Transmission 8116 - Is It Loud Enough?

Live music to bring in the New Year!

Jimi Hendrix 

Chicago

Black Sabbath

Cream

Todd Rundgren's Utopia

Funkadelic

David Werner

Mark Doyle

T8116

"sitting cross-legged on the floor"

RFW

* Our photo by Mary Ann Mayer is The Wall Of Sound at Boston's Music Hall
 as erected by The Grateful Dead!

Transmission 8016 - The CSA

A reality show host as President-Elect.

Billionaire Club alumni as nominees for the Cabinet.

An oil company CEO as Secretary Of State.

Product placement permeating people's proper perception.

This is not a bad movie or nightmare 

it's just business as usual.

Welcome to the new and improved 

Corporate State Of America!

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Jeff Beck

Jeff Simmons

George Harrison

Otis Span

Tampa Red

Bonnie Raitt

Chuck Berry

Living Colour

Kaiser Chiefs

The Hold Steady

Femi Kuti

David Byrne

Richard Thompson

Tom Waits

Fish

T8016

"God's Away On Business"

RFW

Transmission 7916 - A Random Burst

Motivation - Energization - Stimulation

Cream

Ginger Baker - Jack Bruce - Eric Clapton

Grand Funk Railroad

Don Brewer - Mel - Mark Farner

Nigel Olsson - Dee Murray - Elton John 

The Yardbirds

Jim McCarty - Chris Dreja - Keith Relf - Jimmy Page 

James Gang

Jim Foxx - Tom Kriss - Joe Walsh 

Ash Ra Temple

Klaus Schulze - Hartmut Enke - Manuel Göttsching 

T7916

"Think About It"

RFW

Transmission 7816 - Any Given (Christmas) Sunday

Music to watch the big game by!

Martin Mull

Yoshie Fruchter

Human Sexual Response

Magazine

Trentmoller

Spirit

Pink Floyd

Ken Nordine

World Service Project

Julian Priester

T7816

"let's give Jesus Christ the football"

RFW

Transmission 7716 - 'Twas The Night Before The Night Before....

...and all thru the Archives no creature can wait 

So the celebration starts now no matter the date!

Ten Years After

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band

David Bowie

Kraftwerk

Nine Inch Nails

Devo

Tuxedo Moon

Material with Nona Hendrix

Was (Not Was)

Haruomi Hosono & Friends Of Earth with James Brown

The Time

T7716

"It's A Holiday"

RFW

*Our Arctic intro was delivered by Tom Hanks on The Polar Express 

and the coda was courtesy of The Dreamers featuring Mike Patton.

CITWA 2016

Due to the tightening of immigration and visitation regulations, 

 all suspected Santa Helpers, Snow and Gingerbread Men, Elves and lovable Christmas Bears
are being held at a top secret government internment camp for processing and possible deportation.

Will Santa make it over the wall this year?

Christmas In The Wohlman Archives 
2016

Simon & Garfunkel

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Jeff Beck

Super Deluxe

John Lennon

Hybrid Kids

Chuck Berry

James Brown

The Dreamers

Binky Gripitte

Buchanan & Goodman with Paul Sherman

Moog Cookbook

Suicide

Bobby Sherman

Davitt Sigerson

Johnny Cash

Commander Cody

Leon Russell

Rotary Connection

Dias Irae

Harry Nillson & Robert Fripp

CITWA 2016

"all is calm - all is bright"

RFW

By popular demand (by Him),

CITWA 2015! 

Transmission 7616 - Are You Gonna' Be There?

When the Moon and Venus are conjoined in the Ninth House, 

we must be ready for the 50th Anniversary of the dawning.

The preparations must begin now before the essentials are either consumed or banned.

There are beads to string, flowers to grow and love to make!

The Chocolate Watch Band

The Swinging Blue Jeans

The Punkers

Moon People

Donovan

Strawberry Alarm Clock

The Lemon Pipers

The Fretellis

Beck

Dirty Pretty Things

Roxy Music

The Staple Singers

The Black Crowes

The Deadbeats

Primal Scream

The Cowsills

The Monkees

The Collection

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention

Amon Duul II

T7616 

"I'm goin' to the love-in to sit and play my bongos in the dirt"

RFW

Transmission 7516 - A Substitute

So do you listen - or obey?

The Rolling Stones

Howlin' Wolf

Vernon Reid

Rod Stewart

The Who

The Len Price 3

Pink Floyd

The Olivia Tremor Control

The Moody Blues

Faith No More

Marilyn Manson

Nine Inch Nails

James Brown

Japan

Lou Reed

Syl Johnson

T7516

"I was up above it"

RFW

Transmission 7416 - Someone Get Me A Ladder

The original voice of 

King Crimson

 the L in 

ELP

Greg Lake

1947-2016

T7416

"every day a little sadder

A little madder"

RFW

Transmission 7316 - The Midnight Express

Smuggled love (and sunshine)!

