2024 Specials Round Up – WFMU SPECIALS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
Catch up on some of the fantastic Special Programs we have presented over the past year! Our DJs have chosen one of their favorites from 2024!
WFMU Mothership Programs
MONDAY
The Anti-Music Club’s Ménage à Trois of Brutality
Monday, October 14, 2024, 3am – 6am
on The Anti-Music Club with Land Phil
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145002
Join Land Phil and occasional co-host Seam Rob as they welcome Liturgy’s Niko Tarsinov to the WFMU airwaves. Buckle up for 3 hours of music from their personal collections and hard hitting discussions about life, love, and cats.
Transformer Man: Neil Young in the 1980s
Monday, October 28, 2024, Noon – 3pm
on Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145334
Take a deep dive into Neil Young’s erratic artistic journey through the 1980s, a dubious decade of work that inspired his own record company to sue him.
Everloving
Monday, October 28, 2024, 3:01pm – 6pm
on Scott Williams’ show
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145452
The NYC supergroup Everloving (featuring members of Sunwatchers, Swans, February, Kropotikins, Smoke Bellow and more) promised a modern update on Henry Flynt’s avant-hillbilly jive; they more than deliver, with enormous excitement and transcendent bliss.
Byron Tau, author, “Means of Control”
Monday, June 24, 2024, 6pm – 7pm
on Techtonic with Mark Hurst
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141329
The American surveillance state isn’t a future possibility, it’s here now. Wherever we go, companies and government agencies are spying on our activities and sharing our private data. Mark discusses how we got to this point with Byron Tau, author of “Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State.”
Tribute to Steve Roden feat. Stephen Vitiello and Michael Raphael
Monday, October 14, 2024, 9pm – Midnight
on Daniel Blumin’s show
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144986
Steve Roden, who passed away on Sept. 6th, 2023, released a vast array of beautiful recordings on labels such as 12k, Line and Room40. Roden’s friends, musician Stephen Vitiello and field recordist Michael Raphael, visited the show to discuss Roden’s 30+ year career in sound art and beyond.
TUESDAY
Pinkcourtesyphone in the mix
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 3am – 6am
on Polyglot with Jesse Dorris
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138735
The lovely and talented pinkcourtesyphone dials into Polyglot with a beguiling mix of queasy listening oddities.
Singles Going Lenny
Tuesday, October 15, 2024, Noon – 3pm
on Feelings with Michele with one L
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145037
Lenny Kaye lugs favorites from his gigantic 45 collection down to WFMU to play them on Feelings during Singles Going Steady Week.
Mike Post
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 8pm – 9pm
on Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138336
Wrecking Crew guitarist-turned-television composer Mike Post discusses scoring for The Rockford Files, The A-Team, Magnum P.I., Hill Street Blues, White Shadow, NYPD Blue, L.A. Law and Law & Order’s two-note “dun-dun,” and occasionally stepping up front as bandleader, most recently with two expansive title pieces Message From The Mountains & Echoes Of The Delta, due April 5 on Sony Classical, fusing orchestral suites and concertos with bluegrass and the blues.
PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY: The catharsis you crave
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 8pm – 9pm
on Vocal Fry with Dan Bodah
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145785
Lean into the election-night vibes and slake your fury with the most cathartic hour of radio in 2024: 60 minutes of throat-ripping nonstop screams. Apply as needed to treat exposure to megalomaniacal ranting, excited bigotry, and gleeful cruelty.
WEDNESDAY
Steve Wynn guest DJs the entire damn show
Wednesday, September 4, 2024, Noon – 3pm
on The Evan “Funk” Davies Show
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143716
Steve Wynn (from Dream Syndicate, The Baseball Project, Danny & Dusty, Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3, etc.) returns to his roots as a college DJ on KDVS to play records and share stories for three hours.
THURSDAY
Tanukichan
Thursday, October 31, 2024, Midnight – 3am
on Secret Canine Agents with DJ Perro Caliente
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145583
Tanukichan is the musical project of Oaklands, CA, artist Hannah Van Loon, who has been a prominent figure in the shoegaze and alternative rock sphere since 2016. Listen to a dreamy live session from the Oakland-based artist on Secret Canine Agents!
A Reaction to an Election
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 3am – 6am
on WFMU LITE with Dan Morfitt
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145830
Democracy dies in darkness, but a challenge shines bright in the LITE
No! More Hot Dogs!
Thursday, August 1, 2024, Noon – 3pm
on Buried In The Backseat with Matty Notimes
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/14253
Nothing but songs about Hot Dogs!
A Tribute to Mary Weiss from The Shangri-Las
Thursday, January 25, 2024, 9pm – Midnight
on Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136292
FRIDAY
New Jersey’s Renee Maskin and Nicole Scorsone
Friday, April 12, 2024, Midnight – 3am
on Six Degrees with Alan
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138779
Ethereal dreamy folk – live in studio B
Radio Roulette
Friday, November 15, 2024, 3am – 6am
on Cat Bomb! Radio with Maggie Hertz!
