Sunday, November 08, 2026

The Sunday AM Session - Optimism Reigns Supreme

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
NRBQ
Big Star
Elvis Costello
The Rolling Stones
Robert Plant
Argent
Don Covay
Savoy Brown
The Samuel Jackson Five
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Green Pajamas
Primal Scream
Pluramon
Phil Manzanera
Steve Hillage


"I want a witness
I want to testify"


RFW

Thursday, November 05, 2026

The Cheap Seats - Stub#19 - Wire

WIRE
 February 14, 1979
WDR Studio L
 Köln, Germany.

Stub#19

"Interrupting my train of thought
Lines of longitude and latitude
Define and refine my altitude"



RFW

Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Transmission 6926 - The Radio Free Stevens Switch

 Alice Cooper
Small Faces
The Reds
The Doors
Annabel Lamb
The Anderson Council
Dreams So Real
The dB's
Fujiya & Miyagi
Fad Gadget
Polyrock
The Chemical Brothers ~ The Flaming Lips
Queens Of The Stone Age
Siouxie & The Banshees
Nico
Neil Young


"Cross the wires
And fuse humanities"

RFW


Saturday, October 31, 2026

Halloween 2026 - We're Coming To Get You

Frank Zappa & The Mothers
White Zombie
Ozzy Osbourne
Mekons
The Amplifier Heads
Rocky Erickson & The Aliens
Boat
The Monochrome Set
Plasmatics
M.R. Baseman & The Symbols
Captain Yossarian
The Disco Zombies 
Los Sleepers
The Cramps
Chrome
Yungblud 
Faith No More


"We fell in love beneath the Zombie Moon
You were falling apart and I was too
Draggin' behind a little piece of me and you"


RFW

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Transmission 6826 - Point With Me

 
Bryan Ferry
Fontaines D.C.
Fujiya & Miyagi
Sketch Show
Pink Floyd
801
Tuxedomoon
Jeff Beck
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
The Modern Lovers
David Bowie
T. Rex
Television
The Routers
The Apples In Stereo
Puffy AmiYumi

T6826

"
Point me at the sky and let it fly"


RFW

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Transmission 6726 - Be Unusual But Don't Be Cruel

Elvis Presley
Mekons
Thomas Dolby
Bryan Ferry
Public Image Ltd.
Magazine
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Guided By Voices
The Stranglers
Adrian Belew
U2
Nick Lowe
Elvis Costello
Buddy Miller
Pink Floyd
World's End Girlfriend
The Residents


"I've got to admire your ingenuity
And I nod my head, oh so wisely
To the rhythm of your cruelty"

 

*Hal and I apologize that the audio-stream of the disciplining of Warlord Hogsbreath by genital-amputation has been canceled because of inadequate target-organ size. As in life, there is no refund,
but you can still enjoy the live holding-cell degradation-cam (above)
and dance to the unusually cruel sounds of   
RFW


Friday, October 23, 2026

Transmission 6626 - Louder Than'S Not


The Dave Clark 5
The Stooges
Chocolate Watchband
13th Floor Elevators
The Tubes
Dead Boys
The Cure
Buzzcocks
The Jam
Trans Am
Gamma
John Fox & The Maths
Magazine
The Slits
Art d'Ecco
The Olivia Tremor Control


"I Like It Like That"


RFW

Sunday, October 18, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - No, They Can't

 
Muddy Waters
Jimi Hendrix
Prince
Chris Spedding
Bob Marley & The Wailers ~ Bill Laswell
Eric Burdon & War
Humble Pie
Led Zeppelin

SAM3126


"Take away our music"

RFW

Friday, October 16, 2026

Transmission 6526 - Revolution Evolution

 

The Beatles
Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution
Neil Young
David Bowie
The Linda Lindas
X-Ray Specs
Adolescents
The Chesterfield Kings
Lyres
The Apples In Stereo
Marilyn Manson
James Brown
The Psychedelic Furs
Cosmic Psychos
The Jellybricks
Tommy Roe
Ramones
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
New York Dolls


"You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world"

RFW

Monday, October 12, 2026

Deep Listening Music - A.I.

HAL 9000 as DJ Colossus Presents:
A.I.
(What Could Go Wrong?)



