Episode #175: Old Shows and Ticket Stubs: Wreck Your Own ...
Mxter Baba·2026-05-26·via WFMU's recent playlists
Listener comments!
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8:41am
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[wanders in, rubbing eys and yawning] I guess the snacks aren’t ready yet, I’ll go nap in a hammock while the Adventure gets ready to launch…
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8:51am
Wendy del Formaggio:
Greetings, Wrecking Crew! It's raining pretty hard here at the Bellows Falls Yacht Club. We have umbrellas, but the cabin boys are hanging out indoors, getting snacks ready. Have a seat.
Most of their reading is the NETFLIX menu, so it probably doesn't matter. Me and the Oxford punctuation plan on retiring together up north somewhere, since no one wants us anyway
I also enjoyed the newsletter: Concert ticket stub time machine
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9:44am
Hunterian:
I’m just tuning in and now see that I’ve missed other cuts from this fine album, I’ll have to catch them later in the archive. Good morning Wendy and crew!
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10:01am
DavidCourtney:
No, In all seriousness, I too do not care for them. I have a particular liking for semicolons when the independent clauses are very closely related. Otherwise it is a full-stop for me.
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10:02am
DavidCourtney:
Sometimes I feel like the last human on earth who likes semicolons
I love semi-colons; I use them often, albeit not always correctly.
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10:06am
StringOFperils:
I think there's a no sanity rider. If there's sanity, no one even shows up. We have a very weird social contract on this tour.
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10:07am
DavidCourtney:
One interesting thing. In Hindi within any short sentence or clause, you can rearrange the order of the words, and it does not change the meaning. However the clause is a boundary through which words cannot be transposed without changing the meaning of a sentence.
Same here, though I had trouble deciding if this wonderful set was telling me to stay in bed or to finally get up. Ultimately, the warm shower beckoned…
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10:36am
Alex from Media:
Really loving the mood of the show today Wendy!
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Song:
"Sharevari (Instrumental)" by "A Number of Names"
The Dirtbombs did a great cover
11:45am
Kat in the chat:
I hear you, Sandy. I went several times in the last decade, in my middle-aged raver phase. I don’t expect to be back, but I’m indelibly stamped by my Detroit experiences (visited a few non-festival times too).
11:48am
Kat in the chat:
Yeah the Dirtbombs did a whole album of Detroit techno covers, Party Store. I have it on vinyl. Some tracks work better than others, but Shari Vari is a good one.
Crunchy Dippers and the Cheese Dips (your backup dancers)
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11:56am
pot8o:
having done drag before, you do both queen and king and see which one you feel more comfortable doing
11:56am
Parq:
Hi, Wen. Catching the tail end live, and will hear the rest tonight. Good wishes on ya!
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11:56am
Rich in Washington:
<listened since the start but stupidly left my phone off the charger so had been attempting to comment/follow playlist on a janky, slow-ass Alcatel tablet I bought from an estate sale.>
(in my personal opinion, being a drag king was more fun, but my drag king persona was way more fleshed out, gonna try to host the campus drag show as him, a lounge singer who came back from the dead a little wrong)
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11:58am
pot8o:
(or basically zombie frank sinatra)
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11:58am
Mxter Baba:
Om Nom Nom Nonbinary Burlesque are a (Bay Area) all nonbinary troupe of drag/burlesque/circus/kink performers who smash the conventions of all of the above!
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11:59am
Yvang:
Thanks Wendy for the hypnotic tunes!
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11:59am
Hunterian:
An especially great show today, Cap'n Wendo, hat tip and danke schön!
Listener comments!
: [wanders in, rubbing eys and yawning] I guess the snacks aren’t ready yet, I’ll go nap in a hammock while the Adventure gets ready to launch…
Wendy del Formaggio: Greetings, Wrecking Crew! It's raining pretty hard here at the Bellows Falls Yacht Club. We have umbrellas, but the cabin boys are hanging out indoors, getting snacks ready. Have a seat.
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Mxter Baba @8:41
Dang, buddy! You're awake early!Alex from Media: Good morning Wendy and wrecking crew!
Alex from Media: That is one power ticket stub display!
kev: Hi
Yvang: Good Morning, Wendy and freeformaggios!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @8:52
Hi there, Wendy!Andrew in Toronto: Greetings, Yvang!
pot8o: hi everyone!
Your Ace From Exchange Place: @DJ Wendy.
Yoo nice!
Yvang:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @9:01
Bonjour Andrew!DavidCourtney: Good day folks, David in Houston here. It is unusually early for me.
Yvang: ...other porpoises...
