WFMU: Jessica: Playlist from May 9, 2025

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	🎸 ♥ 12:01pm prof.fuzz: (\_/) ( 👁️) />🌮> jessica! nina! friday!
	12:01pm bixa: i literally run to turn this show on so i can hear the intro hahaha
	🎸 ♥ 12:02pm Handy Haversack: Jessica! Jessicans!
	🎸 ♥ 12:02pm Hunterian: ↳ bixa @12:01 It's a strong opener to be sure
	🎸 ♥ 12:02pm Bob Tankenstein: Wassup party rockers
	12:04pm ViolaChica: Yay! It’s Jessica time! 💘💘💘
	12:04pm bobobob: handy H!!!
	🎸 ♥ 12:05pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "blue demon 1" by "The Exorzist III" Hell yeah!
	🎸 ♥ 12:05pm Handy Haversack: ↳ bobobob @12:04 bobobobobob!
	🎸 ♥ 12:06pm chris in the redwoods: hello, Jessica and everyone. happy Friday!
	🎸 ♥ 12:08pm Listener Jonny in MA/RI: ↳ Song: "blue demon 1" by "The Exorzist III" NICE!!! Hi Jessica! Thank you!
	12:08pm Fred and Alan: Bob Tankenstein love from Fred and Alan. We were on Pseu’s show yesterday at 1:30pm
	12:08pm boboboboplasticland: My ex gf in Milwaukee..also a musician..turned me on to NiNa Hagen dazzz...I'm dazed and still in love with her fodat
	🎸 ♥ 12:08pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Fred and Alan @12:08 Fred and Alan! Love from Bob! Sorry I missed your appearance but look forward to listening in the archives!
	12:12pm Fred and Alan: Bob Tankenstein. Thanks and love as always Fred and Alan. We had such overwhelming love from the listeners yesterday and Pseu
	12:13pm Fred and Alan: Listener Jonny love as always Fred and Alan
	🎸 ♥ 12:22pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:02 i just dropped something off at the post office for you (and a few other folks, including jessica!)
	🎸 ♥ 12:22pm prof.fuzz: hello alan and fred
	🎸 ♥ 12:29pm common: jessica, all
	♥ 12:30pm Mark T: Howdy everyone
	♥ 12:33pm Yes: Yo!
	♥ 12:35pm paddy in matawan: hell of a variety! love it!
	12:38pm honest Bernardo from Argentina: I let my coffee get cold
	12:39pm annette: confession: wanted to do a band called IRREVERENT. lets just enjoy everything without reading into b.s.
	🎸 ♥ 12:41pm Handy Haversack: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:22 I was informed!
	12:41pm boboboplasticland: Hi Jessica....I guess u like the Skillet Lickers!??
	🎸 ♥ 12:42pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:41 snitches get stitches
	12:43pm Bobob...: Prof Fuzzzzz has got alldatones
	🎸 ♥ 12:45pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Bobob... @12:43 howdy bobobobobobobob
	12:47pm M. Ray: spinning solid rainy day vibes
	🎸 ♥ 12:47pm Joe McG: Now you're cookin'! :)
	♥ 12:48pm paddy in matawan: Is shellac usually cleaner than vinyl? This is flawless.
	🎸 ♥ 12:48pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Song: "hawaiian cowboy" by "sol k. bright's hollywaiians" Beautiful
	12:48pm bobob: Betty Boop woulda loved this!!!!
	🎸 ♥ 12:48pm Hunterian: ↳ paddy in matawan @12:48 I was wondering about that myself
	♥ 12:51pm paddy in matawan: ↳ Hunterian @12:48 And it would be lovely with a big ol' bowl snap, crackle, pop too!
	12:56pm Fred and Alan: ↳ paddy in matawan @12:51 PADDY IN MATAWAN LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	12:57pm Fred and Alan: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:45 PROF FUZZ LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	♥ 12:57pm paddy in matawan: Hey fellas! Nice to see you here!
	12:59pm wimpy: Rockin with this anthology of American folk music style set
	1:09pm bobobob: Robert Johnson birthday yesterday
	1:11pm Robert Zemetrix: wow I've only heard good things about Sinners!! now I'm extra curious
	🎸 ♥ 1:13pm Handy Haversack: For blues horror, see both novellas in A Lush and Seething Hell, by John Hornor Jacobs. A friend recommended Sinners, but I was hesitant because of how much I hated Black Panther and Creed.
	1:13pm goes211: These mic breaks are GOLD!
	🎸 ♥ 1:14pm theroth: Loved sinners!
	🎸 ♥ 1:14pm The Oscar: Loved Sinners myself-- different strokes for different folks, but here's my review if you're interested! www.cambridgeday.com...
	1:14pm wimpy: Im right there with you Jessica, took my partner to go see it as a surprise since they’ve been hyping it up and was just completely underwhelmed. At least I only paid $8 for my ticket
	♥ 1:14pm NotARealDoctor: I liked it but I didn't know anything about it other than that it was a vampire movie going into it
	♥ 1:14pm Noir Lover: I liked not loved Sinners. There were some allegories in there about black salvation and how it's been stereotyped as "the devil's music" but in the movie it's literally under attack from blood sucking vampires. I didn't love the ending of the movie though. Kinda cheesy.
	🎸 ♥ 1:15pm Karl: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:13 Wait you don't like Creed?
	1:16pm jg: Didn’t see sinners but am likewise totally confused by how a lot of movies nowadays are super popular while I think they suck. Silver lining is once in a blue moon I find something that does not suck, so I enjoy it all the more
	1:17pm wimpy: I also thought the soundtrack was super tacky which was surprising because of how much praise it’s been getting. Maybe that’s just because I’m familiar with delta blues
	♥ 1:17pm PoL in Berlin: I thought Sinners was decent, but by no means great. Way too much gratuitus gore. Funny, I was also weirded out that there were at least 5 references to oral sex. That is quite a few for one movie. It was creepy...but not in the scary sense. And why Vampires and not the devil if one is talking about the blues?! And too long. That is the typical self indulgence of Writer/Directors.