King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
M83
Cornelius
Dave Lombardo & DJ Spooky
Miss Grit
Jaakko Kalevi
Bill Laswell
Buckethead
Polysics
Klaus Schulze

DLM1726

"We, for all practical sense of the words,
are foolproof and incapable of error"

 


RFW

Sunday, October 11, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - Half-Past Due

 
Robert Fripp
Tex Williams & His Country Caravan
The Beatles
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Wire
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Fontaines D.C.
Tame Impala
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Jim O'Rourke
Jellyfish
The Black Crowes
Can
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Gong

SAM3026

"
Musical elation is my only consolation"


RFW


Friday, October 09, 2026

Transmission 6426 - Youth, Dogs And Money (No Advice)

 The Homesick
Xiu Xiu
Talking Heads
Can
Gary Numan
Robert Palmer
Pink Floyd
David Bowie
Patti Smith 
Puff Daddy & The Family~DJ Ming & FS
The O'Jays
Material~William Burroughs


"who wants to be the richest son-of-a-bitch in some sanitarium"

RFW

Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Transmission 6326 - Blue Neighbors

Jack White
Radiohead
Peter Gabriel
XTC
The Beatles
Cream
Frank Zappa
Jack Bruce
Xiu Xiu
R. L. Burnside
Chicago
Emergency!

T6326

"Always got some kind of opinion brewing
Always playing games I don't wanna play"


RFW


Sunday, October 04, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - A Bittersweet Aroma

 
Jeff Beck
Nils Lofgren
Keith Richards
Ronnie Wood
Mick Jagger
The Beach Boys
NRBQ
Second Coming 
Ulver
Jefferson Airplane
Hoodoo Gurus
The Undertones
Roxy Music
Simple Minds
The Verve
Andrew Oldham Orchestra

SAM2926

"How rich in contrast
Love can be
Sometimes I'm quite amused
To see it twist and turn"

RFW

Friday, October 02, 2026

Transmission 6226 - Theoretical RFW

 
 理论上的自由沃尔曼电台
(Lǐlùn shàng de Zìyóu Wò'ěrmàn Diàntái)

Tuxedomoon
Adult TV
Tame Impala
Marilyn Manson
Winston Tong
Japan
The Tights
Magazine
Doublespeak
Fad Gadget
The Tubes
Meshell Ndegeocello
Public Image Ltd.
Faust ~ Zappi Diemaier
Axiom Funk ~ Bootsy Collins
Eno


"In the haze of the morning, China sits on eternity"

RFW

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Transmission 6126 - Last First

LAST

Ulver
Stevie Salas
Paul Revere & The Raiders

Slade
The Soft Boys
Tool
Jim Carroll Band
Mission Of Burma
The Stompers
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
The Black Angels
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Touch
The Walrus

FIRST

Primal Scream
Steven Tyler
Sly & The Family Stone
The Residents
Faust
Phillip Glass
Aphex Twin
Roxy Music


"For your pleasure in our present state
Part false, part true, like anything
We present ourselves" 


*LAST is the final offering in the 20th year of RFW,
 with FIRST being the start of our 21st.
On September 30th, 2006,
I hatched a dream based on my belief that there were others out there like you:
Intelligent-Adventurous-Music Lovers
that understand that we know "the hits" because someone else picked them out for us
and others drove them into the ground playing them ad infinitem,
and it continues to this day.
Here, Hal and I steal them back and dress them with new line-partners.
My search was and continues to be for You.
Thanks for your ears - Let's Rock On!

RFW


Sunday, September 27, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - Are The Kids Really Alright?

