Transmission 20708
Our live triple-bill includes Rod Stewart & Jeff Beck, Dillinger and Primal Scream. Encore!
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"Oh no, not again"
RFW
Transmission 20608
We fly high with help from Jules Shear, Howlin Rain, Julian Cope, Dieter Reith, UFO and Ozzy Osbourne.
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"It's something I enjoy"
RFW
Transmission 20508
The ever-challenging ability to Hang On To A Dream while crying Tears Of Rage in our collective sleep has made it very hard for many of us to focus on getting Close To Paradise. The titles of a few of today's songs strike a deep nerve, but provide a chance for us to relieve our tension with the power of music. Please take a time-out from the madness and enjoy Buffalo Daughter, Simian Mobile Disco, The Cure, Todd Rundgren, Slade, Neil Young, Rocky Fuller, Patrick Watson, Gene Clark, Medeski/Martin & Wood and The Nice.
T20508 is a 59.6mb 128k mp3 1:05:08 in length made loud to be played loud!
"I won't attack you, but I won't back you"
RFW
Transmission 20408
Sounds to heighten your senses and lower your blood pressure are provided by Bill Laswell & Tetsu Inoue!
T20408 is a 58.8mb 128k mp3 1:04:17 in length made loud to be played loud!
"Cymatic Scan"
RFW
*Not knowing the correct pronunciation Of Tetsu Inoue's name, even after referencing a few on-line Japanese language sites, I tried my best. I am all but certain that I got it wrong(sorry Tetsu). Please feel free to write and help me with an English pronunciation guide. Arigatou gozaimasu.
Transmission 20308
The music of Orpheus* could tame wild beasts and coax even the rocks and trees into dance. The myth continues with offerings by Djam Karet, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Orpheus, John Zorn, David Sylvian and Igor Stravinsky!
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"I will will hear the promise of my Orpheus sing"
RFW
*You can find more information about the story of Orpheus by visiting Encyclopedia Mythica .
Transmission 20208
Today we enjoy a Zappa related set along with some new stuff and an ending with an international flair. Turn up Old Crow Medicine Show, Okkervil River, Jenny Lewis, The Persuasions, Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins, Jeff Simmons, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Paul Haslinger, Beirut, Jeff & Jane Hudson, The Clash, Dillinger and King Sunny Ade & His African Beats!
T20208 is a 57.3mb 128k mp3 1:02:35 in length made loud to be played loud!
"someone said they made some noise"
RFW
Transmission 20108
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band gets reworked with a little help from friends like Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, William Shatner, Kaiser Chiefs, The Fray, Harry Nillson, Maurice Gibbs/Peter Frampton/George Burns & The Bee Gees, Patti Smith, Keith Moon, Travis, Yellow Matter Custard, Stereophonics, Neil Young and The Beatles. Take this brother - may it serve you well!
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"I'd love to turn you on"
RFW
Transmission 20008
Wipe the sleep out of your eye and delve deep into the Gris Gris Gumbo of Dr. John, Johnny Jenkins, Haruomi Hosono & Friends Of Earth, The Small Faces, The Doors, Third Eye and Sonic Youth. Ya-Ya!
T20008 is a 60.3mb 128k mp3 1:05:55 in length made loud to be played loud!
"My Eyes Have Seen You, free from disguise, gazing on a city, under television skies"
RFW
Transmission 19908
We're in the cheap seats for sets by Deep Purple and The Mars Volta. Turn it up!
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"I love it, I need it"
RFW
Transmission 19808
Edgar Varese conducted by Pierre Boulez leads this cultural affair that also intermingles Secret Chiefs, Tuxedomoon, John Zorn/Mike Patton & Ikue Mori and Eyvind Kang.
T19808 is a 56.9mb 128k mp3 1:02:13 in length made loud to be played loud!
