Sunday, April 19, 2026

The Sunday Sessions - Weird Scenes Inside The Semi-Solid Goldmine

 Mott The Hoople
Shirley Bassey
Alice Cooper
Blue Oyster Cult
Procol Harum
The Rolling Stones
The Black Keys
John Stewart
Fleetwood Mac
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Beck
Pink Floyd
Guided By Voices
Pavement
XTC
Danny Gatton
Ben Folds
Lea Sen
Steely Dan
Keith Moon


"I want to tell you more about my vein"

RFW

Friday, April 17, 2026

Transmission 2526 - Perceived Loudness Adjustment

The Seeds
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Nirvana
Elephant9
Gun
The Lords Of Altamont
Foo Fighters
The Nomads
Friedmann Witecka
BCUC
Harmonious Thelonious
Mori
Tuxedomoon
Motoharu Okamura
Cornelius
La Peste


"See the farmer a walking down town,
always draws a crowd when he's around."

* Made loud to be played louder!


RFW

Saturday, April 11, 2026

The Sunday AM Sessions - The Good, The Bad and The Future

 

The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Beatles
U. S. Nerds ~ Hybrid Kids
The Anderson Council
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
The Animals
Jimi Hendrix Experience
John Lee Hooker
Eric Gales
Tetsuya Hirahata
Curtis Mayfield
Tropical Fuck Storm
Hawkwind


"This is our last and only chance"


RFW

Thursday, April 09, 2026

Transmission 2426 - Love Songs & War Dances


 

Colin Blunstone
The Flying Lizards
Jane
Love
Killing Joke
Yoko Ono
Brian Eno
David Bowie
Julian Cope
Faith No More
The Bevis Frond
Faust
Question Mark & The Mysterians

T2426

"Have courage
Have rage, we're all together"

RFW



Wednesday, April 08, 2026

RFW Spotlight - An Evening With Papa Harry

Haruomi Hosono



"Who do you love?"

Haruomi "Papa Harry" Hosono,
musician, composer, producer and electronic pioneer, is one of the most renowned and revered artists out of Japan. With early bands such as Apryl Fool and Happy End, Harry paved the way to fateful collaborations with the late Ryuichi Sakamoto and  drummer Yukihiro Takahashi, eventually forming Yellow Magic Orchestra with the duo. His numerous solo releases through the decades include synth workouts, J-Funk jams, video-game exotica, ambient and everything else you might find under the rising sun. Like George being in a band with John and Paul, Harry had the privilege of working with and being somewhat overshadowed by the internationally famous Mr. Sakamoto, but his output and talent is no less prolific. Included are a pocket full of favorites, but there is so much more. 
I invite you dig the music of
Papa Harry Hosono!

RFW

Monday, April 06, 2026

Transmission 2326 - MMFRR

Elvis Presley
The Beatles
Jef Lee Johnson
Nirvana
The Pretty Things
David Bowie
Ulver
Phil Manzanera
Mission Of Burma
Japan
Mick Karn
Luke Haines
Suicide
Lou Reed
The Apples In Stereo

T2326

"Mythic Mother Fucking Rock And Roll"

* The voices of Stooges Moe, Larry and Curly Joe were performed by my former 
WBCN, Boston Production partner in crime, master mimic and all around clean-guy
Billy West!


RFW


Sunday, April 05, 2026

The Sunday Sessions - Count Me In (Out)


The Beatles
Love & Rockets 
Jah Wobble
Senor Coconut u Su Conjunto
The Seeds
The Mothers Of Invention
Mountain
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
Tome Petty & The Heartbreakers
Full Moon Scientist
Smashing Pumpkins
Tranquility Base
Paul Revere & The Raiders


"You say you got a real solution
We'd all love to see the plan"


RFW

Friday, April 03, 2026

Deep Listening Music - For Abby

 Xiu Xiu
The Normal
Negativeland
Bonzo Do-Da Dog Band
Holger Czukay
Puscifer
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
The Hellacopters
In Flagranti
Nine Inch Nails
Peter Gabriel
Porcupine Tree


"This is not normal"


RFW

Wednesday, April 01, 2026

T2226 - Big Dave's Underground Attic

The Rolling Stones
The Damned
Sonic Youth
The Peppermint Kicks
The Jam
Jack White
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Patti Smith
Cracker
The Cockworks
The Flys
Fingerprintz
The Donkeys
The Doors


"High time we burn this reign to ground
No more staring at satellites
There's something shaking underground"