	🎸 ♥ 1:17pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Karl @1:15 I found it practically unwatchable, just veering between incoherence and total schmaltzy sentimentality. I felt just like Jessica just described -- totally trapped in an aesthetic hell prison.
	1:17pm The Chief: Not ‘explaining’ anything but I can say what I liked about Sinners… it felt like an auteur embracing grindhouse/b-movie elements. The film wasn’t afraid of serious topics or to ‘swing for the fences’ at times, but it was okay with being messy/campy/schlocky.
	🎸 ♥ 1:17pm Karl: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:13 Like, Creed went 11x platinum on that one record. The concept record, about the guy's arms, or whatever.
	🎸 ♥ 1:18pm tim from washington: ↳ Song: "monster planet" by "Steve Maxwell Von Braund" I have this record! It didn't occur to me until now that I bet this record had to have played in Throbbing Gristle's compound.
	1:18pm jessicaiscool: ↳ tim from washington @1:18 omg you do??? I just stumbled upon it
	1:20pm wimpy: @thecheif I noticed the grind house elements as well, but they were very subdued, I guess since it’s a Hollywood blockbuster. It just kept making me think of unfavorable comparisons to From Dusk Till Dawn
	🎸 ♥ 1:20pm Handy Haversack: ↳ The Oscar @1:14 Cambridge Day has the wrong author bio on that review!
	♥ 1:20pm Squeaky Dave: This Steve Maxwell Von Braund track reminds me of Hawkwind. New to me. Thanks!
	1:20pm jessicaiscool: omg i am loving the dialogue about this movie it is so informative on both sides. I was feeling so confused but this is giving me clarity
	1:20pm Al Pal: Dude, yes, thank you for having the COURAGE to speak out about Sinners. That movie was so incredibly bad. I too felt like ripping my skin off and running out of the theater screaming. I was so utterly confused as to what it was about, what kind of movie it was meant to be (musical, horror, action, thriller, blaxploitation, campy, Disney, Marvel, sexy, etc. etc. etc.). I found the sexual moments to be completely out of the blue, un-erotic, laughable, and uncomfortable. It was hilariously crass and out of the blue (people saying things like "I'm gonna EAT that pussy, bitch!" or "I'm gonna fuckin' tear this vampire a new butthole!" or whatever) while sort of maintaining this light-hearted Disney aesthetic (which only added to my confusion). I don't think Michale B. Jordan is a good actor. I thought it looked ugly in terms of lighting. And it was just overall dumb. And then I similarly couldn't understand the immense, unwavering praise it's been receiving. Like, look, I'm a self-admittedly curmudgeon bastard, I don't like most of what comes out in theaters, but I can still be accepting of some elevated, light-hearted, vampire schlock. This was just garbage. And I feel like I generally have a good barometer for what critics will say, and I was again and again baffled by their praise. I read the Manohla Dargis NY Times review and felt like there was a camera over my shoulder just witnessing my reactions as I read, point by point, a take down of everything I thought about the movie. I am so confused. So anyway, thanks for speaking out lol.
	🎸 ♥ 1:20pm The Oscar: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:20 D'oh, you're right!! I'll reach out to my editor :)
	♥ 1:21pm PoL in Berlin: ↳ wimpy @1:20 yes! it was completely From Dusk Til Dawn...not very original.
	1:21pm The Chief: ↳ wimpy @1:20 Yeah, there was more than a little Dusk til Dawn/Tarantino in there but I think it carved its own path. Also a lot of Carpenter. Idk, I’d much rather have a movie like Sinners be part of the national discourse than something that I’ve seen a million times before (ie, a reboot, sequel, by-the-numbers picture).
	1:22pm The Chief: Also, is this the first diegetic horror musical since… The Wicker Man? Props for that.
	♥ 1:23pm swivs: I tend to not watch the thing they say "you need to see" until maybe years later. Only thing I missed was Breaking Bad, which I refused to watch at the time cuz everyone said I needed to watch it. That actually lived up to its hype. If I ever get around to watching the Barbie movie, Severance or Sinners maybe I'll feel the same? Anyways, diggin the tunes. Thanks J!
	1:23pm tranewreck: Any thoughts from the collective on The Buffalo Hunter Hunter? I have it on library’s wait list.
	🎸 ♥ 1:23pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Karl @1:17 Tim "borrowed" my copy! He said he needed something cool to bring to a party at the Throbbing Gristle compound!
	1:23pm Al Pal: Just to add something positive to my comment, I will say I really enjoyed the moment in the film when the young blues virtuoso was performing his song and we got to wind around the room viewing the various influence that Black music has had on the landscape and the world at large over the ages. I wanted to see more of that magical realism, thought it was totally fun and cool, and thought it was a missed opportunity not to lean more into that side of things. Instead it just devolved into boring monster gore and nonsensical relationships devoid of emotional connection.
	🎸 ♥ 1:25pm Deano de los Muertos: Hey Jessica and ppl
	🎸 ♥ 1:25pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ The Oscar @1:20 Tell your editor Handy is coming for their job
	🎸 ♥ 1:25pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:25 Wazzup Deano
	♥ 1:28pm Carmichael: Heya Jessica and Rotten Tomatoes.
	1:29pm Menlo Park: I was trying to cut and paste the cyrllic alphabet to translate, but I wasn't quick enough
	🎸 ♥ 1:29pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Bob Tankenstein @1:25 Heya Bob….i did respond to that email by the way, even though we talked live…it looks like it never sent though. Oh well
	🎸 ♥ 1:31pm Handy Haversack: Jessica, you going to L.A. Witch tonight? We'll be there.
