DJ Premiums

(March 3 only) Trent's Smooth Women on the Hard Beat: A disc jam-packed with girls singing over driving, dancing rhythms--your world just might be complete!

Liz Berg's Insert Coin: Grab a joystick and get up-up-downdown to tunes infused with blippy, 8-bit video game sounds (C64, Atari, NES)!

Woody's New Divisions of Plucked Strings: Previously unreleased tracks by contemporary guitarists, lutists, banjo players, etc, with inspiration from the Middle Ages to the avant-garde.

Irene's Smiling Faces, Studio Spaces: Another stellar selection of live musical moments from Irene's show.

Dorian's Speakeasy--The CD: Snippets and music from the last year of programs.

Sinners Crossroads' Gospel Guitar Greats: From hip-bumping holy female gee-tar gunslingers for the Lord, to choir-robed elder Reverends, Sinner's Crossroads places a mess of guitar testimonials on the altar.

Scott's Excellent Pink Noise, Volume 2: White noise treats all frequencies equally; pink noise is a bit more selective. Scott presents more mixed up stuff, wrong things, slow things & fast things, and just plain great songs.

Evan "Funk" Davies' Starting with the '70s -- Punk Rock Pleasures, Disco Treasures and Drastic Measures: 20 known and little-known tracks from 1970-1979; none have ever appeared on a Time-Life collection, all are catchy the way EFD likes 'em.

Stan's Let's Levitate: The perfect music for that out-of-body experience.

(February 26 only) Frank O'Toole's Loop De-Lite: Creating Loops, some noise, and not, that represent many years, until this latest stuff, fitting into 11 separate tracks.

Hatch's Roses and Rainbows: A selection of all-American obscurities from Hatch's record collection. Mostly pop and singer-songwriters from the 60s and 70s.

Joe Belock's One Man's Trash: Proof that the Three Chord Monte show is garbage. A collection of tracks trash-picked by your host over the past year or so.

Brian's Hell Refuses: A Compendium of Unusual Metal: March into the pit of despair with this compilation of crude, bizarre, genre-bending, sometimes inept, and overall screwed up selections from BT's metal vault.

Dave Emory's Compendium of Nazi & Fascist Connections to 9/11 for pledges of $75.

Get Dave Emory's Curve Ball (Study in the Bogus Intelligence Leading to the Iraq War) PLUS Compendium of Nazi & Fascist Connections to 9/11 for pledges of $150.

(March 4 only) The Old Codger's 1925/2009 Wall Calendar: Featuring Zelig-like photos of the ageless coot. Guaranteed to contain all 12 of your favorite months, in correct sequence! (Wall calendar)

(February 26 only) The Antique Phonograph Music Program presents A Bunch of Nonsense: A collection of comic songs from 78s and cylinders performed by the stars of yestercentury recorded lo-fi from crank-up phonographs.

The Best Show on WFMU "We Did It Again" Fun Pack!: Our best fun pack yet! An all new Best Show T-shirt, an amazing sticker, a full-size full color poster (seen here) and a completely exclusive Patton Oswalt CD EP called FRANKENSTEINS AND GUMDROPS, available ONLY by pledging! (Sizes available: M, LG, XL, XX)

Small Change presents De-Evolution: A mix that does exactly that. Starts off relatively sane and deteriorates rapidly. Something to please/piss off everyone guaranteed.

Scott McDowell's Guanna Dance: Collection of killer jazz hen's teeth from the FREE world.

(February 27 only) Laura Cantrell's More Mishegoss from the Airwave Archive: Thought we were DONE with ON AIR Jazzbos, Cowboy Singers and Hillbilly Heartthrobs? NOT.

Ken's The Madness of Crowds: Sonic artifacts of mass psychosis from cults to religions to mobs. Full length CD accompanied by a book of photographs.

Tony Coulter's Demo Derby: Unreleased studio and live tracks crashing into one another. Psych, prog, post-punk weirdness, contemporary classical.

Maria's It's a Golden Year: Maria's marathon premium for this year is her Golden Ear commemorative 50th anniversary baker's dozen silkscreened calendar and a 13 cut song of the month CD. The calendar, which starts with December 2008 and ends in December 2009, will feature 13 original photographs of the Ears of the DJs, (and perhaps a few other creatures as well.) The music will reflect the fine discriminating taste you have come to expect from the Wednesday afternoon freeform show hosted by Maria herself and will be an excellent accompaniment to compliment the mood of each and every month of the year.