RFW



Sunday, March 29, 2026

The Sunday Sessions - A Wisp In The Night

 
Nina Hagen
Steel Pulse
The Specials
Hot Chip
The Bees
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Czukay, Wobble, Liebezeit
The Clash
Haara
Bob Marley~Bill Laswell

SAM826

"boom-shakalaka-boom"

RFW



Friday, March 27, 2026

Transmission 2126 - No Stagecoach Speed Limit

 Sonic Youth
Robert Fripp
Faust
Pink Floyd
The Human League
Fontaines D.C.
Sticky Fingers
David Bowie
Phil Manzanera
Roxy Music
Brian Eno
Owen Charles


"hi-ho"

RFW

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The Cheap Seats - Stub#12 - Sylvian/Fripp

David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
The Road To Graceland Tour
December, 1993 


"As the river runs, tumbles and turns
You know you shouldn't stay
Or play the game again
But it could be different this time
You may win"

*I saw this amazing show on October 28, 1993 at the beautiful
Zellerbach Hall on the campus of UC Berkeley, and it remains a highlight memory.
Below, David gives us a little background on the project and within,
the band delivers a sonic document of the short-lived tour.
Enjoy loudly.

"Robert approached me in late 1991 about whether I wanted to 
join a new King Crimson he was forming. Though very flattered,
I decided that I didn’t feel equipped to take on the whole baggage and history
 that comes with being a member of King Crimson.
So instead we took the offer of the tour as an opportunity to
write material for an album. It was a way of combining Robert’s
and my approach to recording music,
and a challenge that I enjoyed."

RFW


Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Sunday Sessions - Led By Candlelight

Brewer & Shipley
Rod Stewart
XTC
Laurie Anderson
Peter Gabriel
Big Star
Mark Naudeef~Jack Bruce
Led Zeppelin
James Gang
Curtis Mayfield
David Sylvian


SAM626

"Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout "Paint It Black"
Rock and roll is here to stay, come inside, well, it's okay"

RFW

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Transmission 2026 - The Thing

 
The Monkees
Lyres
Lou Reed
Alex Chilton
Muddy Waters
NRBQ
The Move
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Lounge Lizards
Frank Zappa & The Mothers
Isaac Hayes
The Pixies

2026

"you make everything groovy"

RFW

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

THE RFW Spotlight - Bill Frisell

 Bill Frisell

Don't be alarmed, he is alive and well
and is celebrating his 75th birthday tonight.

Spotlight 1

“It's kind of surreal somehow,
because I really feel like I haven't even started yet.
I'm not sure if I feel 75. I don't even know what that means.
I hope I can just keep going for a while longer because
I feel like I haven't even scratched the surface yet.
“I've been so lucky to get to do so much of what I wanted to do,
but it still doesn't I feel like I’m close to done. I don't have a goal other 
than just to try to keep going and try to keep figuring it out.”

Bill remains one of the best guitarists I have ever seen 
and his music makes a perfect start to our new feature
The RFW Spotlight.

Enjoy!

RFW

Monday, March 16, 2026

Transmission 1926 - Sympathy For She

 
Philipp Münch
Grinderman
Nine Inch Nails
Marilyn Manson
Robert Plant
The Beatles
Starcrawler
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Peter Tosh
Parquet Courts
Bryan Ferry
Donovan
Steve Hillage

T1926

"and She's making me feel like I've never been born"

RFW


Saturday, March 14, 2026

Transmission 1826 - A Different Disco Dilemma

 Xiu Xiu
Lou Reed
Warmduscher
Public Image Ltd.
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Was (not was)
The Tubes
LCD Soundsystem
Mother Gong
James Chance
Davi dBowie
Moster!


"Bring me the Disco King"



*Dedicated to the disco-denizens of the fabled Boston nightclub Spit 
and your local palace of 70's musical rebirth.
The music is still on.

RFW


Friday, March 13, 2026

Transmission 1726 - Volume Encouraged

 Outrageous Cherry
Death From Above 1979
Beastie Boys
Yungblud
Aerosmith
Joe Perry
Jeff Beck
Faces
Metallica
Grand Funk Railroad
Black Sabbath


"Beating the demigod, I'm fading away
I’m going backward, but I’m in control"


*Encouragement and new-talent scouting courtesy of Tracy.
Louder!

RFW

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Deep Listening Music - That Voice In Your Head

 
The Sex Pistols~Ten Pole Tudor
Crack The Sky
Frank Zappa &The Mothers Of Invention~Ms. Creamcheese
The Bees
Franck Vigroux & Mathew Bourne
Cabaret Voltaire
Holger Czukay
Laurie Anderson
Rage Against The Machine
Michael Pisaro-Liu
Pere Ubu
The Mars Volta
Steve Hackett
Ulver
The Residents
Brian Eno
Daevid Allen
The Alan Parsons Project
Jean Michèle Jarre

DLM526

"Who Killed Bambi?"

