Night Birds Thursday, May 17th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Although they are local fellas, Night Birds sounds as if they were born and bred in California in the '80s. Their influences range from The Adolescents to Universal Monster Movies and everything in between. A great mix of hardcore, punk, and sinister teenage thoughts, the Night Birds will be performing live on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine at 12:30 pm Thursday May 17th. They will also be jetting to a show with the Queers and Screeching Weasel at Baltimore's Sonar later the evening of May 17th. Catch them now before they explode all over your walls!
The Yellow Dogs and the Free Keys
Thursday, May 17th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Underwater Theme Park with Meghan
Two Iranian bands have braved the underground indie scene in Tehran: the Yellow Dogs and the Free Keys. They have moved to Brooklyn to be able to play music without the fear of being arrested. Both bands are featured in the movie "No One Knows About Persian Cats," where the musicians from Tehran are documented trying to make music. Both bands will be performing live sets along with an interview and taking over Meghan's show, basically, playing the music that influenced them growing up in an area where free speech & rock and roll are illegal.
Translator Humphrey Davies
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 8pm - 9pm
on
Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture
On Wednesday May 16th, DJ Rupture will host award-winning translator Humphrey Davies (The Yacoubian Building, Naguib Mahfouz, Elias Khoury). Davies will share some of his favorite sounds and songs from Cairo and the Middle East, as well as discuss his literary translations from Arabic to English.
Goodiepal
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Nat Roe
Goodiepal is one of the greatest oddball computer musicians and theorists of our day. He is infamous for building mechanical singing birds, lecturing at length on transhumanist sci-fi scenarios, and he recently traversed Europe on a recumbent bicycle after becoming wanted by Danish authorities. Goodiepal and Nat Roe will discuss time, robotics, and Goodiepal's upcoming publications on the air. Expect the unexpected.
Fahey! and Spirit Family Reunion
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Airborne Event will broadcast live from Ditmas Park's Castello Plan
restaurant on May 14th, featuring the guitar & drums duo Fahey! and
the high-octane Brooklyn Appalachia of Spirit Family Reunion. Fahey!
is Will Graefe on hollow-body guitar and Jeremy Gustin on drums,
playing warped blues inspired by, of course, John Fahey. Spirit Family
Reunion are a swirling maelstrom of banjo, guitar, violin and
footstompin' good times. Sing along to your radio or join us live at
Castello Plan, 1213 Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn.
The Next More or Less Annual Citizen Kafka Memorial Programme Monday, May 14th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Old time fiddler, band leader, record collector, poet, artist, unterKultur archivist and antiques dealer Richard Shulberg created the Citizen Kafka persona ca. 1976. "Shulky" passed a few years ago but he still lives afloat the radio waves and myspace rebroadcasts of the much adored and reviled "Citizen Kafka Show." Longtime co-conspirators Marty Cutler, Edward Haber and Kenny Kosek bring an audio tribute to the Citizen on Irene's show.
Mount Carmel
Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Terre T is thrilled to welcome Mount Carmel to the Cherry Blossom Clinic. Mount Carmel are a Columbus Ohio-based heavy blues rock power trio armed with massive riffs and throaty vocals that bring to mind all-timers like Cream, Humble Pie and Free. Their second album "Real Women" is out on Siltbreeze and it's a lock for Terre's top picks for 2012. If you've been wondering where The Rock went, tune in Sat May 12 between 3-6pm to the Cherry Blossom Clinic to hear Mount Carmel bring it back in full force!
Don Bikoff
Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Guitarist Don Bikoff, a contemporary of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, drew from the same influences in American music, also adding Eastern scales. In the late 1960's, his lone LP, "Celestial Explosion" was released, and sits comfortably among the great guitar soli records. He stopped by the WFMU studios recently and treated us to a set of instrumentals, plus a cover of Dylan's "Rocks and Gravel."
