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The run-around drill sergeant of love meets the freeform radio nurse in an international popularity crisis. Twang, dub, noise, rockers, aliens, drum machines, foreigners, imported goods, songs, rumbles, hollers, blips and squiggles, along with an occasional musical number.

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Favoriting March 30, 2018: The Hello Malfunction

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Normil Hawaiians  Travelling West   Favoriting Below The Radar 27 (V/A)  The Wire  2018    From the Upset The Rhythm reissue of the '82 debut LP "More Wealth Than Money"  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sasha Mishkin  Mgnoveniy   Favoriting Several Moments  Mishkin Tapes  2016  Cassette    0:10:45 (Pop-up)
Spoonfed Hybrid  Token She-Van   Favoriting Hibernation Shock  Farrago  1996      0:17:11 (Pop-up)
Kutin / Kindlinger  I Throne   Favoriting Decomposition IV  Ventil  2018  LP  Vocals on I THRONE performed and written by Elvin Brandhi  0:25:40 (Pop-up)
Bruce Gilbert  Where?   Favoriting Ex Nihilo  Editions Mego  2018  LP    0:31:34 (Pop-up)
The Open Secret  The Lobbard Change Hisstop   Favoriting A Geography for Plays  Rastascan  2018      0:36:27 (Pop-up)
Christian Skjødt  27. July 2014 15:00-15:12 (Sunny)   Favoriting Illumination  Tonometer  2018  10"    0:43:48 (Pop-up)
Sarah Davachi  Buhrstone   Favoriting Let Night Come On Bells End The Day  Recital  2018    Aha! Tis a porous limestone!  0:56:07 (Pop-up)
 
C. Memi  Heavenly Peace (Unga no Suimon Akete)   Favoriting Heavenly Peace 12"  Bitter Lake Recordings  2018  12"  '83  1:11:38 (Pop-up)
Fossil Aerosol Mining Project  July Melody #1   Favoriting August 53rd  Helen Scarsdale Agency  2018  LP    1:15:24 (Pop-up)
Juri Camisasca  Sincronie (Part 2)   Favoriting Evoluzione Interiore  Black Sweat  2018  LP    1:19:56 (Pop-up)
Butterfly Child  Stars Light Up Orleans   Favoriting Onomatopoeia  Rough Trade  1993      1:38:59 (Pop-up)
Omit  Toll Block   Favoriting Enclosures 2011-2016  End of the Alphabet  2018    5 CD box!  1:45:45 (Pop-up)
Mathias Delplanque  Screw 1   Favoriting Rebuilding L'Alt Empordà (V/A)  Storung  2018      1:50:05 (Pop-up)
 
Cavern Of Anti-Matter  Malfunction   Favoriting Hormone Lemonade  Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks  2018  2LP  Feat. Tim Gane & Joe Dilworth (ex-Stereolab)...  2:07:04 (Pop-up)
O Grito Mudo  Mulata Urbana   Favoriting Col 45 - Underground Post-Punk, Tropical Tapes, Lo Fi Electronics And Others Sounds From Brazil (1983 - 1993) Selected By Tetine (V/A)  Slam Dunk  2018      2:21:31 (Pop-up)
c_c  Niebla 2   Favoriting Brumas, Nieblas, Neblinas  ZamZam  2018  Cassette    2:25:41 (Pop-up)
Proc Fiskal  A Fragrance   Favoriting Hello Boss EP  Cosmic Bridge  2018  12"    2:33:18 (Pop-up)
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus  Nyabinghi Medley   Favoriting A Weh Dem A Go Do Wid It  ROIR  2003      2:38:44 (Pop-up)
Gaute Granli  Ride of the Year   Favoriting Animalskt  Unhinged  2017      2:47:51 (Pop-up)
P. Adrix  Zelda Shyt   Favoriting Album Desconhecido  Principe  2018  12"    2:52:17 (Pop-up)
Bren't Lewiis Ensemble  Return to your Harpsichord, Citizen!   Favoriting The Inevitable Typo on Sheila Ostrich's Tombstone  BUFMS  2018      2:55:51 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  9:02pm
Carmichael:

Daniel. BUDDY. First time in a long time ...
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Daniel Blumin:

Carm! Welcome onboard!!! Hellos to all you freeform mavens!
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TDK60:

As we proceed now westerly, slowly through the fields of a tightly wound realm.
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fleep:

And SoCal checks in. Greetings DB and explorers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Daniel Blumin:

TDK!
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cklequ:

Damn. I need to resubscribe to the Wire. I know it's expensive, but i really miss all that free music they dish out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Robert Tables:

Hello Daniel. Hello everyone. Good evening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Daniel Blumin:

fleep! cklequ! Robert of the Tables! Halloooo!
  9:06pm
JakeGould:

“Happy Normal Friday” to the rest of us!
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Cooh John:

Hello Daniel and and wunderschnappers.
Avatar 9:10pm
Anthony!:

for ten seconds I thought this was Pink Floyd!
  9:11pm
Cliff back in the U.S.S.A.:

Good evening Bluminites
  9:12pm
Stepchild:

Y’hoo
  9:14pm
Carmichael:

If I wasn’t on my app, I’d clicky star this bad boy. Total space ambience.
  9:15pm
Carmichael:

Ahm-bee-ahnce ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
phil:

Greetings everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Daniel Blumin:

JakeG, Cooh J, Anthony, Cliff, Stepchild, phil! All aboard!
Avatar 9:23pm
Ike:

Today was Easy Commute Friday to me. Or maybe Why Is the Train So Empty Friday...Oh Yeah, There's Some Religious Thing or Something, Now I Sort of Remember.
  9:24pm
Carmichael:

Looking around, requisite number of booties appropriately shaking.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Marcel M:

Yo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Marcel M:

Damn.. I like this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Daniel Blumin:

Ike, hola! Marcel, whazzzaaaa!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
melinda:

Hi all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Daniel Blumin:

melinda, hi!
  9:34pm
Carmichael:

Heya Melinda!
Avatar 9:35pm
TDK60:

Hello all yee. Takin' a break from the hike.
  9:38pm
Stepchild:

dangit
  9:39pm
queems:

i’m in my basement working and this is making me feel like there are ghosts in my house
  9:39pm
Carmichael:

I love the pops and hisses. Music to my ears ...
  9:40pm
Eric Hat:

Hi-O there Mr Blumin. Getting my friend Eli hooked on yr program. Super swell time down here...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
Daniel Blumin:

queems, this is good, yes??? Good to see you up and at 'em, E Hat! Thanks fer bringing Eli onboard!
Avatar 🌫 Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
cklequ:

That Kutin / Kindlinger track.... wow.
There's a reason WFMU is my number one stop for bulletproof glass based music.
  9:44pm
queems:

@daniel it’s a-ok with me! if i have any ghosts in here it is probably my grandpa anyway
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Bryce:

not to be dorpy, but i love your show so much
Avatar 9:45pm
Bryce:

tho you're a right douche
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Daniel Blumin:

cklequ, bless ya fer not going to the other bulletproof glass based baddies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Daniel Blumin:

queems, great! Bryce, you scoundrel dorp!!! Lub ye and the marbles you rode in on!
  9:48pm
JakeGould:

New Dorp
  9:49pm
katharsis:

Hellos, lovely this
  9:53pm
Carmichael:

New Age Dorp.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Daniel; Bluminaries.
Avatar 9:56pm
fleep:

Down at the old Douche and Dorp. Lift a pint.
  9:57pm
JakeGould:

Do! De de da do! Da de da di! Dorp! Dorp! Dorp! Dorp!
  10:00pm
Carmichael:

That’s a drinking song if I ever heard one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Cooh John:

Playing a lot of new music that is enchanting, I must say.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Daniel Blumin:

katharsis, thankses fer the earses!
Avatar 10:02pm
Linda Lee:

beautiful music tonight for sure.
Avatar 10:07pm
Anthony!:

are Cassette releases using the same crappy quality tapes that the major labels used back in the cassette days? I don't like records but I still have my high end walkman.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
Nardo:

Thank you for the wunderschnapps Daniel!
  10:10pm
JakeGould:

@Carmichael: Go drink with the Swedish chef then.
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melinda:

I have a walkman too.
Avatar 10:11pm
Anthony!:

@milinda I only have one tape to play in my walkman.
  10:11pm
JakeGould:

Why don’t they still make those small walkman headphones with orange foam on them.
  10:12pm
Carmichael:

My favorite muppet, except perhaps animal.
  10:12pm
Dave in Vermont on the phone:

I’m just going to leave this comment here.
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cklequ:

@ JakeGould - The Swedish Chef is the best muppet to drink with. After all.. he's the only one with human hands.
  10:13pm
Carmichael:

Animal bowls overhand.
  10:13pm
Mister Eddie:

Now you're talkin'
  10:13pm
JakeGould:

@cklequ: But he can’t cook for shit. I would like to drink with the guy who has cakes and stuff that then falls down the stairs… But before he falls down the stairs… Or maybe the guy who says “I want a *cluck cluck* sandwich!”
Avatar 10:14pm
Anthony!:

@jake those were the best, they were like two dollars. Radio Shack still had them until they went out of buisness last year.
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cklequ:

@JakeGould - Once you've had a couple dozen drinks with him, his cooking tastes like 5 star dining.
Avatar 10:16pm
Anthony!:

egad! Jake --> www.neqtiq.com...
Avatar 10:18pm
TDK60:

The F.A.M.P. have been busy mining the Analog seam.
  10:18pm
Carmichael:

But do you have a discman???
Avatar 10:19pm
Anthony!:

yessir but all my cds are gone
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Anthony!:

i digitized them all in flac
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Linda Lee:

what amazing music. Bravo Mr. Blumin!
  10:20pm
Carmichael:

Then you need a flacman.
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Anthony!:

@Daniel have you ever played Flying Saucer Attack?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
coelacanth∅:

i have 2 discmans and one walkman, but only one of these is called one of those.
Avatar 10:22pm
Anthony!:

@carmichael -> flacman www.amazon.com...
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Dave in Vermont:

oh yeah, i like when very different shows overlap - Avant Ghetto
Avatar 10:23pm
Anthony!:

100 hours on one charge. 160gb holds about 3*160 CDs
Avatar 🌫 Swag For Life Member 10:24pm
cklequ:

Radio Shack used to sell the best walkman. It had a play and stop button, and nothing else.

You're listening to the whole cassette whether you want to or not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25pm
Daniel Blumin:

coela!!! hallo!!! fleeeeeep, that's yr local!, right? Phanks, Cooh John, Linda Lee!
Avatar 10:26pm
Anthony!:

radio shack had everything. until they didn't and then they went out of buisness
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TDK60:

Do you have a preference: rewind or fast forward?
Avatar 10:27pm
Anthony!:

rewind if i made the tape
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northguineahills:

Its the Blumin Onion!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Daniel Blumin:

Anthony, I have indeed! Nardo, thank YOU fer the listens! Hi, Dave in VT & Eddie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Daniel Blumin:

nghills!
Avatar 10:30pm
northguineahills:

Just hit a couple of gallery openings. Met some Mexican artists, invited them to mt friend's warehouse international dance party. (Something about me and meeting Mexicans [it would explain the wife])
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Robert Tables:

@Anthony, check out wfmu.org...
  10:31pm
Carmichael:

@ngh, in Florida?
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Anthony!:

here we are pining for 20th century technology. I bet 100 years ago they were pining for the days when music was played live all the time by actual players and not mechanically recreated by some dag-barn machine!
Avatar 10:33pm
Anthony!:

wow played last month!
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melinda:

Great musics tonight Daniel
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Anthony!:

this almost sounds like a raga. but i could be wrong
Avatar 10:36pm
northguineahills:

Si, cochemiguel!
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northguineahills:

(Carmichael)
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Anthony!:

I was going to watch the last jedi but daniel made that difficult
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melinda:

@ngh haha
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northguineahills:

You're as close to being correct as can be, Anthony!