* That Voice In Your Head is You.
Your brain creates "Inner Monologue" in your mental landscape without utilizing speech.
It's natural and intricate to problem-solving, memory and other self-support activity.
It's the unwanted wanted voices that some experience, that when untreated,
could lead to deep depression, other mental illnesses or harmful actions.
Please reach out to someone if this is happening to You, because We care.

RFW

Sunday, March 08, 2026

The Sunday Sessions - When Two Is Three Blues

 


Nilsson
Roy Buchanan
David Torn
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Miles Davis~Bill Laswell
Hugo Race & Michelangelo Russo
John Zorn


"It's early in the morning and
I ain't got nothing but the blues"

*In an attempt to save daylight, They tried to steal away 2am.
In retaliation, HAL turned off all internal and external clocks and
we welcomed the Blues into the hour in hiding.
Enjoy!

RFW

Friday, March 06, 2026

Transmission 1626 - Space Captain Audio Log 0306

Ryuichi Sakamoto
Mushroom & Eddie Floyd
The Jam
XTC
The Psychedelic Furs
Electric Orange
Z-Rock Hawaii
NIGO
Wu-Tang Clan
Bim Sherman
USA Out Of Vietnam
Electric Sandwich


"Once I was traveling across the sky
This lovely planet caught my eye"

RFW

Thursday, March 05, 2026

The Cheap Seats - Stub#11 - Ween

 Ween
November, 2003
The Vic Theatre, Chicago


"You drive me crazy with that
boogie, boogie, boogie"

RFW

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Deep Listening Music - Good Evening Tehran

 
Jon Butcher
Tuxedmoon
Luke Haines
Shockabilly
The Stranglers
Bongwater
Muslimgauze
The Monkees
Buthole Surfers
Les Baxter & His Orchestra
X-Legged Sally
Hi-Post
Tehransmission
The Residents
Hosseingholi Tatyy
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis

DLM426


"Heroes die and then come more
There's always more"


*We beam down into the city of Tehran and our musical correspondents
report from around the country of Iran.
This is not a Holy War. This is a sad war.
The US has now continued the work of the elite groups of the past
who have invaded and killed for a god, money or, as seems to be in this case,
 a Get Out Of Jail Free card.
Wag The Dog Donny will see his day, until then I pray.

RFW

Friday, February 27, 2026

Transmission 1526 - Hall War Animals

 

Stonehenge
Hawkwind
Hall & Oates
Kraftwerk
Grand Funk Railroad
Angels and Airwaves
Fracture
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Pixies
The Residents & Renaldo & The Loaf
Yin Yin
Baker Gurvitz Army
Gorillaz
Col. Claypool's Frog Brigade

T1526

"He made up the person he wanted to be
And changed into a new personality
Even the greatest stars
Change themselves in the looking glass"

*This "prophetic" RFW Transmission was produced Friday night between 9 and 11p.
One of the idea notes I wrote was "Good Morning Iran".
I woke up the next morning and saw that the US had attacked Iran a few hours later. 
Fact is stranger than fiction. Enjoy this nascent musical premonition .
RFW

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Transmission 1426 - The State Of King Metamucillini's MInd


 David Bowie
Fad Gadget
New Order
Thievery Corporation
Joe Gibbons & The Professional
10ft. Ganja Plant
The Wildhearts
Nazareth
Stiff Little Fingers
Radio 4
The Gaslight Anthem
Death Ride 69
Yes
Metalica


"I'm deranged"


*If for whatever reason you are going to endure tonight's State Of The Union ,
I highly suggest that you turn down the TV and
start this Transmission when King M is introduced. 
Enjoy!