"like a cup of yogurt"
RFW
Transmission 19708
A couple of tunes produced by Tony Visconti* end today's extravaganza that includes Secret Machines, Electric Light Orchestra, U2, Santogold, Kings Of Leon, Primal Scream, Quiet Village, Beck/Bogert & Appice, Stevie Wonder, Sam & Dave, Don Covay, Alejandro Escovedo and David Bowie!
T19708 is a 56.1mb 128k mp3 1:01:20 in length made loud to be played loud!
"you better not mess with Major Tom"
RFW
* Tony Visconti's work with David Bowie and Alejandro Escovedo is just a small sample of this master-producer's output. Check out his site here!
** The photo of Tony Visconti courtesy of our friends at www.RecordProduction.com !
Transmission 19608
You don't know Jack - but you will with help from Tom Petty, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Trixie Smith, Tom Waitts, Stan Ridgeway, The Shining OST, The Residents, The Daily Flash, Hawkwind, Kraan and Pentangle!
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"Jack I'm Mellow"
RFW
Transmission 19508
We get Floydish without going Pink thanks to Eclipse, Planet P Project, Far East Family Band, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Gutter Twins, Grails and The Catherine Wheel!
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"Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck"
RFW
Transmission T19408
You're invited to the RFW Second Birthday Party with entertainment provided by Afrika Bambaataa, Chocolate Milk, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, The Hollywood Stars, Pere Ubu, Trans Am, Jesse Allen, Eddie Harris, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bryan Ferry, Elvis Presly, Les Fleur de Lys, Rick Derringer, Marco Benevento, Allan Toussaint and Raspberries!
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"Meet Me At The Party"
RFW
The past 2 years with all of you have been the most enjoyable moments I have had in my long radio career. Thanks for making Radio Free Wohlman into a world-wide family! Onward and upward.
Dave RF Wohlman
Transmission 19308
Our second Birthday Celebration kicks off with a re-transmission of HAL 1, the first official RFW show, which was originally posted on September 30th, 2006. The microphone had not even arrived at that point in time, so enjoy a seamless suite that includes Cornelius, Robert Fripp, King Crimson, The Sylvian/Fripp Band, The Future Sounds Of London, The National Lampoon, Klatuu, Tangerine Dream and Spiritualized. Thanks for making it a great 2 years and bring a friend to our official "Party" tomorrow night!
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"I'm Afraid Dave"
RFW
Transmission 19208
We start out on the street with Michael Rose featuring Damian Marley and then reach out to Burning Spear, U Roy, B.B. King, Bill Frisell/Matt Chamberlin/Tucker Martine & Lee Townshend, Electric Circus, Sunbirds, Et Cetera, Blitzen Trapper, Earl Greyhound and The Sound Of Animals Fighting!
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"police and thieves in a Shoot Out"
RFW
Transmission 19108
Our really Big show features Big Big Train. Big Linda, Big Umbrella, Big Audio Dynamite, Big Man & The Night People, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Turner, Big Walter Horton, Big Youth, Big Star, Big Brother & The Holding Company and Big Brother! Kate Smith and Topo cancelled.
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"a regular monkey is a happy monkey"
RFW
Transmission 19008
A viewing of an early Dario Argento flick set the tone for this musical Phenomena featuring Goblin, Buckethead, Jesu, Jennifer Batten, Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton, Medeski/Martin & Wood, Sonic Youth, Nels Cline Trio and Pelican. Jeepers creepers!
T19008 is a 58.2mb 128k mp3 1:03:36 in length made loud to be played loud!
"I got a bird for the winter"
RFW
*Phenomena, a 1985 film by Italian horror impresario Dario Argento, starred Jennifer Connelly as a young girl who could communicate with insects. Highly recommended!
Transmission 18908
The operative word for our rock-hard show is Stone. Sink or swim with Small Faces, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Lee Hazelewood, Metallica, Humble Pie, Muddy Waters, Flower Travelin' Band, Guru Guru, Primal Scream, James Brown, African Head Charge and The Monkees!
