Past Special Programs on WFMU

Past Special Programs on WFMU
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Wolmar Gottschall Filho
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006, 9am - Noon
on This Is The Modern World with Trouble
To give a taste of the unbelievable offerings at the upcoming WFMU Record and CD Fair, Brazilian vinyl dealer Wolmar Gottschall Filho will be spinning rare and fabulous Brazilian pressings. Since the 1980's Wolmar has divided his time between Rio de Janeiro and NYC, sharing the best Brazil has to offer. Wolmar will be showcasing Tropicalia, Baile Funk, Bossa Nova, Brazilian Soul, and Psychedelia. And for the first time ever on This is the Modern World, all the Brazilian music will be properly pronounced and identified! Tell all your friends to listen up, preview, then get ready to buy at the WFMU record fair.

Tim Grieve, Senior Writer for Salon.com
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
For some people there are few prospects scarier than a Democratic takeover of the House and Senate; others would prefer to see Frankenstein and Dracula themselves in those chambers rather than the current occupants. This Halloween night, Evan "Funk" Davies stays the course and welcomes back Tim Grieve, Senior Writer of Salon.com and reporter for their War Room political blog, to give another update on the outlook for the mid-term elections on November 7. The college of electoral knowledge is back in session, so elect to tune in to WFMU!

"Alfa Males-One Helluva Conspiracy Theory Pt. 2"
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part #573 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series

Joseph LeDoux
Monday, October 30th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on The Speakeasy with Dorian
Joseph LeDoux of New York University's Center for the Neuroscience of Fear and Anxiety visits the program to talk about fear and the biological mechanisms of emotional memory.

2 Bands: Zom Zoms and About
Monday, October 30th, 2006, Noon - 3pm
on Liz Berg's show
Synthesizers explode on Liz Berg's program when Zom Zoms from Austin, Texas drop by the WFMU studios. Wash your ritalin down with some coffee in preparation for spazzed-out, herky-jerky new wave on hyperdrive. Zom Zoms released their Yellow Rainbow CD earlier this year (Business Deal), and are now on tour. Catch them in NYC at Cake Shop on 10/29 or North Six on 11/1.

Immediately following Zom Zoms will be Amsterdam's About. Guitar + laptop = happy fun glitch pop! About's album Bongo (released on Jason Forrest's Cock Rock Disco label) made waves on WFMU earlier this year, so be sure to tune in for this rare U.S. appearance.

Michael J. Schumacher
Monday, October 30th, 2006, Midnight - 3am
on Woody's show
Woody welcomes composer/performer, concert producer, and curator Michael J. Schumacher to his show. As director of the sound and intermedia galleries Studio Five Beekman and Diapason, Schumacher has produced exhibitions by David Behrman, Alvin Lucier, La Monte Young, and other pioneer sound experimenters. He'll be discussing upcoming shows at Diapason as well as playing excerpts from his own electronic sound installations and compositions.

3 BANDS: The Brimstones, Hunchback, and Wreckless Eric
Saturday, October 28th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Brimstones feature Stu Rutherford (Royal Purple / Creatures of the Golden Dawn) and they play organ drenched 60s influenced garage rock a la The Seeds, Woggles, Swamp Rats, Larry & The Blue Notes, Sonics, and the theme from The Munsters TV show.

Hunchback play super dark and ominous creep punk like the Lost Sounds, DMZ, and The Damned all rolled into one! And like the Brimstones, they've got heavy keyboard action!

And if that's not enough of a Halloween Treat, there will also be a special visit from classic new wave artist Wreckless Eric (Best known for songs like "Take the K.A.S.H", and "Whole Wide World"), who'll be stopping by on his way to perform at Maxwell's.

Ray Mason
Saturday, October 28th, 2006, 10am - 1pm
on Michael Shelley's show
Join Michael this Saturday as he chats with songwriter Ray Mason about his new album "Don't Mess With Our Routine", checks in with Phast Phreddie Patterson for the Decedent Activity Update, and find out what #1 hit song Todd-O-Phonic Todd has left in Michael's Mailbox!

Listener Emile Lebrun (repeat)
Saturday, October 28th, 2006, 9am - 10am
on The Listener Hour

Dimestore Scenario
Thursday, October 26th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on Pat Duncan's show
Brooklyn indie-pop-rockers Dimestore Scenario will be performing songs from their upcoming EP on Broken Land Records, with help on a few tracks from Swiss violinist Magali Veillon.