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146048
Maggie pays homage to the forefathers of pirate and shortwave radio greatness! Come hangout as we dig through an endless pile of shortwave airchecks, experimental antenna sounds, and other buried treasures!
Bucci has hernia surgery live on-air
Friday October 25, 2024, 6pm – 7pm
on Bucci
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145432
After months of pain and frustration, Dr. Brad Ford fixes Bucci’s hernia, live in studio A. We also discuss Halloween Playlists!
Put The Needle On The Sacramento Themed Record (feat. Boss Tootie)
Friday, May 31, 2024, 7pm – 8pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140495
Young, talented, intelligent Sacramento rapper Boss Tootie!
STEVE SHELLEY: Playing Records and Talking Sonic Youth
Friday, February 9, 2024, 9pm
Midnight
on Burn It Down! with Nate K.
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136622
Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley dropped by Burn It Down! to chat with Nate K. about the official release of the legendary and somewhat infamous Sonic Youth live bootleg The Walls Have Ears. Steve played records and also discussed Lee Hazlewood, Doc Dart, John Hawkes, and a variety of other engaging topics for cultural gourmandizers.
SATURDAY
Diane Foley
Saturday, April 27, 2024, 6am – 9am
on Currents with Brian D
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139289
Author and press freedom advocate Diane Foley joins Currents to discuss her book “American Mother,” which chronicles the murder of her son – journalist James Foley – and her conversations with the man who killed him. Her capacity for forgiveness, and her work to ensure the safety and freedom of journalists working worldwide, in memory of her son, are truly inspiring.
Jim Gordon Special
Saturday, February 24, 2024, 11am – 1pm
on Michael Shelley
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137042
A retrospective of the legendary drummer Jim Gordon’s music and a chat with Joel Selvin, the author of “Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon”
SUNDAY
James Chance Tribute
Sunday, June 23, 2024, Midnight – 3am
on RadioActivity with Abbie From Mars
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141271
Tribute to no wave legend and sax maniac James Chance upon occasion of his passing.
Special Guest: Gareth Jones
Sunday, November 10, 2024, 6am – 9am
on Serious Moonlight Sonatas with Carol
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145930
Gareth Jones has been a composer, producer and engineer for such seminal bands as Depeche Mode & Einsturzende Neubauten. Join us for a conversation with Gareth talking about his extensive body of work and his latest project, Sunroof, with Mute founder Daniel Miller, and their new album, “Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 3” + a special guest DJ set!
Welcome to the University of Hang-out-Ology with guest DAVID AMRAM
Sunday, September 15, 2024 6pm – 8pm
on Why Do We Only Listen to Dead People? with Carol Gimbel and Cullen Bryant
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144070
The legendary, 93 year-old multi-instrumentalist and Pulitzer Prize Winning composer, David Amram, takes us on a listening journey through his early musical influences and inspires with his wisdom and insights on life.
The Flickering Half-life of Hope-Live Set by NUKE WATCH
Sunday, November 17, 2024, 10pm – Midnight
on Blurred and Obscured with Jonathan Herwig
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146102
WFMU Stream Programs
MONDAY
Shel Talmy: A Tribute to the Producer/Songwriter
Monday, November 18, 2024, 6pm – 8pm
Come To The Sunshine with Andrew Sandoval (on Rock‘N’Soul Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146193
DJ Andrew Sandoval explores 40 sides that defined the production prowess of the late and legendary, Shel Talmy. The selections span his work from 1963-1969.
TUESDAY
Super Tuesday Live Remote Stream From Pet Shop in Jersey City!
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 6pm – 7pm
on Hard Stuff with Frank in Queens (on Rock‘N’Soul Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141089
Hard Stuff kicked off the Super Tuesday Rock ‘N’ Soul Stream Live Remote at Pet Shop in Jersey City. Hopefully the first of many lie remotes for the Super Tuesday crew.
The Brian Frankish Interview
Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 9pm – 11pm
on Mid-Valley Mutations with Austin Rich (on Sheena’s Jungle Room stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142058
Producer of “Field of Dreams,” “Flight of the Intruder,” “Strange Brew” and “Max Headroom,” Brian Frankish joins the show to talk about his longer and storied career. With a collage approach to his life and story, we discuss the twists and turns his career has taken, working with Douglas Trumbull, Miley Cyrus, and John Milius (among others), and we try to get at why Hollywood Veterans like him keep doing what they do, year after year.
WEDNESDAY
The Sidi Mansourgency
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 7pm – 10pm
on Bodega Pop with Gary Sullivan (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145544
How did a timeless Tunisian Sufi folk song become a smash European disco banger, a Czech song praising spacesuit usage by Smurf astronauts, and covers by dozens of pop and avant-garde musicians worldwide? Special guest Tim Abdellah takes us down one of Arabic music’s deepest, most bizarrely satisfying rabbit holes.
Outta Sight at the BBC! Part 2
Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 10pm – Midnight
on We’re Outta Sight!!! with Stu (on Rock‘N’Soul Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136180
Two hours of unique BBC performances of tracks that the various bands never recorded for proper release.
