Listener comments!

♥ 12:01pm
: Greetings Worst Artist, Thinkers ♥ 12:02pm
Handy Haversack: Afternoon, Worst Artist and all those of various qualities. ♥ 12:03pm
bradford: Hello Teddy & all! ♥ 12:03pm
Yes: Greetings daywalkers ♥ 12:03pm
unpopularfred: good afternoon, you've intrigued me with Messiaen, where do we go from here? ♥ 12:04pm
StringOFperils: Drop me at the corner of Worst and Best, and step on it...and if you change the radio to 91.1 I won't bore you with how I got here.   12:05pm
Jody P: I drink my diet dr. Pepper to this. Hello from the airport ♥ 12:05pm
Cemetery Dave: Howdy, folks ♥ 12:05pm
steveo: B'way L'yette [hello; ears are happy in a slightly melancholy way] ♥ 12:06pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Jody P @12:05

Soon to be flying high on Peyote Airlines!   12:06pm
manana: This is really nice... ♥ 12:07pm
steveo: autre jour, autre fin de temps ♥ 12:08pm
StringOFperils: Tristement   12:09pm
manana: Oof, g'luck finding coffee ♥ 12:10pm
steveo: maybe milano's has a mountain dew ♥ 12:13pm
steveo: gettin' partchy with it   12:13pm
David hull: Wow amazing Harry parch on the radio I love him!!!! ♥ 12:13pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Exordium: The Beginning of a Web" by "Harry Partch"

Hi from Henry of the American Festival of Microtonal Music. ♥ 12:13pm
TDK60: Hello W.A.
Harry! ♥ 12:14pm
Webhamster Henry: You can throw in a little Angine de Poitrine to liven up the set afterward. ♥ 12:14pm
Cemetery Dave: Love Partch's music. ♥ 12:22pm
Sharky: Same... SRU of PA 1993ish ♥ 12:23pm
-жеи: Was the freaky Robert Ashley piece "Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon?" 12:25pm
bompf: Lit   ♥ 12:25pm
Harry Corvair: Julius Eastman? Femenine? OH HELL YES!! ♥ 12:25pm
Mick: Hail and well met Worst Artist - fantastic start! ♥ 12:26pm
Devin B.:

↳ -жеи @12:23

That's the really freaky deaky one ♥ 12:28pm
Mick:

↳ Cemetery Dave @12:14

David W treated us to some Partch on Ridgewood Radio yesterday too   ♥ 12:28pm
Robini: i'm enjoying talking hour with worst artist very much   ♥ 12:32pm
Harry Corvair:

↳ Song: "No. 1: Prime" by "Julius Eastman"

Settling in. ♥ 12:33pm
maestroso:

↳ Song: "No. 1: Prime" by "Julius Eastman"

I really love this piece. ♥ 12:33pm
Yes: this is very nice   ♥ 12:35pm
Harry Corvair:

↳ Harry Corvair @12:32

Getting ready to rock. ♥ 12:35pm
steveo:

↳ Harry Corvair @12:35

I salute you. ♥ 12:36pm
Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from not quite drizzle Tannersville DJWA.
ooo we get two movements! wild.   12:37pm
Marie de Chicago: Hi! This reminds me of Terry Riley, “the City” or something like that….   ♥ 12:37pm
Harry Corvair:

↳ maestroso @12:33

Saw a live performance at Ithaca College pre pandemic. Life changing. ♥ 12:37pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

↳ Song: "Quatuor pour la fin du temps: V. Louange à l'Éter...

= Quartet for the End of Time: V. Hymn to the Eternity of Jesus ♥ 12:38pm
Webhamster Henry: Thanks for the Eastman! ♥ 12:39pm
steveo: relaxing in my chaise louange ♥ 12:40pm
Rev. Turnip Druid: Who has carrot cake?   12:43pm
Col Jazz: Heard this piece live at Big Ears a couple of months ago. Life changing! ♥ 12:46pm
Listener Bop Monroe: apple oatmeal cookie, rev. i'll share. ♥ 12:50pm
Rev. Turnip Druid: almost a Don Cherry riff, here.   12:50pm
Andrew in Toronto: Hi, steveo! ♥ 12:51pm
Listener Bop Monroe: ok thats a new one.

one of the workers banged on my door to see if i was having a medical emergency because "the music was stuck! who would listen to that!?"
i had to turn it way down again....

