WFMU: Irwin Chusid: Playlist from December 18, 2019

Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm βrian: Harrily, harrily. Good afternoon.
	3:01pm mb: Irwin
	3:03pm Listener Robert: At least it was just his request, not the record he but of himself, nor a composition he demanded you perform. You're getting off cheaply if these are the only nuts you have to deal with.
	👻 3:06pm Listening Out There: I might be insecure, but at least I have my blanket.
	3:06pm Beetlemuse: Hey kids!
	3:07pm Laura L: Google Chrome reveals Irwin's insecurity complex.
	👻 3:08pm βrian: What? Irwin is using a surveillance browser?
	3:10pm BH: don't gotta worry about a surveillance browser if your internet history confuses the robots keeping tabs on you
	3:13pm Hubig Pie: The secure playlist is nowhere near as interesting
	3:17pm Listener Robert: As to hostages, you're all expendable except for Kelly Jones. Not coincidentally, she's also the only one who can tell you how much ransom each is worth.
	3:18pm Irwin: You obviously know Kelly. She has the goods on us all.
	3:20pm MD: HELLO MY OL'PAL!
	3:21pm MD: Always Did da Surf Guitar!!!
	3:21pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): Sadly, insecure playlists are on their way out (step 1 is the Dynamic Playlists 202020 debuting today at 5pm...) Needs lots of testers! Mobile browsers, different OS's...thanks for helping! Will launch widely on WFMU once it's debugged here. wfmu.org... )
	3:22pm MD: DIG...da surf guitar.....A sentence to live by....
	3:23pm MD: CHUSIDMASS!
	3:24pm mb: I would like to think i could get 3hrs of programming if i took the Assistant General Manager's dog hostage, hypothetically speaking.
	3:25pm ReverendJon: This is my first time tuning in and damn! I'm really bouncing around in my Aeron!
	3:25pm MD: Is this Lola from 5,700 Years ago? You know...the gum chewer...
	👻 3:26pm βrian: I'm a member of the Aeron Confederacy, as well.
	3:33pm jess: did something happen to the signal or is it just me?
	3:33pm Manana: Good tune, a bit lacking without Ms. Grogan.
	3:33pm Irwin: She's here.
	3:34pm Manana: #grateful
	3:35pm mr jessop crane: this show would be better if it wuz an hour longer
	3:43pm mr jessop crane: these last 2 tracksve bin tha bomb
	3:44pm Roberto: Is it 2011 again?
	3:45pm Mr. Pumpy: Howdy, Irwin. Man...I just got in a few minutes ago, and it there is a whiteout going on outside...this Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band is the perfect complement to the snow squall!
	3:47pm Beetlemuse: bionic pelvis.....? Well its sure creative :)
	👻 3:49pm βrian: Caberfae Peaks: Vertical: 485 feet (148 m)
	3:50pm BH: SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT: The NWS offers the following statement on severe weather - "Severe weather is bad, try to avoid it" ###
	3:53pm Beetlemuse: I HATE Bad weather! Stay safe up there! 50deg. F down here in GA :)
	3:55pm Mr. Pumpy: NOAA has issued the following severe, weather statement: No more weather - weather sucks - weather should go to hell and die!!!
	4:06pm Yes: courtney barnett chills me out
	👻 4:06pm Listening Out There: Well, this is a fun program today. If I had a choice of listening to this or listening to impeachment arguments, I'd be...I'd be...
	4:07pm BH: I like the idea that "It's 40 degrees and I feel like I'm dying" can make sense in different ways in celsius and fahrenheit
	4:07pm ReverendJon: @BH and Kelvin!
	4:08pm Manana: Courtney Barnett for president. Of the world.
	4:10pm mariano: Oh wow, Duster! If it's the same duster, a guy named Mouse who was their drummer (at least for a while), almost wound up in the "band" I was in... I think he chose wisely, lol.
	4:10pm Irwin: Same Duster. I think years between albums. Correct me if.
	4:11pm Mr. Pumpy: It's zero Kelvin and I'm absolutely frozen!
