Recherché Thu Apr 9 with Readie Righteous on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Welcome all!!!!

Yeah Readie! Paid up here!

WPRB, so important!

Yeah. Spending money it does not have!

Hiya Bike R!

Sunn O!

yep -new stuff from them!

Hey Readie! so it's Trillions ....

sums up my feelings right about now

Yes, Alan - amd BIG cuts to NASA promised! 🤯

Readie: People throw around numbers, so I did a short calculation, checked it twice, of what a Trillion Dollars actually would look like. If you line up dollar bills end to end, they would stretch from planet Earth, to....The Far Side of the Sun!!! Or put Million Dollar bills end to end for 100 miles.

privatizing space exploration

wow Alan! amazing! thanks for that visual!!! blows my mind

Right on! A trillion for what?

20% cut to NASA human exploration, 50% cut to NASA Science..

Trouble is you need science to do exploration..among other things...

bombs, weapons, AI for the military- one and a half trillion for the military

so true, Alan - science spending decimated in the plan

What are you worried about? No need for evidence!

🤔

But remember, AI will not always act as expected. I put a question to Google AI about finding the song that has the phrase "What's Going On"and it gave me two correct answers. Just for the hell of it I replied back "Thank You AI" and it came back with every song that had "Thank you" in it!!! ( I was expecting the reply "You are Welcome")

Alan- you can get ChatGPT to "converse" with you like that. What were you using- do you remember the name of the product?

Readie: Just the Google site

AI may very well prove to be too unpredictable for serious military use..

Artificial intelligence is like artificial sweeteners. Much better to have the real thing

Yeah - the "free" version of ChatGPT and others can be more "conversational". A friend of mine invests in the paid version and gave it a name and a personality, and she tells it how to respond when she doesn't like the reply- teaching it to be her true companion... wild

Ai instead of human Launch Officers for Nuclear Weapons??????

Beware of "Confirmation Bias" !!!

hiya thomas - well said!! 😁 - aspartame is especially horrendous!

@Alan- yeah, there's no end to the idiocy!

so you have to trust the "teachers" of this "technology"

The People's Army of 2033!!!!!!!!

HG Wells wrote a book about this in 1914....

Don’t know if we can make it 7 more years

WPRB! Donate!

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people full of doubts." From Monty Python's "Stupidity Explained"..

"The War That Will End War"

@thomas - it will take all our strength!!!!

It will take all our money! donate to wprb!

Let’s hope mid terms will put a check back into the balance

The membership drive starts on Monday, y'all! FUN COMIN"!!

@thomas- I wrote emails to my senators and representative, because it takes the political will!!!

yes, @thomas hatch!

and yes! we still have the VOTE!!!

Hi Readie! 🌼 Hi all!

DebbieWebby! super to see you!!

🌺🌺🌺

I just got big "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar vibes from this De Dannan song.

Which for me is a good thing.

Nice, Mike! love that! and still in season...

Dolores Keane's voice is so powerful

Orthodox Easter this Sunday!

Where have all the flowers gone?

Hi Readie! R.I.P. Delores💚

REEEEEAAADDIIEEE!!! The Barge ROCKS In The Waves of YOUR Radio Love!!!

@thomas- one of the first songs I ever learned on the guitar...that's going back!

Hey Bo Hughes!!! More Dolores coming!!

Hiya JimboNotKing!

Yeah New Eves! They are so good -- like the Raincoats but crossed with rural English folk gloom. Their album from last year was a serious fave.

@thomas- a Pete Seeger masterpiece- where have all the flowers gone...

Did you see the recent study of how no one knows how old Whales live to be. They think that there are whales alive today that were alive during the times of whaling??

Yeah, Mike- "The New Eve is Rising " rules!!https://theneweves.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-eve-is-rising

Here's the new single: https://theneweves.bandcamp.com/album/red-brick-whale-station

@Jimbo - I didn't see that - amazing - they are beautiful creatures!

Delores Keane does a version of where have all the flowers gone if you can play it that would be sweet

yes I will try to get it on thomas!

Now we are in the times of Wailing for Whales

once again, Jimbo...comin' around again - crises for the whales redux!

Hi Readie and everyone

Hey there Rob from MD!

How's your weather?

Stopping by, swooping by really, sad to learn that Delores Keane has passed. De Dannan was my fave Irish trad/folk band back when I was listening to Britfolk :-(

@Jimbo NotKing -- do you recall, was this a study relating to the Bowhead whale?

Hi Readie!