Juri Camisasca, new to me and dig dug, thanks Dan, off to shear my whiskers off, will be listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38pm
coelacanth∅:

we're all gathered around the radio, watching it to see what delightful sounds come out of it next.
Avatar 10:39pm
TDK60:

Pine for the lost quadrophonic stereos, the discarded autochanger turntables, transistor radios, reel to reels.
  10:41pm
Carmichael:

Edison spools.
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Anthony!:

i missed my shortwave radio so much that I ebayed and got one of the ones I had as a kid. but all of the shortwave stations are gone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
melinda:

I watched The Jefferey Dahmer Files before tuning in. It was well done and not graphic but still nice to end the evening here on a pleasant note.
Avatar 10:42pm
Anthony!:

nothing but static
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Nardo:

Just reading something about another Daniel - Daniel Czubak - the graphic designer who did much of the elaborate artwork for Limelight records back in the 60's. I guess Hugh Hefner was so impressed with his work that he hired him to design his personal jet - "The Big Bunny".
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cklequ:

Everybody loves static.
  10:44pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Carmichael: Yeah really. I have all that "new" stuff like JVC quads, turntables etc. Just give me a wax or wire recorder I can rely upon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44pm
coelacanth∅:

i made some recordings of short wave transmissions as a child. it's too bad they're on radio shack cassettes because now they're mostly just hiss.
Avatar 10:45pm
Anthony!:

the internet archive has a lot of shortwave recordings but I feel your pain
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northguineahills:

I got my Mexi father-in-law to fix my shortwave radio. Now my wife took it away to make samples for herself.
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Anthony!:

i recorded radio moscow the day the USSR fell
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TDK60:

There still is shortwave, but yes, much less. There is The Shortwave Report, a podcast review of news.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46pm
George of Troy:

Ahoy, Daniel! Good evening.
Avatar 10:47pm
fleep:

Radio Shack cassettes were called Realistic, which even as a pup I knew was a total lie.
  10:47pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

The old tapes can sometimes be saved by "baking" them. Lots of vids about that.
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Anthony!:

but you could get like five of them for 99 cents
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coelacanth∅:

"realistic" and the really cheap ones were "concertape"
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TDK60:

I do still have a transistor radio. No autochanger rekkid thankfully. Would like to have a reel-to-reel, you can have fun with them. Still have the rekkid turntable and dual cassette deck, of course.
Avatar 10:49pm
Anthony!:

where can you get blanks? does anyone still manufacture cassettes?
Avatar 10:50pm
Anthony!:

i know there is still old stock but that stuff is almost a generation old
  10:51pm
Carmichael:

Yes, cassettes into a convection oven at about 125 degrees. Will allow you to play them ONCE to a digital format.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53pm
Kat in Chicago:

@Anthony! Oddly, you may be able to get a brick of Maxell UR 90 min at your local Walgreens. If you have a local Walgreens.
Avatar 10:53pm
TDK60:

Cassettes still available at my cornershop, next to the phone cards, lighters, cigz. Lots of tapes on online outlets.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54pm
coelacanth∅:

those concertapes weren't that inexpensive; and def not as inexpensive as they should've been. the cost of cassettes went way down by sometime in the late 80s (?). i used to buy boxes of 10 tdk sa for around 16 bucks; tdk d for even less. in 1980 the sa was like 2.5-4 dollars each.
Avatar 10:54pm
Anthony!:

We do. I will check that out. the URs were the bottom of the line if I recall.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
coelacanth∅:

(i'm guessing there. my memory ain't workin' perfectly)
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coelacanth∅:

8-tracks, anyone?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
Kat in Chicago:

I took a quick glance at Maxell's website and it looks like that's all they make now for the consumer market.
Avatar 10:57pm
TDK60:

Linda Lee, you're correct, interesting sonics this eve.
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Anthony!:

8 tracks I used those when I was a college radio dj
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
Daniel Blumin:

George! Man, I've been a bit off the comments floating around this here studio!
Avatar 10:58pm
TDK60:

Don't' miss 8-tracks; the interruptions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
coelacanth∅:

maxel was always a pretty shitty chrome tape. the ur, even though it's low-end in the hiss dep't, was probably their most dependable cassette.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59pm
coelacanth∅:

(or maybe it's high-end hiss...)
  10:59pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Needs a higher temp. Don't use a convection or you will broil the plastic cassette. It will re-bond to the tape. Yes, there is lots of good cassette tape everywhere. Yes it lasts for a good 10-25 yrs. Even more. Why do I feel like I'm in George Harrysong's 'man cave' with this music?
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TDK60:

technostalgia
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Anthony!:

ur weren't bad...better than your average prerecordrd cassette of Brothers In Arms or Music For the masses
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coelacanth∅:

i have maybe 1500 cassettes, mostly recorded between 1978? and around 1998. most of the tdks still sound fine.
  11:03pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Yes, have two 8 tracks... unless they multiplied last nite. Big problem with all those are the rubber rollers and belts that melt with time. The tapes last but the players don't.
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Kat in Chicago:

Found a pretty good article on FACT www.factmag.com...
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Anthony!:

I have one cassette. A random TDK SA 90 that I recorded in 1984 and it still sounds as good as it did when I made it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Kat in Chicago:

I'm about to dig out some old tapes I made when I DJed at Lucky Cheng's NYC in the late 90s. We'll see how those held up. Unfortunately I think I used Memorex.
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TDK60:

One trick for cassettes: have an extra equalizer to boost sounds, if not, turn volume & treble nobs to the brightest signal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Kat in Chicago:

Ironically, I'm digging those out as possible source material for a mixtape I'm actually gonna get paid for making.
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coelacanth∅:

the 8-track tapes need to be tuned-up. it should be expected that the glue that holds the tape together (& signals the program change) would fail after 4 decades. and the foam pads rot. it's all available and easy to replace. then the player might need a tracking adjustment (a srew on the bottom, usually) and a cleaning.
they sound pretty good.
Avatar 11:09pm
northguineahills:

I got my father's shortwave radio when I was 10, I made many recordings... But I moved back to the States when the Soviet Union expired.
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coelacanth∅:

Kat that's a good gig!
  11:11pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

coelacanth∅: I used to tape things on the fly. So now there's not much of a note as to date or description. I put it on and it's this crazy mix from years ago. I always figured that whatever I liked would be pulled off the air soon. Sometimes that happened. More reason to support 'FMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Daniel Blumin:

almost all of my tapes going back to the 80's still play a-ok. Kat, what kinda stuff didja dj?
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Anthony!:

@kat that was a good read. thanks
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fleep:

This COAM is super
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muhrvis:

Greetings from Corvallis, OR
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TDK60:

Most of my 1977-thru-1982 tapes now muffled. But later '80s+post: many still good. // Have an old cheap quality tape of Pink Floyd's Ummagumma; the tape got upside-down somehow and between the backwards-run and muffledness it sounds different.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
coelacanth∅:

el Garee i can relate to that! but it's good you saved them
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Kat in Chicago:

@Daniel: Disco and funk, lounge, music for the drag queens to perform to, maybe a lil Stereolab at the end of the night. I'm hoping some of the MC-ing for the drag shows made it on there.
  Swag For Life Member 11:15pm
Jinx:

i agree with fleep
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coelacanth∅:

if you've got a tape twisted over it might as well be ummagumma
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
Kat in Chicago:

I was gonna say something like that as well
  11:16pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Guilty confession: I wore my Scritti Politti "Cupid..." cassette out. That and the XTC stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16pm
Kat in Chicago:

Cupid & Psyche 85 is still one of my favorite albums ever.
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Anthony!:

genesis abacab here, went through 2-3 of those
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TDK60:

Still have a gift mix tape of WFMU stuff from 1984. My friend cut out the DJs tho.
  11:18pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Cupid is to die for. Frisky, dance music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18pm
coelacanth∅:

just listened to xtc tonight...maybe the second time in >20 years. (both times drums and wires)
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Anthony!:

now its the djs i wuld want to hear the most and the commercials
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Daniel Blumin:

muhrvvvvvvv!!!!
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Anthony!:

I have not listened to Making plans for Nigel since the last century
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20pm
Kat in Chicago:

Here's a thing I used to do: I lived at the top of Riverside Drive by the Cloisters in 97-98 and got a pretty good FMU signal, but worked weird hours/jobs and missed some evening radio. I recorded Dave the Spazz and Mr. Finewine to my VCR with timer when I was out and transferred to cassette to listen on my Walkman at work. Dunno if I saved any of that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
Kat in Chicago:

I was more into the rock 'n' roll then. I think Bill Kelly was actually my gateway show bc I remember hearing it on someone's car radio and saying "what the heck are you listening to"
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Anthony!:

did anyone ever record radio to vhs tape?
  11:21pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

TDK- The djs are most of the fun. Place in time, space. I didn't know about 'FMU until the late 90's and then bypassing terrestrial radio for the internet.
  11:22pm
JakeGould:

On stereo Hi-Fi VHS? I tried a few times. Interesting experience back then. Like put the VHS tape in 8 hour mode and record just the audio of a concert. Great quality… But those tapes!
Avatar 11:22pm
Anthony!:

yes exactly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
Kat in Chicago:

I wasn't overly concerned about quality but I think I did use decent VHS tapes
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TDK60:

Yeah, miss hearing the DJs, but interesting selection of music as you'd expect. // Wake & Bake played Nigel recently I think. // Gotta get up bright-early tomorrow, night.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
Kat in Chicago:

g'night!
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coelacanth∅:

tapes i had to remake for playing to death: the cure (faith on one side,17 seconds on the other); Eno (another green world) with beatles for sale on the other side; the indestructible sounds of soweto with graceland on the other side...i don't think any of those were tdks.
Avatar 11:24pm
Anthony!:

is the fm signal sound quality of WFMU better than the AAC stream?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
Daniel Blumin:

Jinx! fleep! Glad you digg!!! I should play some Scritti when it's not teh holiday party! Kat, I want to hear this shtuff of yrs at Lucky C!
  11:24pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Yes, VHS if done right gives you a ton of audio space. I had friends who took that to Cuba and other places, 20 yrs or more ago.
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melinda:

time to hit the sack! thanks Daniel!
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coelacanth∅:

Kat, Bill Kelly was one of my earlier regular shows on fmu as well. i have a few pre-archive tapes. i hardly ever hear him now.
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muhrvis:

Hey wait a minute, why don't I warrant one of those little radio heart icons? I feel left out. (Sniffles)
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Anthony!:

yeah I am not sure that digital is or was better than analogue. convos like this make me wish I didn't toss old technology once someone deemed it obsolete. Now you can just record on a 512gb flash drive. But it isn't more fun.
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fleep:

muhrvis you have them
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Kat in Chicago:

@Daniel That whole time in my life is so emotionally fraught that I've never listened to those tapes since I made them, but they potentially work with a theme I'm considering for this new project. So I'm going to be brave and listen next weekend I think.
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coelacanth∅:

lookin' right at 'em,muhrvis!
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muhrvis:

Well. I do now!!!
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Daniel Blumin:

you do now, muhrvvv!
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Daniel Blumin:

Kat, hope you dig 'em!!!
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Kat in Chicago:

I have to get a new cassette player bc the one on the Hello Kitty mini-boombox I have hooked up to my stereo is kaput
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muhrvis:

Did I tell you I met Dave the Spazz's father once? I think it was at Powell's in Portland. One can meet important people by wearing an FMU t-shirt.
  11:32pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

A- I would say that the compressed AAC stream is better than the analogue FM, which is also compressed as well. But in most places, the AAC 'FMU stream sounds brilliant. Actually I never listened to WFMU on a car radio. That would be a rush.
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Kat in Chicago:

I met Ira Kaplan that way, muhrvis!
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Anthony!:

well the last jedi will not be seen tonight. I really did not want to watch the pointless casino scene again anyway...:/
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coelacanth∅:

Anthony you can get a cd burner that burns in "real" time. you can fade songs out or stop them at any point, adjust levels accordingly -etc. ...just like we used to do with cassettes.
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Anthony!:

@el i am impressed with the aac stream. i hope they up the bandwidth
  11:36pm
matt from berwyn:

Breakbeat blumin!
  11:36pm
matt from berwyn:

Who’s looking forward to record store day?
  11:37pm
el Garee Rayo le Bee~:

Wow, this is intense message board. But I'm in Fla now and the streams sound awesome. I had a stream break about 30 min ago. Doesn't happen often. Could be the local carrier.
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fleep:

Star this one a couple times
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Anthony!:

I understand, but I am truly a no media kinda guy now. the only media i have is back ups of the hard drives of my collection. I am ripping my dvd blue ray collection to get rid of material stuff.
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Anthony!:

like the ELO song I am a 21st century man
  11:39pm
JakeGould:

Well, most VHS decks that can record in stereo are considered “Hi-Fi” even if they don’t explicitly say so. The timer functionality is a big deal as well. No real consumer tape decks that could record on a timer… And VHS could store a lot of audio on one VHS cassette.
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Anthony!:

8 hours
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coelacanth∅:

material possessions are a burden for sure. if i didn't have a relative with a big cool house to store my records in i'd be pretty sad.
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northguineahills:

truly out, everyone, enjoy what the weekend brings! Thanks Daniel. Salud, Dasvidaniya!
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Anthony!:

on my laptop I have 5000 albums. I whine and pine, but I never imagined that back in the 80s.
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Anthony!:

nite NGH
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fleep:

Anthony! you back that up, yes? Often?
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Anthony!:

three back ups
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fleep:

whew
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Anthony!:

i learned my lesson back in 2007 when I lost 80gb
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coelacanth∅:

'night ngh
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Anthony!:

praise Jah! I love this.
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Anthony!:

Ras Michael. I knew I heard this before.
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coelacanth∅:

many of the cassette decks i've owned could be used with a timer (to record or play) but at the very most for 3 hours of record time. (dual, automatic flip, consecutive play)
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Jinx:

great track(s) for winding-down
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Anthony!:

Jah, Rastafari! How excellent is thy name...Thou have set thy glory above the heavens...
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slawooy:

And now Dadawah 72 DIF nations
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Anthony!:

all those features were so cool when we got them @coela
  11:51pm
matt from berwyn:

Lmao i feel like a dad
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Zats, where has the time gone? I apparently missed a lot of good Blumintunes this evening.
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Kat in Chicago:

@daniel (and whoever) if you're interested in an ambient-ish shtuff I did recently, here is a thing soundcloud.com... (it's more fun if you don't peek at the playlist first imo)
  11:56pm
JakeGould:

“World Backup Day” begins in 4 minutes! Remember to back up your stuff!
  11:56pm
:

where y’all @
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Kat in Chicago:

good advice Jake. esp during a mercury retrograde :)
  11:58pm
JakeGould:

2TB USB 3.0 hard drives go for like $99. No reason not to backup!
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Anthony!:

I need to get another 6 tb drive tomorrow and put one of the backups in secure storage
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Robert Tables:

Thanks and good night!
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Anthony!:

3 tb is grateful dead and the remainder is everything else
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Daniel! Take care everyone
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Anthony!:

yes good show
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Kat in Chicago:

Thanks Daniel!
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muhrvis:

Good night to all!
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Daniel Blumin:

Thanks, Kat! Will check out! Thanks fer all the earses, muhrvs, Kat, Anthony!, coela, Robert Tables and you!!! Greetings to the archivist freeformists! See y'all post the Easter bunny, The April Fool, and most of Passover!
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