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* * WFMU'S BLAST O' HOT AIR: OCTOBER, 2000 * *
edited by DJ Monica (monica@wfmu.org)
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The monthly e-mail newsletter of freeform WFMU, the radio station that
puts the "tobe" back into Roctober!
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Subscribe and unsubscribe information is at the end of this message.
CONTENTS:
* WFMU'S New Fall Schedule Takes Effect Monday, October 9
* WFMU Fall Record Fair Coming November 3rd, 4th and 5th
* WFMU Seeks Record Fair Volunteers
* Webcasting Update
* Dunedin Sound Broadcast on WFMU in November
* Off Mike: WFMU DJs Making News
* WFMU T-shirt design contest
* Jersey Shore Interference Update
* WFMU Live Broadcasts and Special Guests for the Month of October
* Recent Faves from the WFMU New Bin
* The WFMU Top 30
* And on the 8th Day God Invented the Internet
* Subscribe to Blast 'O Hot Air
* The Small Print
WFMU'S NEW FALL SCHEDULE TAKES EFFECT MONDAY, OCTOBER 9th
WFMU's brand new fall schedule takes effect on October 9 to guide you
through your winter hibernation. Some DJs are taking breaks (Maryann, Ravel,
Trouble), some are returning (Clay, Tom Scharpling, Kenny G) and some can be
found in new time slots. The complete schedule listings are available
on WFMU's website: http://www.wfmu.org
Here are the switches and additions:
Monday - ANDY WALTZER moves to 8-11pm (from Thursdays, 3-6pm).
Tuesday - BRONWYN moves to Tuesdays and condenses to an hour, now
hosting "The Thunk Tank" from 8-9pm. TOM SCHARPLING returns to host
"The Best Show on WFMU," 9-11pm. The Cosmic Cowboy debuts with "God's
Little Rodeo" on late nights, 2-6am.
Wednesday - CLAY returns with electronic sounds on "The Pounding
System," 11pm-2am.
Thursday - KENNY G's "Unpopular Music" prevents the proper digestion
of food from noon-3pm.
TERRE T. scoots over to the 3-6pm slot (from Fridays noon-3pm).
Friday - JOE BELOCK takes "Three Chord Monte" to Friday afternoons,
noon-3pm (from Tuesdays noon-3pm).
Saturday - BILL ZEBUB raises hell on the "Vortex of Chaos," descending
one more circle in hell to Saturday nights, midnight-3am (from
Fridays, 2am-6am).
Sunday - YANCY YOHANNAN's "Stereo Oddysey" moves to
6-9am. DJ ORANGE JULIUS moves "All Fructose, No Whey" to late night,
3-6am.
WFMU FALL RECORD FAIR COMING NOVEMBER 3RD, 4TH AND 5TH
Mark your calendars! November 3rd, 4th, and 5th means three full days of
wild wax and shimmering CDs at WFMU's Fall Record Fair at the Metropolitan
Pavilion. More than 100 dealers and thousands of collectors will assemble
in the name of sonic delirium to peruse an amazing assortment of hard to
find LPs, CDs, posters, videos and other related oddities. Once again, the
record fair will coincide with the Cavestomp Festival, so stay tuned for
news of an ON-AIR appearance from some of the legendary lords of
garage rock. Also, WFMU will be broadcasting live from the record fair
all three days.
Be sure to stop by the WFMU tables for loads of merch, including items from
our infamous Catalog of Curiosities. Once again, there'll be beer as well
as delicious catering by Two Boots Pizza. The Metropolitan Pavilion is
located at 125 West 18th St., between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan.
Admission is $5 on Friday from 7-10pm and on Saturday and Sunday from
10am-7pm. Special early admission is available for $20 on Friday 4-7pm
which also earns you a free pass for the rest of the weekend! For more
information, e-mail recfair@wfmu.org, or go to
http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/
WFMU SEEKS RECORD FAIR VOLUNTEERS
The success of the WFMU Record Fair hinges on the dedicated efforts
of WFMU's volunteer army. We need folks for a variety of tasks, from
selling records to setting up tables and more. Most shifts are 3-4
hours long. Record fair volunteers get free regular admission the
whole fair. If interested, please contact Volunteer Director Jason
Das at 201-521-1416 x229 or e-mail him at volunteer@wfmu.org.
