Saturday, December 31, 2011


Transmission 14711

Just yesterday, my wife (whose logic is pure and from the heart) said to me,"David, you need to take things one day at a time". As I tend to do, I thought hard about the advice and the words themselves. It hit me like Kurtz's diamond bullet in the forehead - why worry about tomorrow since "Tomorrow Never Knows". I always loved John's words, but the essence of them were suddenly exposed and will be my credo for the upcoming year.

Enjoy today and say goodbye to 2011 with the help of Manitoba, Todd Rundgren, Seal & Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz, Edgar Winter, The Jam, Medseki/Martin & Wood, King Crimson and 801!

T14711 is a 58.9mb 128k mp3 1:04:23 in length made loud to be played louder!

"love is all and love is everyone"

RFW


Saturday, December 24, 2011


Transmission T14611

As we all wait for the arrival of the stars of the season, add these special ingredients and spices to your Christmas Eve feast. Cook along to Charlie Hunter Quartet, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, Phillip Glass, Aphex Twin, Robert Plant, Motorhead and Fastway!

T14611 is a 60.4mb 128k mp3 1:05:59 in length made loud to be played louder!

"He's got His eye on your soul, His hand on your heart"

RFW


Thursday, December 15, 2011


Transmission 14511

The RFW 2011 Christmas extravaganza is full of yule-flavored favorites delivered by deer and sack to the ears of you and your family! Rejoice along with Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Eddy Howard & His Orchestra, National Lampoon, Squeeze, Luther In B.B.B.'s, Deer Tick, Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva, Jim Babjack's Buzzed Meg, Bendon Banlon & The Bat Men, Les Baxter & His Orchestra, S.S.D., J.D. McDonald, Augie Rios, Guster, Ray I, Plan 9, Imperial Drag, Timbuk 3, The Cameos, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Chis Issak, Kennedy Rose, Emmylou Harris, The Smashing Pumpkins, Supersuckers, The Royal Guardsman, The Fleshtones, White Stripes, Crystal Antlers, The Staple Singers, The Jackson 5, Freddy King, Blind Blake, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, John Zorn, Cal Stewart & Rossini Waugh, Hayden Quartet, John & Yoko,  Hybrid Kids and Joey Ramone!

T14511 is a two-part 128k mp3 made loud to be played louder!

Part 1 is 55.7mb and 1:00:58 in length!

Part 2 is 65.1mb and 1:11:09 in length!

"They're singing "Deck The Halls", But it's not like Christmas at all, Cuz I remember when you were here, And all the fun we had last year"


RFW



"This is pretty fucked up shit" - but classic and very funny! Not for the young or sensitive! Enjoy!


Sunday, December 11, 2011


Transmission 14411

Black and white sounds and Professor Whopee's 3D BB to boot! No need to go to Megapolis Zoo to find Penguin Prison, Lyle Lovett, The Raymond Scott Quintet, Mike Dorane & The Cimarons, The Marketts, Burgess Meredeth, Animal Collective, Hanatarash, Tujiko Noriko, Frank Zappa & The Mothers. He is not an eggman, he is not a Walrus (like Chumley) he is a Penguin!

T14411 is 56.5mb 128k mp3 1:01:45 in length made loud to be played louder!

"boing"

RFW

Saturday, December 10, 2011





Transmission 14311

Seek no further - it's here! A rollicking session bursting at the seams with Sammy Hagar, Buick MacKane, Ramones, Buzzcocks, The Who, Nils Lofgren, The Black Keys, Wild Flag, The Rolling Stones, Wilco, U2, TV On The Radio, Gary Clark Jr., Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and My Morning Jacket!

T14311 is a 68.1mb 128k mp3 1:14:25 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked The Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary and he couldn't help me either"

RFW


Sunday, December 04, 2011


Transmission 14211

The music of John Zorn is in the spotlight including selections from Bar Kokhba Sextet and Electric Masada!

T14211 is a 67.4mb 128k mp3 1:13:41 in length made loud to be played louder!

"stunning" 

RFW

Saturday, December 03, 2011


Transmission 14111

We fork over this fruity collection of tunes by The Lemon Tree, Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass, The Leaves, The Lemon Pipers, Asobi Seksu, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Lowell George & The Factory, Hawkwind, The Beatles Costello, The Swans, Ramsey Lewis, John Lennon, The Residents, The Shadows Of Knight and Ashes!

T14111 is a 57.2mb 128k mp3 1:02:29 in length made loud to be played louder!