WELL DONE DJWA!!
;-)

♥ 12:52pm
Listener Bop Monroe: can't stop laughing...!!!

\m/,

♥ 12:53pm
Rev. Turnip Druid: I recommend WFMU to set the mood for all medical emergencies. ♥ 12:53pm
Hunterian:

↳ Listener Bop Monroe @12:52

That's pretty hilarious ♥ 12:54pm
Listener Bop Monroe: that wasn't covered in Ken and Andy's film last nite. ♥ 12:55pm
Listener Bop Monroe: still enjoying this, just much much lower. ♥ 12:56pm
Listener Bop Monroe: good crew, looking out for me ♥ 12:57pm
steveo: hello, Andrew 12:57pm
Avspuk:

↳ Song: "No. 5: All Changing" by "Julius Eastman"

Full lot traceability template   12:57pm
nadia h: That was a really dramatic legal ID! ♥ 12:58pm
Barney Grubbs: very nice--first heard Julius Eastman through dj/rupture / Jace Clayton's interesting 2013 remix project (released shortly after his great wfmu show Mudd Up! ended): jaceclayton.bandcamp.com... ♥ 12:59pm
steveo: suh-lah oh-see pah-suh-rah. ♥ 1:03pm
Listener Bop Monroe: great strong 1st hour.
thank you DJWA. ♥ 1:06pm
Philly Pete:

↳ Song: "No. 6: Increase" by "Julius Eastman"

This is some good stuff. Making my brain feel good.   1:07pm
Erik dwells VT:

↳ Rev. Turnip Druid @12:40

… yea!😋 & while at it, a generous slice of the Butter Rum Cake please 🤤 - enhances the listening experience! ♥ 1:12pm
regina j: I'm just tuning in now, and I'm so bummed that I missed what looks to be a glorious set, but I look forward to listening on the archive. ♥ 1:17pm
unpopularfred: an unexpected treat to hear this piece this afternoon   1:17pm
RecessionWretch: The monomania of this Eastman piece taxes patience at times, yet it's also pretty glorious. Thanks for introducing us to it! ♥ 1:18pm
Listener Bop Monroe: jeez i've invested *this much time* into it.
wonder how and if it ends. ♥ 1:19pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

↳ Song: "No. 8: Be Thou My Vision (Mao Melodies)" by "Juli...

got my answer. it's no....   1:19pm
teddyrosen: you guys we're so close to the end don't give up now ♥ 1:19pm
unpopularfred:

↳ RecessionWretch @1:17

glorious monomania indeed ♥ 1:20pm
Listener Bop Monroe: 1:20 somewhere   1:23pm
Eliot: Truly uplifting musical bouquet! ♥ 1:25pm
joe mulligan:

↳ Barney Grubbs @12:58

Mudd Up was a great show! Miss dj/rupture   1:28pm
Dan in Philadelphia: Great! ♥ 1:28pm
Listener Bop Monroe: i think it may have been the Hound who said "If you can't say it in 2 minutes 20 seconds, your song's too long."
;-)
that's my M.O.   1:30pm
florida: wham bam thank you maam   1:30pm
Ochre Ogre: Great, listening to this while doin artwork!   1:31pm
pacific palisades ca: Thx for introducing me to Eastman. Quite a story. ♥ 1:31pm
Listener Bop Monroe: so does Mr E get one or ten BMI citations for playing this here piece?   ♥ 1:32pm
Harry Corvair:

↳ Song: "No. 10: Pianist Will Interrupt Must Return" by "J...

THANK YOU SO MUCH DJ WORST ARTIST!!! ♥ 1:32pm
regina j:

↳ pacific palisades ca @1:31

Heartbreaking, isn't it? I didn't know anything about him until my youngest (who was a conservatory student at the time) introduced me to his music and his story. Such a beautiful composer, and such a tragic life.   1:32pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Listener Bop Monroe @1:28

HA! Sounds like Jim ♥ 1:34pm
StringOFperils: Thanks. Worth the listening investment ♥ 1:34pm
rf: that was great thank you dj ♥ 1:34pm
Cemetery Dave: Gonna be away from the board for some cribbage. Ears will still be open. Great music for cards. ♥ 1:34pm
Listener Bop Monroe: ok... didn't know the back story

en.wikipedia.org...