	🎸 ♥ 1:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Greetings, Jessica and fast-moving people!
	🎸 ♥ 1:31pm tim: ↳ jessicaiscool @1:18 Yes, what Handy says is true! And since we are living in a time of alternate truths I shall explain my equally truthful truth! I finally picked up the reissue of this last year. I first became aware of it about 10 years ago maybe. It came out the same time and I think on the same label as the Cybotron re-issue. Not the Detroit Cybotron but an Australian synth prog band called Cybotron. My friend was huge into these which is how I learned about them.
	♥ 1:32pm Hubig Pie: I watched I'm no Angel last week. It's a 92 year old movie. It was thoroughly entertaining.
	1:33pm jessicaiscool: ↳ tim @1:31 omg so sick I wwill check this all out after my show yayyyyy
	♥ 1:33pm Squeaky Dave: Digging these vintage Russian (?) tracks. Sounds like groovy movie soundtracks.
	1:33pm The Chief: ↳ PoL in Berlin @1:21 Ehhh… Tarantino movies are often “mixtapes”. I think Sinners spent the bulk of its time discussing black identity and art vs post racial assimilation. From Dusk til Dawn has the same premise as “Vamps” and a lot of other movies that came before it because QT assembles films like vision boards so calling Sinners a Dusk til Dawn ripoff feels a bit reductive. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, obvs.
	🎸 ♥ 1:34pm chris in the redwoods: ↳ Song: "Зимняя песенка" by "Edita Piekha" album title means "Ok!" :)
	1:34pm Menlo Park: VIA ''KOBZA'' Walk Sorceress VIA ''KOBZA'' 1973/2023 Edita Piekha Winter Song Good! (Songs 1964) Creative Media 1964
	🎸 ♥ 1:35pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:29 I got your email! Sorry if I didn't respond!
	1:36pm Menlo Park: Elena Kamburova The Golden City Everything Will Be Tomorrow Prologue Music 2019
	🎸 ♥ 1:36pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Bob Tankenstein @1:35 Oh good, no reply needed..it just wasn’t in my sent folder
	1:37pm jessicaiscool: ↳ Menlo Park @1:36 OMG THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING THESE I will read them on air like this
	1:39pm The Chief: ↳ The Chief @1:33 Sorry, I meant “Vamp” (w/ Grace Jones)
	1:40pm Menlo Park: Vatra How I slept on the hay (will translate later kk love u) Summer Melody Firma Melodiya 2016/2024
	🎸 ♥ 1:42pm Deano de los Muertos: My Bandcamp order came pretty warped 😒 as my buddy said “at least it’s Oneida, so you can’t really tell”
	1:46pm Geoffrey in Ottawa: Just dropping in to say, Jessica, your show is SO good. I am loving every minute of it.
	1:46pm jessicaiscool: ↳ Geoffrey in Ottawa @1:46 aww Geoffrey thank you so so so much
	🎸 ♥ 1:46pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:42 odds are very good that oneida will replace it for you. just let them know through bandcamp.
	1:47pm Claudia: I am loving your wide variety of music in this set - perfect mood for today! Thanks Jessica!
	1:47pm jessicaiscool: ↳ Claudia @1:47 Claudia!! that is so sweet thank you I am so glad you are enjoying
	1:52pm wimpy: Calling Tarantino movies mixtapes is good, Im gonna have to use that
	🎸 ♥ 1:57pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:46 I left it on the turntable all night, and it actually looks a lot better now. You could see the needle bobbing last night, looks nice and flat now.
	🎸 ♥ 1:58pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:57 woot!
	♥ 1:58pm Juli P: HI All! Working long & hard on my Artwork w my band Nocturnal Kites J saying hi!
	🎸 ♥ 2:03pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:58 “Woot!” Reminds me of Strongbad/Homestar Runner 😂
	♥ 2:04pm Juli P: Sounds great!
	🎸 ♥ 2:04pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @2:03 i'll take that as a compliment! strongbad is my spirit animal
	🎸 ♥ 2:06pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ prof.fuzz @2:04 specifically Teen Girl Squad. VOIP! 🤖
	🎸 ♥ 2:07pm DJ Bonce: ↳ Song: "Takayama Ao" by "The Swallow Sisters" Thought this was Clint Eastwood for a sec
	♥ 2:08pm Juli P: We'll have vinyl soon!
	🎸 ♥ 2:09pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Juli P @1:58 Got a band?? Last I saw, you were looking for one. Where can we check out?
	🎸 ♥ 2:10pm Hunterian: ↳ DJ Bonce @2:07 Yeah I can hear it
	2:15pm sandy: Everytime I listen to this show i find so much great cool freakay music! Amazing stuff :^>
	♥ 2:15pm Juli P: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @2:09 We are working on our SoundCloud?Bandcamp now!
	♥ 2:16pm Juli P: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @2:09 Sooo happy I found a really talented group of ppl to play music w! Our Of Lambertville, NJ I have a few noise tracks on demos up on my own: It will sound way different We just made a John Cage-esque piece
	2:17pm jessicaiscool: ↳ sandy @2:15 amazing Sandy I'm so happy you're digging it
	♥ 2:17pm Juli P: soundcloud.com... soundcloud.com... www.instagram.com...
	🎸 ♥ 2:19pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Go Way From My Window" by "John Jacob Niles" I think I have only ever heard Myriam Gendron's version.
	🎸 ♥ 2:20pm The Oscar: ↳ Song: "Go Way From My Window" by "John Jacob Niles" I remember one time in college I was listening to John Jacob Niles one morning and my roommate stumbled out of his room: "Hey, you know what's really good for a hangover?" "No, what?" "NOT THIS."