"listen while I play"

RFW


Friday, December 02, 2011


Transmission 14011

This mind-altering dose of RFW includes the trippy sounds of Dillinger, Wendall Austin, Popera Cosmic, David Fiuczynski, Phil Upchurch, Dennis Coffey, The Meters, Segun Bucknor's Revolution, Bo Diddley, The Troggs and Steven Wilson.

T14011 is a 62.5mb 128k mp3 1:08:18 in length made loud to played louder!

"LSD made a wreck of me"

RFW

Thursday, November 24, 2011


Transmission 13911

I hope you're Hungry! Music is on the RFW Thanksgiving menu, and lots of it. Sink your teeth into Paul Revere & The Raiders, Todd Rundgren, Johnnie Morrisette, The Pop Group, The Police, Talking Heads, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Bob Marley & The Wailers, John Fahey, Floyd Council, The Allman Brothers, David Bowie, Chris Spedding, Radio Birdman, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention and Djam Karet!

T13911 is a 58.9mb 128k mp3 1:04:24 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I can almost taste it"

RFW


* If that did not fill you up, go back and check out last year's Thanksgiving feast!



Sunday, November 20, 2011


Transmission 13811

Sniper, patsy, lead singer? Will the true story of the days before November 22, 1963 ever be revealed? Could LHO, the now-sound trio from Texas, have made it to the top of the charts? This show will not get us any closer to the answers to these and other less important questions, but whispers echo and mystery looms large between the sounds of Dionne-Bregent, Mochipet, Mikron 64, Dick Hyman, Space Art, The Human League, Suicide, Mort Garson, David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bochum Welt, The Balanescu Quartet and Kraftwerk!

T13811 is a 57.9mb 128k mp3 1:03:15 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I couldn't stand this blank sound anymore"

RFW

Saturday, November 19, 2011


Transmission 13711

These tasty treats were hand scooped for your audio enjoyment. The menu includes The Vines, Rainbow Ffolly, The Hollies, The Faint, Siegfried Kessler & Jean-Francois Pauvros, !!!, Talking Heads, Spooky Tooth and Masters Apprentices.

T13711 is a 58.1mb 128k mp3 1:03:32 in length made loud to be played louder!

"to make more money"

RFW

* I incorrectly left the S off of the end of both words of the name Masters Apprentices. The 1971 lp "Nickelodeon" was the Austrailian band's 4th.

Friday, November 18, 2011


Transmission 13611

Stocked with all you need for an evening of quality entertainment, this Friday night solo-session succeeds with Black Heat, Les Mosses, Bee Gees, La Dusseldorf, Handsome Furs, The Hot Rats, Gang Of Four, Fleetwood Mac, Rockets, John Lennon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Screaming Seagull Kiss Her Kiss Her, Theophilus London, Franz Ferdinand remixed by Trentmollor and Cornelius!

T13611 is a 68.6mb 128k mp3 1:14:56 in length made loud to be played louder!

"your sweat so sour"

RFW

Sunday, November 13, 2011


Transmission 13511

Oh Dear! Frolic with a sense of impending doom to Percy "Thrills" Thrilington, John & Yoko Lennon, Dwight Twilley, The Hollies, Queen, Fatal Flowers, Victor Lundberg, The Verbs, Foo Fighters, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, The Firesign Theater  and John McLaughlin!

T13511 is a 58.3mb 128k mp3 1:03:43 in length made loud to be played loud!

"Hello Dear Friends"

RFW


Saturday, November 12, 2011


Transmission 13411

This one started with Keith Olbermann reporting on Occupation (fill in the blank). As I watched clips of various current day law enforcement officers around the world kicking the shit out of protesters, Chicago, 1969 started echoing in my head and I was compelled to use the iconic chant in a musical context.

The resulting RFW WWW Suite is an improv of motive and sound featuring Terje Rypdal, Chaos Face, David Bowie, Derek Bailey & DJ Ninj , Automaton, Billy Cobham, Miles Davis translated by Bill Laswell, Terry Kath of/off Chicago Transit Authority, the 99% in '69, Dubadelic, Brian Eno, The Rolling Stones remixed by The Neptunes and Klaus Schulze.

T13411 is a 145mb 320k mp3 1:03:36 in length made loud to be played louder!

"the Whole World is Watching"

RFW

*In the confusion trying to figure out "what just happened(?)" I neglected to mention that the suite included Miles Davis retranslated by Bill Laswell ("On The Corner") and Brian Eno ("Fractal Nerve").


**I originally recorded and posted this one at high quality on 11/9/11. With such a great low end going, I wanted to hear the difference (or not). Do you notice anything that much better? Transmission 13411 came about very spontaniously, it was actually 5 minutes from the thought of the Chicago Democractic Convention in '69 to hitting the record button.