WFMU WEBCASTING UPDATE
Six more shows are now being archived on a weekly basis. JOHN ALLEN,
PSEU, TAMAR, FABIO, ANDY WALTZER and TERRE T. can now be listened to
in Realaudio any old time, not just when they do their shows live. See
our archive page for more info at http://wfmu.org/archive.html
When the new schedule takes effect, we will start archiving a few more
shows, including KENNY G, TONY COULTER, TOM SCHARPLING and THE THUNK
TANK with BRONWYN.
Also, when the new schedule starts on October 9th, we will begin
removing most of the the older archives from prior to July 1st, 2000.
If you want to download the shows before they disappear forever,
e-mail ken for downloading instructions at ken@wfmu.org .
Our stereo broadband stream is still in the test stage, so it's not
up consistently every single day yet. Check our home page and our
audio page for more info on that:
http://wfmu.org/audiostream.shtml
Our first ever LIVE internet only show happens on Friday, October
20th, when Chris T., Bronwyn and girfriend Gretchen host AERIAL BLUE,
an MP3-only webcast on the history of swearing. Brush up on your
invectives, get that MP3 feed streaming and tune and call in. This
program will be broadcast live on our MP3 streams. It will not be
heard on 91.1, 90.1 or our Realaudio and Windows Media streams.
DUNEDIN SOUND BROADCAST ON WFMU IN NOVEMBER
WFMU is extremely excited about an upcoming event that will surely thrill
fans of New Zealand music (especially the music of the Flying Nun and
Xpressway labels). Working with freeform brethren KFJC in California, we'll
be presenting re-broadcasts of live music from the Otago Arts Festival in
the fair city of Dunedin, New Zealand, which is taking place from October
7-15th. Participating artists include the Clean, the Dead C, Snapper, Plagal
Grind, David Mitchell(of the 3Ds, Goblin Mix), Alastair Galbraith and more.
Our re-broadcasts will take place on various WFMU programs with time and
dates TBA. Look for more details in the next issue of Blast O' Hot Air or
check our Special Programs page for updates as they become available:
http://www.wfmu.org/upcoming.html. We're extremely grateful to the folks at
the Otago Festival and KFJC for including us in on this wonderful event.
OFF MIKE: WFMU DJs MAKING NEWS
Trash, Twang and Thunder's MEREDITH OCHS is now contributing to National
Public Radio's "All Things Considered" as a music critic. Her first piece
aired September 12 on Smithsonian Folkways' "Best of Broadside" box.
Incorrect Music maven IRWIN CHUSID extends his "Songs in the Key of Z"
tentacles to this year's CMJ Music Marathon. Chusid will moderate a panel
entitled "Discovering the Lost Chord: Celebrating Outsider Music" on
Saturday, October 21. The following night(10/22) at Tonic, he'll host "A
Curious Evening of Outsider Music," featuring Daniel Johnston, B.J. Snowden,
Peter Grudzien, and Bingo Gazingo. More info on Chusid's book and CD:
http://www.keyofz.com
The Cherry Blossom Clinic's own TERRE T debuts her brand spankin' new web
page designed by Evan Davies. Lots of playlists and archives are available
now and there's much more to come! Check it out at:
http://www.wfmu.org/tt
In addition to crooning for the Sea Monkeys, DAVE THE SPAZZ also fronts the
garage/soul/punk stylings of The Shemps. Just back from a tour of Tokyo
where they performed with Guitar Wolf and the 5678's, The Shemps will dish
it out live at the Lakeside Lounge (162 Avenue B) on Sunday, October 8th at
9pm.
The Thunk Tank's BRONWYN C. has started writing animated shorts, and her
first script has been produced and is now on the web! Check out "Gloop and
Gleep Group," an issues-oriented discussion show featuring characters from
the old "Herculoids" cartoons. Go to the Cartoon Network web site at
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com click on "Web Premiere Toons." Then click on
"Shorts," then click "Gloop and Gleep Group." More Bronwyn C. cartoons will
follow soon, but "Gloop and Gleep Group" is her first and she's all giddy
with delight about it.
