Ether Transmissions

Theme-based radio show featuring music from various genres: 80s, goth, new wave, punk, classic country, Americana, experimental, oddities, etc . . .
 

Past Episodes

  • Episode 102 – Winter Aired: Tuesday, December 19, 2023

    Wintry playlist with a few Xmas songs. I asked friends on Facebook for their favorite winter music and/or holiday tunes for this playlist. First names listed are the person who selected the song or the band.

    Photo: Mark Libby photographed by Ira "Buck" Libby c. 1958

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  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 101 – Guest DJ Teresa Poore Aired: Tuesday, December 12, 2023

    My sister, Teresa, joins me from Louisville, Kentucky as my special guest DJ. Her playlist includes songs from Skate-a-Rama, songs for sisters and nurses, and more.

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 100 – Colors Revisited Aired: Tuesday, December 5, 2023

    For #100 I mined my first 34 episodes of Ether Transmissions - the Ken Nordine Colors Series. The first 34 episodes each begin with a song from Ken Nordine's 1966 album Colors. Each color was followed by a theme. The first episode aired live on WAYO on December 21, 2021 and it was called White (Winter Solstice).

    Image: Fiber art piece by my aunt Susan

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 99 Aired: Tuesday, November 28, 2023

    Happy Birthday to William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) and Berry Gordy Jr. (b. November 28, 1929). Motown tunes, songs for Blake, and some celebrating #99.

    Tarot card drawn: 9 of Painting - Fruition - from the William Blake Tarot of the Creative Imagination assembled by Ed Buryn.

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 98 Aired: Tuesday, November 21, 2023

    Playlist celebrating the births on November 21 of two exceptional artists - Bjork (1965/Reykjavik, Iceland) and René Magritte (1898/Lessines, Belgium)!

    Image: Danger! Heartbreak Ahead (after Magritte), 2022 by Jenn Libby

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 97 – Zombies Aired: Tuesday, November 14, 2023

    So many good zombie songs! Including zombie love songs, zombie film music and trailers, a few political songs, and a whole lotta zombie dance tunes. Bonus track! Vincent Price's recipe for raising the dead!

    Postcard image: Lunch Break, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and Vincent Price, Hollywood, 1962 by Allan Grant

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 96 – Heaven and Hell Aired: Tuesday, November 7, 2023

    Heaven and Hell. Angels and Demons. Special episode co-hosted with Kameron from Kryptic Pop Thrills (Fridays 11a-noon on WAYO).

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 95 – Halloween! Aired: Tuesday, October 31, 2023

    Witch Girl and Moth Girl play some ghoulish tunes on a perfect Halloween day. Friends and fellow WAYO DJs submitted their favorite Halloween songs, costumes, and memories for me to share with you through the ether.

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 94 – Vixens Aired: Tuesday, October 17, 2023

    Vixens. Vamps. Witches. Evil Women. Snakes. Poison Ivy. Femme Fatale. Devil Girl. Medusa. Sirens. Succubus.

    Postcard image: Elizabeth Taylor, Rome, 1962 by Bert Stern

  • Ether Transmissions – Episode 93 – Spiders Aired: Tuesday, October 10, 2023

    Spiders! There are a lot of songs about them. Step into my parlor and have a listen!

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