Needs a sponsor: 1 grown, house trained @wfmu.bsky.social DJ. Can discuss throatsinging in concerning depth. Knows about (but can't) yodel. May try to discuss nar sur or umngqokolo, but doesn't bite. Can be adopted via $365 donation at www.flickr.com/photos/wfmu/...

Yes, in the early 90s I was in a cult that worshiped satellite transmissions.

At 8-9 ET, DJ Purple Haze & I will be joined by Roger from Double-Dip Recess to recruit new members of the Fryers Club during Week #1 of the 2026 WFMU Fundraising Marathon. Membership open to all! Just make a donation at pledge.wfmu.org/donate/VF & claim the life-changing perks of your new office!

On Tues 3/2 join me & Purple Haze + co-host Roger from Double Dip Recess as we give away prizes records and spin weird-vocal songs for donations to keep WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social going another year! Guaranteed fun or your hour back. Donate at pledge.wfmu.org/donate/VF!

Very Official Photographic Portraits from the Official Vaults of WFMU Nonprofit Industrial Complex Headquarters at Auricle Communications of Dan Bodah and Purple Haze of the @wfmu.bsky.social Radio Broadcast @vocalfry.bsky.social. Courtesy of Jean Schwarzwalder.

The FCC wants broadcasters to "promote national pride" by stuff like "daily broadcasts reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or playing the national anthem." What's more American than patriotic speech under duress? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

if i owned this brand name, i'd be monetizing it so much harder than they are.

As a sound artist, I'm happy to have just discovered this pile of historical recordings. With the new audio and machine learning tools available, I'm sure I can come up with something interesting. nixontapes.org/index.html

I marked the calendar early...

Jaap Blonk's @jaapblonk.bsky.social live session at WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social is on now at wfmu.org

This astounding ongoing work of art merges infinite variation w/simple, persistent discipline. The work is so vast that it's no longer feasible to experience it all; it is now as mysterious as humanity. In an era of billionaires & AI resource waste, Kita's art makes unimaginable quantity tangible.

Last week, in Kingston, NY:

Tune in to catch a performance & chat w/astounding Dutch sound poet Jaap Blonk @jaapblonk.bsky.social on Vocal Fry @wfmu.bsky.social at 8 on Tues 2/17/26 - livestream or via FM!

Did you miss the latest episode of Vocal Fry live? Listen on-demand now at @wfmu.bsky.social w/Purple Haze & many fried vocals wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

My poem "ferguson" is out in the new Scribeworth Magazine: www.flipsnack.com/7F5DEF5569B/... @scribeworth.bsky.social

"We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend." - Branson Reese

The Winter 2025/2026 @scribeworth.bsky.social Scribeworth Magazine came out today: www.scribeworth.com. There are wonderful poems & stories. Also my poem "ferguson," sadly still relevant 12 years after PO Darren Wilson killed Mike Brown. Sometimes you have to smash language to get to the truth.

Dada politics: youtu.be/qsU3w7JAQDg?...

At 8pm I'll be live on @wfmu.bsky.social serving deluxe Vocal Fry for all without discrimination on the basis of color, creed or coolness. Tune in for musical laughter, lowdown & uphigh extremes, hotdogs, weird scat, flute boxing & more weird vocals than anyone deserves: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Christmas postcard malediction from Charles Manson to Ed Sanders. I guess Charlie didn't love Sanders' 1971 "The Family: The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion." fromasecretlocation.com/other-docume...

Life in early 2026

🚨🚨The FDA *lowered* the RDA of VFM (Vocal Fry Music) *below* what young people's health & mental welfare demand!🚨🚨 Weak US teens no longer resist 👹demon👹 possession! Protect kids: force them to 📻listen📻 to Vocal Fry on @wfmu.bsky.social. Tonite at 8-9 ET - wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

It tears art directly from the gallery walls and chews it up in its insatiable maw, then spews the art onto the floor as moist, pulpy clumps of deranged, mutilated and ultimately ruined art... www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Issue 8 is OPEN FOR SUBS! Remix our works! Mind the Off Limits List: buff.ly/xboarlD Rules: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP Deadline: Jan 31 #writingcommunity #artistcommunity #collage #art #indiepublishing #indielit #litmag #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingprompt

"We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us." Old time programmers used the word 'pessimize' as the opposite of 'optimize.' I see that Tumblr has been Search Engine Pessimizing my main life project, One Million Faces Before I Die: renekita.tumblr.com

calming the waters with francis bebey, in aglow classical guitar mode. (never thought i'd cross paths with an original bebey LP but that's what the @wfmu.bsky.social record fair is for. it could happen to you!)

