WFMU News: Why listen to hamburger when you can fill your ears with steak?
In honor of July, here is a haiku:
The dog days are here
Which might be the reason why
I smell quite pugly.
Luckily, most of us are still self-isolating, otherwise all might be lost. But you never have to worry about WFMU – we're happy to be with you, no matter how pugly you or we get, as we continue to navigate the uncharted waters of summertime during a pandemic. Remember to stay safe out there and keep wearing those masks! This thing ain't over 'til it's over. Happily, we have some stuff going on that will may make your summer homestay a bit more interesting. See below!
SPECIAL MOVIE EVENT – TONIGHT!
For
The Museum of Interesting Things and WFMU, silence is golden – especially when it's accompanied by music! Tonight,
Thurs, July 2nd at 7pm, we have a special event happening called the
Non-Silent Silent Film Fest. Our friends at the Museum of Interesting Things have put together an eye-catching assortment of vintage 16mm short films from classic animation to art films to comedy, all of which will be shown on a '60s-vintage Kodak projector. Our own
Devon E. Levins of
Morricone Island will provide a snappy live soundtrack. Tickets are $10 and they benefit the museum and WFMU. You can get yours
here. (The link is sent after the ticket purchase.) Need more info? That's possible, too! Check out the Secret Speakeasy
here.
PROGRAMMING NEWS
In WFMU programming news, the program
Shut Up, Weirdo will officially not shut up until September. That's right – Franny and MIchele with One "L" will be on
Fridays at 6pm for the rest of the summer. Billy Jam's hip-hop show
Put the Needle on the Record returns
this Sunday at a new time,
5–6pm, and
Therese continues from
6–8pm on Sundays. The current program schedule will not last 12 months as originally forecast but will end as usual in early September, with a new 9-month schedule taking effect at that time.
NEW ROCK 'N' SOUL RADIO STREAM
Do you remember rock and soul radio? Well, you will! WFMU recently revamped its popular rock and soul radio stream as the
Rock 'N' Soul Radio stream. The revitalized stream features a brand-new collection of great rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, garage, R&B, and soul faves. There will also be a new collection of live DJ shows, including some favorites from the stream's previous incarnation. In addition, you can catch re-broadcasts of some of your favorite main station shows like
Fool's Paradise with Rex,
Music to Spazz By with Dave the Spazz, and
Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod. Look for more new shows to appear this month and in August.
SHEENA'S JUNGLE ROOM STREAM NEWS
The
Sheena's Jungle Room stream has a lot of action going on lately, including the recent addition of
two new programs. Already well underway is
The Clock Strikes Midnight with Herk Hilligoss, a show that focuses on horror, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, monster, and Halloween records of all kinds. It airs
every Tues, 3–4pm. Also new to Sheena's is
Primal Ice Cream hosted by
Solo Mon, a show described as "a therapeutic sound and alternative healing clinic currently working out of an ice cream truck," and you can find it
every Thurs, 2–4pm. Finally, Jan Turkenburg's
Yes, We Have No Mountains, a weekly discotheque of classic Dutch beat, rock, and pop, recently added an hour to its show time, so you can get twice as much Nedergoodness as before. The show can now be heard
every Wed, noon–2pm.
NEW SUMMER SWAG IN THE WFMU STORE
We've just added a whole bunch of new items to the
WFMU Store for the summer season. Included are several store exclusives, including the
American Ringer T with silver Woof-Moo logo (pictured above), a long-sleeved black "Shirt U Want" style, and a long-sleeved Woof-Moo T. Some favorites from a few years ago also make their store debut, including the
Moonfreaker T, perfect for howling at the summer moon (pictured above), and the
Moon Dog magnet, perfect for pepping up your refrigerator (pictured all the way up top). Check out the rest of the new stuff
here, including several DJ T-shirt styles and other fun tchotchkes. Purchases from the WFMU Store benefit WFMU 100%, and believe you me, around this time of year, we can use it.
SPEAKING OF SWAG....
Our effort to get
more swag out to you from our March fundraiser continues. We've never prized
our beloved volunteers so highly as right now; after so many years of having volunteers help us to pack and ship the swag, we got very spoiled. Now that only the office staff is packing swag, we can fully appreciate just how much help our volunteers give us. It's an uphill battle – definitely not as fun as a downhill battle, which is much easier on the knees – but we're doing our utmost to get packages out the door. Hopefully some of you have gotten your swag by now, but if you're still waiting, don't give up hope – your swag should be on its way to you this summer. That is, if "packing elbow" doesn't render us all completely useless.
Not Coming Up at Monty Hall
Like every venue everywhere, Monty Hall continues to rest quietly, awaiting that great day when music once again fills it up with joy and excitement and music. Could be a while yet! As we've mentioned in the last couple of newsletters, you may want to check out
this channel, where you can see many performances from the past that are still exciting to see and hear and music. You can even watch them on downloaded apps for
Amazon,
Apple, and
Roku if you're into watching tiny things on little televisions called smartphones.
We regularly showed movies at Monty Hall before the pandemic, and we won't be doing that for a spell, either, but luckily
WFMU On Demand is now available, showing mostly music-related movies for a low rental fee, 50% of which benefits WFMU. Check out what's currently playing
here. We recently added a great documentary called
The Wrecking Crew about the musicians who played on all of the '60s hits you know and love and music.
You can also rent a 2017 documentary about our own
Clay Pigeon,
One October. This lyrical portrait of New York City directed by Rachel Shuman follows Clay as he interviews people on the streets of the city on the eve of Obama's election and the economic crisis of 2008. You can rent it
here. WFMU receives 50% of every rental.
WFMU's performance space,
Monty Hall, is silently sitting at 43 Montgomery Street in Jersey City, New Jersey. Normally you would click
here to see what's up, but for now you can just think about clicking and how good it will be later when clicking actually leads to happy and good things. And music.