	2:20pm arianne: Gorgeous. 💔💔💔💔
	2:22pm jessicaiscool: ↳ The Oscar @2:20 HAHHAHA lmao
	🎸 ♥ 2:24pm Hunterian: ↳ Song: "Dah-May-Yoo" by "Kaoru Hirose" Bureau B is a gold mine
	🎸 ♥ 2:25pm chris in the redwoods: the Kiosque of Arrows is conveniently located across the street from the Bodega of Bows
	2:27pm wimpy: This has been a very pleasant set, think I’ll have to hear the archive again later
	🎸 ♥ 2:28pm Handy Haversack: ↳ chris in the redwoods @2:25 But I find the staff there very annoying. They're so arch.
	🎸 ♥ 2:30pm chris in the redwoods: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:28 agreed, they seem strung out.
	🎸 ♥ 2:30pm Handy Haversack: ↳ chris in the redwoods @2:30 You can see them quiver!
	2:31pm prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile: right next to target
	♥ 2:37pm northguineahills: ↳ prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile @2:31 ever since i was a youthier lad, i would use the term, "fuzzmonkees" as a swear....
	2:42pm kuriousornj: ↳ Song: "akwaaba" by "Francis Bebey" King Crimson ??
	♥ 2:47pm maestroso: Really wonderful show Jessica! Thanks for brightening up the day.
	🎸 ♥ 2:49pm chris in the redwoods: thanks, Jessica!
	♥ 2:49pm Ike: Definitely hallucinations.
	2:51pm prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile: @ngh: well, we are touring with secret monkey weekend in august!
	♥ 2:55pm northguineahills: ↳ prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile @2:51 ha, as has been foretold!
	♥ 2:56pm northguineahills: thankuuus, jessica!
	2:56pm Erik in VT: ↳ Song: "Antilope" by "L'Empire des Sons" Awesome reissue of a great under appreciated French group/album originally from 1986? Perhaps adjacent to offshoots of the latter Etron Fou scene & the wonderful works of Roberto Musci & Gionvanni Venosta.
	3:00pm Erik in VT: Great show & thank uze ALL (as always & forever ♾️).
	🎸 ♥ 3:00pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Jessica!
	♥ 3:01pm paddy in matawan: whatta show!
	♥ 3:01pm Mark T: Thanks
	🎸 ♥ 3:11pm Bob Tankenstein: Thanks, Jessica!

Jessica: Playlist from May 9, 2025

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Music for nothing to do all day but to sit on the porch in your underwear and drink cheap wine!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Nina Hagen	Born in Xixax "Born in Xixax" by "Nina Hagen"	Nunsexmonkrock/Nina Hagen Band	Legacy/Columbia	1982	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Exorzist III	blue demon 1 "blue demon 1" by "The Exorzist III"	studio backing tracks	Xrzst3, Ltd.	2019	0:03:40 (Pop-up)
Ringhold	Distant Memory "Distant Memory" by "Ringhold"	Distant Memory EP	MKDK Records	2025	0:07:53 (Pop-up)
Slacker Warlock	Lightsealer "Lightsealer" by "Slacker Warlock"	Casting Spells	Syf Records	2025	0:16:55 (Pop-up)
75 Dollar Bill	cuttin' out "cuttin' out" by "75 Dollar Bill"	Wooden Bag	Other Music Recording Co	2015	0:21:06 (Pop-up)
Ringhold	Black Betty "Black Betty" by "Ringhold"	Turning Corners	Kalle Tikas	2020	0:30:36 (Pop-up)
C.W. Stoneking	The Thing I Done "The Thing I Done" by "C.W. Stoneking"	Goin' Booglaoo	Self Released (?)	2016	0:32:46 (Pop-up)
Austin Coleman (with Joe Washington Brown and Group)	"Good Lord (Run Old Jeremiah)"	Negro Religious Field Recordings from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee (1934-1942)	Document	2005	0:36:20 (Pop-up)
One String Sam	I Need A Hundred Dollars	Rural Blues Vol 1 1934 - 1956	Document	2005	0:39:54 (Pop-up)
Tommy Johnson	canned heat blues "canned heat blues" by "Tommy Johnson"	Tommy Johnson 1928-1929	Document	2000	0:42:26 (Pop-up)
sol k. bright's hollywaiians	hawaiian cowboy	shellac 10" (b/w A Wee Doech An Doris)	Columbia	1934	0:45:43 (Pop-up)
T.R. Mahalingham	Nijamarmamulanu (Raga: Umabaranam; Tala: Adi)	Seetapathi Vol.1	Nadham Music	2009	0:49:42 (Pop-up)
Eck Robertson	Sallie Gooden "Sallie Gooden" by "Eck Robertson"	Classic Old-Time Fiddle With Smithsonian Folkways	Folkways	2007	0:53:56 (Pop-up)
Aunt Molly Jackson, John Greenway	I am a Union Woman	The Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson	Folkways	1961	0:57:12 (Pop-up)
Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly "Pretty Polly" by "Dock Boggs"	The Legendary Singer and Banjo Player	Folkways	1964	0:59:51 (Pop-up)

Steve Maxwell Von Braund	monster planet	Monster Planet	Dual Planet	1975	1:15:13 (Pop-up)
Ватра	Как я спала на сене (will translate later kk love u)	Летняя Мелодия	Фирма Мелодия	2016/2024	1:22:31 (Pop-up)