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"once I was a stone many years ago"
RFW
Transmission 18808
There goes another great one. Norman Whitfield, the master of psychedelic-soul, died on September 16th. It was also 38 years ago today in 1970 that we lost James Marshall Hendrix. Both do their thing all over us on RFW!
T18808 is a 55mb 128k mp3 1:00:14 in length made loud to be played loud!
"and the band plays on"
RFW
Transmission 18708
We celebrate the life and music of Richard Wright, who passed away on September 15th 2008, with songs from his solo and Pink Floyd career. Great Gig In The Sky indeed!
T18708 is a 55.3mb 128k mp3 1:00:27 in length made loud to be played loud!
"Remember A Day"
RFW
Transmission 18608
Guns, blades, bombs - we have it all in our weapons of audio destruction special featuring Freddie Notes & The Rudies, Kula Shaker, Rank & File, The Breeders, Piano Magic, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Fratellis, S.O.U.L., Elton John, Air, Blues Creation, Angels & Airwaves and Janus. Make love not war!
T18608 is a 58.4mb 128k mp3 1:03:52 in length made loud to be played loud!
"Napalm Sticks To Kids"
RFW
Transmission 18508
Various shades of Ian Hunter, both solo and with Mott The Hoople, make for a delightful and dignified recital!
T18508 is a 54.3mb 128k mp3 59:24 in length made loud to be played loud!
"I'm just a Marionette"
Transmission 18408
I address a serious subject by seriously rocking with Primal Scream, Danko Jones, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Ozzy Osbourne, Thin Lizzy, Spacemen 3, Julian Cope and David Bowie!
T18408 is a 57.3mb 128k mp3 1:02:35 in length made loud to be played loud!
"you're not alone"
RFW
Transmission 18308
We open John Zorn's Book Of Angels for Masada compositions performed by Eric Friedlander, Uri Caine, Bar Kokhba, Secret Chiefs 3, The Cracow Klezmer Band, Medeski/Martin & Wood, Masada String Trio, Marc Ribot and The Jamie Saft Trio. Gorgeous!
T18308 is a 57.3mb 128k mp3 1:02:41 in length made loud to be played loud!
"music so beautiful, it must be played by angels"
RFW
Transmission 18208
Step right up for a sideshow of tunes from various exotic James', international oddities and a one-legged flute player. Enjoy James Luthar Dickenson, James Burton, James Blood Ulmer, James White & The Blacks, Kozmic Muffin, Cluster, Moving Gelatine Plates and Jethro Tull. It ain't over 'till the fat bearded lady sings!
T18208 is a 57.8mb 128k mp3 1:03:09 in length made loud to be played loud!
"right this way, we have the main attraction"
No monkeying around today - prepare to receive a healthy dose of The Comsat Angels, Beck, Apollo Sunshine, Pere Ubu, Blitzen Trapper, TV On The Radio, Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution, Radiq, Radiohead, David Bowie and Raoul Bjorkenheim & Nicky Skopelitas. More fun than a barrel of....you know!
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"don't you want to try something new?"
*Lancelot Link & The Evolution Revolution were introduced weekly by Ed Simian on Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, an ABC Saturday morning kids show that aired from 1970 to 1972 and is now available on DVD. Lance and Mata Hairi were secret agent chimps for A.P.E. (Agency To Prevent Evil) during the day and rockers by night!
Transmission 18008
Smokey, The Bandit and The Snowman includes music from Azeem & Session, Dice & Cummie, Cornell Campbell, Rupie Edwards, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Big Joe, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, Eric Johnson and Jerry Reed*. 10-4 Snowman!
T18008 is a 55.5mb 128k mp3 1:00:43 in length made loud to be played loud!
**"If The Good Lord Is Willing and the creek don't rise"
RFW
*Grammy Award winning musician, singer, songwriter and actor Jerry Reed died on August 31st, 2008 at age 71.
** Radio listeners from New England will recognise Jerry Reed's "If The Good Lord Is Willing" as the source of long-time personality and good friend Charles Laquidara's Big Mattress show sign-off. Visit Charles here!
