Comin' up at 10am eastern - the Crescent City Connection! An hour of awesome tunes from New Orleans and Louisiana from WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Radio. Click the link for the stream, live playlist and chat board. Join us!

https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162620

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TONIGHT on #WFMU:
💥 Put The Needle On The 2026 Femcee Special #3
In addition to playing a mix of new & classic female emcees for the third femcee special of 2026 Billy Jam and his co-host, freestyle artist Señor Gigio, will present a "happenings" report including a preview of this weekend's Doll Fest Volume II in Oakland CA. Post your top female hero picks in the playlist comments and they could be included in Señor Gigio's "Female Heroes Freestyle." (7pm EDT)

💥 Optic Sink plays live on Burn It Down! with Nate K
Memphis synth punks Optic Sink return to Burn It Down! for the outfit’s third performance (and second as a three piece). The trio play tracks from their excellent recent LP on Feel It, 'Lucky Number.' (9pm)

More upcoming live music and special guests listed at https://wfmu.org/upcoming

From around the world,
gather glistening ablaze.
The birds. Rise. Amaze.

This is a #haiku I wrote some time ago for Wake 'n' Bake haiku competition. I made the shortlist of 5 "winners". There was no prize, only love.

Wake 'n' Bake is @WFMU morning show. Every thursdays, Haiku Henry reads his own creations. #WFMU is the best #radio on the planet.

I also made some #sounddesign in Henry's style. Enjoy.

https://vimeo.com/833213551

Tomorrow at 9pm on WFMU's Burn It Down, Memphis, TN's Optic Sink returns for their third live appearance on the show.

Be there or....there is no or, be there. #wfmu #opticsink #burnitdown #feelitrecords

https://wfmu.org/playlists/NK

https://opticsink.bandcamp.com/album/relentless-metamorphosis

Nikki Sudden died twenty years ago today.

This was a big one for me because he'd performed live on my WFMU radio program just days before he passed. The events of that night are presumably the last studio recordings he ever made, and so obviously remain very close to my heart.

I was a huge Nikki fan and always went out of my way to see him perform when he'd hit NYC. Even then, his gigs felt like an alien visitation from some other dimension -- he was a classic rock and roller with a seminal artpunk past. A considerable departure from the hipster posing and faux-No-Wave culture that was gathering steam in early aughts NYC. His gigs weren't the type you'd show up to dressed in a hoodie and jeans -- something about his presence signaled that dressing sharply was the expectation, and for (single, mid 30ish) me that meant anything from my black velvet suit jacket to a pair of red leather John Fluevog kicks. A little embarrassing upon review many years later, but these sartorial choices seemed spot-on in the moment.

I was unusually nervous the night he performed live on my show. I'd had plenty of revered bands down for FMU sessions by 2006, but Nikki accepting my invitation felt different. He was a bona fide legend! I did my best to bottle up the gushing fanboy routine, and his initial skeptical glances at me through the studio glass softened as the night progressed. By 11 PM, we were sharing a bottle of champagne, laughing, and discussing plans for him to return to the station on his next stateside visit. Before he left, he signed my copy of "The Bible Belt", his solo LP from 1983.

And a few days later, he was gone.

RIP Nikki Sudden. Art punk terrorist in the Swell Maps, Bolan/Bowie refugee in the Jacobites, and prolific solo troubadour who played an outsized role in shaping my understanding of art and life’s various tragedies.

https://youtu.be/PIedwhWhzPs

#nikkisudden #swellmaps #postpunk #jacobites #staybruised #wfmu

Heads up! Brave New Weird airs tonight on #WFMU at 8pm Eastern / 7 pm Central / 6pm Mountain and 5pm Pacific in the US. Don’t miss the Theme song!

This is only a one hour show and it’s packed full of sublime and ridiculous wonders from my record collection. See you all very soon! Direct link to tonight’s show: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162520

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dmandl/116283961876014066

do you like #progrock? do you love uninterrupted, curated, amazing #radio? give @WFMU and @dmandl a go!

"Dave Mandl, the man no one can handle" -- @markhurst

#progressiverock #music #freeform #wfmu

Coming up on #WFMU: Celebrity Sighting play live on Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Fuzzy lo-fi jangle punk out of Madison, Wisconsin. Check out their debut album, 'They're Just Like Us.' (12 noon EDT)

See more upcoming special shows and guests at
https://wfmu.org/upcoming