HD. Good morning. ♥ 6:12am
Brian D:

↳ Don in Tampere @6:11

Hey there, Don. ⚡ ♥ 6:14am
TDK60: Good morning Brian, all.   6:15am
rich in angleton: good morning brian and everyone in radioland!

it's nice to be here today.

♥ 6:15am
Brian D: TDK! Rich! ⚡ ♥ 6:16am
William Hellfire:

↳ Brian D @6:11

I saw max normal aka early diantwep play a music fest. Went to a few animal preserves. Saw a rhino. Ate a snail and got very drunk. There was a dead guy in the street once. No good movies at the video store. ♥ 6:17am
cosmic matrix: good morning! i feel like i’ve been run over by a train. yaaawwwwnnn ⚡ ♥ 6:21am
William Hellfire:

↳ cosmic matrix @6:17

Every day ♥ 6:22am
cosmic matrix:

↳ William Hellfire @6:21

sorry to hear that. here, have a slug of coffee! ⚡ ♥ 6:24am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good morning Brian and members of the fourth estate. ♥ 6:24am
Brian D: Cosmic, Peter, greetings. ⚡ ♥ 6:27am
radioronan: Good morning, Brian & Hello, everyone! ⚡ ♥ 6:29am
Spikey BXL: How did you and Mrs. Currents enjoy the game last week, Brian? ♥ 6:32am
Brian D:

↳ radioronan @6:27

Ronan, good morning. ♥ 6:33am
Brian D:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:29

Game was great. Transport there and back could have been better, but we expected it to be way worse so... French and Senegalese fans made for a great vibe, too. ♥ 6:35am
duke: Good morning all ⚡ ♥ 6:35am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ radioronan @6:27

Liking these cuts from the late Abdullah Ibrahim. Another great one gone. ⚡ ♥ 6:36am
Strandlund: Good Morning everyone!! ⚡ ♥ 6:36am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Brian D @6:33

Wonderful. Did you also have to pay through the nose for mediocre transport? ♥ 6:37am
Brian D: Duke, Strand, good morning. ♥ 6:38am
Brian D:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:36

We did. And we'll be paying for the match tickets for the rest of our lives. ♥ 6:41am
cosmic matrix: just saw some one louis cole’s orchestral thing on youtube last night. sooo goood ♥ 6:42am
cosmic matrix: *of ⚡ ♥ 6:42am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Brian D @6:38

Oh, that steep huh?

Craziest I've gone is black market ticket for Croatia - England, as I happened to be on a business trip in Zagreb.

⚡ ♥ 6:42am
tom tom the pipers son: had to look it up…. the origins of “paying through the nose” are unknown despite a couple of theories… it has been around sin centuries 17th century though ⚡ ♥ 6:44am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:42

the typos are the fault of AI ♥ 6:44am
cosmic matrix: sean evans of hot ones? huh ⚡ ♥ 6:46am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Song: "ABC Australia-FIFA clears referee over hand gestu...

since then, the VAR teams no longer pose towards the camera (which was stupid to begin with) and just stare at their screens when they are shown pre-game ♥ 6:47am
Brian D:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:42

I mean, we actually paid less than some people did. When I first tried to get tickets, Norway v Senegal was at $1,500 each for seats in the third tier. We did pay nearly THAT much. ⚡ ♥ 6:47am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Square the Circle" by "Marshall Allen’s Ghost Hor...

if this is what post 100 sounds like… i’m going to take better carecof myself ⚡ ♥ 6:50am
Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Brian D and all!!! ⚡ ♥ 6:51am
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "ABC Australia-FIFA clears referee over hand gestu...

The level of racist noise happening now is 2 decibels too high. That ufc fight at the White House calling Michelle a man. That should be front page news. These people are vile. If you did that in your work place you would be fired. ♥ 6:51am
Brian D:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @6:50

Hey Will! ⚡ ♥ 6:52am
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Square the Circle" by "Marshall Allen’s Ghost Hor...

That synth sounds like an ARP. ⚡ ♥ 6:53am
Spikey BXL: A nice mural in Mexico

postimg.cc...

⚡ 6:53am
Don in Tampere:

↳ Song: "Square the Circle" by "Marshall Allen’s Ghost Hor...