Embryo	Wajang Woman "Wajang Woman" by "Embryo"	Nappy Music Man	Bear Family	2017	1:25:22 (Pop-up)
ВІА ''КОБЗА''	Прогулянка	Чарівниця	ВІА ''КОБЗА''	1973/2023	1:29:37 (Pop-up)
Edita Piekha	Зимняя песенка	Хорошо! (Песни 1964 г.)	Creative Media	1964	1:31:03 (Pop-up)
Elena Kamburova	Город золотой	Всё будет завтра	Пролог Мьюзик	2019	1:35:15 (Pop-up)

Eddie Marcon	Amime "Amime" by "Eddie Marcon"	Carpet Of Fallen Leaves	Morr	2025	1:42:39 (Pop-up)
Daklis	Balev "Balev" by "Daklis"	Shipuzim	Botniss	2020	1:47:44 (Pop-up)
Mystery Plane	(Do The) Shah of Iran (Twist)	Still Life (1981)	Color Tapes Lion Productions	1981/2016	1:53:36 (Pop-up)
Saskia	My lips get hot "My lips get hot" by "Saskia"	Eeuwig op reis	Stroom	2020	1:58:11 (Pop-up)
The Swallow Sisters	Takayama Ao "Takayama Ao" by "The Swallow Sisters"	NA	Life	1970	2:05:45 (Pop-up)
Fiesta En El Vacio	not now "not now" by "Fiesta En El Vacio"	Fiesta en el vacío	Simple Music Experience	2025	2:10:25 (Pop-up)
Vera Sienra	Nuestra Soledad "Nuestra Soledad" by "Vera Sienra"	Nuestra Soledad	SONDOR	1969	2:15:54 (Pop-up)
John Jacob Niles	Go Way From My Window	John Jacob Niles Sings Folk Songs	Folkways	1964	2:18:30 (Pop-up)
Kaoru Hirose	Dah-May-Yoo "Dah-May-Yoo" by "Kaoru Hirose"	Kiosque of Arrows 2	Bureau B	2021	2:20:24 (Pop-up)
Quin Kirchner	Drums & Tines Pt 2 "Drums & Tines Pt 2" by "Quin Kirchner"	The Other Side of Time	Astral Spirits	2018	2:24:16 (Pop-up)
Vazz	Breath "Breath" by "Vazz"	Your Lungs And Your Tongues	Numero	2021	2:27:54 (Pop-up)

Peggy Lee, The Carpenter Avenue Elementary School Chorus	We Be Friends	Peggy Lee: The Complete Jazz Heritage Society Recordings	Jazz Heritage Society	2023	2:38:01 (Pop-up)
Francis Bebey	akwaaba "akwaaba" by "Francis Bebey"	Music for Sanza by Francis Bebey	Ozileka	1984	2:40:06 (Pop-up)
National Aliens, Frederico Heliodoro, Leonardo Marques	Arpoador	Broadcast 1.	Transglobe	2024	2:45:01 (Pop-up)
Nicolini	Master Teacher "Master Teacher" by "Nicolini"	Penni's Palace	South of North	2021	2:46:12 (Pop-up)
L'Empire des Sons	Antilope "Antilope" by "L'Empire des Sons"	L'Empire des Sons	Anthology	2023	2:47:26 (Pop-up)
Kitchen Cynics	Persian Carpet in Reverse	Beads Upon An Abacus	The Trilogy Tapes	2021	2:50:45 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎸 ♥ 12:01pm prof.fuzz: (\_/) ( 👁️) />🌮> jessica! nina! friday!
	12:01pm bixa: i literally run to turn this show on so i can hear the intro hahaha
	🎸 ♥ 12:02pm Handy Haversack: Jessica! Jessicans!
	🎸 ♥ 12:02pm Hunterian: ↳ bixa @12:01 It's a strong opener to be sure
	🎸 ♥ 12:02pm Bob Tankenstein: Wassup party rockers
	12:04pm ViolaChica: Yay! It’s Jessica time! 💘💘💘
	12:04pm bobobob: handy H!!!
	🎸 ♥ 12:05pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "blue demon 1" by "The Exorzist III" Hell yeah!
	🎸 ♥ 12:05pm Handy Haversack: ↳ bobobob @12:04 bobobobobob!
	🎸 ♥ 12:06pm chris in the redwoods: hello, Jessica and everyone. happy Friday!
	🎸 ♥ 12:08pm Listener Jonny in MA/RI: ↳ Song: "blue demon 1" by "The Exorzist III" NICE!!! Hi Jessica! Thank you!
	12:08pm Fred and Alan: Bob Tankenstein love from Fred and Alan. We were on Pseu’s show yesterday at 1:30pm
	12:08pm boboboboplasticland: My ex gf in Milwaukee..also a musician..turned me on to NiNa Hagen dazzz...I'm dazed and still in love with her fodat
	🎸 ♥ 12:08pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Fred and Alan @12:08 Fred and Alan! Love from Bob! Sorry I missed your appearance but look forward to listening in the archives!
	12:12pm Fred and Alan: Bob Tankenstein. Thanks and love as always Fred and Alan. We had such overwhelming love from the listeners yesterday and Pseu
	12:13pm Fred and Alan: Listener Jonny love as always Fred and Alan
	🎸 ♥ 12:22pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:02 i just dropped something off at the post office for you (and a few other folks, including jessica!)
	🎸 ♥ 12:22pm prof.fuzz: hello alan and fred
	🎸 ♥ 12:29pm common: jessica, all
	♥ 12:30pm Mark T: Howdy everyone
	♥ 12:33pm Yes: Yo!
	♥ 12:35pm paddy in matawan: hell of a variety! love it!
	12:38pm honest Bernardo from Argentina: I let my coffee get cold
	12:39pm annette: confession: wanted to do a band called IRREVERENT. lets just enjoy everything without reading into b.s.
	🎸 ♥ 12:41pm Handy Haversack: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:22 I was informed!
	12:41pm boboboplasticland: Hi Jessica....I guess u like the Skillet Lickers!??
