Transmission 4408
It came from deep within the archives. Incredible music for the insatiable RFW Family by The Secret Machines, Todd Rundgren, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Massive Attack, Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players, Haruomi Hosono with Friends Of Earth, Pink Floyd and Sonic Youth!
T4408 is a 55.1 MB 128k mp3 1:00:15 in length made loud to be played loud!
"get that body snatching thing out of my house"
RFW
Transmission 4308
We begin in the modest RFW screening room with movie music from Jonny Greenwood, Mike Patton, Alian Goraguer and Eddie Vedder. We get royal with Fingerprintz, Madness and Prince Jammy. It's back to the 90's for Urge Overkill, Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots and we end with a trip to the sea with Paul Shaffer & Brian Wilson and Tortoise!
T4308 is a 55MB 128k mp3 1:00:10 in length made loud to be played loud!
"if you're not in the mood to dance, step back grab yourself a seat, this may not be uptown Jamaica, but we promise you a treat"
RFW
Transmission 4208
We lost all control of today's show thanks to Hound Dog Taylor, Blue Cheer, North Mississippi All-Stars, Levon Helm, Joy Division, Grace Jones, New Order, The Velvet Underground and Japan!
T4208 is a 55.6MB 128k mp3 1:00:48 in length made loud to be played loud!
"confusion in her eyes that says it all, She's Lost Control"
RFW
Transmission 4108
The Poor Boy needs Money and instead we give him John Fahey, The Rolling Stones, R.L. Burnside, Nick Drake, Nick Gilder, Smokey Robinson, Don Covay, James Blood Ulmer, Savoy Brown, Ronny Lane, Badfinger, Lee "Scratch" Perry, James Brown, Buzzcocks and Nick Lowe. *See the deer. Has the deer any doe? Yea, two bucks!
T4108 is a 58.1MB 128k mp3 1:03:30 in length made loud to be played loud!
"Money don't get everything it's true. But what it don't get I can't use"
RFW
* An exchange by Moe and Curly Howard from The Three Stooges short Nutty But Nice.
Transmission 4008
The Question Mark is the perfect symbol for this collection of strangely alluring creations from Pan American, Love Live Life + One, Art Jackson's Atrocity*, Amon Duul (UK) and Pelican!
T4008 is a 55MB 128k mp3 1:00:10 in length made loud to be played loud!
"I'm a human being"
RFW
* There is a running debate on the validity of Art Jackson's Atrocity being a "long lost" 1974 Columbia Records release. I'm going with the story because it's sounds good - like the lp. So much for the facts (or lack of them).
Transmission 3908
A free-form session in the archives stuffs our pockets full of crimson dollars and captures the spirit of the weekend and with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Flamin' Groovies, Magazine, Ras Michel & The Sons of Negus, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Pressurehead, Robert Calvert, Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Chris Spedding, The Damned and The Yardbirds!
T3908 is a 57.6MB 128k mp3 1:03:00 in length made loud to be played loud!
"project cancelled, tumbling central, Red Money"
RFW
Transmission 3808
A strong scent in the air led us into tunes from Little Johnny Taylor, Luther Allison, Lyle Lovett, Bobby Whitlock, The Politicians, Omnibus, Patti Smith Group, The Doors, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Sly & The Family Stone and Material! Can you smell that smell?
T3808 is a 58.6MB 128k mp3 1:04:04 in length made loud to be played loud!
"forget about remembering, you're such a Stupid Girl"
RFW
Transmission 3708
Sounds from Can and Holdger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Club Off Chaos, Damo Sazuki Band and Phantom Band continue to impress and astound!
T3808 is a 62.1MB 128k mp3 1:07:55 in length made loud to be played loud!
"spinning down alone, spinning down alone, spinning down alone, you spin alive"
RFW
Transmission 3608
With a little help from you and fellow RFW listeners around the world, we take our cue from suggestions sent in various e-mails and comments and the results are as good as you would suspect! Join hands and enjoy Pink Faries, Golden Avant Guarde, Evolution, Wall Of Voodoo, Clark-Hutchinson, Clivage, Dantalian's Chariot, Working For A Nuclear Free City, Primal Scream and Underworld. Keep in touch!
T3608 is a 56.5 MB 128k mp3 1:01:45 in length made loud to be played loud!
"dreaming, I'm still dreaming"
RFW
Transmission 3508
Many Steps were taken to ensure the musical enjoyment quota of our offering which includes Electric Circus, Jeff & Jane Hudson, The Happy Dragon Band, Chaka Demus & The Pliers, Universal Jones, Dr. Feelgood and Drive By Truckers! Watch your ....
T3508 is a 61MB 128k mp3 1:06:43 in length made loud to be played loud!
"and the young'uns all turned to karaoke, hanging all their wishes upon disregarded stars"
RFW
Transmission 3408
Giraffes? Giraffes! adds to the dream state that also includes Jackie-O Motherfucker, Djam Karet, Blood On The Wall, Liars, Bloc Party and Omar-Rodriguez Lopez. Gimme some neck!
T3408 is a 56.1MB 128k mp3 1:01:20 in length made loud to be played loud!