Raleigh Moncrief Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on
Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
If you've dug the sound of new records by Ganglians and Dirty Projectors, or the guitar work in Marnie Stern's band, then you're already a fan of Raleigh Moncrief's work. The Sacramento-based producer took the web by storm with his beat-oriented Combed Over Chrome EP on the Obstructive Vibrations netlabel. Last year, he signed with Anticon to release Watered Lawn, a fantastically eclectic LP of electronic soul and psychedelic folk-hop. Raleigh Moncrief plays Brooklyn's Glasslands on April 23rd with Hubble and Jonas Reinhardt.
Bad Noids (Deed Runlea fills in) Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
From the town that brought you 9 Shocks Terror, H100s and Inmates, the new school of Cleveland Ohio hardcore punk is here with Bad Noids. On tour with the 4th pressings of their fantastic EP, Bad Noids pay us a visit for a live set and interview in the WFMU studios. Simple, anthemic, catchy punk rock for simple, anthemic, catchy people. Did I mention that their singer Oddjob lights his hair on fire while playing? Did I also mention that they have a harmonica solo that might be even better than Gorilla Biscuits? A lot of bands wish they were from Cleveland, others actually are. Up the gamma toaster punks.
Serious Fun Monday, May 7th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Original poetry, combined with spontaneous, creative improvisations that create fever dreams of avant Americana is what the ensemble Serious Fun is all about. This New Jersey collective musically mind-melds the original poetry of John Hammel (vocals, harmonica etc.); Peter Biedermann (guitars and electronics) and Pastor Anthony LaMort (keyboards, electronics, laptop) into a blend of mayhem and musical madness, straining to reach cathartic epiphanies of the soul and spirit. Serious Fun performs live in WFMU's "love" room.
Barbès Tenth Anniversary Remote Saturday, May 5th, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Barbès, the intimate music-lover's haven celebrates at 376 9th St (corner of 6th Ave) in Park Slope Brooklyn, celebrates its tenth anniversary with a series of jam-packed concerts from May 1 to 6. We join the celebrations with a multi-band remote broadcast live from Barbès tonight from 6 to 9 pm. Featuring an all-star lineup of Barbès venue and label stalwarts including the Amazonian cumbia kings Chicha Libre, silken-voiced song-spinners Las Rubias del Norte, Northeast Brazil mangue beat bashers Nation Beat and Brassens Anglo-interpreters Pierre De Gaillande's Bad Reputation. Plus multi-instrumentalist Quince Marcum (of Barbès vets Stagger Back Brass Band, Hungry March Band and others) performs Greek rembetika and American work songs. As usual the tireless Irene Trudel will be both technical guru and co-host with Rob. Admission is free during the broadcast (although performers may pass the hat for voluntary donations) and if all that is not enough, we'll also be doling out free FMU swag.
Luke Roberts
Saturday, May 5th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Nashville singer/songwriter Luke Roberts is currently on tour for his new album, "The Iron Gates and Throop and Newport" (Thrill Jockey), and will be in town for a show May 4th at Zebulon. He's stopping by the WFMU studios early on May 5th to play live during the 8am-9am hour of the program. His 2011 debut, "Big Bells and Dime Songs," caught the attention of a lot of people with its particular brand of plaintive and poetic country folk. The new album has a fuller sound, but for this session Luke will be solo.
"Put The Needle on The Downtown Soulville" Billy Jam & Mr. Fine Wine Team up for Remote from the East Village's Good Records
Friday, May 4th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
For the final of three in a row live remote WFMU broadcasts from Lower Manhattan Billy Jam will join forces with Mr. Fine Wine to do their respective weekly one-hour WFMU shows out of Good Records in the East Village spinning all vinyl sets. Joining Billy Jam will be store owner & DJ Jonathan Sklute along with his former Kemetic Suns hip-hop crew partner Kirby Dominant for a rare reunion set by the legendary underground Bay Area group. Meanwhile Mr. Fine Wine will spin his usual impeccable mix of rare soul and funk 45's. Open to the public Good Records is located at 218 E 5th Street. "Put The Needle On The Record" + "Downtown Soulville" at 7pm and 8pm respectively, Friday May 4th on WFMU.