Tim Grieve, Senior Editor of Salon.com
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Each Tuesday through election night, hear Tim Grieve, senior editor of online magazine Salon and writer/editor of their War Room political blog. Tim will be phoning in during the Evan "Funk" Davies Show to give weekly updates on the week's political news with a focus on the key House and Senate races that will be decided on November 7th. It's the college of electoral knowledge, so elect to tune in!

"The Liberty Incident"
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part #572 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series

Monosov Swirnoff With Little Howlin' Holf And Peter Barry
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006, 9am - Noon
on Hatch's show
Psychedelic drone-rock minimalists Ilya Monosov (guitar) and Preston Swirnoff (air organ, synth, toy piano, bells) have four vinyl-only releases on the Eclipse label and a CD due in 2007 on Holy Mountain. For this improvised performance they'll be joined by Peter Barry on conga and Chicago's inimitable Little Howlin' Wolf on saxophones and flutes.

The Defectors
Saturday, October 21st, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The evil fuzz kings of Denmark bring incredible, heavy 6Ts garage punk a la great bands like Moving Sidewalks, The Seeds, The Cramps, early Damned, and The Cynics! They'll be playing songs from their new American release "Give In And Creep Out" on the Detroit garage label, No Fun Records.

Jackson Brown
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Jackson Brown (not that one) has been an artistic fixture in New York City's renowned art and nightclub scene for over a decade. (Link to his current show.) With his paintings of hip-hop icons, it's appropriate to hear what inspires the man behind the brush. Tune in to hear some of Jackson's favorites as well as his history with paint.

Musical spotlight on Alchemy + author Brian Cotnoir
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Day For Night with Maria Levitsky
Maria will devote a significant chunk of programming time to the subject of Alchemy, beginning with some selections from several different centuries of musical offerings. At around 4pm, she will air an interview with Brian Cotnoir, author of "The Weiser Concise Guide to Alchemy" recently published by Weiser Books. He will be discussing the history of alchemy, and will touch upon its relevance today as well as explaining the background of some of its principles and practices. Music selected by the author for its pertinence to the topic will be interspersed throughout.

Richard Eagan
Monday, October 16th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on The Speakeasy with Dorian
Artist Richard Eagan, who will be part of the Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour talks about art, honey, karaoke, and much more.

Julia Vorontsova
Monday, October 16th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Irene Trudel's show
Julia Vorontsova is the most recent link to the mid-20th century Russian tradition of singing poetry known as bard, although here in America we simply call her a "folksinger." Julia returns to Irene's show with her often-mezmerizing Russian song-poems.

Portastatic
Saturday, October 14th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Portastatic is the brilliant pop music solo project of Mac McCaughan from Superchunk. Their "Bright Ideas" LP from last year was expertly crafted, hook- laden, emotive pop and was in Terre T's Top 10 for 2005! She is honored to have Portastatic come to WFMU for a full-on live rock session which will feature songs from their new album "Be Still Please" on Merge Records.

Tom Brosseau
Friday, October 13th, 2006, 9am - Noon
on Give The Drummer Some with Doug Schulkind
The old-timey music of the '20s and '30s was actually a revival of the music of an era half a century before. Tom Brosseau, a 27-year-old North Dakota native, sings songs of lost love that shimmer like aural tintypes, harkening back to that earlier time. His guitar is lovely, a harmonica adds color, the pump organ is a masterful touch. But the ingredient in this mix that will flat out give you chills is Brosseau's voice, which sounds eerily like a high-lonesome reincarnation of Jeff Buckley--with faint echoes of Karen Dalton.

Death Sentence: PANDA!
Friday, October 13th, 2006, 6am - 9am
on Bill Zurat's show
Hailing from San Francisco, DS:P! blasts into the WFMU studios providing their unique take on noise, no wave, punk and free jazz. Without a guitar or bass, this trio conjures quite a racket with drums, saxophones, clarinet, flute and vocals. Don't miss this rare East Coast engagement -- It's certain to be a caterwauling success.

"Interview with Daniel Hopsicker: Update on the German Connections to 9/11"
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part #570 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series

Greil Marcus
Monday, October 9th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on The Speakeasy with Dorian
If you're looking to see the future of America, says noted cultural critic Greil Marcus, you're better off looking to today's artists than the politicians. All this is in his latest book, The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice. Marcus visits the Speakeasy this week to discuss.

