On Too Much Information this week, Benjamen Walker explores the Wikileaks scandal -- what it says about the internet in this country and what it means for the future. On hand to comment further will be Douglas Rushkoff, Ethan Zuckerman, Evgeny Morozov, and many more... including Jillian York on why she thinks Mark Zuckerberg is such a poor choice for TIME's Person of the Year. Monday evening 12/20, from 6 to 7 PM.
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Trouble will welcome special guests Micachu and the Shapes to This Is The Modern World, Tuesday morning 12/21 from 9 AM to noon. The UK-based group, in Trouble's own words, provides "rockets of guitar twanged through distortion, electronic slurps and chords of fire."
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In a much-anticipated event, Philadelphia's Purling Hiss grace Brian Turner's show on Tuesday afternoon. Mike Polizze and band are celebrating new releases on Richie and Woodsist records, stopping by the studio to melt faces with their rough, psychedelic guitar wails. 12/21, from 3 to 6 PM.
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Don't miss the Music To Spazz By Xmas Fiasco -- Dave the Spazz will entertain with a whole three hours of rollicking holiday records the likes of which you don't often hear. 'Nuff said? Thursday, 12/23, from 9 PM to midnight.
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Later on Christmas Eve Eve, join Wm. Berger and FUN on My Castle of Quiet. FUN is a duo consisting of Mat and Jonny, who are emerging as pioneers of "non-music" as they appear in performance wearing their signature rubber gas masks. Hear two of their sets prepared especially for this WFMU broadcast, Thursday night/Friday morning 12/24, from midnight to 3 AM.
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Finally, on Inflatable Squirrel Carcass, Rich Hazelton welcomes John Schnall back to WFMU -- this time for an exhaustive deconstruction of Jack Nicholson and co. in One Flu Shot Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Catch a rare chance to experience radio as a visual medium: go here and here for background on this intriguing art form, then listen on 12/25 from midnight to 3 AM. Merry xmas, everyone!
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