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Music for the revolution in my head: choogling punks; power pop, both skinny-tied and long-haired; soul shouters and girl groups; bubblegum and acid rock; global fuzz; weirdos and outsiders, and the Weirdos and the Outsiders; Archie Shepp and J. Geils. Plus, live bands.

Location:

East Orange, NJ

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WFMU

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Music for the revolution in my head: choogling punks; power pop, both skinny-tied and long-haired; soul shouters and girl groups; bubblegum and acid rock; global fuzz; weirdos and outsiders, and the Weirdos and the Outsiders; Archie Shepp and J. Geils. Plus, live bands.

Twitter:

@WFMU

Language:

English

Contact:

WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368


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Episode from Jun 20, 2025

6/20/2025
The Gun Club - "Ghost on the Highway" - Fire of Love [0:00:00] Davila 666 - "Bono Crisp" - Davila 666 [0:05:54] Gee Tee - "Man 2 Ape" - Chromo-Zone [0:09:40] Satan's Rats - "Louise" [0:11:56] The Exhumed - "Today" - Promises, Promises-Borders & Mid-Wales Punk/Post-Punk 1979-83 [0:14:52] The Reducers - "Things Go Wrong" [0:18:03] Trash - "Look" [0:20:53] The Monitors - "Compulsory Fun" - Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80 (v/a) [0:23:23] The Def Aids - "Do It Again" [0:25:57] England's Glory - "City Fun" [0:29:03] The Gotobeds - "Goes Away" - Masterclass [0:38:39] MX-80 - "Follow That Car" - Out of the Tunnel [0:41:54] Debris - "One Way Spit" - Static Disposal [0:45:18] Self Improvement - "Settle Down" - Syndrome [0:47:59] Peter Gutteridge - "Ocean" - Pure [0:51:55] Jon Bender - "38A1 Cities" - Plaster Falling [0:53:22] Theresa Smith / Eric Cecil - "Helium Farm" [0:57:37] Sextile - "Soggy Newports" [1:00:31] Galaxie 500 - "Parking Lot" - CBGB 12.13.88 [1:03:27] The Cheater Slicks - "Walking Up the Street" - Live: Vera Donderdag 21 March [Live on the show July 4!!!] [1:13:26] Hollywood Autopsy - "Love - Removal - Finality" - Hollywood Autopsy [1:16:24] Prof Fuzz 63 - "My <3's Stil Beatin' But I'm Dead 2U" - My <3's Stil Beatin' But I'm Dead 2U [1:20:50] The Why Four - "Hard Life" [1:23:13] The Bohemian Vendetta - "Enough" [1:24:41] The Grodes - "Cry a Litlte Longer" - Let's Talk About Girls! Music from Tucson 1964-1968 [1:27:30] The Silvertones - "Get It" - Mad Mike's Monsters Vol. 1 [1:29:35] The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - "Paralyzed" [1:31:35] Rebona - "Zana-Konko" - Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar [1:33:54] Mdou Moctar - "Sousoume Tamacheq (Injustice Version)" - Tears of Justice [1:40:32] Chris Brokaw - "Away from Me" - Ghost Ship [1:50:06] Gwenifer Raymond - "Jack Parsons Blues" [1:55:40] James Shorter - "Search Me Lord" - The George Mitchell Collection Vol. 19 [1:58:55] The Blind Man with His Guitar - "Isoka Labaleka" - Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 (V/a) [2:01:36] Cowboy Superman - "Ntombi Kazipheli (Girls Galore)" - Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 (V/a) [2:03:51] Snooks Eaglin - "Helping Hand (A Thousand Miles Away)" - News Orleans Street Singer [2:06:29] Willie Lane - "Hemlock Holmes" - Bobcat Turnaround [2:08:41] Dan Fortin - "Allium Tower" - Cannon [2:14:42] Elle Barbara - "Before and After" - Word on the Street [2:19:31] The Royal Five - "My Baby Cares For Me" - Eccentric Soul: The Cobra Label [2:27:06] Graphic Violets - "Live For None" - Immune From Evil [2:36:13] The Verlaines - "Crisis After Crisis" - Juvenalia [2:40:54] The Marching Girls - "First in Line" [2:45:50] Shitdogs - "Not Responsible" - N.O. Experience Necessary [2:48:39] Sly and the Family Stone - "Spaced Cowboy" - There's a Riot Goin On [2:51:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153296

