WFMU: Continental Subway with David Dichelle: Playlist from January 28, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Webhamster Henry: This Python routine is an oldie but goodie!
	3:02pm monkeyz: this is why i only ride this train, the wonderful spam!
	♥ 3:02pm Webhamster Henry: The Internet term "Spam" literally comes from that routine.
	♥ 3:02pm Phillippe Bastille: Good afternoon!
	♥ 3:02pm Webhamster Henry: Also: the computer language Python is named after them.
	♥ 3:03pm David Dichelle: Hey Henry, Monkeyz, PB - fresh spam for everyone today.
	♥ 3:04pm Yvang: Hi! I am not worried at all about tonight show.
	🚂 ♥ 3:04pm chris: it is a silly language, WH. hi, David and folks.
	3:04pm Carmichael: Heya David and Jones lovers.
	3:04pm chresti - LA: Hello!
	3:04pm monkeyz: ill have mine with eggs please!
	♥ 3:05pm Phillippe Bastille: I saw turkey Spam in a store a while back. Freakin' abomination
	3:05pm βrian: Why, I haven't heard this in days!
	♥ 3:06pm David Dichelle: Greetings Yvang, Chris, Carmichael, Chresti, βrian!
	3:07pm monkeyz: oh my i was totally oblivious terry jones died recently. these songs saved a-many a days of mine.
	3:07pm bɿɒiniɒc: Hi David and fellow riders
	♥ 3:08pm David Dichelle: Hi bɿɒiniɒc!
	♥ 3:08pm doctorjazz: Hi folks.
	♥ 3:09pm Stanley: Sperm
	3:11pm βrian: I love the tone of that clarinet.
	3:12pm Listening Out There: Glad to hear the Terry Jones...
	♥ 3:17pm Sem: Hello, David, and all aboard.
	♥ 3:17pm David Dichelle: Hello DocJ, Stanley, LOT, Sem!
	3:22pm Dean: A Tony McManus track would fit well with this set.
	♥ 3:27pm David Dichelle: Hey Dean, staying in Brittany for one more track - then Roud 34.
	♥ 3:27pm Stanley: Digging this Rai
	♥ 3:29pm Stanley: Now I'm confused!
	♥ 3:31pm Phillippe Bastille: Damn. 7.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Jamaica, Tsunami warnings issued.
	♥ 3:32pm Sem: Surf's up!
	♥ 3:34pm Yvang: EDF is also the french main power provider.
	3:36pm βrian: That flora!
	♥ 3:41pm David Dichelle: Yvang: I knew I recognized those letters from somewhere. For some reason we have a deck of cards with the EDF logo on them at home.
	3:44pm northguineahills: Knew that was Martin Carthy from the first utterance...
	♥ 3:45pm David Dichelle: Hey NGH, yes he is quite distinct.
	♥ 3:48pm David Dichelle: PB: Yikes, just read your last comment now.
	3:49pm Carmichael: Whoa David, you're hitting all the great artist in one set!
	♥ 3:50pm David Dichelle: Carmichael, this Roud series is indeed a good excuse to explore the repertoires of a few great ones.
	♥ 4:00pm Stanley: A guinea is/was one pound and one shilling
	♥ 4:06pm David Dichelle: Decimalization really did away with a few gems - or coins, I suppose.
	♥ 4:08pm Stanley: Guineas had pretty much died out before then, David. I got a shilling a week pocket money when I was a kid.
	♥ 4:10pm David Dichelle: Well at least got to use one-pound notes during my first visit to the UK.
	4:11pm northguineahills: Wow, Stanley (since the pound got decimalized in '71....). My first visit was '93.
	♥ 4:11pm Stanley: I'm surprised there are still 1 dollar notes in the US
	♥ 4:13pm Sem: Stanley, I understand there was a dollar coin minted but it didn't catch on?
	4:14pm northguineahills: We have and still have dollar coins, but considering I only use cash at cash-only bars, I haven't seen one since NYC.
	4:15pm βrian: They're still around but just not used so much. I own more loonies than I do US dollar coins.
	♥ 4:16pm Stanley: Hi Sem. I've been boning up on tipping etiquette in NYC, ahead of my upcoming first visit. Seems a minefield. I suppose those dollar notes are good for that though.
	4:16pm βrian: Heh, I'd never heard of a cash-only bar before I moved to WI.
	♥ 4:17pm Sem: I am led to believe they are popular in strip bars.
	♥ 4:17pm David Dichelle: I used to get lots of dollar coins from train ticket machines. Once someone refused to take it and thought it was fake.
	♥ 4:19pm Sem: Looking into the mysteries of the PATH train, and the pleasures of Newark Penn Station myself...
	4:19pm northguineahills: @Stanley (dollar notes): that blow isn't going to snort itself (am I doing this right?)
	♥ 4:20pm Sem: heh, ngh.
	4:21pm redkayak: Good evening all! Checking in late - sorry I missed the Terry Jones tribute....
	♥ 4:21pm David Dichelle: Ahoy Redkayak!
	♥ 4:22pm David Dichelle: Speaking of coins, it was announced today that the 1 and 2-cent euro coins may soon be taken out of circulation.
