Stan Cornyn Friday, March 1st, 2002, Noon - 3pm
on
Monica's show
Cornyn, a thirty-four year veteran of the Warner Music Group (from its birth in the late 1950s through its glory days of the sixties, seventies and eighties), is the author of the just published book Exploding: The Highs,
Hits, Hype, Heroes and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group. He'll discuss WB's formerly freewheeling sex, drugs and rock'n'roll culture as well as the boardroom brawls, hotel hijinx, hush-hush deals, stars, suits and scenarios that made it so - starring Frank Sinatra, Bob Newhart, David Geffen, the Doors, Jerry Wexler, Neil Young, the Sex Pistols, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles, Queen, Ice-T., Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Dr. Dre, Lil' Kim and many more.
The Bedrockers Thursday, February 28th, 2002, 11pm - 2am
on
Pat Duncan's show
Punk rock quartet from Philadelphia. Ex-members of The Halflings, Strychnine Babies, and The Statics. If Johnny Ramone could play guitar like Olga from the Toy Dolls, and Dee Dee took after Matt Freeman of Rancid - throw in 3 part harmonies and you'd have the Bedrockers. You can check out the Bedrockers at www.bedrockersonline.com.
Karen Waltuch/Jonah Sacks/Craig Colorusso Trio and Brian Straw Wednesday, February 27th, 2002, 2am - 6am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
The Waltuch/Sacks/Colorusso Trio performed exquisitely beautiful improvised meditations in the WFMU studios. Waltuch on viola, Sacks on cello, and Colorusso on guitar have found a composite voice that must be heard. This pleasure-packed broadcast also brings a solo guitar piece from Brian Straw, a Cleveland based associate of the now defunct Speak in
Tongues performance space. The guest performances will air at 2am.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Friday, February 22nd, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Brooklyn's, soon to be the world's, best band are gonna blow u out the door with their walloping textured guitar, powerhouse drumming and super-charismatic vocals. A totally fresh sound calling to mind a cross between the White Stripes and Glass Candy. Wow! Don't miss it! Pick up their EP on Shifty, or go to their website at www.yeahyeahyeahs.com.
Seth Dellinger Wednesday, February 20th, 2002, 2am - 6am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Airborn Event is happy to present the extreme vocal improvisations and experiments in neolinguistic creation of Seth Dellinger, who is also known for playing contrabass in the String Army and the Correspondence Quartet.
After working out the vocal cords, Dellinger sits down to explain how he found inspiration in a Cuban psychiatric hospital. The performance airs at 2 am.
The Oxes Friday, February 15th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Oxes are an instrumental, two guitar and drums band from Baltimore. They call to mind Don Caballero, Iron Maiden, The F-ing Champs, and Karp. Their songs have an intriguing mix of aggression, deconstructed in-your-face rock, odd structuring, and a healthy dose of irony.
Aarktica Wednesday, February 13th, 2002, 2am - 6am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Aarktica came to the WFMU studios and recorded two pieces of beatiful and carefully crafted guitar ambience that will be heard on Dan Bodah's Airborn Event. Jon DeRosa, the core of the project, also sat down for a chat to discuss his various projects and ideas about the meeting of "contemporary classical" and "underground experimental" music. The performance will air at 2:30am. Look for Aarktica's new album, ...or you could just go through your whole life and be happy anyway, coming out on Darla Records in March. For more info: www.bruised.net/aarktica
$¢ rolls out the red carpet for Rich Medina, who's been killin' it in both Philly and NYC for years. This man has one deep collection of hip hop, funk, house, and beyond, was involved with Bobbito's Footwork store for a bit, writes a regular column on crate diggin' in the Fader magazine, and can rock the muthafunkin' house. Peep it.
Plus an interview with the people behind NYC's 'Jump and Funk' party, dedicated to the power of afro-beat, new and old. Check it, check it...
The Quick Fix - this NJ based quintet combines dissonantly intense guitar lines, fierce low-end drumming, taunting spoken diatribes, and inspired howls to get
across their all-or-nothing musical philosophy. Drawing early inspiration
from acts like Lungfish, Quicksand, and Unwound, the members have since torn
apart their influences and built up an evil-tinged approach all their own.
