End Of The Century presents:
I don’t do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I’m proud to be a troublemaker. –Sinead O’Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor; (8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023 aged 56), was an Irish singer-songwriter, artist-musician and political activist. O’Connor released 10 studio albums throughout her career. Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally. It was considered “one of the most striking debuts of its era, synthesizing everything from rock to hip-hop to the global music-influenced atmospherics of Peter Gabriel into a style that was entirely her own.” Her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990), became her biggest success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Its lead single, “Nothing Compares 2 U”, was named the number-one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards. Although she was at times often steeped in controversy, it “never drowned out her astonishing songcraft…As well as being a fearless interpreter of others’ work, the late singer adapted to a seemingly endless array of styles, marking her out as a bold and utterly singular artist.” –Alex Petridis
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Carrie Thornbrugh End Of The Century July 29th, 2023
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, obscure, post-punk, synthpop, UK music british breakfast rock, variety, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
so listen
@pndwrir
bte
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) July 18th, 2023
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Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, obscure, Punk, rva radio, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
Pelican johnny and I play gay punk, queercore and other stuff
@pndwrir
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) June 20th, 2023
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Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, obscure, Punk, rva radio, weirdo, WRIR
Cause and Effect presents:
In honor of pride month, DJ Miss Kitty is focusing on the fabulous queer/drag ballroom music scene of 1970s/80s/90s New York. We’re talking disco, house, vogue…WERKING IT!
“Ballroom, ball, or house culture has been a way for queer blacks and Latinos to respond to a society that devalued their lives and attempted to erase their presence. Through elaborate performances incorporating and commenting on race, class, and gender, the ball community has historically reflected the American Dream and one’s exclusion from it.” –BY LESTER FABIAN BRATHWAITE
Carrie Thornbrugh Cause and Effect June 3rd, 2023
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, Electronic, electronica, music, Music show, variety, weirdo, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
guest: co-pig Pelican Johnny
Lots of cool punk
maybe some AI generated content
who could know?
BTE
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) May 23rd, 2023
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Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, Punk, rva radio, weirdo, WRIR
End Of The Century presents:
DJ Miss Kitty digs up some overlooked Country gems from the 70s & 80s that combine soul, blues, and funk into more edgy and catchy tunnnnnes. While today’s show includes a few well-known names like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Dolly Parton, it mostly draws on more obscure artists who sang about mamas, broken hearts, prison, and gettin’ drunk but made it fresh with strong rhythmic grooves and funky ass bass.
Carrie Thornbrugh End Of The Century May 20th, 2023
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Tags: #wrir #localmusic, Music show, variety, weirdo, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
if you don’t like punk, maybe check out the archive player, or spend some time with your dog
bte
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) May 9th, 2023
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, Music show, obscure, Punk, rva radio, WRIR
Mercury Falls presents:
Lucrecia Dalt
melissa Mercury Falls May 3rd, 2023
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Tags: Music show
Cause and Effect presents:
No, we’re not talking about the Pittsburgh pirates or the swashbuckling sort, today’s Cause & Effect episode takes a look at the Pirate Radio movement.
In 1964, there was nowhere easy for British youth to listen to rock ‘n’ rollers like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Commercial radio wasn’t yet an option, and the guardians of the publicly-owned British Broadcasting Corporation considered such music immoral, antisocial and unfit for public broadcast. Yet just three years later, on Sept. 30, 1967 — the BBC switched on the transmitters of Radio 1, the country’s first dedicated popular music station. What happened to change their minds? The answer to that question — and the story of how pop music came to the FM dial in the U.K. — involves illegal offshore broadcasters AKA PIRATE RADIO.
Drive around some parts of London today and you’re still liable to hear mainstream radio broadcasts drowned out by fleeting bursts of unfamiliar music. Pirate radio stations have been illegally hijacking the FM dial since the 1990s, but while the pirate scene is far smaller than it was in its heyday, the influence of pirate radio has endured and the movement is still thriving on a local scale, and a vibrant array of online-only stations are inspired by the energy and spirit of the pirates.
Carrie Thornbrugh Cause and Effect April 29th, 2023
Posted In: Fund Drive, Music, Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, Electronic, music, Music show, obscure, variety, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
Featuring:
DJ Keno- Dog Germs
Pelican Johnny
Dumb Punk
(I’m trying to optimize seo and drive more traffic, hence the foot fetish stuff)
(there will probably (maybe) be no foot fetish stuff on the broadcast)
( to be clear, not kink shaming, if its consensual, make that sweet sweet foot love)
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) April 25th, 2023
Posted In: Fund Drive, Fund Raising, Music Shows