Snackpoint Charlie on WGXC

Last week’s show is finally up so check out my gluey slow-motion mix while you pull up wgxc.org/donate as part of our SLOW DOWN, TUNE IN Pledge Drive. Do I really need to tell you YET AGAIN how much I love WGXC? A bottomless wells of timpanic-tickling soundage and thought-provoking experiments, a galaxy of eclectic and adventurous programmers, and the home of Snackpoint Charlie radio for the better part of ten glorious years, which helped yours truly find my authentic voice. Not bad, eh? Please donate whetever you can at wgxc.org/donate please please please

Snackpoint Charlie Transmission 183: TUNE IN, SLOW DOWN (2026.07.15) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/19m7pc [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Toshiyuki Tsuchitori / Ryuichi Sakamoto - “a / Φ (Musique Differencielle 1º)” from DISAPPOINTMENT-HATERUMA https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/disappointment-hateruma

2) Chavela Vargas - “Las Simples Cosas” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSRex8sj_u4

(intermittent underbed:) Pinetop Gherkins - “Ballard”

3) Alastair Galbraith - “Fire Organ” https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2494017/flame-organ

4) Ash Ra Tempel - “Suche & Liebe” from SCHWINGUNGEN https://www.discogs.com/master/2694-Ash-Ra-Tempel-Schwingungen

5) Pacific Sounds - “Shoreline at Hamoa Beach, Maui” from ALOHA ‘AINA, VOLUME 7: FIELD RECORDINGS OF HAWAII http://pacificsounds.bandcamp.com

6) Field Recordings Asia - “Nyaung Shwe town and surroundings : a boat moving down a canal / night sounds / frogs / bicycle” from MYANMAR (BURMA) AMBIENT https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/myanmar-burma-ambient

7) Sahel Sounds - “Traditional curatives vendor” from UCHRONIA – FIELD RECORDINGS FROM ALTERNATE REALITIES https://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/album/uchronia-field-recordings-from-alternate-realities

8) Souled American - “Deal” from NOTES CAMPFIRE https://souledamerican.bandcamp.com/album/notes-campfire

9) Century Plants - “New Rotational Pull” from INTRINSIC GEOMETRY VOL. 1 https://centuryplants.bandcamp.com/album/intrinsic-geometry-vol-1

10) Alan Watts - “What Happens If You Stop Talking To Yourself All The Time” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WW7dAgdzbQ

11) Bardo Pond - “The Creator Has A Master Plan” from RISE ABOVE IT ALL https://www.discogs.com/Bardo-Pond-Rise-Above-It-All/master/1828805

12) Pacific Sounds - “Raindrops and Birds near Lava Tube, Volcanoes National Park, Hawai‘i” from ALOHA ‘AINA, VOLUME 4: FIELD RECORDINGS OF HAWAII http://pacificsounds.bandcamp.com

On this week's Snackpoint Charlie: a special simulcast with our radio brother Radio is a Foreign Country, who present "Songs from the Edge of the World."

Across fifteen years of recordings, producer Ian Brennan has sought out voices rarely heard beyond the communities where they were recorded. Captured in prisons, refugee camps, remote villages, places of worship, and communities living on the margins, these songs speak with startling honesty about love, loss, displacement, resilience, faith, memory, and survival. This mix traces Brennan's extraordinary body of work from 2011–2025, bringing together singers from every corner of the world whose stories are as unforgettable as their music. These are not polished studio performances but deeply human testimonies—fragile, defiant, and profoundly moving.

YOU HAVE TUNED INTO RADIO IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

Somewhere between Tangier and a truck stop outside Amarillo, between a numbers station in the Balkans and a rainstorm hammering corrugated roofs in Manila, we intercepted the signal and never shut the transmitter off again.

The station may not be real, but the ghosts are.

