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October 10, 2018: Requiem for a Dream
Tsarist- and Soviet-era sounds found in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
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Wed. 10/10/18 6:46pm
Michael 98145:
Добрый вечер | |
Wed. 10/10/18 6:56pm
tim abdellah:
Здравствуйте! Как дела, Гэри? | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:01pm
Gary:
Gang! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:01pm
chresti:
Bodega! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:02pm
Michael 98145:
looking forward to your discoveries. again. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:03pm
hyde:
how do we know this broadcast isn't sponsored by Russia Today? does Gary have an alibi for the Skripal poisonings? are there shadowy connections to banking oligarchs? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:04pm
Michael 98145:
one oligarch could float WFMU for ever. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:04pm
tim abdellah:
@hyde - LOL!!! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:05pm
northguineahills:
I only ate in Brighton Beach and visited gaudy Russian mobby clubs (my Russian friends thought I was crazy, but the kitsch is so over the top. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:06pm
Gary:
Tim! Michael! Hyde! Chresti! NGH! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:06pm
northguineahills:
I don't believe I've ever seen a happy Russian movie. The best "arty" ones makes one suicidal. Wait, I saw a decent Russian comedy in the 90s, can't remember the name. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:08pm
Michael 98145:
we recently re-watched Cronenberg's _Eastern Promises_ | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:09pm
hyde:
@Michael 98145 ooh, that's good stuff | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:13pm
Michael 98145:
I have a copy of "окно в Париж" (Window to Paris) but haven't watched it yet. (www.imdb.com...) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:16pm
Gary:
Have you all seen Requiem for a Dream? | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:18pm
hyde:
@Gary yes | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:18pm
tim abdellah:
@Gary - I have not. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:19pm
Gary:
@Tim -- Hyde and others may wish to qualify this, but to *me* ... it was pretty much the most viscerally depressing film I've ever seen. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:19pm
chresti:
Bring on the oligarchs! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:20pm
JakeGould:
Know where that is! Is the Black Sea Bookstore still open? Looks dead in the pic. FWIW, my first summer job ever (when I was 14) in the 1980s was at Mrs. Stahl’s knishes which would be about 10 to 20 steps to the right of this picture. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:20pm
Michael 98145:
If we have seen Requiem, i don't recall it -- and i love Jennifer Connelly ... | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:21pm
JakeGould:
More importantly, did Garry find the Trump pee tape. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:21pm
Gary:
@Jake -- yeah, it's dead -- took that pic on Friday (a rare day off for us) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:21pm
chresti:
I have not seen Requiem.. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:21pm
Michael 98145:
@JG, i think we learned that Black Sea is closed ... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:22pm
hyde:
@Gary i have mixed feelings about Aronofsky, but i like that one. it is kind of depressing, but it's not Ingmar Bergen! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:22pm
JakeGould:
Oy. Sad. They were the first Russian language bookstore in the neighborhood. Right across the street from where this pic was shot was this corner store/newsstand called “40 Thieves” and that was also the first place I played video games. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:23pm
hyde:
(of course i mean Bergman, d'oh) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:23pm
Gary:
Haha, I knew I'd be overrulled! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:23pm
Jeff Golick:
Let's get Slavic | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:24pm
Gary:
Whoa, that's amazing, Jake | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:24pm
Gary:
Jeff! Your Loft show was freaking inCREDible! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:24pm
JakeGould:
Darren Aronofsky is humorlessly depressing which is not what I find to be truly an Eastern European attitude. There is humor in the darkness… Unless you are Darren Aronofsky. That said, “Requiem for a Dream” is the only film ever to capture a unique bit of awkwardness growing up in Brighton Beach: Having to constantly walk past aging old Jewish yentas when you left your building. Holy crap did that stress me as a teen. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:25pm
floor dweller:
listening | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:25pm
Gary:
Here's that show: wfmu.org... | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:25pm
JakeGould:
Grew up there when the neighborhood was more of a “Lower East Side by the Sea” instead of the predominantly Russian neighborhood it is now. Got to see it transition! Awkward and sad. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:27pm
northguineahills:
Track suit, check. gaudy Russian Orthodox gold chains, check. Double eagle Romanov tat, check. improbably cheap cigarettes, check. vodka, check. Slav squatting commencing, check. ok, I'm ready for this show! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:27pm
hyde:
ohmigod, i missed that @Jeff Golick show. Never around on Sunday mornings of late. will rectify | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:28pm
Gary:
Floor dweller! Welcome! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:29pm
Jeff Golick:
THANKS, GARY! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:30pm
hyde:
also. i need that Loft Jazz book. i finally got the Val Wilmer free jazz book, that might be my next purchase for music reading | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:30pm
floor dweller:
happy to be here :) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:30pm
Gary:
It helped make my commute feel less like torture and more like a listening opportunity | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:31pm
hyde:
@ngh that's the whole package. try not to die young | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:33pm
Michael 98145:
whoa - looks like i need to check out this archive, thanks. www.wfmu.org... | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:34pm
Ike:
Nargis Cafe for the win! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:34pm
northguineahills:
Wow, this Viktor Tsoi is from '82!?? (new to me and digdug!) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:34pm
Gary:
Ike! and, NGH, no it was a tribute to Tsoi, not Tsoi himself -- at least, I don't *think* | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:35pm
Gary:
And speaking of Korean Russians, I ate here: www.yelp.com... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:36pm
Michael 98145:
i expect to have heard nearly none of tonight's music. yay! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:38pm
Michael 98145:
@Gary, wow. Far from the left coast, but sure sounds like a great place. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:40pm
hyde:
@Gary ooh, that looks good. when i had a business trip to Jersey City, I bookmarked this Korean-Russian place called Honey Bakery but didnt get there: www.honeybakerynyc.com | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:41pm
Doug Schulkind:
Hello Gary, Master of Ears! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:43pm
Jeff Golick:
How was Cafe at Your Mother-in-Law, @Gary? | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:43pm
Gary:
Comrade Schulkind! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:44pm
hyde:
@Doug yay, always good to see you! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:44pm
Gary:
I had an Uzbeki noodle soup that I would totally order again. Plust the bread. OMG, the bread | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:44pm
northguineahills:
There's a significant Korean minority Korean population Kazakhstan, due to Stalin deporting a huge Korean ethnicity fleeing to Russia from the atrocities of the Japanese. Actually they are all over the former USSR, mostly in Russia and Uzbekistan as well. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:45pm
Ike:
I’ve been to Cafe at Your Mother-in-Law! Not bad, but not as good as Nargis IMHO. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:46pm
Gary:
NGH, yes! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:46pm
Michael 98145:
i always thought of Koreans as the Slavs of Asia -- because of them being overrun ... and their sensibilities, i suppose. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 7:46pm
Gary:
I need to try Nargis | |
Wed. 10/10/18 7:49pm
JakeGould:
HotTip™: If you want to see some of the most depressed holiday workers on Earth on Thanksgiving, head over to Brighton Beach. The stores that are open—mostly the Turkish shops—are staffed by Uyghur's and holy crap do they scowl on that day. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:01pm
chresti:
the order you back announce is more intuitive | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:01pm
hyde:
that describes a real dj, pal | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:03pm
chresti:
Michael 98145- me too! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:04pm
chresti:
more "ethnic" | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:05pm
βrian:
How To Scowl — a course in non-violent dissuasion. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:06pm
glenn:
turn that smile upside down. or something. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:06pm
northguineahills:
Ok, leaving work, hear ya at home! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:08pm
JakeGould:
@Brian: It really is. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:12pm
JakeGould:
@Gary: So do you go to that record shop that is on Brighton 2nd Street? On the corner across from Saint Petersburg records and gifts and all that? | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:13pm
Ike:
There’s a Nargis location in Park Slope now, so that’s convenient. Though it doesn’t have the TVs playing ridiculous Russian music videos, so you lose some of the proper atmosphere. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:17pm
chresti:
or.."country" | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:17pm
JakeGould:
And I know there is also that corner shop on 5th Street where I’ve seen burned CD-Rs being burned on demand. What a country! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:17pm
Gary:
Jake, yes! Most of this is from there ... RCB Video, yes? | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:17pm
Gary:
Brian and Glenn ... welcome! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:19pm
JakeGould:
@Gary: Cool! Saint Petersburg books used to be the neighborhood toy store, “Youth World.” This guy who had family in the neighborhood back then took this cool shot of the space in the pre-Russian days. gothamist.com... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:20pm
Gary:
Holy Shit! Those are amazing photos | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:22pm
JakeGould:
They are! Also notice a toy store for kids also sold tons of folding chairs to the old people in the neighborhood so they could sit in front of buildings and judge the young people with their fun toys. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:22pm
chresti:
those are great @jake. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:23pm
Gary:
Haha ... get off of my gum-pocked sidewalk! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:25pm
JakeGould:
@Gary: One time I was walking down the street with stiff legs as a kid as a fun joke for myself and some old guy just shouted, “BEND YOUR KNEES!” | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:26pm