	4:14pm mariano: I'm actually not that familiar with Duster's music, I just knew them as a band that had their act together, unlike ours. But it checks out: Bay Area, mid-90s. Don't even know if the guy stayed with them for long.
	4:19pm johnzo: lololol you funny braa... literally laughing out loud grinning like an idiot biking down the street
	4:33pm Phillippe Bastille: Howdy. Is it better to be not secure or insecure? Asking for a friend
	4:40pm laughingacademy: DANCE MAGIC DANCE
	4:40pm Beetlemuse: labyrinth! I got to see the Hogle puppet its at the unclaimed baggage store!
	4:44pm the Canterbury forest monk: Oh David, what were you thinking?
	4:45pm Mike East: Somebody randomly gave me this Labyrinth vinyl single a few years ago. I think the b side is an extended remix
	4:45pm mariano: Hey, that was the most epic bulge in cinema history Bowie had in Labyrinth!
	4:46pm Beetlemuse: agreed! @Mariano
	4:48pm BH: I guess it'd sound less committal if the National Weather Service issued a Severe Weather Acknowledgement. "Yeah, it's snowing, what do you expect us to do about it?"
	👻 4:50pm Listening Out There: Wowzers. Sounds like a heckuva great box set, t'me...
	4:54pm mb: "Severe Weather Observation" I thought you said '60 CD Box Set" at first which is possible for all the studio hours FZ put in. Also probable that fans would buy that.
	4:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Rat half century ...hold up purty well don't it...
	4:56pm Mr. Pumpy: Killer version of this Zappa tune. Perhaps my favorite Zappa album. That's a hard thing to pinpoint, but it's been a go-to for decades.
	4:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Crap man - loogit this playlist I miss...
	4:58pm Irwin: Pumpy: Agreed. I kinda lost interest in Frank's music after Rats. Always admired him as a person, bandleader, thinker, commentator. He's a singular artist.
	5:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Word. GittarPlayer even...
	👻 5:00pm Listening Out There: Mft. suggested retail for the box set is only $125. Only...
	5:01pm Irwin: The digital is under $50. Then you can delete all the "Willie the Pimp" outtakes.
	👻 5:03pm Listening Out There: Can only imagine what The Captain sounds like in outtakes...probably not pretty...
	5:08pm Yes: can someone please recommend me a couple beefheart albums besides trout mask?
	5:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Feb. 09, 1940 - Jan. 26, 1941 - Year of Metal Dragon - Zappa, Beefheart & 1/2 The Beatles ...couldn't resist...
	5:09pm Carmichael: Safe As Milk, Doc At The Radar Station, Ice Cream For Crow.
	5:09pm Irwin: Avoid the ones on Mercury.
	5:09pm Yes: thank you
	5:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a painter's periods...
	5:11pm danBrykSuperFan: Dan Bryk is the MF'ing man, I LOVE HIS SONGS,
	5:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Clear Spot ? Bid for accesibility ? Great fun ?
	5:12pm Irwin: Bryk has an unmistakable voice.
	5:13pm Carmichael: Yikes, I forgot about Strictly Personal and The Spotlight Kid. And I call myself a fan ...
	5:15pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I like to hold TroutMask & Shaggs up in each hand & dare compare them : two Cults from opposite coasts & ends of ability spectrum in the same time arriving @ actually similar places...sort of...
	5:17pm Irwin: TMR vs PotW. Intriguing contrast.
	5:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Picasso said lifetime to draw like child - but everything accelerating in 1969...
	5:21pm Mr. Pumpy: Chris Lightcap...nice! I was lucky to see him perform with Nels Cline in an apartment on the upper east side last year. It was a great experience...replete with a view of the GWB right behind them. I've chatted with Nels before, but it was a whole new level just chilling over a potluck and talking about Jim Hall and such! Chris is a quite afable bloke as well. Glad you played this.
	5:21pm fredr: Willie the Pimp every Saturday night 8pm. Johns show was great!
