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Artist & host of the Explorers Room on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio. Evan Crankshaw is my name. www.evancrankshaw.com

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Kicking off now with a blistering set of calypsonian magic:::::::::JOIN ME

31.07.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: dialectical calypso like the roaring of lions, radical dubs to make the earth tremble, and a sturdy regimen of avant-psych to melt the fabric of reality & return you to the source. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

31.07.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Love what Galper I've known, Guerilla Band and Wild Bird especially. Really glad you did this, he richly deserves a tribute like this

29.07.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

huh yeah that album rocks, pure apocalypse

28.07.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

gotta hear what some of those faves are

28.07.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it really is astonishing

28.07.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the hardest. he's incredible

24.07.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Explorers Room kicking off now with one of Art Blakey's most sacred tracks:::::::::::JOIN ME FOR THE MYSTERY

24.07.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Jay says it, it must be true! but there's only one way to be sure: try it out for yourself, join me in the Room, starting now

24.07.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: warm winds & fragrant blossoms in a jazz mode, thunderously sagacious & psychedelic dub, and a hallucinatory library music night-world odyssey. Join me, hear me, see pictures in your mind – 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

24.07.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

amazing

22.07.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah that's an all-timer right there

19.07.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that live Cranbrook album basically lives on my turntable full-time

19.07.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

god i love this record. never seen a copy though

18.07.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Explorers Room firing up now, kicking off with blistering Polish vibes-jazz::::::::::EXPLORE WITH ME

17.07.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: an assortment of sundry European jazz beauties, another rip-roaring ride on Eddie Harris' electrified machines from deepest funk to deeply weird, and a heavy dub set for keeping cool. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

17.07.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

those are the best 4 from the period you describe, tho I also dig the wild double-LP Excursions. I wish E.H. in the U.K. was better.
Pre-Instant Death but always worth a ballyhoo is Come On Down!, a top-3 Eddie joint for me

13.07.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love to hear this

11.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So so so good. Eddie is a genius

11.07.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Explorers Room kicking off NOW with the dub stuff::::::JOIN ME

10.07.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: we bring the kutchie dub style, have a mindmelter psychic-swamp set of psych/avant/jazz, and dream intoΒ the Australian wilderness via the eco-jazz panoramas of the great vibesman John Sangster. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

10.07.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

so good

10.07.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whoa this is amazing youtu.be/qqYeowivkyg?...

10.07.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

insane record. in absolutely constant rotation at my place. Yusef operating at a superhuman level. peak psychedelic fusion, cost me 3 bucks

09.07.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hell yeah

08.07.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kicking it off now with a dub set to get back on track::::::JOIN ME

03.07.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: we're back in action – tune in for a program of dub action, breezy, shadowy, exotic jazz, and other fusion & experimental sounds. Join me, 7-10:00pm est, right here: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

03.07.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Contents: An epic-length profile of California harper JOANNA NEWSOM by Erik Davis, with photos by Eden Batki // Kyp Malone of TV ON THE RADIO talks with Jay Babcock about directly confronting USA militarism // β€œBog Venus vs. Nazi Cock-Ring: Some Thoughts Concerning Pornography” by Alan Moore: a landmark eight-page essay/manifesto, with illustrations // Chuck Dukowski (ex-Black Flag, SST) on the deeper, civilizational issues surrounding ALL-AGES SHOWS, illustrated by Geoff McFetridge // Columnist Molly Frances on the roots of Christmas // Columnist Dave Reeves on guns // Douglas Rushkoff on visionary thinker Robert Anton Wilson // Lisa Anne Auerbachβ€˜s knitted sweaters photographed by Justine Kurland // Nabob Shineywater (Brightblack Morning Light) on musicians Sandy Bull and Hamza al-Din // Chris Ziegler on new albums by White Magic and Sunn O))) & Boris // Byron Coley & Thurston Moore on oodles of underground culture forms; a full-color full-page of β€œStrings” comics by PShaw

Contents: An epic-length profile of California harper JOANNA NEWSOM by Erik Davis, with photos by Eden Batki // Kyp Malone of TV ON THE RADIO talks with Jay Babcock about directly confronting USA militarism // β€œBog Venus vs. Nazi Cock-Ring: Some Thoughts Concerning Pornography” by Alan Moore: a landmark eight-page essay/manifesto, with illustrations // Chuck Dukowski (ex-Black Flag, SST) on the deeper, civilizational issues surrounding ALL-AGES SHOWS, illustrated by Geoff McFetridge // Columnist Molly Frances on the roots of Christmas // Columnist Dave Reeves on guns // Douglas Rushkoff on visionary thinker Robert Anton Wilson // Lisa Anne Auerbachβ€˜s knitted sweaters photographed by Justine Kurland // Nabob Shineywater (Brightblack Morning Light) on musicians Sandy Bull and Hamza al-Din // Chris Ziegler on new albums by White Magic and Sunn O))) & Boris // Byron Coley & Thurston Moore on oodles of underground culture forms; a full-color full-page of β€œStrings” comics by PShaw

This took forever, but I am very glad to be able to write this morning that the entire run of Arthur magazine (2002-2008, 2012-13) is finally available online as single issue PDFs. Every page of every issue, either scanned or from the original digital files. FREE.

arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...

03.07.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 15
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Folks, the first six issues of Arthur magazine, pub'd in 2002-3, are now available as free PDFs. Donations to defray and recover costs are extremely appreciated, trust me.

arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...

Pictured: cover of Arthur No. 2 (Jan. 2003)

30.06.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10

thanks chief!

13.06.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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