Yvang:
↳ Song: "Expressive Sounds" by "No Artist"
Number nine, number nine...StringOFperils: 1.Cheese curds
2. really old Parmesan
3. Havarti
4. Manchego
5. Cheese Whiz
6. Romano
7. some kind of sheep product
8. Reggiano
9. bog oak
10. Guinness cheddar
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ StringOFperils @9:10
you win!StringOFperils: Thanks for the melon ball. I will always treasure this
Wendy del Formaggio: #15 sounds like the old Hellfire Club.
StringOFperils: This is sound I need to hear. Drown's out the military tattoos with sweet honey and flowers
StringOFperils: stupid rogue apostrophe....grrrr
Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning to...
StringOFperils
Yvang
DavidCourtney
Your Ace from XC Pl.
pot8o
Andrew in Toronto
kev
Alex from Media
Mxter Baba
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Your Ace From Exchange Place @9:02
Meeee nice!Mxter Baba: It isn’t easy to get out of hammocks. Greetings, Wendokins and Wreckers all! WFMU = Wrecker Formaggio Mutants Unite!
Mxter Baba: I’m still waking up…again.
Karl:
↳ Song: "Factory Dream" by "Mountain Movers"
JamMxter Baba:
↳ StringOFperils @9:10
SOpkins—you’re making me hungry over here!Mxter Baba:
↳ StringOFperils @9:16
a friend of mine wants to write a children’s book called “The Superfluous Apostrophe” heeStringOFperils: The semi-colon usually gets saddled with that epithet. Poor little guy
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Karl @9:25
Sure is. Hi Karl!(Mr) Bill: Patti Smith and Television at the Roseland Ballroom. Please, please take me back to 1984 (literally, not metaphorically as now),.
WR: Hello Wendy and folks.
Bas NL: Hi Wendy and all!
Andrew in Toronto:
↳ WR @9:28
Greetings, WR!Alex from Media: Calling Dr Moreau...
StringOFperils: Sounds like a team sport locker room.
Aphidface: Good morning everyone and thank you Wendo for this marvelous Darkside Whiteside which is just a delight!
Mxter Baba:
↳ StringOFperils @9:28
Folx don’t learn how to apply the semicolon these days——everyone uses dashes!Mxter Baba:
↳ (Mr) Bill @9:28
at least MTV would still be all music videos still—I don’t think I ever saw Patti Smith on MTV, thoughMeg: This is weirrrrrd.
The people love weird.
Hi Wendy!!!!
Mxter Baba:
↳ Meg @9:36
Weird day to you, Megkins!StringOFperils:
↳ Mxter Baba @9:35
Most of their reading is the NETFLIX menu, so it probably doesn't matter. Me and the Oxford punctuation plan on retiring together up north somewhere, since no one wants us anywayYvang:
↳ Song: "Cave calls - Bat calls, stalactites, water drippi...
🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇WR:
↳ Andrew in Toronto @9:31
Hi Andrew.Great selection of concert ticket stubs, Wendy. Your newsletter email summaries of attending was very entertaining.
Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning to...
(Mr) Bill
WR
Bas NL
Aphidface
Meg!
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ WR @9:38
Thanks, WR. I enjoyed writing it.Mxter Baba:
↳ StringOFperils @9:37
May all of your ellipses be punctual…Mxter Baba: OK, must make chai now. I am obsessed with a locally crafted chai
Hunterian:
↳ Song: "Cave calls - Bat calls, stalactites, water drippi...
An old favorite!StringOFperils:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @9:39
I also enjoyed the newsletter: Concert ticket stub time machineHunterian: I’m just tuning in and now see that I’ve missed other cuts from this fine album, I’ll have to catch them later in the archive. Good morning Wendy and crew!
Feldy: Hi Wendy!
Feldy: I love looking at people’s ticket collections
Feldy: Hey SOp, WR, Mxter Baba
StringOFperils: Adam! Nice to see you, my friend.
(Mr) Bill:
↳ Mxter Baba @9:35
I can live with slip-ups with the subtleties of semicolon/dash usage. I cannot abide comma splices.StringOFperils: I'm hot for Sporty splice
DavidCourtney:
↳ (Mr) Bill @9:51
I know what you mean, I too don't like them, and others?Andrew Waterloo: snack: banana and a hanful of Peanut Lovers trail mix
pot8o:
↳ Song: "Wendy, at Your Seance I Became Boz Scaggs (Wreck ...
the funniest part of this song is that boz scaggs is still alive and touringKevin-san: Just tuning in and belatedly reporting one asiago bagel w/schmear as snackage
StringOFperils: Split infinitives are such a drag man
Alex from Media: French toast for breakfastsnack.
pot8o: a cookie
DavidCourtney: I just had a full American traditional breakfast. This something that I almost NEVER do.