Their debut CDEP -- released by the Ernest Jenning Record Co. in early
January 2002 -- was recorded by Don Zientra (Fugazi, Q And Not U).
Scratch Famous Tuesday, January 29th, 2002, 11pm - 2am
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
$mall ¢hizz welkommen's Scratch Famous, a somewhat recent Chicago transplant to NYC. Homeslice was behind the supa dope reggae night at Joe's Pub that hosted Blood and Fire among other soundsystems. Man goes deep with the JA riddims, and plus even more ghetto house if you didn't get enough last week.
Anti:Clockwise Tuesday, January 29th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Dreamy soundscapes that defy genre from Robert Dennis (Fire in the Kitchen, Tono-Bungay), live in the WFMU studios. In Robert's words:
"genetic engineering for hobbyists"
"all about how tangerine dream, speedball baby and boston have more in
common than you'd want know all about"
"proves that your vacuum cleaner is the most musical instrument you own"
DJ Salinger and Dr. Wudnt Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002, 11pm - 2am
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
We give it up to the booty as Nickel and Dime radio gets ghetto tech with the turntable stylings of DJ Salinger and Dr. Wudnt. Besides having a suave DJ name, DJ Salinger is behind NYC's premier ghetto house/tech monthly Booty Bar and is bringing DJ Godfather to town the week before, so hopefully we'll have a lil' tape of that as well. These people have their fingers on the pulse of this ass shakin' scene, so clean out the wax for some new and upcoming ghetto treats.
Rich Medina Tuesday, January 15th, 2002, 11pm - 2am
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
Nickel and Dime radio rolls out the red carpet for Rich Medina, who's been killin' it in both
Philly and NYC for years. This man has one deep collection of hip hop, funk, house, and beyond, was involved with Bobbito's Footwork store for a bit, writes a regular column on crate diggin' in the Fader magazine, and can rock the muthafunkin' house. Peep it.
Captain Beefheart's Birthday Tuesday, January 15th, 2002, 4pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Join in for two hours of musical melange of Don Van Vliet's music through the years, saluting the Captain on his 61st. NYC guitarist Gary Lucas, who played in and managed Beefheart's early 80's Magic Band, will also be stopping by to tell some stories and talk up the forthcoming Captain Beefheart Project, a 7-piece band paying tribute on February 9th at the Knitting Factory.
Ralph Litwin and Al Podbur Monday, January 14th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Litwin and Podber have performed
as a duo and in larger groups since1985, playing a mixture of
ragtime, jugband, swing, blues, old-time country, 50^Òs, 60^Òs & 70^Òs
oldies, originals, and more. They jokingly
refer to themselves as The Furry Harmonica Brothers because they both
sport beards and sometimes they both play harmonicas while accompanying
themselves on stringed instruments.^ÓThese vaudevillian frolics are
delivered with such sheer joy and exuberance it reminds you why you
like music in the first place,"
according to a review of Litwin^Òs most recent CD in Dirty Linen magazine.
The Wontons and Kabochak Friday, January 11th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
A double shot of ASIAN POWER, baby!!
The Wontons hail from Texas, lead singer Dean is from China...but their music
is pure A-merican RnR reminding us of the New York Dolls, The Dead Boys and the
Oblivians! Kabochak are an all-girl band on tour from Japan playing really sweet, punked
out pop! ( And yr hostess Terre T is 1/2 Korean. Wow... Japanese, Korean & Chinese,
and NO freakin GONGS!!!!)
Lethal Aggression Thursday, January 10th, 2002, 11pm - 2am
on
Pat Duncan's show
Years before the eruption of metalcore, "crossover" was the term used to
simplify the blending of thrash metal crunch and the fury of hardcore punk.