Kevin Kastning Monday, April 30th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
For a number of years Kevin Kastning has been turning acoustic guitar playing inside out. Sonic landscapes populate his music, with microtonal overlays of tones and textures. The Massachusetts-based Kastning also favors collaborations that mesh into musical other-ness, such as his discs with Hungarian guitarist Sándor Szabó and one with U.K guitarist Mark Wingfield last year. His lateest, "Tryptich" features a trio with Szabó and Balázs Major, and there's another new one on the way. Kevin Kastning plays live.
Marisa Anderson
Saturday, April 28th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Guitarist Marisa Anderson was in New York recently to kick off a mini-tour with Doug Keith. Classically trained, she combines great technique with a powerful style. Drawing on a variety of influences, she is especially connected to pre-war blues. Playing both archtop and lap guitar, she creates music of profound emotional depth. Her latest album, "The Golden Hour" (Mississippi Records) was one of Jeffrey's favorites of 2011.
"Put The Needle On Tribeca WFMU with Conspiracy Of Beards + Benjamen Walker" live from the Jack Hanley Gallery
Friday, April 27th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
For this second of three in a row, live remote WFMU broadcasts from Lower Manhattan, Billy Jam will set up the New Jersey radio station's remote broadcast unit out of NYC's TriBeCa district Jack Hanley Gallery where he will both pay tribute to the ongoing Tribeca Film Festival with guest co-host Benjamen Walker (WFMU's "Too Much Information"), and produce a performance by San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards. This will the the third time the visiting West Coast 36 member, all male, vocal ensemble, whose repertoire consists of all acapella interpretations of Leonard Cohen songs - will perform live on WFMU. Open to the public, this one hour show will take place at 7pm out of the Jack Hanley Gallery, located at 136 Watts Street in TriBeCa on Friday April 27th on "Put The Needle On The Record" on WFMU.
Occultation Friday, April 27th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
New York's Occultation are a metal band that nearly defy comparison. Baroque, otherworldly guitar and bass dance melodically over shifting time signatures, underpinning dissonant, eerie, male and female vocals; the overall effect evoking a haunted fortress, one hidden somewhere just above the clouds. With one foot in the post-psychedelic '70s, try to imagine Mortuary Drape in a collision with The Art Bears, if you will—if you can! The band were invited to My Castle of Quiet on the strength of a video shot by Beware of The Blog contributor (((unARTig))), as well as their 3-song CDr demo, Somber Dawn, which received heavy airplay on the show. Occultation now bring us their live set, in-person and in real time, on MCoQ. Their debut album, Three & Seven, is coming very soon.
Disappears Thursday, April 26th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on
Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
Chicago 4-piece Disappears play trance-inducing rock music that draws on a range of influences from kraut to shoegaze to primordial punk. Founded in 2008 by vocalist/guitarist Brian Case (90 Day Men, The Ponys), they've just released their third LP in as many years for the hometown Kranky label. Pre Language features new drummer Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth, Crucif**s), who joins original members Jonathan Van Herik and Damon Carruesco for this live session. Disappears are in the midst of a tour that includes 4/19 at Brooklyn's Glasslands and 4/20 at Philly's Johnny Brendas—more tourdates here.
Raw Nerve + Chaos in Tejas Preview (Deed Runlea fills in)
Thursday, April 26th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
Chicago's Raw Nerve gasp their final breaths as they deliver a set of complete chaos and fury live in the WFMU studios. Recorded Easter Sunday the day of their last NYC show and one week before the band calls it quits, our listeners get to posthumously relive the magic one last time after their final performance on April 14 in Chicago with SQRM, Vile Gash, Manipulation, and Culo. This set spans their recorded output on the cult favorite Youth Attack Records, and captures Raw Nerve as one of the most brutally intense live hardcore bands of recent years. Dark, disorienting, violent, ugly, and ripping fast hardcore for the bold and adventurous listener. "Don't cry for me, I'm already dead." -Barney Gumble.
