Slight Surface Noise Soundsystemslight surface noise soundsystem with special guest dr. robert!

IT'S FUNDRAISER TIME AND SLIGHT SURFACE NOISE SOUNDSYSTEM IS RAISING ALL SORTS OF FUN TONIGHT WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND DR. ROBERT!  AND I AM REALLY THAT EXCITED THAT IT SEEMS NECESSARY TO YELL IN ALL CAPS ON THE INTERNET!  YAY FOR INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER RUN LOW POWER FM RULING THE LATE NIGHT AIRWAVES!  WHETHER YR STILL JIVIN' OR IN THAT PARTIED OUT DAZE, WE'VE GOT THE TUNES TO KEEP YR NIGHT AND MORNING A'BLAZE!  HOOOOOOOORAY!

The Stax Story Part 1

After almost four years of Midnight Soulstice, we're finally taking on the task of presenting you the legacy of the possibly greatest Soul label in history, Memphis' own Stax Records. Between 1957 and 1975, Stax has released hundreds of 45s including many unforgettable Soul anthems. In the first volume of our new Midnight Soulstice sereies "The Stax Story," co-host DJ Pari digs deep in his Stax collection to play an extensive selection of the early Stax years from 1959 to 1964. You'll get to hear the early sides by Soul legends like Carla and Rufus Thomas, Otis Redding, William Bell, The Mar-Keys and Booker T. & The MGs as well as less known artists who never got their due like Prince Conley, Barbara Stephens, The Tonettes, Eddie Kirk, Oscar Mack, Bobby Marchan and many more. You can look forward to hearing tunes from Stax and subsidiaries like Volt and Satellite Records and national distributor Atlantic Records. Get into the Stax Southern Soul sound, which currently enjoys a revival thanks to new Soul acts like Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.
Tonight's show is the perfect kick-off on the first weekend of our W-RIR Fall 2010 Fund Drive, so if you like what you hear, please visit our website www.wrir.org and make a donation so we can continue to bring you great music that you will rarely here on commercial radio.
Tune in from 11 pm until 1 pm Eastern and click on "Read more" for tonight's playlist.

What the Fontaine?!WTF: Halloween 2010 w/ Noah Scalin!

"What the Fontaine?!: You never know what you'll hear next on this fun mix of tunes from across the decades and musical genres."

It's Halloween weekend, and I'm honored to have Noah Scalin, Mr. Skull-a-Day himself, as my guest co-host!  We're gonna play SCARY tunes for you…rats, bats, spiders, flies, monsters, blood, oh my!  AND it's the start of the Fall Fundrive, so phone in your pledge at 804.622-9747 or pledge online at http://www.wrir.org!

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Check here later for tonight's podcast.
All podcasts:http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/contributor/3857

Click "Read More" for song list.
 

Meat Beat Manifesto – United Nations

Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi's Dead
David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Scratch Acid – Monsters

Mazzy Star – Ghost Highway
Gun Club – Ghost on the Highway

The Cramps – Human Fly
Wire – I am the Fly
Soundgarden – Drawing Flies
Nick Cave – Wings Off Flies
The Who – Boris the Spider

Walt Disney's Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House – The Haunted House

Nitzer Ebb – Murderous
League of Space Pirates – Search and Destroy  [official debut! Noah's project]

The Birthday Party – Release the Bats
GBH – City Baby Attacked by Rats
Art Bears – Rats and Monkeys

Siouxsie + Banshees – Halloween
The Misfits – Halloween
Alice Donut – Halloween
Dream Syndicate – Halloween
Charles Ives – Halloween

Skinny Puppy – Blood on the Wall
Throbbing Gristle – Blood on the Floor
That Dog – We Must Bleed
 

This Modern BeatThis Modern Beat

It's time for the 2010 Fall Fund Drive at WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio! Please help support community run, community focused radio run by REAL people, not corporations, payola, and computers.

Call 804-622-9747 or Go online to http://www.wrir.org/, starting tonight at 5pm!

I'll be giving away some hot premiums tonight by the likes of Kooley High(N.C.), Sweatshop Union(Canada?), Aquabatics(RVA), Sonny Boy(L.A.), Raaka(Dilated Peoples) and much more!

I'll also have local artist, DA FUTURE, in for a live performance and interview! This will be off the hook! Next week should be even better.

Even if your one of my out of town listeners, you can donate and get all the goodies.

Kabanjak – Rhythm ft.Azeem – Rhythm EP(2010)

M.E.D. – Where I'm From ft. Aloe Blacc – single(2010)

(some of the cds avalible for the stash donation of $100 for 6 or 7 cds when you call in 804-622-9747)

Kooley High – Eastern Standard Time – Eastern Standard Time(M.E.C.C.A. 2010)

Kooley High – Somethin' Outta Nothin' ft Median – Eastern Standard Time(M.E.C.C.A. 2010)

Rakaa – Human Nature ft. The Teacha 'KRS-ONE – Crown of Thorns(Decon 2010)

Jah C – Summer Love – single(2010)

Zion I – North Star – Atomic Clock(2010)

KRS-ONE & True Master – Gimme Da 90's – Meta-Historical(2010)

Da Future live!