Downtown Soulville's MR. FINEWINE can now be found spinning his delish mix
of obscure soul, funk, boogaloo and sixties European go-go on Wednesdays at
Botanica (47 East Houston, between Mulberry and Mott), on Tuesdays at Eau
(upstairs at 913 Broadway, between 20th & 21st) and the third Friday of
every month at the "Vampyros Lesbos" bash at Silk City in Philadelphia (5th
and Spring Garden). He's also put together a groovy and totally legit
compilation called "Vital Organs" (Groovy Sounds Ltd.) that features ten
hard-to-find late sixties and early seventies organ instrumentals remastered
off 45s from his own stellar collection. Available at
http://www.dustygroove.com and at http://wwww.ubiquityrecords.com.
The Radio Thrift Shop's LAURA CANTRELL has finally secured domestic
distribution for her fine new album "Not The Tremblin' Kind." The official
U.S. release date is October 10 on Diesel Only Records
(http://DieselOnly.com). Check for it in stores or online. On October
10th, Laura will be performing at her own record release party at Tonic (107
Norfolk Street, between Delancey and Rivington). This event is open to the
public and also features Amy Allison and WFMU's own Michael Shelley.
On October 20, Laura is scheduled to participate in two CMJ events:
moderating the country music panel and performing in a showcase at
Rodeo Bar.
WFMU T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST!
Got an idea for a WFMU T-shirt, bumper sticker or other tchotchke?
This Fall, we'll be holding a listener design contest to hopefully
find the giveaway items for next year's marathon. There are three
categories: 1) T-shirt, 2) Bumper Sticker and 3> Your Choice!
The deadline for submissions is November 1st. The winner in each
category will not only hear their name repeated ad infinitum during
the next marathon, they will also get $100 worth of merchandise which
they can choose from our Catalog of Curiosities warehouse.
Artwork should be submitted on paper or as a Mac-formatted computer
file, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Please do not e-mail
computer files!. For more information, please e-mail ken@wfmu.org
The address for submissions is:
WFMU T-Shirt Contest
PO Box 5101
Hoboken, NJ 07030
JERSEY SHORE INTERFERENCE UPDATE
We're still waiting for the other shoe to drop down at the Jersey
Shore, where a low power FM repeater station is slated to go on the
air at 91.3 fm. When this station starts broadcasting, it could
severely affect WFMU's 91.1 signal in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean
counties. Our engineers predict that interference from the new station
could even extend beyond those areas. The FCC has warned the owner of
the new station that if they do interfere with any WFMU listeners,
they need to eliminate that interference or go off the air.
WFMU has an e-mail list about this issue. To be added to the
list, please e-mail Station Manager Ken at ken@wfmu.org . After the
new stations goes on the air, we'll be mobilizing our
efforts and collecting letters and reception reports from listeners in
an effort to encourage the FCC and the new station's owners to
eliminate any newly created interference.
WFMU LIVE BROADCASTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
All times Eastern Standard Time.
Monday, October 2, 3-6pm
TIMOTHY HILL
Singer/songwriter presents his laid back, jazz influenced music in a
guitar trio setting. On Irene Trudel's show.
Monday, October 2, 7-8pm
JEAN BRICMONT
University of Louvain, Belgium, physicist, and coauthor (with Alan Sokal) of
"Fashionable Nonsense" talks about assaults on science by the
postmodernists. On The Green Room with Dorian.
Tuesday, October 3, 1pm
NEIL HALSTEAD
The man behind Mojave 3 strums his stuff. On Three Chord Monte with Joe
Belock.
Thursday, October 5, 9am-noon
OVAL
Markus Popp dissects, shreds and reconfigures sound from thousands of
sources into a blistering, glitchy mass. He came to the WFMU studios and
played some new, roaring material featuring string and horn sounds. On
Rhubarb Cake with Douglas.
http://www.disquiet.com/popp-script.html
Thursday, October 5, 11pm-2am
THE CASUALTIES
Lots of big spiky hair and '77 punk stylings. On Pat Duncan's show.
Friday, October 6, 3-6pm
PEACHES
Reviving that grand old tradition of strippers becoming rock stars. On
Scott Williams' show.
Friday, October 6, 6-7pm
NOAM CHOMSKY
Join incisive professional rabble-rouser Noam Chomsky for a free-wheeling
discussion about the "New Economy", the WTO, NAFTA, GATT, the presidential
elections and other disasters of our times. Find out exactly how you're
getting screwed. On Aerial View with Chris T.
