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Blurred and Obscured with Jonathan Herweg | WFMU

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An underground journey through the history of psychedelic rock, modern music, shimmering noise, free jazz, punk, funk, children's records played at the wrong speed, tape cut-up, static, the composition of decomposition, and subversive spoken word.

Location:

East Orange, NJ

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WFMU

Description:

An underground journey through the history of psychedelic rock, modern music, shimmering noise, free jazz, punk, funk, children's records played at the wrong speed, tape cut-up, static, the composition of decomposition, and subversive spoken word.

Language:

English


Episodes
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It's Farther To Go Back The Way You Came-Pianting "Sails" by Ludovic Mercher from Jun 1, 2025

6/2/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" Leonard Cohen - "Anything Going" - 1966 CBC Interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yta36Ry8UFc] Kannaste4 - "Elegy" - Out Of Self and Into Others [https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-self-and-into-others] [0:03:24] Leonard Cohen - "Fade Into Your Own Parade" - 1966 CBC Interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yta36Ry8UFc] [0:03:31] Phil Yost - "Bent City Iii Alternate Take Previously Unreleased" - Bent City [https://unoloop.bandcamp.com/album/bent-city-ulr01] [0:03:57] Larum - "O Virga Mediatrix (feat Bill Orcutt)" - The Music of Hildegard von Bingen Part Two [https://larum.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-hildegard-von-bingen-part-two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen] [0:07:10] Evan Parker/Bill Nace - "SIDE A" - Branches (Live at Cafe OTO) [https://openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/branches-live-at-cafe-oto] [0:12:12] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [0:32:19] Chris Connelly - "Empty Coda" - The Episodes - EP [0:41:30] Photay with Carlos Niño - "P U P I L" - An Offering [https://photay.bandcamp.com/album/an-offering] [0:43:24] Leonard Cohen - "You Know When You're Happy" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yta36Ry8UFc&t=184s] [0:45:25] Stereolab - "Electrified Teenybop!" - Instant Holograms on Metal Film [https://stereolab.bandcamp.com/album/instant-holograms-on-metal-film] [0:45:54] Cuneiform Tabs - "Alyosha" - Age [https://cuneiformtabs.bandcamp.com/album/age] [0:50:09] Leonard Cohen - "Ways To Get High" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yta36Ry8UFc&t=184s] [0:53:47] Pataphysical - "Ken World" - Periphera [https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/periphera] [0:54:33] Richard Youngs - "I Feel Like A Tree" - The Finest Tree I Ever Did See [0:58:06] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:00:48] Mxlx - "Fuckin Had It With You Lot" - Serpent [https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/periphera] [1:06:33] - ""The Subliminal Kid" by William S. Burroughs (excerpt read by Phil Proctor)" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYHgXET6twI] [1:11:12] Kiln - "Neuron" - Kiln [1:12:24] Ziúr with Kenichi Iwasa - "Turn Liquid Into Dust" - Turn Liquid Into Dust [1:17:10] Kuupuu - "Mountblow 66" - Plz tell me [https://kraak.bandcamp.com/track/mountblow-66] [1:30:55] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:34:02] Cluster - "Formalt" - Qua [1:37:56] Concepción Huerta - "El interior de la Tierra arde como el Sol" - El Sol de los Muertos [https://concepcionhuerta.bandcamp.com/album/el-sol-de-los-muertos] [1:46:15] Shit And Shine - "Hillbilly Moonshine" - Malibu Liquor Store [https://shitandshine.bandcamp.com/album/malibu-liquor-store] [1:51:07] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152598

Duration:02:09:36

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Counterbalancing Perspective-LIVE Set by Thollem McDonas-Artwork "Mountain" by Minjung Kim from May 25, 2025

