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Favoriting January 21, 2024: Ben Gross

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An hour of music, comedy, and spoken word focused on mental health
An hour of music, comedy, and spoken word focused on mental health
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An hour of music, comedy, and spoken word focused on mental health

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images Approx. start time
Hiroshi Yoshimura  Heart Land   Favoriting Wet Land  Eastworld  1993  Welcome to the waiting room, today's therapy will begin shortly 
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Ben Gross  Intro to Therapy   Favoriting        
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Aesop Rock  Shrunk   Favoriting The Impossible Kid  Rhymesayers  2016  Aesop Rock interview about his lifelong struggle with depression 
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Robert Ashley  Therapy (edit)   Favoriting Celestial Excursions  Lovely Music  2005   
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Maria Bamford  12 Step Cults (excerpt)   Favoriting Crowd-Pleaser  Comedy Dynamics  2023  Interview with Maria Bamford about creativity and mental illness 
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Wreckless Eric  Depression   Favoriting Le Beat Group Electrique (reissue)  Fire Records  2014   
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Spiritualized  Medication (radio edit)   Favoriting Medication EP  Dedicated  1992   
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Katie Lee With Ray Martin And His Orchestra  Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses   Favoriting Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses  RCA Victor  1960  WFMU blog post about Katie Lee 
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Music behind DJ:
Hiroshi Yoshimura 

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Ben interviews Ayya Soma of Empty Cloud Monastery
Ben Gross w/ Ayya Soma  Interview   Favoriting       Empty Cloud Monastery's website 
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Bill Callahan  When We Let Go   Favoriting Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest  Drag City  2019   
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Music behind DJ:
Hiroshi Yoshimura 

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Alice Coltrane  Pranadhana   Favoriting Turiya Sings  B.real  2015  Alice Coltrane profile about her spiritual awakening 
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Julia Holter  In the Green Wild   Favoriting Loud City Song  Domino  2015   
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Alan Watts / Fennesz Sakamoto  Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru   Favoriting       A mindfulness mash-up, mixed for today's show 
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Broadcast  Echo's Answer (Live)   Favoriting Black Sessions: Session No. 162    2000  Radio France Bootleg 
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Music behind DJ:
Hiroshi Yoshimura 

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Peter Blegvad  Crumb de la Crumb   Favoriting Downtime  ReR Megacorp  1988  Our hour of therapy is now coming to an end. Thank you for listening! 
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Ben from Newark:

Good afternoon everyone, thanks for tuning in! Today's show will be a group therapy session of sorts. I'll be sharing some of my own experiences on this topic during my mic breaks, and for those who are comfortable sharing, I'd love to hear your own stories on this topic in today's comments. Thank you!
Avatar 5:05pm
PerroCaliente:

BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN BEN I LOVE YOUUUUUU
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:05pm
Ike:

Sounds great!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Ben and all!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ Ike @5:05
thanks Ike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ PerroCaliente @5:05
Perro!!!! Thanks so much for tuning in, and for being my cheerleader!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:07pm
Scott_Oz:

G'day Ben & Rowers! Better Life Through Chemistry!
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💊
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:07pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

How you been, Ben?
  5:08pm
Emily P.:

Hi Ben! 👋🏼
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:07
doing well Ken, thanks for tuning in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ Emily P. @5:08
Emily!!! Thanks for listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Therapy (edit)" by "Robert Ashley"
Ashley FTW!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
brycepunk1:

I'm really digging this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Hey, Ben. Hey, row house.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @5:06
Hi Will! Thanks for tuning in
  5:11pm
Harry Corvair:

We’ll need more sessions to work this out.


Therapy (edit) by Robert Ashley (Celestial Excursions)
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K8:

Welcome, Ben! Thanks for curating tunes around mental health. Such an important topic that I feel like is mostly ignored (because we're all so fucking busy) or stigmatized (I don't know why...that stigma just seems...unproductive? Weird?). Anyway, glad you're making this happen...thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
Ben from Newark:

Thank you for the kind words K8, much appreciated! Also, I hope your show went well!. I understand Handy was helping on the prop front in the week before
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13pm
DanFA:

Maria Bamford is the stand-up equivalent of WFMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:14pm
robin:

the happiest song about being down!
Avatar 5:17pm
K8:

↳ Ben from Newark @5:12
Oh Lord, talk about stress on mental health! Producing plays with teenagers can be sooo stressful and rewarding at the same time. And yes, Handy had to do a props-buying run at some point...it was wild! But we got it done, the kids were stars, it all came together. Whew! Thanks so much for asking...
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slugluv1313:

hello, Ben! Everyone!