	🎸 ♥ 12:42pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:41 snitches get stitches
	12:43pm Bobob...: Prof Fuzzzzz has got alldatones
	🎸 ♥ 12:45pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Bobob... @12:43 howdy bobobobobobobob
	12:47pm M. Ray: spinning solid rainy day vibes
	🎸 ♥ 12:47pm Joe McG: Now you're cookin'! :)
	♥ 12:48pm paddy in matawan: Is shellac usually cleaner than vinyl? This is flawless.
	🎸 ♥ 12:48pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Song: "hawaiian cowboy" by "sol k. bright's hollywaiians" Beautiful
	12:48pm bobob: Betty Boop woulda loved this!!!!
	🎸 ♥ 12:48pm Hunterian: ↳ paddy in matawan @12:48 I was wondering about that myself
	♥ 12:51pm paddy in matawan: ↳ Hunterian @12:48 And it would be lovely with a big ol' bowl snap, crackle, pop too!
	12:56pm Fred and Alan: ↳ paddy in matawan @12:51 PADDY IN MATAWAN LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	12:57pm Fred and Alan: ↳ prof.fuzz @12:45 PROF FUZZ LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN
	♥ 12:57pm paddy in matawan: Hey fellas! Nice to see you here!
	12:59pm wimpy: Rockin with this anthology of American folk music style set
	1:09pm bobobob: Robert Johnson birthday yesterday
	1:11pm Robert Zemetrix: wow I've only heard good things about Sinners!! now I'm extra curious
	🎸 ♥ 1:13pm Handy Haversack: For blues horror, see both novellas in A Lush and Seething Hell, by John Hornor Jacobs. A friend recommended Sinners, but I was hesitant because of how much I hated Black Panther and Creed.
	1:13pm goes211: These mic breaks are GOLD!
	🎸 ♥ 1:14pm theroth: Loved sinners!
	🎸 ♥ 1:14pm The Oscar: Loved Sinners myself-- different strokes for different folks, but here's my review if you're interested! www.cambridgeday.com...
	1:14pm wimpy: Im right there with you Jessica, took my partner to go see it as a surprise since they’ve been hyping it up and was just completely underwhelmed. At least I only paid $8 for my ticket
	♥ 1:14pm NotARealDoctor: I liked it but I didn't know anything about it other than that it was a vampire movie going into it
	♥ 1:14pm Noir Lover: I liked not loved Sinners. There were some allegories in there about black salvation and how it's been stereotyped as "the devil's music" but in the movie it's literally under attack from blood sucking vampires. I didn't love the ending of the movie though. Kinda cheesy.
	🎸 ♥ 1:15pm Karl: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:13 Wait you don't like Creed?
	1:16pm jg: Didn’t see sinners but am likewise totally confused by how a lot of movies nowadays are super popular while I think they suck. Silver lining is once in a blue moon I find something that does not suck, so I enjoy it all the more
	1:17pm wimpy: I also thought the soundtrack was super tacky which was surprising because of how much praise it’s been getting. Maybe that’s just because I’m familiar with delta blues
	♥ 1:17pm PoL in Berlin: I thought Sinners was decent, but by no means great. Way too much gratuitus gore. Funny, I was also weirded out that there were at least 5 references to oral sex. That is quite a few for one movie. It was creepy...but not in the scary sense. And why Vampires and not the devil if one is talking about the blues?! And too long. That is the typical self indulgence of Writer/Directors.
	🎸 ♥ 1:17pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Karl @1:15 I found it practically unwatchable, just veering between incoherence and total schmaltzy sentimentality. I felt just like Jessica just described -- totally trapped in an aesthetic hell prison.
	1:17pm The Chief: Not ‘explaining’ anything but I can say what I liked about Sinners… it felt like an auteur embracing grindhouse/b-movie elements. The film wasn’t afraid of serious topics or to ‘swing for the fences’ at times, but it was okay with being messy/campy/schlocky.
	🎸 ♥ 1:17pm Karl: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:13 Like, Creed went 11x platinum on that one record. The concept record, about the guy's arms, or whatever.
	🎸 ♥ 1:18pm tim from washington: ↳ Song: "monster planet" by "Steve Maxwell Von Braund" I have this record! It didn't occur to me until now that I bet this record had to have played in Throbbing Gristle's compound.
	1:18pm jessicaiscool: ↳ tim from washington @1:18 omg you do??? I just stumbled upon it
	1:20pm wimpy: @thecheif I noticed the grind house elements as well, but they were very subdued, I guess since it’s a Hollywood blockbuster. It just kept making me think of unfavorable comparisons to From Dusk Till Dawn
	🎸 ♥ 1:20pm Handy Haversack: ↳ The Oscar @1:14 Cambridge Day has the wrong author bio on that review!
	♥ 1:20pm Squeaky Dave: This Steve Maxwell Von Braund track reminds me of Hawkwind. New to me. Thanks!
	1:20pm jessicaiscool: omg i am loving the dialogue about this movie it is so informative on both sides. I was feeling so confused but this is giving me clarity
	1:20pm Al Pal: Dude, yes, thank you for having the COURAGE to speak out about Sinners. That movie was so incredibly bad. I too felt like ripping my skin off and running out of the theater screaming. I was so utterly confused as to what it was about, what kind of movie it was meant to be (musical, horror, action, thriller, blaxploitation, campy, Disney, Marvel, sexy, etc. etc. etc.). I found the sexual moments to be completely out of the blue, un-erotic, laughable, and uncomfortable. It was hilariously crass and out of the blue (people saying things like "I'm gonna EAT that pussy, bitch!" or "I'm gonna fuckin' tear this vampire a new butthole!" or whatever) while sort of maintaining this light-hearted Disney aesthetic (which only added to my confusion). I don't think Michale B. Jordan is a good actor. I thought it looked ugly in terms of lighting. And it was just overall dumb. And then I similarly couldn't understand the immense, unwavering praise it's been receiving. Like, look, I'm a self-admittedly curmudgeon bastard, I don't like most of what comes out in theaters, but I can still be accepting of some elevated, light-hearted, vampire schlock. This was just garbage. And I feel like I generally have a good barometer for what critics will say, and I was again and again baffled by their praise. I read the Manohla Dargis NY Times review and felt like there was a camera over my shoulder just witnessing my reactions as I read, point by point, a take down of everything I thought about the movie. I am so confused. So anyway, thanks for speaking out lol.