— off-air recordings plucked from shortwave, FM, AM, pirate bands, military spillover, evangelical overload, taxi chatter, fishing fleets, border static, and anonymous operators muttering into the ionosphere

— field recordings captured in deserts, train compartments, mountain shrines, flooded streets, jungle villages, abandoned terminals, and cheap hotel rooms with a radio permanently tuned between stations

— fragments of ethnographic film and forgotten tapes buried in archive basements, never intended to be heard again

— obscure records and cassettes of exotic provenance, dusted off and sent back into the night on invisible waves

The airwaves are haunted. We merely provide hospitality.

https://www.radioisaforeigncountry.org

https://ianbrennan.com

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Snackpoint Charlie Transmission 182 / Radio is a Foreign Country 176: Songs from the Edge of the World (2026.07.15) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/h04es5 [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) The oldest voice in the world (Azerbaijan) - “Memories of My Mother” (Six Degrees Records)

2) Rohingya Refugees - “The Soldiers Burned Our Mosque (They Stole Our Souls)” (Rohingya Refugees / Bandcamp release – Ian Brennan project)

3) Bhutan Balladeers - “The Day You Were Born” (Glitterbeat Records)

4) Taa! (Botswana) - “I Am Lost (The Spirits Will Guide Me Home)” (Glitterbeat Records)

5) Famo Mountain - “I Miss My Wife (She Left to Work in South Africa)” (Glitterbeat Records)

6) Oman Bagpipe Singers - “Bring the Food & Water (The Voyagers Have Returned)” (Glitterbeat Records)

7) Sainko Namtchylak - “Reverse Healing” (Ponderosa Music & Records)

8) N’golá (São Tomé) - “I Can Overcome Any Enemy” (PM Press / Free Dirt – co-release)

9) Himba Hymn - “Lion Attack, Cattle Massacre” (Sublime Frequencies)

10) Parchman Prison Prayer - “Parchman Prison Blues” (Glitterbeat Records)

11) The Good Ones (Rwanda) - “Agnes Dreams of Being an Artist” (Glitterbeat Records)

12) West Virginia Snake Handler Revival - “He Has to be #1” (Sublime Frequencies)

13) Ustad Saami - “Night Falls (Desert Melody)” (Glitterbeat Records)

14) Zomba Prison Project - “I Will Never Stop Grieving for You, My Wife” (Six Degrees Records)

15) Tanzania Albinism Collective - “Happiness” (Six Degrees Records)

16) Comorian - “Mama (Once We Had a Queen)” (Glitterbeat Records)

17) Malawi Mouse Boys - “Hunger” (Malawi Mouse Boys / Bandcamp project album)

18) Khmer Rouge Survivors - “My Life as a Victim of War” (Glitterbeat Records or related Ian Brennan project release)

19) Yanna Momina - “My Family Won’t Let Me Marry the Man I Love (I Must Wed My Uncle)” (Glitterbeat Records or related release)

20) fra fra - “Helpless (Death Has Taken Everyone)” (Glitterbeat Records)

21) War Women of Kosovo - “My Teenage Daughter Was Raped in Front of Me” (War Women of Kosovo / Bandcamp release)

22) Saramaccan Sound (Suriname) - “Villages Swallowed By the Floods” (Glitterbeat Records or related release)

23) Chicago Gunfire Survivors - “I’m Tired of It (Justice Was Not Served)” (Chicago Gunfire Survivors / Bandcamp project release)

24) Witch Camp (Ghana) - “Left to Live Like an Animal” (Six Degrees Records)

Tonight, Tonight, blah blah blah blah Tooooniiiight…. music from all over from all times, I'm tired, it'll be good, trust me, just tune in. 10pm ET Weds June 17 TONIGHT on WGXC 90.7-FM, Greene and Columbia County community radio Catskills-ish and steaming and all the things and then streaming later including download below

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 181: Fggy Mtn Brkdwn (2026.06.17) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/m71w1b [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Su Tissue - “Train Station” from SALON DE MUSIQUE https://www.discogs.com/master/2180626-Su-Tissue-Arspenlian-Reeves-Salon-De-Musique

2) Lagu-Lagu - “Umoh Jauh (excerpt)” from BATANG HARI SEMBILAN VOL. II https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2026/01/batang-hari-sembilan-vol-ii.html

3) Stine Janvin / Morten Joh - “Passing neighbours - Sørg, O Kjære Fader, Du” from OR GARE: FUNERAL PROCESSION MUSIC FROM RYFYLKE, NORWAY https://futuraresistenza.bandcamp.com/album/or-gare-funeral-procession-music-from-ryfylke-norway

