Radio Ravioli: WFMU's Hellraiser, New and Old Favorites, Radio Row, and Food Reads
Dear Friend,
I’m testing out a monthly newsletter, featuring music suggestions, radio updates, link sharing, and more. I’ll be on the radio today from 3:01-6pm. Here’s a link to the playlist. Hope to see ya there!
Last week, Adriene from The Blind Tourist filled in for Radio Ravioli while I was out apple picking. She did a three hour show on music and sounds from the woods. Make sure you check out Adriene’s special show. Her mixes always inspire me to listen to my environment differently and take my mind to unexpected places. Listen here.
(I really did go apple picking last week! I got some Macouns, Galas, and Fujis. Here’s a picture of me and my mom. It was my first time seeing her this year and it was really special. We actually had a lot of plans this year to see more of each other this year, which all got halted because of COVID. With Fall / Winter coming into focus, it will probably be a while until I see her again, so I’m holding tight to this memory!)
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WFMU’s October Hellraiser
This month, WFMU is raising money to help keep the lights on for the rest of 2020. WFMU has been a huge source of comfort and release for me through this unrelenting year. If you feel the same and want to support completely independent, weirdo radio, then donate to WFMU here. The station is hosting a bunch of special programs throughout the whole month, including a partnership with the Tusk Festival, which usually takes place in the UK but is happening virtually this year. On October 12, I will be airing a live set from Nihiloxica as part of the Tusk Festival, along with an entire show of “traditional” meets “techno” international dance music. Tune in for three hours of solid, propulsive rhythms guaranteed to lift your spirits.
New/Old Favorites I’ve played on Radio Ravioli recently:
On August 31, I did a show with Rena Anakwe, featuring her project A Space For Sound, a scent and sound collage, and a DJ mix she created. Listen here.
Ekin Fil - Coda (Played on September 21)
LEENALCHI - SUGUNGGA (Played on September 7)
Model Home - One Year (Played on September 14)
Nihiloxica - Kaloli (Played on August 10 / September 21)
Sea Urchin - Natal Uranus, il corpo sotto la sabbia (Played on August 10)
Ana Tijoux - 1977 (Played on September 14)
Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Belkacem - Vous Et Nous (Played on September 21)
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (Played on September 14)
Radio Row
WFMU has a new visiting DJ hour called Radio Row, which I am helping organize. The show airs every Sunday from 5-6pm, with new folks presenting freeform mixes every single week. The show started on September 22 with Natalia Garzón. Listen to the first two shows here and here. Here’s what is in store for this month:
Oct 4 - The Lockdown with Lily Wen, broadcasting from Flatbush, BK aired yesterday. An hour's fill of accidental rock, hard slappers, future sounds + more. Heavy on bass & comforting on life. Listen to the archive here.
Oct 11 - Peter A., who regularly talks to artists about their craft on his podcast My Little Underground, will play (mostly) New York artists that you should be paying attention to.
Oct 18 - Musician, sound healer and all around spooky lady C. Lavender presents a mix harkening back to her days of occasionally co-hosting My Castle of Quiet on WFMU with William Berger (RIP). Featuring a ghoulish cauldron full of dark ambient, black metal, dungeon synth, horror film soundtracks, Halloween sound effects records and all around terrifying delights.
Oct 25 - DJ Abbie Minard presents her freeform mix!
Nov 1 - On Sunday, November 1, 2020, All Saints’ Day and Día de los Muertos Eve, DJ Despeinada, a Chicana spiritual activist from the borderlands of South Texas, will present a show entitled “Missing my Muertos.”
Book recommendations:
These two books I’ve been reading lately have really affected my soul. Funnily enough, both are food related.
Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes by Bryant Terry
Features really beautiful pictures of vegetables and inspiring ways to cook them. Plus, each recipe comes with song recommendation to listen to as you cook!
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
I just love the way he writes. He connects food, memory, ancestry, and landscape in a way I’ve never seen before, so that a plate of gumbo is much more than just a meal. It’s a lineage of people you know and could never know, stories both remembered and erased. It’s taking me a while to sift my way through it, but each page and description has stayed vivid in my mind.
Do you have any book recommendations? Let me know.
As always, feel free to check out my website for more audio goodies: www.radioyoucantaste.org.