Sunday, October 8, 7-9pm
VIRGIL MOOREFIELD ENSEMBLE
A rescheduled performance of "Final Approach," a work in five movements.
With Virgil Moorefield on electronics, Tom Chiu on violin and David First on
guitar. On Live at the Stork Club with Stork.
Monday, October 9, 6-9am
GLEN JONES RADIO PROGRAMME featuring X. RAY BURNS
Celebrate Yom Kippur with the IBJ as The Glen Jones Radio Programme
featuring X. Ray Burns presents a rare drive time edition. Set your alarm
clocks for freeform radio the way it ought to be.
Monday, October 9, 7-8pm
GERARD t'HOOFT
Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics discusses his work in elmentary
particle physics. On The Green Room with Dorian.
Thursday, October 12, 9am-noon
CIRCLE
A mighty Finnish prog-rock instrumental quintet (well, they left the other
five members at home) who dropped by in the middle of their first-ever U.S.
tour. On Rhubarb Cake with Douglas.
http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/circle/
Thursday, October 12, 11pm-2am
MEZZANINE C14
383 STROKER
Punk, punk and more punk, punk! On Pat Duncan's show.
Sunday, October 15, 6-9am
JOHN PEEL
An interview with legendary BBC DJ, John Peel. Now 60 years young, Peel's
been producing weekly freeform programs for the BBC for over 30 years. He
talks about his debut in Texas in the early 60's, his recent return to the
states this summer and everything in between. On Stereo Odyssey with Yancy
Yohannan.
Monday, October 16, 7-8pm
ADRIAN IVINSON
A wide-ranging talk with the publisher of Nature Journal. On The Green Room
with Dorian.
Wednesday, October 18, 1:30pm
STEW
Singer/songwriter and frontman of THE NEGRO PROBLEM unveils his sensitive,
weepy, mutant-Nick Drake side performing acoustic selections from his new CD
"Guest Host." He'll be accompanied by TNP bassist Heidi Rodewald. On Irwin
Chusid's show.
Thursday, October 19, 9am-noon
KID 606
Underage laptop terrorist drops everybody else's beats into a blender and
hits the "pulverize" button. On Rhubarb Cake with Douglas.
http://brainwashed.com/kid606/
Thursday, October 19, 11pm-2am
THE DEGENERICS
THE INDEPENDENTS
Hardcore and horror-ska, respectively. On Pat Duncan's show.
Friday, October 20, 6-7pm
AERIAL BLUE (WFMU & Aerial View's first live internet-only broadcast!
XXX Adults Only!)
Join Chris and special guests Bronwyn & Girlfriend Gretchen for a
semi-serious discussion on the history of swearing. The cuss words will fly
and you can join in! Talk dirty to Chris at 201-200-9368. AERIAL BLUE will
not be broadcast over the air on 91.1 or 90.1 and it will not be on
our Realaudio and Windows streams. It will be available only on our
two MP3 streams. Listen on the internet at http://www.wfmu.org and be
sure to keep the kiddies away from the computer!
Monday, October 23, 3-6pm
DAMON and NAOMI
Formerly of Galaxie 500, they'll be performing with Kurihara, a guitarist
from the Japanese psych band Ghost. On Irene Trudel's show.
Monday, October 23, 7-8pm
ILYA PRIGOGINE
Nobel Prize-winning chemist talks about his controversial work in physics.
On The Green Room with Dorian.
Wednesday, October 25th, 9am-noon
ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Satan and his minions fill in for Ken as they present their annual
Halloween / Horror music sonic spectacular. Not for the squeamish. Run
a tape and you've got the perfect soundtrack to scare away those pesky
trick and treaters!
Thursday, October 26, 9am-noon
PLURAMON
Somewhere in the border zone between pure electronic music and rock, Marcus
Schmickler's guitar/drums/computer trio is amazingly malleable and ductile.
On Rhubarb Cake with Douglas.
http://www.getmusic.com/artists/amg/Artist/117/279117.html
Thursday, October 26, 3-6pm
MOMETERS
Loopy, lovable full rock band with strange synthesizer sounds and a solid
sense of songwriting. Pronounced "mom eaters" and featuring WFMU's own
Scott Williams. On Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T.
