Theme-based radio show featuring music from various genres: 80s, goth, new wave, punk, classic country, Americana, experimental, oddities, etc . . .
Greg Stroud, one of my oldest and dearest friends, is my Special Guest DJ for episode #117. He brought a great playlist and during mic breaks he talks about living in Russia in the mid-nineties, adapting and producing a Chekhov play, and starting the CT Examiner in Old Lyme, CT.
Playlist to celebrate the upcoming eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Postcard: Himmelsscheibe von Nebra (Nebra sky disc) - a bronze disc inlaid with gold symbols of sun, moon, and stars, 1800-1600 BCE
Emotions and feelings explored through songs. Happy Birthday to Leonard Nimoy (March 26, 1931 - February 27, 2015) an actor best known for playing Mr. Spock, a television character on Star Trek, who lacked emotions.
Postcard: Miss Maude Fealy from the "Celebrities of the Stage" series
Just a bunch of working women who kill it. Musically.
Postcard: Wonder Woman by Ellen Shub taken in New Words Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, 1976
My friend and fellow WAYO programmer, Sabra Wood (aka Clifton Wood), joins me for a mash-up episode of Ether Transmissions + Graphic Ear (on WAYO every Thursday from 5:30p - 7p). Lots of talk and some groovy tunes! Love this cat!
Photo: Sabra outside of the WAYO studios sporting her custom kitty hat knitted by the amazing Alyssa of Fuzzy Details
This week's show features a mini theme of Super Heroes and I came across this cool song by The Traits called "Nobody Loves the Hulk".
Image: Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Debra Winger as Wonder Girl/Drusilla
Hits and obscurities from the 1930s to the present.
Postcard: Billie Holiday, New York City, 1949 by Herman Leonard
My Valentine to you is a trip to Sugar Town.
Postcard: Burning Sugar Cane
Year of the Dragon begins on Saturday, February 10, 2024. In honor of the onset of the Lunar New Year, this playlist celebrates the animals in the Chinese zodiac. Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig!
Postcard: Dragon Plate End Board, Korean
Calling this one "partly cloudy" because it's mostly upbeat songs with a few passing clouds. Trying to lift spirits in our grey days. Birthdays include Gene Hackman, Norma Tanega, Marty Balin, and Phil Collins.
Postcard: Anonymous c. 1910 from the book L'Amerique au Fil des Jours: Cartes Postales Photographiques, 1900-1920
