Fingathing
Friday, October 24th, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
Manchester's best kept secret will preview tracks from their
forthcoming record, drop a few recent vinyl scores, and talk shop this Friday, 3-6pm with $mall ¢hange. A trio comprised of UK DMC turntablist mofo Peter Parker, Double Bass maestro Sneaky, and twisto graphic designer Chris Drury on visuals, these folks represent real skills to pay the bills... they've been on tour for over two years solid. Great funky ass left field improvisational illness.
Victor Bockris
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
Kenny G's Hour of Pain
In conjunction with the Andy Warhol film retrospective currently running at the Brooklyn Academy, Victor Bockris will share his insights as Warhol's right-hand man back in the
70s. He'll also be discussing and airing Velevet Underground rarities as his biogrphy of the band, Uptight: The Story of the Velvet Underground is set for reissue this month.
Optiganally Yours Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003, Noon - 3pm
on
Irwin's show
Optiganally Yours performs on Irwin's program, Weds. Oct. 22 from noon to 2 PM. This duo showcases the unique sounds of the Optigan, a long-obsolete parlor organ made by Mattel in the early 1970s. It generated sounds from
celluloid discs encoded with a variety of real-instrument locked-grooves, covering an amazing array of musical styles. It sounded like crap, but in a GOOD way! Pea Hicks is the resident Optiganist, accompanying the vocal and
guitar stylings of Rob Crow. Due to the size, weight, and unreliable nature of the Optigan, Hicks will be using a laptop-based simulation (or Laptoptigan) for this performance, but over the radio you can't tell the diff. Also, Pea and Rob will guest DJ for part of the program, spinning some of their favorite artists.
Bettie Serveert
Monday, October 20th, 2003, 8pm - 11pm
on
Scott Williams's show
To celebrate National Wear a Clown Nose to Work Day, we welcome back Bettie Serveert for their 3rd appearance on the show. This is the band that provided the soundtrack to your early 90s dorm life, so you owe it to yourself and the band to check out this show! Thank you.
Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett
Sunday, October 19th, 2003, 8pm - 10pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
On her latest recording for Traditional Crossroads, "Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys", Margot and her all-star band of bluegrass and klezmer players search for the missing musical link between the Shenendoah mountains and the Shtetl. Margot will introduce the CD and also highlight
some of her other recordings and personal favorites by other artists. Before forming the Klezmer Mountain Boys, Margot was an original Klezmatic back in 1985 and later a founding member of the all-womens' group Mikveh.
The Paybacks Saturday, October 18th, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
DetrOctober continues on the Cherry Blossom Clinic
(now heard at its new time, Saturdays from 3pm - 6pm) when the Paybacks check in and rock out with host Terre T. Frontwoman Wendy Case belts it out like Rod Stewart post-stomach pump! They'll be doing tunes from the 'Knock Loud'
album as well as great new shizzy from their upcoming release. Think early Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, NY Dolls, and early Stones. Don't miss them live at Southpaw on DetrOctober 25th with the Hentchmen (and Shonen Knife and the Gore Gore Girls.)
Trad Gras Och Stenar
Monday, October 13th, 2003, Noon - 3pm
on
The John Allen Show
Swedish underground legends TRÄD GRÄS OCH STENAR have been playing music
together for 35 years w/ formal connections to Parson Sound, International
Harvester, and Harvester. Their sonic output has been interchangeably
described as folk, psych, stoner, trance, and voodoo music and the band
delivers some of the finest extended organic psychedelic jams ever created.
During their first ever US tour this month they will drop by WFMU to record
a very special performance. Hear it Monday 10/13 noon-3pm.
The Hentchmen Saturday, October 11th, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
It's DetrOctober all month on the Cherry Blossom Clinic, now heard at its new time: Saturdays from 3pm - 6pm!
Tune in every Saturday in October for live sets from the bestest Detroit bands! This week Terre T welcomes The Hentchmen, who combine 6Ts garage with Farfisa-fied new-wave (check out the Devo cover!) Hear them performing
tracks from their recent album on Norton, 'Three Times Infinity.' And mark your calendar for their show at Southpaw on DetrOctober 25th (with the Paybacks, Shonen Knife and the Gore Gore Girls.)
Terry Manning Friday, October 10th, 2003, 8pm - 11pm
on
Pseu Braun
Pseu welcomes very special guest Terry Manning, who is a legendary figure in music production and engineering, getting his start at Stax records and Ardent studios in the 60's. His name is stamped on a long roster of records from Led Zeppelin, Al Green, The Staple Singers, Alex Chilton, ZZ Top, and Shakira. Although he has repeatedly denied requests for interviews, he has agreed to come on WFMU to discuss his new project, Lucky Seven Records, a label that is releasing lost recordings of Stax/Ardent white rock groups from the early 1970's, including previously unheard material from Chris Bell. Terry will be joined by Max Wisley from the group Cargoe, one of the artists on the Lucky Seven roster.