John Lennon

The Beatles

The Apples In Stereo

Drum Circus

Love & Rockets

Sonic Youth

Cornelius

Gum

The Zig Zag People

Grace Jones

The Slits

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

The Tradewinds

The Donkeys

The Beach Boys

T7316

"it could be closer than you think"

RFW

*The photo still from the 1978 film Midnight Express 

depicts the RFW family happily pole-dancing in the Archives!

Transmission 7216 - An Exotic Blend

A euphoric mix for the senses!

Muddy Waters

Jimi Hendrix

Uriah Heep

Johnny Cash

Soundgarden

Velvett Fogg

Curtis Mayfield

Alejandro Escovedo

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Lou Reed

T7216

"But wishin' won't make you a soldier.

With a pretty kiss for a pretty face

can't have its way

Y'know tramps like us, we were born to pay"

RFW

Transmission 7116 - (The) Leftover Turkey (Gang)

We are recruiting previously used toms and hens - 

do you have the giblets to join?

The Clash

Mike Watt

The Auteurs

The Pretenders

Ronnie Lane

Prince Jammy

Spanky & Our Gang

Gang Of Four 

Kool & The Gang

The James Gang

Gary Glitter

Bakerloo

Eric Burdon

T7116

"everbody's looking for the Last Gang In Town"

RFW

Transmission 7016 - Breakfast Buzz & Hum

A spiked coffee Sunday

Bill Laswell

David Sylvian

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Brian Eno

Pink Floyd

T7016

"Absolutely Curtains"

RFW

*Cliff Jones, the author of the Pink Floyd song study "Echos",

 wrote about "Absolutely Curtains" from the album "Obscured By Clouds":  

"...the track fades into the chanting of the Mapuga tribe. The words to this song are indecipherable, even to those who speak New Guinean. There are approximately 717 native different dialects and, as is the case in India, few of these different dialects can be understood by speakers 

of any of the others! Needless to say, the Mapuga didn't attend the sessions, 

and the Floyd dubbed the chant from the sound recordist's tapes, 

recorded on location in New Guinea."

Transmission 6916 - Ride The Soul Train

Find a partner or dance by yourself!

Tyrone Davis

Marvin Gaye

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

The Temptationes

The Shirells

The Beatles

Carole King

The Mamas & The Papas

The Supremes

Michael Jackson

Stevie Wonder

Todd Rundgren

T6916

"this is dedicated to the one I love"

RFW

Transmission 6816 - That's Groovy, Baby

I can - you can - we can

Cult Hero

The Monkees

The Friends Of Distinction

Terrence Trent D'Arby

Iron Claw

Blackberry Smoke

Led Zeppelin

Blind Willie Johnson

John The Revelator

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Pink Floyd

The Modern Lovers

Pixies

Barry & The Remains

J. Geils Band

T8616

"oh ya"

RFW

* With usual suspect John Morrison, aka Guitar Johnny, aka The Boston Buddha 

guesting in the studio, the mood became more vibrant with each
mid-set trip to the outside lounge! 

By the end of the show - we were not ready to stop!

The ultra-groovy hidden coda contains equally dig-able sounds from:

Klaatu

The Residents

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Crack The Sky

Transmission 6716 - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming

Sometimes you get what you ask for!

Sophia Anne Caruso

The Wildhearts

Primal Scream

Aerosmith

Buick Mackane

T. Rex

Luke Haines

Freedom Of Rhapsodia

John Zorn's Simulacrum

Black Sabbath

David Bowie

Bryan Ferry

Bauhaus

Brian Eno

T6716

"This Is Not America"

RFW

* The thematic coda included NIN Bowie beats, an Ice Cube rap and a farewell salute by Wilco!

RFW REWIND - The Apocalypse End

War is over

If YOU want it

I want it!

The Doors 

The Clash 

The Stooges 

The New York Dolls

Jimi Hendrix

John Lennon 

Nico 

Buckethead

Patrick Gleeson

Richard Beggs 

Bernard L. Krause 

Mickey Hart 

Airto Moriera 

Martin Sheen 

Robert Duvall 

Marlon Brando 

and an incredibly talented supporting cast of musicians, actors, editors and recordists. 

"the horror"

RFW

* In honor of Veteran's Day and the courageous men and women that have fought in past and present wars and those that might fight in (hopefully never to come) future wars, RFW respectfully rewinds  to a set I have been perfecting since 1979!

This Transmission is one of my proudest RFW moments 

and it takes on eerie, frightening and poignant weight

with the current state of the USA. the world

and continued lack of care and respect given to our soldiers and veterans.

The following is the text from the original post:

"Apocalypse Now" almost cost director Francis Ford Coppola his life! It gave to the world a night-fever look at the underbelly of the Vietnam War and burned phrases like "terminate with extreme prejudice" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" into our collective brain. 

It's Original Soundtrack is one of the best examples of the marriage of music and cinema. Constructed by Coppola and his father Carmine Coppola, the use of "The End" is so effectively intertwined with the ominous sound of Patrick Gleeson's moog helicopters in the distance that it never fails to invoke chills and visions of the ravaged fields of Vietnam under heavy attack - the flames, the smoke, the sounds and Jim Morrison's dark poetry all synchronized together by them like master-magicians. Francis, I'm still stunned and amazed.