5/26/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00] Genesis P-Orridge - "No Respect For ANY Corporate Music Executive" [0:00:14] Shit And Shine - "Mannheim Hbf" - Mannheim HBF [https://shitandshine12xu.bandcamp.com/album/mannheim-hbf] [0:00:46] Marc Melià - "Octus" - Pièces Monophoniques [https://marcmelia.bandcamp.com/album/pi-ces-monophoniques] [0:04:02] Sun Ra - "Berkeley DX7 Etude #1" - Stray Voltage [https://sunra-mh.bandcamp.com/track/stray-voltage-201-mystery] [0:05:23] Charlatan - "Higher For Longer" - Honeyed Lime [* BC Subscriber Exclusive.] [0:07:24] Leyden Jars - "Danger Of Borders" - Illusory Truths [https://leydenjars.bandcamp.com/album/illusory-truths] [0:09:46] Cosmic Ear - "Right Here Right Now" - TRACES [https://matsgustafsson.bandcamp.com/album/traces] [0:13:15] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas !" - Nah Und Fern [0:25:03] Robert Anton Wilson - "Nuerological Reality Tunnels" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rem8j6ZVeHw&t=43s] [0:30:28] Qndfk - "Fogged Pulse" - Envelope & Spectrum [https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com/album/envelope-spectrum] [0:36:03] Bashi Rose - "Quantum Groove" - Rhythm In Flux [https://sensitivedocuments.bandcamp.com/album/rhythm-in-flux] [0:36:06] Mellow Ginger - "2" - Mellow Ginger [https://forlagetkornmod.bandcamp.com/album/mellow-ginger] [0:38:08] Gabriel Brady - "Untitled" - Day-Blind [https://gabrielbrady.bandcamp.com/album/day-blind] [0:40:36] Tony Orzano, Bryan Rohmer, Jeremy Wexler - "Circle of Thrusts" - Balloons On Grass [Visit https://577records.bandcamp.com] [0:43:51] Rüstəm Quliyev - "Yanıq Kərəmi" - Azerbaijani Gitara [https://rustemquliyev.bandcamp.com/album/azerbaijani-gitara] [0:52:09] Tiago Sousa - "Reflexo" - Insónia [https://tiagosousa.bandcamp.com] [0:58:16] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:01:16] Thollem McDonas - "A. Worlds In A Life B. Soundtrack For Stories About People And Everyone Else C. Godammit Tommy!" - Live In Studio B [https://thollem.bandcamp.com] [1:14:54] Evan Parker / Jean-Marc Foussat - "Insouciance" - Insolence [https://nashazphone.bandcamp.com/album/insolence] [1:55:43] Thorn Wych - "The Sacrificial King" - A Web of Braided Willow (Folklore of the Wickerman) [https://folkloretapes.bandcamp.com/album/a-web-of-braided-willow-folklore-of-the-wickerman] [1:59:58] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152346
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As Thin As An Honest Alibi -Artwork by Refik Anadol from May 18, 2025

5/19/2025
- "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" [0:00:00] Dr. Leonard B. Glick - "The Heart Is The Capital Of The Mind (Emily DIckinson)" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdYmkSj6kI] [0:00:45] Eunice Andrada & Del Lumanta - "Kundiman" - Echolalia & Other Poems [https://dellumanta.bandcamp.com] [0:01:09] Paul Krasner - "Found Poetry" [Excerpt from THE POETIC HOOHAW by Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgPpCulYIWo] [0:02:38] Nuke Watch - "Learn To Love The Rope" - Grave New World [From a Forthcoming album out in OCTOBER!!] [0:03:23] Valerio Cosi - "Radial Jazz" - Spazio Notte [https://valeriocosi.bandcamp.com/album/spazio-notte] [0:07:16] Aaah...! - "Slip Away" - Electroconvulsive Therapy Vol 1 Collection of Rare Singles, Etc. [https://medicalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/electroconvulsive-therapy-vol-1-a-collection-of-rare-singles-etc-mr-028] [0:11:53] Milkyway Lemonade - "Beyond YR Orbit" - Magical Mind Magical Body [https://crashsymbols.bandcamp.com/album/magical-mind-magical-body] [0:16:15] Baroque Jazz Trio - "Delhi Daily" - Baroque Jazz Trio [https://soufflecontinurecords.bandcamp.com/album/baroque-jazz-trio] [0:19:34] Golden Brown - "Whiskey Fatigue" - Whiskey Fatigue [https://eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/whisker-fatigue] [0:24:50] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [0:27:03] Anais Nin - "A Personal Push Toward Humanism" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdYmkSj6kI] [0:36:19] MxlX Piano Trio - "For a Golden Tonic Song" - APOCRYPHA LIVE [https://kindarad.bandcamp.com/album/apocrypha-live] [0:37:14] Mlinpatz - "Black Sea" - VA-Shadow Garden [https://blushtbc.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-garden] [0:47:24] Elijah Minnelli - "Swaggering Dub" - Perpetual Musket [https://breadminster.bandcamp.com/album/perpetual-musket] [0:52:40] B R A H J A {aka Devin Brahja Waldman} - "Quikness" - BRAHJA [https://brahjawaldman.bandcamp.com] [0:56:24] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:01:20] The Clandestine Quartet - "Thank You Mr. Jackpots" - One for the Fossa, Two for the Wolverine [https://33-33.bandcamp.com/album/one-for-the-fossa-two-for-the-wolverine] [1:08:11] Roxane Métayer - "De poison et de venin" - Chênes [https://roxanemetayer.bandcamp.com/album/ch-nes] [1:13:59] Russel Hoke - "Desert Snowstorm" - The Melancholy Traveler [https://roundbalerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-melancholy-traveler] [1:23:15] Troth - "Unfinished Rose" - Unfinished Rose [https://troth.bandcamp.com/album/an-unfinished-rose] [1:26:20] Paul Maroon - "First Guitar" - Instrumental Music & Piano Pieces [1:31:25] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah Und Fern [1:33:31] Water Damage - "Reel 27 India (Slight Return)" - Instruments [https://waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/instruments-2] [1:39:19] Will Redman - "I. Terror Shield" - Sympathie pour un homme seul [https://sensitivedocuments.bandcamp.com] [1:56:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152168
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Terms Essential For Understanding-Painting "Doubles" by Rita Ackerman-live set by Spencer Everett from May 11, 2025

