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Music for the revolution in my head: choogling punks; power pop, both skinny-tied and long-haired; soul shouters and girl groups; bubblegum and acid rock; global fuzz; weirdos and outsiders, and the Weirdos and the Outsiders; Archie Shepp and J. Geils. Plus, live bands.

Location:

East Orange, NJ

Networks:

WFMU

Description:

Music for the revolution in my head: choogling punks; power pop, both skinny-tied and long-haired; soul shouters and girl groups; bubblegum and acid rock; global fuzz; weirdos and outsiders, and the Weirdos and the Outsiders; Archie Shepp and J. Geils. Plus, live bands.

Twitter:

@WFMU

Language:

English

Contact:

WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368


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LEOPARDO live on the show!!! from Aug 1, 2025

8/1/2025
Flesh Eaters - "Life's a Dirty Rat" - A Hard Road to Follow [0:00:00] Rude Kids - "Absolute Ruler" - Killed By Death #2 (Raw Rare Punk Rock 77-82) [0:08:40] Psychic Pigs - "I'm On Drugs" - Psychic Pigs [0:11:57] Gino and the Goons - "Dance of the Goons" - Gino and the Goons [0:14:18] The Exhumed - "Chinese Wall" - Promises, Promises-Borders & Mid-Wales Punk/Post-Punk 1979-83 [HT to Evan "Funk" Davies] [0:17:36] R.M.F.C - "Ecstatic Strife" - Ecstatic Strife 7" [0:20:27] World of Pooh - "Dominance and Submission" - Tight and Loose [0:23:43] Cuticles - "Democracy or Dictatorship" - Major Works [0:29:02] Honey Radar - "Junket Is Nice" - Recyling Psych-Out [FREE live show at MONTY HALL 8/24] [0:35:55] Kleenex / Liliput - "Ain't You" - Liliput [Misidentified as Beri-Beri!] [0:38:20] Grauzone - "Eibaer" [0:42:10] Maraudeur - "I Am Here" - Puissance 4 [0:45:57] The Staches - "Transistor" - Placid Faces [0:48:13] Crazy - "Hungerstreik" [0:50:33] Autobahns - "I Like Tomorrow" - First LP! [0:53:50] En Attendant Ana - "This Could Be" - Lost And Found [0:56:32] Gina Birch - "Happiness" - Trouble [1:00:31] Set: LEOPARDO live on the show!!! (Engineered by Dave Hollinghurst) LEOPARDO - "Final Landslide" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:12:29] LEOPARDO - "Düdinger Moos" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:15:47] LEOPARDO - "Repetition" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:19:03] LEOPARDO - "Île d'Ogoz" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:22:47] LEOPARDO - "The Ring" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:24:48] LEOPARDO - "Be Proud of Me" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:28:22] LEOPARDO - "Claude-Bernard" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:30:27] LEOPARDO - "Throwback In the Snow" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:34:57] LEOPARDO - "Temperature" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:37:38] LEOPARDO - "Nate Talks to the Band" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:45:44] Blue Oyster Cult - "Dominance and Submission" - Secret Treaties [1:55:08] Orcutt Shelley Miller - "A Star Is Born" - Orcutt Shelley Miller [2:00:49] Sleaze - "Dum de Dum" - Sleaze [2:06:36] Pantherman - "Pantherman" - Clap Your Hands and Stamp Your Feet: 24 Nederglam Tracks from the Early 70s (v/a) [2:11:03] Brett Smiley - "Mood In Deco" - Sunset Tower [2:13:43] Coffin Prick - "Work" - Loose Enchantment [2:16:53] Blurt - "The Mecanno Giraffe" [2:23:44] Spiral Galaxy - "Tragique Mechanique" - Spiral Galaxy [2:27:47] Roger Maglio - "Cedar Beach" - Songs from the Rocks [2:39:26] Lotti Golden - "Gonna Fay's" - Motor-Cycle (1969) [2:44:12] Alick Nkhata - "Kapata Mukaya" - Radio Lusaka [2:48:41] Ry Cooder - "He'll Have to Go" - Chicken Skin Music [RIP Flaco Jiménez] [2:53:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154615

Duration:03:08:30

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Chronophage LIVE in the STUDIO!!! from Jul 25, 2025