Duration:03:07:21

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"Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray..." from Jun 13, 2025

6/13/2025
Yo La Tengo - "Little Honda (live)" - Little Honda EP [0:00:00] The Reigning Sound - "Waiting for the Day" - Break Up...Break Down [0:07:37] Thee Headcoats - "409" - Smiles, Vibes, and Harmony: A Tribute to Brian Wilson (various artists) [0:10:52] Shonen Knife - "Don't Hurt My Little Sister" - The Birds and the B-sides [0:13:15] The Smithereens - "Girl Don't Tell Me" - Girls About Town 7" [0:16:26] Sonic Youth - "I Know There's An Answer" - Goo (Deluxe Reissue) [Originally on Smiles, Vibes, and Harmony: A Tribute to Brian Wilson (various artists)] [0:18:56] Wall of Voodoo - "Do It Again" - Do It Again! The Songs of Brian Wilson [0:21:46] Alex Chilton - "Wouldn't It Be Nice" - Electricity By Candlelight/NYC/1997 [0:25:06] The Beach Boys - "Little Honda" - All Summer Long [0:37:23] The Beach Boys - "Don't Hurt My Little Sister" - The Beach Boys Today! [0:38:57] The Beach Boys - "Don't Back Down" - All Summer Long [0:40:55] The Beach Boys - "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" - The Beach Boys Today! [0:42:55] The Beach Boys - "Marcella" - Carl & The Passions-So Tough [0:44:31] Rainy Day - "Sloop John B" - Rainy Day [Michael Quercio from the Three O'Clock on vocals] [0:48:08] Outrageous Cherry - "Wonderful" - Stereo Action Rent Party [0:52:40] Glenn Campbell - "Guess I'm Dumb" - The Capitol Years 1965-1977 [0:56:23] Ronnie Spector - "Don't Worry Baby" - She Talks To Rainbows EP [0:57:57] The Cynics - "Be True To Your School" [1:01:37] The Beach Boys - "Cabinessence (1966)" - The Smile Sessions [1:04:16] The Beach Boys - "Wonderful" - The SMiLE Sessions [1:09:07] M. Ward - "You Still Believe in Me" - Transistor Radio [1:11:19] Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - "Our Prayer" - "Pyroclastics" Lp [1:13:17] The Beach Boys - "Surfer Moon" - Surfer Girl [1:16:07] Sly & the Family Stone - "Stand (live)" - Higher! [1:26:26] Andylousian Dogs - "It's So Hard To Get Along" - 7" [RIP Nelson Slater] [1:31:05] Mama - "Three Tricks" - Speed Trap EP [1:33:32] Spider Bags - "Out of My Head, Into My Bed (Reatards)" [Gofundme for Dan McGee https://www.gofundme.com/f/dan-mcgee-needs-your-help-to-recover] [1:35:37] Medication - "Don't Die" - Don't Die 7" [1:38:06] Wormdoom - "Blessed Assurance Part 2" [1:41:04] Sonic Boom - "Just Imagine" - All Things Being Equal [1:45:57] John McEntire - "Let's Go Away For A While" - Smiling Pets: A Tribute to the Beach Boys [1:53:17] Personality Cult - "Perfect Crime" - Dilated [2:03:45] Private Lives - "On My Own" - Salt of The Earth [2:08:00] Buffet Lunch - "Blue Chairs, Blue Floors, Blue Folders" - Perfect Hit! [2:11:07] Self Improvement - "Dissolved" - Syndrome [2:15:17] Son Of Dribble - "Kasino Mess" - Poking a Hole in a Bag of Tears [Live at Mama Tried in Brooklyn on Saturday, 6/21] [2:20:04] Turquoise - "Beautiful Death Dealer" - The Return of Captain Speed [2:22:44] Eddie Macon - "Tora to Lion" - Carpet Of Fallen Leaves [2:26:05] Luther Dickinson - "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen/Peace in the Valley" - Treasures Untold [2:30:40] The Beach Boys - "Johnny Carson" - Love You [2:38:58] The Beach Boys - "Do It Again (vocal splice)" - 20/20 [2:41:23] The Beach Boys - "Surf's Up: Piano Demo (12/15/66)" - Smile Sessions [2:44:03] The Beach Boys - "'Til I Die" - Surf's Up [2:50:56] The Beach Boys - "In My Room" - Surfer Girl [2:51:30] The Beach Boys - "Surfin USA (demo)" - Hawthorne, CA [2:54:00] Brian Wilson - "Love and Mercy" - Brian Wilson [2:56:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153038