@Rob- it wasn't widely publicized - I found out very recently!

Hey Amy Lee!!

We are going to place aquatic speakers deep in the ocean and play all the Recherche shows to nourish the Whale's souls

@Readie, weather is sunny and calm, and warmer than yesterday. How is it up your way?

@Jimbo- sweet thought! I'm verklempt! 😌

@Readie, I see the date she passed in wikipedia. I wonder why it wasn't publicized. *Goes to check on Martin Carthy*

It just hit 53 degrees here in Princeton- the sun is blazing- and it has fantastic warmth!

Phew, Mr. Carthy is still with us

Yeah, Rob, the main stream media here is not helpful when it comes to a broader survey of the global arts scene

It's about 58 in my neck of the woods. I just turned on the station though I am about to go back out, I like this Arielle Soucy!

glad you like this, Rob - new one- enjoy your jaunt!

This Arielle Soucy is captivating

here it is thomas! Tommy firrst, then Dolores!

Very nice

here's a link, Amy Lee. https://ariellesoucy.bandcamp.com/album/passages

pipes are beautiful

triple shot of Cochemea to celebrate his gig in Frenchtown this weekend!

Sounds like a good time

@thomas-I'm looking forward to it!

My guess is that he will have the Dap-Kings rhythm section on stage with him...

Maybe I will see you there

cool- wear your WPRB swag and I'll find you

I’ll be the one dancing like everyone else

yep - same!

YES! Thank you Readie!!

Great photo!

Splashdown Friday about 8:30 PM EDT

Of course, Alan! and I love the way Christina let her Freak flag fly while floating in weightlessness! long curly hair rules!

She looks like one helluva busy woman in that photo...

Ikr? Must be a blast up there too!

...and you thought you had a lot of gadgets to fiddle with at the barge LOL!

@Alan- 🤣 yeah, like riding a bike 🤣

the only parallel is operating the master console of an IBM 370-168 mainframe in the olden times! That was a gas.

I''ll bet!!

no zero gravity though

adds an element of difficulty, I imagine!

I'm getting Bowie Let's Dance vibez rn

Readie: Have to leave the chat to run some important errands, but keepin' the FM locked to WPRB. Take care & bcnu!

Hey, Readie and fellow chatters. Sorry to hear you’ve reverted to some wintry weather. Groundskeepers are out on the golf course getting ready for opening, so I’m cautiously optimistic we’re heading towards spring!

Thanks, Alan! keep it locked!! Have a great week! See you later!

Great news, Jeffry! You never know what you're gonna get these days! Tomorrow should hit 70 here so there's that!

Sorry I’m a little behind the chat. Whales aren’t the only ones threatened by climate change. Melting ice in the arctic is threatening the emporer penguins. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

thanks for that update, Jeffry - yes it's affecting so many species!!

Caledonia! Great song!

yes, thomas! Dolores makes it her own!!

Speaking of Climate Change, I've been writing about Eunice Foote during your show (as is often the case). Its been getting some reviews from some pro-editors! I am still unpublished - so this is big news!

Caledonia is the ancestral name for Scotland

@Jimbo - great news! congrats! AWESOME! 😃 👏👏

@thomas! I confess I did notknow it! thanks!!

Good luck Jimbo

Looking forward to reading the book when it drops!

Hearing Emmylou always makes my heart sing

Sweet, Amy Lee!

Thank you all! If this long-form article can get out to the world this summer - we can start promoting World climate Day 8 = Aug 23. The day Eunice Foote's science was presented = The Day The World First Knew! Been celebrating it in Phoenixville PA for years now! (Right in the middle of Hurricane season!)

Thanks for being here, friends! See you next week for the Membership Drive! 🥰

(*not to take anything away from Dolores Keane)

Awesome, Jimbo! all the best to you!

I hear you, Amy Lee- and Mary Black too! beautiful blend!

Thanks Readie. You are a Hero to Whales and Penguins everywhere!

Love y'all! 🥰🥰

Andy next -! keep it locked!

See you soon!