Later, we speak with Timmy Hefner, curator of the mighty Chaos In Tejas festival. In its eight year, this annual punk fest held in Austin TX hosts some of the most exiting names in underground music from all over the country and world. Performing this year are bands like Sham 69, Moss Icon, Nasum, The Clean, Saint Vitus, Dropdead, Midnight, Iceage, Ted Leo, Ringworm, The Mob, Toys That Kill, No Age, Screaming Females, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments and Big Freedia, as well as too many solid American DIY hardcore acts to list. We hear about the history and current state of Chaos, the DIY punk scene in Austin, and what Timmy carries in his punk pouch, as well as a mixtape of acts from this year. May 31 through June 2, 2012 Austin.
Terry Malts
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
As far as we know, Terry Malts haven't co-opted the old "Blondie Is A Group" tag line/rallying cry, but they might want to consider it. The Bay Area three-piece -- which includes no one named "Terry" OR "Malts" -- bring their distortion-filled punky pop to WFMU as they hit the east coast in support of their fine new full-length, Killing Time (Slumberland). If you enjoy simple catchy punk rock songs a la Buzzcocks or Ramones, covered with a nice fuzzy blanket of... well, fuzz, then tune in to the Evan "Funk" Davies Show on Wednesday night, April 25th, to hear Terry Malts play live! And see them in person on Friday April 20 at Mercury Lounge and Saturday April 21 at Glasslands Gallery!
Charanams Saturday, April 21st, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Queens sextet Charanams adroitly blends South India's carnatic classical music and instrumentation with jazz improv and other influences. Led by gifted mother-and-daughter team Nivedita and Sam ShivRaj, Charanams won WNYC's Battle of the Boroughs last year. We won't make the band do battle at WFMU, but Charanams' Studio B engagement does kick off an ambitious spring campaign, which continues with assaults on Drom in the East Village on May 4 and LIC Bar in Long Island City on May 7.
Tronics and Literature
Saturday, April 21st, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Tronics are a DIY lo-fi post-punk band originally active from 1979-84. The band released the legendary "Love Backed by Force" LP and a number of EPs for labels including Creation Records. What's Your Rupture Records has reissued "Love Backed by Force" and the "Shark F*cks" 7" and band leader Zarjaz will perform the songs of Tronics and his project Freakapuss!
We will also have the amazing band Literature from Austin, Texas. These guys are jumpy, jangly, ultra-catchy pop music sure to please Flying Nun or C86 fans. "Arab Spring," the debut LP from this Austin, TX is available now from Square of Opposition. So tune in this Sat April 21 on Cherry Blossom Clinic starting at 3pm to hear 2 incredible bands live: LITERATURE and the TRONICS!
"Put The Needle On The 420 Themed Records" live from the East Village's Good Records (Billy Jam fills in for Shut Up, Weirdo 6-7pm)
Friday, April 20th, 2012, 6pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
For the first of three in a row, live remote WFMU broadcasts from Lower Manhattan, Billy Jam will produce a special extended two-hour edition of "Put The Needle On The Record" out of East Village record shop Good Records in honor of both the unofficial cannabis holiday "420" (April 20th), and as a warm-up to Record Store Day (the following day Saturday April 21st). As well as spinning cannabis themed hip-hop music, the current legal status of medical marijuana in New York, New Jersey, and California will be discussed during this broadcast that is open to the public. Note the early start of this extended edition of "Put The Needle on the Record" (also filling in for "Shut Up Weirdo"); 6pm to 8pm on WFMU
out of Good Records at 218 East 5th Street, NYC.
