Monday, June 30, 2008

Transmission 13008

The original King Crimson performs at the Fillmore West in December of 1969!

T130o8 is a 57.3mb 128k mp3 1:02:38 in length made loud to be played loud!

"confusion will be my Epitaph"

RFW

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Transmission 12908

Jimmy Hall, former frontman for Wet Willie, scores a double with appearances by his old band and Jeff Beck. Also making special weekend cameos are The Cars, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Traffic, Elvis Presley, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Roxy Music. Roll on!

T12908 is a 56.4mb 128k mp3 1:01:39 in length made loud to be played loud!

"Come On sugar"

RFW


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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Transmission 12808

We go deeper into the guitar of Marc Ribot with a nice sampling of his solo acoustic and electric band sound!

T12808 is a 50.9mb 128k mp3 1:04:27 in length made loud to be played loud!

"I Fall To Pieces"

RFW

Today's drawing of Marc Ribot is by Belgian illustrator Ives Budin - The Sundance Kid.



Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Transmission 12708

A celebration of forever feeling young and a great excuse to play tunes from Ryan Adams, Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding, Urban Verbs, The Black Angels, Growl, The Black Crowes, Tom Waits,The Kinks, The Monkees, Ultravox, The Specials, Sonny Boy Williamson, Mystery Jets, The Lovin' Spoonful, Johnny & The Attractions, David Bowie and Bob Dylan!

T12708 is a 56mb 128k mp3 1:01:11 in length made loud to be played loud!

"May you build a ladder to the stars, and climb on every rung, may you stay Forever Young"

RFW

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Transmission 12608

A set that starts by slamming Wolf Parade bypasses wild and goes weird in C , as we Echo into the Stratosphere with Acid Temple Mother & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Monolake and Achim Reichel. Don't delay!

T12608 is a 58.1mb 128k mp3 1:03:34 in length made loud to be played loud!

"as if you didn't know that it would sting, kissing the beehive, and fucking up your finger from pushing on the ring"

RFW

Monday, June 23, 2008

Transmission 12508

B.T. Express supplies the advice taken during this toe-tapping session that does it with Jamie Lidell, Marvin Gaye, The New Mastersounds, The Maskmans & The Agents, Eldridge Holmes, The Neville Brothers, Martina Topley Bird, Masubami Kikuchi, N. E. R. D., Primal Scream, The Pop Group and The Master Of Deceit. I'm satisfied!

T12508 is a 56.1mb 128k mp3 1:01:21 in length made loud to be played loud!

"whatever it is"

RFW

Friday, June 20, 2008

Transmission 12408

To celebrate the Summer Solstice, we go to the beach for some fun, sun and peach watching with The Stranglers, Faces, Neil Young, Raspberries, Stevie Ray Vaughn & Dick Dale, The Ramones, Patti Smith Group, Paragons, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, The Beach Boys, Jane's Addiction, Hot Chip, Christopher Franke, Peter Bauman and Jean Luc-Ponty. Firm and juicy!

T12408 is a 58.2mb 128k mp3 1:03:36 in length made loud to be played loud!

"well I got the notion girl that, you got some sun tan lotion in that bottle of yours, spread it all over my peeling skin baby, that feels real good"

RFW

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Transmission 12308

Old friends John Baldry and Elton John collaborate on our airborne closer that is preceded by Rory Gallagher, Hall & Oates, Joe Jackson, Joe Walsh, America, Bee Gees, Nillson, Gary Myric, Joan Armatrading, Adrian Belew and Electric Light Orchestra!

T12308 is a 57.6mb 128k mp3 1:02:59 in length made loud to be played loud!

"I served a while in the county jail, five years for being hungry, tired and poor "

RFW

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Transmission 12208

The mysterious magic of Bron-Yr-Aur is alive and well with music from minstrels including Dennis Wilson, Peter Gabriel, Santogold, Buick MacKaine, Jimmy McGriff, Dick Hyman, Matmos, The Lemon Drops, Humble Pie, Stephen Stills, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan and Gene Clark!

T12208 is a 55.8mb 128k mp3 1:01:00 in length made loud to be played loud!

"so With Tomorrow I will borrow, another moment of joy and sorrow"

RFW

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Transmission 12108

Saint Peter shows us the way into selections from Bill Laswell's Sacred System, New York Dolls, Procol Harum, The Flying Luttenbachers, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, The Staple Singers and Jah Wobble's Solaris!

T12108 is a 57.7mb 128k mp3 1:03:02 in length made loud to be played loud!

"show me what road I'm on"

RFW

Monday, June 16, 2008

Transmission 12008

No clouds obscure our musical peaks and valleys invlolving Pete Townshend, Love & Rockets, Pink Floyd, Cloudland Canyon, Black Mountain, Earl China Smith, Jefferson Airplane and S.Y.P.H.!

T12008 is a 54.9mb 128k mp3 1:00:01 in length made loud to be played loud!

