First things first: it is the last week before the Marathon. If you appreciate WFMU and want it to stay on the air, we need your help and will make it worth your while. Use this link at any time to make a pledge and be rewarded with fine swag prepared by our DJs and other friends of the station: exciting music premiums, beautiful shirts, fascinating sundries, and one-of-a-kind prizes. Beginning next week, we will throw our annual money-soliciting party on the air and web. Hooray!
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On Three Chord Monte, Joe Belock welcomes Guitar Lightnin' Lee, a past star of the Ponderosa Stomp festival in New Orleans. Guitar Lightnin' and his band bring wild, raucous, Chuck Berry-esque R&B in a high-energy performance -- catch him in one of his NYC debuts afterward, playing at the Bell House on Friday (opening for Reigning Sound; see below to learn of a different Reigning Sound performance) or at the Lakeside Lounge on Thursday night. Listen first on the radio: Thursday 2/17, from noon to 3 PM. Read this about him too.
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Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 PM, Billy Jam organizes a tribute to KUSF, the legendary San Francisco station that was shut down -- hopefully not forever -- last month. Join him and KUSF DJs Irwin, Carolyn, Stereo Steve, Jantine B, and Deejay Schmeejay in a special live remote from Amoeba Music. Featuring co-host and San Francisco vacationer Gaylord Fields! Read more about the KUSF controversy here.
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And on Saturday please listen to, and attend, the Cherry Blossom Clinic's first-ever broadcast from Maxwell's (1039 Washington Street in Hoboken). Terre T will be playing records there and introducing a rare daytime performance by psych-garage gods the Reigning Sound (r.). This is a benefit for WFMU -- for a suggested donation of $10, come hang out and be a part of the action while feeling good that you did something good. 2/19, from 3 to 6 PM!
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Doug Schulkind did a wonderful all-mariachi show last week on Give The Drummer Some, which I want you to hear. It was perfect to stave off the bleakness of winter; now that there's a breath of spring in the air the archive might make you downright giddy. ¡Ay!
well I missed the billy jam KUSF thingy,
but I heard the Reigning Sound, Terre t show.
awesome, really !
love those keyboards.
Posted by: mistercaz | February 20, 2011 at 02:40 PM