THURSDAY
Testify! Goes to the Library
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 3pm – 5pm
on Testify! with Larry Grogan (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145225
Testify! explores the world of library music, with a deep dig into one of its most famous examples
Mystic Revelation: Wackie’s Dub / Terry Riley
Thursday, October 10, 2024, 7pm – 10pm
on Explorers Room with Flash Strap (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144920
A combination of Terry Riley-related recordings and mindbending dubs from Wackie’s, the great Bronx reggae studio with that signature sound.
Tim Robbins (yes, that Tim Robbins) returns with his new work Topsy Turvy & more!!
Thursday, May 23, 2024, 10pm – 2am
on Bob Barth’s ONE NIGHT STAND (on Sheena’s Jungle Room stream)
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140225
LIVE from Los Angeles: The Actors’ Gang in Culver City presents Topsy Turvy: A Musical Greek Vaudeville written & directed by Tim Robbins. On tonight’s show Tim is going to discuss how the events of the pandemic inspired this piece.
FRIDAY
Women on Bass
Friday, February 2, 2024, 9am – Noon
on Give the Drummer Some with Doug Schulkind (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136521
Three magnificent hours of mastery of the double bass by women improvisers/composers, with a special feature on Joëlle Léandre.
The Great Folk Scare
Friday, September 20, 2024, Noon – 3pm
on Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144184
Uncle Michael surveys the moment when the Great Folk Scare (as Dave Van Ronk is crediting with naming the phenomenon) of the late 1950s and early 1960s, threatened to go mainstream. It’s more fun than it should be!
60 At 60!
Friday, June 7, 2024, 2pm – 6pm
on The Flange & Frigate (on Sheena’s Jungle stream)
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140536
Celebrate in the pub as I bring you a four-hour special of my 60 favourite British records. Buy me drinks! Give me cake! Come and dance with me! I’M 60 TODAY!! WOO-HOO!
Divide & Conquer
Friday November 1, 2024, 3pm – 5pm
on The Arbitrarium with Arb (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145502
Arb takes aim at the election cycle
Jeffrey Silverstein visits Le Buffet!
Friday, May 3, 2024, 5pm – 7pm
on Beachcomber’s Buffet with Arlo (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139413
Jeffrey takes a trip to the buffet: we listen to offerings from his fresh EP ‘Roseway’ and other great records, and chat about it… sandwiched between two sets of suitably twangy, psychedelic buffet selections.
6 Stupid Years Of This Crap!
Friday, October 25, 2024, 6pm – 9pm
on The Hour Of Crap with Don-O (on Sheena’s Jungle Room stream)
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145332
Celebrating 6 years of this crap by playing the “greatest hits” I have over played over the years….including too much Negativland.
You’ve Got Levitation
Friday, October 4, 2024, 7pm – 9pm
on Musical Dose with medson (on Rock’N’Soul Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144617
Join medson for two hours of “The Live at LEVITATION” series which captures key moments in psych rock, live from Austin Texas.
SATURDAY
Injuns, Here They Come!
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 10am – 11am
on The Crescent City Connection with Jason Isaac (on Rock’N’Soul Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136736
On the weekend before Mardi Gras, WFMU’s New Orleans music show took it to the streets with the music of NOLA’s Mardi Gras Indians. Stream it from the archives for an hour of funk and feathers!
The Belgian rock explosion of the 90’s
Saturday September 14, 2024, 11am – 1pm
on Summer Camp with Roy Santiago (on Sheena’s Jungle Room stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144045
Summer Camp is the travelling Circus of the DJ’s of Sheena’s Jungle Room. In this episode, Roy Santiago made a selection of bands that were famous as French Fries in the 90’s in a very specific corner of the world: Belgium.
A tribute to artist, musician, songwriter & absolute mensch Daved Hild (1951-2024)
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 1pm – 3pm
on Krys O’s Free-Form Roller Coaster (on Sheena’s Jungle Room stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144044
Paying tribute to musician and songwriter Daved Hild (The Girls, David Thomas & The Wooden Birds, Carney Hild Kramer, The Farmers) who died suddenly in September.
David Toop: Ocean of Sound Interview
Saturday, September 21, 2024, 7pm – 10pm
on Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman (on Give The Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144239
According to celebrated UK music writer Rob Chapman (“Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head”) this special episode of OoD “was great. Utterly thought provoking and such an excellently curated range of David Toop’s music.”
SUNDAY
Pat Thomas!
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 9am – 12noon
on destination: OUT Radio with Jeff Golick (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144748
A show devoted to UK genius Pat Thomas, whose keyboard output ranges from Ellington piano solos to dubstep experiments.
The Maturing of Miles (from Savoy to Columbia)
Sunday, May 26, 2024, 7pm – 9pm
on The Laughing Clock with DJ Peter (on Give The Drummer Radio stream)
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140200
For Miles Davis’s birthday, we shadow the Prince of Darkness from his debut recordings with Charlie Parker through his evolution as a bandleader, ending in 1961. (The Stork Club picked up the baton in 1963, and Destination: Out with Jeff Golick surveyed the Children of Miles.)