Put The Needle On Telegraph Avenue, Part 3 Addis Ethiopia...
2026-05-23·via WFMU's recent playlists
Listener comments!
5:06pm
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back in Oakland CA today and coming live from 6100 Telegraph Ave.'s Addis Ethiopian & Eritrean Restaurant - Note that today's show is dedicated to Uncle Larry - Gigio's wife ZiZi’s uncle Larry who passed away this week was also a music lover Uncle Larry loved music and he worked at different record shops in Missoula, Montana & also at one point in his life was a radio DJ in Utah under the moniker "Professor RnB" Rest In Beats Uncle Larry
5:07pm
Billy Jam:
special super duper shout-out to WFMU's Scott Williams for saving the day and helping get this radio show's remote broadcast stream back up and running after it totally crashed earlier this week - Thanks Scott!
6:54pm
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R.I.P. my Unka Larry
& also R.I.P. hip-hop pioneer Rob Base who passed today @ 59 years old battling cancer.
6:54pm
Señor Gigio:
R.I.P. my Unka Larry
& also R.I.P. hip-hop pioneer Rob Base who passed today @ 59 years old battling cancer.
♥
7:08pm
Count d'Al Dente:
I just started watching the TeeVee series, Top Boy, and it has some great rap on the soundtrack, presumably a mix of Jamaican & London, musicians I'm not familiar with.
🎧♥
7:09pm
Eric the Hat:
Tup Billy, Homeboy, and condolences Gigio. Good evening all
7:10pm
Señor Gigio:
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Count d'Al Dente @7:08
I love that show! One of the dopest shows in the last decade… up there with BETTER CALL SAUL. Underrated show! Ozarks can take a seat
Listener comments!
: back in Oakland CA today and coming live from 6100 Telegraph Ave.'s Addis Ethiopian & Eritrean Restaurant - Note that today's show is dedicated to Uncle Larry - Gigio's wife ZiZi’s uncle Larry who passed away this week was also a music lover Uncle Larry loved music and he worked at different record shops in Missoula, Montana & also at one point in his life was a radio DJ in Utah under the moniker "Professor RnB" Rest In Beats Uncle Larry
Billy Jam: special super duper shout-out to WFMU's Scott Williams for saving the day and helping get this radio show's remote broadcast stream back up and running after it totally crashed earlier this week - Thanks Scott!
?: R.I.P. my Unka Larry
& also R.I.P. hip-hop pioneer Rob Base who passed today @ 59 years old battling cancer.
Señor Gigio: R.I.P. my Unka Larry
& also R.I.P. hip-hop pioneer Rob Base who passed today @ 59 years old battling cancer.
Deano de los Muertos: What up Billy Jam and Señor Gigio
Deano de los Muertos: RIP Larry
Ironside: RIP Uncle Larry and Rob Bass!
Ironside: Base*
Timi Dz Nuts: Check One Two Three...Once Again It's On The Record Like A Needle!!!
celeste: great vibe got the beat
Be Now Homeboy: Sorry for the losses
RIP!! Much love y'all
Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Greetings, Billy Jam and all! So happy to be able to tune in LIVE. Life been cray.
Be Now Homeboy:
↳ Song: "Addis Ababa" by "Lucy Boyz"
we gonna dance away the crazy of lifeCount d'Al Dente: I haven't been in Oakland for decades, since I went to this hat shop right by the Bart station to get a Basque beret.
DjLorraine: RIP Rob Bass
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:
↳ Señor Gigio @6:54
Pouring one out for Tio Larry. Pouring another out for Rob, whaaat.Señor Gigio:
↳ Deano de los Muertos @7:01
What up bro! Thank you!common: billy jam, all
Señor Gigio:
↳ Ironside @7:02
🙏🏼Señor Gigio:
↳ Chris in Kensington Bklyn @7:05
🙏🏼 bless 🆙Richy in da Sco: yo ptnotr fam ☃
Will thee SG OCNY: Good evening Billy Jam and all!!!
john_zilla: ROB BASE RIP
Count d'Al Dente: I just started watching the TeeVee series, Top Boy, and it has some great rap on the soundtrack, presumably a mix of Jamaican & London, musicians I'm not familiar with.
Eric the Hat: Tup Billy, Homeboy, and condolences Gigio. Good evening all
Señor Gigio:
↳ Count d'Al Dente @7:08
I love that show! One of the dopest shows in the last decade… up there with BETTER CALL SAUL. Underrated show! Ozarks can take a seatDjLorraine:
↳ DjLorraine @7:05
^ Base.I love ethiopian food. Especially the yellow beans, greens and that spongy bread made with teff 😋
Señor Gigio:
↳ Eric the Hat @7:09
🙏🏼Señor Gigio:
↳ DjLorraine @7:12
Poppin’Count d'Al Dente:
↳ Señor Gigio @7:10
Agree. Great script and acting. I'm just in the first season, 4th episode. ZeroZeroZero is also excellent, as is, Gomorrah: The Origins.Be Now Homeboy:
↳ Song: "Chisu" by "Teddy Yo, Lij Eyasu"
sweew !! DAMN!chresti: Hi Billy Jam And PTNOTRss!
Señor Gigio: I tossed back a glass of Ethiopian honey wine in the spot
Señor Gigio:
↳ Count d'Al Dente @7:13
WordIronside: Really digging the Ethiopian hip hop. Hope y’all are enjoying some great Ethiopian food there too!
celeste: are people dancing there? fantastic!
Señor Gigio: S/O Tom the Engineer
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:
↳ DjLorraine @7:12
Injera! Yeah I hear you.Señor Gigio:
↳ celeste @7:16
It’s not an all out dance affair lol but the Ethiopian folk are vibin thoBobby: Billy Jam!
Be Now Homeboy: 🔥🥦💨😶🌫️😶🌫️
Billy Jam: Bobby - Celeste and all else inc. Tom the engineer - shout out
DjLorraine:
↳ Señor Gigio @7:17
That's it! I couldnt remember the "j" in Injera.chresti: Naneye - ናንዬ by Lij Micheal
♦️⭐️♦️⭐️♦️⭐️♦️
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:
↳ Count d'Al Dente @7:05
I'm getting ready to cook dinner using the cast iron pans I bought 26 years ago at the Laney Flea Market. 3 pans for $4.50. They're gonna outlast me.Be Now Homeboy:
↳ Song: "Naneye - ናንዬ" by "Lij Micheal"
vibe'n all this .....chresti: mmm eithiopian food!
Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Billy Jam and gathering. 🇪🇹
isawyermusic: What's up Billy! great show
isawyermusic: Sending love from the Bronx!
chresti: 🎧Uncle Larry. 🎧
Be Now Homeboy: RIP Uncle Larry!
DjLorraine: Online the pictures of the restaurant and the employees is very inviting.
Señor Gigio: Here’s the music vid for “Not Da Controlla”
https://youtu.be/tuRgbRL_VjI
celeste: every tick tick tick- we're living it
Be Now Homeboy:
↳ Song: "Dead (feat. Jello Biafra & Olivia Jean)" by "Whee...
Wheelchair Sports Camp!!!!!Hardcore Love!
celeste: great show! hello ethiopia1
Be Now Homeboy: Ethiopian Hip Hop! <3
TY Billy Jam TY Everybody!
Be Now Homeboy:
↳ Song: "BuzzSaw (feat. 9th Prince & Timbo King)" by "Ras ...
going out hard!!! sweeeeew!!!Ken From Hyde Park: Look up pictures of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. A modern city. www.duckduckgo.com... 🌆
Chris in Kensington Bklyn: Thanks, Billy Jam, Señor Gigio and all!