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Narrowing the Inter-Generational Saturday Morning Cartoon Gap.

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on Irwin's show

News from the Freeform Front

Ken and Andy return to the stage of NYC's UCB Theatre TONIGHT (Wednesday) May 16th from 6-7pm for a live broadcast of Seven Second Delay. Special guests include A.J. Jacobs, stunt journalist who immerses himself in an extreme lifestyle and writes about it & Dr. Laurie Hess, exotic pet vet and expert as seen on Animal Planet & more. PLUS musical guest Michael Hearst will be playing his "Songs for Unusual Creatures" on the theremin & other strange instruments! The UCB Theater is located at 307 West 26th Street in Manhattan, near the corner of 8th Avenue. Admission $5. Tickets can be purchased at the theater 15 minutes before the show.

Head over to WFMU's eBay page, where we're auctioning off a few rare psych and no wave records, plus the original album art painting for Max Tundra's "Mastered by Guy at the Exchange" 2002 release. Get your bids on!

For a fourth year, WFMU returns to Barcelona, Spain to bring you the fullest coverage from anyone from the Primavera Sound festival! Tune in Friday, June 1st and Saturday, June 2nd from 3pm to Midnight ET and hear some hefty blocks of programming from some true WFMU musical faves performing in front of the Mediterranean! Schedule and full broadcast lineup TBA (so watch this space), but check out the roster here! Past WFMU broadcasts have brought you sets from Swans, Glenn Branca, Diplo, No Joy, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pavement, Grinderman, Sunn o))), Ariel Pink, The Clean, Van Dyke Parks, Wire, Mission of Burma and dozens more! Don't miss this special live WFMU event! (Read more)

Attention shoppers: we've just added a few new items to WFMU's online store! Get your hands on the beautiful poster for our 2012 Austin, TX show (designed by Nevada Hill), the cosmic Sun Ra remix CD, Interplanetary Remixes, and more! Whip out the ol' plastic and git on over to the WFMU store!

Where's my swag? If you haven't received your Marathon swag in the mail yet, fear not. We have made a dent in our giant pile of swag requests but we've got a long way to go. Thanks for your patience, grasshopper. By the way, if you made a pledge of any type, you should have received your payment forms in the mail. If you haven't, please contact Joe McGasko and he'll send out replacement forms.

Playing Today

The WFMU time is now 4:55pm EDT on Wednesday. (Full Schedule.)

Wednesday
6am to 9am
(Web-only)
John Allen
9am to Noon Ken
Noon to 3pm Duane
3pm to 6pm Irwin
[See the playlist]
6pm to 7pm Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy
Special: 7 Second @ the UCB Theatre with A.J. Jacobs, Dr. Laurie Hess & more TBA! (More info)
7pm to 8pm Lamin
8pm to 9pm Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture
Special: Translator Humphrey Davies (More info)
9pm to Midnight The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Thursday
Midnight to 3am 100% Whatever with Mary Wing
3am to 6am This week only: Dangerous For The Brain with Thomas Storck
Special: Thomas Storck fills in