1. Borbetomagus 2. Diamanda Galás 3. Roy Campbell 4. Swans 5. Keiji Haino & Derek Bailey alt: 1. Selena Gomez 2. GWAR 3. Mitski 4. Mose Alison 5. Gillian Welch

tfw you are so busy chopping off heads & arms of your enemies that you accidentally slaughter your lover & dance in his corpse...so embarrassing!

Attn @vocalfry.bsky.social

Are you feeling rage, pain, angst + frustration in overwhelming waves? Is your news feed feeling like a schlocky dystopian horror flick w/bad writing? Vocal Fry cannot provide a cure but we can treat the symptoms with this ALL-SCREAMING episode from election night 2024. wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

This last Vocal Fry episode has some very fun & surreal moments, including when Tiny Tim sings "I've Got A Pain in my Sawdust" to an enthusiastic crowd that isn't really there. Listen for yourself! wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Sumerian & Akkadian texts describe many clergy & other temple staff whose roles have not been well understood. As more is unravelled, researchers see that "in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power." theconversation.com/not-just-eun...

Trudy Morse of the Sun Ra Arkestra’s 1993 letter to Phil Lesh seeking an opening slot for the group in 1993. Apparently the Grateful Dead flowed some money to Saturn?! Super cool. Wish they kicked Sting to the curb and had the Arkestra. (via the Sun Ra Appreciation Society)

Get ready to Fry tonite @wfmu.bsky.social at 8pm! wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Here's an account of traveling to Dani territory & attending a huge festival - 500 pigs roasted! The author only gives passing mentions of music but it's an interesting view into the Dani world & people. backpackingman.com/baliem-valle...

Very rare singing style: Dani throatsinging from New Guinea. A few short ethnographic recordings & some scant bits of info. (Link if you have more!) Overtone singer Wolfgang Saus put most of the videos, recordings, citations etc. in a post here. www.oberton.org/en/overtone-...

Finally, a take on hollerin' history that includes prehistoric cave paintings! Let the hollers ring out in the caverns under the mountains as well as the valleys! youtu.be/_PTK9AJ3OjQ?...

Hollerin': still going strong in 2015... youtu.be/qOLlJWEcM9U?...

Here's a look into the Nat'l Hollerin' Contest from the early years (1978) just before its 10th Anniversary with some great footage of especially beautiful hollers sung by the first champion... youtu.be/LZjXr1L6ItA?...

The Nat'l Hollerin' Contest has evolved over time...this 1988 video shows the VHS-era wonders of Hollerin' remain remarkably consistent through the years... youtu.be/QFMff1k8Nt4?...

The tiny town of Spivey's Corners has been hosting a national hollerin' contest since 1969. What the hell is hollerin'? Glad you asked! youtu.be/WiIh4jgnli4?...

BRING BACK YODEL-MOSH! Thee Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger & His Good Old Boys can get us kick-started! youtu.be/e_DKngA6B2w?...

I declare Martha law.

All the truly great radio DJs feel compelled to share yodels with their listeners. From legendary BBC host John Peel to Vocal Fry at @wfmu.bsky.social - yodeling's always The Right Choice. youtu.be/IG3P2fIeXKw?... #yodel #vocalfry #jodeln #WaltraudSteidl #BBCRadio1 #wfmu

Kishore Kumar (8/4/29–10/13/87) was a massive Bollywood star who sang in dozens of classic Indian films. Bollywood music is full of wild creativity, absorbing many styles to create something utterly new. Witness how Kishore brought Swiss-style yodeling to Indian pop!

Tim Storms sings at an extraordinary low register. At time his voice goes so low that it literally dips below hearing range. Mellifluous, rich, full of grit & passion, his voice is an extraordinary instrument at the limits of what the human voice can do.

"A record title that's stood for almost four years has been broken! Richard Fink IV pushes his lungs to the limit to regain his place..." - the longest time holding a single note! Wow. youtu.be/3XVRB76i9Bw?...

"As coprophiliacs, necrophiliacs & silent assassins, fungi are legion, & have been around for over a billion years." The exhibit "Fungi: Anarchist Designers" explores the many weird roles & powers of mushrooms. At Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, until 8 Aug 2026. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Listened to Bad Moon Rising, One Hundred Leaves & Rather Ripped in the car today - @thesonicyouth.bsky.social is the Beatles of my people.

WARNING: HIGH CUBE