Seven Second Delay's Amazing Ventriloquism DVD: Behold as Andy and his dummy Simon blow your mind. Plus, Ken's lame clogging, Andy's one-liners and a tribute to Don McLean. Filmed live at Book Court in Brooklyn. (DVD)

DJ/Rupture's Tu Fruto Me Sabe A Cumbia--Cumbias in Transformation: From gorgeous 60s bands and Afrocolombian traditionals to Texan crunk-cumbias, Rupture's personal guide through one of Latin America's most popular genres.

John Allen's Twisted Nerve 1977--1982: A must for all pop music lovers.

Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains presents The War of Roxanne: In 1984 UTFO released a song called "Roxanne Roxanne" about a girl who would not respond to their advances. The track exploded over the airwaves and shortly after a 14-year-old Roxanne Shanté put out "Roxanne's Revenge" under the guide of Marley Marl. By 1985, over 30 "answer records" had hit the shelves. Noah is attempting to gather as many of them as possible, he's already past the 2 hour mark. Guard your post and prepare for...The War Of Roxanne!

Benjamen Walker's Complicated Movies: Spoken word and musical excerpts from movies that are hard to watch because they're hard to find. Sounds-tracked down and brought back to print.

Trouble's This is the Modern Girl: Another offering from DJ Trouble's vault of female fancies: soul to sweet, cool to country, folk to freak.

Fabio's ANOTHER 7 inches of Pleasure!: Fabio goes in deep for round 2 to deliver some rare audio pearls from his 7" collection. A happy ending is sure to be had for all!

Diane's Kamikaze's Hold that Thought!: Songs that bookmark your brain - get stuck in your head - twirls you around endlessly - drive you crazy - or a combination of all four! Woo Hoo! 20 cd tracks - features some rare 45s!

Ergo Phizmiz' Little Blue Men: Many little blue minutes of remixes and collages of the utterly terrifying little blue Betty Johnson song "Little Blue Man."

The Dusty Show's Inside: Clay Pigeon! An exclusive behind-the-mind hour with the creator of The Dusty Show. Venture...

Music to Spazz By presents Bingo's Bachelor Pad: 25 exotically intoxicating selections chosen for their ape-like aphrodisiac qualities by Spazz's sidekick Bingo the Chimp.

Pat Duncan's THEY're LIVE: They live! They're live. 22 bands recorded live in the WFMU studio on Pat Duncan's show.

Daniel Blumin's Russians Love Their Children Too: Disney Shmisney! Songs from late Soviet era cartoons & children's films and records. Hear how much weird fun kids were having in the land of the collective farm, the Young Pioneer, the toilet paper shortage, and the KGB. A bundle of Cold War favorites from the other side.

HotRod's Run for Cover: HotRod handpicks a diverse collection of covers in an effort to rejuvenate your soul. We've got a lot to cover.

Doug's Children of the Corn: If it takes a village to raise a child, it must take a village idiot to raise a child star. And yet, in every town and burg, you can always find some parents shoving their little Joey or JonBenet out in front of an audience. Sure, it's a transparent stab at immortality, but these sins of our fathers and mothers ought not taint the talents of all pint-size performers. Some kids aren't half bad. In fact, for every cringe-inducing act in the school talent show, there's another waiting in the wings ready to impress. This collection invites you to be the judge. CHILDREN OF THE CORN gathers together a profusion of pipsqueak prodigies, child preachers, prepubescent chanteuses, junior funkateers, hillbilly brats and rocksteady rugrats. Do it for the children.

Put the Needle on the Record presents Hip-hop Element 1 of 4--The DJ: Funky, scratchy, turntableaction-packed historic document of the hip-hop element considered the foundation of the genre: the DJ.

Killing Time with Bronwyn C. presents DJ Nightmare Board Game: Ever dream of being a WFMU DJ? Now you can experience the same recurring nightmare our DJs have with this angst-producing game! From the professional team responsible for the toys in Long John Silver kids' meals, this game may be cheaply produced but it's fully play-tested. 2-4 players, ages 8 and up. (Board game)

Mr. Fine Wine presents: The long-contemplated, eagerly-anticipated, never-to-be-replicated, destined-to-be-eternally-celebrated, Pat. James Longo-illustrated Downtown Soulville T-shirt. (Sizes available: S, M, LG, XL, XX)

Pseu's Playin' Hooky--Thing with a Hook's Summer Vacation: Pseu's pop-centric show may have taken a break last summer, but she spent it assembling another sparkling collection for her listeners!