(Mr) Bill:
↳ DavidCourtney @9:55
Irony duly noted and appreciated.pot8o: also on the pic on the playlist page, 2 are on the nww list (kraftwerk and faust)
(Mr) Bill:
↳ DavidCourtney @9:57
Hence, you are now a full American.DavidCourtney: No, In all seriousness, I too do not care for them. I have a particular liking for semicolons when the independent clauses are very closely related. Otherwise it is a full-stop for me.
DavidCourtney: Sometimes I feel like the last human on earth who likes semicolons
(Mr) Bill:
↳ StringOFperils @9:53
The Splice Girls. I'm lovin' it.StringOFperils:
↳ DavidCourtney @10:01
That is correct usage; the clauses must be related thoughts.Rich in Washington:
↳ Song: "Luminescence" by "Ocoeur"
This am purdy(Mr) Bill:
↳ StringOFperils @10:03
An exemplar of semicolon usage. There is no sanity clause.Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ DavidCourtney @10:02
I love semi-colons; I use them often, albeit not always correctly.StringOFperils: I think there's a no sanity rider. If there's sanity, no one even shows up. We have a very weird social contract on this tour.
DavidCourtney: One interesting thing. In Hindi within any short sentence or clause, you can rearrange the order of the words, and it does not change the meaning. However the clause is a boundary through which words cannot be transposed without changing the meaning of a sentence.
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Rich in Washington @10:04
YES.Guten morgen, Richard! (I am pronouncing your name like the NPR DJs do when they play a Strauss or a Wagner tune.)
Wendy del Formaggio: Goooood morning to:
Hunterian
Feldy
Andrew Waterloo
Kevin-san
Ricardo in WA
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ (Mr) Bill @10:05
Of course there's no sanity clause! I've seen "A Night at the Opera." I've also heard it.Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Song: "Part One" by "Glasspack"
These fellas performed at my music fest last year. The entire room was mesmerized.StringOFperils: No Virginia, there is no Sanity Clause.
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ StringOFperils @10:12
What's her name? Virginia Plane.StringOFperils: One degree removed form the prior Eno nod
StringOFperils: Form the prior Eno nod. Toad the wet sprocket. Cry havoc and let those dogs out
(Mr) Bill:
↳ Song: "A Rainbow in Curved Air" by "Terry Riley"
It's more than teenage wasteland.Kat in the chat: I was going to stay quiet today on chat but I cannot not say thank you for Rainbow in Curved Air, Wendy. Good day to all.
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ (Mr) Bill @10:27
Haha, yes, a wee bit more.Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Kat in the chat @10:28
Haha, I had a feeling this would draw you out of hiding, Kat.<3
Kat in the chat: And out of bed. I slept atypically late.
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Kat in the chat @10:32
Yay for sleeping late!Hunterian:
↳ Kat in the chat @10:32
Same here, though I had trouble deciding if this wonderful set was telling me to stay in bed or to finally get up. Ultimately, the warm shower beckoned…Alex from Media: Really loving the mood of the show today Wendy!
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Alex from Media @10:36
Thanks, Alex. :-)1MT: Hi Wendy! Greetings, everyone... I like this curved air
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ 1MT @10:43
1MT! This curved air likes you, too.1MT: I feel enveloped and refreshed by it...
djnogoodnick: Hi Wendy and Adventurers!! Hope you're all well on this holiday Monday.
(Mr) Bill:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @10:45
I like how the sound waves themselves curve the air. I like the title "A Rainbow in Curved Air" for its relativistic overtones.Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ djnogoodnick @10:56
djnogoodnick! So nice to see your name pop up. Hope you're doing well.wimpy: hi folks! feels good to be able to listen to wendy’s show in bed again
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ wimpy @11:16
wimpy! I hope you're comfy.wimpy: ohhh yeah i am, thanks! currently deciding what to do for my birthday, which is today
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ wimpy @11:18
YAY! Happy Birthday!<3
djnogoodnick:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:09
So nice to hear you! Loving the dreamy tones..Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ djnogoodnick @11:19
<31MT:
↳ Song: "Dreamy Days" by "Corps Diplomatique"
love this!wimpy:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:18
thanks!Alex from Media:
↳ Song: "Moscow Diskow (Orig. 12" Version)" by "Telex"
Wondering aloud if any disco covers of Eno exist.Wendy del Formaggio: Can anyone guess what I'm going to play next?
