Transmission 7216 - An Exotic Blend

A euphoric mix for the senses!

Muddy Waters

Jimi Hendrix

Uriah Heep

Johnny Cash

Soundgarden

Velvett Fogg

Curtis Mayfield

Alejandro Escovedo

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Lou Reed

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"But wishin' won't make you a soldier.

With a pretty kiss for a pretty face

can't have its way

Y'know tramps like us, we were born to pay"

RFW

Transmission 7116 - (The) Leftover Turkey (Gang)

We are recruiting previously used toms and hens - 

do you have the giblets to join?

The Clash

Mike Watt

The Auteurs

The Pretenders

Ronnie Lane

Prince Jammy

Spanky & Our Gang

Gang Of Four 

Kool & The Gang

The James Gang

Gary Glitter

Bakerloo

Eric Burdon

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"everbody's looking for the Last Gang In Town"

RFW

Transmission 7016 - Breakfast Buzz & Hum

A spiked coffee Sunday

Bill Laswell

David Sylvian

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Brian Eno

Pink Floyd

T7016

"Absolutely Curtains"

RFW

*Cliff Jones, the author of the Pink Floyd song study "Echos",

 wrote about "Absolutely Curtains" from the album "Obscured By Clouds":  

"...the track fades into the chanting of the Mapuga tribe. The words to this song are indecipherable, even to those who speak New Guinean. There are approximately 717 native different dialects and, as is the case in India, few of these different dialects can be understood by speakers 

of any of the others! Needless to say, the Mapuga didn't attend the sessions, 

and the Floyd dubbed the chant from the sound recordist's tapes, 

recorded on location in New Guinea."

Transmission 6916 - Ride The Soul Train

Find a partner or dance by yourself!

Tyrone Davis

Marvin Gaye

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

The Temptationes

The Shirells

The Beatles

Carole King

The Mamas & The Papas

The Supremes

Michael Jackson

Stevie Wonder

Todd Rundgren

T6916

"this is dedicated to the one I love"

RFW

Transmission 6816 - That's Groovy, Baby

I can - you can - we can

Cult Hero

The Monkees

The Friends Of Distinction

Terrence Trent D'Arby

Iron Claw

Blackberry Smoke

Led Zeppelin

Blind Willie Johnson

John The Revelator

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Pink Floyd

The Modern Lovers

Pixies

Barry & The Remains

J. Geils Band

T8616

"oh ya"

RFW

* With usual suspect John Morrison, aka Guitar Johnny, aka The Boston Buddha 

guesting in the studio, the mood became more vibrant with each
mid-set trip to the outside lounge! 

By the end of the show - we were not ready to stop!

The ultra-groovy hidden coda contains equally dig-able sounds from:

Klaatu

The Residents

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Crack The Sky

Transmission 6716 - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming

Sometimes you get what you ask for!

Sophia Anne Caruso

The Wildhearts

Primal Scream

Aerosmith

Buick Mackane

T. Rex

Luke Haines

Freedom Of Rhapsodia

John Zorn's Simulacrum

Black Sabbath

David Bowie

Bryan Ferry

Bauhaus

Brian Eno

T6716

"This Is Not America"

RFW

* The thematic coda included NIN Bowie beats, an Ice Cube rap and a farewell salute by Wilco!

RFW REWIND - The Apocalypse End

War is over

If YOU want it

I want it!

The Doors 

The Clash 

The Stooges 

The New York Dolls

Jimi Hendrix

John Lennon 

Nico 

Buckethead

Patrick Gleeson

Richard Beggs 

Bernard L. Krause 

Mickey Hart 

Airto Moriera 

Martin Sheen 

Robert Duvall 

Marlon Brando 

and an incredibly talented supporting cast of musicians, actors, editors and recordists. 

"the horror"

RFW

* In honor of Veteran's Day and the courageous men and women that have fought in past and present wars and those that might fight in (hopefully never to come) future wars, RFW respectfully rewinds  to a set I have been perfecting since 1979!

This Transmission is one of my proudest RFW moments 

and it takes on eerie, frightening and poignant weight

with the current state of the USA. the world

and continued lack of care and respect given to our soldiers and veterans.

The following is the text from the original post:

"Apocalypse Now" almost cost director Francis Ford Coppola his life! It gave to the world a night-fever look at the underbelly of the Vietnam War and burned phrases like "terminate with extreme prejudice" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" into our collective brain. 

It's Original Soundtrack is one of the best examples of the marriage of music and cinema. Constructed by Coppola and his father Carmine Coppola, the use of "The End" is so effectively intertwined with the ominous sound of Patrick Gleeson's moog helicopters in the distance that it never fails to invoke chills and visions of the ravaged fields of Vietnam under heavy attack - the flames, the smoke, the sounds and Jim Morrison's dark poetry all synchronized together by them like master-magicians. Francis, I'm still stunned and amazed.

If it has been awhile or if by any chance you have never seen "Apocalypse Now", "Apocalypse Now Redux" or the equally compelling documentary by Eleanor Coppolla "Hearts Of Darkness :A Filmaker's Apocalypse", I recommend that you make it a point to do it today or soon."

Transmission 6616 - RFW Internationale'

 Musical Globetrotting

Magma

Phil Manazanera

Vodu 155

Africa 70

Plastic Bertrand

Kraftwerk

Dungen

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"Me asombre de lo que ha sucedidodododo"

RFW

*The unscheduled back-side-trip to Japan brought us 

Osumu Kitajima 

from the 1975 Antilles release 

"Benzaiten". 

Find it!

Transmission 6516 - Leave Or Not? (The Answer is Blowing In The Wind)

“Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be 'morrow”

William Shakespeare

The White Stripes

Yes

Motorpsycho

Johnny Thunders

Traffic

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Tom Waits

Keith Richards

The Rolling Stones

Paul Simon

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Chris Spedding

Bryan Ferry

Warren Zevon

Harry Nilsson

T6516

"Why are you running away?"

RFW

*Concept and photo inspiration courtesy of Charles Laquidara.