fixing food (so not at the comments full time!) -- but so grateful and happy that i can be here, listening with you all! 😺😺
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:18pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ K8 @5:17
Glad to hear! Now you can take a much-needed and well-deserved rest
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ K8 @5:17
woo-hoo! also, hey k8. so nice to see you on the boards today.
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K8:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:19
Hi Bryan! Good to see you too...I'm procrastinating doing my end-of-the-semester grading stuff. Slooowly doing work as I listen. Not quite to that post-production rest that I really need.
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slugluv1313:

↳ K8 @5:17
hi K8! that sounds fantastic!!!

(i have been so out of the proverbial loop -- just learning of this now 🙃🤯)

please say hello to Handy and all your critters for me 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:20pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses" by "Katie Lee Wit...
oh hell yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
Webhamster Henry:

I think there a few therapy-comedy records out there!
  5:21pm
olivia:

great show, Ben!
talk therapy / emdr therapy has helped me a lot in recent years, and i wish i had started a lot sooner.
but there’s also a lot of other activities I’ve been viewing as therapeutic for me as well ~ what kinds of stuff do u guys do that u find are therapeutic
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:23pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

What helps me from feeling overwhelmed and panicky is to keep a list of things that need to be done and celebrating when I knock off an item. Take and tackle an easy item and proceed to the harder ones once I'm on a roll.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:23pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ K8 @5:20
i'm a little in denial that i start back up tomorrow.
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K8:

↳ slugluv1313 @5:20
Hi slugluv! Of course...I'm sure Handy sends his regards back to you! Hope 2024 is treating you well...
  5:23pm
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Takes naps.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:23pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ olivia @5:21
you mean other than fmu (ha ha). exercise for sure.
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slugluv1313:

↳ PerroCaliente @5:05
hi DJ PC!! thanks for the reminder during yer show -- i may have missed out otherwise!
  5:24pm
wenzo:

Hi I’m Owen and I’m depressed! Lol… stories… idk…
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K8:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:23
I hear you...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:24pm
DanFA:

Ben Gross? More like Ben Delightful.
  5:24pm
Old Dave:

What?
  5:25pm
carl from providence:

thank you the insight
Avatar 5:26pm
slugluv1313:

↳ K8 @5:23
thank you, K8! so far, so good -- i hope 2024 is being good to you too!
  5:26pm
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Drink beer like 99.5% of WFMU listeners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:26pm
brycepunk1:

I've been loving all this odd music. Really identify with it. Disassociative, manic-depressive, alcoholic, fetishist, addict of all sorts... I really appreciated the Gary Gulman samples up front.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:26pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

remind me to tell the story sometime abt how i figured out that my therapist was also working with a very beloved-by-fmu musician. anyway, i had a really awesome therapist for 20 years, until he retired. i miss him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:28pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ brycepunk1 @5:26
thanks, really appreciate it! yeah, the great depresh really resonated with me
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K8:

Never had formal therapy, but I think I'm going to pursue that for the first time this year (after having a seizure and being diagnosed with Focal Epilepsy last month). Ends up dealing with that has been a lot. But beyond formal therapy, yeah, I love to do lists, like Ken. And exercise is hugely helpful for stress...I'm with you Bryan. I have a kind of crazy journaling practice that's too much to describe here, but yeah. Otherwise, making stuff...making music, writing, collage...god, I love collage. Making stuff helps me feel better.
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slugluv1313:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:23
agreed!
even before pandemic lockdowns, isolation -- WFMU -- and all you listeners out there too! -- has always been the best "therapy" -- keeping me grounded, even when everything is spinning way out of control
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:32pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ slugluv1313 @5:30
yes, i wasn't joking. keeping my head full of new music calms me. i also like k8 creativity hack. sometimes not being able to make what i'm supposed to make is the problem, but if i can find a sideway into it--writing about something else, making a playlist on a related topic, etc. -- something will free up a bit.
Avatar 5:33pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Interview" by "Ben Gross w/ Ayya Soma"
Feline Therapy! the best 😻😻
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:34pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "When We Let Go" by "Bill Callahan"
this album was so full of good songs, most of them overlooked. nice to hear this, ben.
  5:34pm
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Smoke endless amounts of pot and edibles like 99.5% of WFMU listeners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
DanFA:

Olivia, if you're reading this, I think you have your next hit with this show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
Ike:

↳ @5:34
I don't.

