Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU
Last updated: May 14th at 9:54 PM
People Like Us Thursday, May 15th, 6pm - 7pm
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Phuj Phactory with Ergo Phizmiz
Lady Vicki of Bennett drops into the Phuj Phactory for a little chat
and trip down the memory lane of her past music and sound-collages
across seventeen years. This program corresponds with the launch of the "We Edit Life" People Like Us retrospective exhibition at alt.gallery, Newcastle, UK.
Tonight's players included a couple of Frenchmen: Yan Yalego, representing the Gallic wing of the global ukelele movement; and veteran pop crooner Thierry Stremler, who among his many musical undertakings recently contributed songwriting to an album by the iconic Francoise Hardy. To
confuse things a bit, Minnesota guitarist Reynold Phillipsek will play a couple of pieces in the French jazz manouche style. Then things take an Eastern European turn with Metrofolk, local purveyors of traditional Hungarian tanchaz (dance-house) music. Finally it's back to this side of the Atlantic with Pistolera, the charismatic femme-centric Nuyo-Mexican conjunto who will close the broadcast with feisty cumbias, rancheras and other good things from south of the border via NYC.
Bonde Do Role Monday, May 19th, 9am - Noon
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Liz Berg's show
Get your party started with Brazilian pop stars Bonde Do Role, live on WFMU! Combining baile funk with Miami bass, hip-hop, heavy sampling, and bratty, sex-driven beats, you'll need some serious uppers to stay on top of their game. Catch them on tour with The Death Set: Europa in Brooklyn on 5/14 and Bowery Ballroom on 5/15.
The Hall Monitors Tuesday, May 20th, Noon - 3pm
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Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
This wild and crazy foursome from Washington D.C. bring their fuzzed out garage/R&B to the WFMU studios, where the halls are no longer safe!
Kim Fowley Interview Saturday, May 24th, 10am - 1pm
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Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with music industry veteran Kim Fowley whose career includes writing/producing/performing for the likes of The Hollywood Argyles, The Byrds, Jonathan Richman, Kiss & scores more. We'll also get the dirt on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song Gaylord Fields has left in Michael's Mailbox!
Jazzfinger Sunday, May 25th, 6am - 9am
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Airborn Event with Dan Bodah
Newcastle, England's purveyors of otherworldy drones and ecstatic
underground sounds Jazzfinger stop by WFMU during a New York visit. They'll be playing a free matinee show with Metalux at performance space Paris London West Nile (285 Kent Ave #2 in Williamsburg) on May 17 at 3:30 PM, and catch them on Airborne Event the following weekend.
Negative Approach Tuesday, May 27th, 3pm - 6pm
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Brian Turner's show
In 1981 Detroit's Negative Approach were on the ground floor of the American hardcore movement: peers with the Necros, Bad Brains, Black Flag and Minor Threat, all banding together and sowing seeds for the mayhem to come. Many argue that NA were among the most crazed of these bands; there was a distinct Stooges/Motor City sound soaked in along with nods to UK
powerhouses like Blitz and Discharge and of course their US contemporaries. Singer John Brannon's gutteral throat-shred, however, flattened the competition hands down, In 2006 a 1/2-shifted lineup reemerged in for the Touch and Go Anniversary fest and Negative Approach proved they can still destroy. They're on Brian's show today ripping up Studio B and chatting afterwards.
Interview with Richard Gottehrer Saturday, May 31st, 10am - 1pm
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Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with veteran songwriter/producer Richard Gottehrer whose hits include "My Boyfriend's Back" & "I Want Candy" and albums by Blondie, The Go Gos, Robert Gordon and many others. We'll also get the low down on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!
Blanketship Monday, June 2nd, 9am - Noon
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Liz Berg's show
West Coast sound collage artist Blanketship (aka Jared Blum) returns to WFMU, hot on the heels of his "Motown Meltdown" collaboration with Qulfus, an album full of delectably weird, warped remixes of Motown classics. Expect a maelstrom of beats, samples, and sonic wizardry, with a healthy dose of People Like Us-ian surrealism.
Interview with Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels Saturday, June 7th, 10am - 1pm
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Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Sal Valentino, singer of the Beau Brummels whose Sly Stone-produced 'Laugh, Laugh' was a top ten hit for the Bay Area band in 1965. We'll also get the dirt on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!
Japanische Kampfhorspiele Sunday, June 8th, 6am - 9am
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Airborn Event with Dan Bodah
The German grindpop masters tear apart the WFMU studios with their
slick hooks and suave vocals. Think Spuds McKenzie marrying Britney
in a blender with boquets of scotch bonnet peppers and an AK47, and
you're halfway to the sound drama of JaKa. (The name translates as
Japanese Combat Radio Plays.) The band ignites the camphor and lights up the airwaves on Airborne Event on June 8 at 8 AM.
Ignatz Tuesday, June 10th, 3pm - 6pm
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Brian Turner's show
The sounds of Ignatz come not from George Herriman's brick-hurling mouse, but from a Belgian named Bram Devens; and his take on American folk/blues drops the listener right into a churning, alien lo-fi universe of blurred echoes, distant Appalachian plucking and deep, FX-scarred soundscapes. Despite all the haze and buzz, the ghosts of Blind Willie Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt float above it all with distinct tunes and structure. Ignatz plays live on Brian's show today, and Thursday June 12th at the Knitting Factory in NYC.
Interview with Kris Ife Saturday, June 14th, 10am - 1pm
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Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with 60's UK Pop star Kris Ife, most known for recording the version of "Hush" that inspired Deep Purple's hit. We'll also get the low down on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!
All times listed are Jersey City time, EDT.
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