RADIO FREE WOHLMAN

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:51:00 +0000

Transmission 712

Conceived as a single show, today's Transmission pulled a music mitosis and transformed into two perfectly mismatched halves. The first comes out rockin' with Def Leppard, Mott The Hoople, Chris Spedding, The Len Price Three, Sonic Youth, The Cure and Jethro Tull. The second goes all strange influenced by the likes of David Lynch, Jamie Saft, The Residents, Monkey and The Flaming Lips with the Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band!

T712 is a 59.1mb 128k mp3 1:04:39 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I don't want to live my life like evrybody else, cause, I'm Not Like Everbody Else"

RFW

*The use of today's photo by Harold Lloyd was inspired by the title of Jamie Saft's album "Breadcrumb Sins" - which is also a part of some of my favorite Bob Dylan lyrics - from "Gates Of Eden":

"The motorcycle black madonna

Two-wheeled gypsy queen

And her silver-studded phantom cause

The gray flannel dwarf to scream

As he weeps to wicked birds of prey

Who pick up on his bread crumb sins

And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden"

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000

Transmission 612

As the self-appointed high priest of RFW, I welcome you to The Church Of Rock And Roll with a holy dose of Foxy Shazam, The Shazam, The Move, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Hazmat Modine, Cicada, Junior Kimbrough, Climax Blues Band, The Black Crowes, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Primal Scream and Sly & The Family Stone!

T612 is a 53.9mb 128k mp3 58:54 in length made loud to be played louder!

"she's a Star Fruit Surf Rider flower groove"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:26:00 +0000

Transmission 512

It's a musical case of backward progression with Nektar, Yes, Genesis, Spirit, Emerson/Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and Pink Floyd featuring Stephane Grapelli!

T512 is a 56.9mb 128k mp3 1:02:10 in length made loud to be played louder!

"did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:28:00 +0000

Transmission 412

If men are from Mars, then Big Eyed Beans must be from Venus - right? Listening will not get you what you want from your relationship - but you'll enjoy Urban Verbs, Metallica, Gang Of Four, Adam & The Ants, Ultravox, David Byrne & Fatboy Slim, Senor Coconut & His Orchestra, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Shocking Blue, Television, Mink DeVille, The Velvet Underground and John Coltrane!

T412 is a 56.6mb 128k mp3 1:01:54 in length made loud to be played louder!

"don't let anything get in between us"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +0000

Transmission 312

OK - now that I have your attention, let the good times begin with motivation by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross featuring Karen O, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Howlin' Wolf with Hubert Sumlin, Motorpsycho, David Bowie, Faces, The Rolling Stones, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Frank Zappa, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton and The Dream Syndicate.

T312 is a 57.1mb 128k mp3 1:02:25 in length made loud to be played louder!

"he opened her up like a love letter"

RFW

* "Wonderful Wino" by Frank Zappa originally appeared on fellow Mother Jeff Simmons' 1970 solo lp "Lucille Messed Up My Mind" - seek it out!

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:12:00 +0000

Transmission 212

This sucker is of the all-day variety - take a lick of Djam Karet, Ozzy Osbourne, Nine Inch Nails, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Teddybears STHLM, Wire, The Rolling Stones, Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Atsushi Tsuyama, Mark Ronson, DJ Cam, Fujiya & Miyagi, Butch Walker, Stevie Wonder, The Doughboys and Super Furry Animals!

T212 is a 61mb 128k mp3 1:06:41 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I'm an all day sucker, coming to give something to get nothin'"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:16:00 +0000

Transmission 112

We celebrate the start of 2012 with new music that is not necessarily new from Electric Light Orchestra, Spirit, Joe Bonamassa, The Damned, Radio Birdman, Patti Smith, The Shazam, Field Music, John Foxx, Tobacco, Wolfmother, David Bowie, Ramones, Tom Verlain, Marc Ribot & Joy Division.

T112 is a 59.6mb 128k mp3 1:05:11 in length made loud to be played louder!