"I'm only interested in pure white light"

RFW

Friday, June 13, 2008

Transmission 11908

John Lennon and Fleetwood Mac set up the weekend perfectly. Enjoy!

T11908 is a 58mb 128k mp3 1:03:27 in length made loud to be played loud!

"life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans"

RFW

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Transmission 11808

Blind Willie Dunn, Blind Faith and Rod Stewart are the only elders in this set of newer stuff from My Morning Jacket, North Mississippi Allstars, The Gutter Twins, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, The Black Heart Procession and Omar Rodriquez-Lopez!

T11808 is a 53.8mb 128k mp3 58:47 in length made loud to be played loud!

"everybody knows the secret"

RFW

*Blind Willie Dunn was a pseudonym used by guitarist Eddie Lang when he teamed up with Lonnie Johnson on the Okeh record label. Although during the November, 1928 sessions, he was accompanied by pianists Frank Signorelli and Justin Ring. These records were released as by Blind Willie Dunn with piano accompaniment. Additional tunes from these sessions were released as Blind Willie Dunn and his Gin Bottle Four.


Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Transmission 11708

Sleep!

T11708 is a 60.7mb 128k mp3 1:06:23 in length made loud to be played loud!

"follow the smoke Jeruselum"

RFW

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Transmission 11608

Hear the aural waves supplied by Tangerine Dream, Et Cetera, John Zorn, Polytown and Paul McCartney!

T11608 is a 55.2mb 128k mp3 1:00:22 in length made loud to be played loud!

"it's all about the sound"

RFW

*The caption to today's picture reads, "A visible pattern of sound waves. This new technique of studying sound demonstrates the focusing effect of an acoustical lens on sound waves issuing from the horn at extreme left. Wave pattern is produced by a scanning technique . . ." Bell Telephone Laboratories . Photograph, from the book The First Book of Sound: A Basic Guide to the Science of Acoustics by David C. Knight.

Monday, June 09, 2008

Transmission 11508

We satisfy a motor fixation with selections from Motorpsycho and The Motors, and move through three other phases with Thomas Dolby, World Party, Hot Chip, Radiohead, Ratatat, The Residents, Meat Puppets, The Kills and Portishead!

T11508 is a 57.5mb 128k mp3 1:02:49 in length made loud to be played loud!

"I Love You, Goodbye"

RFW

*Today's picture is a model of an early three phase motor designed by Nickola Tesla.


Friday, June 06, 2008

Transmission 11408

In 1928, Ellas Bates was born in McComb, Mississippi. At first he played the violin, he then went to the diddley bow. To celebrate the loss of one of rock & roll's original architects, we feature Bo Diddley, UFO, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Woolies, Juicy Lucy, The Band with Ronnie Hawks and Quicksilver Messenger Service. We'll miss you Bo!

T11408 is a 79.4mb 128k mp3 1:26:45 in length made loud to be played loud!

"Who Do You Love?"

RFW

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Transmission 11308

We get a collective buzz from our Fly focused opus including U2, Wire, Faces, Elastique, Tim Buckley, Spectrum, Space, Boss Hog, Jimmy McGriff, Krokodil, Genesis and Jud's Gallery. *Little fly upon the wall, ain't ya got no clothes at all? Ain't ya got no shimmy shirt? Ain't ya got no petti-skirt? Boo, fly, ain't ya cold?

T11308 is a 60.8mb 128k mp3 1:06:29 in length made loud to be played loud!

"a man will rise, a man will fall, from the sheer face of love, like a fly from a wall"

RFW

* Curly Howard from the great 1941 Three Stooges short All The World's A Stooge.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Transmission 11208

We board The Minnow for our Bob Dylan Love Cruise To Jamaica with complimentary entertainment from Dillinger, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Toots Hibbert, Bob Dylan, Blodwyn Pig, The Wildhearts, The Beatles, Crosby Stills, Nash & Young and Ryuichi Sakamoto!

T11208 is a 57mb 128k mp3 1:02:16 in length made loud to be played loud!

"don't put on any airs, when you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue, they got some hungry women there, and they really make a mess out of you"

RFW


Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Transmission 11108

Spotlight on Marc Ribot as we feature two examples of his inspired fretwork, first with John Zorn, followed by his appearance with Lucien Dubuis Trio! The groove continues with Miles From India, live Julian Priester Sextet and a show ending lunch-session with Eric Dolphy and Otomo Yoshohide's New Orchestra!

T11108 is a 61.1mb 128k mp3 1:06:47 in length made loud to be played loud!

"I even surprise myself, sometimes"

RFW

Monday, June 02, 2008

Transmission 11008

Space is definitely the place to be as we go Alien with interplanetary sounds from Peeping Tom, Ozric Tentacles, Pete Namlook & Richie Hawtin, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, Japan and Roots Radics Band. Zap!

T11008 is a 55.3mb 128k mp3 1:00:26 in length made loud to be played loud!

"a thousand light years from this place, I see the look on your face and I'm there"

RFW