5/11/2025
N/A - "Absolutely Real/Adult Entertainment/Transmission Begins" - N/a [0:00:00] Ted Joans - "The Poet" - N/A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc9yodZ29UE From the short film - "Jazz & Poetry" by Louis van Gasteren.] [0:01:03] Cosmic Ear - "TRACES of Brown Rice" - Traces [https://vghl.bandcamp.com/album/ill-wait-for-you-in-the-car-park Christer Bothén; donso n’goni, bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet, piano Mats Gustafsson; tenor sax, flute, slide flute, Ab clarinet, live electronics, organ, harmonica Goran Kajfeš; trumpet, pocket trumpet, synth, electronics, percussion Juan Romero; congas, berimbau and percussion Kansan Zetterberg; bass, donso n’goni] [0:01:04] Beat Detectives - "Silver Commercial" - Eddie Harris Tribute Album [https://beat-detectives.bandcamp.com/album/eddie-harris-tribute-album] [0:05:00] Standing On The Corner - "Past Time" - Red Burns [https://standingonthecorner.bandcamp.com/album/red-burns] [0:07:10] Joe Mcphee (with Ken Vandermark) - "Something" - Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words by Joe Mcphee [https://joemcphee.bandcamp.com/album/musings-of-a-bahamian-son-poems-and-other-words-by-joe-mcphee] [0:07:46] Pittori Locali - "Pioggia" - Pittori Locali [https://paesaggirecords.bandcamp.com] [0:08:01] Tara Cunningham - "In Their Rock Pool" - Two,Thee [https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/two-three] [0:13:52] Hoch Ma Toch - "Beinn Dearg" - A Mountain In March [https://hochmatoch.bandcamp.com/album/a-mountain-in-march] [0:16:08] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [0:28:50] Spencer Everett - ""There Is No Such Thing As a Physical Number."" - Live In Studio B 5-10-25 [0:36:47] Cherries - "Untitled" - Live IN WFMU'S Studio B 05-10-2025 [0:37:58] Music behind DJ: Gas - "Gas 1" - Nah und Fern [1:03:19] Alba Liv - "I must be one of the devil's daughters demo" - Bones [https://albaliv.bandcamp.com/album/bones] [1:07:18] Shelter Music - "Tactile Geographic Container" - Sky [https://sheltermusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/sky] [1:09:07] The The - "Time Again For the Golden Sunset" - Facing The Other Way (The Story Of 4·A·D) [1:11:51] COLDSORE - "WREAK" - POLLUTANT 5 [https://histaminetapes.bandcamp.com] [1:15:42] Abe Hallow - "I-Dying Language" - A Palce In Time [https://abehollow.bandcamp.com/album/a-palace-in-time] [1:21:24] Nour Sokhon - "Justice (part one)" - Beirut Birds [https://auralconduct.bandcamp.com/album/beirut-birds] [1:22:50] Matt Baldwin - "Starstreams" - New Universal Solar Calendar [https://psychicarts.bandcamp.com/album/new-universal-solar-calendar-2] [1:25:23] Vito Acconci - "Re" - N/A [1:38:47] Aar & Dag - "UIFTEDB" - Tifold af fri tid og fælles motiv [https://aardag.bandcamp.com/track/uiftedb] [1:40:59] Bovine Mindstate - "Buckley's Dub" - Bovine Mindstate [https://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/album/bovine-mindstate] [1:42:04] Earth Jerks - "Treasure Hill" - File: #17 (Delightful Treasures) [https://computertapes.bandcamp.com/album/file-17-delightful-treasures] [1:46:51] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151912