"you would dream the dream of living the life that you are actually living today"
RFW
Transmission 3308
We snuggle up to the underbelly of Valentine's Day with The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Free, Strawbs, The Contours, Bill Withers, Lucifer's Friend, Sweet, Timebox, Steve Marriott, Tones On Tail and Def Leppard. Heartbreak is a bitch!
T3308 is a 56.6MB 128k mp3 1:01:54 in length made loud to be played loud!
"and although its always crowded, you still can find some room, where broken hearted lovers, do cry away their gloom"
RFW
Transmission 3208
The more things change, the more things stay the same! J.B. Lenoir has the Eisenhower Blues during this apolitical campaign with The Beach Boys, Animal Collective, Peeping Tom, !!!, Buddy Guy & Jeff Beck, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Suicide, Johnny Clarke & The Aggravators, Thom Yorke, The Bees and Julian Cope. What a dick!
T3208 is a 59.1MB 128k mp3 1:04:33 in length made loud to be played loud!
"ain't got a dime, ain't even got a cent, I don't even have no money, to pay my rent, my baby needs some clothes, she needs some shoes, peoples I don't know what, I'm gonna do"
RFW
Transmission 3108
Bouncing bubbles make a unique sound in this aquatic giant of a show that features The Mars Volta, Hotel Alexis, Goliath, Eden's Children, Captain Beefheart, Finch, Steve Jansen, Roxy Music, Strange Parcels and Hot Chip.
T3108 is a 56.4MB 128k mp3 1:01:40 in length made loud to be played loud"
"I like the sound of bubbles bouncing, tongues swapping"
RFW
* The debut of the Boston based band Eden's Children was released in 1968, not 1972 as I erroneously announced. I knew it sounded too late to be apart of the "Bosstown" sound. Enjoy!
Transmission 3008
Weed by Weed from the album Weed is but a part of this weird, wild and passionate outing that also includes Joe Bonamassa, Blind Faith, Kevin Ayers, Bobby Charles, Cat Power, The Pioneers, Red Guitars, We Should Be Dead, Uriah Heep and Kin Ping Meh. Unleash me!
T3008 is a 56.6MB 128k mp3 1:01:53 in length made loud to be played loud!
"Jackie Onassis, cry me a river"
RFW
Transmission 2908
Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is included in this dead-on set from Kraftwerk, Robert Fripp, Defunkt, The Meters, Tina Turner, Sir Douglas Quintet, Velvet Underground, David Bowie and The Modern Lovers. Kiss me!
T2908 is a 56.5MB 128k mp3 1:01:43 in length made loud to be played loud!
"you reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon"
RFW
Transmission 2808
Image is key with this reflective collective of audio samples from Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Squeeze, Sonic Youth, Rilo Kiley, Kevin Michael, Vampire Weekend, Tony Allen & Afrika '70, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Amon Duul 2 and Siouxsie & The Banshees. What a pane!
T2808 is a 56.7MB 128k mp3 1:02:00 in length made loud to be played loud!
"The young man stepped into the Hall Of Mirrors, where he discovered a reflection of himself, even the greatest stars discover themselves in the looking glass"
RFW
Transmission 2708
4 pieces that are hot and cool are provided by His Name Is Alive, Motohiko Hino Quartet + 1, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Yes!
T2708 is a 56.6 MB 128k mp3 1:01:49 in length made loud to be played loud!
"toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat, we smoked the last one an hour ago"
RFW
Today's picture is "2hot2cool" by the talented artist David Coffin, who lives here in Brookings, Oregon - the home of RFW. Visit his blog DPC Watermedia here!
Transmission 2608
Follow the map to a stoned new utopia and along the way dig Chubby Checker, James Brown, Laura Nyro, Kopperfield, Chicken Bones, Dead Meadows, El Guincho, Hot Chip, Utopia, Frank Zappa, Cathedral and Tony Levin. Were we supposed to take a left or right?
T2608 is a 55.3MB 128k mp3 1:00:29 in length made loud to be played loud!
"surry down to a Stoned Soul Picnic"
RFW
Transmission 2508
A currant bun is a strange source of inspiration, unless you happen to be Syd Barrett or The Mars Volta, who cover an old Pink Floyd relic. Also on the plate - Biffy Clyro, Blitzen Trapper, Radiohead, The Blue Van, Bauhaus, Lenny Kravitz, Knowledge, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, The Animals and Haruomi Hosono & Tandanori Yokoo. Delicious!
T2508 is a 59.7MB 128k mp3 1:05:16 in length made loud to be played loud!
"Oooh, don't touch me child, please, you know you drive me wild"
RFW
Transmission 2408
To celebrate the weekend, we break out the cherry wine and turn up the tunes from Foghat, Savoy Brown, Bob Seeger, Bo Diddley, Tayo Meets The Acid Rockers, Thin Lizzy, Tom Waits, Todd Rundgren, Tommy James & The Shondells, Trans Am and Tubeway Army. Sweet!
T2408 is a 56.5MB 128k mp3 1:01:44 in length made loud to be played loud!
"no we ain't gonna fight, only God has the right, to decide who's to live and die"
RFW
As I was listening back to today's show, I heard myself say that "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" was an old Electric Flag song, when in reality it's a classic Al Kooper tune from the 1st Blood, Sweat & Tears album Child Is Father To The Man released in 1968! Enjoy!