Roadburn Recap 2012 - in Technicolor! Thursday, April 19th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Diane returns from the mighty Roadburn fest from Tilburg, Netherlands with stories to tell, pix to see and music to hear, and she's sharing! The lineup is massive: some highlights will be-Agalloch, Ancient VVisdom, Black Tusk, dIsembowelment, The Obsessed, OM, Sleep, Saviours, Tombs, Killing Joke, Voivod, Ulver... check the site in the meantime. The playlist will be accompanied by photos AND a blog post. Tune in to experience the festival the best way you can if you cannot be there! The entire 3 hours of the Fun Machine will be dedicated to coverage of the Roadburn Festival.
Emily Wells Thursday, April 19th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Underwater Theme Park with Meghan
On Emily Wells' tour to promote her new album "Mama", she swung by the studio on Easter to give a look into the magical musical world the creates on her own. She is not your typical traditional singer/songwriter type, she layers beats and melodies with vocals, guitars, synths, and live drums. Even proclaims her work area as her "space station". The loops of her violin with her hauntingly beautiful voice will make you say hallelujah!
Knuckleball! Directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, with Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
In an era of bigger, faster, and stronger, the slow-moving but evasive knuckleball remains an anomaly in Major League Baseball. The new documentary Knuckleball! from directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg (who also directed the acclaimed documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work) explores one of the game's biggest mysteries, and the lives of the few men who have made a living throwing it. The fascinating story is told through copious archival footage and interviews with knuckleballers past and present, including Phil Niekro, Jim Bouton, Charlie Hough, current Mets star R.A. Dickey, and Tim Wakefield, who retired earlier this year after winning two World Championships with the Boston Red Sox.
Wakefield, along with directors Stern and Sundberg, will join Evan "Funk" Davies this Wednesday night at 10:30pm to discuss the documentary, which has its world premiere outdoors this coming Saturday night as part of the Tribeca Drive-In series at the World Financial Center. (Get there early for knuckleball pitching clinics with R.A. Dickey, Tim Wakefield and Jim Bouton!) Visit TribecaFilm.com for more info on Knuckleball!, and don't miss this special even-more-baseball-than-usual edition of The Evan "Funk" Davies Show!
Bailey Shoemaker Richards of SPARK Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on
Aerial View with Chris T.
Chris T. speaks with Bailey Shoemaker Richards of SPARK (Sexualization Protest Action Resistance Knowledge), a grassroots organization "...mobilizing around the clear and present danger that sexualization poses to girls and young women." about a change.org petition speaking out against a new line of LEGO "LadyFigs" toys described as "Barbielicious".
Night Beats Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
With blazing guitar work and a razor sharp rhythm section, the Night Beats capture and modernize the hallucinogenic and exhilaratingly demonic aura of bands like The 13th Floor Elevators and Golden Dawn.
Perfume Genius Monday, April 16th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
Therese's show
Seattle’s Perfume Genius, AKA Mike Hadreas, stopped by to chat and play a few songs from his new release “Put Yr Back N 2 It” (Matador). Backed up by Alan Wyfels on keyboard and Eric Corson on percussion and guitar, Perfume Genius sat down at WFMU's old piano and filled the Love Room with gorgeous and soaring songs of heartbreak and its aftermath at once deeply personal and completely relatable. Check his Facebook page for upcoming West Coast and European tour dates.
CHIA's Dance Party Saturday, April 14th, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
CHIA's Dance Party deftly fuses the music of traditional Colombian marching bands with jazz / improv, rock and lots more. Led by drummer / percussionist Martin Vejerano of New York's standout Colombian roots band La Cumbiamba, CHIA recently released an excellent debut CD, Miel. Tonight's debut FMU in-studio session is sanwiched between two outer borough gigs: Friday April 13th at Barbes in Brooklyn and Friday the 20th at Terraza Cafe in Queens.