 

Alice Cooper
Luke Haines
Marilyn Manson
T. Rex
Pussy Galore
Queen
Wolf Parade
The Real Kids
Lou Reed
The Jam
Gorillaz
MGMT
Prince
Keith Moon
The Who
David Werner
Mott The Hoople
Skids
Manitoba
Rory Gallagher
Wilco


"Keep away old man, you won't fool me
You and your history won't rule me"


RFW

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Transmission 6026 - A Precipitation Situation

Jimi Hendrix Experience
Faust
Tones On Tail
The Pretty Things
KAK
The Beatles
Harry Nilsson
Andy Summers
Ann Peebles
Captain Beefheart
Robert Plant & Jimmy Page
Traffic


"Upon us all, a little rain must fall"


RFW

Friday, September 25, 2026

Transmission 5926 - This Is Not A New World


The Modern Lovers
The Electric Prunes
Laurie Anderson
Dr. Israel
Time Zone
The Relatives
The Modulation
Fun Loving Criminals
Dub Pistols
Julian Cope
Pearl Jam
The Blue Van
Pere Ubu
Xiza
David Sylvian~Ryuichi Sakamoto
World Party
Stevie Wonder

T5926

"T
his world is moving much too fast.
It's unraveling"

* Hal and I will be celebrating the final days of our 20th Year with a
few projects that we've been working on, this being the first,
inspired by Rod Serling's prophetic 
Twilight Zone monologue from The Obsolete Man.

Many thanks for 20 years of your ears.

RFW

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Deep Listening Music - September Falling/October Rising

    
Wendy Carlos
U2
Chris Youlden
Pretty Things
Chat Pie
Bill Nelson
Centipede

DLM1626

"October and kingdoms rise
And kingdoms fall
But you go on
And on"




RFW

Sunday, September 20, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - A Heavy SAM

 
The Black Keys
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Prince Far I
Nigo
The KInks
The Grip Weeds
Flamin' Groovies
Miniskirt
Pixies
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Sonic Youth
Lee Fields
Tomorrow
Dead Meadow
Plastic Ono Band
Nick Lowe
Radiohead
Human Sexual Response
Gentle Giant

SAM2726

"Do you want to get Heavy?"



RFW

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Transmission 5826 - Drumming Is A Language

El Michaels Affair
Herbie Hancock
Funkadelic
Lee "Scratch" Perry
African Head Charge
Elvis Costello
Michael Nesmith 
Lee Hazelwood
The Waterboys
Todd Rundgren
Archers Of Loaf
Mouse On Mars
Wilco
The Mothers Of Invention 


"This is the drum that creates a hypnotic influence over its listeners,
so it is said"

* Frank Zappa and his fellow MOI took America
and 60's music to task in 1966 with Freak Out. The double-lp debut on Verve
recently turned 60 with a new 5CD Box appearing this month.
We end the Transmission with their closer
The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet
(Unfinished Ballet in Two Tableaux)
I. Ritual Dance of the Child-Killer. II. Nullis Pretii (No commercial potential)
 capturing the sound of said freaks loose in a studio at 1:00 AM with
$500 of rented percussion.
Buy your Mother a Drum!

RFW

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Transmission 5726 - Great Balls Of RFW

 
The Flying Lizards
Jerry Lee Lewis
w/Jimmy Page
Carl Perkins
The Jam
Immersion
Wire
Roxy Music
The Grip Weeds
John Lennon
Television
The Doors
John Foxx & The Maths
w/ Gazelle Twin
Simple Minds
The Meters
The Fleshtones

T5726

"Goodness, Gracious"

RFW

Sunday, September 13, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - Beatleless


 Jellyfish
Ringo
Paul
George
Leon Russell
The Rolling Stones
The Dirty Mac
Plastic Ono Band
Eddie Hazel
Crack The Sky
Yellow Matter Custard

"yeah, yeah, yeah"


RFW

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Transmission 5626 - It's Too Bad!

 
Faces
The Rolling Stones
Randy Newman
DIamond Dogs
Blondie
Cornershop
Lee "Scratch" Perry
NIGO~Haruomi Hosono
Lou Reed
David Bowie
XTC
Nine Inch Nails
Chuck Berry
Nick Mason
Queen
Steven Wilson

T5626

"Don't worry - We had more fun
Waiting for the all-night bus home"

RFW


Friday, September 11, 2026

Transmission 5526 - Maggat Minded

 

Bob Kuban
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Danko Jones
Jeff Beck
Ike and Tina Turner
The Pointer Sisters
Jack White
Humble Pie
The Black Crowes
Eric Gales
Magazine
Pretenders
The Kinks
Funkadelic


"I have tasted the Maggats in the mind of the universe
I was not offended
For I knew I had to rise above it all
Or drown in my own shit"