Friday, October 27, 3-6pm
BETTIE SERVEERT
Early 90s Dutch indie heroes are back on the scene. On Scott Williams'
show.
Friday, October 27, 11pm-2am
THE MOST DISCO-EST DISCO SHOW EVER!
Writer/scholar/archivist BRIAN CHIN presents authentic, rare and offbeat
selections from his extensive disco collection. Including the greatest
moments in disco monologues, fastest and slowest disco records, best
pre-disco tracks, east coast/west coast disco battles, "off" voices and
accents, Tom Moulton moments and much more. On Monica's show.
Saturday, October 28, 10am-3pm
GREASY KID STUFF
RADIO THRIFT SHOP
Once again, the Museum of Television and Radio (25 W. 52nd Street) will
feature live broadcasts of Greasy Kid Stuff and Radio Thrift Shop as part of
their annual Radio Festival. Laura Cantrell's special guests on Radio
Thrift Shop will be DAVE ALVIN and ROSINE (featuring members of FLAT OLD
WORLD). Check it out in person or listen on WFMU.
Monday, October 30, 3-6pm
THE THRENODY ENSEMBLE
Featuring members of A MINOR FOREST in an acoustic guitar-laden chamber
mode. On Irene Trudel's show.
Monday, October 30, 7-8pm
T. CORAGHESSAN BOYLE
Novelist whose latest book, "A Friend of the Earth", deals with the
environmental sciences and movement. On The Green Room with Dorian.
ALSO COMING IN OCTOBER
Go to the Special Programs page on WFMU's website for updates dates on these
and other soon to be scheduled guests: http://www.wfmu.org/upcoming.html
ASS
Cranking, rocking, distorto and destructo. On Cherry Blossom Clinic with
Terre T.
MIKE COOPER
Performing a mystical and original amalgam of blues, folk, jazz and rock.
He'll also discuss his 30 plus years at the forefront of UK avant-garde. On
John Allen's show.
RECENT FAVES FROM THE WFMU NEW BIN
Reviewed by Music/Program Director Brian Turner.
V/VM / Sick Love (V/VM)
The demented pups in Stock-Hausen & Walkman affiliates V/VM have swung as of
late into deconstructing schlock (with recent import 7" singles taking on
Falco of "Rock Me Amadeus" vein and more recently Chris deBurgh's "Lady In
Red", included on this CD) with an approach that more or less shovels on
piles of dirt to the originals rather than doing any kind of Plunder-phonic
type action. Here, they continue to basically crack open the shells that
case these songs, scooping out the goo and smearing it all over the place.
Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" gets slowed down to like 15 rpm, and an
unnatural fixation with beef works its way into titles more often than not
(apparently they dragged various livestock onstage at a recent UK slot
opening for Sonic Youth). A great example of art via the skewer. V/VM
purists may not like this as much as the other releases, but some nice radio
moments.
SENSATIONAL/ Heavyweighter (Wordsound)
Speaking of 15 rpm, possibly one of the most bizzare MCs returns to
slobbering, lo-fi form. Brooklyn's Sensational's rhymes (which more often
than not DON'T) flop through a gauze of wet beats, a heavy hand on the
reverb fader, and a vibe that one could imagine the cast of KIDS lying
comotose on the floor zoning out to among empty 40s and an all-night drug
party. The sounds are futuristic and beats are totally happening. He was
supposed to sit in with Small Change but was a no-show, jeez, they
definitely woulda needed an interpreter between those two (just kidding
$C).
MAURICE McINTYRE / Humility in the Light of the Creator (Delmark)
Awesome reissue from AACM member (his first disc as a leader), 1969. Like
Sam Rivers, McIntyre transcended bop and strove to unearth the ultimate
potential of non-chord-based sound, and like many of his AACM peers revealed
a strong vision in his music that was heavily keyed into the
free-thinking and spiritual mode that was dominating the era.