If it has been awhile or if by any chance you have never seen "Apocalypse Now", "Apocalypse Now Redux" or the equally compelling documentary by Eleanor Coppolla "Hearts Of Darkness :A Filmaker's Apocalypse", I recommend that you make it a point to do it today or soon."

Transmission 6616 - RFW Internationale'

 Musical Globetrotting

Magma

Phil Manazanera

Vodu 155

Africa 70

Plastic Bertrand

Kraftwerk

Dungen

T6616

"Me asombre de lo que ha sucedidodododo"

RFW

*The unscheduled back-side-trip to Japan brought us 

Osumu Kitajima 

from the 1975 Antilles release 

"Benzaiten". 

Find it!

Transmission 6516 - Leave Or Not? (The Answer is Blowing In The Wind)

“Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be 'morrow”

William Shakespeare

The White Stripes

Yes

Motorpsycho

Johnny Thunders

Traffic

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Tom Waits

Keith Richards

The Rolling Stones

Paul Simon

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Chris Spedding

Bryan Ferry

Warren Zevon

Harry Nilsson

T6516

"Why are you running away?"

RFW

*Concept and photo inspiration courtesy of Charles Laquidara.

Transmission 6416 - The Art Of Wearing Many

Let's try a few different ones on for size.

Green Day

The Clash 

The Raconteurs

Missing Persons

The Lefte Bank

Raspberries

The Shazam

The Apples In Stereo

Teenage Fanclub

The Saints

The Fauntleroys

The Yardbirds

Siouxsie & The Banshees

The Cure

Bauhaus

T6416

"Conversations getting dull

There's a constant buzzing in my ears

Sense of humor's void and null

And I'm bored to tears"

RFW

*Pleasure and point of view supplied by my peer and pal Peter Choyce! 

Transmission 6316 - Out Of Order

Confusion is normal and variety is the spice of life!

Mott The Hoople

Mink DeVille

The Cars

The Meters

Aaron Neville

The Neville Brothers

The Black Crowes 

The Chesterfield Kings

The Rolling Stones

Pete Townshend

Faces

Ronnie Lane

Ron Wood

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention

It's A Beautiful day

T6316

"I don't know what to do"

RFW

Transmission 6216 - I Want To Be Elected

In anticipation of the train-wreck that will likely occur during the third and final Presidential Debate,

RFW takes a musical look at the sought after position!

Frank Zappa

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

Marilyn Manson

Ian Hunter

Blues Magoos

Randy Newman

Billy Bragg & Wilco

Ry Cooder

Kim Fowley

Bongo Herman

James Brown

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Cream 

Little Feat

The Psychedelic Furs

T6216

"I've got the apolitical blues

And that's the meanest blues of all"

RFW

*These images are based solely on my post-debate reaction of the two candidates. I for one, will honor the results of the election and I am now 100% confident of the outcome, Although I could be "Wrong" - stranger things have happened!

Transmission 6116 - Got Live If You Love It

The volume is out of your control -

the lights are bright -

 the bands are hot!

The Beatles

Jeff Beck

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Kazumi Watanabe

Eric Clapton

Richard Thompson

Queen

The Rolling Stones

Marianne Faithful

Lou Reed

T6116

"will it be slow or will it be fast?"

RFW

Transmission 6016 - Like A Hurricane

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows!

St. Louis Jimmy

The Association

Marc Ribot

Talking Heads

David Bowie

Thomas Dolby

Bob Dylan

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Neil Young & Crazy Hourse

Circus Maximus

T6016

"I want to love you but I'm getting blown away"

RFW

*Dedicated to the victims of Mathew, Nicole and all past, present and future weather phenomena. But can you really blame Mother Nature(?)!

Transmission 5916 - Shut Up And Play More Music

 Let's lock the lips and rock the house!

Humble Pie

Billy Cobham

Jack White

Rage Against The Machine

Buddy Miles

Dave "The Fuze" Fiuczynski

Band of Gypsies

James Gang

Deep Purple

T5916

"stop, stop, stop"

RFW

Transmission 5816 - I Think We're All Creepy Clowns On This Bus

It's the new sensation sweeping the nation.

So move over you Bozos,
RFW is sending in

Frank Sinatra

The Everly Brothers
Montrose
The Replacements
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Syd Barrett
The Kinks
The Beacon Street Union
Huey "Piano" Smith
Smokey Robinson

Peter Green
The White Rope
Oingo Boingo
The Residents
Kumquat
Royal Crescent Mob
David Lynch
*special thanks to The Firesign Theatre and William Shatner for uncredited cameos!

T5816

"don't bother, the're here"

RFW

The Creepy Clown College Hall Of Fame


Krusty


Pagalacci

Homey D. Clown

Clarabell

Pennywise

Krinkle

Shakes and his Creepy Clown Posse


Coco

Ronald


Dodo


and Boston's favorite CC Willie Whistle!

Thanks for listening - We'll be laughing and eating (with) you soon!