JA In The AM with John Allen | WFMU

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"I listened yesterday. It's no reflection on you but I could'nt see where you were going or what you were going for. This early seventies thing did'nt get noticed the first time and you talk about friends of like Dealney and Bonnie who had records out like we're supposed to remember who they are. Then you play this long winded free jazz stuff that really grates on my nerves. And that noise without a beat and sounds like someones being pinched. Then you play a reggae song, I think you called it Dub, to what, be cool? You seem to really fetishize the whole folk thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played that punk song though. I like Joe Belock a lot."

Location:

East Orange, NJ

Genres:

Music Podcasts

Networks:

WFMU

Description:

"I listened yesterday. It's no reflection on you but I could'nt see where you were going or what you were going for. This early seventies thing did'nt get noticed the first time and you talk about friends of like Dealney and Bonnie who had records out like we're supposed to remember who they are. Then you play this long winded free jazz stuff that really grates on my nerves. And that noise without a beat and sounds like someones being pinched. Then you play a reggae song, I think you called it Dub, to what, be cool? You seem to really fetishize the whole folk thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played that punk song though. I like Joe Belock a lot."

Twitter:

@WFMU

Language:

Aboriginal

Contact:

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

Website:

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/JA

Episodes

Episode from Apr 17, 2026

4/17/2026

LRB - "HELP! is on the way" [0:00:00] badge epoque - "erotic surveillance" [0:04:41] ciro vitiello - "slices of wind" - notes from the air [0:07:07] jimmy z - "funky flute (fluteapella)" [0:10:47] dust - "two dogs" - sky is falling [0:15:07] exek - "you have been blessed" - prove the mountains move [0:20:42] slovenly - "dialogue" - after the original style [0:25:11] the sleepers - "linda" [0:30:27] middle class - "the call" - homeland [0:34:53] grace bergere - "god's to blame" - a little blood [0:38:55] annie hogan - "scorpions" - tongues in my head [0:43:09] david fair - "6 ballets" [0:48:00] purple mountains - "nights that won't happen" [1:58:39] ron carter - "saguaro" - piccolo [2:04:38] hank jones & oliver nelson - "broadway samba" [2:22:26] sun ra & his arkestra - "shadow world" - the magic city [2:26:05] dennis gonzalez legacy band - "song for a singer" - live at the texas theatre [2:36:26] nite bjuti feat. candice hoyes, val jeanty, mimi jones - "track 6" [2:47:24] angelika niescier - "samo (bsqt)" [2:54:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163324

Duration:03:07:22

Episode from Apr 10, 2026

4/10/2026

LRB - "Help is on the way" [0:00:00] essra mohawk - "summersong" [0:03:54] wendy eisenberg - "it's here" - wendy eisenberg [0:06:42] brandon seabrook - "hellbent daydream" - hellbent daydream [0:11:13] the damned - "the generals" - strawberries [0:15:01] catfish rushdie - "diplomat smile" - count your blessings [0:18:28] afrika bambaata & the jazzy 5 - "jazzy sensation" - the jazz mix by double dee & steinski [1:13:08] Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow - "don't stand a chance, after the boom" - electrical field of love [1:17:51] booker stardrum - "third nature" - close-up on the outside [1:22:15] andrew hill - "andrew" - strange serenade [1:27:24] roland haynes jr & phenix - "titi" - mind games [1:42:34] arthur blythe - "lower nile" - the grip [1:47:15] leroy vinnegar - "funny time" - glass of water [1:51:17] hampton hawes - "sun dance" - blues for walls [1:59:34] ryo kawasaki group - "the straw that broke the lion's back" - nature's revenge [2:07:12] tomeka reid - "under the aurora sky" [2:14:04] helen merrill - "yesterdays" [2:24:52] jemeel moondoc & muntu - "salt peanuts" [2:31:18] babs gonzales - "oop-pop--da" [2:51:47] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163084

Duration:03:07:19

Episode from Apr 3, 2026

4/3/2026

LRB - "help is on the way" [0:00:00] caroline davis - "springtails / lacy steve" - fallows [0:04:02] bobby few - "church people" - more or less or few [0:17:42] ayler - "all love" [0:30:46] center of the world - "center of the world" [0:39:51] black unity trio - "birth life and death" [1:16:21] marion brown - "jub-lee live 1969" [1:36:39] charles tyler - "cha-lacy's out east" [2:03:18] phil ranelin - "sounds from the village" [2:39:01] griot galaxy - "xy-moch" [2:42:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162840

Duration:03:08:19