Michael Goodstein presents: A third volume of rare, obscure, un-comped and even un-blogged late 70's, early 80's, and even late 80's diy crud from across the lands, and the first official Choking on Cufflinks shirt! The shirt is designed by Emily Ryan, and will introduce the new Choking on Cufflinks mascot! (Sizes available: S, M, LG, XL, XX, Women's M)

Bill Mac's DJs at Play: Witness WFMU DJs rummage through their past, unearth high school band covers, "living room" studio recordings, dusty abandoned music demos (including a few flights of inspired musical genius), merge into a collective whole and vomit onto a CD.

Jeffrey Davison's Dark Matter: A compilation of contemporary psych, avant and songwriter folk issued in releases so limited as to be nearly invisible.

Michael Shelley presents 33 Vintage #1 Hit Country Songs About Woman Drivers, Hippies, Relationship Trouble, Alcoholism, Dogs, Jail, Underage Drinking and Sex, Blue Collar Existence, Volkswagens, Viet Nam, Martians, Hypocrites, Tobacco Spit, Traveling Salesmen, and the Meaning of Life.

Rex's Cannibal Stew: A hearty selection of 50/60s rockers and R&B boppers about voodoo, safaris, gorillas, headhunters and jungle love.

The Cherry Blossom Clinic presents Black Cherries: A jealousy-inducing comp of great, rare out-of-print punk, psych, and glam (mostly) 7" vinyl (and not on CD)! Make yer friends drool with envy!

Transpacific Sound Paradise presents Islamic Electric: A sizzling selection of modern / traditional musical fusions from across the Islamic world - from Algeria to India, Indonesia to Zanzibar and everywhere in between. Dynamic cultural clashes where roots meet rock, soul, electronica and more...

Acapulco Rodriguez' Bolivar en Discolandia: The sequel to Acapulco's wildly popular, critically acclaimed and influential 2005 premium, Flores del Chetenta. Love ballads, protest songs, hard rock, and folk from the Latin American youth culture, 1965 - 1985.

Rich Hazelton's Themes for Middle Age -- 50 Years of Music from WFMU DJs' Intros, Outros and an Occasional Bed: The premium that makes you think about all the great shows on WFMU while pledging to mine.

Evan Muse's Guitar Hero -- Japan!: The 6-string gods that you won't find on your Wii. From solo avant-improv to flamethrowing rock!

Airborne Event's Gems from Cortelyou--Sounds of Flatbush, Brooklyn: Caribbean rhythms, Latin American guitars, and Jewish moments both rocking and swinging. Seasoned with a bit of Bollywood and nuggets from local pirate radio.

The Reggae Schoolroom's What's Your Name?: A 20-song CD consisting of female names and one for the boys.

The Glen Jones Radio Programme Featuring X. Ray Burns presents: The latest edition in the collectable series of CDs featuring original material and past performances by Jonesey and X. Ray Burns.

Bill Kelly's R-r-real Rock & Roll, Volume 8--Van Gogh's Ear for Music: Knock back a pint of absinthe and enjoy another frantic round of mind-bendingly rare garage rock madness from the 1960s.

Gaylord Fields' Gilded Larynges--Celebrities at Their Very Best: You've had your fill of awful music by actors, athletes, politicians and the like. This disc compiles songs by celebrities who managed not to disgrace themselves in the studio.

(March 2 only) Bob Brainen's Psychedelic Psellouts: Songs and instros that run the gamut from the fake to the ersatz to the quasi psychedelic, mixed with groovy promotional spots for movies, TV shows and products to compliment your trippy lifestyle.

(March 2 only) Bethany's Made to Order: A quirky collection of performances on instruments that musicians crafted themselves. Featuring daxophones, car horns, water balloons and more!

(March 2 only) Martha's Doom for the ADD Generation: Run out of Ritalin? Here's your chance to dip into doom's turgid waters without the need to submerge.

Megan's In MySpace, No One Can Hear You Scream: A smashing compilation of favorite tracks by WFMU's musical MySpace buddies, as voted by readers of "Beware of the Blog."