New Jersey's Lethal Aggression are one of crossover’s unsung heroes. One side
of the band's sound is fun, catchy and upbeat punkcore complimented
by personal reflection, while the band’s dark side is expressed through
blisteringly fast, drug-induced instrument abuse and sexual / violent lyrical
themes. They'll give you a double-slap of pissed off thrash
and catchy hardcore that you will not soon forget.
www.lethalaggression.net
Cut Chemist, White Shoes and Josh Styles Tuesday, January 8th, 2002, 11pm - 2am
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
$mall ¢hange will conduct a short interview with the man himself, Cut friggin' Chemist.
Plus air s'more of the Product Placement Disc Cut Chemist did with DJ Shadow. Get in the conversation with one of the world's true muthas on the turntable. $¢ also welkommens White Shoes and Josh Styles to drop some vintage rock and soul 45 flavas. These kids get around from Shout! to Fridaze at Barmacy to beyond, so czeck it, 'round midnight or so...
Alex Hacke of Einsturzende Neubauten Wednesday, January 2nd, 2002, 8pm - 11pm
on
Strength Through Failure with Fabio
Join Fabio on Wednesday Jan. 2, 2002 at 8pm with his very special guest
Alex Hacke of Einsturzende Neubauten. Alex will be guest djing, chatting
about his work with Neubauten as well as other groups and playing some new
music. He'll perfrom a short set in the WFMU studio if we can get the all
the machines tweaked just right! That's this Wednesday, from 8 to 11pm on
Strength Through Failure with Fabio.
Fresh, Bold, Wild and Fly: The History of Female MCs 1976-1990 Friday, December 21st, 2001, Noon - 3pm
on
Monica's show
Hip hop journalists Mimi Valdes and Cristina "Sweet Cee" Veran, editor and contributor (respectively) to the just published book Vibe Hip Hop Divasthrow down an historical overview of the pioneer female MCs who were rhymin', rappin' and rockin' the mic way back in the day. They'll discuss the innocent beginnings and difficult challenges of rap's deffest dames as well as the sounds, styles and stories that made the scene so "stupid fresh." Also, rare recordings by Lisa Lee, Sha Rock, Sequence, Us Girls, The Mercedes Ladies, Pebblee Poo, every Roxanne known to man and lots more ladies of the '80s!
Phil Kline of Unsilent Night Tuesday, December 18th, 2001, 11pm - 2am
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
$¢ welkommens (hopefully) Phil Kline of Unsilent Night fame back to WFMU. He organizes an annual march of people with boomboxes playing his ambient mix of seansonally inspired music, which happened last Saturday, attracting around 500 people. He's been doing it for a decade now, has a CD out, and will be talkin', playin' stuff, and generally hangin' out on the ye olde nickel and dime radio.
The Briefs Friday, December 14th, 2001, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
God save the Briefs!! This Seattle foursome has a great olde skool '77 punk sound. They just toured the Damned and they kinda remind us of the Dickies, the Weirdos, Vom & the Ramones! Plus u gotta love any band that can write a song called "Silver Bullet" (with its command to "Kill Bob Seger right now")!
Climax Golden Twins Wednesday, December 12th, 2001, 8pm - 11pm
on
Strength Through Failure with Fabio
Join Fabio as he hosts sound collagists Climax Golden Twins. This show was recorded in May 2001, but for extremely lame reasons, never aired. The Climax Golden twins made a rare east coast appearance to perform in honor of the late John Fahey in NYC. We dragged them through the old PATH tubes under the now extinct World Trade Center to get them out to Jersey City. They performed in the WFMU studios as well as chatted a bit about their fave music, projects and aired some very rare recordings of collected material from around the world. This will begin airing between 8:30 and 9pm approximately.
Bill Horist Wednesday, December 12th, 2001, 2am - 6am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Experimental guitarist Bill Horist, fresh on the heels of a great split 10" release with KK Null, was set to record live at WFMU until the aftermath of 9/11 threw a wrench in the works. But tune in to hear an exlcusive broadcast of a live set from his recent US tour, recorded at
Cleveland's Speak In Tongues. Also, the Subway Music series continues with a recording of percussionist Dimali at the Union Square L station.
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