"he was a new kind of man"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:13:00 +0000

Transmission 14711

Just yesterday, my wife (whose logic is pure and from the heart) said to me,"David, you need to take things one day at a time". As I tend to do, I thought hard about the advice and the words themselves. It hit me like Kurtz's diamond bullet in the forehead - why worry about tomorrow since "Tomorrow Never Knows". I always loved John's words, but the essence of them were suddenly exposed and will be my credo for the upcoming year.

Enjoy today and say goodbye to 2011 with the help of Manitoba, Todd Rundgren, Seal & Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Kravitz, Edgar Winter, The Jam, Medseki/Martin & Wood, King Crimson and 801!

T14711 is a 58.9mb 128k mp3 1:04:23 in length made loud to be played louder!

"love is all and love is everyone"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:53:00 +0000

Transmission T14611

As we all wait for the arrival of the stars of the season, add these special ingredients and spices to your Christmas Eve feast. Cook along to Charlie Hunter Quartet, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, Phillip Glass, Aphex Twin, Robert Plant, Motorhead and Fastway!

T14611 is a 60.4mb 128k mp3 1:05:59 in length made loud to be played louder!

"He's got His eye on your soul, His hand on your heart"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:14:00 +0000

Transmission 14511

The RFW 2011 Christmas extravaganza is full of yule-flavored favorites delivered by deer and sack to the ears of you and your family! Rejoice along with Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Eddy Howard & His Orchestra, National Lampoon, Squeeze, Luther In B.B.B.'s, Deer Tick, Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva, Jim Babjack's Buzzed Meg, Bendon Banlon & The Bat Men, Les Baxter & His Orchestra, S.S.D., J.D. McDonald, Augie Rios, Guster, Ray I, Plan 9, Imperial Drag, Timbuk 3, The Cameos, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Chis Issak, Kennedy Rose, Emmylou Harris, The Smashing Pumpkins, Supersuckers, The Royal Guardsman, The Fleshtones, White Stripes, Crystal Antlers, The Staple Singers, The Jackson 5, Freddy King, Blind Blake, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, John Zorn, Cal Stewart & Rossini Waugh, Hayden Quartet, John & Yoko, Hybrid Kids and Joey Ramone!

T14511 is a two-part 128k mp3 made loud to be played louder!

Part 1 is 55.7mb and 1:00:58 in length!

Part 2 is 65.1mb and 1:11:09 in length!

"They're singing "Deck The Halls", But it's not like Christmas at all, Cuz I remember when you were here, And all the fun we had last year"

RFW

"This is pretty fucked up shit" - but classic and very funny! Not for the young or sensitive! Enjoy!

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:03:00 +0000

Transmission 14411

Black and white sounds and Professor Whopee's 3D BB to boot! No need to go to Megapolis Zoo to find Penguin Prison, Lyle Lovett, The Raymond Scott Quintet, Mike Dorane & The Cimarons, The Marketts, Burgess Meredeth, Animal Collective, Hanatarash, Tujiko Noriko, Frank Zappa & The Mothers. He is not an eggman, he is not a Walrus (like Chumley) he is a Penguin!

T14411 is 56.5mb 128k mp3 1:01:45 in length made loud to be played louder!

"boing"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:24:00 +0000

Transmission 14311

Seek no further - it's here! A rollicking session bursting at the seams with Sammy Hagar, Buick MacKane, Ramones, Buzzcocks, The Who, Nils Lofgren, The Black Keys, Wild Flag, The Rolling Stones, Wilco, U2, TV On The Radio, Gary Clark Jr., Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver and My Morning Jacket!

T14311 is a 68.1mb 128k mp3 1:14:25 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I asked Bobby Dylan, I asked The Beatles, I asked Timothy Leary and he couldn't help me either"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:25:00 +0000

Transmission 14211

The music of John Zorn is in the spotlight including selections from Bar Kokhba Sextet and Electric Masada!

T14211 is a 67.4mb 128k mp3 1:13:41 in length made loud to be played louder!

"stunning"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:16:00 +0000

Transmission 14111

We fork over this fruity collection of tunes by The Lemon Tree, Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass, The Leaves, The Lemon Pipers, Asobi Seksu, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Lowell George & The Factory, Hawkwind, The Beatles Costello, The Swans, Ramsey Lewis, John Lennon, The Residents, The Shadows Of Knight and Ashes!