Nation Beat
Saturday, October 7th, 2006, 6pm - 8pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Scott Kettner's Nation Beat offers a NYC take on percussion-driven maracatu and the Mangue Beat -- the rocking roots music of Northeast Brazil (with a good dose of New Orleans second-line in the mix, too.) Nation Beat will play a live set celebrating the release of the band's latest CD called "Maracatu Universal". Featuring special guest Jorge Martins, master maracatu percussionist from Recife, Brazil.

Steven McDonald of Redd Kross (Re-scheduled)
Saturday, October 7th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Steven McDonald of the psych/power-pop/glam/punk/bubblegum band Redd Kross is coming to the Cherry Blossom Clinic. Steve will talk about how he's been playing with brother Jeff since he was 11 years old, he'll unearth the real story behind Redd Blood Cells---his White Stripes 'collaberation', and he'll reveal why Redd Kross have recently re-grouped with the classic "Neurotica"-era lineup.

Greasy Kid Stuff signoff!
Saturday, October 7th, 2006, 10am - Noon
on Greasy Kid Stuff with Belinda and Hova
After 11 fun-filled fabulous freeform years, Greasy Kid Stuff on WFMU is coming to an end. October 7 will be a Grease Ball to remember! Get your goodbyes, requests and birthday hollers in by emailing Belinda and Hova. It'll be the happiest, saddest, silliest, greasiest party ever aired!

Listener Jared Goldman spins the sounds that astound!
Saturday, October 7th, 2006, 9am - 10am
on The Listener Hour

"Supa Rockin" Mr. Magic's Rap Attack, Part II
Friday, October 6th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Aircheck
Dust off your boomboxes and load a fresh cassette as Aircheck busts out a second installment of Mr. Magic's Rap Attack - an '80s orgy of vintage hip-hop broadcasts. New York's original rap radio show, originated on WHBI before moving to WBLS in 1982, was the launching pad for countless MC careers and rivalries. Tune in as Mr. Magic, Marley Marl and the Juice Crew All Stars continue to "wax, buff, and simonize" the competition.

"Nightmare" (Repeat)
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part #497 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series.

Ian McLagan
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, Noon - 3pm
on Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
The legendary organist was a member of the Small Faces and the Faces, played on "Miss You," "Maggie May", and dozens of other hits, recorded and toured with luminaries like Billy Bragg and Bob Dylan. He now lives in Austin, Texas, where he fronts the Bump Band.

Sidney Blumenthal
Monday, October 2nd, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on The Speakeasy with Dorian
Git yer guns out - huntin' season's here! Oops, we mean election season, and all of its attendant mudslinging. Allow Ken Smith and Dorian to guide you through the indignities with our cheerful hour of Duck Hunting with Dick. With bonus special guest: Sidney Blumenthal - journalist, assistant, and senior advisor to President Bill Clinton, and author of How Bush Rules: Chronicles of a Radical Regime.

Steinski
Saturday, September 30th, 2006, 8pm - 10pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
Over two decades ago producer Steinski, along with partner Double Dee, blazed onto the hip-hop scene out of nowhere when they won the Tommy Boy master-mix contest, remixing "Play that beat Mr. DJ" by G.L.O.B.E. and Whiz Kid for the New York hip-hop label. That paved the way for the pioneering cut'n'paste duo's influential hip-hop "Lesson" series which in turn went on to influence a later generation of DJ/producers including Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow. Since then Steinski, as a solo artist, has continued to innovate through his numerous recordings and occasional live performances. He has also produced many radio specials both in the UK and USA including many for WFMU.

The Nice Boys
Saturday, September 30th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Nice Boys hail from Portland, Oregon and play really sweet 1970's influenced power-pop and rock calling to mind Pezband, Milk N' Cookies, Blue Ash, and Piper. The Nice Boys feature former Exploding Hearts member Terry Six and members of garage punk act the Riffs

Listener Jim Allen steers the ship!
Saturday, September 30th, 2006, 9am - 10am
on The Listener Hour

Famous Coachman
Friday, September 29th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Aircheck
This gravel-voiced blues DJ started off doing his radio show on WGTR, broadcasting directly from his Detroit area record shop. In 1976, he moved to WDET-FM where he kicked off his 21 year reign as host of the nation's longest continually-running blues show. Tonight's Aircheck takes an hour snapshot of this enigmatic jock's late night residence.

Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy + Shelley Hirsch + Nick the Bard
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Kenny G's Hour of Pain
Join Kenny G for an hour of dandyism as he welcomes Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy to Intelligent Design. Lord Whimsy is the author of the new book The Affected Provincial's Companion and will discuss such arcane subjects as Silk on the Nipple, The Joys of Lepidoptrey, The Limpid Wrist, Assessing One's Man-Antler and How to Ride a Highwheel. In addition, Lord Whimsy will discourse at length on the topic of Metrosexuals: The New Dandies? If your interest is peaked, you can find out more at lordwhimsy.com

After that, it'll be ace avant-vocalist Shelley Hirsch taking center stage. Hirsch will perform a new work called "Polly Cotton", an autobiographical tale that will be premiered for the first time on September 29th at Roulette in NYC. In addition to Hirsch's astonishing vocals, she'll be accompanied by everything from tuba to theremin.

Finally, Nick the Bard will return to Kenny's show to sing Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety. A cappella. Please tremble accordingly.

"The Triumph of Treason"
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part #569 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series

Radek Miszczak
Monday, September 25th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Radek Miszczak (pronounced Rudeck Meesh-chuck) is a Polish journalist who's written the first hip-hop encyclopedia in Central/Eastern Europe. He's also the promoter of the international festivals Hip Hop Kemp and Urban Rapublic, the biggest hip-hop festivals in Central/Eastern Europe. Tune in to educate, rap music is international!

Kent Jones
Monday, September 25th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on The Speakeasy with Dorian
Just in time for the opening of the New York Film Festival (Sept. 29 - Oct. 15), critic Kent Jones of the programming committee revisits our airwaves to talk about this year's festival offerings and more in the world of film.

One Ring Zero
Monday, September 25th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Irene Trudel's show
Time Out NY described One Ring Zero's music as "...ethno-pop (that) could have been played in the background of a Balkan-embassy party in the 1930s. The Brooklyn-based duo, which features Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp, has a new album, "Wake them Up," just released on Barbes Records. Michael and Joshua bring a whole band out to WFMU to recreate some of the tunes from their new disc.

Bernhard Gal
Sunday, September 24th, 2006, 9pm - Midnight
on A440 / Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker
Austrian sound artist Bernhard Gal returns to the WFMU studios with his recent laptop collaboartor i8u (France Jobim of Montreal) for a duo set of electro-acoustic soundscapes, plus new tracks from recent recordings of each of their solo projects. Check out Gal's last visit on WFMU here, a sonic-retelling of the writings (and madness) of Adolf Wolfli.

Steven McDonald of Redd Kross
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Steven McDonald of Redd Kross drops by to spin some records and share some tales from his band's long and storied career. He'll be town with the rest of the famed psych/power-pop/glam/punk/bubblegum band's "Neurotica"-era lineup for some live dates.

Steve fills in for Rex this afternoon and features a 1995 interview with Don Walser
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006, Noon - 3pm
on Steve Krinsky's show
In 1995, Texas honky-tonker Don Walser came down to WFMU's former abode in East Orange and spent an hour on the radio with Steve Krinsky. Last Wednesday, Don died at the age of 72. This Saturday, Steve will re-air his interview with Don. Tune in to hear Don tell stories, yodel, sing, and laugh a lot.

Listener Matt Gard makes the radio riot!
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006, 9am - 10am
on The Listener Hour

Assorted NYC Hip Hop Radio 80's-90's
Friday, September 22nd, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Aircheck
It's hard to imagine a time when hip-hop didn't rule the pop charts or the radio airwaves. But actually it's not that long ago that hip-hop and rap were still considered "just a fad" and when the music on the radio was relegated to specialty shows on weekends and late nights on those stations (college and commercial) that even included it in their schedules. On this week's Aircheck on WFMU (Sept. 22nd 6PM) Billy Jam will present a mix of snippets from a wide variety of New York radio stations, spanning from the early 80's to the early 90's, that gave love to the "fad" that refused to go away.

Bubble/gum
Thursday, September 21st, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on Pat Duncan's show
Central New Jersey's Bubble/gum combine the heaviness of Dinosaur Jr. and Black Flag with the dreamy guitar shades of classic shoegazer bands, and hold it all together with a melodic pop sensibility.

