WFMU's new Summer Schedule is now in effect and runs until November 12! Some old shows return and some new people join our dysfunctional radio famille. You can see an incredibly ugly and voluminous list version of the new schedule here.

Wow. Radio Boredcast, a 744-hour extravaganza of avant-garde audio curated by People Like Us / Vicki Bennett is posted on the WFMU Website and ready for your ears: Link. Radio Boredcast celebrates the detail, complexity and depth of experience lost through our obsession with speed. Created by Vicki for the UK's 2012 AV Festival, and featuring gobs of WFMU DJs, this unique and colossal archive is accessible for Listen on Demand at WFMU. (Read more)

An impressive list of participants (including WFMU DJs) were invited to create new radio shows, audio works and mixes in response to the AV Festival theme "As Slow As Possible" and thematic playlists and contextual programming surround these creations.

The full list of participants are: Carl Stone, Pseu Braun & Alex Orlov, Touch, Rob Weisberg, Nicolas Collins, Andrew Lahman, Chris & Cosey, Jonathan Dean and Transmuteo, Cheese Snob Wendy, Kevin Nutt, Tony Coulter, Daniel Menche, Scott Williams, John Wynne, Chris Watson, Jem Finer and Longplayer, Tim Maloney, Ergo Phizmiz, Matmos, Dave Soldier, Charlie and Busy Doing Nothing, Andrew Sharpley, Nancy O Graham, Gwilly Edmondez, Anna Ramos & Roc Jiménez De Cisneros, Doug Horne, Irene Moon, David Suisman, Radio Web MACBA, Mark Gergis and Porest, Jez Riley French, Don Joyce, Carlo Patrao and Zepelim, Dorian Jones, Jason Willett, Zach Layton, Primate Arena with Alex Drool and Eran Sachs, David Toop, Dylan Nyoukis, Jared Blum and GiganteSound, Ed Pinsent, Adrian Philips aka Mr Rotorvator, Axel Stockburger, Craig Dworkin, Felix Kubin, People Like Us, Language Removal Services, Daniela Cascella, John Levack Drever, Joel Eaton, Clay Pigeon, Gudrun Gut, Charles Powne, Carl Abrahamsson, Andreas Bick and Silent Listening, Phantom Circuit, Patti Schmidt aka Wheelie Houdini, Leif Elggren, Ken Freedman, Erik Bünger, Douglas Benford, Christof Migone, BJNilsen, Andy Baio, Adam Thomas aka Preslav Literary School, Caroline Bergvall, Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza, Tapeworm, Brent Clough and The Night Air, Ilan Volkov, Nat Roe, Steven Ball, X41, The Long Now Foundation, Sharon Gal, Michael Ruby, Jonathan Leidecker, DJ/rupture, Gordon Monahan, Michael Cumella aka MAC, Lloyd Dunn and nula, DDDJJJ666, and Kenneth Goldsmith.. Thematic playlists run throughout from "Acconci" to "ZzzŠ" programmed by Vicki Bennett. Although the theme is Slowness, we urge you to get over there now and have a listen!

Listen to Radio Boredcast http://wfmu.org/playlists/zz Co-commissioned by AV Festival http://avfestival.co.uk and BASIC.fm http://basic.fm Vicki Bennett http://peoplelikeus.org/boredcast.html Blog entry http://www.avfestival.co.uk/blog/2012/02/19/radio-boredcast-presents
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Joining Jeffrey Davison on the Shrunken Planet on Saturday, July 7th from 6-9am: Singer-songwriter Meg Baird is a member of the band Espers and also half of the Baird Sisters with sister Laura. Meg has released two gorgeous solo LPs, "Dear Companion", and "Seasons on Earth". As a singer, she will call to mind some of the greats of both the American and UK folk tradition. As a guitarist, she is quiet yet dazzling. She moves effortlessly between her own poetic songs and covers, making them indelibly hers. Tune in!