	4:22pm still b/p: We periodically have it explained to us why dollar coins are more durable and advantageous, and we either just yawn or more directly resist introduction efforts. It's like Charlie Brown's teacher advising us to adopt the sensible money form..."Bwah-wah-waw Bwap-bwep-bwup-bwahhh!"
	4:22pm redkayak: @David - Ahoy, captain!
	4:22pm βrian: How often are euro cents used?
	4:23pm redkayak: @still b/p - it defies imagination that we don't have dollar coins - in use- in the US....
	♥ 4:25pm Stanley: ngh- at these cash only bars, what is the usual tip per drink? I don't want to hand over a dollar to find it wasn't enough.
	♥ 4:27pm coelacanth∅: greetings David and highly mobile freedom fighters of the subterrain
	♥ 4:28pm David Dichelle: Salutations, Coel!
	♥ 4:28pm David Dichelle: And still b/p!
	4:29pm northguineahills: @Stanley: No matter the cost/drink, be it $3 or $14, I tip $1/drink.
	4:31pm northguineahills: (If I'm flush[that was a forever ago], and the >$10 drink was really good and the bartender was cool, I might drop $2 every other one)
	♥ 4:31pm David Dichelle: βrian: All the time, unfortunately, holding up many a cashier line. And cash continues to be used a lot more in Germany than many other places.
	♥ 4:33pm Webhamster Henry: This Grace Chang was on one of Ken's Marathon Premiums. It's a doozy!
	♥ 4:33pm Stanley: ngh - I hear you. I suppose it's a different game if you run up a tab and you get a bill with tax etc.
	♥ 4:36pm David Dichelle: Henry, sounds like my kind of premium!
	♥ 4:36pm Webhamster Henry: They round everything physical to .05CAD in Canada. "On March 29, 2012, the Canadian government announced that the 1¢ coin would be retired.[1] The Royal Canadian Mint stopped producing 1¢ coins in May 2012, and in February 2013 the Bank of Canada stopped distributing them, but the coins remain legal tender. Cash transactions are rounded to the nearest 5¢, while non-cash transactions (using cheques, credit cards, or debit cards) will continue to be rounded to the nearest 1¢."
	4:36pm βrian: What about paper checks? A lot of places no longer accept them in the US.
	♥ 4:36pm David Dichelle: I haven't seen a paper check here since the 1990s.
	♥ 4:37pm Webhamster Henry: There was a recent kerfluffle about no-cash stores that were forced to accept cash.
	♥ 4:37pm coelacanth∅: i go to a cash-only bar, but there's an atm in the corner. $1. for beer, a shot or a barely over regulation neat; $2. for a decent mix drink or 3 if it's a double that's really more than a triple. (unless the bartender's an asshole but there are no asshole bartenders working there presently. asshole people maybe, but decent bartenders)
	♥ 4:37pm Webhamster Henry: Happy Year of the Rat, BTW.
	4:39pm βrian: There's a movement in the US, too, to require cash transactions to be an option in retail establishments. Amazon, naturally, wants to go cashless.
	4:39pm northguineahills: I used paper checks for my last landlord until he finally got Zelle...
	♥ 4:39pm David Dichelle: Indeed, happy lunar new year one and all! I thought about doing rat songs, but...
	4:40pm northguineahills: a 7.7 earthquake just recorded b/tn Cuba and Jamaica. No reports of damage yet... People in Miami felt it...
	🚂 ♥ 4:40pm dutchtheo: Ni hao, checkin in
	♥ 4:41pm Stanley: Thanks coelacanth. I think I'll go with that.
	♥ 4:41pm coelacanth∅: i agree, all businesses open to the public should be required by law to accept cash; conversely, any business that wants to have a minimum for a credit card purchase should be allowed to. (it's currently illegal)
	4:41pm βrian: I expect they'll had the coronavirus to the lunar zodiac, no?
	♥ 4:42pm David Dichelle: Good evening, Dutchtheo!
	4:44pm βrian: Minimum purchase requirements are allowed in the US, from what I know. And I think it was finally made legal to permit surcharges for credit transactions, but I'm not positive.
	♥ 4:52pm coelacanth∅: last i knew there was either a law against requiring a minimum purchase; or the credit card companies were allowed to make the call, which always was no minimum obviously -since it's in their best interest. (even though it fucks over the small businesses) maybe that's changed, not keeping track. i know businesses that have a minimum and i respect that; but i've been in there when a customer gave them a hard time about it.
	♥ 4:52pm Sem: Always amazed at cover versions. Thank you, DD.
	♥ 4:53pm David Dichelle: Thanks Sem, my pleasure!
	♥ 4:55pm Sem: ...especially from those formative 60s years.
	4:56pm still b/p: The Sandie Shaw verse vocal is kinda easy and noddy, but the chorus'll getcha outa bed quick!
	4:57pm chresti - LA: Shrill chorus
	4:57pm βrian: I'd gladly pay a small surcharge to cover merchant costs rather than having to have cash on hand.
	♥ 5:04pm coelacanth∅: not me! but i do think the business owner should have that right.
	♥ 5:07pm David Dichelle: There are still many establishments here that are cash-only, and only some with signs indicating it beforehand.
	♥ 5:11pm coelacanth∅: i'm never not okay with Eno
	♥ 5:12pm David Dichelle: With Robert Fripp here.
