List of WFMU hosts
The List of WFMU DJs is a partial listing of notable individuals, past and present, who have been disc jockeys on the Jersey City, NJ, radio station WFMU.
- Todd Abramson, former co-owner of music venue Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ and proprietor of the Telstar Records label[1]
- Michael D. Anderson (a.k.a. "The Good Doctor"), former musician in Sun Ra's Arkestra and Executive Director of the Sun Ra Music Archive[2]
- Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer, a.k.a. "weev," controversial media hacker and political commentator, formerly imprisoned for identity fraud and conspiracy[3]
- DA The DJ (Dave Amels), organist for the garage-rock band The Reigning Sound and co-founder of music technology companies Voce musical instruments and Bomb Factory Digital
- Vicki Bennett (aka People Like Us), experimental musician/recording artist[4]
- Your Host Bobby, experimental non-musician/found sound artist, former contributor to Big City Orchestra [5]
- Andy Breckman, creator of the USA Network TV series Monk, Hollywood screenwriter,[6] former comedic folk singer, and former writer for Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live[7]
- Laura Cantrell, Matador Records recording artist[8]
- Bronwyn Carlton, comic-book writer (Catwoman, The Big Book of Death, The Books of Faerie)[9]
- Andy (Andrew) Cohen, Associate Editor of Newsweek[10]
- Gerard Cosloy, cofounder of Matador Records,[11] former manager of Homestead Records, and publisher/editor of Conflict magazine
- Irwin Chusid, author (Songs in the Key of Z, and four books about artist Jim Flora) and record producer (Raymond Scott, Esquivel, The Langley Schools Music Project, etc). Chusid is a leading authority in the realms of incorrect and outsider music.[12]
- Michael Cumella, a.k.a. MAC, Host of the Antique Phonograph Music Program since 1995.
- Evan "Funk" Davies, the longest-lasting drummer for seminal new-wave band The Cosmopolitans and current Director of Business and Operations for Digital Media at VH1[citation needed]
- Dennis Diken, drummer for The Smithereens, record producer, music historian[13][14]
- DJ /Rupture (Jace Clayton), musician, DJ, writer, and producer
- Danny Fields, former manager of The Ramones and The Modern Lovers[15]
- George Flores, hosted The David & Goliath Show from 1976–1994, now a top-rated DJ in Christian radio (currently with STAR 99.1fm)
- Jason Forrest, aka Donna Summer, electronic-music recording artist
- Kenneth Goldsmith (air name: Kenny G), author, UbuWeb founder, conceptualist, Dadaist, journalist, exhibitionist, Poet Laureate of the Museum of Modern Art,[16] and professor at the University of Pennsylvania[17]
- Kurt Gottschalk hosts Miniature Minotaurs, author and music journalist
- Jason Grote (co-host of WFMU's The Acousmatic Theater Hour), playwright and television writer (Smash, Mad Men)[18]
- Keili Hamilton host of "Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keili" and youngest DJ in WFMU history[19]
- Dave Hill, comedian, actor, musician with the bands Cobra Verde, Sons of Elvis, and Valley Lodge.
- Billy Jam, Hip Hop Slam founder[20]
- Jesse Jarnow, journalist and author of Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock (Gotham Books, 2012)
- Glen Jones, held the world record for the longest continuous radio broadcast by an individual (over 100 hours, set May 28, 2001)[21]
- Ira Kaplan, singer and guitarist for Matador recording artists Yo La Tengo, and former rock journalist
- Monica Lynch, longtime president of Tommy Boy Records and A&R advisor for Queen Latifah and Martina McBride[22]
- Dave Mandl, writer and editor (Semiotext(e)/Autonomedia, The Wire, The Brooklyn Rail)[citation needed]
- Jeff Mangum, founder and frontman of Neutral Milk Hotel[23]
- R. Stevie Moore, Nashville-born pioneer of DIY home recording[24]
- Frank O'Toole, former guitarist for the band Speed the Plough
- Douglas Rushkoff, New York–based writer, columnist, and lecturer on technology, media, and popular culture[25]
- Nachum Segal, host of Jewish Moments in the Morning[citation needed]
- Vin Scelsa, longtime NYC broadcaster who has hosted shows on WNEW-FM, WLIR, WBAI, WABC-FM, WPLJ, WXRK, and WFUV[26]
- Tom Scharpling, writer and executive producer of the TV series Monk,[27] and music video director
- Michael Shelley, singer/songwriter with five LPs, runs the Confidential Recordings label[citation needed]
- Steve Stein (a.k.a. Steinski), influential hip hop sampler and mixmaster[28]
- Thomas Storck owner/founder of the Bunkerpop Records label [29]
- Irene Trudel, engineered Jeff Buckley's first radio broadcasts and Daniel Johnston via phone with Yo La Tengo on Nicholas Hill's Music Faucet, Technical Director for WNYC's Soundcheck.
- Chris Tsakis (a.k.a. Chris T), host of the Sirius radio call-in show Freewheelin' with Meredith Ochs and Chris T.
- Amedeo Turturro, founder of the comic book magazine INK [30]
- Matt Weingarden a.k.a. Mr. Fine Wine, internationally known soul DJ & CD compiler[citation needed]
- Wildgirl (b. Ericka Peterson), Hot Rod Diva and creator of the popular "Go-Go-Rama" shows[citation needed]
- Douglas Wolk, writer and Dark Beloved Cloud record label owner
- Bill Zebub (a.k.a. "Professor Dum-Dum"), publisher of the quarterly death metal magazine The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds and director of an extensive catalog of independent films[31]
References
- ^ Telstar Records info page
- ^ Sun Ra Archives
- ^ AT&T Hacker ‘Weev’ Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison, Wired magazine, March 18, 2013
- ^ Cooper, Neil (July 2, 2010). "People Like Us celebrate record cover art in Prints of Darkness". The List. Edinburgh.
Bennett's ongoing weekly podcasts for art radio station WFMU, ' Do or DIY', meanwhile, are legend.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Production Bios - Andy Breckman
- ^ Matador Records Bio
- ^ "Bronwyn Carlton Wed in Brooklyn". New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. location = New York. March 18, 1991.
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- ^ About.com: History of Matador Records
- ^ Projects page at WFMU.org
- ^ http://www.officialsmithereens.com/dikenprj/ddproduc.html
- ^ Interview with Diken about drumcraft
- ^ Interview with Danny Fields at Stay Thirsty Media
- ^ An Interview With MoMA's First Poet Laureate, Kenneth Goldsmith
- ^ UPenn Bio
- ^ Jason Grote c.v. at New Dramatists
- ^ http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/breaking/56285/
- ^ Introduction to hiphopslam.com
- ^ Picture of Jones' Guinness World Record certificate
- ^ "Queen Latifah to release The Dana Owens Album," MusicRemedy.com, September 10, 2004
- ^ Jeff Mangum page at WFMU.org
- ^ "I Am NJ" NJ.com
- ^ Douglas Rushkoff bio
- ^ Idiot's Delight homepage at WFUV.org
- ^ "In Person: Gotcha! Stay Tuned," The New York Times
- ^ Interview with Steve Stein at The Onion's A.V. Club
- ^ http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/59Bunkerpop.html
- ^ http://www.fanboyradio.com/fanboy-radio-626-svas-comics-magazine-ink/
- ^ Bill Zebub director/producer/writer/actor credits at Internet Movie Database