new kid Mike Van Laar has been doing some excellent shows. psych/kraut/post punk etc pulled from mutant sounds and the other usual suspects.
Joe McGasko does a great show too.
― Johnny Hotcox, Thursday, 15 September 2011 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't heard yet, but psyched to check this out after hearing monica mention it:
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/HP
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
i don't get to hear Ken's archives much, but i enjoy lookin at his gifs
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/53261
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
Ken was in bonkers politics mood today, always amazing
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/67477
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
It was great, and followed by a monster Duane Train. Duane is quickly becoming my new favorite WFMU dj.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
Pseu Braun's Thing With a Hook is back, now Tuesday noon-3! I can hear it on my mini-radio from my aerie in lower Manhattan.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
I just read that Wm. Berger has passed away but I don't know anything more..
― ian, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 04:51 (six years ago) link
that's a damn shame
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 05:54 (six years ago) link
Ken and Duane Train always produce the goods
― electrobiscuit, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 06:30 (six years ago) link
This is terrible news.
― tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
damn, RIP.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
I guess one of my new fave 'DJs' is... p4reene
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/TV
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 September 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
neat
― ian, Thursday, 14 September 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
listening to FMU around 11am today, Pickle time Theater's Matty Gherkin plays Don Felder's "heavy Metal." I heard the same song on another show last week. Does any dedicated FMU phreak know if this is a recent meme for the station? seems improbable that two shows would play a forgotten FM chestnut coincidentally?
later Pseu Braun on her show was talking about a commenter on some FMU page or other: "Matthew Sweet's Yoga Farts." I have been laughing since then.
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
There has been a whole thing around Don Felder lately, yes, possibly instigated by Station Mgr Ken.
Pseu roolz
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
He plays it every on every show at 11. I think it's the most favorited song.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
Oops, added an extra every. I blame Don Felder.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
Dr. Morbius OTM; I love Pseu!!!
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
should i complain that i never got my dj premium? i mean i don't *really* care, it would just be nice
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 23:06 (five years ago) link
From this spring's marathon? They're just now starting to get it sent out. I haven't gotten mine either.
5/24/18I Want My Swag!We are getting ready to begin the months-long process of mailing out swag to everyone who pledged to our 2018 Marathon (the more stuff you requested, the longer it will take). This year’s swag is worth the wait!
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
ah, cool
thanks
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
I just got an email for volunteering, so it sounds like they are starting to send out swag today.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 23:44 (five years ago) link
ah yes Friedman, you and yr FMU lackeys think yr funny? then play this, in which Felder repurposed his contributions to "Life in the Fast Lane"…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oIH8bNsRpU
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
Probably a dumb question: does the station pay for the production of DJ premiums or do the DJs kick in production costs?
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Friday, 24 August 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
I think the answer is both, depending on the dj -- if the dj can pitch in on production (Scharpling had family in the t-shirt biz, for instance), they do -- but Station Manager Ken would probably give you a clear answer.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 24 August 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
RIP X-Ray Burns.
― ILX Moderator: It's Like a Pressure Wash for Your Insides (WmC), Monday, 11 February 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
This is so awful.
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 11 February 2019 01:47 (five years ago) link
got a hearty handshake from the man at last year's marathon
RIP
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 February 2019 04:30 (five years ago) link
Really, really heartbreaking episode of the Glen Jones Radio Program last night.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 11 February 2019 09:23 (five years ago) link
RIP. Frank's was a gateway show for me about 35 years ago.
We're very sad to share the news that longtime WFMU DJ Frank O'Toole passed away last night. Frank started at WFMU in 1976 when he was at Upsala College, the school that WFMU used to be part of. We will miss his kindness and knowledge.📷: Frank (on right, w/ @dmandl) by @keeptru pic.twitter.com/VGK8dFe8c9— WFMU (@WFMU) May 3, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 May 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
RIP -- I always liked his 6-9 web-only show, which I caught pretty often as an early riser.
― WmC, Friday, 3 May 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
Same - an incredible freeform DJ. RIP
― One Eye Open, Friday, 3 May 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
Also a genuinely nice guy, easy to talk to. He played for awhile in a Feelies offshoot band called Speed the Plough.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Was really nice to hear the ladies of Shut Up Weirdo again last night. Did not realize the new phone number turns out to be 201-KEN-WFMU
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 25 May 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
icymi
Join Station Manager Ken and Andy BreckmanMan for a night of comedy and juvenile pranks, this Wednesday, October 30th for Seven Second Delay‘s Standup Comedy Mischief Night at Monty Hall. Ken and Andy welcome a dozen of America’s leading stand-up comedians for a beautiful evening of mirth. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wipe away a little tear, and you’ll also get a roll of toilet paper so that we can all take part in Mischief Night festivities by TPing a neighboring rival radio station. Monty Hall, Wednesday, October 30th. Admission: $12, includes one (BRAND NEW) roll of toilet paper.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
skeleton crew continues on the air
Ira Kaplan in for Duane at noon today
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
In 20 minutes:
Tonight on 7SD we are focusing ONLY on the positive aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. Just about every disruption in history has good and bad sides, and recent events are no exception. Ken, for one, is grateful that Mission Impossible 5 has been postponed indefinitely, while Andy is thrilled that the WFMU Record Fair has been cancelled.
Listen for details tonight-- we are just now working out the final logistics-- but we will be giving away TP free, with no strings attached, and no plys missing.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
Ken is jumping in to Bryce's (prerecorded) show to announce that effective immediately, all shows will be prerecorded or from the archives with a few exceptions (skeleton crew still in building) for the next 2 weeks+.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Friday, 20 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
also some DJs are planning to remote-broadcast, if they figure out how to
Ken going Full Ken today with Traktorized "Don't Stand So Close to Me" for bed music
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 14:11 (four years ago) link
Dave the Spazz and Duane were on 7SD via phone tonight, and both have some symptoms :/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 22:50 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/arts/music/coronavirus-community-radio.html
WFMU included in this
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 04:09 (four years ago) link
Endless respect to the skeleton crew, some of whom are sleeping there. Listenership via the streams is at an all time high, I'm told
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 13:15 (four years ago) link
I'm a big fan of lots of the DJs, but I wanted to throw out a special appreciation for Jeff Conklin's Avant Ghetto. Not sure if he doesn't get the same love since he's a little more jam-band friendly, but his shows are usually a treat. I especially like when he dives into 70's folk obscurities. The run he started his show with this week (the Branford Marsalis assisted "Bird Song" into a '72 King Crimson take on "The Creator Has a Master Plan" into Universal Congress Of) was killer.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
Ken was killin' it reading official instructions in Satan Voice today
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
Interview with Dave the Spazz about his COVID experience. Looks like he's recovering but they're still doing fill-ins (Ira the K again last night).https://www.psreader.com/pandemic-diary-vii-%e2%80%a8dave-the-spazz-covid-felt-like-blowtorches-behind-each-one-of-my-eyeballs/
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Friday, 22 May 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
title made me wonder how many eyeballs he has
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
Ira K doing lots of fillins, incl now til noon ET
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link
I appreciate him.
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 13:56 (three years ago) link
Looks like I can appreciate him every week for the next year in the midnight Tuesday slot.https://www.wfmu.org/table?period=45
― Irritable Baal (WmC), Thursday, 28 May 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
yeah I saw that! surprised.
Ken really goin for it rn
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93678
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:31 (three years ago) link