Transmission 17908
We pogo into the night with stimuli by The Troggs, Simon & Garfunkel, The Young Rascals, Jimmy Reed*, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Livin' Blues, Pacific Gas & Electric, The Vibrators, Chris Spedding & Vibrators, The Stranglers, The Sex Pistols, The Swimming Pool Q's, The Tubes and Foghat.
T17908 is a 56.9mb 128k mp3 1:02:12 in length made loud to be played loud!
"what goes up must come down"
RFW
*The three tunes by Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed were In The Morning, I've Got The Blues and Shame, Shame, Shame.
Happy 31st Anniversary to all my Late Risers Club brothers and sisters! Check them out at 88.1 WMBR, Cambridge.
Transmission 17808
We start out funking and end up knocking and rocking with Dillinger, Los Tetas Beat Boomer, The Beginning Of The End, Funkadelic, Bartel, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Bees, Supergrass, Lonnie Allen, Skip James, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, Steve Marriott and Deep Purple!
T17808 is a 56.2mb 128k mp3 1:01:24 in length made loud to be played loud!
"Nassau's gone funky and Nassau's gone soul"
RFW
Transmission 17708
Line up and dance to RFW style country music for the Midnight Cowboy in us all including David Crosby, John Fogerty, The Smoke, Mission Of Burma, Vaga, The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, Sonny & Cher, Gichi Dan and The Brides Of Funkenstein. Yippi-kiya mf!
T17708 is a 57.6mb 128k mp3 1:02:55 in length made loud to be played loud!
"A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done"
RFW
Transmission 17608
"...your scarf it was apricot", maybe Carly was singing about Billy Joe Royal - what an outfit! We are all just a bunch of tourists in the park hanging out with the likes of Ray Davies, Cyro Baptista, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Dave Douglas, The Small Faces, Velvett Fogg, The Who, David Werner, Indigenous and Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble.
T17608 is a 58.4mb 128k mp3 1:03:52 in length made loud to be played loud!
"now in the daytime Mary Hill was a teaser, come the night she was such a pleaser"
RFW
Transmission 17508
We set off on a multi-colored journey and end up somewhere Over The Rainbow with Talk-Talk, The Apples In Stereo, The Rolling Stones, Augusto Pablo with Lee Perry & The Wailers, Kim Fowley, Boards Of Canada, Battles, Matmos, Mono and Harry Nillson!
T17508 is a 56.6mb 128k mp3 1:01:50 in length made loud to be played loud!
"if happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow, why, oh why can't I?"
RFW
Transmission 17408
Work hard and play hard with Procol Harum, Robin Trower, The Dreamers, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, J. Geils Band, John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat and Rory Gallagher. Happy Labor Day Weekend!
T17408 is a 56.3mb 128k mp3 1:01:32 in length made loud to be played loud!
"your inside is out and your outside is in"
RFW
Transmission 17308
Be prepared for a killer set featuring Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Ballard, Chuck Berry, Captain Beefhart & The Magic Band, Pete Townshend, Spiritualized, Tommy James, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Traffic, HASYMO, Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yellow Magic Orchestra!
T17308 is a 58.4mb 128k mp3 1:03:50 in length made loud to be played loud!
"boppin' at the high school hop"
RFW
Transmission 17208
Japanese guitar terrorist Keiji Haino has always assaulted me into endearment and confused me. I am pretty sure his first name is Keiji, but I have seen it listed as Haino Keiji as well, such as on his Purple Trap collaboration with Bill Laswell and Rashied Ali! Whats the deal?
Our musical journey to France, Japan and Italy by way of Oregon includes Horrific Child, Jun Fukamachi 21st Century Band, Keiji Haino & Boris and Eyvind Kang. Passport please!
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"L'etrange Monsieur Whinster"
RFW
Transmission 17108
The perfect show to listen to in a repossessed car holding an alien stash in the trunk! Go faster to sounds from Nirvana, Flipper, Suicidal Tendencies, 23 Skidoo, Hot Chip, The Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Bob Dylan & The Band, The Kinks, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Sweet and Flasket Brinner. It glows in the dark!