Not that there's anything wrong w/that. It all just makes me extremely anxious and paranoid. (No, your favorite strain doesn't work on me either.)
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K8:

Thanks so much, Ben! Would love to have you back with more! I have to bounce out into the cold night now...everyone have wonderfully calm and healthy Sunday evenings (whatever that might mean to you).
Avatar 5:38pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Pranadhana" by "Alice Coltrane"
Alice 💜💜💜
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slugluv1313:

↳ K8 @5:37
have a great night, K8 -- stay warm!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:41pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

really beautiful book i bought for someone i love who really struggles w/ depression. pretty packed w/ musicians and music writers etc. www.simonandschuster.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:42pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ K8 @5:37
Thanks for tuning in K8, and thank you so much for sharing your personal experiences regarding self-care. I agree, the act of creating is incredible therapy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:42pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:41
i kind of love everything brandon puts his fingerprints on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:43pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:42
Thank you for this. I also love Brandon Stousy's writing. Will definitely check this out!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:44pm
brycepunk1:

I've been journaling since 1996.. it's so odd to go back and read "What was doing today five years ago, fifteen years ago..?" It really does help me a lot. If just to keep track of when I learned things.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:44pm
robin:

one of the things that keeps things from sinking/tanking my existence is trying to always have something social to look forward to on my calendar. kind of replaces antidepressants if i can keep it rolling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:45pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A...
The return of Alan Watts!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:45pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Ben from Newark @5:43
his books on creativity are great too, as is the creative independent. i think he's super human, which gives the projects he works on a really sense of openness and authenticity. this is a great episode, ben. an hour isn't long enough.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:45pm
DanFA:

↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A...
So this is what Alan Watts sounds like. Where did you get this recording?
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slugluv1313:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:41
that looks amazing -- thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:48pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A...
i love the mindfulness mash-up. did you hear this a year or two ago, ben? if not it would be right up the alley of where you're going here. brianharnetty.bandcamp.com...
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slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Conversations with Myself (excerpt) / Haru" by "A...
omg Alan Watts -- thank you

(many years ago -- maybe pre-archive times? -- FMU used to broadcast an hour of Alan Watts talks once a week -- around 6pm, iirc?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:50pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @5:48
Thanks! I'm not familiar with this, will give it a listen
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:51pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Ben from Newark @5:50
pretty sure i heard it first on trouble's show. the whole thing is so soothing/rich.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:52pm
Ben from Newark:

↳ olivia @5:21
Thanks Olivia! And thank you for sharing your story. I was late to therapy as well, wish I found it sooner.
  5:53pm
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This therapist-listener is so pumped about this evening’s show! So cool. Thank you for the tunes tonight. One thing that helped with my sanity was joining a therapeutic support group for new moms led by a therapist. Man can that sleep deprivation have you spinning in new ways. A good, restful evening to everyone here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

A thing that helps me is to try to make things better. Picking up a piece of trash along the way or doing a kind thing for a stranger.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
brycepunk1:

I gotta go walk the dogs, but I have to say thank you for the music and thoughts. I love you all :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
robin:

maybe a wfmu hiking club is possible! hiking is one of my main antidepressants also. I go about 2-3 times a month, when lucky, more.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:56pm
Richy4619:

Tuned in late but dig the vibe /ᵔᴥᵔ\
  5:56pm
Christie:

Thanks for a great show!
  5:56pm
jimphis:

Me too. Looking forward to more of these shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:57pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

thanks again, ben. thanks, olivia. this was A+ radio. <3
  5:57pm
Listener Robert:

↳ slugluv1313 @5:50
I don't think of the Alan Watts lectures as PRE-archive; I think of them as NOTHING BUT archive!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:57pm
robin:

really enjoyed this! freeform plus great contemplation bits.
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slugluv1313:

↳ brycepunk1 @5:54
take care! you and the doggies, have a great night!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 5:57pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Ben, enjoyed the show
  5:59pm
Listener Robert:

I'm dealing here with my old friend Don's mental illness, from which there is no return: senile dementia.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Ben!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
Ben from Newark:

Thank you all for listening, for your comments, and for making this a great group therapy session. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to share this hour with you on FMU. Take care!
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slugluv1313:

all about Death Positivity:
www.orderofthegooddeath.com

Caitlin's youtube channel is informative, and so humourous
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slugluv1313:

thank you so much Ben! hope to hear you again soon 😺😺
  12:20pm
Zack:

Diagnosis: Great radio
  9:21pm
Bill:

You have a good radio voice!
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