Weekly music mix. New stuff from Mirah, Gus and the TV, and Modern Nature. Other fine musics that have aged a bit. #indiepop #artpop #singersongwriter www.mixcloud.com/wcrs/the-ear...

New: Kevin Morby, Altin Gũn, Charlotte Cornfield, The Outfit, Heavenly, and Special Friend #singersongwriter #indiepop #punk #indietronica www.mixcloud.com/wcrs/the-ear...

Is that an unstirred pot over there? Lemme see about that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New radio mix just dropped. Starts out loud and uptempo and then gets quiet. Sorta like my days anymore. #indierock #glam #singersongwriter

Thanks to @paulnini.bsky.social for the rebranding. In the coming weeks, I'm going to start banging on the doors of other community/public radio stations across the country to ask them to pick up my show via @prx.org and Pacifica. And it'll always be on @wcrsfm.org and @mixcloud.bsky.social

You know, when you think about it, practically every symphony orchestra is a cover band, and nobody busts their chops about it. #coverbands #music #musicsnobs

I got @wcrsfm.org , on @prx.org , the public radio exchange. I promptly published my latest radio show. If you're in the USA and have a local public station that needs some updating, bug them to add The Ear Opener. #communityradio #publicradio exchange.prx.org/pieces/60520...

Music for a world that is simultaneously on fire and covered with a foot of snow. Airs tomorrow night at 8 p.m. or right now at the link below. #communityradio

I still like making radio. Maybe I'll see you this weekend?

Pat previews the Nervosas show, which you best attend. Also Daikaijiu, Golomb, Automatic, and a half-hour of Scottish post-punk. www.mixcloud.com/wcrs/the-ear...

Pat previews this Saturday's Blockout Bash in Old North Columbus with Blockout organizers Joel Chastain and Bryan Kossmann. Several bands playing the fest are featured. Listen on demand below or tune in tonight at 8 p.m.

Pat says: New music from Gustaf, DANA, The Laughing Chimes, Wombo, Sorry, and Giant Day. And then 40 minutes of shaking a 7-disc various artists comp of Manchester bands from 1977-1993 to see what I haven't heard yet.

Never underestimate my levels of confusion & not giving a fuck.

I posted this by mistake to WCRS's account. But you get the idea. Music for your Tuesday evening. Gather the family around the wireless.

TL/DR: Eurovision is shit and I should stop investing any time and emotion into it. Jury voting insures that quirky/tongue-in-cheek acts don't win the contest, but popular vote results aren't much better. #eurovision2025 (1/3)

Glad Malta and Luxembourg made it. I was hoping for Ireland and I liked Australia's song, but their stage show was basically a magic act. Everything else, again, was sucksville. #eurovision2025

Estonia and Sweden advance, so all is right with the world. I also like Spain. The rest of the first-round qualifiers? M'eh. #eurovision2025

Folks in bands, organizations, etc, who regularly screen T-shirts. Where do you get your shirts? If you get 100 shirts, how many of them are S, M, L, XL, 2XL, etc.? Thank you. #tshirts #screenprinting #merch

Punk in East Germany contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall. An important read now in 2025 U.S.A. The repeated refrain throughout the book is "Don't die in the waiting room of the future." Sadly we just lost its author Tim Mohr, to pancreatic cancer. #punk #eastgermany #berlin

Cover versions tonight on the Ear Opener. Everything from Bobby Womack, Tom Tom Club, Magazine, and Lydia Lunch. And a sitar version of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". 8 p.m. tonight on @wcrsfm.org. Photo credit and link to listen on demand are below.

And now I must know about the ska goth alliance. social.growyourown.services/@FediGarden/...

Tonight at 8 p.m. on @wcrsfm.org First-wave post-punk. The Teardrop Explodes, Simple Minds, The Mo-Dettes, Minimal Compact, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. You get the idea. Link to listen right now is below, you impatient sons-of-bitches.

Why you should just be on Mastodon instead, part 942. #censorship techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...

R.I.P. David Thomas. #Crocus #Behemoth

Tonight at 8 p.m. on @wcrsfm.org New stuff from Wet Leg, Snapped Ankles, Kae Tempest, Steady Holiday, and the New Pornographers. Classics from vault that may be new to you as well. Link to listen on demand in the replies below, as well a note about this image.

I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.

Pateando traseros y tomando nombres.

Duh…try to keep up, Duolingo.

If you see two people happy together. Leave them alone.

This idjit is six years-old today. #pug #aprilfoolsbaby

Three years ago I discovered that one only needed to be 50 years-old to join the UA Senior Center Gym. Today is the last day for Skelly to watch over me as I sweat on the elliptical. Tomorrow I have to rub shoulders with (ugh) young people at the new community center at Kingsdale.

best things in life are all rhythmic

This week I started off with Japanese, Korean and Mexican guitar bands and then meandered into familiar territory, staying slavishly at 113 bpm. (w/ @wcrsfm.org ) #guitars #communityradio www.mixcloud.com/wcrs/the-ear...

New: Maria Somerville, Perdurabo, Demise of Love Classic: Wire, Tom Tom Club, New Young Pony Club, The Wolfgang Press, Ladytron, Minimal Compact Recurrent: City Parking, Wombo, Rare DM, The Knife, Saâda Bonaire, Kosmetika #pop #coldwave #indiedance #electronic #communityradio

The Flashes app, if you want Bluesky to look more like Instagram. #flashes #bluesky #lipstick #pig

This week's mix - New: Kim Deal, The Laughing Chimes, Horsegirl Classic: The dB's, The Clean, Felt, Lene Lovich Bonus: Stuff that only I like that will force you to hit the skip-ahead button. #jangle #newwave #electronic #communityradio www.mixcloud.com/wcrs/the-ear...

WCRS is participating in Music Columbus's Earn As You Learn program. Young people who are passionate about music, take note! 8-week internship that pays $15/hour for up to 20 hours a week. Application link below in the replies. #InternshipOpportunity #ColumbusOhio #EarnAsYouLearn

A couple weekends ago we stumbled upon these Dicodelicos sets on YouTube, and they're fantastic. We listened to Coco Maria last night. #latin #disco #dj #obscure

Mixed bag: Blur, Squeeze, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Tom Tom Club and plenty of other acts you may not have heard before. Open your ears, sip it slowly, savor the taste.

All I'm saying is the winner's right here. Don't even bother with all the other rounds. #eurovision #tommycash

One of the greatest scams ever, was convincing the middle class that they had more in common with the wealthy than the poor

Dolly Mixture's cover of "Femme Fatal" sets the tone, followed by tunes in the same harmonic family. So we get Lou Reed, The Feelies, Psychedelic Furs, Astrud Gilberto and younger bands like La Luz, Water From Your Eyes, and Goat Girl. Freeform radio will save your soul. #communityradio

#communityradio #streaming #podcasts #hobby #joy