	5:25pm Little Danny: Great choice of a Manic Pop Thrill track. It's held up better than a lotta '80s college rock
	5:26pm jan: Irwin: Just back from walking in the snow squall while listening to the program. Your mention of Hot Rats 50th struck a melancholy chord- I was 17 when I bought the album. As much as I appreciated the cover art from the Mothers of invention and some of those zany lyrics, Hot Rats was much more satisfying musically. I'd have to look at the remote stack of LPs- I don't think I kept that record, but I wouldn't mind at all hearing it again.
	5:28pm Irwin: Jan: agreed. Hot Rats stands out. I'm sure there's other great instrumental tracks in the Zappa catalog, but the arrangements on Rats are stunning.
	5:32pm coelacanth∅: hmm Irwin getting back to your rootlets?
	5:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nick Cave observed people miss how funny Cohen is.
	5:39pm Irwin: Cohen is VERY funny, in a dry way. BTW, he didn't write this song.
	5:40pm Handy Haversack: Came home to "Passing Through," which feels right.
	5:41pm mr jessop crane: why?
	5:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ha. Kinda thinking Passing was more typical Folkie than his usual...
	5:42pm huomenta: My liver does not appreciate the fact I have become more responsive to songs like that. Passing through being too apt an example.
	5:44pm huomenta: Thing is, I did not like folk music as much until my drinking increased...
	5:44pm mr jessop crane: This Little Wis ealbum is called Want It All, not Devil Off My Back, I think.
	5:46pm Irwin: Jessop: I got the digital single, and you might be right about the album title.
	5:47pm Laura L: Thanks, Irwin!
	5:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I gravitate towards grim stuff - was actually afraid of discovering Nick Drake - staring into abyss & all that...I'm Grunge age group &tc. ...
	5:48pm huomenta: btw, ta for the Courtney Barnett, her Helsinki gig this summer was very good.
	5:48pm ironybread: Weeeeeeeeellll then Revolution Rabbit you won't want to miss "All Bitches Die" by Lingua Ignota.
	5:49pm Irwin: LL: TEN YEARS AGO. Jeezis.
	5:50pm huomenta: Nick Drake is rather soothing stuff even at the most grim moments; but then again this how I feel about Joy Division
	5:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Zackly.
	5:50pm Laura L: That is astonishing. Got to get him to come back another time in the next 10 years!
	5:53pm huomenta: joined the party rather late (nicole dollanganger was the first track for me) but thanks all the same for another enjoyable selection Irwin!
	5:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Echols of Love Zappa/Beefheart anecdote : m.facebook.com...
	👻 5:54pm βrian: Checking back in, as dinner for the family is safely underway. Based on the first part of this program, I think I'll be dipping into the archive, which I never do. (I mean, who has the time?) But really, I think I aged my Aeron by 3 years in the first hour of this show.
	5:55pm spodiodi: thanks Irwin
	5:56pm Listener Howard & the Cats: My god, I think that Innocence Mission song is my favorite song of the year. That's something I never thought I would ever hear myself say.
	5:56pm huomenta: a good reminder I should get to know Kleenex/Liliput better. A cool track!
	5:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bonfires track crazy good - & spare. No idea of that talent if not here.
	5:58pm mr jessop crane: hey thanks for the songs Irwin, and the chatter
	5:59pm Listener Robert: Yay!
	5:59pm mr jessop crane: see u on xmas day Irwin

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from December 18, 2019

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December 18, 2019: Then there was the guy who threatened to take hostages if we didn't play his request.

