Tock of Castles in the Air was ill and so What’s This Called? covered. Hear the First Hour Here:  Hear the Second Hour Here: PLAYLIST: Ute Lemper – Nick Cave’s “Little Water Song” [Punishing Kiss] Sonic Youth “Antenna” [The Eternal] The Beach Boys “Hang On To … Continue reading →

March 1, 2008 my oldest son Lennon was born. He first came to the sub-basement studio at KPSU as an infant and read his first legal ID on the air at 4 years old. Now, 7 years later, he got … Continue reading →

Subbing for a Black Metal show when you don’t know Black Metal very well, I just opted to keep things (mostly) heavy… Hear the 1st Hour Here: Hear the 2nd Hour Here: PLAYLIST: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown “Child of … Continue reading →

What’s This Called? happened Saturday 2/16 in it’s usual time at Freeform Portland from 2-4 PM Pacific Standard Time. However, we are also substituted for Unclaimed Baggage on Sunday 2/17 4-6 PM PST. 4 hours of strange, noisy, droney, plunderphonic, psychedelic, post-punk, outsider music! … Continue reading →

Watch out Roadrunner! STREAM OR DOWNLOAD THE FIRST HOUR HERE: STREAM OR DOWNLOAD THE SECOND HOUR HERE: THE PLAYLIST: Bill Horist “The Imperatives of Subsequence” [Covalent Lodge] Zilmrah “Now Is Never” [Hippocampus Obscura] Driftmachine “Dogov Godov” [Colliding Contours] Hans Castrup “Uncertain Memory” [Shadowplay] BOAR “Tapephobia” [Evilovers] Leafcutter John “Mandolin Work” [The Housebound … Continue reading →

Much later than you are used to WTC! Ricardo too! He opened with “Computer Love” by Kraftwerk, but the servers weren’t having it and proceeded to crash anyway. You promise people radio on the fly and sometimes you get to … Continue reading →

Scads of new sounds abound! HEAR THE FIRST HOUR HERE: HEAR THE SECOND HOUR HERE:   Playlist: Artist – “Song/Piece/Track” – Album:  Kraftwerk – “Kometenmelodie 2” (“Comet Melody 2”) – Autobahn; Still House Plants – “Fist Fight” – Long Play; Azalia … Continue reading →

  Stonebunny was supposed to sub for Chronophage as Swintronix was otherwise engaged, but she too fell ill, and Ricardo Wang stepped in. HEAR THE FIRST HOUR HERE! HEAR THE SECOND HOUR HERE! PLAYLIST!: Hüsker Dü “Real World – Live” [Savage Young … Continue reading →

Red Rumsey AKA Vern Rumsey of Unwound and Long Hind Legs and Kento Oiwa of IQU AKA Malaise each perform solo sets in the second hour of this program. Ricardo Wang was late due to car trouble and Freeform Portland’s … Continue reading →

What’s This Called? is joined by legendary Portland dj Leo Daedalus for a special 4 hour show (including two hours substituting for Turtles Have Short Legs). It is the Freeform Portland Donor Drive and a great time to show support … Continue reading →