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Ridgewood Radio features concert recordings by adventurous bands and experimental musicians and restored archival tapes from private and institutional collections captured at venues large and small across the five boroughs of New York. It is produced by David Weinstein and Outpost Artists Resources operating out of the Ridgewood section of Queens, NY, where you'll find more yellow bricks than on the road to Oz and the cemetery of your choice is never more than a few blocks from home.

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Favoriting July 12, 2017: Zu Manifestival & Nova Convention (1978)

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Zu Manifestival Poster 1978

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments
impLOG (Don Christenson)  Holland Tunnel Drive (excerpt)   Favoriting   Dark Entries  1980  impLOG was the solo project of Don Christensen after leaving New York No Wave group The Contortions in 1979. He began making music using found sounds, a Univox drum machine, guitar stomp boxes, Casio keyboards and percussion instruments. 
Malawi Mouse Boys  Kulira Kwambewa (The Crying of the Mouse)   Favoriting Forever is 4 U  Omnivore Records  2016  Ridgewood Radio Theme 

Music behind DJ:
Jean TIngleuy 

Sound Sculpture Installation   Favoriting

 

Audio Arts 

1983 

Cassette released by Audio Arts, London, UK, 1983 
 
Giorgio Gomelsky’s Zu Manifestival 1978 at Entermedia Theater. Selections from tapes restored by Dave Soldier
Zu Band  Live Set (excerpt)   Favoriting Giorgio Gomelsky’s Zu Manifestival      Recorded 8 October 1978. Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, George Bishop, Cliff Cultreri (replaced by guitarist Michael Lawrence here?), Dennis Weise, Michael Beinhorn, Gilli Smyth, and maybe Chris Cutler, Daevid Allen in there too? Gomelsky allegedly hooked up Zu Band with former Gong frontman Daevid Allen and they became "New York Gong". 
Taka-i-ki  Live Set (Fed 4 Thought)   Favoriting Giorgio Gomelsky’s Zu Manifestival      Recorded 8 October 1978. From Gromelsky's notes: Elliot Levin, tenor & soprano saxes; Steve Buchanan, alto sax; George Bishop, tenor sax; Rick Iannacone, elec. guitar. 
Yochk’o Seffer  Live Set (excerpt)   Favoriting Giorgio Gomelsky’s Zu Manifestival      Recorded 8 October 1978. Neffesh Music: Michael Reduie saxophone; Dave Kassler secondary bass; Francoise Laizeau, percussion; Y'ochko Seffer, soprano saxophone. 
The Muffins  Live Set (excerpt)   Favoriting Giorgio Gomelsky’s Zu Manifestival      Recorded 8 October 1978. Paul Sears, Dave Newhouse, Billy Swan, Tom Scott. 
Gerry Lindhal & Gregg Weisman (PASS)  Live Set (excerpt)   Favoriting Giorgio Gomelsky’s Zu Manifestival      Recorded 8 October 1978. Gerry (Gerald) Lindhal who founded Studio PASS (now Harvestworks) and Gregg Weisman, synths. 
Fred Frith, Peter Blegvad, Chris Cutler, Billy Swan  Live Set (Alcool)   Favoriting Giorgio Gomelsky’s Zu Manifestival      Recorded 8 October 1978. Introduced by Frith 
 
Nova Convention, John Giorno's celebration of Willam Burroughs, 1978 at Entermedia Theater. Selections from tape archives of John Giorno and Charles Ruas, restored by David Weinstein
John Giorno  Interview   Favoriting Nova Convention      Recorded 1978. Linda Perry of WBAI interviews the poet about the Nova Convention. 
Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye  Live Set   Favoriting Nova Convention      Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1978. Smith chats with audience then two pieces: For Jim Morrison, and Bumblebee 
Allen Ginsberg Band  Live Set   Favoriting Nova Convention      Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1978. Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky with rockabilly band. 
John Giorno/William Burroughs  Interview & Live Reading   Favoriting Nova Convention      Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1978. About William Burroughs, then Burroughs reads. 
Steve Lacy  Tape Piece   Favoriting Nova Convention      Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1978. Peter Orlovsky introduces an electronic piece by Lacy. 
Ed Sanders  Live Set (Sappho Songs)   Favoriting Nova Convention      Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1978. Songs accompanied by his Bardic Pulse Lyre. 