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Harry Connick, Jr.	Chattanooga Choo Choo	30	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jamael Dean	Akamara (remix) "Akamara (remix)" by "Jamael Dean"	Black Space Tapes	0:03:39 (Pop-up)
Silver Apples	Missin' You "Missin' You" by "Silver Apples"	Clinging to a Dream	0:06:48 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon & Bradford Cox	Fireman	Myths 004	0:10:33 (Pop-up)
Moon Hooch	Nonphysical "Nonphysical" by "Moon Hooch"	Nonphysical (single)	0:13:11 (Pop-up)
Allah-Las	No Werewolf "No Werewolf" by "Allah-Las"	Worship the Sun	0:17:48 (Pop-up)

Lola Marsh	Echoes "Echoes" by "Lola Marsh"	Someday Tomorrow Maybe	0:23:10 (Pop-up)
Soak	Knock Me Off My Feet "Knock Me Off My Feet" by "Soak"	Grim Town	0:26:35 (Pop-up)
Altered Images	I Could Be Happy "I Could Be Happy" by "Altered Images"	Pinky Blue	0:29:28 (Pop-up)
Peter Ivers	Alpha Centauri (early version)	Becoming Peter Ivers	0:35:07 (Pop-up)
Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band	Caberfae Peaks	Nightmare Forever	0:37:50 (Pop-up)
Teddybears (feat. Eve)	Rocket Scientist	Devil's Music	0:43:13 (Pop-up)

Bombay Bicycle Club	Everything Else Has Gone Wrong	Everything Else Has Gone Wrong	0:49:44 (Pop-up)
Jason Willett	Track One "Track One" by "Jason Willett"	The Sounds of Megaphone Unlimited	0:53:25 (Pop-up)
Duster	The Thirteen "The Thirteen" by "Duster"	Duster	0:56:15 (Pop-up)
Nicole Dollanganger	Uncle (demo) "Uncle (demo)" by "Nicole Dollanganger"	Heart Shaped Bed (demos and b-sides)	0:59:46 (Pop-up)
Courtney Barnett	Avant Gardner "Avant Gardner" by "Courtney Barnett"	MTV Unplugged: Live in Melbourne	1:04:33 (Pop-up)
Bud Powell	Monopoly "Monopoly" by "Bud Powell"	Time Waits	1:09:46 (Pop-up)

Buddy Greco	The Lady is a Tramp "The Lady is a Tramp" by "Buddy Greco"	16 Most Requested Songs	1:18:04 (Pop-up)
Marcos Valle	Tanto Andei "Tanto Andei" by "Marcos Valle"	Braziliance!	1:21:18 (Pop-up)
Ray Drummond	Andei "Andei" by "Ray Drummond"	Excursion	1:23:03 (Pop-up)
Chip Wickham	Barrio 71 "Barrio 71" by "Chip Wickham"	Shamal Wind	1:28:20 (Pop-up)
Meilyr Jones	How to Recoggnize a Work of Art	2013	1:34:42 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	Underground "Underground" by "David Bowie"	Labyrinth (soundtrack)	1:38:17 (Pop-up)

Frank Zappa	It Must Be a Camel (1969 Mix Outttake)	The Hot Rats Sessions	1:49:02 (Pop-up)
Magic Malik	Xpa-1 "Xpa-1" by "Magic Malik"	Magic Malik Fanfare XP, Vol. 2	1:54:06 (Pop-up)
Ethan Gruska	On the Outside "On the Outside" by "Ethan Gruska"	En Garde	2:00:02 (Pop-up)
Molly Sarlé	Human "Human" by "Molly Sarlé"	Karaoke Angel	2:02:58 (Pop-up)
Dan Bryk	Discount Store "Discount Store" by "Dan Bryk"	Discount Store	2:06:48 (Pop-up)
Chris Lightcap	Light Trails "Light Trails" by "Chris Lightcap"	Superette	2:10:58 (Pop-up)

That Petrol Emotion	It's A Good Thing	Manic Pop Thrill	2:21:28 (Pop-up)
Pere Ubu	Final Solution "Final Solution" by "Pere Ubu"	The Modern Dance	2:23:38 (Pop-up)
US Maple	Letter to ZZ Top "Letter to ZZ Top" by "US Maple"	Long Hair in Three Stages	2:28:35 (Pop-up)
Babe Rainbow	Beasty "Beasty" by "Babe Rainbow"	Today	2:31:34 (Pop-up)
Leonard Cohen	Passing Through "Passing Through" by "Leonard Cohen"	Live Songs	2:35:41 (Pop-up)
Little Wise	Devil Off My Back "Devil Off My Back" by "Little Wise"	Want It All	2:39:44 (Pop-up)
Alasdair MacLean	Bonfires on the Heath (live)	Live on Irwin's WFMU show, Oct. 28, 2009 (engineer: Trent Wolbe)	2:44:02 (Pop-up)
The Innocence Mission	On Your Side	See You Tomorrow	2:49:29 (Pop-up)
Liliput	Blue is All in Rush "Blue is All in Rush" by "Liliput"	Liliput (compilation)	2:53:10 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm βrian: Harrily, harrily. Good afternoon.