Duration:03:09:22

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The Intelligence LIVE in the studio!!! from Jun 6, 2025

6/6/2025
A-Frames - "Complications" [0:00:00] Cuntz - "'Ation" - Solid Mates [0:04:42] Nape Neck - "Warm Air" - Nape Neck [0:06:14] Jolana Star - "Stoned Alone" - May Day Promo [0:10:03] Powerplant - "Crashing Cars" [0:13:27] Sun Cousto - "She" - Imaginary Girls [0:16:19] Piggy Bank - "Technology Discriminates Against the Poor" - Pattern Recognition [0:18:54] The Achtungs - "I Don't Want To Talk About It" [0:22:12] Sparks - "Sherlock Holmes" - Angst In My Pants [0:25:16] Stereolab - "Electrified Teenybop!" - Instant Holograms on Metal Film [0:31:30] Linda Smith & Nancy Andrews - "Spare Me the Details" - A Passing Cloud [0:36:12] Kendra Smith - "Maggots" - Five Ways of Disapearing [0:38:02] Tia Rosa - "Constant Protocol" - Misterio Lounge 3000 [0:41:45] Lael Neale - "New Ages" - Altogether Stranger [0:44:33] Set: Alice Sandahl and the Intelligence Alice Sandahl - "Witching Hour" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [0:53:47] The Intelligence - "Futility Clinic" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [0:55:51] Alice Sandahl - "Hologram" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:01:46] The Intelligence - "How Is My Platonic Obsession" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:05:40] Alice Sandahl - "Ghost of a Memory" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:11:58] The Intelligence - "The Limerance Whip" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:15:59] Alice + Lars - "Nate Talks to the Band" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:22:13] Bill Orcutt - "The Four Louies II" - The Four Louies [1:33:45] Los Texao - "Sookie Sookie" - El Sonido Niebla de Los Texao [1:44:58] The Loose Ends - "He's a Nobody" [1:47:21] The Triumphs - "People Try My Mind" - Psychedelic States: Ohio in the '60s, Vol. 2 [1:49:23] Outcasts - "Emergency Exit" - Battle Of Ratfink Hill: Crude Unissued Pittsburgh Instrumentals 1961-63 [1:51:51] Year 5000 - "Beach Blanket Bingo of Death" - Secret Album [1:55:18] The Majestics - "Oasis Part II" [1:57:35] AKI - "Voodoo Drums" [1:59:58] Spacemen 3 - "Come Down Easy" - Perfect Prescription [2:01:56] The Cynics - "All These Streets" - Get Our Way [2:13:37] Savak - "Hitting Therapy" - SQUAWK! [2:17:07] Pearl Harbor & The Explosions - "Shut Up and Dance" - Pearl Harbor & The Explosions [2:19:56] De Cylinders - "I Wanna Get Married" [2:23:36] Los Microwaves - "Is There Life After Breakfast?" - What's That Got to Do with Loving You [2:26:05] Johnny Skin - "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" - Johnny Skin [2:30:33] Bob Banister - "Rising 33" - Easterly [2:33:58] Donna Allen - "Nightmare of Dawning" - Atom-ic Citizen of the Dying Empire [2:40:41] Living Dream - "Mist (Surrounds Me)" - Absolute Devotion EP [2:43:44] Gene Clark - "Drag's Eye" - Bye, Bye Tomorrow: 1985 Home Demos [2:47:36] Edith Frost - "The Bastards" - In Space [2:53:02] Jack Nitzsche - "The Lonely Surfer" - The Lonely Surfer [2:56:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152832