The Whole World Is Listening!


Friday, November 11, 2011


Transmission 13311

I love the idea of an International Day of Metal! The universe of this music as a genre is deep, wide and usually loud. From the original sound of it's arrival in the hands of the builders, to it's childhood and formative years, perfected by the masters and continued by the inspired carriers of the torch. Rather than try and define metal and all it's cross-breeding sub-cultures, I opted to just light a few candles, turn up the volume to 11 and rock out with Blue Oyster Cult, Tool, Brain Donor, Mastodon, Black Sabbath, Racebannon, Lou Reed & Metallica, Sun O))) & Boris, Jimi Hendrix Experience and Link Wray. Happy 11-11-11!

T13311 is a 70.5mb 128k mp3 1:17:6 in length made loud to be played loud!


"heavy metal thunder"

RFW



*This show is dedicated to the veterans of all past, present and future wars.

**I was listening back to this transmission while doing much needed yard-work when I noticed a (Wohl)man-made mistake of double-tracking. Consider the original a discontinued rarity and feel relieved to know that the corrected file has mysteriously replaced it's predecessor.








Sunday, November 06, 2011

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Transmission 13211

The search for the correct time, a good cup of coffee and the newest machine brings us to this Sunday morning session with The Sonics, Cubby + Blizzards, The Small Faces, Grace Jones, Nina Hagen, Burnt Friedman, Puzzle, Lothar & The Hand People, Miss Kitten, Tuxedomoon, Pink Floyd and World's End Girlfriend!

T13211 is a 56.3mb 128k mp3 1:01:34 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I've got to build a New Machine"

RFW

Saturday, November 05, 2011


Transmission 13111

If you look at old concert posters as a complete body of work (the two Fillmore locations in particular), it is an amazing history of rock and roll in the late sixties and early seventies. In the same adventerous spirit that Mr. Graham booked his concert emporiums, we create a custom RFW Concert Poster featuring a near-perfect line-up - Steely Dan, NRBQ, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Mike Nesmith, Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, Nazareth, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson and Steve Hackett!

T13111 is a 63.4mb 128k mp3 1:09:15 in length made loud to be played louder!

"because I'm still in love with you"

RFW

Friday, November 04, 2011


Transmission 13011

In my highly opinionated reality, the most anticipated part of the artistic process is not the arrival of the idea,  the physical creative activity or the finished "product'. It's the burning-of-grey-rubber that occurs when supplied with the theoretical or physical blank canvass.. As addictive as the most virulent narcotic and as satisfying as the most erotic encounter, the buzz of brain buds colliding as you think "what should I do next" allows the author an endless supply of variations and unmatched mental stimulation....or....I have no fucking idea of what I'm going to play after David Bowie, but I'm workin' on it and it's starting to feel good!

T13011 is a 64.1mb 128k mp3 1:10:01 in length made loud to be played louder!

"don't believe in all their lies"

RFW


* Now that the damage is done, I'll let you know that we were led to U2, Heaven 17, Cabaret Voltaire, Lou Miami & The Kozmetics, Baby Woodrose, The Lords Of Altamont, The Mr. Albert Show, Fugi, Grand Funk, Angelo Badalementi, David Lynch, Desmond Leslie, Ground Zero and Ultra Bide!

Sunday, October 30, 2011


Transmission 12911

It's a fifty-fifty proposition for your affection and confection - or else! Treat yourself right by filling your trick bag with The Who, The Triffids, The Artesians, Fujiya & Miyagi, America, Bert Jansch, John, Zorn, Soulive, Lover Boy, St. Louis Bessie, Gas Head, Elvis Presley, King Biscuit Boy & Sonny Del Rio, The Hobbits, Outrageous Cherry and The Dead Weather. The RFW Halloween Trilogy is officially dead - or is it?

T12911 is a 60.2mb 128k mp3 1:05:50 in length made loud to be played louder!

"little itty-bitty treats that groove your head"

RFW

Saturday, October 29, 2011


Transmission 12811

For Part 2 of the RFW Halloween Trilogy, I've transfused an entire bucket of tunes from the Wohlman Archives to this homoglobic hoe-down featuring donations from Xander Harris, Mouse On Mars, Simian Mobile Disco, Singers & Players, Scientist, Mountain, Primal Scream, Jamie Shaft, Mastodon, Buckethead, Hanadensha and Peter Gabriel.

