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Mark Wood Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Mark Wood is an Emmy award winning violinist and composer who has his fingers on more than his bow.  Whether he is running a camp for budding string musicians, mentoring kids at arts schools nationwide, leading the design of cutting edge versions of the violin or composing ... Read more

All Thrills No Frills Volume Two / Happy Birthday To Mark E. Smith!

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Mark E. Smith, Lead vocalist and the driving force behind the band, The Fall, was born on March 5th 1957.  In my opinion, The Fall was simply the greatest Rock N' Roll band to have ever existed. I put together this radio program to celebrate his birthday, and included songs... Read more

Sounds Unsound late Feb 2023

Airs at: Sun, 02/26/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
New sounds for jaded ears. Read more

Early Feb Sounds Unsound

Airs at: Sun, 02/12/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
Music Read more

Movie Cut-Ups

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
A one hour crazy collage from the diced-up soundtracks of the several movies, including Notorious, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, 99 Homes, The Card Counter, Shadow of a Doubt, Fatal, Posessed, A Quiet Place II, Forver Mine, The Lovers, Zero Effect, Candyman and maybe a ... Read more

Talking Earth: January 9th, 2023 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
On Tonight's edition of spoken word show Talking Earth, host Walt Curtis discusses Malcolm Lowry's classic novel, Under the Volcano.  We also hear a little more from a recording Walt made with New Orleans musician Dusty Santamaria, and board-op Patrick Bocarde reads a poem. Read more

New Releases of New Music

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Another listen to some recent experimental and avant garde releases. Read more

Late January 2023

Airs at: Sun, 01/22/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
New stuff. Read more

Early Jan 2023

Airs at: Sun, 01/08/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
New and different sounds for a new year Read more

A Different Nature: Tellus Audio Magazine Cassette Series

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
From Wikipedia: Launched from the Lower East Side, Manhattan in 1983 as a subscription only bimonthly publication, the Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine utilized the audio cassette medium to distribute no wave downtown music and audio art and was in activity for the ten years... Read more