	3:01pm mb: Irwin
	3:03pm Listener Robert: At least it was just his request, not the record he but of himself, nor a composition he demanded you perform. You're getting off cheaply if these are the only nuts you have to deal with.
	👻 3:06pm Listening Out There: I might be insecure, but at least I have my blanket.
	3:06pm Beetlemuse: Hey kids!
	3:07pm Laura L: Google Chrome reveals Irwin's insecurity complex.
	👻 3:08pm βrian: What? Irwin is using a surveillance browser?
	3:10pm BH: don't gotta worry about a surveillance browser if your internet history confuses the robots keeping tabs on you
	3:13pm Hubig Pie: The secure playlist is nowhere near as interesting
	3:17pm Listener Robert: As to hostages, you're all expendable except for Kelly Jones. Not coincidentally, she's also the only one who can tell you how much ransom each is worth.
	3:18pm Irwin: You obviously know Kelly. She has the goods on us all.
	3:20pm MD: HELLO MY OL'PAL!
	3:21pm MD: Always Did da Surf Guitar!!!
	3:21pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever): Sadly, insecure playlists are on their way out (step 1 is the Dynamic Playlists 202020 debuting today at 5pm...) Needs lots of testers! Mobile browsers, different OS's...thanks for helping! Will launch widely on WFMU once it's debugged here. wfmu.org... )
	3:22pm MD: DIG...da surf guitar.....A sentence to live by....
	3:23pm MD: CHUSIDMASS!
	3:24pm mb: I would like to think i could get 3hrs of programming if i took the Assistant General Manager's dog hostage, hypothetically speaking.
	3:25pm ReverendJon: This is my first time tuning in and damn! I'm really bouncing around in my Aeron!
	3:25pm MD: Is this Lola from 5,700 Years ago? You know...the gum chewer...
	👻 3:26pm βrian: I'm a member of the Aeron Confederacy, as well.
	3:33pm jess: did something happen to the signal or is it just me?
	3:33pm Manana: Good tune, a bit lacking without Ms. Grogan.
	3:33pm Irwin: She's here.
	3:34pm Manana: #grateful
	3:35pm mr jessop crane: this show would be better if it wuz an hour longer
	3:43pm mr jessop crane: these last 2 tracksve bin tha bomb
	3:44pm Roberto: Is it 2011 again?
	3:45pm Mr. Pumpy: Howdy, Irwin. Man...I just got in a few minutes ago, and it there is a whiteout going on outside...this Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band is the perfect complement to the snow squall!
	3:47pm Beetlemuse: bionic pelvis.....? Well its sure creative :)
	👻 3:49pm βrian: Caberfae Peaks: Vertical: 485 feet (148 m)
	3:50pm BH: SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT: The NWS offers the following statement on severe weather - "Severe weather is bad, try to avoid it" ###
	3:53pm Beetlemuse: I HATE Bad weather! Stay safe up there! 50deg. F down here in GA :)
	3:55pm Mr. Pumpy: NOAA has issued the following severe, weather statement: No more weather - weather sucks - weather should go to hell and die!!!
	4:06pm Yes: courtney barnett chills me out
	👻 4:06pm Listening Out There: Well, this is a fun program today. If I had a choice of listening to this or listening to impeachment arguments, I'd be...I'd be...