"The Socialism of Fools: He Who Tells the Truth Gets Chased Out of Nine Villages, Part IV" and "The Life and Times of Hasan Cengic"
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Parts 567 & 568 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series

Embedded Music Crew (DJ Ese, Loer Velocity, Junk Science, Cool Calm Pete, and Bisc1)
Monday, September 18th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Consistency and quality is a main ingredient in the New York record label, Embedded Music. With plenty of great releases in their catalog, this label is on the up. Fix your tape recorders as label owner DJ Ese is joined by Loer Velocity, Junk Science, Cool Calm Pete & Bisc1.

Kelly Reichardt
Monday, September 18th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on The Speakeasy with Dorian
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt joins Dorian and cohost Bruce Bennett to talk about her new film, "Old Joy" which is opening at the Film Forum in Manhattan on Sept 20.

My Brightest Diamond AND Jakob Olaussen
Monday, September 18th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Irene Trudel's show
My Brightest Diamond is the work of Shara Worden, granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a church organist. The resulting music has a touch of theatricality but is deeply personal and pretty, with a hint of the spirit of Jeff Buckley behind them.

Later in the program, Sweden's Jakob Olausson with Susanne Skov Gronlund, will craft beautiful tunes that touch on lazy cosmic excursions. Jacob's been described this way, "If Skip Spence were somehow, instead of finding his white-frocked self stuck in the rat-infested hole that was Bellevue, transplanted to the pine forests north of Malmo, Sweden, in a sonic nest of gimbri, bells, shakers, and clothed in Tibetan silk, one would come slightly closer to the reality of Jakob Olausson's migratory musical whims.."

Alog
Monday, September 18th, 2006, Midnight - 3am
on Hatch's show
With compositions that utilize laptop computers, electric guitar, tape loops, samples, field recordings and a wide variety of acoustic and electronic instruments, this duo defies easy categorization. Earlier this year Alog won the Spellemannprisen -- Norway's most prestigious music award -- for their third release on the eminent Rune Grammofon label. Fresh off their first stateside tour, Espen (a.k.a Phonophani) and Dag-Are will pay a visit to the WFMU studios for an exclusive live performance and interview.

Transpacific Sound Paradise Remote broadcast from Barbes (Brooklyn)
Saturday, September 16th, 2006, 6pm - 8pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Join Rob Weisberg and special guest host Irene Trudel for a live music remote from Barbes, an intimate music bar at 376 Ninth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. The evening's theme is music of Africa and Africa-in-the-Americas and performing live are the brilliant Malian singer Coumba Sidibe, one of the originators of the Wassalou sound, the Moroccan-born multi-instrumentalist (and recent Rachid Taha sideman) Rachid Halihal and his Layali el Andalus Ensemble, and the charismatic Afro-Colombian coastal roots band La Cumbiamba Eneye. As an added incentive to get you there, Rob and Irene will be unloading mass amounts of free WFMU swag! Don't miss it!

MHz
Saturday, September 16th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Amazing artpunk a la Von LMO or some crazy Wire/Devo hybrid from Ypsilanti, Michigan! MHz have that aggressive-spaztic-nerd-punk thing going on. Imagine Steve Albini meets the Embarrassment... You won't want to miss it!

Listener Sebastian Brahm (Repeat)
Saturday, September 16th, 2006, 9am - 10am
on The Listener Hour

Daniel Johnston's 1990 Hour on WFMU
Friday, September 15th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Aircheck
Another chance to hear a legendary hour of radio often asked about here (in fact its broadcast was the catalyst for Jeff Feuezeig's awardwinning documentary film "the Devil and Daniel Johnston"). This particular program came from then-WFMU DJ Nick Hill's 2nd Anniversary of his Music Faucet program in February of 1990, and featured Daniel Johnston via telephone from his home in West Virginia and a whole elaborate cast of characters played by Daniel himself. He's joined for three songs played along in the studio by Yo La Tengo, then the trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and Dave Schramm.

Middle East Matrix: It Ain't Necessarily So. He Who Tells the Truth Gets Chased Out of Nine Villages, Part III
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part 566 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series

To Live and Shave in LA
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
Two years later, the insanity that was TLASILA's last session on Brian's show returns. On tour to preview a forthcoming release ("Noon To Eternity" on Menlo Park Records), the long-enduring Noise/Concrete/Freedom Rock/Destructo-Dub/ELP-covering/Crazy Frog-loving crew piles all their oscillators, giant amp stacks, and assorted debris into the WFMU live room and crack it open once more. The band this time out: Tom Smith, Graham Moore, Ben Wolcott, Andrew W.K., Rat Bastard, Chris Grier, and Don Fleming. It's gonna melt your brains.

