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Where the Shunned Shine.

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"The Big Rip-Off" by Augustus Pablo
on Daniel Blumin's show

News from the Freeform Front

What's that smell in the air? Why, it's the smell of new swag! WFMU's 2012 Marathon is approaching! That's right, our annual on-air party throws down Feb 20th - Mar 4th, and we're pumped! Inhale deeply and take in the aroma of new swag, featuring our Biker T-shirt designed by Lightning Bolt's Brian Chippendale, a truckload of new DJ Premiums, and more! Pledge early to get our Vintage WFMU Pack or a Prize Account. More info to come!

Join Mac, host of the Antique Phonograph Music Program, for a live broadcast and listener meet-up at Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain in Carroll Gardens (513 Henry St), Tuesday Feb 7th at 7pm. Slurp down some fizzy concoctions and dance to classic sounds being pumped through hand-cranked phonographs. Info/RSVP here.

Guitar and loop pedal virtuoso Dustin Wong (ex-Ponytail, Ecstatic Sunshine) stops Liz Berg's show on Monday, February 13th from 9-noon for another stellar live set of orchestrated, one-man symphonies. Dustin will delight and defy your ears with elegantly layered compositions from his forthcoming album, entitled "Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads" (Thrill Jockey). Catch him live on Jan 21st at 285 Kent Ave, or on Feb 3rd at Glasslands Gallery.

Live with Jeffrey Davison on Shrunken Planet Saturday, February 11th from 6-9 AM: The online buzz about Sharon Van Etten's new album, "Tramp" (release date February 7) has been pretty intense. A recent, electrifying show at Mercury Lounge, where Sharon and band played the record in its entirety proved that the excitement is most warranted. This morning, Sharon and bandmate, singer-songwriter Heather Woods Broderick, treat us to a rare acoustic set.

Version 2.1 of the free WFMU iPhone app has been released. Click here to get it via iTunes (or search for "WFMU" in the app store). The newest version includes live commenting, Twitter & Facebook integration, offline listening, last.fm scrobbling and lots, lots more.

Remember that song you heard us play last week that went "Badda-ba- padda-ba-doomp-pa-shloobey"? And remember how you missed the DJ back-announce the name of the artist who did it? WFMU's Time Search page is just what you've been waiting for! All you have to do is input the day and time you heard that song, and the time search page will point you to the playlist, or possibly even to a link to hear it again! Try it right now!

Playing Today

The WFMU time is now 9:51pm EST on Saturday. (Full Schedule.)

Saturday
6am to 9am Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Special: Brown Bird (More info)
9am to 11am Bob Brainen
11am to 1pm Michael Shelley
1pm to 3pm Fool's Paradise with Rex
3pm to 6pm The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
6pm to 9pm Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Special: From The Mississippi to the Capibaribe with Scott Kettner of Nation Beat (More info)
9pm to Midnight Daniel Blumin
[See the playlist]
Sunday
Midnight to 3am Surface Noise with Joe McGasko
3am to 6am Imaginary Radio with Chris M.