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
weinstein:

Everybody is welcome to contribute what they know about these tracks today. Lots of anecdotes and mystery surrounds both festivals.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Webhamster Henry:

I wasn't there, but I can make stuff up with the best of them!
  3:04pm
?:

I played with The Muffins and Yochk'o Seffer at ZU. I was also FOH sound for all the I was not playing.
  3:05pm
Paul Sears:

Sorry, forgot my name...
Avatar 3:06pm
geezerette:

What an incredible poster / flyer. Wow!
  3:07pm
Paul Sears:

I have an original poster, and a T shirt.
Avatar 3:08pm
geezerette:

Lucky man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
weinstein:

Yes Paul Sears! Thank you for your notes and pix and playing and engineering on this!
  3:09pm
weasel walter:

go, paul, go!
Avatar 3:10pm
geezerette:

Love this already. Top of my dead just lifted.
Avatar 3:11pm
geezerette:

haha head. whew.
  3:13pm
Paul Sears:

I was drafted 4 days before to do sound. Joe Goldin bailed. Giorgio TOLD me I was doing sound. Night before, got trained on the system with Art Ensemble of Chicago. That was a Pink Floyd owned rental PA, with PINK FLOYD 750 (actually Phase Linear) amps.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
weinstein:

Paul you are making all the nerds very happy. Like me.
  3:14pm
weasel walter:

bill laswell is shredding. attention.
  3:15pm
Paul Sears:

I have a photo of the Midas FOH console somewhere.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
fred:

Good afternoon David and all.
re: earlier "Music behind DJ", my office is underground, below a set of sculptures by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle
  3:15pm
weasel walter:

i think this sounds a lot more like bill bacon on drums.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
weinstein:

Fred, the Tingleuy fountain outside Centre P is one of my favorite things in the universe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
weinstein:

@Walter, the drummer is the most disputed name from this group. Can't untangle it, but glad to have more heads listening!
  3:19pm
weasel walter:

i just wrote to michael beinhorn about this broadcast being on. i'll try to get some poop from him about this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
fred:

@David: that's the one
  3:21pm
weasel walter:

lots of hard-to-hear no wave bands on the schedule: arsenal, made in USA, theoretical girls, the static, members of sick dick and the volkswagens (abbott, miller) . . . X___X didn't play.
  3:21pm
weasel walter:

the residents, vis a vis hardy fox and jay clem, were on hand!
  3:23pm
Paul Sears:

yeah hardy was cool. Gave me a vinyl NOT AVAILABLE. Bob Fripp and Deborah Harry sat right in front of me for awhile. They were at Giorgios the night before. Very cool.
  3:25pm
weasel walter:

the post manster band, robal played, with alan and rob hertzberg
  3:25pm
weasel walter:

small coterie of philly free jazz guys: elliott levin and bobby zankel
  3:26pm
Paul Sears:

I have been searching for the hertzbergs for years. No luck.
  3:26pm
weasel walter:

lydia lunch was a big manster fan. LOL
Avatar 3:28pm
geezerette:

Fred, fantastic! Which means you can see them when you come up for air.
Avatar 3:28pm
northguineahills:

The figure on the flyer also feature's on Harmonium's eponymous record cover.
  3:28pm
weasel walter:

i will send this broadcast along to elliott levin. he will be psyched this got played on the radio, re: taka-i-ki
  3:29pm
Paul Sears:

Gomelsky resisted letting me digitize these tapes for over 20 years. Huge thanks to Dave Soldier for getting this done.
Avatar 3:29pm
geezerette:

heya ngh!
  3:30pm
weasel walter:

i'm glad there's still some oxide on these tapes. ha ha ha
Avatar 3:30pm
geezerette:

Paul Sears, horrible to contemplate. This is wonderful.
  3:31pm
Paul Sears:

Kudos goes to Dave Soldier!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
fred:

@geezerette: It also means I barely notice them by now. Except when they're turned on, which is usually not the case. Even then the water jets are often off
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
weinstein:

@WWalter, Zankel was listed as playing but apparently is not on the tape, by Gomelsky's track notes.
  3:35pm
Paul Sears:

My ears were burned pretty good for many hours before The Muffins played!
  3:35pm
weasel walter:

interesting personnel in this taka-i-ki band. i've played a lot with elliott levin and played once with rick iannacone. elliott was pretty young back then and was playing with cecil taylor.
  3:36pm
Paul Sears:

Neffesh!
  3:36pm
weasel walter:

sounds like the mufiins
  3:37pm
Paul Sears:

Nope. Yochk'o did play with us tho.
  3:37pm
weasel walter:

ah, i see. neffesh music. got it.
  3:38pm
weasel walter:

i'm here to learn!
  3:39pm
Paul Sears:

I have to duck out for a few minutes soon. Hopefully a quick errand. Unexpected!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
weinstein:

Yochk'o Seffer , born Seffe József 10 July 1939 Hungary ), is a French composer and instrumentalist. He is also a painter and sculptor, including some of his own instruments (the "sculptophonies" ).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
weinstein:

Big thanks again to you Paul!
  3:40pm
Paul Sears:

Neffesh rehearsed at The Muffins house
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
doctorjazz:

Driving, listening, had to pull over to post THIS IS GREAT!
  3:43pm
weasel walter:

muffinsmania
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
weinstein:

Doctor! I will pass the love on to Dave Soldier, who fueled the effort.
Avatar 3:47pm
geezerette:

David, are you aware of Lyn Foulkes,the L.A. painter / musician ?
Also George Hermes, both visual artists who make their own,exquisitely low tech,instruments.
To check out way after this show, think you might dig.
Avatar 3:49pm
northguineahills:

ahhh, studio PASS became Harvestworks. Thanks for the info!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
weinstein:

Thanks, G. I am interested in instrument builders. Came this close to studying with Harry Partch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:50pm
weinstein:

PASS had a Fairlight. We drooled.
Avatar 3:50pm
geezerette:

Damn! That would have been fascinating.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
fred:

This PASS set is wonderful
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
weinstein:

I don't remember Gerry begin so wild. But looking back. Yeah!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
Webhamster Henry:

I recorded a little on the Fairlight over at P.A.S.S.. I have an 8" floppy somewhere I think with whatever it was I did on Page R.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04pm
fred:

Is the band Zu named after that event?
  4:04pm
weasel walter:

the italians? probably not.
Avatar 4:06pm
geezerette:

This is literally unbelievable. So happy!!!
Avatar 4:27pm
northguineahills:

This Ginsberg Band is superbly fun....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
weinstein:

I never have quite figured out who is playing. Giorno doesn't remember and the WBAI notes are poor.
Avatar 4:36pm
geezerette:

This real humor and spirit is nearly impossible to find on media now. They have a sweet sincerity and so much passion. Unafraid of embarrassment.
  4:39pm
weasel walter:

thanks mr. weinstein. great show!
Avatar 4:39pm
geezerette:

what weasel said.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
weinstein:

The archivist in me gets giddy with this kind of broadcast.
Avatar 4:41pm
geezerette:

History magic. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
weinstein:

Thanks all. I was hoping, and certainly Dave Soldier and Ruas do as well, that some secrets would get revealed if we started posting this stuff. Amazing.
Avatar 4:54pm
northguineahills:

Thanks David, truly revealing stuff!
Avatar 4:56pm
Tom M:

Thanks Daves et al.! Somewhere in my archive is an air check I taped from WBAI during the original broadcast that I think has some of the missing parts.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
fred:

Thanks David(s)
Avatar 4:57pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza):

Here comes one of my favorite loopfests in a long, long time: "Ramu Misses You": wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
weinstein:

Write me Tom! We can share info!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Webhamster Henry:

That Nova convention sounds like fun, back when BAI was fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
weinstein:

Tingleuy into Kenzo.... perfect... Bye all!
Avatar 4:58pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza):

(starting in moments, running for two playfully surreal hours)
Avatar 5:00pm
Tom M:

Will do! I've got a couple of Giorgio stories too.
  12:30pm
Stacey:

I was one of the original pot head pixies for Daevid & Gilly at the Zu Festival 10/78. Fred Frith's daughter & one of her friends were with me as well, I have a fabulous picture of us on stage. It's a memory I will cherish forever
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