Flash Strap

Explorers Room kicking off now with a bit of pure nitroglycerine from Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters – Don't miss out my friend, JOIN IN:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

whole Lp is pretty much killer!

Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a dub super-set dedicated to the drums of Sly Dunbar takes center stage, bracketed by sagacious funk and deep deep deeeeep minimalist soundscapes/landscapes. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

fundraiser

I'm fundraising for families at the mpls high school where I teach. We've been hit really hard by ICE activity & are doing grocery runs every day and working towards rent relief. If you want any original art of mine, here is a great way to get it: flanland.com/fundraiser

wonderful

Explorers Room kicking off right now:::::::::JOÏN M£

Let's all get in this room together for a cool hang, starts in 20 minutes

Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: some very sublime jazz, a mutant stew of progressive fusion and cult sounds, dub from psychedelic space and sugar-sweet rocksteady. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

i feel the same as you, hate adopting new programs - i switched to swinsian & i've been really happy with it ever since. it's basically how itunes used to be, you'll have to change very little about what you're already doing. you can import all your playlists, crucially. plus it can handle flac

Explorers Room starts now! enter the sound chamber and hear the beautiful music there

Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on
@wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: we're bawlin' for dub, psych minimalism, prepared pianos, sonic jungles, hidden birds. Join in, listen up, go deep, hang out: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

YouTube video by Duba Dub Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Ride De Dub

can't help but jump back in and drop this dub of the Paragons version, done by Errol Brown as part of an all-time great series of dubs on old Treasure Isle classics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGBO...

YouTube video by Allan Taipalus The Paragons - Riding On A Windy Day (With Lyrics)

It's not really germane to your observation but I'm simply compelled to make the riddim connection here as I think it's a particularly sublime case: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1F...

Explorers Room first show of the year starting N0W!!!!!!!! Get Roomy with me!

Yes dude

Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: the Explorers Room is back in action! Tune in for sounds strange & magical, funky mighty jazz power, and the inaugural dub workout of 2026. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

This rare record by the flamboyant vocalist Rajab Ali Khan, who greatly influenced singers like Amir Khan with his lightning-fast and fiery melodic phrases, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi...

#India #Hindustani #Khayal

‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partners...

"[Lemi] Ghariokwu created a visual identity as unique as Pedro Bell’s work for Funkadelic."

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

that shit rocks

一つ: さようなら: The Radio Is Broken with Rich In Washington Audio & playlist from December 26, 2025

Happy Boxing Day!
The last ever episode of my WFMU/Give The Drummer Radio stream show The Radio Is Broken airs tonight at 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern!
I'm boxing up my show and putting it up in the attic.
Playlist & chat when live:
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social

Last Explorers Room of 2025 about to light up and blast off, why not tune in, why not hang out??? **STARTING NOW**

Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a look back on another cycle of explorations as we hear a track from each show of the year, an orgy of faves & unexpected juxtapositions. Join me for the last show of 2025, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

seriously!

oh those are so good, Call especially so

Explorers Room Kicking off NOW with jazz torrid & tropical:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::JOIN ME

Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

brother i know i did. Groucho's my go-to costume to this day

Explorers Room is BACK & kicking off NOW::::::::Join me, friends and fellows

Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: Explorers Room is finally back in action - tune in for dub & nyabinghi, an amorphous serpent of psychedelic contemplations, and some really nice jazz variations. Join me, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

YouTube video by Howard Rumsey - Topic A Night In Tunisia

nice. new to me, love it

I've been really digging this exotic Howard Rumsey arrangement with Max Roach on drums: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV4_...