Nathaniel Mayer
Thursday, October 2nd, 2003, 8pm - 11pm
on
Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Join Dave the Spazz as he welcomes the legendary Mayor of the Motor City, Fortune Records recording artist Nathaniel Mayer. Back in the sixties, Nay Dog waxed some of the wildest sides this side of Planet Earth. Now after a 40 year
hiatus, Mr. "Village of Love" is back to remind us that "the chicken was never like this!"
The Ex Tuesday, September 30th, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Since 1979, Holland's greatest musical export has been setting the bar higher and higher. Starting off as political punks active in their country's squat movement, the band has grown into an incredible example of living its message via passionate and prolific output both musical and print-related. Through the years, their world travels have allowed them to
grow and absorb many genres of music into their sound, from European folk, to improvisational jazz and African pop; most recently they've been frequent visitors to Ethiopia and have championed largely-unheard and wonderful music from all over the African continent. Live, the current lineup of Terrie, Andy, G.W. Sok, RozeMarie, and Katherina are a
veritable tornado of pounding rhythms and dissonant twin guitars, tearing up the stage more each time they return to New York. They've kindly invited Brian to broadcast their 75 minute Knitting Factory show from September 9th.
This Moment in Black History
Saturday, September 27th, 2003, 5pm - 7pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
This combo from Cleveland brings equal parts of rock-n-roll and art noise, calling to mind bands like the Piranhas or the Lynnfield Pioneers; think Subway Sect meets DNA, if that
helps! And you gotta love a band that has a song called "Lipps Inc"! Featuring ex-members of the Bassholes, Chargers Street Gang and Neon King Kong. Check them out live on the show and also new 7" coming on Version City this
week.
Kenny G and Vicki Bennett of People Like Us do radio bound together and gagged Wednesday, September 24th, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
Kenny G's Hour of Pain
On Wednesday afternoon, September 24th, from 3-6, two WFMU DJs will be bound and gagged for 3 hours on air.
Inspired by the performances of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Kenny G and Vicki Bennett, will attempt 3 hours of freeform radio programming bound with ropes to each other and gagged. Every fifteen minutes, one fetter will be loosened, freeing each DJs various limbs.
Specially-designed image promoting the event at:
www.wfmu.org/~kennyg/plu.html
Greta Gertler Wednesday, September 24th, 2003, Noon - 3pm
on
Irwin's show
Songstress Greta Gertler will perform live on Irwin's 'Gender Bias' segment on Wednesday, September 24, from 2-3 pm. The Australia-born and Brooklyn-based Gertler's recent album, "The Baby That Brought Bad Weather," has been in heavy rotation on several WFMU programs. Greta will perform
songs from that album as well as new material.
The Embrooks Saturday, September 20th, 2003, 5pm - 7pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Cherry Blossom Clinic is thrilled to host a session with these modern masters of the Freakbeat sound! This UK 3-piece includes a drummer who's been described as "the female Keith Moon" plus former members of the Mystreated and Head and the Hares. Don't miss it! Then see them live at Maxwells that night with the Real Kids and the Reigning
Sound!
Special Guest DJ: Jamison Duffield (of Toulouse/Jet Sound/Pengo)
Saturday, September 20th, 2003, 2am - 6am
on
Janitor From Mars with R. Lim
Ten years ago, Jamison Duffield formed Toulouse to express his take on the poppy post-punk sounds which have recently come back into vogue. At the same time, he was presenting the best of his contemporaries and inspirations on Jet Sound, a weekly radio program at WHPK in Chicago. Please join me in welcoming him back to the airwaves, as he stops by the
WFMU studios with some records and unreleased Toulouse recordings. As a special bonus, we will be joined by his former radio co-host and bandmate: the enigmatic Zippopolous G Ungermoose.
Sunroof! plus The Vibracathedral Orchestra
Tuesday, September 16th, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
A joyful noise live in the studio today with the United Kingdom's finest purveyors of psychedelic noise. Matthew Bower has been part of such great institutions as Skullflower, Total, Ax, Ascension and others, and in his latest project Sunroof! he explores a dreamier (yet still brain-frying) mode of drone bliss. As if that weren't enough, we also get a rare stateside visit as Leeds-based Vibracathedral Orchestra, another continually-productive and amazing troupe of sonic explorers. A past avalanche of recordings (many self-released) have revealed the VCO to be among the northern hemisphere's true torch-bearers of the free-rock aesthetic that say, the Dead C have held the fort down on in New Zealand. Drones, bells, acoustic instruments, cheap casio, reeds, drum circles, and sounds totally alien and unidentified have all found their way into their records. Live in the WFMU studios today, with Sunroof! in tow, no one can tell what exactly is going to happen, or who will be involved. But it will be a definite headphone experience.