Duration:03:08:54

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Episode from May 30, 2025

5/30/2025
The Red Stars - "Welcome to the Party" - Destroy All Art: A Compilation of 17 Under-the-Radar Punk Hits from the 90's (V/A) [0:00:00] Bart and the Brats - "Fascist Cops" - Missed Hits [Cover of the Kids classic] [0:05:01] Sick Thoughts - "Someone I Can Talk To" - Heaven Is No Fun [0:07:38] The Trashwomen - "Date's On Me" - Spend the Night With.. [0:09:12] Wayne Pain and the Shit Stains - "I Get Drunk" - Street Mammogram [0:11:12] Cold Meat - "Artifical Energy" - Cake and Arse Party [0:13:37] Science Man - "Animals" - Monarch Joy [0:15:59] Doomsday Student - "L.S.D. Mom" - A Self-Help Tragedy [0:17:46] Diane Electro - "Pineapple Man" - Definitiv Jein [0:21:38] Dale Jenkins - "Blind Faith" - Undesirable Element [0:25:04] The Walk - "I Didn't Catch Your Name" - VA - Heroes of the Night Vol. 2 [0:34:00] Henry Badowski - "Silver Trees" - Life is a Grand... [Reissue] [0:43:29] Artificial Go - "Circles" - Musical Chairs [0:43:31] Fatal Microbes - "Violence Grows" - [Cease & Desist] DIY!: Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era (1978-82) [0:44:15] Surface Mutants - "Train Dub" - No-Ones Listening Anyway: UK DIY Post Punk Dubs 1980-1985 The Intelligence - "My Simulation" - Now, Squirm! [Live in the studio next week, 6/6.] [0:53:02] Klint - "Water Vapor" - Split with The Gents [0:58:43] Le Cinq Princesses - "Vortex" - THESAURUS VOL.4 [1:01:04] Total Control - "Hunter" - Typical System [1:05:28] Cindy Lee - "To Heal This Wounded Heart" - Diamond Jubilee [1:08:17] James Powell and the Blue Velvets - "Beverly Angel" [The Blue Velvets were an early incarnation of Creedence Clear Water Revival] [1:11:49] Kaleidoscope - "I'm Crazy" - Kaleidescope [1:22:38] The E Types - "Put The Clock Back On The Wall" - Blonde on a Bum Trip: OST [1:26:43] Dale Gregory & The Shouters - "Did Ya Need To Know" - Teenage Shutdown Vol. 4: I'm a No-Count [1:31:03] Nice Smile - "It's a Mess" [Rob Vasquez] [1:33:09] Twisted Teens - "Something I Haven't Told Ya" - Twisted Teens [1:36:33] Terminal Waste Band - "Stange Domestic Fowl" - Dot Dash Mixtape Vol. 3 [1:39:30] Population II - "Mariano" - Maintenant Jamais [1:42:41] Water Damage - "Reel 25" - Instruments [1:47:08] David Kenneth Nance - "Last Night's Testament" - Actor's Diary [2:03:13] Rick Derringer - "Cheap Tequila" [RIP Rick Derringer] [2:06:53] The McCoys - "Sorrow" [RIP Rick Derringer] [2:09:42] Dennis Harte - "Running Thru My Mind" - Summer's Over [2:13:02] Dagmar Zuniga - "Her Master's Voice / Garden with Hayes Hoey" - in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music [2:14:54] Nick Garrie - "The Wanderer" - The Nightmare Of J. B. Stanislas [2:17:41] Freakwater - "Good for Nothing" - End Time [2:21:00] Lee Hazlewood - "Since You're Gone" - Houston [2:25:35] Julie Durocher and the Plainsmen - "Bad News" - Barnyard Beehive [2:29:33] The Byrds - "C.T.A. 102" - Younger Than Yesterday [2:36:29] Joseph Nemnom - "Rasputin" - Egypt & Lebanon: Cosmic Arabic Disco & Searing Dance Floor Bangers 1974-1985 [2:39:01] Ibex Band - "Kemd' layey" - Stereo Instrumental Music [2:40:33] Ndikho Xaba & the Natives - "Makhosi" - Ndikho Xaba and the Natives [2:46:12] Water Damage - "Reel 25 (reprise)" - Instruments [2:49:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152522

Duration:03:08:10