Philippe Petit Friday, April 13th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
In lieu of a live performance, or an in-the-flesh visit, which his touring schedule would not allow for, Philippe Petit has provided WFMU and My Castle of Quiet with a 26-minute, exclusive work, recorded at home on March 21. Philippe himself is a bold and eclectic composer / performer, using electronic and acoustic instrumentation, he's collaborated with Lydia Lunch, Cindytalk, Ron Anderson, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and many others. This piece, "Philippe Petit plays Electric Psalterion processed into electronics," suits My Castle of Quiet's essence perfectly, with eerie vocals, oceans of noise, and processed percussion, amongst a whole host of less-recognizable sounds. With NYC shows at Vaudeville Park on 4/19, and May 4 at Theater Lab, Philippe graces our airwaves with some one-of-a-kind, special programming, the result of a chain of correspondence between the artist and Wm. Berger, which began in 2009, with the release of Philippe's Henry: The Iron Man. It's a great piece of music, a WFMU exclusive, and we proudly suggest that you not miss it.
The "I didn't get tickets to see Kraftwerk" Stay-at-home Party!
Thursday, April 12th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
100% Whatever with Mary Wing
Legendary electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk will be playing 8 consecutive nights at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in April. Were you one of the thousands of people who tried to buy tickets online on February 22nd and got totally shut out? Can’t afford the outrageous ticket scalpers’ prices? Ease the pain of missing these album-centric concerts by listening to Kraftwerk for 3 hours in the comfort of your own home on Thursday, April 12th! Join Mary Wing from midnight to 3 in the morning as she spins nothing but Kraftwerk tunes and questionable Kraftwerk covers. Robot dancing is strongly encouraged!
Jandek Tuesday, April 10th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Brian welcomes a representative of Corwood Industries today, live in the WFMU Studios joined by a full acoustic/voice ensemble.
Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires Tuesday, April 10th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Lee Bains, last heard on the WFMU airwaves with the now retired Dexateens, debuts his new band, which manages to mix soul, country and the Stooges together for an original sound! Debut album 'There Is a Bomb In Gilead' coming soon on Alive Natural Sound. Proof that you don't need two drummers to play Southern rock!
Gail O'Hara of Chickfactor Sunday, April 8th, 2012, 5pm - 7pm
on
Gaylord Fields's show
The editrix and co-founder of Chickfactor magazine, a former print publication that can currently be found online, will celebrate two decades of championing independent popular music with songs and stories related to this month's ongoing Chickfactor 20: For the Love of Pop! festival. This 20th anniversary gala will present a stellar and comprehensive indie-pop array, with several surprise guests and reunited acts in attendance. The festival takes place in several U.S. cities, including the Washington D.C. area, Hoboken, Brooklyn, and Portland, Ore. (Venues, dates and lineups can be found here.)
White Hills Sunday, April 8th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Imaginary Radio with Chris M.
Psychedelia from outer space! Performing in Brooklyn on April 9th and NYC on April 10th, catch them here first! Heavy riffs and psychotic reactions abound as White Hills return to the WFMU airwaves to perform material from their new album, Frying On This Rock. Hidden brainwashing rayguns and ultrasonic mountain grills!
Beach Boy David Marks and Linda Ramone
Saturday, April 7th, 2012, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with David Marks an original member of The Beach Boys, who plays on the bands' first four albums, left the band in 1963, rejoined briefly in the 90's, and has recently rejoined the band for their 50th anniversary tour, which starts next month. We'll find out the details behind the reunion and how preparation for the world tour is going. Michael also chats with Linda Ramone, the widow of Johnny Ramone, about life with The Ramones, the bands' legacy, and the new book "Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone."
Bill Baird
Saturday, April 7th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Bill Baird is one of those hard-to-classify musicians we love here at WFMU. Comfortably drawing from folk, world, avant garde, and whatever else strikes his fancy, he has released albums of songs as well as blissful sound collage. He stopped by recently to record a set of songs which are accompanied by a long backing track, creating a prog/avant/folk piece in the process. We will also chat about his upcoming trip to India to be the sound guy for a film about Indian musicians.
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