The Bellrays Tuesday, September 16th, 2003, 9am - Noon
on
Mike L.'s show
Unless you want it blown through the wall directly in front of your speakers, you'd better nail it down before this paint-peeling left-coast combo makes its second visit to WFMU. In these tiring times of shaggy-haired false rockers with image on their minds and pablum on their plates, it's downright life-affirming to watch the Bellrays slay all the competition before it even gets out of the starting gate. Vocalist Lisa Kekaula's stage presence is more effectively likened to a caged animal than any mere singer, and the band that makes it all happen shoots to kill and obliterates the mark every time. Don't miss this.
Author Jeff Tamarkin Saturday, September 13th, 2003, 7pm - 9pm
on
Bob Brainen's show
The whole show will be dedicated to the music of Jefferson Airplane, w/ special guest Jeff Tamarkin, who just wrote a great bio of the band, called "Got a Revolution!" We'll be talking about the Airplane and their times, and playing lots of music, including many rarities.
Runner & the Thermodynamics Saturday, September 13th, 2003, 5pm - 7pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
This Boston trio brings together all the best elements of 70s power-pop and rock calling to mind the Pezband, the Records, Thin Lizzy, and Todd Rundgren. They sound great but really have to be seen as well, so check them out during their residency at Pianos on Sept 17, Sept 25, and Oct 1.
Pamela Z
Wednesday, September 10th, 2003, 3pm - 6pm
on
Kenny G's Hour of Pain
Kenny G welcomes Pamela Z, who will be creating a live,
in-studio piece here at WFMU. Pamela Z is a San Francisco-based composer/performer and audio artist who works primarily with voice, live electronic processing, and sampling technology and is best known to WFMU listeners as the composers of the techno-nerd WFMU classic "Geek Speak."
Flaming Fire
Monday, September 8th, 2003, 8pm - 11pm
on
Scott Williams's show
Flaming Fire are Brooklyn's own purveyors of electric brimstone revivalism! If the Good Lord's gotta secret backroom speakeasy, Flaming Fire's the houseband! Flaming Fire is all about the noisy pagan folk-goth - sorta like a young urban person's guide to Current 93, Jackie-O M-F-er, and Throbbing Gristle. This show will be 100% LIVE!
Consonant
Saturday, September 6th, 2003, 5pm - 7pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
This 4-piece from Boston makes great new music that is
refined, thoughtful, well-crafted, and evocative. The band includes Clint Conley from Mission of Burma along with Chris Brokaw (Come, Pullman, Evan Dando), Matt Kadane (Bedhead, The New Year), and Winston Braman (Fuzzy).
Their second album, "Love and Affliction", came out in August on Fenway Recordings. Hear them live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic, then go see them live at Northsix the very same night!
Guest DJ Evan "Funk" Davies
Saturday, August 30th, 2003, 5pm - 7pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
In the early 80s, WNYU's "New Afternoon Show" was one of the very few radio shows playing the crazy punk & new wave records. As goes the old saying regarding the Velvet Underground -- that only a few people bought their albums, but everyone who did started a band -- everyone who heard the New Afternoon Show got involved in the burgeoning punk scene by forming bands, starting labels, putting on shows, or becoming DJs themselves. Evan "Funk" Davies was the best of the "New Afternoon Show" DJs, and he'll be on the CBC spinning hits and obscurities alike. Plus you'll hear original "New Afternoon Show" airchecks from 1981! This is gonna be a BLAST!!!
Seymour Stein
Friday, August 29th, 2003, Noon - 3pm
on
Monica's show
Tune in next Friday, August 29, from noon - 3 PM for Monica and Mr. C's in-depth interview with record industry legend and musical forerunner Seymour Stein, founder and president of Sire Records. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the man who brought us the Ramones, Madonna, Talking Heads, the Deviants, the Pretenders, Ice-T, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Depeche Mode, the Cure, Pink Fairies, Echo & the Bunnymen and MANY more. One of the most astute, entertaining and musically knowledgable men in the biz, Stein started as a chart editor at Billboard in the 50s, went on to an early 60s apprenticeship under King Records mogul Syd Nathan and then did time in the Brill Building under the auspices of George Goldner's Red Bird label, finally forming the musically innovative and wildly successful Sire Records in 1966. Seymour Stein witnessed history and made it, be sure to tune in!
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