	♥ 5:13pm Phillippe Bastille: The first place I recall refusing cash was a SCAN furniture store around us. One of their employees was murdered in a botched robbery and from that point forward you could only use a check or credit card. This was 25 years ago or so I think. Unheard of at the time.
	♥ 5:15pm doctorjazz: Nice Eno album, pop-like, even.
	♥ 5:16pm David Dichelle: Sweden is close to being entirely cash-free at this point, or so I've heard.
	♥ 5:17pm David Dichelle: Doctorjazz, yes, although some wilder tracks on it as well.
	♥ 5:21pm Phillippe Bastille: I hope the U.S. doesn't go all cash too soon. I've been sitting on that D. B. Cooper money for a couple decades now, getting to be time to start spending it...
	♥ 5:25pm Phillippe Bastille: cash-free I shoulda said... that makes more sense
	♥ 5:30pm David Dichelle: Makes cents to me!
	🚂 ♥ 5:33pm chris: Femmes! woot!
	5:34pm northguineahills: Violent Femmes, reminds me of senior year of HS and freshman year in uni who saw w/ my best friend at the time (she introduced me to music, and was my French Horn section leader).
	5:35pm northguineahills: Then after her BA, she joined the USOC cult, and cut ties w/ all non-believers, a weird twist me and my friends never saw coming....
	5:37pm melinda: Hi volks
	🚂 ♥ 5:39pm chris: saw the Femmes live a few times. their Add it Up tour show in SF (late 90's?) is still one of the most fun shows I've attended. looks like they're touring again soon, too.
	5:41pm melinda: I made a conscious effort to use dollar coins for a while but gave up. Still like using cash though.
	♥ 5:43pm David Dichelle: Hello Melinda!
	♥ 5:44pm David Dichelle: NGH: That sort of thing is always very hard to understand. And that's not the US Olympic Committee, I gather.
	5:48pm melinda: What is USOC?
	5:51pm northguineahills: whoops UCOC, United Church of Christ (If memory serves).
	5:52pm northguineahills: When I saw the Femmes, it was '94.
	5:52pm northguineahills: Although the US Olympic Committee can be rather draconian....
	♥ 5:54pm David Dichelle: NGH: Could it have been the Moonies (Unification Church)?
	5:55pm melinda: United Church of Christ is mainline Protestant, I believe.
	🚂 ♥ 6:00pm chris: thanks, David. hopping off here. ciao, tutti!
	♥ 6:01pm Phillippe Bastille: Thanks David. Wife is under the weather so I inherited stove duties tonight. Catchya next week
	♥ 6:01pm David Dichelle: Thanks, Chris and Phillippe, take care!
	6:02pm chresti - LA: Very nice!
	♥ 6:02pm ParUbi: The United Church of Christ is pretty progressive. The collaborate with the Unitarians a lot.
	6:04pm northguineahills: it's one of the church of christs out there, and I remember one of my students in grad school trying to get me to join. Oh, it's the ICOC, International Church of Christ (yes, Gainesiville was where its modern incarnation started, go figure, Florida man strikes again....
	♥ 6:06pm ParUbi: Oh, they're way on the other side of that spectrum. That makes sense.
	♥ 6:08pm David Dichelle: Hey ParUbi, yes I believe the Jeremiah Wright church is also UCC.
	6:09pm northguineahills: Sort of like the differences b/tn the Presbyterian Churches, PCA & PCUSA.
	♥ 6:10pm doctorjazz: Heading out, thanks, David!
	♥ 6:11pm David Dichelle: Thank you, Doctor J, have a great evening!
	6:12pm melinda: @ParUbi that’s what I thought, they collaborated on a comprehensive sex/relationship ed program for youth.
	6:13pm melinda: I find it fascinating that there are so many different Christian denominations in the US.
	♥ 6:13pm ParUbi: @melinda That's right. And @David, that's Obama's church, right?
	♥ 6:15pm David Dichelle: ParUbi, yes exactly.
	♥ 6:17pm David Dichelle: Melinda, not so many over here, but also not very many churchgoers to begin with, especially here in the East.
	6:22pm melinda: I think separating church and state means that people don’t associate church with state and therefore don’t become disillusioned and drift away, as they have in some European countries. At least that’s one theory I’ve heard. Also the country was founded on a tradition of breaking off and starting your own thing, so it makes sense that there would be all these splinterings.
	6:25pm βrian: Whew, I missed my stop on the way home. Back to subway, now.
	6:27pm chresti - LA: America founded on splinters.
	♥ 6:29pm David Dichelle: Hope it wasn't too much of a hassle, ßrian, welcome back in any case.
	6:31pm βrian: Nah, it was an "aventure," as six-year-old says.
	6:37pm βrian: Heard on the radio that London Calling is now 40 years old. Dear me.
	♥ 6:39pm coelacanth∅: internet's giving me a hard time here, and i've been working; but before the show's over i want to once again compliment your playlist image. (one of yours as usual, i presume)
	♥ 6:39pm David Dichelle: Children are great linguistic innovators - I wouldn't be surprised if that is where many language changes start.
	♥ 6:41pm David Dichelle: Thanks, Coel, yes I took that picture just a few hours ago, in fact. The rather grand entrance to a park just outside Leipzig. And sorry about your Internet.
