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I am a documentarian, chronicling the lives of performing musicians. As a writer, I am obligated to put their words to paper. As a story-teller, I ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 07, 2011
  • Length: 42:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mardi Gras festival on another planet
The 40 year old Star Trek episode, The Return of the Archons, features a society that celebrates a Mardi Gras festival and is lead by a guy named ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mighty Fleiss Radio Show Avatar, Credit: Stephen J Proctor Jr
Skippy Records (Snap, Crackle, & Pop). This is the test Pilot epidose of Mighty Fleiss Radio, an hour long radio show of indie & alternative music ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 57:28
Caption: Miss Atomic Bomb of 1957, Credit: Las Vegas Review Journal
Adding atomic bomb lyrics to any instrumental song makes that song so much better.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:13:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The band "I Like You", Credit: Photo courtesy of band's Facebook page
On this edition of The Live Feed we visit a group that is bringing the ukulele into the festival scene. The group "I Like You" formed a year ago an...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 34:41
Caption: Rock Harley as Johnny Cash
Sometimes Rock Harley truly believes he's the man in black.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
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San Francisco is a centre of Noise, Industrial and experimental music. And this scene of musicians and music enthusiasts goes back in time to relea...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 23, 2010
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tom Lambert, Credit: Presented By
A one hour weekly RealCountry/Rock/Rhythm & Blues radio program. Broadcasting Worldwide : Internet/Satelite/FM on the OPF Radio UK (Open Project Fr...

  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:57
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In which the author contemplates the many things about the classic Charlie Daniel's song that make no sense whatsoever.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:10
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When Grey can no longer keep himself awake after 52 hours on the air, Matt hooks him up to a "Neurographic Interface Module" that will allow him to...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2008
  • Length: 28:30

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 38:17

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 38:17
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Marconi Union makes a music of interior designs that could've emerged from a Blade Runner dream

  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
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It's an Absolutely Perfect Day outside but, despite Matt's spirited entreaties, the whimsically curmudgeonly Grey refuses to leave the station on p...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
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An account of the final 5 minutes before this singer goes on stage.

Bought by WGXC and WFIU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Grey fears for Matt's sanity as, for the fifth year in a row, Matt is spending Christmas Eve building a trap to capture Santa Claus in order to con...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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To generate a little extra revenue for their cash-strapped station, Matt and Grey are conducting guided tours of the labyrinthine, inexplicable, an...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
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It's Halloween and Matt, with the reluctant Grey in tow, is heading down to the Electromatic Building's abandoned sub-basement to gather scientific...

Bought by KTNA and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Matt plays hooky from his technical duties to go fishing in one of the Electromatic Building's flooded sub-basements, gets caught in a storm, and r...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
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When Grey doubts Matt's word that Evie, the station's supercomputer, is a conscious entity, Evie ruthlessly attempts to prove her existence. But c...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
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Fred Hersch, the acclaimed jazz pianist, composer and educator in spontanesous and informed encounters with some of the day's liveliest musicians.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Carnival Music comes early in Queens

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:34
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Two sisters sing Appalachian hip hop music

Bought by WMMT, Vocalo.org, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 6
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A beautiful collection of songs written by one of the most influential songwriters of the past 50 years, Nick Drake. Program includes selections r...

Bought by KMUN and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2