T17208 is a 58.8mb 128k mp3 1:04:19 in length made loud to be played loud!
"I,m not crazy, your crazy"
RFW
Transmission 17008
We dance and celebrate the music of the late-great Isaac Hayes with equally funky contributions from B.T. Express, Was (Not Was), Brick, Ohio Players, Marie "Queenie" Lyons and Don Covay. Right on!
T17008 is a 59.5mb 128k mp3 1:05:05 in length made loud to be played loud!
"can you dig it?"
RFW
Transmission 16908
Grind and percolate with our hot and steaming cup of RFW featuring Prince, Buddy Miles Express, Mississippi John Hurt, Humble Pie, Can, The National Lampoon & Don Caballero, Cream*, Bob Dylan, Jazznova, The New Mastersounds, Tony Alvon & The Belairs, The Outsiders, Wildflower and Dantalian's Chariot. Black is where it's at!
T16908 is a 56.1mb 128k mp3 1:01:19 in length made loud to be played loud!
"coffee is important"
RFW
* The Coffee Song by Cream was originally released as a UK single with Wrapping Paper and was ommited from all but a Swedish release of Fresh Cream. Subsequent CD reissues have added both as bonus songs.
Transmission 16808
An Untittled kamikaze-blast from Boris ends our show of newer sounds including Primal Scream, Alejandro Escovedo, The Killers, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, The Black Seeds, One Day As A Lion, James and Wire. Not Badenov!
T16808 is a 59.5mb 128k mp3 1:05:03 in length made loud to be played loud!
"hey, hey, Zombie Man"
RFW
Transmission 16708
Space is definitely the place as we blast off with Richard Strauss, Kraftwerk, Raymond Scott, Three Man Army and Sun Ra & His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra. HAL lives!
T16708 is a 55.2mb 128k mp3 1:00:23 in length made loud to be played loud!
"one look at her face, it puts you right back in space"
RFW
Transmission 16608
Roots run deep within a thematic set from Mad Professor, The Truth, Junior Murvin, Dillinger, Pharoah Sanders, The Chemical Brothers, Haxmjolk, Nucleus, Gordon Giltrap and Family!
T16608 is a 56.3mb 128k mp3 1:01:30 in length made loud to be played loud!
"pull my roots, when I feel I should be gone"
RFW
Transmission 16508
Here's a musical offer that you can't refuse from Don Caballero, Oz Noy, Nels Cline & Gregg Bendian, Omar Rodriquez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch, Bill Laswell & Jah Wobble, James Carter, DJ Krush, DJ Spooky & The Twilight Circus Dub Sound System and DJ Cam. What a family!
T16508 is a 59.8mb 128k mp3 1:05:24 in length made loud to be played loud!
"the enemy is within"
RFW
* The picture above is the hilarious Joe Flaherty's Second City TV character Guy Caballero as Don Caballero.
Transmission 16408
To celebrate surpassing the 5000 subscribers mark, we spare no expense in bringing you a rock and roll show worthy of your weekend. Turn up your speakers for Living Colour, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Cheap Trick, AC DC, Blue Oyster Cult, Grand Funk, James Gang, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Ramones and The Tubes. In RFW we trust!
T16408 is a 55.5 128k mp3 1:00:40 in length made loud to be played loud!
"beep, beep"
RFW
Transmission 16308
A RFW seance conjures up the ghostly sounds of William Burroughs, We're Late For Class*, Dub Syndicate, Jim Morrison & John Lee Hooker, Pink Anderson, Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council, Pink Floyd and Pink Freud. They're here!
T16308 is a 59.8mb 128k mp3 1:05:28 in length made loud to be played loud!
"the ceremony is about to begin"
RFW
*The creative cut-ups in We're Late For Class are favorites of RFW and I beseech you to tune in and turn on to their blog worth of improvisational madness.
**Is the picture above really the ghost of Jim Morrison?
