TSP Saturday February 28, 2009 / Bosphorus Blow-Out Jet Lag Edition...

Listener comments!

6:22pm slugluv1313:

hi Rob!!!!!!!! i gotta run back to (thankfully EMPTY) laundromat (hey this IS Hoboken on a Saturday night hahahaha!!!!!) BUT i am leaving yer show on for *feline enjoyment* !!!

6:23pm Dursun Sakarya:

WTF!!! can't get away from this stuff
Thank Allah for TRT3, they only play nonTurkish misic.

6:24pm Your DJ:

I have to say slugluv that our cats seem a little ambivalent to my show and FMU in general - but maybe yours are more cultured...

6:27pm Your DJ:

But Dursun, the singer is Canadian!

6:29pm Dursun Sakarya:

oh that her
my sister told me about her. she's more Turkish than Turks.

6:38pm Your DJ:

That's right, Brenna spent about ten years in Istanbul - though she's back in Toronto now - and has sung with quite a number of groups and artists in different styles. I just got back from Turkey myself, that's why I'm a little obsessed but I understand your feelings - after all I'm Jewish and I don't always want to hear Klezmer! But we won't be all-Turkish tonight; I'll be playing other stuff too.

6:47pm Dursun Sakarya:

the stuff you're playing is HUGELY better than the pop crap I hear on TV & radio.
recommendation: Desert Dreams of Light: music from the Silk Road.

6:56pm Your DJ:

Thanks Dursun!

7:01pm Scott:

The World's best world music show. Rob, you're some kind of genius.
This is what the marketing people call "appointment listening".

7:03pm Your DJ:

Why gee thanks Scott!

7:20pm julian:

just tuned in. seems like I missed the turkish sets. damn. any more coming up later?

so, you went to turkey. lucky you!
how was the pide? and the imam bayildi?

7:22pm Your DJ:

Great Pide. And more Turkish music coming soon...

7:27pm isik:

hi rob. I just came to check the station and you're on air! Enjoyed your final day here?

7:31pm Your DJ:

Hi Isik - yes indeed - and we did make it to the record store Dost in Ankara where I added a few last discs to my gigantic pile! (By the way dear listeners, Isik plays in a great band from Ankara that you may have heard on FMU, Hayvanlar Alemi!)

7:42pm Steven S:

Damn, that Mbilia Bel cut RAWKS.

7:46pm Your DJ:

It's a classic - kind of her signature song. Glad you enjoyed it.

7:51pm isik:

oh, thanks for mentioning that! anyway, you're welcome back anytime. I hope there will be more action in Ankara then... and falafels.

(by the way if I haven't heard it wrong, you've just said that Cem Karaca is still active. he died a few years ago.)

7:52pm Mac:

Blew off Opera with the wife to listen to your show (and do some work).
I know it is late but I wanted to offer my art-design services for your Marathon Give-away CD. Already pledged for your Funky Gaida. Maybe next year?

8:00pm Your DJ:

Thanks Mac! I feel terribly responsible though - I don't want to undermine your social life! But hey but that's very nice of you re: art-design. Certainly could be something for the future.