	6:42pm βrian: I'm really amazed not only by the vocab she picks up, but the seemingly thoughtful intonation and timing of her delivery. (She likes to give advice, BTW.)
	🚂 ♥ 6:45pm Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): …hopping aboard this cyber subway, howdy, David and the rest of you riders one and all!
	♥ 6:47pm David Dichelle: Cybergreetings, GST!
	6:47pm Martinibomb: hullo David!
	♥ 6:48pm David Dichelle: βrian: She does sound amazing, enjoy those special years! (Well they're all special, I suppose.)
	♥ 6:48pm David Dichelle: Hey there Martinibomb!
	♥ 6:48pm coelacanth∅: 40 years ago i was sadly disappointed when i heard the newest album from one of my favorite bands, the clash... but suddenly those in our circle and extended circle where more open to "punk rock", so i guess it served an important function. ...there are some good songs on it. the arrangements aren't very inspired, like what came before.
	6:52pm monkeyz: time for some hayhitting, thanks for the ride!
	6:52pm Martinibomb: Ah man just catching the end
	♥ 6:53pm coelacanth∅: the end of the line! Thanks David!
	6:53pm βrian: The Clash is what got me ready for my second daily shifty of waiting tables. Fourteen-hour days didn't seem so bad with their help.
	6:53pm chresti - LA: Thanks David!
	6:55pm βrian: (Meaning the first album.)
	♥ 6:55pm coelacanth∅: "punk" was good for that! i remember going to apply for a job and feeling my usual "why would they hire me?" but listening to the sexpistols (who i didn't even like all that much) and going there like they'd be fools to not hire me. they hired me!
	6:57pm βrian: Thanks, David. I'm off to the kitchen to slave away.
	6:58pm spodiodi: thanks, David
	♥ 6:58pm coelacanth∅: i still love the first clash album
	♥ 6:58pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for the ride!
	♥ 7:00pm David Dichelle: Thanks, everyone, have a great week!

Continental Subway with David Dichelle: Playlist from January 28, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Continental Subway	Intro "Intro" by "Continental Subway"
Terry Jones (1 February 1942 – 21 January 2020)
Monty Python	I'm So Worried "I'm So Worried" by "Monty Python"	Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album	1980		0:01:12 (Pop-up)
Monty Python	Every Sperm Is Sacred	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	1983		0:04:47 (Pop-up)
Monty Python	Never Be Rude To An Arab	Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album	1980		0:09:18 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Quadro Nuevo	Die Reise nach Batumi	Grand Voyage	2012		0:10:19 (Pop-up)
Jim Moray	Hind Etin "Hind Etin" by "Jim Moray"	Skulk	2012	Roud 33: “Hind Etin”	0:16:13 (Pop-up)
Trio EDF	Chaman où es-tu ? "Chaman où es-tu ?" by "Trio EDF"	Route 66	2014		0:20:33 (Pop-up)
Startijenn	Gasbah el-TaQa "Gasbah el-TaQa" by "Startijenn"	El-TaQa	2014		0:24:43 (Pop-up)
Los Holy's	El Gran Chaparral / Show Me		1967		0:31:17 (Pop-up)
Roud 34: The Broomfield Hill / The Broomfield Wager / A Wager, a Wager
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior	A Wager, a Wager	Folk Songs of Old England, Volume 1	1968		0:38:07 (Pop-up)
Martin Carthy	Broomfield Hill "Broomfield Hill" by "Martin Carthy"	Martin Carthy	1965		0:40:39 (Pop-up)
June Tabor	The Broomfield Wager "The Broomfield Wager" by "June Tabor"	At the Wood's Heart	2005		0:43:27 (Pop-up)
The Albion Band	Broomfield Hill "Broomfield Hill" by "The Albion Band"	Stella Maris	1987		0:47:40 (Pop-up)
Malinky	The Broomfield Hill "The Broomfield Hill" by "Malinky"	Flower & Iron	2008		0:51:30 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Los Orientales de Paramonga	La Carcocha		1970		0:55:31 (Pop-up)
Thérèse Allah (- January 19, 2020) "Thérèse Allah (- January 19, 2020)"
Allah Thérèse & N'Goran-la-loi	Ma Houa Ba	He foun' vô sran	2012		1:03:00 (Pop-up)
Allah Thérèse & N'Goran-la-loi	Essoun mô	He foun' vô sran	2012		1:10:52 (Pop-up)
Allah Thérèse	Anouman gadagali "Anouman gadagali" by "Allah Thérèse"	Domi	2001		1:16:01 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Tartan Amoebas	Reggaelypso "Reggaelypso" by "Tartan Amoebas"		1997		1:22:38 (Pop-up)
Lara & The Trailers	Love Potion Number Nine		1967		1:27:13 (Pop-up)
The Quests	Hur Pi Tzu Shau Hsiang	The 33rd Revolution	1967		1:29:41 (Pop-up)