T12811 is a 64.1mb 128k mp3 1:10:04 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I Want More Than Just Blood"

RFW


Transmission 12711

Part 1 of the RFW Halloween Trilogy could save the world! A pieced together creation tailor made to bring out the monster in you featuring Madeira, The Mansfields, Daevid Allen with Planet Gong, Goblin, Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Krypt-Kickers, Screamin' Lord Such & The Savages, The Living Things, Blue Oyster Cult, The Undisputed Truth, Bats, Som Tres, The Gravedigger V, Pete Drake, Pete Bardens, Bob & Lucille, Louise Huebner and Uriah Heep. It's either revolution or destruction!

T12711 is a 58.8mb 128k mp3 1:04:14 in length made loud to be played louder"

"tell them Boris sent you"

RFW

Sunday, October 23, 2011


Transmission 12611

The "RFW Inside The Whale Suite (Listen Don't Kill)" contains a pod of tunes from J.B. Lenoir, John Taverner, Abarax, Christopher Guest, Paul Winter, Bill Murry and Procol Harum!

T12611 is a 67.6mb 128k mp3 1:13:56 in length made loud to be played louder!

"The Whalers (?) hmmmm - that don't sound like no reggae music"

RFW


*There are a number of excellent sites that you can visit to learn more about the plight of the whale. Sea Shepard is recommended because it does not mince words or shy away from the truth!

Saturday, October 22, 2011


Transmission 12511

I'll meet you at the juke-joint for a hearty helpin' of the blues courtesy of Joe Turner, William Harris, Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton, Rick Derringer, Johnny Winter, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green Splinter Group, Miles From India, John Coltrane and Dream Syndicate. Don't be late!

T12511 is a 58.9mb 128k mp3 1:04:24 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I know what you like"

RFW

Friday, October 21, 2011


Transmission 12411

As the father of two boys, I have the responsibility to teach my sons the things they need to know to become better men. So this week, I have been teaching my 12 year old Curtis the finer points of poker. When to hold them, when to fold them, the high-art of the bluff, the all-in bet and the all-important poker-face. Each a wonderful analogy to "life in the real-world"!

Which brings us to our "two-of-a kind" Transmission filled with tunes that work well as pairs from Satch Arnold and Pink Floyd, Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Link Wray and Bob Seeger, new and old selections from The Zombies, Sly & The Family Stone and Wilco, Burt Jansch and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and a huge pot-buster from Twin Tail and Adrian Belew. Ante up!

T12411 is a 63.2mb 128k mp3 1:09:04 in length made loud to be played louder!

"a church house gin house, a school house out house"

RFW


Sunday, October 16, 2011


Transmission 12311

The RFW fight against stupidty continues with moronic music from The Driving Stupid, Rod Stewart, Funkadelic, Chocolate Genius, Frank and Nancy Sinatra, XTC, The Spongetones, The Rolling Stones, Neil  Young and Crazy Horse, The Paranoics, Loose Fur, Kid Loco, Solomon Burke, The Specials, Michael Nyman and Mogwai! Stupid is as stupid does? 

T12311 is a 57.3mb 128k mp3 1:02:40 in length made loud to be played louder!

"and then I had to spoil it all be saying Somethin' Stupid like I love you"

RFW


Transmission 12211

We are graced with the royal presence of Duke Ellington and assorted members of the RFW court including The Dust Brothers, Filter, Pop Will Eat Itself, They Promised Us Jetpacks, Magazine, Buzzcocks, Stevie Wonder, Haruomi Hosono, Seikatsu Kojo Linkai Orchestra and Frank Zappa and The Mothers!

T12211 is a 60.1mb 128k mp3 1:05:44 in length made loud to be played louder!

"you can feel it all over"

RFW

Friday, October 14, 2011


Transmission 12111

There is a running joke and occurrence in the Wohlman household. Whenever we start a movie, we know that my wife Pam will inevitably get up to get a drink, make popcorn, get into comfy clothing, go to the bathroom or a variety of personal activities that might have been done prior to the start of the film. Although she always insists that we do not have to, we end up pushing the pause button until she has completed whatever it is that she had to do.

As we were commencing our most recent Wohlman Family Movie Night (the newest Transformer masterpiece), she decided to get up and make Rice Krispies Treats®. This led to a record movie pause that lasted in excess of one hour!

You may be asking , "Dave - what does this have to do with T12111?".  Well, while waiting for the anticipated start of that night's blockbuster - I started playing songs from the portable RFW HAL Archives (an IRiver H340 in case you are taking meticulous notes). The following RFW Movie On Pause Suite was the result! Hit play and enjoy the uninterrupted music of Bill Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Cristiani Roversi, Paul McCartney, Steven Wilson, Alison Krauss, Hot Chip, Robert Fripp featuring Terre Roache, Ryuichi Sakamoto with David Sylvian and Ingrid Chavez and The Bees.