T14111 is a 57.2mb 128k mp3 1:02:29 in length made loud to be played louder!

"listen while I play"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:45:00 +0000

Transmission 14011

This mind-altering dose of RFW includes the trippy sounds of Dillinger, Wendall Austin, Popera Cosmic, David Fiuczynski, Phil Upchurch, Dennis Coffey, The Meters, Segun Bucknor's Revolution, Bo Diddley, The Troggs and Steven Wilson.

T14011 is a 62.5mb 128k mp3 1:08:18 in length made loud to played louder!

"LSD made a wreck of me"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:40:00 +0000

Transmission 13911

I hope you're Hungry! Music is on the RFW Thanksgiving menu, and lots of it. Sink your teeth into Paul Revere & The Raiders, Todd Rundgren, Johnnie Morrisette, The Pop Group, The Police, Talking Heads, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Bob Marley & The Wailers, John Fahey, Floyd Council, The Allman Brothers, David Bowie, Chris Spedding, Radio Birdman, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention and Djam Karet!

T13911 is a 58.9mb 128k mp3 1:04:24 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I can almost taste it"

RFW

* If that did not fill you up, go back and check out last year's Thanksgiving feast!

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Transmission 13811

Sniper, patsy, lead singer? Will the true story of the days before November 22, 1963 ever be revealed? Could LHO, the now-sound trio from Texas, have made it to the top of the charts? This show will not get us any closer to the answers to these and other less important questions, but whispers echo and mystery looms large between the sounds of Dionne-Bregent, Mochipet, Mikron 64, Dick Hyman, Space Art, The Human League, Suicide, Mort Garson, David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bochum Welt, The Balanescu Quartet and Kraftwerk!

T13811 is a 57.9mb 128k mp3 1:03:15 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I couldn't stand this blank sound anymore"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:06:00 +0000

Transmission 13711

These tasty treats were hand scooped for your audio enjoyment. The menu includes The Vines, Rainbow Ffolly, The Hollies, The Faint, Siegfried Kessler & Jean-Francois Pauvros, !!!, Talking Heads, Spooky Tooth and Masters Apprentices.

T13711 is a 58.1mb 128k mp3 1:03:32 in length made loud to be played louder!

"to make more money"

RFW

* I incorrectly left the S off of the end of both words of the name Masters Apprentices. The 1971 lp "Nickelodeon" was the Austrailian band's 4th.

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:29:00 +0000

Transmission 13611

Stocked with all you need for an evening of quality entertainment, this Friday night solo-session succeeds with Black Heat, Les Mosses, Bee Gees, La Dusseldorf, Handsome Furs, The Hot Rats, Gang Of Four, Fleetwood Mac, Rockets, John Lennon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Screaming Seagull Kiss Her Kiss Her, Theophilus London, Franz Ferdinand remixed by Trentmollor and Cornelius!

T13611 is a 68.6mb 128k mp3 1:14:56 in length made loud to be played louder!

"your sweat so sour"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:28:00 +0000

Transmission 13511

Oh Dear! Frolic with a sense of impending doom to Percy "Thrills" Thrilington, John & Yoko Lennon, Dwight Twilley, The Hollies, Queen, Fatal Flowers, Victor Lundberg, The Verbs, Foo Fighters, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, The Firesign Theater and John McLaughlin!

T13511 is a 58.3mb 128k mp3 1:03:43 in length made loud to be played loud!

"Hello Dear Friends"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Transmission 13411

This one started with Keith Olbermann reporting on Occupation (fill in the blank). As I watched clips of various current day law enforcement officers around the world kicking the shit out of protesters, Chicago, 1969 started echoing in my head and I was compelled to use the iconic chant in a musical context.

The resulting RFW WWW Suite is an improv of motive and sound featuring Terje Rypdal, Chaos Face, David Bowie, Derek Bailey & DJ Ninj , Automaton, Billy Cobham, Miles Davis translated by Bill Laswell, Terry Kath of/off Chicago Transit Authority, the 99% in '69, Dubadelic, Brian Eno, The Rolling Stones remixed by The Neptunes and Klaus Schulze.