	🎸 ♥ 1:20pm The Oscar: ↳ Handy Haversack @1:20 D'oh, you're right!! I'll reach out to my editor :)
	♥ 1:21pm PoL in Berlin: ↳ wimpy @1:20 yes! it was completely From Dusk Til Dawn...not very original.
	1:21pm The Chief: ↳ wimpy @1:20 Yeah, there was more than a little Dusk til Dawn/Tarantino in there but I think it carved its own path. Also a lot of Carpenter. Idk, I’d much rather have a movie like Sinners be part of the national discourse than something that I’ve seen a million times before (ie, a reboot, sequel, by-the-numbers picture).
	1:22pm The Chief: Also, is this the first diegetic horror musical since… The Wicker Man? Props for that.
	♥ 1:23pm swivs: I tend to not watch the thing they say "you need to see" until maybe years later. Only thing I missed was Breaking Bad, which I refused to watch at the time cuz everyone said I needed to watch it. That actually lived up to its hype. If I ever get around to watching the Barbie movie, Severance or Sinners maybe I'll feel the same? Anyways, diggin the tunes. Thanks J!
	1:23pm tranewreck: Any thoughts from the collective on The Buffalo Hunter Hunter? I have it on library’s wait list.
	🎸 ♥ 1:23pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Karl @1:17 Tim "borrowed" my copy! He said he needed something cool to bring to a party at the Throbbing Gristle compound!
	1:23pm Al Pal: Just to add something positive to my comment, I will say I really enjoyed the moment in the film when the young blues virtuoso was performing his song and we got to wind around the room viewing the various influence that Black music has had on the landscape and the world at large over the ages. I wanted to see more of that magical realism, thought it was totally fun and cool, and thought it was a missed opportunity not to lean more into that side of things. Instead it just devolved into boring monster gore and nonsensical relationships devoid of emotional connection.
	🎸 ♥ 1:25pm Deano de los Muertos: Hey Jessica and ppl
	🎸 ♥ 1:25pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ The Oscar @1:20 Tell your editor Handy is coming for their job
	🎸 ♥ 1:25pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:25 Wazzup Deano
	♥ 1:28pm Carmichael: Heya Jessica and Rotten Tomatoes.
	1:29pm Menlo Park: I was trying to cut and paste the cyrllic alphabet to translate, but I wasn't quick enough
	🎸 ♥ 1:29pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Bob Tankenstein @1:25 Heya Bob….i did respond to that email by the way, even though we talked live…it looks like it never sent though. Oh well
	🎸 ♥ 1:31pm Handy Haversack: Jessica, you going to L.A. Witch tonight? We'll be there.
	🎸 ♥ 1:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Greetings, Jessica and fast-moving people!
	🎸 ♥ 1:31pm tim: ↳ jessicaiscool @1:18 Yes, what Handy says is true! And since we are living in a time of alternate truths I shall explain my equally truthful truth! I finally picked up the reissue of this last year. I first became aware of it about 10 years ago maybe. It came out the same time and I think on the same label as the Cybotron re-issue. Not the Detroit Cybotron but an Australian synth prog band called Cybotron. My friend was huge into these which is how I learned about them.
	♥ 1:32pm Hubig Pie: I watched I'm no Angel last week. It's a 92 year old movie. It was thoroughly entertaining.
	1:33pm jessicaiscool: ↳ tim @1:31 omg so sick I wwill check this all out after my show yayyyyy
	♥ 1:33pm Squeaky Dave: Digging these vintage Russian (?) tracks. Sounds like groovy movie soundtracks.
	1:33pm The Chief: ↳ PoL in Berlin @1:21 Ehhh… Tarantino movies are often “mixtapes”. I think Sinners spent the bulk of its time discussing black identity and art vs post racial assimilation. From Dusk til Dawn has the same premise as “Vamps” and a lot of other movies that came before it because QT assembles films like vision boards so calling Sinners a Dusk til Dawn ripoff feels a bit reductive. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, obvs.
	🎸 ♥ 1:34pm chris in the redwoods: ↳ Song: "Зимняя песенка" by "Edita Piekha" album title means "Ok!" :)
	1:34pm Menlo Park: VIA ''KOBZA'' Walk Sorceress VIA ''KOBZA'' 1973/2023 Edita Piekha Winter Song Good! (Songs 1964) Creative Media 1964
	🎸 ♥ 1:35pm Bob Tankenstein: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:29 I got your email! Sorry if I didn't respond!
	1:36pm Menlo Park: Elena Kamburova The Golden City Everything Will Be Tomorrow Prologue Music 2019
	🎸 ♥ 1:36pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Bob Tankenstein @1:35 Oh good, no reply needed..it just wasn’t in my sent folder
	1:37pm jessicaiscool: ↳ Menlo Park @1:36 OMG THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING THESE I will read them on air like this
	1:39pm The Chief: ↳ The Chief @1:33 Sorry, I meant “Vamp” (w/ Grace Jones)
	1:40pm Menlo Park: Vatra How I slept on the hay (will translate later kk love u) Summer Melody Firma Melodiya 2016/2024
	🎸 ♥ 1:42pm Deano de los Muertos: My Bandcamp order came pretty warped 😒 as my buddy said “at least it’s Oneida, so you can’t really tell”
	1:46pm Geoffrey in Ottawa: Just dropping in to say, Jessica, your show is SO good. I am loving every minute of it.