7/25/2025
Iron City Houserockers - "Friday Night" - Blood on the Bricks [0:00:00] Cock Sparrer - "Is Anybody There?" - Runnin Riot in ‘84 [0:07:03] The Ruts - "In A Rut" [0:10:35] Great British Heroes - "Eric Miller" [0:14:11] Wasteland - "Bombsite Baby" [0:16:07] Straw Man Army - "Mass Production of Loneliness" - Earthworks [0:19:12] Jacket Burner - "Livin' Like a Creep" - Tonite [0:23:00] The Jumpers - "This Is It" [0:24:35] The Cynics - "The Room" - Rock 'N Roll [0:27:11] Bebop Deluxe - "Night Creatures" - Axe Victim [0:36:22] George-Edwards Group - "The 8th Circle" - Chapter II [0:39:56] Soup Activists - "Chaos Girls" - Mommy What Are Flowers For? [0:43:36] Home Blitz - "Sick and Crazy/Horrorshow" - Foremost and Fair [0:48:01] Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - "Riding Tigers" - Desperate Straights [0:52:31] Bullseye - "Everything Is True" - Bullseye [0:53:38] Set: CHRONOPHAGE live in the studio!!! (Engineered by Dave Hollinghurst) Chronophage - "Self Education" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [0:58:59] Chronophage - "Animated Rose" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:02:23] Chronophage - "We Must Be" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:06:48] Chronophage - "Bristless and Placks" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:09:02] Chronophage - "Swords 'n' Sandals" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:13:43] Chronophage - "Anti-Miracle" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:19:33] Chronophage - "Nate Talks to the Band" - LIVE on BURN IT DOWN! on WFMU [1:27:00] Set: Children of the Grave: Contemporaries and followers of the mighty Black Sabbath Iron Claw - "Sabotage" - Iron Claw [1:37:19] Pentagram - "Be Forewarned (7-inch mix)" - First Daze Here: The Vintage Collection [1:42:21] Wicked Lady - "Run the Night" - Axeman Cometh [1:45:23] Medusa - "Strangulation" - First Step Beyond [1:50:44] Budgie - "In The Grip Of A Tyre Fitter's Hand" - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend [1:53:55] Music behind DJ: [The Louisville Leopard Percussionists playing "Crazy Train"] [2:00:23] Dust - "All In All" - Hard Attack [2:05:40] Jerusalem - "Beyond the Grave" - Jerusalem [2:09:34] Mountain - "Travelin' in the Dark" - Nantucket Sleighride [2:16:06] Buffalo - "Sunrise (Come My Way)" - Volcanic Rock [single version] [2:20:19] The Obsessed - "No Blame (Live at the Bayou, 1985)" - The Obsessed [2:23:51] LEOPARDO - "Île d’Ogoz" - Side A/Side B [Live on the show next Friday, 8/1] [2:31:46] Jeanines - "Coaxed a Storm" - How Long Can It Last [2:34:50] Worst Worry - "Moving Backwards" - Worst Worry [2:38:28] Employees of the Month - "River" - "In Space" [2:40:04] The Royal Arctic Institute - "He Died Fighting in Spain" - The Royal Arctic Institute [2:49:38] Quilt Boy - "Changes" [https://allgonelabel.bandcamp.com/track/changes-black-sabbath-cover] [2:52:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154334

Duration:03:08:38

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Episode from Jul 18, 2025

7/18/2025
Swell Maps - "Gunboats" - A Trip to Marineville [0:00:00] Tube Alloys - "Lizard Kingdom" - Evil Angels / Lizard Kingdom - Single [0:11:08] Autobahns - "Full of Dogs" [0:14:27] Sods - "No Pictures of Us" [0:18:09] Last Four Digits - "City Streets" - Big Picture EP [0:20:01] Alvilda - "Maladresse" - C’est D​é​jà L’heure [0:22:18] Beat Rhythm Fashion - "Not Necessary" - Four Stars (****) [0:25:07] Sun Cousto - "I Don't Wanna Talk" - Imaginary Girls [0:27:25] The Embarrassment - "Patio Set" - Sex Drive b/w Patio Set 7" [0:29:50] Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - "New England" [0:38:25] Chronophage - "Swords 'n' Sandals" - Musical Attack: Communist + Anarchist Friendship [LIVE in the studio next Friday, 7/25] [0:40:55] Telepathic - "Static in Transmission" - Self-Checkout [0:43:19] Cowboys - "She's Not Your Baby Anymore" - Sultans of Swat [0:46:19] Butch Willis & The Rocks - "Be the 23rd Rocker" - Conquering the Ice [0:49:13] Thee Saints and the Prince of Darkness - "Hey Girl" - Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 7 [Champ Records, 1967] [0:52:44] The Liberty Lads - "Too Much Loving" - Hipsville Vol. 2: 16 More Delicious Mystery Appetizers [Dixon Records, 1965] [0:56:07] The Continental Co-Ets - "I Don't Love You No More" - Girls in the Garage [IGL, 1966] [0:59:14] Lightheaded - "Patti Girl" - Good Good Great! [1:02:28] Greg Ashley - "6 A.M. at the Black and White" - Single [1:04:41] Instant Orange - "The Visionary (Reactive)" [1:16:21] Mike Polizze - "Everybody I Know" - Around Sound [1:19:28] Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - "Monte Carlo / No Limits" - New Threats From The Soul [1:22:58] Liam Grant - "Palmyra" - Prodigal Son [1:28:57] Painted Faces - "An American Werewolf in Ridgewood" - Normal Street [1:35:28] Spacin' - "Sunshine No Shoes" - Deep Thuds [1:37:58] Spectrum - "How You Satisfy Me" - Refractions: Thru The Rhythms Of Time 1989-1997 [1:42:11] Sir Douglas Quintet +2 - "Song of Everything" - Honkey Blues [1:45:55] The Beach Boys - "The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow)" - Smile [1:50:38] Glenn Campbell - "500 Miles (Away From Home) / Walkin' Down the Line" - The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell [1:52:23] The Hypos - "Tore My Whole World Down" - Real People Great Radio Vol. 3 [2:03:54] Bo Diddley - "Bad Side of the Moon" - Another Dimension [2:07:15] Jim Dickinson - "I'd Love to be a Hippie" - Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul In Music's Hometown [2:11:21] The Heads - "(Parts 1 + 2) An Overpsych" - Reverberations Volume 6 [2:17:30] Ak'chamel - "Apocalypse by Oud" - Rawskulled [2:22:27] The Gil Evans Orchestra w/ Cecil Taylor - "Bulbs" - Mono Mania: Observations of Deviance's 2025 WFMU Marathon Premium [2:26:58] Epicycle - "You're Not Gonna Get It" - Killed By Death 9 [2:40:36] The Hamsters - "Ole Spain" - The Disparate Cogscienti (V/A) [2:42:15] Run On - "Miscalculation" - Miscalculation 7" [2:46:52] Now - "What Happened to Johnny" - Now Does the Trick [2:48:33] Cindy Lee - "Baby Blue" - Diamond Jubilee [2:51:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154245