Three 6 Mafia – Keep My Name Out cha Mouth – single(2010)

Skyzoo & Illmind – Speakers on Blast – single(2010)

Distant Relatives – Celebrate ft. The Grouch & Eligh – single(2010)

Da Future interview

MindsOne – Legion of Doom – Legion of Doom(2010)

Mic Boogie – We Be On Fire – single(2010)

Raw Nature – The Call – single(2010)

Ms. Proper – What Do You Do – single(2010) – Local artist

El Da Sensi & The Returners – Nu World – GT2:Nu World(2010)

Lyrics Born – We Live By The Beat – As U Were(Decon 2010)

Chiddy Bang – Opposite Of Adults – The Preview(EMI 2010)

Lazerbeak – Wild Life – Legend Recognize Legend(Doomtree 2010)

Global A Go-GoGlobal A Go-Go: Friday October 29, 5-7 PM

WRIR's Fall 2010 Fund Drive starts when this program goes on the air — Friday October 29 at 5:00 PM here in Richmond Virginia USA.  The fund drive is a time when all of Richmond Independent Radio's 200 volunteers dress foolishly and stand in the middle of busy thoroughfares holding signs.  Well, maybe a few of our volunteers do — after all, it is Halloween week.

Actually, the fund drive is a time when we ask all of our listeners (and that means webstream and podcasts, too) to think about the value that WRIR brings — the great music you wouldn't hear otherwise, the unembedded news that isn't beholden to established powers or points of view, the discussions that treat you like an intelligent adult and not like … oh, let's say a potential voter whose button we're trying to push.  After all, it is election week here in the USA as well.

After you tally up that value, perhaps the spirit will move you to make a donation.  We count on those donations for a substantial fraction of our annual budget — they pay for the programs you hear, the equipment we use to get them to you, rent and utilities at the place we broadcast from, necessities all.  So please consider making a donation now by calling (804) 622-9747 or by clicking here:

https://wrir.wufoo.com/forms/2010-form

Follow me below the fold where I'll tell you what's special about today's program, let you know about the  special premiums we have for folks who donate during Global A Go-Go, and I'll post my tracklist as the show proceeds.  Click here for a podcast of today's program:

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/46767

The complete catalog of Global A Go-Go podcasts is here:

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go

To get you in the donating spirit, I've invited the band Rattlemouth to perform in WRIR's Live Room.  If you're not familiar with Rattlemouth, they describe their sound as "musical gymnastics for the body and spirit."  Their repertoire includes music from Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Lebanon and parts unknown, so they're one of the most Global A Go-Go bands I know.  And they're great supporters of Richmond Independent Radio who will be glad to tell you why it's so important that you make a donation during the Fall '10 Fund Drive.

To give you a little extra incentive to donate, there are two special gift packs you can win if you donate during Global A Go-Go (by phone or in-person only).  The first person who donates $100 or more will win the Global A Go-Go Stash of three excellent brand-new releases I've been featuring on this program, all from the World Village record label:

• Ancestors Call by Huun Huur Tu:  Amazing throat singing and other traditional vocal techniques by the legendary band from Tuva
•  Sin Rumba No Hay Son! by Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro:  Speaking of legendary, this Cuban group was founded in 1927 and they swing like crazy
• Sonando Ya by Sierra Maestra:  The latest release from the band that kicked off the Cuban son revival, years before the Buena Vista Social Club

We also have the Global A Go-Go Super-Stash, six of the finest, funkiest recordings I've heard this year.  This prize goes to the person who donates the largest dollar amount during Global A Go-Go:

• The Budos Band III (Daptone Records):  The latest from Staten Island's number 1 afro-funk collective
• Dr. Boondigga And The Big BW by Fat Freddys Drop (Electrofone Records):  An unclassifiable, brilliant funk/reggae/jazz band from New Zealand
• El Existential by Grupo Fantasma (Nat Geo Records):  One of the great live bands in America, playing a fusion of salsa, Latin soul, psych rock and funk
• The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow by Cochemea Gastelum (Mowo Records):  The saxophone player from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings steps out on electric sax a la Eddie Harris
• Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa (Honest Jon's Records):  The latest in rural-to-urban South African pop, probably the most amazing thing I've heard all year
• Egypt Noir: Nubian Soul Treasures (Piranha Records):  A great sampler of the funky popular music of Nubia in southern Egypt

I walked with a Shoggoth

PODCASTED HERE FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN FUN!!!

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Or the playlist!