12:02 PM		Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Marriott, Lane, McLagan, Jones Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Immediate Records 1968
12:10 PM		Sergeant A Pile of Dumbstruck Faces Watching the Universe Function Without Them N Symbols 2026 On Stroom.TV (Belgium) https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/symbols
12:10 PM		sunn O))) Does Anyone Hear Like Venom? sunn O))) N sunn O))) Sub Pop Records 2026
12:17 PM		Ora Cogan The Smoke Ora Cogan N Hard Hearted Woman Sacred Bones Records 2026
12:21 PM		El Significado de Las Flores Fulgor (feat. Javiera Electra) N Fulgor - Single El Significado de Las Flores 2026
12:25 PM		Shabaka Those Of The Sky Shabaka N Of The Earth Shabaka Records 2026
12:30 PM		pôt-pot WRSW (Demo) Hyden N Warsaw 480km (Deluxe Edition) felte 2026 Our fave Irish/Portuguese quintet with a new release of demos & lo-fi
12:35 PM		Carsie Blanton & The Burning Hell The War to End All Wars Carsie Blanton L N Everything is Great Head Bitch Music 2026 Philadelphia's own Carsie Blanton
12:38 PM		De Dannan All The Fine Young Men Eric Bogle Ballroom 1987
12:42 PM		Dolores Keane The Island Paul Brady Lion In a Cage 1989 RIP Dolores Keane 1953 - 2026
12:46 PM		Set Break: Whales endangered anew Gray whales are dying at an astounding rate due to global warming & Arctic ice melt
12:59 PM		The New Eves Whale Station The New Eves Red Brick / Whale Station - Single Transgressive Records 2025
1:05 PM		GUM Outrider GUM N Blue Gum Way p(doom) 2026
1:08 PM		Marlon Craft Analog Man (feat. Sly5th Ave) Craft, Havoc, Sly5th Ave N The Internet Killed The Neighborhood 2026
1:13 PM		Arlo Parks Heaven Parks, Baird, Martinez N Ambiguous Desire 2026
1:17 PM		Dagmar Zuniga LN60: Jupiter opposite Jupiter Dagmar Zuniga N in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music AD 93 2026
1:20 PM		Arielle Soucy Pattern Arielle Soucy N Passages Bonbonbon 2026
1:26 PM		Dolores Keane Where Have All the Flowers Gone Pete Seeger R A Woman's Heart - A Decade On
1:31 PM		Antonio Carlos e Jocafi, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad Canarin Da Alemanha Antonio Carlos e Jocafi N Antonio Carlos & Jocafi JID026 Jazz Is Dead 2026
1:36 PM		Cochemea Dilo B. Wolfe N Dilo - Single Daptone 2026 Cochemea, longtime saxophonist for the Dap Kings, plays Art Yard in Frenchtown 11 April (Sat.) https://cochemea.bandcamp.com/album/dilo
1:38 PM		Cochemea Curandera Cochemea Vol. 2: Baca Sewa Daptone Records 2021
1:42 PM		Cochemea Otros Mundos Cochemea Vol III: Ancestros Futuros DAPTONE RECORDS 2025
1:47 PM		Jeff Bruner Reggae Foes (A Flying Saucer Came Down & Burnt My Baby's Neck- 1978) Jeff Bruner N Four Corners 2026
1:51 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:03 PM		Death Valley Girls Sisters of the Moon Stevie Nicks R Sisters of the Moon b/w Fire and Brimstone - Single Suicide Squeeze Records 2025 Mission Specialist Christina Koch - 1st woman on a lunar mission- Artemis II
2:09 PM		Bending Backwards I See You From Here Bending Backwards N I See You From Here - Single Nikolaj Bruus T/A Pink Cotton Candy (a sole proprietorship) 2026
2:15 PM		Brigitte Calls Me Baby Slumber Party Brigitte Calls Me Baby N Irreversible ATO Records 2026
2:19 PM		Sergeant My Tongue Pronouncing Words Without Consenting to Their Utterance N Symbols 2026
2:23 PM		Ricky J Colors Of Love (Club Mix) Ricky J N Colors Of Love (Club Mix) - Single Numero Group 2026
2:29 PM		Set Break: RIP Dolores Keane "the soul of Ireland" Dolores Keane 1953 - 2026
2:31 PM		De Danann Rambling Irishman Trad. De Danann 1975
2:35 PM		Dolores Keane Caledonia Dougie McLean A Woman's Heart V/A 1992
2:40 PM		John Prine & Dolores Keane In a Town This Size (feat. Dolores Keane) Kieran Kane In Spite Of Ourselves V/A Oh Boy Records 1999
2:43 PM		Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane, Mary Black Sonny Ron Hynes single 1991
2:47 PM		Dolores Keane Galway Bay Arthur Colahan Sail Óg Rua 1983
2:54 PM		The JB's When You Feel It, Grunt If You Can (Medley) These Are The JB's King Records 1971

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