Ether Transmissions

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

Past Episodes

  • Ether Transmissions – 2025-04-15 (Ep. 165) Aired: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

    More music from the dystopian ether.

    Postcard: "The two White House Easter bunnies help Nancy Reagan greet the 21,000 children who came to frolic at the traditional Easter Monday Egg Roll and newly instituted egg hunt. The President, still convalescing from his painful ordeal, is upstairs re-engaging with the routine of the Presidency by easy steps as he approaches the end of the "First Hundred Days" in office - a successful period that saw a decisive U-turn in the course of American government." April 20, 1981

  • Ether Transmissions – 2025-04-08 (Ep. 164) Aired: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

    Sugar & Stress / Upside Down / Monkey Men / Greed / Injustices etc . . . and goodbye Michael Hurley, Val Kilmer, and Dave Allen.

    Postcard: Upside-Down House - "Sunrise Golf Village - The only upside down house in the world. Homes start from 11,500."

  • Ether Transmissions – 2025-04-01 (Ep. 163) Aired: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

    Songs about April, Fools, Rain, Rabbits, Puppies, and more.

    Postcard: New York, NY, USA, 1974 by Elliott Erwitt

  • Ether Transmissions – Power, Corruption, and Lies – 2025-03-25 (Ep. 162) Aired: Tuesday, March 25, 2025

    Power, Corruption, and Lies are nothing new, but right now they are reaching record levels in the United States.

    Image: Tissue stereoview frame (untitled), mid to late 1800s

  • Ether Transmissions – Candy Darling – 2025-03-18 (Ep. 161) Aired: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

    A playlist celebrating Candy Darling (November 24, 1944 - March 21, 1974) and other trans and queer people.

    Photo: Candy Darling on Her Deathbed by Peter Hujar, 1974 featured on the cover for ANOHNI / Antony & the Johnsons' album I Am a Bird Now (2005)

  • Ether Transmissions – 2025-03-04 (Ep. 160) Aired: Tuesday, March 4, 2025

    Magpie playlist. And goodbye, Gene Hackman.

    Postcard: Third vision, the "cosmic egg" from Hildegard von Bingen's Scivias, c. 1151

  • Ether Transmissions – Guest DJ Lydia Boettrich – 2025-02-25 (Ep. 159) Aired: Tuesday, February 25, 2025

    Special Guest DJ Lydia Boettrich brought sunshine to WAYO on a rainy day! And a great international playlist! You'll learn about Japanese vending machines, the merits of picking albums by their covers, and more fun facts about music and Lydia.

     

  • Ether Transmissions – Guest DJ Violet – 2025-02-18 (Ep. 158) Aired: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

    Special Guest DJ Violet brings a great set of tunes to WAYO on a cold, cold day in February. Thanks to Violet and Carlie for brightening my morning with music and conversation (and playing with masks)!

  • Ether Transmissions – Songs That Quicken the Heart – 2025-02-11 (Ep. 157) Aired: Tuesday, February 11, 2025

    Sarah Long joins me is the studio as we play songs that quicken the heart and read lists of things that quicken the heart.

    Episode inspired by Michael Neault (1000 Things That Quicken the Heart) who was inspired by Chris Marker (Sans Soleil) who was inspired by Sei Shonagon (Pillow Talk).

  • Ether Transmissions – 2025-02-04 (Ep. 156) Aired: Tuesday, February 4, 2025

    Happy Birthday George Romero. Goodby Marianne Faithfull and Irma Vep. And some angry songs in the middle.

    Postcard: Jean Perrier, Dr. Miracle in The Tales of Hoffman, 1911 by Paul Nadar

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