hyde:
@jake those are great | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:26pm
Michael 98145:
thank you again. must rejoin you all in archive-time. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:28pm
Doug Schulkind:
Hy there, hyde! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:28pm
Gary:
Night, Michael! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:33pm
northguineahills:
back! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:37pm
Gary:
GOD I FUCKING HATE SOCIAL MEDIA | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:37pm
Gary:
Sorry; just had to get that off my chest | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:37pm
chresti:
Is there a band called "the Comrades" | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:38pm
chresti:
(?) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:43pm
chresti:
I keep thinking of The Lawrence Welk show during Disco Club- 15 (B) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:44pm
Gary:
There has *got* to be a The Comrades band | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:45pm
chresti:
has to be | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:48pm
floor dweller:
<3 | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:51pm
Gary:
This dude is the Nick Drake of the CCCP | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:51pm
Dean:
GOD I FUCKING HATE THE INTERNET, AND THE PRINTING PRESS, AND CARS Pitched in, 'cuz I think I had to defer last week...? | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:54pm
chresti:
Ha ha Dean | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:54pm
Dean:
One of the things about the internet I hate is the pretense that new is better. The new pop-up, for example, has much lower volume than the former one. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:54pm
Gary:
Haha ... HI DEAN!!!!! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:55pm
Gary:
Dean, can't you listen to the 128k? (I'm guessing the answer is no) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:55pm
Gary:
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS PLEDGE!!! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:55pm
chresti:
I am not familiar with Nick Drake | |
Wed. 10/10/18 8:57pm
Dean:
Not on a Chromebook, or at least not on my 5 1/2 year old Chromebook. I really am skeptical of the value/impact of the printing press. I think we have enough experience by now to recognize that many people are not interested in reading. Why, then, should they? This, from a librarian. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:57pm
chresti:
food above chin! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:58pm
Gary:
OMG, Chreti -- you gotta go do some Nick Drake googlin | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 8:59pm
chresti:
What it sounded like he was saying... | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:01pm
northguineahills:
Batshlachev, new to me! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:02pm
Gary:
After this track, we're going to dive into a 30-minute set of EXTREMELY DEPRESSING MUSIC from the tsarist / early revolutionary era ... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:02pm
Gary:
Lots to say about Bashlachev ... will see how much I remember at the break | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:04pm
chresti:
I mean, I've seen his name and all- just have not heard any of his music, to my knowledge | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:06pm
northguineahills:
You should play some Иван Павлов (CoH). A mainstay at Raster-Noton Records, his output is on the more minimal side of Pan Sonic. Probably my favorite contemporary Russian electronic musician. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:07pm
chresti:
I was wondering how undercover some of the artists were | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:10pm
chresti:
Most of this is new to me-except Egor, I think | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:11pm
chresti:
I might be confusing Egor with Igor | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:12pm
Dean:
franken-STEEN | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:13pm
Gary:
I have something by CoH, actually, NGH, but it falls past the timeline of tonight's show | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:16pm
hydethis is so depressing that i wish i had a sab:
this is so depressing that i wish i had a sable to skin | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:17pm
northguineahills:
there is no sable, no potato, just a dry crust of bread and antifreeze. Such is life in Rusiya. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:18pm
Gary:
That is depressing | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:19pm
Dean:
I got yer depressing. Pop-up now reads, "Service temporarily unavailable." Being an optimist, I take that to mean, "Service temporarily available," too. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:19pm
Gary:
Sadness! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:20pm
northguineahills:
The only people who are more depressed then Russians are the Finns (and they have it rather good) (Greenlanders also neck and neck there w depression). | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:22pm
coelacanth∅:
Happy Wednesday Everyone!! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:23pm
Gary:
Happy? Stick around a bit, coelacanth∅ ... :) | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:24pm
hydethis is so depressing that i wish i had a sab:
there is no happiness | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:25pm
hydethis is so depressing that i wish i had a sab:
whoa, what did i do to my user name? haha, there is happiness | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:25pm
coelacanth∅:
i don't need help being depressed, thank you | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:25pm
northguineahills:
we must accept Depression Wednesdays, it's for our own morale and happiness. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:25pm