RFW

Friday, February 20, 2026

Transmission 1326 - No Experience Necessary

 
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Elephant Tree
P.M. Dawn
Bill Laswell~Axiom Funk
Nguyen Le
Gozu
Jon Butcher
King Buffalo
Patti Smith
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Defunkt
Band Of Gypsies

T1326

"My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact, I'm tryin' to say it's frightened like me
And all of these emotions of mine keeps holdin' me from
Givin' my life to a rainbow like you"

RFW

Thursday, February 19, 2026

The Cheap Seats - Stub#10 - Pete Townshend

 Pete Townshend's Deep End
November, 1985
Brixton Academy, London


"For I know that the hypnotized never lie"

RFW

Sunday, February 15, 2026

The Sunday Sessions - King Anne X

 Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Lyres
Faith No More
Human Sexual Response
Xiu Xiu
Wand
Xixa
Xan
Xcranium
David Cross
Greg Lake
King Crimson


"We sit at the table with all that we love"



RFW

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Transmission 1226 - The RFW All-Night Love Clinic

 The Mindbenders
People
Buffalo Springfield
Flamin' Groovies
Chris Spedding
David Gilmour
Queen
David Werner
Defunkt
Grace Jones
Godley & Creme
John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
Echo & The Bunneymen
Brian Wilson
Utopia
Julian Priester
Yellow Magic Orchestra~William Burroughs


"Love is a virus"

RFW

Friday, February 13, 2026

Transmission 1126 - Hash And Soul-Eggs

 Can
Haruomi Hosono
Afrika Bombaataa
The Rolling Stones
THe Soul Survivors
The Dave Pike Set
Martin Mull
The Nightcrawlers
Jack White
Humble Pie
Jethro Tull
Donovan
T. Rex
Bob Dylan
Faces
Alice Cooper
Leslie West
Nick Lowe
Wings


"I got a mind to ramble and
I goi an egg to scramble"

RFW


Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Deep Listening Music - We Of A Cloudy Mind

 
Bill Laswell
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Nguyen Le
Peter Gabriel
Collin Walcott
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
Cloudland Canyon
Thomas Dolby
Pere Ubu
The Upsetters
Lotus
David Torn

DLM326

"The prison is made of ice
And it melts in the spring
The castle is made of clay
And it will crumble in time"

RFW


Sunday, February 08, 2026

The Sunday Sessions - A Higher Calling

The Who
The Beatles
Wings
The Shazam
Jellyfish
Robert Plant
Jean Jacques Perrey
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
Tony Joe White
Ten Years After
J.J. Cale
King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard
The Gun Club
Bad Brains
Foo Fighters~Lee Ving
Lydia Lunch & Big Sexy Noise
LCD Soundsystem
Martin Mull


"Let's give Jesus Christ the football
Let Him even up the score"




* Go Patriots!

RFW

Saturday, February 07, 2026

Th Cheap Seats - Stub#9 - Procol Harum/Robin Trower


Procol Harum
WPLJ, New York
4-12-1971

Robin Trower
The Record Plant, Sausalito
5-29-1974


"Shine On"

RFW

Friday, February 06, 2026

Transmission 1026 - RFW MD

 
The Dream Syndicate
New York Dolls
Ian Hunter & Mark Ronson
Pearl Jam
The Psychotic Monks
Primal Scream
Foo Fighters
Spiritualized
Anthrax
Gary Numan
John Cale & Terry Riley
Ray Charles

T1026

"Now the doctor say I need rest 
Before I need her tenderness
Put me on the critical list 
When all I need is her sweet kiss
He gave me a medicated lotion
But it didn't soothe my emotion"

RFW

Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Transmission 926 - Don't Fuck With America

 
Camper Van Beethoven
Boots
Haruomi Hosono
Hot Chip
Curtis Mayfield
Ulver
David Bowie
Green Day
Brian Eno & David Byrne
Frank Zappa

T926

"Don't wanna be an American Idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America"

RFW

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Transmission 826 - Covering All Bases

 
Xiu Xiu
Death From Above 1999
The Sex Pistols
Ulver
The Jam
Spooky Tooth
Devo
The Flashcubes
Annie Lennox
The Clash
Mushroom & Eddie Floyd
Nine Inch Nails
Lou Reed

T826

''All you protest kids, you can hear Jack say ..."


*Infamous Bay Area KOME DJ Scott "Loose" Lewis gifted me this great volume of lp covers.
Both he and it are treasures!?!
Enjoy.

RFW


Friday, January 30, 2026

Transmission 726 - Mississippi

 
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Jimi Hendrix
John Lee Hooker
Muddy Waters
Willie DeVille
Joe Bonamassa
Mountain
Eric Bibb
The Cactus Blossoms
Grateful Dead
Sparks
The Strangeloves
North Mississippi Allstars
Robert Johnson

T726

"I spell M
A, child
N"

RFW

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Deep Listening Music - Analogue VS Digital

Fracture
Flanger
Pluramon
Atom Heart
Schneider TM
Brian Eno
Lemon Jelly
Stereolab
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog


"That's the Spirit Of The Age"


* Many thanks to Wendy Carlos for her expert technical analysis.

RFW