Brilliant stuff ♥ 6:55am
Brian D:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:53

I have to admit, as nice a time as we had, I felt strange supporting this cash-grab, particularly in the current political environment. ⚡ ♥ 7:00am
TDK60:

↳ Spikey BXL @6:53

Bonjour Spikey. I looked at that mural photo. √ ⚡ ♥ 7:01am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Brian D @6:55

I fully understand. At the same time, it's not an opportunity that comes around often.

Feel better about my €250 for a 300 kuna ticket. Same(ish) circumstances. Being in Zagreb, for a qualifier to the 2010 WC in South Africa. Get to see England play...

⚡ ♥ 7:01am
Spikey BXL:

↳ TDK60 @7:00

Morning Teeds!! ⚡ ♥ 7:03am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ William Hellfire @6:51

The "independent investigation" by FIFA, who gave trump some [seudo peace award. ♥ 7:03am
Jeff formerly of Harrison: I saw that clip with the ref live and laughed. It just looked like a gotcha for the circle game which has been sound for ages ⚡ ♥ 7:04am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:03

uh, pseudo ⚡ ♥ 7:05am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @6:55

it seems like the world cup could be nothing else but a cash grab in ways which you can probably trace but which you certainly can intuit that it is systemically part of the same economics that “fuels” the land grabbing genocidal military operations going on in the world now… cup of blood... 7:05am
spodiodi: Hello, Brian and all ♥ 7:07am
Triple G: Good morning, Brian and all 7:10am
Sylvia: Bonjour Brian and all ⚡ ♥ 7:10am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:05

is this too far out a thought that war profiteering is far from fifa? ♥ 7:10am
pgalub: Hey Brian and everyone. ⚡ ♥ 7:11am
rx "rexy" scabin: Good morning, Brian and Everyone. ♥ 7:14am
estebangrande: good morning Brian and the Current ♥ 7:15am
Brian D: Jeff, Spod, Triple, Sylvia, Mr. G, Rexy, good morning/bonjour. ♥ 7:15am
Brian D:

↳ estebangrande @7:14

Greetings, Esteban. ♥ 7:15am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:05

Yes, true of all these things (eg, Olympics) at this point. ⚡ ♥ 7:15am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Channel 4-Stolen cats freed before being slaughte...

gives the expression “raining cats and dogs” a different spin, though what it is i don’t know… maybe the defense that will be used by the poachers ⚡ ♥ 7:17am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:15

thanks… i was beginning to hear an echo... ⚡ ♥ 7:18am
herb.nyc: Aside- Hola. Maybe tdk60 is here. Hes an uptown fella. Maybe he wants his portrait done. I tell him this, and others, plz eavesdrop-

My friend Mark had his portrait done, unknowingly, while he sat at the Montclair library, last week. The artist showed her work to him and the two chatted. Now Mark tells me Odessa W will be showing some of her art at The Ring Garden today from 12-5, corner of Dyckman and Riverside Drive. She will also be giving free 5 minute portraits. Wouldnt it be great if you went? and you can tell her mark told a friend who told Brian of wfmu and bla bla…

♥ 7:22am
Brian D:

↳ herb.nyc @7:18

Hey Herb. Dropping my name gets you nowhere. ⚡ ♥ 7:23am
TDK60:

↳ herb.nyc @7:18

Mornin' herb. Thanks for this. I'd go see her but I'm going to the folk fest, Porch Stomp, down on Governors Island. ♥ 7:23am
Triple G:

↳ Song: "Behind the Sun" by "The Good, the Bad and the Queen"

Great album ♥ 7:23am
estebangrande:

↳ Jeff formerly of Harrison @7:03

aw i hate the circle game. i ALWAYS fall for it ⚡ ♥ 7:25am
tom tom the pipers son: Times 6/19 /26

An Architect of the Sitcom Who Brought Comedy Vividly to Life on Film, Opts for An Unlikely Symphony of Images Sweeping Napping Children Into the Sea, Out of the Mists of Time and Back Again, In a Bit of News for Which We Need A Plot Twist Offering for The Untold Story of An Opera Written for Our Toxic Daughter's Fatal Fall From Horse-Drawn Carriage As Goddesses Entered the Ancient Tree of Postpartum Depression To Take Us to the Heavens

♥ 7:26am
Jeff formerly of Harrison:

↳ estebangrande @7:23

Every few years someone in the friend group will bring it back and then we're on high alert for about a month or two. Been punching each other for 30 odd years now ⚡ ♥ 7:26am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Come to Life" by "Arthur Russell"

arthur russells pop material is tops ⚡ ♥ 7:27am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:26

amazing songcraft... ♥ 7:28am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:25

There were some doozies in the NYT today. ⚡ ♥ 7:28am
herb.nyc: Oh Brian and tdk60, why do I even post here; I shoulda used clay’s ComCal. Anyway, I’ll see you two, and maybe a few thousand other Currents listeners, at Wilco YLT forest hills tonight. Wait, yo no tengo tix. Lemme chk the usual suspects… ⚡ ♥ 7:29am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:28

like the guy feeding the 3yr old to an alligator? ⚡ ♥ 7:30am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:28

at a reading of mine was a nyt staffer… he said there is a lot of dissent among the ranks there... ♥ 7:32am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:29

There was that one. And I bet there's a lot of dissent there. ⚡ ♥ 7:34am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @7:28

the “poems” are always have substantial additions and alterations but this one more than usual 7:35am
morphe': Busy morning en 97*f Madrid ..
Sweating while cleaning and awaiting a new fridge ..other died while away leaving cadaver reek ... warm beer and water for 2 days ... mourning for Scotland ... ⚡ ♥ 7:37am
tom tom the pipers son: nix the”are” pls 7:41am
morphe':

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:34

Do ya know "The Unbearables" =
poets who squatted the New Yorker ...
[Ron Kolm &Unbearables]

"THE UNBEARABLE BADNESS OF WRITING"

brooklynrail.org...

⚡ ♥ 7:42am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ morphe' @7:41

thanks… i think so, but i’ll take a look.. ♥ 7:46am
Triple G: Mrs. Trips and I went to see The Third Man as well; I think, fittingly, it was the third time I've seen it at FF 7:46am
morphe': Welles
[almost a quote]
"... 500 years of isolation/neutrality ... and all they gave us was the Cuckoo Clock ...." ♥ 7:48am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @7:35

Hey Morphe. Yes, outclassed by Morocco. ♥ 7:49am
Brian D:

↳ Triple G @7:46

Yeah, I missed prior showings. So good. ⚡ ♥ 7:51am
rx "rexy" scabin:

↳ Song: "Mistral" by "You-On"

This is very nice. ⚡ ♥ 7:54am
TDK60: In other news, the US Department of Justice has indicted 15 anti-ICE activists for "conspiracy" in the protests this past winter in Minnesota.
www.democracynow.org... ⚡ ♥ 7:54am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Mistral" by "You-On"

very necks -ish 7:54am
morphe':

↳ Song: "Mistral" by "You-On"

I feel .. a cold wind a blowin' = though can gring wicked hot winds in Provencal Summers too..   7:56am
Greg from ZONE 5: <checks watch>
“It’s Currents Time.” ⚡ ♥ 7:57am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ TDK60 @7:54

thx tdk... ♥ 7:58am
Brian D:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @7:56

Greg! Good morning. ⚡ ♥ 8:01am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Song: "DW-Musk threatens German broadcaster over riot re...

back to the unchecked racist noise mentioned earlier

at some point, Sky News reported that people were stopping cars in their neighbourhoods to check the race of the occupants. Also reports of NHS doctors and nurses staying at work because getting back home was too risky

disgusting

⚡ ♥ 8:01am
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ TDK60 @7:54

"The land of the free," until it isn't.   8:08am
cl@m_digger: I just watched the pure morning music video the other night so good ♥ 8:08am
winston legthigh: crikey! ⚡ ♥ 8:08am
Spikey BXL:

↳ winston legthigh @8:08

winstonian!   8:08am
Greg from ZONE 5: Oh my GOD. I haven’t heard this song in ages…   8:10am
s. jons: Been.a while hearing this one ⚡ ♥ 8:12am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @8:08

ditto for this one... ⚡ ♥ 8:12am
rx "rexy" scabin:

↳ Song: "FFF / Rise" by "Public Image Ltd."

A favorite. Bill Laswell production. 8:12am
morphe':

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:01

The Pop Group
"Justice"
[UK specific, but universal.
Can only send a verse ..]

