Saturday, July 29, 2017

Transmission 6117 - Stubborn As


Get kicking!

Marvin Holmes & The Uptights
Frankie Laine
The Woggles
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Emperors
At The Drive-In
Gov't Mule
Bo Diddley
The Black Crowes
Otis Spann
Tom Waitts
Alabama 3
Deep Purple


"Woa, Mule!

RFW





My good pal Jon Butcher - Mule Driver 

Friday, July 28, 2017

Transmission 6017 - Secret Decoder Ring Special

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Unidentified Flying Object - Pills - Sweet

UFO
Steve Hillage
Nina Hagen

Primal Scream
Patti Smith
The Rockets
New York Dolls

Sweet
The Monkees
David Bowie
Lou Reed

"I think she'll know"

RFW

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Sunday, July 23, 2017

Transmission 5917 - A Leisurely Drive


Jump in the back!

The Band
The Records
Bram Tchaikovsky
David Werner
NRBQ
Big Star
Paul & Linda McCartney
Procol Harum
Peter Gabriel
Sting
Golden Earring

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"secret of your beauty was your moontan and your fear"

RFW

*The opening road-trip was a re-imagining of Autobahn by Kraftwerk as found on The Mix.

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Transmission 5817 - Why Don't You Dance With Me ?


It's time to do 'em right!

The Rolling Stones
Bohannon
!!!
Sylvester
The Time
Prince
Bruno Mars
Defunkt
Grace Jones
Gorrilaz
Massive Attack
Funky Brown
Nina Hagen
Sly & The Family Stone
The B52s


"get up, get out, get into something new"

RFW


Thursday, July 20, 2017

Transmission 5717 - NSE


A New Surprising Effects Suite

Jameszoo
Cluster
Mum
Matmos
Tonto's Expanding Head Band
Mouse On Mars
Amorphous Androgynous
Nine Inch Nails
XTC

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"start today - you have nothing to lose"

RFW

*Our intro featured the voice and music of Wendy Carlos guiding us down a muti-colored audio path.

**"The Strangest Secret" spoken interludes were provided by Earl Nightingale from a 1958 ep released by his Success Motivation Institute. I found this vinyl gem in the free pile at the excellent Mystery Train Records in Gloucester, MA - thanks for being there!

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Sunday, July 16, 2017

Transmission 5617 - Surry Down


Altered-state sounds on a blanket!

The 5th Dimension
Haruomi Hosono
Spit & Shine
Sadistic Mica Band
Bob Dylan
Suede
Snakefinger
Bill Nelson
Mylab
Bruford/Levin Upper Extremities
Yonin Bayashi

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"There'll be trains of blossoms 
There'll be trains of music 
There'll be trains of trust
 Trains of golden dust
Come along…"

RFW

*Photo inspiration and Yogi & Boo Booisms supplied by William Kates.


Saturday, July 15, 2017

Transmission 5517 - Getting Numerical


 You can count on them!

The Jam
Jethro Tull
Kraftwerk
Phil Manzanara
Bryan Ferry
Len Barry
The Zig Zag People
The Apples In Stereo
Tommy Tutone
City Boy
Toots & The Maytals
The Police
The Smithereens
Hall & Oates
The Strokes
Beautiful People/Jimi Hendrix Experience


"Eins, zwei, drei, vier
Fünf, sechs, sieben, acht
Uno, due
Tre, quattro
One, two
Ichi, ni, san, chi
Adjin, dva, tri
Li, tva, tri"

RFW

Friday, July 07, 2017

Transmission 5417 - The Larks Have No Tongues



There's always room for aspic!

King Crimson
Bubblemath
Wingfield, Reuter, Stavi, Sirks
Rhodi Davies, David Sylvian, Mark Wastell


"now touring America"

RFW