Theme-based radio show featuring music from various genres: 80s, goth, new wave, punk, classic country, Americana, experimental, oddities, etc . . .
Songs about childhood.
Ether Transmissions
Past Episodes
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Ether Transmissions – Childhood – 2024-08-13 (Ep. 132)
Aired: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 131 – Lost Highway
Aired: Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Take a trip with me down the lost highway.
Postcard: Yuma, California, 1962 by Danny Lyon
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 130 – Paging Mr. Herman
Aired: Tuesday, July 30, 2024
A playlist for Paul Reubens/Pee-Wee Herman (Aug. 27, 1952 - July 30, 2023). I asked friends "What song makes you happy? Makes you dance? And is maybe silly and playful?"
Postcard: Pee-Wee Herman on Mullolland Drive, Los Angeles, 1987 by Herb Ritts
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 129 – Loneliness
Aired: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
All is Loneliness
Postcard: Jackson, Mississippi, c. 1969-70 by William Eggleston
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 128 – One Day
Aired: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
One day, this day, the present day, today.
Postcard: Orange and Yellow by Mark Rothko, 1956 from the Albright-Knox Gallery
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Ether Transmissions - Episode 127 – Summertime
Aired: Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Songs of summer.
Postcard: Lower East Side, NYC, 1947 by Godfrey Frankel
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 126 – Names
Aired: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
There are so many songs featuring women's names. I narrowed the field by selecting titles with just a woman's first name (with the exception of the B-52s opener and the Trio song).
Photograph: Junior Class page from 1933 Nazareth Academy Yearbook
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 125 – Gardens
Aired: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Songs for budding gardeners!
Postcard: "Party Vegetables" Swiss fantasy postcard, c. 1917 from the Ken Brown Collection
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 124
Aired: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Starting with Sun Records, ending with Suuns. (mostly)70s and 80s in between.
Photo: WAYO Studio on East Main St. in Rochester, NY during Ether Transmissions episode #124, May 28, 2024
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Ether Transmissions – Episode 123 – Blood
Aired: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
I had a bloody good time with this playlist. I forgot to mention Kurosawa's Throne of Blood.
Card by my friend Ernie, 1993