DEAD C / Language Recordings 1 & 2 (Language)
Four years in the making, the New Zealand trio of Robbie Yeats, Bruce
Russell and Michael Morley still turn on the juice in their practice room
and make some of the most alien rock music imaginable. Twin guitars see-saw
between Morley's Venusian blues & drone and Russell's sputtering old amp and
ring modulator, while Yeats drums with the arrhythmic thunk of someone
playing those Whack-a-Mole booths at the fair. Yet, with all the chaos, the
Dead C coalesce into a major SOUND, when they lock in on the 33 minute
"Speeder Bot" it wipes down all the post-rock stuff the WIRE yaps about (in
fact, even the glitching laptop generation is in total awe of what the Dead
C is doing with the guitar/bass/drum setup). A 2CD set worthy of your cash.
STINA NORDENSTAM / People Are Strange (East West Germany)
Jeez, this is on every time you turn on the radio this month, but it's quite
amazing. This gets a lot of comparisons to Cat Power's "Covers Record", but
Scandinavian beauty Stina's approach makes this quite different indeed.
Fully realized studio arrangements and highbrow production meshes quite
oddly with a lo-fi, often 'luded-sounding vocal backdrop (foredrop) but in a
great way. Several songs are quite identifiable (Rod Stewart's "Sailing",
Prince's "Purple Rain") from first
listen, but a few are extremely loose interpretations.
IN/HUMANITY / Violent Resignation/Great American Teenage Suicide Rebellion
(Prank)
CATTLE DECAPITATION / Homovore (Three.One.G)
HATEWAVE / Hatewave (Tumult)
A trio of East Coast vs. West Coast vs. Midwest pure hatefests record to
coincide with the re-release of the Exorcist. In/Humanity (from South
Carolina) split up in 98, but left behind a totally brutal legacy of
ultra-hardcore, suicide-encouraging, satan-embracing spew that was pure
and nutzoid. 42 tracks including a cover of the legendary Screamers. Cattle
Decap are a San Diego Locust-related outfit who thrash with an extremely bad
attitude with a very unhealthy fixation on meat, discharge, and vividly
describing medical functions; while Hatewave is a new reissue of a 97 LP
featuring Flying Luttenbacher/To Live and Shave in LA-er Weasel Walter on
drums, an amazing trio in total overdrive grind-gobblydygook mode with some
jawdropping lyrics. Three to clear the parties...
VARIOUS / Calypso Awakening (Smithsonian)
Lord Melody and Mighty Sparrow dominate this collection (that also includes
others) of amazing Trinidadian recordings made by audio engineer Emory Cook
between 1956 and 1962. Calypso was in its post-war infancy, and Cook, who
had made giant strides in recording technology (both in
recording techniques and vinyl pressing) did true field recordings, lugging
gear out into remote locales to hear musical interaction in their true
element. Great sounding steel bands, vocal workouts and more.
VARIOUS / Killed By Absurdity Volume 1 (Failed Pilot)
Well, of course anything citing inspiration from Dion McGregor's
sleeptalking record, Celebrities at Their Worst, and the bizarro 1977 LP
"You Think You Really Know Me" by Gary Wilson, is going to get WFMU
attention. But methinks this collection of "found" absurd songs was recorded
on purpose somewhere by hepsters who know better. Regardless, the
casio-samba reciting Mexican food names, the a capella choir doing Toto's
"Africa" and the nails-on-chalk audio loveletter by some dweeb is sure to
entice the staff to challenge the listeners' "How Much Can You Take" meters.
MUSTAFIO / Mustafio (Mustafio)
An hour of a man inexplicably speaking like Bela Lagosi. No more information
available or sent along.
PRAM / Museum of Imaginary Animals (Merge)
What an amazing record, as fascinating as watching a gigantic aquarium
bubbling away. Like me, Pram love all things underwater and aquatic, and I
could imagine no better cassette to have strapped into my waterproof walkman
on a diving expedition. Singer Rosie's swooping, gorgeous voice swims along
the lovely off-kilter melodies Pram offers, sometimes sounding like Martin
Denny conducting an aquatic toy orchestra, other times like a woozier
version of Laika. If "Bewitched" was a single it would be the tops of the
year hands down.
THE WFMU TOP 30
Compiled by Music/Program Director Brian Turner based on recent arrivals
played by WFMU DJs.