RFW


Wednesday, September 09, 2026

Transmission 5426 - Detroit Terrestrial Computer Stars

 
The Apples In Stereo
The Amplifier Heads
Lou Reed
Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
Trans Am
Mclusky
Skarbo Skulekorps
MC5
Bob Seger
Kiwi Jr.
Frost 
Android Trio
Pond
Outcast
Android Trio
Georgio Moroder
Blue Oyster Cult

T5426

"I Know Computer"

RFW


Monday, September 07, 2026

Deep Listening Music - The Dignity Of Labor

 
Duke Ellington
Human League
Art Bears
Stuck
Dead Can Dance
Selwyn Birchwood
Oliver Cong
Shrilltower
Animal Hospital
Marco Beltrami

DLM1526

"As I stood at my
Bench
And the job hurried
By
While my hands did their
Work
A tear fell from my
Eye"


RFW

Saturday, September 05, 2026

Transmission 5326 - Midnight Mystics

Funkadelic
Prince Far I
Yabba You~Mad Professor~Black Steel
Dennis Bovell
Japan
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Hugo Race & Michelangelo Russo
Carlos Santana~Bill Laswell
Lemon Jelly
The Undisputed Truth


 "If you will suck my soul
I will lick your funky emotions"

*You'll find your personal
Mystic Midnight Bonus Dessert
at the end our Transmission.
Please Reheat Before Consuming!

RFW

Friday, September 04, 2026

RFW Spotlight - Eno (Early Solo)

Eno
with talented friends and featuring
Robert Fripp


"Some of them are old, some of them are new
Some of them will turn up when you least expect them to
And when they do, remember me, remember me"

RFW

Tuesday, September 01, 2026

Transmission 5226 - Dos Buenas, Por Favor

 
Mink DeVille
Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns
Elvis Costello
Garland Jeffreys
Python Lee Jackson
Rod Stewart
Ghost Hounds
Buddy Miller featuring Chocolate Genius
Robert Plant
Tool
Savoy Brown

T5226

"Roses are red and violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple syurple"

RFW


Sunday, August 30, 2026

The "Last" Sunday AM Session

 
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Piper
The Monkees
Hawkwind
The Clash
Muddy Waters
Faces
Spooky Tooth
Utopia
The Rain Parade
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
David Lynch & Dean Hurley
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
J Geils Band

SAM2526

"Well I’m going away to leave you, I won’t be back till fall
If I don’t feel better, I won’t be back at all"


RFW


Friday, August 28, 2026

The Cheap Seats - Stub #18 - Ray Davies



An Evening With Ray Davies
February, 1996

Stub#18

"Don't want to get myself shot down
By some trigger happy policeman
Gotta keep a hold on my sanity"


RFW

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Transmission 5026 - Is This Pop?

 M
Anton Barbeau
XTC
Tones On Tail
Adrian Belew
Woodkid
Velvet Crush
Loose Buttons
Daft Punk
The Fireman
Hall & Oates
The Peppermint Kicks
The db's
Camper Van Beethoven
Idles
Crack The Sky
Public Image Ltd.
1910 Fruitgum Company


"They're playing our song again"

*On this day in RFW History, Pop shocked the world when it announced that the Krispies had parted ways, leaving Snap and Crackle both soggy and sour. Lawsuits ensued - but it was Pop that went on to fame, fortune and many places that are hard to describe.
Listen!


RFW

Sunday, August 23, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - Sleepwalking In Space

 
Bob Dylan
Manfred Mann
The Grip Weeds
The Stooges
Buzzcocks
U2
The Flys
Chris Spedding
Urban Verbs
Robert Fripp
Peter Gabriel
Pete Townshend
Space
Quincy Jones

SAM2426

"So I'm going to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late"

RFW

Friday, August 21, 2026

Transmission 4926 - Shockers


 Jimi Hendrix Experience
Red Noise
Watts
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The Hellacopters
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
The Electric Prunes
Electric Sandwich
The Mothers Of Invention
Grinderman
Beck
Kraftwerk
Spiritualized
Little Barrie
Guru Guru

T4926

"Electricity
Turn It On"


RFW