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A brilliant and neurotic group brings "Theatre of the Absurd" to a whole new level.

Bought by KKRN, KMUN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 34
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Weekly roundup — Wait, did that really happen?

  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
A tarnished brass key, a small locked box, a sequence of magical numbers, a charmless old block building in the desert. It is here that we visit in...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Comedian Tyler Fischer turns his bedroom into an online venue., Credit: http://TylerFischer.com
How standup comedians and venues in New York City are coping and adapting to comedy in quarantine without their audiences.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:40
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Late Saturday in the French Quarter music. Songs about "Sittin,"" an autoharp player inspired by Jimi Hendrix, a string harp in a blues song and ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:50:25
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Long sets of Louisiana music and music about names like "Bud, Shorty and Irma. Bud as in "Uncle Bud" the dirty ditty that is based on Froggy Goes ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:52:04
Caption: Bob and Ray, Credit: Radio Foundation
Celebrating the lives of Bob Elliott, Maurice White and Dan Hicks with comedy classics and music from Earth, Wind & Fire, Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:31
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There are so many songs by men focused on "how many women they have" that I strung them together in numerical progressions of 2, 4, 7, 13, 16, 32, ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:52:29
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I do a card trick on radio. Without cards. Without anything tricky. And it I did have cards, it wouldn't have improved the trick. "Oh yeah, a...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:53:03
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Ranting and raving like a motivational speaker for musicians... Oh quit being a big baby waa waa and just try listening for ten minutes. Nope, i...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:44:54
Caption: MIKE AND BASIL AT THE BEACH, Credit: MIKE MATTHEWS
Today it’s the return of the much loved feature INTO AN INTERVIEW where I’ll be speaking with the EXTREMELY talented Nashville-based singer/songwri...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 20:34
Caption: KS RHOADS, Credit: KS RHOADS
Today it’s the return of the much loved feature INTO AN INTERVIEW where I’ll be speaking with the EXTREMELY talented Nashville-based singer/songwri...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 31:54
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of uncludign cover songs by bands that probably really did play garages as opposed to the ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:53:58
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Before rock and roll became a formula for celebrity. Before rock and roll became a formula for making money. Before rock and roll itself became a...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:41
Caption: Jamie In Puka Shell Necklace, Credit: Andy Kerr (Amsterdam)
Since I got kicked out of the last club for skating on the tab, tonight we are broadcasting live from a different music club here in New Orleans. I...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:51:16
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Finally get a second microphone for proper interviews but a pissed Ernie K-Doe dunks it into a pitcher of beer, brains me with it, then tosses it o...

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:38
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Jamie is visited by the Officer Duane Williams of the dreaded FCC police who is checking whether Jamie's sober to drunk listenership ratio is high ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:56:56
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Between the usual "music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of..." will be a mass hypnotism performed by me with the help of some f...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:56:24
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Starting the show with a spotlight on Vince Taylor who many have cited as the real life prototype for David Bowie's wacky character, Ziggy Stardust...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:55:06
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SIPS Episode – This show is recorded at The Music City Tippler at the Nashville, TN location. We enjoy some of the finest classics mixed drinks.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 41:30
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of but who influenced the rock and rollers that everyone has heard. Collector's music for...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:08
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of (but they pioneered rock and roll).

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:58:24
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from a radio studio in the WWOZ bathroom. Plus market testing my new pledge drive prem...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:22
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The music created just before the first rock and roll song is the music that created America's most lasting cultural impact. Collector's music bec...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:48:11
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I get to interview Progressive Rock guitar god Steve Howe, which musically transports me back to the 1970s when I first heard his band YES as a tee...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:53