Tribute to Kevin Smith, TV Star of Xena, Warrior Princess
Monday, April 22nd, 2002, Noon - 3pm
on
The John Allen Show
Kevin Smith, a.k.a. Ares of Hercules, died of complications from injuries related to a movie set accident in February. The New Zealand hunk of Maori descent enjoyed relatively no level of success prior to his acting career. Regardless, he released over a half dozen records of lo-fi pop and folk music in the first half of the '80s which are comparable to the professional amatuer releases on exclusive underground labels such as Flying Nun and Rough Trade. Why was his music career hushed over the years, and why shortly after his death followed the announcement of plans for an ambitious re-issue effort to make available these long out of print recordings by Smith's bands Say Yes To Apes, Hyphen-Smyth and the Legacy of Ears? Tune in at 1:30 pm.
Here's a good Kevin Smith
website ... surabufix.simplenet.com/kevin.html
Music in Zimbabwe with guest DJ Banning Eyre
Sunday, April 21st, 2002, 8pm - 10pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Musician/writer/radio producer Banning Eyre recently travelled to Zimbabwe and published an article on music censorship in that troubled southern African nation. Zimbabwean stars Oliver Mtukudzi and Thomas Mapfumo are playing in NYC later this month, while back home the political situation in deteriorates. Banning will help shed some light on what's happening musically and culturally in Zimbabwe in these trying times.
Tiger Mountain
Friday, April 19th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Excellent new rock from New York City. These guys play superb power pop calling to mind at times Thin Lizzy, Matthew Sweet, the Kinks and the Yardbirds with the aggression of '77 era punk rock. Extremely catchy and well crafted stuff! (Features ex-members of Girltoucher, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black and Shake Appeal.)
The Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention 2002
Wednesday, April 17th, 2002, 2am - 6am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Experience the real 1850s heavy doom sounds of Sacred Harp shape-note
singing! This is an early American folk music sung in large groups which originated in New England but was quickly eradicated from "genteel" society due to its unsettling intensity. The music survived in the 19th century frontiers of the South and Midwest, and has recently been revived
in New England, leading to an annual sing held in Northampton, Massachuetts. Dan Bodah went this year and recorded the awesome shouted sounds and interviewed a few of the practitioners. Listen in for the results!
Khanate
Tuesday, April 16th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
A live session of some seriously heavy soundings from this all-star group featuring James Plotkin (famed avant-metal guitarist &
producer, most recently of the insane trio Atomsmasher), Stephen O'Malley (of sludgelords Sunn O))) and Burning Witch), ex-Blind Idiot God member Tim Wyskida on drums and tortured vocals by Alan Dubin (who used to be in the band OLD with Plotkin in days of yore.) An afternoon of massive volume and metal DOOM!!! And they've promised to do an early cover of the band EARTH to boot.
The Howard Fishman Quartet
Monday, April 15th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
New Orleans native Howard Fishman moved to New York and, accompanied by his guitar began singing an ungainly repertoire of jazz, blues and rural country music on Williamsburg's Bedford Avenue subway platform. He eventaully hooked up with a group of like-minded musicians, and the quartet has now released their third album. They'll bring a bit
of swing to WFMU's studio B.
Adult Rodeo
Friday, April 12th, 2002, 8pm - 11pm
on
Scott Williams's show
Out of Austin TX comes Adult Rodeo, experimental pop & country some may consider quirky, others downright disturbed. If we're really lucky,
Courtney Love will show up, so Adult Rodeo can kick her out! (They've
done that y'know... earning undying respect from us!)
Martin Moscrop
Friday, April 12th, 2002, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Martin Moscrop from the legendary punk-disco Factory band A Certain Ratio will be visiting the Cherry Blossom Clinic. A Certain Ratio were one of the first bands to embrace both Post Punk ethics and dance floor grooves. Martin will be spinning stuff which has influenced ACR over the years as well as newer sounds - Post Punk, Italo Disco, Dunk, Acid House and Electro. ACR haven't performed in America in over 15 years and for most of us this will probably be the only time we'll ever hear anyone that was on the Factory label, aside from New Order.
Mojo Nixon Wednesday, April 10th, 2002, 7pm - 8pm
on
Jonesville Station
Mojo hit the music scene in the '80s scoring with alternative radio hits like "Jesus at McDonalds" and "Stuffin Martha's Muffin." He quickly developed a solid reputation as a wildman. He has worked as talk radio host in Cincinnati where he was fired from talk radio giant WLW. He now finds himself a part of the morning crew of WEBN Radio. When Mojo meets Jones a trainwreck is likely to ensue. www.mojonixon.com
Evolution Control Comittee
Tuesday, April 9th, 2002, 11pm - 2am
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
Around 11pm or so, expect DJ Pantshead of the Evolution Control Committee to hijack Nickel and Dime radio with some retarded selections
and cut-ups. Get a preview of his upcoming show with People Like Us at Tonic. The ECC combine punk rock sensibility with uncleared sample piracy into Double Dee and Steinski on crack creations like their Dan Rather/ACDC Frankenstein single "Rocked By Rape." Definitely czeck it, these people are thee humorous antidote to the very sick world we live in.
Don Preston
Friday, April 5th, 2002, 8pm - 11pm
on
Scott Williams's show
Mothers of Invention fans rejoice, we've got a live one! Frank Zappa's
original keyboard player & electronic noisemaker Don Preston joins Scott
and fellow 'FMUer Crowe for a bit of roundtabling on life as a Mother,
designing synthesizers with Bob Moog, and much more. Expect some
spontaneous on-air Freakouts too, as Don introduces us to some of his own synth Inventions.
The Mooney Suzuki!
Thursday, April 4th, 2002, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
People, you better get ready - The Mooney Suzuki plug in and pour out Electric Sweat, their long-awaited, highly anticipated second album. Along the way, New York's loudest and finest will blow your minds, eardrums, and probably even their own amps. If you've recovered in time, testify in person with the guys April 9 at the Knitting Factory.
John Eddie Wednesday, March 27th, 2002, 7pm - 8pm
on
Jonesville Station
Jersey Rocker John Eddie www.johneddie.com joins host Glen Jones for conversation and song. Eddie first hit the charts with "Jungle Boy" on his 1986 Columbia Records release. He continues to tour the world and his latest release Guy Walks into a Bar is currently Jonesey's favorite record. Guitarist P.K. Lavengood and Eddie will play a few numbers when John Eddie pulls into to the station.
The Hoof N' Mouth Sinfonia
Sunday, March 17th, 2002, 7pm - Midnight
on
Marathon Finale
WFMU staffers take up guitars, violins, drums, shakers, and everything else they can get their mitts on for the 2nd annual Hoof N' Mouth spectacular. Your favorite DJs each take a turn at the mic as we close out Marathon 2002 with a bang. Last year's gems included Pseu Braun as Britney, Rob Weisberg's "Sister Ray" and we even saw Dave the Spazz leap onto the console! This year's set list is sure to boggle minds!
Eating for Pledges!
Tuesday, March 12th, 2002, 8pm - 11pm
on
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling
Tune in to hear professional eater (as featured on Fox TV's "Glutton Bowl") Andrew "Eyeball" Goldstein eat for your pledge dollars! Here's how it works: for every $100 raised, Andrew will eat a cupcake. For every Mouse pledge, there'll be a additional pile of food. And when the show reaches $3500, Tom joins the race, matching Andrew cupcake-for-cupcake! And if that's not enough, the whole thing will be Webcast, so you can see each bite!
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.
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.
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...
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