I wake up every day

And look at my country

This is what the blind man sees

Does it look like justice to you

It doesn't look like justice to me

They've got to protect their property

Better phone up the police

Call up corruption

8:13am
morphe':

↳ morphe' @8:12

ps = Mark Stewert ♥ 8:14am
Brian D:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @8:12

Yes, and recorded in part at Electric Lady. ♥ 8:14am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @8:12

Mark Stewart was a prophet. ⚡ ♥ 8:14am
rx "rexy" scabin:

↳ Brian D @8:14

A cavalcade of stars on this. 8:17am
morphe':

↳ Brian D @8:14

"Ireland is their testing grounds
..
our very own Vietnam.."

North of Ireland was the true beginning of the daily routine surveillance state = cameras following everyone everywhere
and ID checks fed into computers to follow yer path across Belfast
or Derry or...

  8:17am
Listener Alice in Fanwood: Anger is an energy ♥ 8:18am
Triple G: I strolled past Electric Lady a few days ago to check out the new Jimi Hendrix Way sign and walk around before seeing a performance at the New School   ⚡ ♥ 8:19am
12539: Thanks, Brian!
(stepping away early) ⚡ ♥ 8:21am
TDK60:

↳ Triple G @8:18

Morning Triple G. I walk by there often. I didn't know West 8th St. had been named for Jimi. ⚡ ♥ 8:21am
tom tom the pipers son: i don’t really jibe with the “ i could be black i could be white” sentiment in this song …. seems like something only a white person would say... ♥ 8:22am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @8:21

A belated and well-deserved honor. 8:23am
morphe':

↳ Triple G @8:18

Thinking 52 is a shoe store or an upscale eyeglass place?? ⚡ ♥ 8:23am
Bobby: Good morning, Brian and all! ⚡ ♥ 8:23am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:21

the sentiment is just a sign of white privilege... that one would have the mobility of race ⚡ ♥ 8:24am
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "FFF / Rise" by "Public Image Ltd."

I saw PIL with new order. Anybody else there 1989 ⚡ ♥ 8:25am
TDK60:

↳ Brian D @8:22

It took a while. I recall when West 8th St. was wild, head shops, records stores, etc. etc. Like over on St. Mark's then. (E. 8th) 8:26am
morphe':

↳ William Hellfire @8:24

Saw PIL 1979?'80?'81? when they played the Academy on 14th street, but they did a free grapevine gig in the then Gildersleeves on Bowery ... was amazing ... ♥ 8:27am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:23

I don't think the line only refers to race. "The written word is a lie" -- it's there in black and white. ♥ 8:27am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @8:25

We lived on 8th in those days, TDK. I remember them well. ⚡ ♥ 8:28am
TDK60:

↳ TDK60 @8:25

Electric Lady Studios' facade is the only recognizable thing left from then. ♥ 8:30am
Brian D:

↳ TDK60 @8:28

And it's obscured by an urgent care! 8:30am
morphe':

↳ Brian D @8:27

What was the name of the bookshop there/then?? The owners of St Mark's started there ... The father there went on to Grove Press ... Met the son a few times in the 80s but lost contact.. ♥ 8:31am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @8:30

Oh jeez, I don't remember. I remember the store. Didn't know the St. Mark's (RIP) connection. ⚡ ♥ 8:32am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:27

i don’t quite get the connection between that and the “ i could be black/ white lyric” are you saying its not him saying it… he’s quoting some idea of cultural text... 8:33am
morphe':

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:32

ELI AND TED WILENTZ'S EIGHTH STREET BOOKSHOP ⚡ ♥ 8:34am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ morphe' @8:33

yes… for brian... 8:35am
morphe':

↳ Brian D @8:31

"Why everyone went to the 8th Street Bookshop"

ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com...

⚡ ♥ 8:38am
Bobby:

↳ Song: "Casualties of War" by "Eric B. & Rakim"

YES ♥ 8:38am
Brian D:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:32

No, I'm saying he's referring to the cliche "it's there in black and white" (meaning the written word, which is a lie). ⚡ ♥ 8:38am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Casualties of War" by "Eric B. & Rakim"

damn… what a hot track ⚡ ♥ 8:38am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Song: "WREG-1-year-old killed in officer-involved shooti...