	1:46pm jessicaiscool: ↳ Geoffrey in Ottawa @1:46 aww Geoffrey thank you so so so much
	🎸 ♥ 1:46pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:42 odds are very good that oneida will replace it for you. just let them know through bandcamp.
	1:47pm Claudia: I am loving your wide variety of music in this set - perfect mood for today! Thanks Jessica!
	1:47pm jessicaiscool: ↳ Claudia @1:47 Claudia!! that is so sweet thank you I am so glad you are enjoying
	1:52pm wimpy: Calling Tarantino movies mixtapes is good, Im gonna have to use that
	🎸 ♥ 1:57pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:46 I left it on the turntable all night, and it actually looks a lot better now. You could see the needle bobbing last night, looks nice and flat now.
	🎸 ♥ 1:58pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @1:57 woot!
	♥ 1:58pm Juli P: HI All! Working long & hard on my Artwork w my band Nocturnal Kites J saying hi!
	🎸 ♥ 2:03pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ prof.fuzz @1:58 “Woot!” Reminds me of Strongbad/Homestar Runner 😂
	♥ 2:04pm Juli P: Sounds great!
	🎸 ♥ 2:04pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @2:03 i'll take that as a compliment! strongbad is my spirit animal
	🎸 ♥ 2:06pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ prof.fuzz @2:04 specifically Teen Girl Squad. VOIP! 🤖
	🎸 ♥ 2:07pm DJ Bonce: ↳ Song: "Takayama Ao" by "The Swallow Sisters" Thought this was Clint Eastwood for a sec
	♥ 2:08pm Juli P: We'll have vinyl soon!
	🎸 ♥ 2:09pm Deano de los Muertos: ↳ Juli P @1:58 Got a band?? Last I saw, you were looking for one. Where can we check out?
	🎸 ♥ 2:10pm Hunterian: ↳ DJ Bonce @2:07 Yeah I can hear it
	2:15pm sandy: Everytime I listen to this show i find so much great cool freakay music! Amazing stuff :^>
	♥ 2:15pm Juli P: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @2:09 We are working on our SoundCloud?Bandcamp now!
	♥ 2:16pm Juli P: ↳ Deano de los Muertos @2:09 Sooo happy I found a really talented group of ppl to play music w! Our Of Lambertville, NJ I have a few noise tracks on demos up on my own: It will sound way different We just made a John Cage-esque piece
	2:17pm jessicaiscool: ↳ sandy @2:15 amazing Sandy I'm so happy you're digging it
	♥ 2:17pm Juli P: soundcloud.com... soundcloud.com... www.instagram.com...
	🎸 ♥ 2:19pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Go Way From My Window" by "John Jacob Niles" I think I have only ever heard Myriam Gendron's version.
	🎸 ♥ 2:20pm The Oscar: ↳ Song: "Go Way From My Window" by "John Jacob Niles" I remember one time in college I was listening to John Jacob Niles one morning and my roommate stumbled out of his room: "Hey, you know what's really good for a hangover?" "No, what?" "NOT THIS."
	2:20pm arianne: Gorgeous. 💔💔💔💔
	2:22pm jessicaiscool: ↳ The Oscar @2:20 HAHHAHA lmao
	🎸 ♥ 2:24pm Hunterian: ↳ Song: "Dah-May-Yoo" by "Kaoru Hirose" Bureau B is a gold mine
	🎸 ♥ 2:25pm chris in the redwoods: the Kiosque of Arrows is conveniently located across the street from the Bodega of Bows
	2:27pm wimpy: This has been a very pleasant set, think I’ll have to hear the archive again later
	🎸 ♥ 2:28pm Handy Haversack: ↳ chris in the redwoods @2:25 But I find the staff there very annoying. They're so arch.
	🎸 ♥ 2:30pm chris in the redwoods: ↳ Handy Haversack @2:28 agreed, they seem strung out.
	🎸 ♥ 2:30pm Handy Haversack: ↳ chris in the redwoods @2:30 You can see them quiver!
	2:31pm prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile: right next to target
	♥ 2:37pm northguineahills: ↳ prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile @2:31 ever since i was a youthier lad, i would use the term, "fuzzmonkees" as a swear....
	2:42pm kuriousornj: ↳ Song: "akwaaba" by "Francis Bebey" King Crimson ??
	♥ 2:47pm maestroso: Really wonderful show Jessica! Thanks for brightening up the day.
	🎸 ♥ 2:49pm chris in the redwoods: thanks, Jessica!
	♥ 2:49pm Ike: Definitely hallucinations.
	2:51pm prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile: @ngh: well, we are touring with secret monkey weekend in august!
	♥ 2:55pm northguineahills: ↳ prof.fuzz in the fuZZZmobile @2:51 ha, as has been foretold!
	♥ 2:56pm northguineahills: thankuuus, jessica!
	2:56pm Erik in VT: ↳ Song: "Antilope" by "L'Empire des Sons" Awesome reissue of a great under appreciated French group/album originally from 1986? Perhaps adjacent to offshoots of the latter Etron Fou scene & the wonderful works of Roberto Musci & Gionvanni Venosta.
	3:00pm Erik in VT: Great show & thank uze ALL (as always & forever ♾️).
	🎸 ♥ 3:00pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Jessica!
	♥ 3:01pm paddy in matawan: whatta show!
	♥ 3:01pm Mark T: Thanks
	🎸 ♥ 3:11pm Bob Tankenstein: Thanks, Jessica!

Jessica: Playlist from May 9, 2025

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