Duration:03:08:41

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"I was talking when I should have been listening..." from Jul 11, 2025

7/11/2025
Mudhoney - "When In Rome" - Piece of Cake [0:00:00] Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Shapes and Forms" - Shapes and Forms [0:06:53] Jean Mignon - "I Did It & I'll Do It Again" - Mignon 7" [0:09:58] Street Eaters - "Cuts" [0:11:51] The Panics - "I’m a Fan" - Test... Test... [1980] [0:13:22] Xanny Stars - "Here We Go Again" - Adaptor [0:16:06] The Tours - "Language School" - Power Pearls Vol. 1 [0:19:02] Husker Du - "What's Going On?" - Zen Arcade [0:21:20] Bag People - "Lark's Vomit" - Bag People [0:24:51] Bobby Brelyn - "Hannah" [0:33:44] Adam Faith with the Roulettes - "I Don't Need That Kind of Lovin'" [0:37:26] Guy Hamper Trio - "Type 2 Error" [0:39:30] Nerve City - "Sleepwalker" - Sleepwalker EP [0:43:43] Cupid and the Stupids - "Can't Stop Loving You" - Cupid and the Stupids [0:44:22] Leda - "Care" - Discreet Music: Five Years of Failure [0:46:16] Cheap Imitation - "Stop Running Around in My Mind" - Story of Love [0:50:22] Lightheaded - "Same Drop" - Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! [0:55:44] The Bug Club - "Jealous Boy" - Very Human Features [0:59:24] Beaut - "Goodbye Judy" - Dave & Lee Singles Collection [1:01:51] Cold Fly - "Caterpillar" - Chip Shop Pop: The Sound of Denmark Street [1:04:27] Josefus - "Proposition" - Josefus [1:13:52] Feedtime - "Street Fighting Man" - Today Is Friday [1:18:33] Pissed Off Zombies - "Garbage" [1:21:14] The Damnation of Adam Blessing - "Le Voyage" - The Damnation Of Adam Blessing [1:23:34] Kim Salmon & the Surrealists - "Feel" - Sin Factory [1:27:33] Movie Star Junkies - "Almost a God" - A Poison Tree [1:30:46] Marco Butcher and Tom Shannon - "Wrong Avenue" - Tristeza [1:33:49] Neko Case - "Look For Me (I’ll Be Around)" - Blacklisted [1:37:25] Willie Hays - "Walking the Streets After Dark" - Ghost Memories and Other Favorites [1:40:39] Zachariah and his Guitar - "Abafana" - Zulu Guitar Blues [1:43:13] Sun City Girls - "Violence of Leaves" - Famous Asthma / Tibetan Jazz 666 [1:53:04] The Ancients - "2023-05-12 LA set I" - The Ancients [Isaiah Collier, William Hooker, and William Parker] [2:01:59] Francis Bebey - "Where Are You I Love You" - Tresor Magnetique [2:13:18] Elle Barbara - "BBQ All-Dressed" - Word on the Street [2:17:42] David Microwave - "Off Track Bets" - 1980-1983 [2:24:45] Sonny and Cher - "The Revolution Kind" - The Wondrous World of Sonny & Cher [2:29:45] Jackie DeShannon - "I Got My Reason" - Laurel Canyon [2:32:52] Norma Tanega - "Now Is the Time" - I Don't Think It Will Hurt If You Smile [2:35:15] Karen Dalton - "In a Station" - In My Own Time [2:39:10] Weird Herald - "Just Yesterday" [2:42:59] Sally Anne Morgan - "Flowers of Shandihar" - Second Circle the Horizon [2:46:09] Blod - "Hans smarta ar din tro" - Helvetet Pa Jorden Skona ingen fast gud alkar dig [2:50:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153952

Duration:03:08:48