T12111 is a 55.6mb 128k mp3 1:00:49 in length made loud to be played louder (without being paused). 

"energy here in every part"

RFW

Sunday, October 09, 2011


Transmission 12011

Cherry-picked numbers from the Wohlman Archives include Ferris Wheel, Emitt Rhodes, Sophie B. Hawkins, Daryl Hall, The Clash remixed by Jeremy Healy, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Dennis Coffey, Simple Minds, Tones On Tail, Spandau Ballet, Elvis Presley, Edgar Blanchard and Emergency!!

T112011 is a 65.3mb 128k mp3 1:11:26 in length made loud to be played louder!

"Fresh As A Daisy"

RFW


*The version of "Creole Love Song" by Emergency! can be found on the Japanese import "Loveman Plays Psychedelic Swing" recorded live in Tokyo on March 20, 2002. Highly recommended!

Saturday, October 08, 2011


RFW SPEAKS!

I need to write down my thoughts - the words are echoing in my brain.

I am so sick and tired of  Hallmark sentiment catch-phrases that attempt to give a convoluted sense of hope,  Fox News (?) style media blurbs that are thinly veiled propaganda and the moronic ramblings of self-righteous "leaders" that react to the dire predictions of our world's scientific/economic brain-trust and the voices of their citizens with text-book methods of re-direction intended to cause doubt where there should be clarity.

If there is one thing that is more unsettling than these people with their obvious self-enriching agendas, it is the stupidity, gullibility and lemming-like behaviour of their followers. In my naive world it seems to be an easy process - the majority of American voters tell the government what/how we want things done. The government listens and follows the voice and will of the people. How did we ever get to the point of elected men and women imposing their intelligence over the unintelligent masses. A more perplexing question  - "Why have we let this happen for so many years?".

The United States was created by people who staged a violent revolution against an unpopular ruling hierarchy. They were being abused physically, psychologically and morally - so they went on the offensive. After years and decades and centuries of "government for the people by the people", we have obviously lost our way. The newest incidents of public unrest happening across our nation are just the beginning of what I see as an inevitable outcome.

I am an a optimistic dreamer, but a realistic observer of what is around me. I see a storm brewing (literally and metaphorically) and fear that when it hits - it will rain red. Be it Islam versus Christianity versus Judaism versus Buddhism, Democrats against Republicans against Tea Party members (who are bought and paid for the Republican party anyway), police against protesters or Mother Nature against the race that has recklessly abused and unforgivably continue to destroy our world. You do not have to be Fellini to finish the movie of what is to come.

We continue to live life, listen to music, watch TV, read books, post messages on Facebook and enjoy our families and friends - but every day it is becoming a little harder to not be awakened to the horror that awaits us, our children and the generations that will inherit this terrible mess.

Each Morning, I turn on the news and expect to hear it.  Just like it was in Lexington, Ma. in 1775, the first shot fired will once again be "heard around the world". No one knows who will hold the gun or who will be the victim, but as sure as I am writing this now - I believe it is coming soon.

The only comforting thought is that out of the ashes, sometimes rises a Phoenix. But then again, that is mythology.

I can not speak for you. I should not speak for you. This is my opinion. You are deserving of your own opinion and how you live your own life. But I have come to the realization that it is time for me to WAKE UP and RISE UP against stupidity and insolence wherever and whenever it presents itself to me. Politicians, Law Enforcement, Lawyers, Administrators, Teachers, Company Representatives, Family, Friends and the average "Joe and Jane" on the street. I have decided to treat stupidity with compassionate intelligence, resolutions and unjust decisions by people with a self-appointed sense of importance/authority with calm and calculated defiance, racism/discrimination with incrimination and disgust and (most of all) to no longer be silent when insulted and confronted by any obvious lack of logic, courtesy, respect or humanity.

I won't change the world. I might offend some people and lose a few "friends" in the process - but I hope to regain some self-respect and peace of mind.

It has to start within me to to continue without me!

Dave RFW



It's Nice To See/Hear That I'm Not Alone.



Transmission 11911

Seeing Red is one thing, but Hearing Red is quite another. Get colourful with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Thin White Rope, Tommy James & The Shondells, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Ursula 1000, Dome, Pan Sonic & Alan Vega, This Mortal Coil, Peter Gabriel, White Stripes and Pelican!

T11911 is a mb 128k mp3 1:03:00 in length made loud to payed louder!

"over me, over me"

RFW


*Our overture "Yes It Is", featuring beautiful crimson choral vocals from The Fabs, can be found on the 2009 Remastered Mono version of "Past Masters - Volume 1".

**The wonderful image "Seeing Red"is courtesy of the talented Greala.