T13411 is a 145mb 320k mp3 1:03:36 in length made loud to be played louder!

"the Whole World is Watching"

RFW

*In the confusion trying to figure out "what just happened(?)" I neglected to mention that the suite included Miles Davis retranslated by Bill Laswell ("On The Corner") and Brian Eno ("Fractal Nerve").

**I originally recorded and posted this one at high quality on 11/9/11. With such a great low end going, I wanted to hear the difference (or not). Do you notice anything that much better? Transmission 13411 came about very spontaniously, it was actually 5 minutes from the thought of the Chicago Democractic Convention in '69 to hitting the record button.

The Whole World Is Listening!

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:27:00 +0000

Transmission 13311

I love the idea of an International Day of Metal! The universe of this music as a genre is deep, wide and usually loud. From the original sound of it's arrival in the hands of the builders, to it's childhood and formative years, perfected by the masters and continued by the inspired carriers of the torch. Rather than try and define metal and all it's cross-breeding sub-cultures, I opted to just light a few candles, turn up the volume to 11 and rock out with Blue Oyster Cult, Tool, Brain Donor, Mastodon, Black Sabbath, Racebannon, Lou Reed & Metallica, Sun O))) & Boris, Jimi Hendrix Experience and Link Wray. Happy 11-11-11!

T13311 is a 70.5mb 128k mp3 1:17:6 in length made loud to be played loud!

"heavy metal thunder"

RFW

*This show is dedicated to the veterans of all past, present and future wars.

**I was listening back to this transmission while doing much needed yard-work when I noticed a (Wohl)man-made mistake of double-tracking. Consider the original a discontinued rarity and feel relieved to know that the corrected file has mysteriously replaced it's predecessor.

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:37:00 +0000

Transmission 13211

The search for the correct time, a good cup of coffee and the newest machine brings us to this Sunday morning session with The Sonics, Cubby + Blizzards, The Small Faces, Grace Jones, Nina Hagen, Burnt Friedman, Puzzle, Lothar & The Hand People, Miss Kitten, Tuxedomoon, Pink Floyd and World's End Girlfriend!

T13211 is a 56.3mb 128k mp3 1:01:34 in length made loud to be played louder!

"I've got to build a New Machine"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:19:00 +0000

Transmission 13111

If you look at old concert posters as a complete body of work (the two Fillmore locations in particular), it is an amazing history of rock and roll in the late sixties and early seventies. In the same adventerous spirit that Mr. Graham booked his concert emporiums, we create a custom RFW Concert Poster featuring a near-perfect line-up - Steely Dan, NRBQ, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Mike Nesmith, Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, Nazareth, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson and Steve Hackett!

T13111 is a 63.4mb 128k mp3 1:09:15 in length made loud to be played louder!

"because I'm still in love with you"

RFW

noreply@blogger.com (Radio Free Wohlman) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:37:00 +0000

Transmission 13011

In my highly opinionated reality, the most anticipated part of the artistic process is not the arrival of the idea, the physical creative activity or the finished "product'. It's the burning-of-grey-rubber that occurs when supplied with the theoretical or physical blank canvass.. As addictive as the most virulent narcotic and as satisfying as the most erotic encounter, the buzz of brain buds colliding as you think "what should I do next" allows the author an endless supply of variations and unmatched mental stimulation....or....I have no fucking idea of what I'm going to play after David Bowie, but I'm workin' on it and it's starting to feel good!

T13011 is a 64.1mb 128k mp3 1:10:01 in length made loud to be played louder!

"don't believe in all their lies"

RFW

* Now that the damage is done, I'll let you know that we were led to U2, Heaven 17, Cabaret Voltaire, Lou Miami & The Kozmetics, Baby Woodrose, The Lords Of Altamont, The Mr. Albert Show, Fugi, Grand Funk, Angelo Badalementi, David Lynch, Desmond Leslie, Ground Zero and Ultra Bide!