Grace Chang	Wǒ yào nǐ de ài (I want your love)		1957	葛蘭 (葛兰) / 我要你的愛	1:32:17 (Pop-up)
Pei Pei Tung	Dì èr chūn "Dì èr chūn" by "Pei Pei Tung"	Flame of Love Soundtrack	1956	董佩佩 / 第二春 / 戀之火 (恋之火)	1:34:55 (Pop-up)
Zhang Lu	Yíngchūn huā "Yíngchūn huā" by "Zhang Lu"		1951	張露 / 迎春花	1:37:35 (Pop-up)
Lily Chao	Picking Tea Leaves and Catching Butterflies	Chinese Folk Songs	1968	趙曉君 / 採茶捕蝶	1:40:34 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Los Robbin’s	Copán Galel "Copán Galel" by "Los Robbin’s"		1968		1:43:03 (Pop-up)
The Boys Next Door	These Boots are Made for Walking		1978		1:48:34 (Pop-up)
The Creation	Like a Rolling Stone	We are Paintermen	1967		1:51:06 (Pop-up)
Sandie Shaw	Einmal glücklich sein wie die andern		1965		1:54:01 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Max Greger & Orchester	Soul Breeze		1970		1:56:38 (Pop-up)
Albino!	Democracy "Democracy" by "Albino!"	Rhino	2007		2:02:38 (Pop-up)
Brian Eno	I'll Come Running "I'll Come Running" by "Brian Eno"	Another Green World	1982		2:10:22 (Pop-up)
Stone the Crows	Freedom Road "Freedom Road" by "Stone the Crows"	The BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1969-1970	1970/2014		2:14:00 (Pop-up)
Teenage Radio Stars	Learned One "Learned One" by "Teenage Radio Stars"	Lethal Weapons	1978		2:24:23 (Pop-up)
The Survivors	Mr. Record Man "Mr. Record Man" by "The Survivors"		1978		2:26:40 (Pop-up)
Allah-Las	Catamaran "Catamaran" by "Allah-Las"	Allah-Las	2012		2:29:16 (Pop-up)
Violent Femmes	Promise "Promise" by "Violent Femmes"	Violent Femmes	1983		2:32:42 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Count Basie and His Orchestra	Jumpin' at the Woodside		1938		2:35:29 (Pop-up)
Luis de Pablo at 90 (28 January 1930) "Luis de Pablo at 90 (28 January 1930)"
Paolo Carlini	Luis de Pablo: Per fagotto	Bassoon Works	2013	I. Soledad / II. Rafaga / III. Cuartel / IV. "Ez" (Composed in 2011)	2:41:38 (Pop-up)
Camilo Irizo	Luis de Pablo: Oculto	Un diálogo cordial	2017	(1978)	2:53:01 (Pop-up)
Joven Orquesta Nacional de España, José Luis Temes	Luis de Pablo: Vielleicht	Fiesta I · Vielleicht · Fiesta II	2014	(1975)	3:00:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Violents	Moonlight Walk "Moonlight Walk" by "The Violents"		1961		3:20:34 (Pop-up)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Au Privave	Live At Bubba's Jazz Restaurant	1980		3:27:17 (Pop-up)
Oscar Peterson Trio	Au Privave "Au Privave" by "Oscar Peterson Trio"	Nigerian Marketplace	1981		3:33:13 (Pop-up)
Omer Klein	Shir Avoda "Shir Avoda" by "Omer Klein"	Rockets On The Balcony	2010		3:39:53 (Pop-up)
Jacqui McShee's Pentangle	The Broomfield Wager	Feoffees' Lands	2005		3:44:08 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Duke Ellington	Take the "A" Train		1941/1962		3:51:51 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Webhamster Henry: This Python routine is an oldie but goodie!
	3:02pm monkeyz: this is why i only ride this train, the wonderful spam!
	♥ 3:02pm Webhamster Henry: The Internet term "Spam" literally comes from that routine.
	♥ 3:02pm Phillippe Bastille: Good afternoon!
	♥ 3:02pm Webhamster Henry: Also: the computer language Python is named after them.
	♥ 3:03pm David Dichelle: Hey Henry, Monkeyz, PB - fresh spam for everyone today.
	♥ 3:04pm Yvang: Hi! I am not worried at all about tonight show.
	🚂 ♥ 3:04pm chris: it is a silly language, WH. hi, David and folks.
	3:04pm Carmichael: Heya David and Jones lovers.
	3:04pm chresti - LA: Hello!
	3:04pm monkeyz: ill have mine with eggs please!
	♥ 3:05pm Phillippe Bastille: I saw turkey Spam in a store a while back. Freakin' abomination
	3:05pm βrian: Why, I haven't heard this in days!
	♥ 3:06pm David Dichelle: Greetings Yvang, Chris, Carmichael, Chresti, βrian!
	3:07pm monkeyz: oh my i was totally oblivious terry jones died recently. these songs saved a-many a days of mine.
	3:07pm bɿɒiniɒc: Hi David and fellow riders
	♥ 3:08pm David Dichelle: Hi bɿɒiniɒc!
	♥ 3:08pm doctorjazz: Hi folks.
	♥ 3:09pm Stanley: Sperm
	3:11pm βrian: I love the tone of that clarinet.
	3:12pm Listening Out There: Glad to hear the Terry Jones...
	♥ 3:17pm Sem: Hello, David, and all aboard.
	♥ 3:17pm David Dichelle: Hello DocJ, Stanley, LOT, Sem!
	3:22pm Dean: A Tony McManus track would fit well with this set.
	♥ 3:27pm David Dichelle: Hey Dean, staying in Brittany for one more track - then Roud 34.