BOOM BIP & DOSEONE / Boom Bip & Doseone / (Mush)
VASHTI BUNYAN / Just Another Diamond Day / (Spinney)
THE FROGS / Racially Yours / (4Alarm)
PASCAL COMELADE / September Song / (Les Disques du Soleil)
VARIOUS / Bollywood Funk / (Outcaste)
CHRIS KNOX / Beat / (Thirsty Ear)
VARIOUS / In a Cole Mind: Tribute to Fred Cole & Dead Moon / (Last Chance)
VARIOUS / Super Funk / (Ace)
SHALABI EFFECT / Shalabi Effect / (Alien 8)
DER PLAN / Die Letzte Rache / (Atatak)
BARBARA MANNING / Under One Roof / (Innerstate)
MANGANZOIDES - SIR DANCE A LOT / Split LP / (Repent)
THE LOCUST / Well I'll Be a Monkey's Uncle / (GSL)
SUE P. FOX / Light Matches Spark Lives / (Kill Rock Stars)
MAURICE McINTYRE / Humility in the Light of the Creator / (Delmark)
ARTHUR DOYLE & SUNNY MURRAY / Dawn of a New Vibration / (Fractal)
STACKWADDY / Stackwaddy-Bugger Off! / (Dandelion)
SIGHTINGS / I Just Realized Too Many Songs End in S / (Sightings)
VON ZIPPERS / Blitzhacker / (Estrus)
SAINT LOW / Saint Low / (Thirsty Ear)
EYVIND KANG / The Story of Iceland / (Tzadik)
CLIENT/SERVER / Client/Server / (Three Lonely Kaiju)
CERBERUS SHOAL / Crash MY Moon Yacht / (Pandemonium)
BEACH BOYS / Sunflower/Surf's Up / (Capitol)
VARIOUS / Beautiful Noise (the Apocalypse) / (Noise Factory)
SPOOZYS / Astral Astronauts / (Jetset)
SUN CITY GIRLS / Cameo Demons and Their Manifestations / (Abduction)
DJ CAM / Loa Project / (Six Degrees)
SOLEDAD BROTHERS / Soledad Brothers / (Estrus)
KAHIL EL'ZABAR'S RITUAL TRIO / Africa N'da Blues / (Delmark)
AND ON THE 8th DAY GOD INVENTED THE INTERNET:
Is that a Machlett Type ML-343A Water Cooled Tube in your pocket or are you
just happy to see me?
http://hawkins.pair.com/radio.shtml
The Jim Hawkins' Radio and Broadcast Technology Page is devoted to the
geek-engineer side of radio. Includes the riveting essay, "Electromagnetic
Radiation Explained," tours of broadcast transmitter sites and photos of
ancient triodes.
But then the principal gave us detention for playing "666" by Aphrodite's
Child.
http://www.wfmu.org/~irene/wjsv.html
WFMU DJ Irene's Trudel's homage to her high school radio station, WJSV 90.5
FM, Morristown, NJ.
There oughta be a law.
http://www.juvalamu.com/qmarks
The Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks. A cavalcade of punctuative war
crimes against humanity.
A numerical totem pole of visual oddities.
http://www.priss.org/index1.shtml
Like one of those strange, collagey WFMU freeform sets that makes no sense
at all until, of course, it makes perfect sense.
Feel my enormous voltage surge with every little valence electron you
whisper, dear.
http://britneyspears.ac/basics.htm
Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics. Where materials are
categorised into conductors, semiconductors or insulators based on their
ability to conduct electricity. Take that and shove it up your ionic
bounding, Christina!
Learn to play the spoons from A. Claude Ferguson.
http://www.kiva.net/~ferguson/spoonplayer.html
"Through the years I have taught many others what I know about spoon playing
to carry out one of the many charges given to me by my grandmother, Missouri
Anne Harris."
Your guide to groovy soundtracks from the 60's, 70' and beyond!
http://www.scorelogue.com/scorebaby/index.html
"Score, Baby!" focuses on original vinyl and reissued albums from the 60's
and 70's, plus fake soundtracks like "Logan's Sanctuary" and "The Revenge of
Mr. Mopoji." Lots of cool cover pix. Good coverage of Italian soundtracks,
too.
Thanks to the following folks for providing this month's links: Rix, Irene
Trudel, Evan Davies, Irwin Chusid, Listener Michael Martin and Station
Manager Ken Freedman.
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