From what I've read elsewhere, video demonstrates that the victims' car was going AWAY from the cops. Extrajudicial execution. AGAIN. ⚡ ♥ 8:40am
Spikey BXL: Fornicate the constabulary ⚡ ♥ 8:40am
TDK60: I have to step out early. Gracias, Brian! 8:40am
morphe':

↳ Song: "Casualties of War" by "Eric B. & Rakim"

The original name of the Panthers was "The Black Panther Party for Self Defense"

[from the police... war]

nmaahc.si.edu...

⚡ ♥ 8:41am
Spikey BXL:

↳ TDK60 @8:40

have a great Saturday, Teedsmeister! ⚡ ♥ 8:42am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Brian D @8:38

yeah cliche is what i mean by "cultural text” like in a “it is written” type of way… i still think it conveys white privilege and access to whatever even race ⚡ ♥ 8:43am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Spikey BXL @8:40

was that you or rakim? very funny ⚡ ♥ 8:45am
Spikey BXL:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:43

i don't think it's in the rakim track, it's a classic ⚡ ♥ 8:46am
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Thank you, Brian. Great show. ⚡ ♥ 8:46am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:42

at the same time i don’t feel the same thing about hip hop infiltrating the suburbs back in the day ♥ 8:47am
Mike Sin: Great show today!

re: World Cup
As someone living in Jersey during the 1994 World Cup at Giants Stadium, I remember no discussions about transportation, parking, ticket prices, etc... What sticks out in my mind is Ireland beating Italy and towns in Northern NJ going apes***.

⚡ ♥ 8:47am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Spikey BXL @8:45

never heard before thx... ⚡ ♥ 8:47am
Will thee SG OCNY:

↳ Song: "You're Gonna Get Yours" by "Public Enemy"

💯🔥📻 ⚡ ♥ 8:47am
Bobby: Great show! Thank you ⚡ ♥ 8:47am
Spikey BXL:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:47

meme culture, i think i might have seen it on a t-shirt first ⚡ ♥ 8:48am
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Spikey BXL @8:47

ah... 8:49am
morphe':

↳ Song: "WNYW-ICE officer struck by car in NJ during attem...

Did folks see TDK's earlier post about arresting anti Ice protestors on conspiracy/RICO charges ... Really slippery easy prosecutions = made a phone call, lent a friend a car, baby sat for someone who then got arrested .. RICO charges are well worth looking researching

"The Point Is to Spread Fear": DOJ Charges 15 with Conspiracy for Anti-ICE Protests in Minnesota

www.youtube.com...

⚡ ♥ 8:49am
rx "rexy" scabin: Thank you, Brian and Everyone. It is time to go open the Eagle Free Library. ♥ 8:50am
Brian D:

↳ morphe' @8:49

Yes, thank you for "amplifying" (ugh, I hate myself for using that), Morphe. ⚡ ♥ 8:52am
Spikey BXL: Thank you, Brian.

Might have to cave and eat customs on that Goran Kajfes album...

⚡ ♥ 8:54am
tom tom the pipers son: thanks brian… enjoyed the program… looks like a prime weather day in nyc... ⚡ ♥ 8:54am
Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Brian D!!! ♥ 8:55am
Triple G: Thanks, Brian!
And thanks all for the accu convos.

Try to have a great weekend in this mad world (more "mad"s than the movie title), all.

8:55am
spodiodi: thank you! ♥ 8:56am
Brian D: I ain't going to the town... Thank you all for joining me this week. Stay safe and have a great weekend. ⚡ ♥ 8:56am
Spikey BXL: skip edition 8:57am
morphe':

↳ Spikey BXL @8:52

Have ya seen the new EU customs Regs from 1 July2026 .. every item gets 3 euros = not the package = kid's special pencil, rubber and sharpener = 9 euro impuestos...

www.consilium.europa.eu...

8:58am
morphe': Thanks BD and all ... ♥ 8:58am
Triple G:

↳ Spikey BXL @8:56

And an FCC edit (even though they and the government are more vulgar than the expletive being edited out) 8:59am
I'm with the banned: Thanks Currents! 📰 👓
and for Juneteenth stuff 💿 🎧 ⚡ ♥ 8:59am
Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Biran. I like the Ukrainians blowing the lid off the Russian refinery. youtu.be... 🔥   9:00am
Barbie: Thanks Brian