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Sign on bathroom at Newark airport.

Sign on bathroom at Newark airport.

Newark airport.

26.11.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wfmu.org/playlists/HL

25.11.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just got this very cool GIF from @WFMU DJ and graphics guru Greg from Zone 5 that he made to help me PR my archive-only reconstituted '90s WFMU overnight show, The True Hallucinations Tapes. check it out!

25.11.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You're right, though he never lost the incredible intensity he had.

22.11.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This slide is debatable. Are Instant Karma (& the 1st Ono LP as mentioned above), Mind Games, Cold Turkey & Imagine a slide? OTOH there's the "lost years" So part of me agrees, part doesn't. Also, John Ono fucking Lennon is allowed a slide.

22.11.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some *very* nice, very unusual tracks. My fave? My Brother the Wind's "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart." To each our own and a 1000 flowers!

13.11.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Careless Whisker Cat Adoption Party Cats and rescuers are back at Monty Hall for an afternoon of cuteness!

At Monty Hall, this Sat., 11/15: Meet volunteers from rescue organizations in NJ. Ready to adopt a cat or kitten? Meet your new friend and apply to adopt! Or just say hi and admire the best cats in town. With DJ sets by Abbie from Mars, and hosts DJs Amanda and Bucci. Details:

11.11.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

From Linux to Windows? Ugh! You mean the other way around!

03.11.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...Or here (stream with the WFMU Pop-up player):
wfmu.org/archiveplaye...

See the playlist here: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

See the list of shows here: wfmu.org/playlists/HL 4/4
@dmandl.bsky.social @bourgwick.bsky.social @erazlogo.bsky.social @markhurst.bsky.social @jbm0.bsky.social

02.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...Ed Sanders, one of which you won't hear anywhere else, and words of wisdom from your favorite nitrous-oxide-huffing philosopher, William James.

On-demand exclusively at the @WFMU archives.

Listen here (mp3 download): wfmu.org/listen.m3u?s...

Or... 3/4

02.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...found in a moldy basement, now restored to former glory.

Featuring music from Miles Davis, Moby Grape, The Soft Machine, Loop, Quad, Jackie Lomax, Kevin Coyne, Garcia-Wales, Phil Ochs, Todd Rundgren, the Ramones, James Brown and Country Joe.

Plus two exquisite pieces from... 2/4

02.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A slightly distorted pic of William James, with squigly energy lines emanating from the thoughtful expression on his face.

A slightly distorted pic of William James, with squigly energy lines emanating from the thoughtful expression on his face.

Here's a live one that almost got away, one you won't want to miss.

What is it? It's installment number ten of The True Hallucinations Tapes, that back-to-the-future late-night radio show discovered in a lost and forgotten box of cassettes, recently... 1/4

02.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

27.10.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2895    πŸ” 1078    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 183
An orange and white cat is on a bed, probably thinking about murder

An orange and white cat is on a bed, probably thinking about murder

horror movies are not scary to cats. Sandal has seen hundreds and is not impressed.

horror movies made for cats would basically just be those youtube videos of a bunch of birds having a nice time outside and living their lives. cats would be rioting in the theater over those

25.10.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 908    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 2

Glad I'm vegan. I think that every time I see one of these poisoned-meat recalls. Course, I'm glad I'm vegan anyway.

26.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

3/3 ... And See the list of shows here: wfmu.org/playlists/HL
#radio #music #DJ #Hallucinations #wfmu #psychedelic

14.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/3 ... Causa Sui, Mudhoney, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Music from the Galaxies (literally) and a Consciousness Mantra.

All on-demand exclusively at the @WFMU archives.

Listen here: wfmu.org/listen.m3u?s...

Or here: wfmu.org/archiveplaye...

See the playlist here: wfmu.org/playlists/sh... ...

14.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The meditating visionary animal in us all.

The meditating visionary animal in us all.

1/3 SHHHH, be quiet! My FAVORITE RADIO SHOW is about to start!

That's right - it's a new installment (number NINE, number NINE) of The True Hallucinations Tapes,
with music from Skip Spence, Lothar & the Hand People, Uncle Wiggly, The Stooges, Velvet Monkeys, Massive Attack, The Nice ...

14.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#Vegan #PlantBased
They say β€œanimals don’t cry.”
That’s because slaughterhouses don’t have microphones.

12.10.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who Goes MAGA? With apologies to Dorothy Thompson, whose 1941 essay in Harper’s, β€œWho Goes Nazi?” remains a worthwhile read on the cultural archetypes of who is drawn to fascism, and who would never go down such …

@mmasnick.bsky.social has written a lot of brilliant posts. But I haven’t wanted to frame any of them before now. I’m on my way to the frame shop.

Who Goes MAGA? | Techdirt

11.10.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal--the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was alarming. 1/

09.10.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 999    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12

Totally really. Very slight roll-off of high frequencies. "Normal" or, to be expected at my age.

07.10.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading this in the ear doc's office just after a hearing test.

07.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#BlackRabbit : Great series, but what's with the bad lighting in every scene, every shot? Do they need to save $ on production? You see it in a lot of #movies now, too

21.09.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The good thing is that if you put that URL into almost any audio player, it'll immediately enable you to hear NTS Expansions. Getting title & artist info may depend on the program you use.

20.09.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aw, sorry to hear, it's a nice app.

20.09.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've always found TuneIn to be crap & I've never used it.

19.09.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The "s" should be left out.

19.09.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

P.S. I have about 30 other web radio streams programmed into that "other stations" section of UAPP. (Above: "app", not "apply", obviously.)

19.09.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correction: the app is USB Audio Player Pro, (great apply that plays DSD & other hi-rez formats. Also, there's no "s" after "HTTP" in that URL.

19.09.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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