~I See Music In Colors~

Transmission 1215

The All-Star Dead Band is now officially in Trance Heaven. Edgar Froese, guitarist, keyboard innovator and original member of Tangerine Dream passed this week at age 70. With a few obvious exceptions, no matter the genre of music you enjoy - chances are that this man has helped to shape, inspire or spawn it's sound! 

T1215 is a 1:07:15 153mb 320k mp3 made loud to be played louder! 

"Wahn"

RFW

~DJ DM~

Transmission 1115

Back in my formative DJ years (the late 70's), many of the members of my musical golden circle  gravitated to performing either on the air or in the clubs. I obviously followed the radio path, but also dabbled live in the DJ booth as my alter ego, Wave Dohlman. Today, I introduce a new member of the RFW staff, the mysterious DJ Disco Mystic! Old School - EDM - Mutant, I love to dance, so here's a set that will keep you on the floor for a non-stop hour of grinding gyration!

Sweat to Lou Reed, Diana Ross, Brass Construction, Donna Summer, Chic, Mark Ronson, Simian Mobile Disco, Calvin Harris, Christina, Talking Heads and Kraftwerk!

T1115 is a 1:02:02 in length 141mb 320k mp3 made loud to be played louder! 

"Disco, Disco Mystic"

RFW

*Blame it on King Raffi, the greatest Disco DJ on the Left Coast, Armenia and the World!

~Fire Walk With Us~

Transmission 1015

I have always been drawn to the sights and sounds of David Lynch. They say (whoever they are?) that like-minds think alike. Which solves a mystery more pressing than who put a fish in the percolator! From Lost Highway, Twin Peaks and Eraserhead to Crazy Clown Time, Big Dream and The Air Is On Fire to name just a few, the strangely compelling sights and sounds of this director, musician, author and artist speak to me in a secret code that makes the undecipherable obvious. Why?

Yesterday (January 20th), while I was celebrating my birthday, it came to my attention that I shared this special anniversary with my name-sake. Now I understand - I think! 

Enter the Black Lodge of the Wohlman Archives with Agent Gordon Cole, Dale, Shelly, The Log Lady, Annie, Norma and Bobby at The Double D Diner as well as David Bowie, Dean Hurley, Venetian Snares, Angelo Badalamenti, Peter Ivers and Trent Reznor!

 T1015 is a 1:08:24 158mb 320k made loud to be played louder! 

"In Heaven everything is fine"

RFW

~Content Of Character~

Transmission 915

"To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Reverend M L Jr. Day inspires a set of kingly tunes by Topanga Canyon Orchestra, Marilyn Manson, Jamie Saft, Fad Gadget, Brian Eno, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, The Police, Sade, Al Green, Graham Nash, XTC, King Crimson and Jack DeJohnette.

T915 is 1:14:21 170mb 320k mp3 made with love to be spread far and wide!

"I'm a king and I wear a crown of thorns"

RFW

*The post-outro selection by Jack DeJohnette is "The Reverend  King Suite: Reverend King/Obstruction/The Fatal Shot/Mourning".

~Scratch Then Add~

Transmission 815

Start by digging your nails into The Supremes, Rufus Thomas and Devo.

Add Sw for sounds from Soundgarden, Def Leppard and Siouxie & The Banshees.

Then St, P, D for Green River, Brian Eno & David Byrne and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Follow with B and squirm with The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, David Bowie and Funkadelic.

W ends the torment with The Sonics, Donovan, Monty Python and Salem MASS!

T815 is a 1:12:26 165mb 320k mp3 made loud to be played louder!

"love is like an itching in my heart"

RFW

~My Woodie's Outside Covered In Snow~

Transmission 715

After being schooled on the lingo, I now know that to get on a long-board and "hang-five" is a lesser version of "hangin' ten", but what about the one-legged surfing members of the RFW Family? Trying to please all we go to jail, hit the waves, remember Alex, Chris and Andy (stay healthy Jody!) and draw on current affairs of the heart with help from The Reverend J. M. Gates, Jeff Beck Group, Amon Duul II, Sublime, Stevie Ray Vaughn & Dick Dale, Malibooz, The Surfaris, The Tradewinds, Haruomi Hosono-Shigeru Suzuki & Tatsuro Yamashita, Big Star, Foghat, Nutz, Crack The Sky and Boxer!

T715 is a 1:11:52 164mb 320k mp3 made loud to be played louder!

"there'll be no surfing there, and no one even cares"

RFW

*Today's show is dedicated to two surfing radio brothers, Tony Berardini (a present East Coast surf enthusiast, my mentor and the high-priest of rock & roll) and Fred Reiss (a West Coast disciple of the waves, as well as one of the funniest and most courageous men I know). I love you both!