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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.

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East Orange, NJ

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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.

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@WFMU

Language:

English

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


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Episode from Jul 18, 2025

7/18/2025
Swell Maps - "Gunboats" - A Trip to Marineville [0:00:00] Tube Alloys - "Lizard Kingdom" - Evil Angels / Lizard Kingdom - Single [0:11:08] Autobahns - "Full of Dogs" [0:14:27] Sods - "No Pictures of Us" [0:18:09] Last Four Digits - "City Streets" - Big Picture EP [0:20:01] Alvilda - "Maladresse" - C’est D​é​jà L’heure [0:22:18] Beat Rhythm Fashion - "Not Necessary" - Four Stars (****) [0:25:07] Sun Cousto - "I Don't Wanna Talk" - Imaginary Girls [0:27:25] The Embarrassment - "Patio Set" - Sex Drive b/w Patio Set 7" [0:29:50] Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - "New England" [0:38:25] Chronophage - "Swords 'n' Sandals" - Musical Attack: Communist + Anarchist Friendship [LIVE in the studio next Friday, 7/25] [0:40:55] Telepathic - "Static in Transmission" - Self-Checkout [0:43:19] Cowboys - "She's Not Your Baby Anymore" - Sultans of Swat [0:46:19] Butch Willis & The Rocks - "Be the 23rd Rocker" - Conquering the Ice [0:49:13] Thee Saints and the Prince of Darkness - "Hey Girl" - Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 7 [Champ Records, 1967] [0:52:44] The Liberty Lads - "Too Much Loving" - Hipsville Vol. 2: 16 More Delicious Mystery Appetizers [Dixon Records, 1965] [0:56:07] The Continental Co-Ets - "I Don't Love You No More" - Girls in the Garage [IGL, 1966] [0:59:14] Lightheaded - "Patti Girl" - Good Good Great! [1:02:28] Greg Ashley - "6 A.M. at the Black and White" - Single [1:04:41] Instant Orange - "The Visionary (Reactive)" [1:16:21] Mike Polizze - "Everybody I Know" - Around Sound [1:19:28] Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - "Monte Carlo / No Limits" - New Threats From The Soul [1:22:58] Liam Grant - "Palmyra" - Prodigal Son [1:28:57] Painted Faces - "An American Werewolf in Ridgewood" - Normal Street [1:35:28] Spacin' - "Sunshine No Shoes" - Deep Thuds [1:37:58] Spectrum - "How You Satisfy Me" - Refractions: Thru The Rhythms Of Time 1989-1997 [1:42:11] Sir Douglas Quintet +2 - "Song of Everything" - Honkey Blues [1:45:55] The Beach Boys - "The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow)" - Smile [1:50:38] Glenn Campbell - "500 Miles (Away From Home) / Walkin' Down the Line" - The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell [1:52:23] The Hypos - "Tore My Whole World Down" - Real People Great Radio Vol. 3 [2:03:54] Bo Diddley - "Bad Side of the Moon" - Another Dimension [2:07:15] Jim Dickinson - "I'd Love to be a Hippie" - Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul In Music's Hometown [2:11:21] The Heads - "(Parts 1 + 2) An Overpsych" - Reverberations Volume 6 [2:17:30] Ak'chamel - "Apocalypse by Oud" - Rawskulled [2:22:27] The Gil Evans Orchestra w/ Cecil Taylor - "Bulbs" - Mono Mania: Observations of Deviance's 2025 WFMU Marathon Premium [2:26:58] Epicycle - "You're Not Gonna Get It" - Killed By Death 9 [2:40:36] The Hamsters - "Ole Spain" - The Disparate Cogscienti (V/A) [2:42:15] Run On - "Miscalculation" - Miscalculation 7" [2:46:52] Now - "What Happened to Johnny" - Now Does the Trick [2:48:33] Cindy Lee - "Baby Blue" - Diamond Jubilee [2:51:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154245

Duration:03:08:41

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"I was talking when I should have been listening..." from Jul 11, 2025