  1:36pm
Panther: Black Sabbath!! ♥ 1:36pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

↳ Ochre Ogre @1:32

BA-aaawwwoooo!!!   1:36pm
Tim in Seattle: I have been tuned in all morning. 1:37pm
bompf: Yayyyyy 1:38pm
bompf: Imagine if the four seasons had the rothko paintings and this music Id eat there probably   1:39pm
Benway: Would like to go to the Rothko Chapel someday maybe   1:42pm
John the sailor: Wow such good radio only station that plays this stuff.. so cool. I'm a painter and it really gives me good vibes to paint to this. Thank you indeed. ♥ 1:42pm
Listener Bop Monroe: going to the Rothko Chapel and we'll never be lonely anymore   1:48pm
florida: Marvin ... 103.3 ♥ 1:50pm
drowsy: Great show - thank you Worst Artist! I was glad to have some classical in the afternoon. ♥ 1:52pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

↳ Song: "Rothko Chapel 3" by "Morton Feldman"

a little coral with the chorale in the corral ♥ 1:54pm
Listener Bop Monroe: A: A dire gyre wire choir tire.
Q: ? ♥ 1:54pm
regina j: What a treat this has been so far. Love. ♥ 1:55pm
Listener Bop Monroe: i'll stop now. ♥ 1:56pm
Rob (Jerzcity):

↳ Listener Bop Monroe @1:54

Q: What's that sonorous flotilla of steel-belted radials consist of? 1:56pm
bompf: Bop monroe is cooking ♥ 1:57pm
Listener Bop Monroe: oooh, i LIKE that!!! R(J) ♥ 1:58pm
TDK60: I'm glad to have some solid-color Feldman in modern hi-fi on this spirng afternoon. ♥ 1:59pm
Listener Bop Monroe: ...and do they play The Four Seasons, performing the 4 Seasons at The Four Seasons?
i'd eat there too, B.   2:00pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "Rothko Chapel 4" by "Morton Feldman"

These tracks make me think of Marc Rothko colors, oh wait... ♥ 2:00pm
Tommy in Neversink: The 90.1 reception has been terrible . I don't know that you guys did but today it got much better 2:01pm
bompf: Yeah ♥ 2:04pm
Listener Bop Monroe: good strong 2nd hour DJWA!
thank you, sir. ♥ 2:05pm
Listener Bop Monroe: into the 8-bit box we go! ♥ 2:06pm
Listener Bop Monroe: kinda FZ
:-)   2:07pm
Tim in Seattle: Classic underground Prog! ♥ 2:08pm
StringOFperils: Take that Wet Leg fans! ♥ 2:09pm
(mta) Tony: This is the musical vibe WFMU achieved its popularity with back in the early days of '67-'69. Extra long tracks, way out there, man, I'm lovin' it! ♥ 2:10pm
PaulRobeson1926: Good ♥ 2:13pm
Listener Bop Monroe: Nat Health T.Roads lyrics

genius.com...

♥ 2:15pm
Listener Bop Monroe: 14 mins it sez here.... ♥ 2:19pm
(mta) Tony: Listenr B seems to be ticking away the moments that are making up a dull day for him. DO SOMETHING! Haha   2:20pm
Tim in Seattle: We had KSHE in St. Louis that used to play really great Prog/Folk Psyche/Jazz Fusion during the early & mid 70's. Then they rigged out when Punk hit and they didn't know how to incorporate the great Post Punk bands. They are pretty lame these days. No more adventurous music. ♥ 2:20pm
Listener Bop Monroe: frittering the hours in an offhand way   2:21pm
eric hat: Dope ♥ 2:22pm
Listener Bop Monroe: actually buzzing around this 3 room apt and keeping the screen open.

yes the dope helps.

  2:23pm
eric hat: Lol ♥ 2:23pm
Listener Bop Monroe: sometimes i disappear for days.
in manic Board mode now past 48 hrs. ♥ 2:25pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

↳ Song: "Mental Medication" by "U.K."

Hello all. Making Dave Mandl proud!   2:25pm
eric hat: I know the state. For sure ♥ 2:28pm
Listener Bop Monroe: :-)

great stereo seperation on this!
Oh! Vangelis. of course.

  2:28pm
Tim in Seattle: Synergy "Phobos and Demos go to Mars" would fit nicely here. ♥ 2:29pm
StringOFperils: I stupidly sold that U.K. LP in 1977 or so, in my desperate attempt to escape bloated self-indulgent rock music. I bear my lack of discretion publicly and stand before you, the jury, accepting whatever fate you have in store for me. But NO pancakes. I hate those damn things.   2:29pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "Mental Medication" by "U.K."