	4:07pm BH: I like the idea that "It's 40 degrees and I feel like I'm dying" can make sense in different ways in celsius and fahrenheit
	4:07pm ReverendJon: @BH and Kelvin!
	4:08pm Manana: Courtney Barnett for president. Of the world.
	4:10pm mariano: Oh wow, Duster! If it's the same duster, a guy named Mouse who was their drummer (at least for a while), almost wound up in the "band" I was in... I think he chose wisely, lol.
	4:10pm Irwin: Same Duster. I think years between albums. Correct me if.
	4:11pm Mr. Pumpy: It's zero Kelvin and I'm absolutely frozen!
	4:14pm mariano: I'm actually not that familiar with Duster's music, I just knew them as a band that had their act together, unlike ours. But it checks out: Bay Area, mid-90s. Don't even know if the guy stayed with them for long.
	4:19pm johnzo: lololol you funny braa... literally laughing out loud grinning like an idiot biking down the street
	4:33pm Phillippe Bastille: Howdy. Is it better to be not secure or insecure? Asking for a friend
	4:40pm laughingacademy: DANCE MAGIC DANCE
	4:40pm Beetlemuse: labyrinth! I got to see the Hogle puppet its at the unclaimed baggage store!
	4:44pm the Canterbury forest monk: Oh David, what were you thinking?
	4:45pm Mike East: Somebody randomly gave me this Labyrinth vinyl single a few years ago. I think the b side is an extended remix
	4:45pm mariano: Hey, that was the most epic bulge in cinema history Bowie had in Labyrinth!
	4:46pm Beetlemuse: agreed! @Mariano
	4:48pm BH: I guess it'd sound less committal if the National Weather Service issued a Severe Weather Acknowledgement. "Yeah, it's snowing, what do you expect us to do about it?"
	👻 4:50pm Listening Out There: Wowzers. Sounds like a heckuva great box set, t'me...
	4:54pm mb: "Severe Weather Observation" I thought you said '60 CD Box Set" at first which is possible for all the studio hours FZ put in. Also probable that fans would buy that.
	4:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Rat half century ...hold up purty well don't it...
	4:56pm Mr. Pumpy: Killer version of this Zappa tune. Perhaps my favorite Zappa album. That's a hard thing to pinpoint, but it's been a go-to for decades.
	4:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Crap man - loogit this playlist I miss...
	4:58pm Irwin: Pumpy: Agreed. I kinda lost interest in Frank's music after Rats. Always admired him as a person, bandleader, thinker, commentator. He's a singular artist.
	5:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Word. GittarPlayer even...
	👻 5:00pm Listening Out There: Mft. suggested retail for the box set is only $125. Only...
	5:01pm Irwin: The digital is under $50. Then you can delete all the "Willie the Pimp" outtakes.
	👻 5:03pm Listening Out There: Can only imagine what The Captain sounds like in outtakes...probably not pretty...
	5:08pm Yes: can someone please recommend me a couple beefheart albums besides trout mask?
	5:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Feb. 09, 1940 - Jan. 26, 1941 - Year of Metal Dragon - Zappa, Beefheart & 1/2 The Beatles ...couldn't resist...
	5:09pm Carmichael: Safe As Milk, Doc At The Radar Station, Ice Cream For Crow.
	5:09pm Irwin: Avoid the ones on Mercury.
	5:09pm Yes: thank you
	5:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a painter's periods...
	5:11pm danBrykSuperFan: Dan Bryk is the MF'ing man, I LOVE HIS SONGS,
	5:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Clear Spot ? Bid for accesibility ? Great fun ?
	5:12pm Irwin: Bryk has an unmistakable voice.
	5:13pm Carmichael: Yikes, I forgot about Strictly Personal and The Spotlight Kid. And I call myself a fan ...
	5:15pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I like to hold TroutMask & Shaggs up in each hand & dare compare them : two Cults from opposite coasts & ends of ability spectrum in the same time arriving @ actually similar places...sort of...
	5:17pm Irwin: TMR vs PotW. Intriguing contrast.