	♥ 3:27pm Stanley: Digging this Rai
	♥ 3:29pm Stanley: Now I'm confused!
	♥ 3:31pm Phillippe Bastille: Damn. 7.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Jamaica, Tsunami warnings issued.
	♥ 3:32pm Sem: Surf's up!
	♥ 3:34pm Yvang: EDF is also the french main power provider.
	3:36pm βrian: That flora!
	♥ 3:41pm David Dichelle: Yvang: I knew I recognized those letters from somewhere. For some reason we have a deck of cards with the EDF logo on them at home.
	3:44pm northguineahills: Knew that was Martin Carthy from the first utterance...
	♥ 3:45pm David Dichelle: Hey NGH, yes he is quite distinct.
	♥ 3:48pm David Dichelle: PB: Yikes, just read your last comment now.
	3:49pm Carmichael: Whoa David, you're hitting all the great artist in one set!
	♥ 3:50pm David Dichelle: Carmichael, this Roud series is indeed a good excuse to explore the repertoires of a few great ones.
	♥ 4:00pm Stanley: A guinea is/was one pound and one shilling
	♥ 4:06pm David Dichelle: Decimalization really did away with a few gems - or coins, I suppose.
	♥ 4:08pm Stanley: Guineas had pretty much died out before then, David. I got a shilling a week pocket money when I was a kid.
	♥ 4:10pm David Dichelle: Well at least got to use one-pound notes during my first visit to the UK.
	4:11pm northguineahills: Wow, Stanley (since the pound got decimalized in '71....). My first visit was '93.
	♥ 4:11pm Stanley: I'm surprised there are still 1 dollar notes in the US
	♥ 4:13pm Sem: Stanley, I understand there was a dollar coin minted but it didn't catch on?
	4:14pm northguineahills: We have and still have dollar coins, but considering I only use cash at cash-only bars, I haven't seen one since NYC.
	4:15pm βrian: They're still around but just not used so much. I own more loonies than I do US dollar coins.
	♥ 4:16pm Stanley: Hi Sem. I've been boning up on tipping etiquette in NYC, ahead of my upcoming first visit. Seems a minefield. I suppose those dollar notes are good for that though.
	4:16pm βrian: Heh, I'd never heard of a cash-only bar before I moved to WI.
	♥ 4:17pm Sem: I am led to believe they are popular in strip bars.
	♥ 4:17pm David Dichelle: I used to get lots of dollar coins from train ticket machines. Once someone refused to take it and thought it was fake.
	♥ 4:19pm Sem: Looking into the mysteries of the PATH train, and the pleasures of Newark Penn Station myself...
	4:19pm northguineahills: @Stanley (dollar notes): that blow isn't going to snort itself (am I doing this right?)
	♥ 4:20pm Sem: heh, ngh.
	4:21pm redkayak: Good evening all! Checking in late - sorry I missed the Terry Jones tribute....
	♥ 4:21pm David Dichelle: Ahoy Redkayak!
	♥ 4:22pm David Dichelle: Speaking of coins, it was announced today that the 1 and 2-cent euro coins may soon be taken out of circulation.
	4:22pm still b/p: We periodically have it explained to us why dollar coins are more durable and advantageous, and we either just yawn or more directly resist introduction efforts. It's like Charlie Brown's teacher advising us to adopt the sensible money form..."Bwah-wah-waw Bwap-bwep-bwup-bwahhh!"
	4:22pm redkayak: @David - Ahoy, captain!
	4:22pm βrian: How often are euro cents used?
	4:23pm redkayak: @still b/p - it defies imagination that we don't have dollar coins - in use- in the US....
	♥ 4:25pm Stanley: ngh- at these cash only bars, what is the usual tip per drink? I don't want to hand over a dollar to find it wasn't enough.
	♥ 4:27pm coelacanth∅: greetings David and highly mobile freedom fighters of the subterrain
	♥ 4:28pm David Dichelle: Salutations, Coel!
	♥ 4:28pm David Dichelle: And still b/p!
	4:29pm northguineahills: @Stanley: No matter the cost/drink, be it $3 or $14, I tip $1/drink.
	4:31pm northguineahills: (If I'm flush[that was a forever ago], and the >$10 drink was really good and the bartender was cool, I might drop $2 every other one)
	♥ 4:31pm David Dichelle: βrian: All the time, unfortunately, holding up many a cashier line. And cash continues to be used a lot more in Germany than many other places.
	♥ 4:33pm Webhamster Henry: This Grace Chang was on one of Ken's Marathon Premiums. It's a doozy!
	♥ 4:33pm Stanley: ngh - I hear you. I suppose it's a different game if you run up a tab and you get a bill with tax etc.
	♥ 4:36pm David Dichelle: Henry, sounds like my kind of premium!
	♥ 4:36pm Webhamster Henry: They round everything physical to .05CAD in Canada. "On March 29, 2012, the Canadian government announced that the 1¢ coin would be retired.[1] The Royal Canadian Mint stopped producing 1¢ coins in May 2012, and in February 2013 the Bank of Canada stopped distributing them, but the coins remain legal tender. Cash transactions are rounded to the nearest 5¢, while non-cash transactions (using cheques, credit cards, or debit cards) will continue to be rounded to the nearest 1¢."