Ammoncontact
Monday, September 11th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Carlos Nino and Fabian Ammon are Los Angeles-based production duo Ammoncontact. Over the past 5 years they have released their unique brand of jazz and funk-influenced hip hop on a wide variety of celebrated indie labels such as Emperor Norton, Eastern Developments, Soul Jazz, Plug Research, and now Ninja Tune. Get your tape recorders ready as Carlos throws down some of his favorite vinyl selections.

Ian Frazier
Monday, September 11th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on The Speakeasy with Dorian
What better way to celebrate New York than to speak with author Ian Frazier, who visits the studio for a full hour. His latest book, Gone to New York: Adventures in the City, is now out in paperback.

Mary Halvorson + Jessica Pavone
Sunday, September 10th, 2006, 9pm - Midnight
on A440 / Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker
Over the past three years of their collaboration, Mary Halvorson (guitar) + Jessica Pavone (viola) have created a distinct and unique body of duo music. The pair combines lush melodies with textural improvisation to create concise, enigmatic songs. Their collaboration utilizes amplification and electronic effects as well as acoustic presentation. They recently released their debut album, Prairies, on the Lucky Kitchen label.

The Avengers
Saturday, September 9th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The legendary LA Dangerhouse punk band plays live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic on WFMU! Led by the fierce Penelope Houston, the Avengers are best known for punk classics like "The American In Me", "Thin White Line", and "We Are The One".

Listener David Gutcheon spins 'em like he means it!
Saturday, September 9th, 2006, 9am - 10am
on The Listener Hour

Guest DJ co-host Gaylord Fields
Friday, September 8th, 2006, 8pm - 11pm
on Pseu's Thing With A Hook
It's gonna be pop-intoxication as WFMU's own Gaylord Fields will be the special guest on Pseu's Thing With A Hook. Mr. Fields' vast knowledge and collection of all music that hooks, snaps, and pops is grovel-worthy. He'll be mixing it up with Pseu, sharing musical epiphanies and dissecting the high and lowbrow moments of mainstream pop.

West Coast Radio Odds and Ends / Bands Behaving Badly
Friday, September 8th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Aircheck
Some loose segments bunched up for this week's Aircheck. Up first, some freeform mayhem from San Francisco area station KFJC with some snippets of DJs Dominic Trix and the Unitelligible Cowboy getting loose on mic during the station's periodic "Freak Week". Plus: KROQ fans in Southern California leave love messages for Morrissey over the air, the band Tallow Cross crash WFMU uninvited, cause the DJ to leave in disgust, and interview themselves. And finally, the Sex Pistols take over KSAN in 1978 before imploding on their only US tour.

Buddy Holly Birthday tribute
Thursday, September 7th, 2006, 8pm - 11pm
on Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Buddy Holly was a giant for what he offered the world in the form of his music. But he was an earthling like you and me in person.

Psychic TV
Thursday, September 7th, 2006, Noon - 3pm
on Strength Through Failure with Fabio
Legendary experimental outfit Psychic TV comes to WFMU's studio for the very first time to perform a live set. The band will also discuss upcoming shows in the area, their new record, and having been a force on the international music scene for over 20 years.

Hugh Tracey
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on Gateway to Joy with Donna
Delve into the vast world of Hugh Tracey, who is a major figure in modern ethnomusicology. Dr. Tracey began studying and recording African music in 1920, and made his first recordings using bars of soap! In 1954, he founded the International Library of African Music which issued 210 LPs of recordings made during his 50 year career. A recently unearthed stack of these vinyl treasures will be featured on the program. Discover the musics of southern and central Africa through the ears of a true authority on the matter.

"Middle East Matrix: He Who Tells the Truth Gets Chased Out of Nine Villages, Part II"
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part #565 in dave Emory's "For the Record" series

Terry Adams from NRBQ
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006, 7pm - 9pm
on Bob Brainen's show
NRBQ's Terry Adams returns to Bob Brainen's show (his 3rd visit) to discuss his 5 decades of recordings, from NRBQ to his many side projects past and present. Along for the ride will be P.J. O'Connell, whose toured with NRBQ and played on 2 of his 3 solo albums, as well as Pete Tomlinson -- Bob's fellow music obsessive/historian and major NRBQ fan. They'll check out Terry's latest project, "Louisville Sluggers" which reunites him w/ NRBQ co-founder Steve Ferguson, and they'll be debuting the long-awaited CD "NRBQ-Ludlow Garage 1970" which features the legendary original lineup and which is coming out soon on Sundazed Records.