	5:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Picasso said lifetime to draw like child - but everything accelerating in 1969...
	5:21pm Mr. Pumpy: Chris Lightcap...nice! I was lucky to see him perform with Nels Cline in an apartment on the upper east side last year. It was a great experience...replete with a view of the GWB right behind them. I've chatted with Nels before, but it was a whole new level just chilling over a potluck and talking about Jim Hall and such! Chris is a quite afable bloke as well. Glad you played this.
	5:21pm fredr: Willie the Pimp every Saturday night 8pm. Johns show was great!
	5:25pm Little Danny: Great choice of a Manic Pop Thrill track. It's held up better than a lotta '80s college rock
	5:26pm jan: Irwin: Just back from walking in the snow squall while listening to the program. Your mention of Hot Rats 50th struck a melancholy chord- I was 17 when I bought the album. As much as I appreciated the cover art from the Mothers of invention and some of those zany lyrics, Hot Rats was much more satisfying musically. I'd have to look at the remote stack of LPs- I don't think I kept that record, but I wouldn't mind at all hearing it again.
	5:28pm Irwin: Jan: agreed. Hot Rats stands out. I'm sure there's other great instrumental tracks in the Zappa catalog, but the arrangements on Rats are stunning.
	5:32pm coelacanth∅: hmm Irwin getting back to your rootlets?
	5:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nick Cave observed people miss how funny Cohen is.
	5:39pm Irwin: Cohen is VERY funny, in a dry way. BTW, he didn't write this song.
	5:40pm Handy Haversack: Came home to "Passing Through," which feels right.
	5:41pm mr jessop crane: why?
	5:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ha. Kinda thinking Passing was more typical Folkie than his usual...
	5:42pm huomenta: My liver does not appreciate the fact I have become more responsive to songs like that. Passing through being too apt an example.
	5:44pm huomenta: Thing is, I did not like folk music as much until my drinking increased...
	5:44pm mr jessop crane: This Little Wis ealbum is called Want It All, not Devil Off My Back, I think.
	5:46pm Irwin: Jessop: I got the digital single, and you might be right about the album title.
	5:47pm Laura L: Thanks, Irwin!
	5:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I gravitate towards grim stuff - was actually afraid of discovering Nick Drake - staring into abyss & all that...I'm Grunge age group &tc. ...
	5:48pm huomenta: btw, ta for the Courtney Barnett, her Helsinki gig this summer was very good.
	5:48pm ironybread: Weeeeeeeeellll then Revolution Rabbit you won't want to miss "All Bitches Die" by Lingua Ignota.
	5:49pm Irwin: LL: TEN YEARS AGO. Jeezis.
	5:50pm huomenta: Nick Drake is rather soothing stuff even at the most grim moments; but then again this how I feel about Joy Division
	5:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Zackly.
	5:50pm Laura L: That is astonishing. Got to get him to come back another time in the next 10 years!
	5:53pm huomenta: joined the party rather late (nicole dollanganger was the first track for me) but thanks all the same for another enjoyable selection Irwin!
	5:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Echols of Love Zappa/Beefheart anecdote : m.facebook.com...
	👻 5:54pm βrian: Checking back in, as dinner for the family is safely underway. Based on the first part of this program, I think I'll be dipping into the archive, which I never do. (I mean, who has the time?) But really, I think I aged my Aeron by 3 years in the first hour of this show.
	5:55pm spodiodi: thanks Irwin
	5:56pm Listener Howard & the Cats: My god, I think that Innocence Mission song is my favorite song of the year. That's something I never thought I would ever hear myself say.
	5:56pm huomenta: a good reminder I should get to know Kleenex/Liliput better. A cool track!
	5:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bonfires track crazy good - & spare. No idea of that talent if not here.
	5:58pm mr jessop crane: hey thanks for the songs Irwin, and the chatter
	5:59pm Listener Robert: Yay!
	5:59pm mr jessop crane: see u on xmas day Irwin

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from December 18, 2019

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