	4:36pm βrian: What about paper checks? A lot of places no longer accept them in the US.
	♥ 4:36pm David Dichelle: I haven't seen a paper check here since the 1990s.
	♥ 4:37pm Webhamster Henry: There was a recent kerfluffle about no-cash stores that were forced to accept cash.
	♥ 4:37pm coelacanth∅: i go to a cash-only bar, but there's an atm in the corner. $1. for beer, a shot or a barely over regulation neat; $2. for a decent mix drink or 3 if it's a double that's really more than a triple. (unless the bartender's an asshole but there are no asshole bartenders working there presently. asshole people maybe, but decent bartenders)
	♥ 4:37pm Webhamster Henry: Happy Year of the Rat, BTW.
	4:39pm βrian: There's a movement in the US, too, to require cash transactions to be an option in retail establishments. Amazon, naturally, wants to go cashless.
	4:39pm northguineahills: I used paper checks for my last landlord until he finally got Zelle...
	♥ 4:39pm David Dichelle: Indeed, happy lunar new year one and all! I thought about doing rat songs, but...
	4:40pm northguineahills: a 7.7 earthquake just recorded b/tn Cuba and Jamaica. No reports of damage yet... People in Miami felt it...
	🚂 ♥ 4:40pm dutchtheo: Ni hao, checkin in
	♥ 4:41pm Stanley: Thanks coelacanth. I think I'll go with that.
	♥ 4:41pm coelacanth∅: i agree, all businesses open to the public should be required by law to accept cash; conversely, any business that wants to have a minimum for a credit card purchase should be allowed to. (it's currently illegal)
	4:41pm βrian: I expect they'll had the coronavirus to the lunar zodiac, no?
	♥ 4:42pm David Dichelle: Good evening, Dutchtheo!
	4:44pm βrian: Minimum purchase requirements are allowed in the US, from what I know. And I think it was finally made legal to permit surcharges for credit transactions, but I'm not positive.
	♥ 4:52pm coelacanth∅: last i knew there was either a law against requiring a minimum purchase; or the credit card companies were allowed to make the call, which always was no minimum obviously -since it's in their best interest. (even though it fucks over the small businesses) maybe that's changed, not keeping track. i know businesses that have a minimum and i respect that; but i've been in there when a customer gave them a hard time about it.
	♥ 4:52pm Sem: Always amazed at cover versions. Thank you, DD.
	♥ 4:53pm David Dichelle: Thanks Sem, my pleasure!
	♥ 4:55pm Sem: ...especially from those formative 60s years.
	4:56pm still b/p: The Sandie Shaw verse vocal is kinda easy and noddy, but the chorus'll getcha outa bed quick!
	4:57pm chresti - LA: Shrill chorus
	4:57pm βrian: I'd gladly pay a small surcharge to cover merchant costs rather than having to have cash on hand.
	♥ 5:04pm coelacanth∅: not me! but i do think the business owner should have that right.
	♥ 5:07pm David Dichelle: There are still many establishments here that are cash-only, and only some with signs indicating it beforehand.
	♥ 5:11pm coelacanth∅: i'm never not okay with Eno
	♥ 5:12pm David Dichelle: With Robert Fripp here.
	♥ 5:13pm Phillippe Bastille: The first place I recall refusing cash was a SCAN furniture store around us. One of their employees was murdered in a botched robbery and from that point forward you could only use a check or credit card. This was 25 years ago or so I think. Unheard of at the time.
	♥ 5:15pm doctorjazz: Nice Eno album, pop-like, even.
	♥ 5:16pm David Dichelle: Sweden is close to being entirely cash-free at this point, or so I've heard.
	♥ 5:17pm David Dichelle: Doctorjazz, yes, although some wilder tracks on it as well.
	♥ 5:21pm Phillippe Bastille: I hope the U.S. doesn't go all cash too soon. I've been sitting on that D. B. Cooper money for a couple decades now, getting to be time to start spending it...
	♥ 5:25pm Phillippe Bastille: cash-free I shoulda said... that makes more sense
	♥ 5:30pm David Dichelle: Makes cents to me!
	🚂 ♥ 5:33pm chris: Femmes! woot!
	5:34pm northguineahills: Violent Femmes, reminds me of senior year of HS and freshman year in uni who saw w/ my best friend at the time (she introduced me to music, and was my French Horn section leader).
	5:35pm northguineahills: Then after her BA, she joined the USOC cult, and cut ties w/ all non-believers, a weird twist me and my friends never saw coming....
	5:37pm melinda: Hi volks
	🚂 ♥ 5:39pm chris: saw the Femmes live a few times. their Add it Up tour show in SF (late 90's?) is still one of the most fun shows I've attended. looks like they're touring again soon, too.
	5:41pm melinda: I made a conscious effort to use dollar coins for a while but gave up. Still like using cash though.
	♥ 5:43pm David Dichelle: Hello Melinda!
	♥ 5:44pm David Dichelle: NGH: That sort of thing is always very hard to understand. And that's not the US Olympic Committee, I gather.
	5:48pm melinda: What is USOC?
	5:51pm northguineahills: whoops UCOC, United Church of Christ (If memory serves).
	5:52pm northguineahills: When I saw the Femmes, it was '94.