Gregg Turkington
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006, 10pm - Midnight
on Acapulco Dance Party with Acapulco Rodriguez
Record archivist, producer, and metacomic Gregg Turkington of Amarillo Records and Zip Code Rapists will drop by Acapulco Dance Party to play a bunch of beautiful, unbeautiful, confounding records from his personal collection of vanity pressings and "real people" records -- singing nuns, basement crooners, teenage folkies, backwoods metalheads, and much, oh, so much more.

The New Lou Reeds
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
This band featuring Cleveland rocker Edward � Sotelo (Cobra Verde, Guided by Voices) have a sound that calls to mind 70s southern/hard rock and also straight up southern punk like the Oblivians! They stop by for a live set featuring tracks from their new album "Top Billin'"

Listener John Carruthers picks 'em like he sees 'em
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006, 9am - 10am
on The Listener Hour

Al Benson
Friday, September 1st, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Aircheck
Al Benson, The Ol' Swingmaster, ruled Windy City radio for nearly twenty years. A true pioneer, Benson influenced celebrated jive-talking jocks like Jockey Jack Gibson, Herb Kent, and legions of others. Hear him ride the airwaves again tonight on Aircheck.

Adem
Thursday, August 31st, 2006, 9am - Noon
on This Is The Modern World with Trouble
"Love and Other Planets" is the title of Adem's new release on Domino Records, and it's filled with lush sounds, creaky odd spaces, and warm vocals that recall extraterrestrial tales of human beings in flux.

The Old Codger fills in for Mac this evening
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006, 7pm - 8pm
on Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison
The Codger's musical selections will be adequate, but the monologue portions of the program will, as usual, be tiresome.

"Interview with John Loftus-He Who Tells the Truth Gets Chased Out of Nine Villages"
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on Dave Emory's show
Part #564 in Dave Emory's "For the Record" series

Pink Reason
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
Green Bay, Wisconsin is the smallest locale in the USA to own a major league football team, has some hellish winters, and also is the home base of a guy named Kevin who has sent forth one of the stranger 7" singles to pass through WFMU in recent memory. Capturing the stumbling blues of early Royal Trux, the creeping synth and echoed percussion of the Legendary Pink Dots, and the android alienation of Gary Numan (if he was recording some 70's DIY demo with a cheap organ in a dank basement), there's about four other unpeggable things floating around in each one of these songs that you just have to shrug your shoulders and stop trying to be so analytical all the damn time. Check out what's sure to be an interesting live session today.

Ben Monder
Monday, August 28th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on Irene Trudel's show
Guitarist Ben Monder is one of the most original, inventive players to grace the jazz scene in recent times. Based in Brooklyn, Mr. Monder is equally at home providing tasteful embellishment to other musicians' recordings as he is playing abstract, other-worldly lines on his own. By Ben's own accounting he has played on over 90 CDs as a sideman. Ben Monder has 4 albums of his own, the latest being the lovely and atmospheric "Oceana" on the Sunnyside label. He brings his guitar by WFMU for a live performance.

Balanceman
Saturday, August 26th, 2006, 8pm - 10pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
The noted left coast producer & multi-instrumentalist will be spinning all new & unreleased Bay Area hip-hop and electronic recordings with host Billy Jam. Expect new music from Alias and Odd Nosdam of the Anticon collective, Sutekh of Context Free Media, Mochipet, Bloodwire, Darkat, Cosiner, E DA Boss, Tony Fader and more.

Ernesto Villa-Lobos
Saturday, August 26th, 2006, 6pm - 8pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Ernesto Villa-Lobos is an award-winning classical violinist who also has deep interest in the music of his native Veracruz, Mexico. His group Bamba New York explores traditional Jarocho music. "Jarocho" describes the people and culture of the southern coastal plain of Veracruz, who for more than two centuries have shaped a distinctive regional music. Ernesto and Bamba NY are playing at Joe's Pub on Friday Sept. 1 as part of the multi-disciplinary Celebrate Mexico Now festival, which runs Sept 1-17 at various venues around NYC.

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