Close down the holiday weekend in the Starlite Lounge with three hours of freeform radio. Tonight's 9 PM invocation will be delivered by William S. Burroughs, with a benediction from Killah Priest wrapping things up shortly before midnight. What happens in the middle will be determined on the fly, precisely as the gods intended.
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Don't turn around, here comes last night's radio show again courtesy of the WFMU archives! There are those who say the truth lies somewhere between Ry Cooder and Nightmares on Wax. In this case, a straight shot directly at the middle lands on either Kool Keith or Rip, Rig, and Panic, which I think any of us can live with.
Suiting up and plugging in for the semi-annual Everybody's Very Tired Because Of The Time Change Show. Fundraising parlor tricks have been put away (thanks to everyone who made WFMU's October Hellraiser a slam-bang success!), so it's just you, the night, and the music. 9 PM - midnight, NYC time. Listen, live playlist, and chat right here:
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157608
First song's from Sprints, not really sure what happens after that.
WFMU hit its goal for the October Hellraiser a full week before the finish line -- AMAZING! I've still got one fundraising show left, which kicks off tonight at 9 PM (NYC time). It's the all vinyl 45 show for Singles Going Steady week.
I find this week of programming to be particularly revealing for WFMU programmers because nearly all of us have mounds of 45s, but rather than whipping up an obscurities-only show, many DJs (myself included) tend to bedazzle the setlist with guilty pop pleasures and otherwise embarrassing nostalgic hits.
Tune in at 9 PM to find out where the night takes us. You can listen, follow the playlist, and chat with me and other WFMU listeners at this page:
https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157361
And if weirdo broadcasts like this give you just the faintest glimmer of hope for this rotten old world, and you'd like to see them continue far into the future, you can make a pledge here:
Serious triple-header on the @WFMUDrummerStream today:
First up at noon, Stork presents an archival live set from Calexico, recorded at WFMU back in 1999. Guaranteed to make your horse break into a gallup!
Then at 6 PM. DJP spins up a comprehensive overview of legendary jazz bassist Percy Heath (who collaborated with Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, among others.)
Finally at 9 PM, Mike Lupica platforms three hours of foul-mouthed females. Songs sung by women all featuring at least one memorably magnificent utterance of the F-word. Come for Dory Previn and Lydia Lunch but STAY for Gilda Radner and the Yeastie Girlz!
Links to listen and chat for all of these upcoming programs can be found here:
And if this kind of programming still sends a thrill up your leg, please donate to our October Hellraiser, which is rounding the bend into its final sprint!
This morning on the WFMU Drummer Stream: Free Your Mind… and Your Brass Will Follow!
Continuing the Hellraiser celebration on Give the Drummer Some, Doug Schulkind presents an exhilarating three hours of brass band music from all the hell over. Hear some mind-blowing oom-pahing from such unlikely locales as Haiti, Sweden, Italy, Zanzibar, Serbia, Guatemala, Ghana, Mumbai, Cuba, Thailand, Benin, Tonga, Romania, WFMU's studios in Jersey City and, of course, New Orleans. 9 AM - noon (NYC time). Listen || Playlist || Chat:
Tune in today for a SEVEN HOUR musical throwback to the year 1985. Don't expect Wham, Tears for Fears, or Dire Straits, though... First up at 12 noon, it's Tony Coulter mining his particular taste for musical obscurities. Then at 3 PM, Julie takes over and answers the age-old questions of goth, post-punk, and new wave. Listen, follow the playlists, and chat live with other listeners using this link:
And don't forget to support WFMU in the closing weeks of our October Hellraiser! You can support the @WFMUDrummerStream by initiating your pledge with this link:
This morning from 9 AM - noon (NYC time) on the WFMU Drummerstream! Over the course of his eight-decade career, multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef recorded prolifically, producing a vast catalog of unforgettable albums. As legendary as he was a recording artist, few of his studio-based sessions ever truly captured the thrill of experiencing him in live performance. To celebrate this monumental artist's 105th birthday, Doug Schulkind devotes this episode of Give the Drummer Some to the sounds of Lateef in concert.
Listen // Live Playlist // Chat: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/156951
Pledge to support Doug on WFMU: https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/DS
Fedi-friends, tonight is my first show for WFMU's October Hellraiser. It's a month-long quiet-sorta fundraiser, minus all the pomp and circumstance of the FMU marathon in March. DJs are asked to come up with special programming themes for at least a couple of the October fundraising shows, but tonight it's just gonna be a slam-bang great time here in the Starlite Lounge. If you're dismayed by the way our cultural institutions are crumbling, please know that supporting WFMU means giving aid to a LEAN, MEAN, FREEFORM RADIO MACHINE that's gonna go down fighting if we have to.
But with your support, maybe it won't come to that.
Tune in from 9 PM - midnight (NYC time) and I'll make my best case for why you should consider tossing a coin to your witcher, errr, in a manner of speaking.
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https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/156792
Circuits
Mark Sanders
WFMU's Drummer Stream