Bas NL:
↳ Song: "Moscow Diskow (Orig. 12" Version)" by "Telex"
I love this release, Do You Have the Force? Vol. 2Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Bas NL @11:26
Me too. There's so much good stuff on this comp.Kat in the chat: Never noticed how much Shari Vari borrowed from this
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Kat in the chat @11:26
Good point. Me neither.pot8o:
↳ Song: "A Rainbow in Curved Air" by "Terry Riley"
NWW LIST!!!Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ pot8o @11:39
YAY!pot8o:
↳ Song: "Trans-Europe Express / Metal on Metal" by "Kraftw...
NWW LIST!!!! (again!)Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ pot8o @11:40
YAY!Sandy: These tunes helping my Detroit weekend fomo :)
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Sandy @11:42
Haha, glad to help, Sandy!fred:
↳ Song: "Sharevari (Instrumental)" by "A Number of Names"
The Dirtbombs did a great coverKat in the chat: I hear you, Sandy. I went several times in the last decade, in my middle-aged raver phase. I don’t expect to be back, but I’m indelibly stamped by my Detroit experiences (visited a few non-festival times too).
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ fred @11:45
fred! ooh, I'll have to look that one up.Mxter Baba:
↳ Feldy @9:49
greetings, feldykins!Sandy:
↳ Kat in the chat @11:45
A bindle of memories I don't mind haulin forward!Kat in the chat: Yeah the Dirtbombs did a whole album of Detroit techno covers, Party Store. I have it on vinyl. Some tracks work better than others, but Shari Vari is a good one.
pot8o:
↳ Song: "Etel" by "Body Meπa"
4/4 wearing 3/4 as a disguise (123 123 12)pot8o:
↳ pot8o @11:48
(rated x by miles davis does the same thing, as well as the second half of easy money by king crimson)Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ pot8o @11:49
And this is why you are our Prof. pot8o!Kat in the chat: https://thedirtbombs.bandcamp.com/album/party-store
(Mr) Bill: Thank you for the shimmering show, Wendy.
Mxter Baba: I may regret this, but my snack was Hors d’œuvre Breakfast; pub cheese and artichoke dips with crunchy dippers.
Alex from Media: Thank you Wendy! Such a nice show to be home for and hear on the speakers. (Neighbors' opinions may vary.)
Mxter Baba: (did I use the semicolon correctly???)
Wendy del Formaggio:
↳ Mxter Baba @11:52
"Crunchy Dippers" is my new drag name.Mxter Baba:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:53
Ahhhh yaaassssss kweeng!pot8o:
↳ Song: "Etel" by "Body Meπa"
ok, the second half of this track is incredible and if i had the funds i would've bought the record right nowKat in the chat: Hors d’œuvres Breakfast is kind of a holiday weekend thing
Hunterian:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:53
Careful, Princess, that name might stick!Mxter Baba:
↳ Kat in the chat @11:54
now that you mention it—thanks, Katkins in the chatkins!Rich in Washington: Thank you, Wendotron! Delightful show this morning!
pot8o: thanks wendy! have a great week everyone!
Kat in the chat: Oh dang, it’s almost noon! I might need Hors d’œuvres Lunch soon. Thank you Wendy!
Mxter Baba:
↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:53
Crunchy Dippers and the Cheese Dips (your backup dancers)pot8o: having done drag before, you do both queen and king and see which one you feel more comfortable doing
Parq: Hi, Wen. Catching the tail end live, and will hear the rest tonight. Good wishes on ya!
Rich in Washington: <listened since the start but stupidly left my phone off the charger so had been attempting to comment/follow playlist on a janky, slow-ass Alcatel tablet I bought from an estate sale.>
(Mr) Bill:
↳ Mxter Baba @11:52
Debatable, I would say. Your elegant and correct use of the ligature supersedes the semicolon question.pot8o:
↳ pot8o @11:56
(in my personal opinion, being a drag king was more fun, but my drag king persona was way more fleshed out, gonna try to host the campus drag show as him, a lounge singer who came back from the dead a little wrong)pot8o: (or basically zombie frank sinatra)
Mxter Baba: Om Nom Nom Nonbinary Burlesque are a (Bay Area) all nonbinary troupe of drag/burlesque/circus/kink performers who smash the conventions of all of the above!
Yvang: Thanks Wendy for the hypnotic tunes!
Hunterian: An especially great show today, Cap'n Wendo, hat tip and danke schön!
Bas NL: Thanks Wendy!
Mxter Baba: Thanks Wendokins!
StringOFperils: Much much much later......thank you. :)