Gary:
:( | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:26pm
Dean:
hump day | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:26pm
hyde:
*this post is just to clear that all out* coff coff hack | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:26pm
coelacanth∅:
Dean, if only... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:27pm
Garythis is so depressing that i wish i had a sab:
What? | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:28pm
hyde:
@Gary oh no | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:30pm
northguineahills:
Remember, our glorious leaders of the Russian Soviet have declared that happiness is mandatory, so let your informers, errr.... neighbors, see those pearly whites, errrr... gums.... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:30pm
Gary:
Hey all you Krazy Kidz ... right after this show? Larry Grogan will TESTIFY! (starting at 10 PM-ish), with an episode promising "The Sound of God": wfmu.org... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:31pm
hyde:
it's all salt mines all the way down | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:31pm
Funky16corners:
Gary! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:31pm
Dean Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, cu diam moderati:
Unknown sewing machine | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:32pm
chresti:
Wallow that piano! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:32pm
Gary:
Larry! Tell us about the Sound of God! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:33pm
Funky16corners:
Any chance of Mischa Auer singing ‘O Chechornya’? | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:33pm
∅mycarissodepressingiwishihadmyoldgirlfriendssaab:
maybe i'm happy i don't know what he's saying ...so - happy! | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:34pm
Funky16corners:
Gary - The sounds of all kinds of musicians attempting to address the divine, many sincerely, others maybe not... | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:34pm
chresti:
this is so sad I'm laughing | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:36pm
chresti:
I was sad before now I laugh | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:37pm
northguineahills:
salt mines, I wish, my extended family was sent to the dirt mines, to provide dirt and bones for the salt mines. The bonus, we got two handfuls of dirt if we filled quota, such joyous time! I cry w/ happiness of such memories I make tears. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:38pm
chresti:
that's why they're so morose! They're sots! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:38pm
Funky16Corners:
Oddly enough TCM was showing Dr Zhivago tonight, filled with icy, Siberian austerity. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:39pm
northguineahills:
now, no tears, must conserve tears for baby detka. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:41pm
chresti:
nyet yet | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:42pm
hyde:
i wish i had a saab | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:42pm
chresti:
yet! yet! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:43pm
coelacanth∅:
and oddly dr. zhivago came up in conversation a few days ago, in my non-fmu life. i saw it on tv i was maybe 8? and it was probably the first drama movie i liked, and the first movie i appreciated for the acting and the scenery. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:43pm
Funky16Corners:
I'm a huge David Lean fan, so I will always stop to watch it. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:45pm
hyde:
@coel cool movie. nicholas roeg shot some of that | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:47pm
Gary:
Whoa, he did? | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:47pm
Dean:
I do not like film. The medium variously bores and upsets me. I'll never get the attraction. | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:48pm
Gary:
Haha | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:51pm
hyde:
snicker | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:54pm
tim abdellah вау эта песня эпична.:
Wow, this track is epic - good call! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:55pm
Gary:
Tim! I love love love love love this band, and yes, this track in particular ... lemme know if you want me to send along some tracks | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:56pm
chresti:
I've never seen Dr, Zhivago | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:56pm
coelacanth∅:
i did a "photoshoot" with a woman from siberia (pronounced see-beer-e-uh) and when i said we're going to do some b/w she said no. i didn't understand but she explained that that's all they had in siberia. fortunately she relented and those are by far the best shots. | |
Wed. 10/10/18 9:57pm
northguineahills:
Thanks, Gary, wonderful, amazing show. dobroy nochi! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:57pm
hyde:
thanks Gary! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 9:59pm
chresti:
I love Lawrence of Arabia-I saw it on tv | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 10:00pm
Doug Schulkind:
Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Thanks, Gary! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 10:00pm
coelacanth∅:
Thanks Gary! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 10:00pm
chresti:
Thanks Gary | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 10:00pm
Gary:
Night, everyone -- thank you so much for hanging out! | |
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Wed. 10/10/18 10:01pm
chresti:
funtime! | |
Fri. 10/19/18 3:36pm
Marie:
Fabuloso, Gary! Thanks! I love Brighton Beach, the beach (have yet to explore the neighborhood--I want to go some cold evening and eat at a Russian restaurant), and also really liked the movie "Requiem for a Dream"--was just telling a friend about it | |
Fri. 10/19/18 4:38pm
Marie:
So much really beautiful music. "Eternal Spring" is amazink. Thanks again Gary. | |
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