7/11/2025
Mudhoney - "When In Rome" - Piece of Cake [0:00:00] Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Shapes and Forms" - Shapes and Forms [0:06:53] Jean Mignon - "I Did It & I'll Do It Again" - Mignon 7" [0:09:58] Street Eaters - "Cuts" [0:11:51] The Panics - "I’m a Fan" - Test... Test... [1980] [0:13:22] Xanny Stars - "Here We Go Again" - Adaptor [0:16:06] The Tours - "Language School" - Power Pearls Vol. 1 [0:19:02] Husker Du - "What's Going On?" - Zen Arcade [0:21:20] Bag People - "Lark's Vomit" - Bag People [0:24:51] Bobby Brelyn - "Hannah" [0:33:44] Adam Faith with the Roulettes - "I Don't Need That Kind of Lovin'" [0:37:26] Guy Hamper Trio - "Type 2 Error" [0:39:30] Nerve City - "Sleepwalker" - Sleepwalker EP [0:43:43] Cupid and the Stupids - "Can't Stop Loving You" - Cupid and the Stupids [0:44:22] Leda - "Care" - Discreet Music: Five Years of Failure [0:46:16] Cheap Imitation - "Stop Running Around in My Mind" - Story of Love [0:50:22] Lightheaded - "Same Drop" - Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! [0:55:44] The Bug Club - "Jealous Boy" - Very Human Features [0:59:24] Beaut - "Goodbye Judy" - Dave & Lee Singles Collection [1:01:51] Cold Fly - "Caterpillar" - Chip Shop Pop: The Sound of Denmark Street [1:04:27] Josefus - "Proposition" - Josefus [1:13:52] Feedtime - "Street Fighting Man" - Today Is Friday [1:18:33] Pissed Off Zombies - "Garbage" [1:21:14] The Damnation of Adam Blessing - "Le Voyage" - The Damnation Of Adam Blessing [1:23:34] Kim Salmon & the Surrealists - "Feel" - Sin Factory [1:27:33] Movie Star Junkies - "Almost a God" - A Poison Tree [1:30:46] Marco Butcher and Tom Shannon - "Wrong Avenue" - Tristeza [1:33:49] Neko Case - "Look For Me (I’ll Be Around)" - Blacklisted [1:37:25] Willie Hays - "Walking the Streets After Dark" - Ghost Memories and Other Favorites [1:40:39] Zachariah and his Guitar - "Abafana" - Zulu Guitar Blues [1:43:13] Sun City Girls - "Violence of Leaves" - Famous Asthma / Tibetan Jazz 666 [1:53:04] The Ancients - "2023-05-12 LA set I" - The Ancients [Isaiah Collier, William Hooker, and William Parker] [2:01:59] Francis Bebey - "Where Are You I Love You" - Tresor Magnetique [2:13:18] Elle Barbara - "BBQ All-Dressed" - Word on the Street [2:17:42] David Microwave - "Off Track Bets" - 1980-1983 [2:24:45] Sonny and Cher - "The Revolution Kind" - The Wondrous World of Sonny & Cher [2:29:45] Jackie DeShannon - "I Got My Reason" - Laurel Canyon [2:32:52] Norma Tanega - "Now Is the Time" - I Don't Think It Will Hurt If You Smile [2:35:15] Karen Dalton - "In a Station" - In My Own Time [2:39:10] Weird Herald - "Just Yesterday" [2:42:59] Sally Anne Morgan - "Flowers of Shandihar" - Second Circle the Horizon [2:46:09] Blod - "Hans smarta ar din tro" - Helvetet Pa Jorden Skona ingen fast gud alkar dig [2:50:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153952

Duration:03:08:48

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The Cheater Slicks LIVE on the Show!!! from Jul 4, 2025

7/4/2025
Galaxie 500 - "Fourth of July" - Copenhagen [0:00:00] The Dictators - "I Stand Tall" - Blood Brothers [0:10:40] Liquor Store - "Vodka Beach" - In The Garden [0:15:11] The Barracudas - "I Can't Pretend" - Drop Out With... [0:19:59] Barreracudas - "Promises, Promises" [0:22:50] Atlantic Thrills - "Out In The Light" - Atlantic Thrills III [0:25:48] Ronnie Mayor - "Can't Wait Til The Summer Comes" [0:28:11] M.O.T.O. - "Rock and Roll All Day" - TERRAMOTO [0:30:33] The Blitzz - "You Got What You Wanted" [0:32:38] Set: Songs the Cheater Slicks Taught Us Alex Chilton - "Hook or Crook" - Like Flies on Sherbert [0:39:52] The Gestures - "Run, Run, Run" [0:42:09] Bill Allen and The Back Beats - "Please Give Me Something" [0:44:10] Mad Mike and the Maniacs - "The Hunch" [0:46:18] The Huns - "Destination Lonely" [0:47:57] The Moods - "Rum Drunk" [0:50:42] The One-Way Streets - "We All Love Peanut Butter" [0:53:57] The Rolling Stones - "Child of the Moon" [0:56:25] The Myrchents - "Indefinite Inhibition" [0:59:05] Charlie Feathers - "Cold Dark Night" [1:02:04] Set: The Cheater Slicks live on the show!!!! (engineered by Dave Amels) Cheater Slicks - "The Nude Intruder" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:09:56] Cheater Slicks - "Fear" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:12:19] Cheater Slicks - "I Am Low" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:15:50] Cheater Slicks - "Think I'm Coming Down" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:19:11] Cheater Slicks - "Apocalypse" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:24:48] Cheater Slicks - "Arm Yourself" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:28:17] Cheater Slicks - "Hold On To Your Soul" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:34:40] Cheater Slicks - "Nate Talks to the Band" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:40:03] The Velvet Underground - "I'm Gonna Move Right In" - Another ViewI [1:49:21] The Slugs - "Take a Chance" - A Song For Every Feeling [1:55:54] Amy Cimini - "Jessica's Song" - See You When I Get There [1:58:51] Enhet For Fri Musik - "Side B (excerpt)" - 1at oss vada genom all angsian tillsammans [2:07:24] Fleas of Mercy - "in Ruins" - 8th of May [2:11:43] The Gizmos - "That's Cool (I Respect You More)" [2:13:41] Added Dimensions - "Still Life" - Death of a Rolling Stone/Uppers Split Cassette Tape to Benefit The Transgender Law Center [2:16:38] Sound Ceremony - "Tobacco Man" - Sound Ceremony [2:19:40] Legendary Knickers - "Denunciations" [2:23:54] The Whiffs - "Satellites" [2:27:24] Jeffrey Novak - "Jaybird" - Blood Celebration [2:35:33] The Gris Gris - "Necessary Separation" - Live at the Creamery [2:40:05] Greg Ashley - "Indian Summer" - Neon Exotica [2:42:05] Francoise Hardy - "Je n'Attends Plus Personne" - Francoise Hardy En Vogue Best of 1962-1967 [2:43:05] Robert Maxwell and His Orchestra - "Bewitched" [2:47:52] Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - "Nothing Does Not Show" - Totality [2:50:24] https://freeform.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153468

Duration:03:10:41

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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