	5:52pm northguineahills: Although the US Olympic Committee can be rather draconian....
	♥ 5:54pm David Dichelle: NGH: Could it have been the Moonies (Unification Church)?
	5:55pm melinda: United Church of Christ is mainline Protestant, I believe.
	🚂 ♥ 6:00pm chris: thanks, David. hopping off here. ciao, tutti!
	♥ 6:01pm Phillippe Bastille: Thanks David. Wife is under the weather so I inherited stove duties tonight. Catchya next week
	♥ 6:01pm David Dichelle: Thanks, Chris and Phillippe, take care!
	6:02pm chresti - LA: Very nice!
	♥ 6:02pm ParUbi: The United Church of Christ is pretty progressive. The collaborate with the Unitarians a lot.
	6:04pm northguineahills: it's one of the church of christs out there, and I remember one of my students in grad school trying to get me to join. Oh, it's the ICOC, International Church of Christ (yes, Gainesiville was where its modern incarnation started, go figure, Florida man strikes again....
	♥ 6:06pm ParUbi: Oh, they're way on the other side of that spectrum. That makes sense.
	♥ 6:08pm David Dichelle: Hey ParUbi, yes I believe the Jeremiah Wright church is also UCC.
	6:09pm northguineahills: Sort of like the differences b/tn the Presbyterian Churches, PCA & PCUSA.
	♥ 6:10pm doctorjazz: Heading out, thanks, David!
	♥ 6:11pm David Dichelle: Thank you, Doctor J, have a great evening!
	6:12pm melinda: @ParUbi that’s what I thought, they collaborated on a comprehensive sex/relationship ed program for youth.
	6:13pm melinda: I find it fascinating that there are so many different Christian denominations in the US.
	♥ 6:13pm ParUbi: @melinda That's right. And @David, that's Obama's church, right?
	♥ 6:15pm David Dichelle: ParUbi, yes exactly.
	♥ 6:17pm David Dichelle: Melinda, not so many over here, but also not very many churchgoers to begin with, especially here in the East.
	6:22pm melinda: I think separating church and state means that people don’t associate church with state and therefore don’t become disillusioned and drift away, as they have in some European countries. At least that’s one theory I’ve heard. Also the country was founded on a tradition of breaking off and starting your own thing, so it makes sense that there would be all these splinterings.
	6:25pm βrian: Whew, I missed my stop on the way home. Back to subway, now.
	6:27pm chresti - LA: America founded on splinters.
	♥ 6:29pm David Dichelle: Hope it wasn't too much of a hassle, ßrian, welcome back in any case.
	6:31pm βrian: Nah, it was an "aventure," as six-year-old says.
	6:37pm βrian: Heard on the radio that London Calling is now 40 years old. Dear me.
	♥ 6:39pm coelacanth∅: internet's giving me a hard time here, and i've been working; but before the show's over i want to once again compliment your playlist image. (one of yours as usual, i presume)
	♥ 6:39pm David Dichelle: Children are great linguistic innovators - I wouldn't be surprised if that is where many language changes start.
	♥ 6:41pm David Dichelle: Thanks, Coel, yes I took that picture just a few hours ago, in fact. The rather grand entrance to a park just outside Leipzig. And sorry about your Internet.
	6:42pm βrian: I'm really amazed not only by the vocab she picks up, but the seemingly thoughtful intonation and timing of her delivery. (She likes to give advice, BTW.)
	🚂 ♥ 6:45pm Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): …hopping aboard this cyber subway, howdy, David and the rest of you riders one and all!
	♥ 6:47pm David Dichelle: Cybergreetings, GST!
	6:47pm Martinibomb: hullo David!
	♥ 6:48pm David Dichelle: βrian: She does sound amazing, enjoy those special years! (Well they're all special, I suppose.)
	♥ 6:48pm David Dichelle: Hey there Martinibomb!
	♥ 6:48pm coelacanth∅: 40 years ago i was sadly disappointed when i heard the newest album from one of my favorite bands, the clash... but suddenly those in our circle and extended circle where more open to "punk rock", so i guess it served an important function. ...there are some good songs on it. the arrangements aren't very inspired, like what came before.
	6:52pm monkeyz: time for some hayhitting, thanks for the ride!
	6:52pm Martinibomb: Ah man just catching the end
	♥ 6:53pm coelacanth∅: the end of the line! Thanks David!
	6:53pm βrian: The Clash is what got me ready for my second daily shifty of waiting tables. Fourteen-hour days didn't seem so bad with their help.
	6:53pm chresti - LA: Thanks David!
	6:55pm βrian: (Meaning the first album.)
	♥ 6:55pm coelacanth∅: "punk" was good for that! i remember going to apply for a job and feeling my usual "why would they hire me?" but listening to the sexpistols (who i didn't even like all that much) and going there like they'd be fools to not hire me. they hired me!
	6:57pm βrian: Thanks, David. I'm off to the kitchen to slave away.
	6:58pm spodiodi: thanks, David
	♥ 6:58pm coelacanth∅: i still love the first clash album
	♥ 6:58pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for the ride!
	♥ 7:00pm David Dichelle: Thanks, everyone, have a great week!

Continental Subway with David Dichelle: Playlist from January 28, 2020

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