Happy New Year, WFMU community! This week, many DJs are presenting their Best of 2010 lists in countdown form -- tune in to hear each person's take on the musical year that was (where applicable). But also...
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On a special 2-hour Mudd Up!, DJ/Rupture welcomes author Marcus Boon to talk about his new book In Praise of Copying. Available now from Harvard University Press, Boon's book treats the phenomenon of copying: how it inheres in human nature, and thus in music. Can we "live in a world of copies without originals"? Hear the discussion on 12/27, in the early part of a long 6 to 8 PM slot, as Rupture fills in for Benjamen Walker.
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On Wednesday afternoon, downtown jazz legend Roy Nathanson comes to Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk. The composer and leader of the Jazz Passengers has worked most recently with his project Sotto Voce, furthering his interest in using text and verse in his music. He will be visiting WFMU along with bassist Tim Kiah, to play songs and tell a story or two. 12/29, from noon to 3 PM.
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Nardwuar's interviews this week will be with Houston rapper and grill-maker Paul Wall (r.), outsider-artist songwriter Wesley Willis (R.I.P.), and guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine. Nardwuar the Human Serviette Show of 12/29, from 8 to 9 PM.
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Last time on Beastin the Airwaves!, Keili Hamilton had folksinger Thomas Patrick Maguire on for a live set. Said set sounded great and you can listen to it here! Hope your holidays were fun, and that nice experiences come to you through the radio in 2011 as before.
Just to mention another great Outsider musician R Stevie Moore features in a special Christmas edition of Outsider In and can be downloaded from http://www.tregaskis.org/music/rstv.mp3 - a Chrismas appeal goes out to the good man.. send him a donation to Paypal with email address rsmko@comcast.net - he really needs it!
Posted by: James Tregaskis | December 28, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Just a quick plug. If you like Thomas Patrick Maguire's music, you can get it digitally from this here Bandcamp page:
http://thomaspatrickmaguire.bandcamp.com
Posted by: Weemayk Music | January 01, 2011 at 03:07 PM