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This Island Earth
Sunday February 12th, 2023 with Rob Bitschofsky
Mostly new releases

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Dream Another
Makaya McCraven - In These Times
Under
Brian Eno - My Squelchy Life
Underwater Love
Smoke City - Flying Away
Chez Roger Boité Funk
Troublemakers - Doubts and Convictions
Am Ta
United Freedom Collective - Am Ta - EP
Space Intention (feat. The Social Singing Choir)
United Freedom Collective - Space Intention - EP New
Auraveda
The Firemen - Rushes
Wordless Melody
Jaffa Road - Until When Canadian New
Arboretum - Thukral & Tagra
Midival Punditz, Gaurav Raina & Tapan Raj - Single New
Mixing Pot (Tacho)
Hermeto Pascoal - Slaves Mass
Existe Uma Voz
Rogê - Curyman New
Black Frequencies
Omar Sosa & Tiganá Santana - Iroko New
Bal D’âme (feat. Herbie Hancock)
Dhafer Youssef - Street of Minarets New
Sudra Funk (feat. Rakesh Chaurasia, Nguyên Lê, Marcus Miller, Adriano Tenorio DD & Vinnie Colaiuta)
Dhafer Youssef - Street of Minarets New
Ikai (Another World) Pt. 2
Toshi Tsuchitori, Spiral Arms & New Gamelan Ensemble - Ikai (Another World) - EP New
Safari
Ali Farka Touré - Voyageur New
Cherie (feat. Oumou Sangaré)
Ali Farka Touré - Voyageur New
Onughara
The Good Samaritans - No Food Without Taste If By Hunger New
Ekhueghamunu
The Good Samaritans - No Food Without Taste If By Hunger New
Ami Kolle / Salymane / Alassane
Abdoulaye Diallo - Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia New
Adji Kar Teri Miri
Ahl Nana - L'orchestre National Mauritanien New
Agreement
Baaba Maal - Being New
Yensoro
Kimi Djabaté - Dindin New
Prodigal Son
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection - Face to Face New
Intombi Ye Mbali
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection - Face to Face New
Push
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection - Face to Face New
Abantu Abangana Buso
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection - Face to Face New
Anastacia
Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection - Face to Face New
Interactive CKCU
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Greetings, Earthlings. I'm broadcasting live from the studio today in our pan-galactic fortress of solitude. As always, questions, comments and felicitations below, por favor!

1:13 PM, February 12th, 2023
Benoît
Oooh from the Fortress of Solitude (™ DC Comics, you miscreant!) Ooooh #2, DEAD AIR! ;-s)

1:33 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Okay, I maybe borrowed that from the man of steel, I admit. And yeah, sorry for the dreaded dead air. I'm having a great time in here, but I'm a little discombobulated today. Arrived later than usual and I'm still trying to get my groove back!

1:41 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
And speaking of discombobulated: This what you're hearing right now at 1:43 is The Firemen, not Jaffa Road. Messed up again!

1:44 PM, February 12th, 2023
Benoît
Dead air is dreaded by disc jockeys (radio hosts) and other associated radio people. For listening humans however, it's a reminder that this stuff is not computer-programmed. It makes us like it more, even if there may be a touch of laughing at the d.j. (Same with a mistake by an artist onstage: makes them all the more relatable, loveable.)

1:46 PM, February 12th, 2023
Benoît
Human-programmed radio beats genre streaming by a whole lot.

1:48 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Also, The Firemen features Youth, not Flood. Both 62-year-old monosyllabic British record producers, so you know, I got a little confused there. Seems to be the theme of my day.

1:51 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Completely agree, Benoît! Nothing like the human touch, although mine is particularly clumsy today.

1:53 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
And the dread of dead air is indeed real. When I started here, the world-famous Alnoor Allidina warned me I might get dead-air nightmares, and indeed I do. Each one is different, but in them all I'm trying to do the show but stuff breaks or obstacles keep me from getting the music on the air. I wake up in the proverbial cold sweat. Horrible.

1:55 PM, February 12th, 2023
B
"clumsy" shows to you, alone.

1:57 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Whew! Glad to hear that!

1:58 PM, February 12th, 2023
B
So dead air is, in matters nightmarish, the dj's "finding yourself naked in public with no obvious escape"... Funny how even the subconscious mind will be similarly afraid of Big Goofs, and will go there!

2:00 PM, February 12th, 2023
B
Edit of last sentence: Funny how even the subconscious mind (let alone the conscious one) will be similarly afraid of various Big Goofs, and will go there in dreams!

2:01 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Mine sure does!

2:01 PM, February 12th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
Hi Rob Just tuned in. I like this very dreamy music that’s playing now.

2:04 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Shelley Ann! Welcome, welcome. That was the Midival Pundits' new one. Kinda nice. Lots more to come for you and Clarice today.

2:10 PM, February 12th, 2023
Shubham
Great music

2:37 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Shubham! More to come!

2:38 PM, February 12th, 2023
Shelley and Clarice
This afternoon’s music……the dreamy bits are nice. The rowdy bits might send the cats hiding under the couch. It’s all good—that’s what I love about This Island Earth.

2:49 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Glad you're enjoying, SAM. Poor Clarice, though!

2:50 PM, February 12th, 2023
Shelley Ann Morris
She’s fine—she’s aback out having a lovely sun bath on the living room floor. Oh to be a cat!

3:00 PM, February 12th, 2023
Rob Bitschofsky (host)
My cat Oswald is likewise a fan of the sunbeams. But lately he's taken to a strange obsession with shadows and reflections. It's a little worrisome. Little Ozzy!

3:05 PM, February 12th, 2023