John Wetton on vocals, that's why I was thinking early K Crimson. ♥ 2:30pm
StringOFperils: Bill Bruford too! ♥ 2:31pm
Listener Bop Monroe: a lot of local news broadcasts would use pieces of this, usually for Sports   2:34pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ StringOFperils @2:30

Yep, and Eddie Jobson on violin, Curved Air, Roxy Music...
Pancakes are like a sleeping pill. ♥ 2:36pm
Listener Bop Monroe: would waffles be ok? with a side of bacon? ♥ 2:38pm
TDK60:

↳ Song: "In the City of Red Dust [Original Fictions]" by "...

Jon Hassell, oh yeah, . . . ~ ` ♥ 2:39pm
StringOFperils: Depends. Do I get quinoa in there? Maybe some spelt flour? Can I have them on a platinum tray. At 3:45 a.m. EDT? With a double latte? Will someone read me Gregory Corso poems while I chow down and get syrup all over the bedclothes?   2:39pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Ochre Ogre @2:34

While still in Curved Air, Jobson, who was 16, became acquainted with Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry as their sisters shared a room in college. WIKI
16!! ♥ 2:42pm
Chris J: I first heard the Eastman piece on a WFMU show (Trouble? Fabio?) a few years ago. Love it! ♥ 2:42pm
glue_horizon: totally agree that sonic (and so many SEGA soundtracks) opened my ears to a new type of musical appreciation wrt jazz/prog adjacent fusion ♥ 2:44pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

↳ StringOFperils @2:39

Spelt? yes. of coarse. very coarse.
pancakes actually powered me through shoveling this winter several times.
yes, with a side of bacon and mucho coffee.

and except for houses, records are the only item i know that induce Seller's Remorse.
yay, i spell't spelt!

  2:46pm
Ochre Ogre: Hassell played at the WTC Winer Garden Atrium '90/91-ish? Eno was at the sound board. ♥ 2:47pm
egould: Really enjoyed listening to your music presentations Worst Artist. Great show.
Really enjoyed the silly comments Listener Bop Monroe. Entertaining. ♥ 2:48pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

↳ egould @2:47

:-)
the day isn't over yet. ♥ 2:48pm
Handy Haversack: Pretty freaky stuff.   2:49pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Ochre Ogre @2:46

Met both of them. Eno didn't shake my hand, he had a cold, Hassell gave me his address in LA ♥ 2:49pm
StringOFperils:

↳ Ochre Ogre @2:46

I saw them together at my art school in autumn '82, camped out on the floor of the lecture/hall-auditorium. There were just these tiered bleachers in there to sit on around them then. Pretty much Ambient 2. It was great to sit up so close to watch how they did it.   2:49pm
(honest) Bernardo from Argentine: Great show ! Thanks come back soon!   2:50pm
(honest) Bernardo from Argentine: It was pretty freaky ♥ 2:50pm
Listener Bop Monroe: he will!
SUNDAY OVERNIGHTS 3 to 6!!!
well done.   2:52pm
tranewreck: Thanks! A morning (west coast) well spent.   2:52pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ StringOFperils @2:49

Nice. The Buddist in me wants to flip that beetle over. :D ♥ 2:53pm
StringOFperils:

↳ Ochre Ogre @2:52

I know. I feel like it says I have some unholy fascist fascination with cruelty or something....O_O ♥ 2:54pm
glue_horizon: thanks worst artist! ♥ 2:54pm
bradford: Thank you, Worst Artist! ♥ 2:54pm
Soggy Donkey: perrrrffffect afternoon vibe -- from partch on. Thanks worst, dig the mellows ♥ 2:55pm
Handy Haversack: Thanks, WA! Real good time!   2:56pm
Ochre Ogre: Thanks DJ W. A., good freaky stuff! ♥ 2:57pm
Listener Bop Monroe: this was fun on several levels.
you are all always good company.
i got a lot accomplished away from the Board.

DJWA thank you for making the work crew downstairs come to my rescue from Julius Eastman!!

♥ 2:57pm
StringOFperils: Nice work, WA! Thanks!!! ♥ 2:59pm
Listener Bop Monroe: "the music was stuck! who would listen to that!?"

\m/,

♥ 2:59pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Mr. Worst. See you this summer. ♥ 3:03pm
(mta) Tony: @Listener B."
I will. I will listen to this show again. Nice trip baack in time for me!