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “BuzzzGamelon”

4) Obay Alsharani - “Northern Lights” from SANDBOX https://obayalsharani.bandcamp.com/album/sandbox

5) Jason Molina - “Experiments” from THE ARCHIVE TAPES: TRES G / JAM 056 https://staticanddistance.substack.com/p/the-archive-tapes-jam-056-experiments

6) Mekons - “Nocturne” from THE CURSE OF THE MEKONS https://mekons.bandcamp.com/album/the-curse-of-the-mekons

7) Delroy Wilson – “Suspicion” https://www.discogs.com/master/454731-Delroy-Wilson-Suspicion

8) Alemayehu Eshete - “(a7)” from (UNKNOWN CASSETTE) https://wrldsrv.blogspot.com/search/label/ethiopia

9) 2000MC - “Testing will continue nightly til 12/17/86” from GOOD NIGHT PROGRAMMING https://2000mc.bandcamp.com/album/good-night-programming

10) Jorge Antunes - “Cinta Cita” from MÚSICA ELETRÔNICA https://www.discogs.com/release/9011265-Jorge-Antunes-M%C3%BAsica-Eletr%C3%B4nica

11) Weeping Bong Band - “Replay II” from WEEPING BONG BAND https://feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/album/weeping-bong-band

12) محمد الحرازي Mohammed Al-Harazi - “I’m Afraid for You خايف عليك” from VISIT ME زورني https://www.discogs.com/release/9011265-Jorge-Antunes-M%C3%BAsica-Eletr%C3%B4nica

13) Sublime Frequencies - “Psychic Iman INC.” from RADIO PALESTINE: SOUNDS OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/radio-palestine-sounds-of-the-eastern-mediterranean

14) Fatima Tabaamrant فاطمة تبعمرانت - “Tezwit Rzmed Ousafar تزويت رزمد أسفار” from NEKKAY IGAN ANAFAL نكى أيڭان أنفال [AFRAOU CASSETTE 295] https://moroccantapestash.blogspot.com/2026/05/fatima-tabaamrant-finally.html

15) “Stick Zither Song” from MUSIC OF THE RAIN FOREST PYGMIES https://www.discogs.com/master/1268700-Rain-Forest-Pygmies-Music-Of-The-Rain-Forest-Pygmies

16) People Like Us - “Take a Walk” from THERMOS EXPLORER https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/people-like-us-thermos-explorer/

17) Monty Python's Flying Circus - “The Background to History, pt. 1” from MATCHING TIE & HANDKERCHIEF https://www.discogs.com/master/58504-Monty-Python-The-Monty-Python-Matching-Tie-And-Handkerchief

18) Beauty Parlour - “My Seven Greek Dads Perform The Music of Apostolos Nikolaidis” from BURYING THE HEADS OF MY SEVEN GREEK DADS https://sgarabtapes.bandcamp.com/album/burying-the-heads-of-my-seven-greek-dads

19) Hive Mind Records - “(Live H'madcha recording taken from a home recorded cassette found on a stall in the Kissariat in Fes)” from H'MADCHA: SUFI TRANCE OF MOROCCO https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hmadcha-sufi-trance-of-morocco

20) The Upsetters - “Black Vest” from SUPER APE https://www.discogs.com/master/129942-The-Upsetters-Super-Ape

21) Eric Leinsdorf and the Silvertone Symphony Orchestra - “Prelude - Tristan and Isolde - Part 1” https://www.discogs.com/release/6031312-Erich-Leinsdorf-And-The-Silvertone-Symphony-Orchestra-Prelude-Tristan-And-Isolde

When the tank is full, the vessel overflows…. here comes the flood. Let all that music from elsewhere and beyond ooze all over you tonight on Snackpoint Charlie, 10pm on WGXC 90.7-FM, streaming at WGXC.org and the Wave Farm phone app

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 180: The Callousness of Jaded Sensibilities (2026.06.03) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/s1zdmk [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Djivan Gasparyan - “I Will Not Be Sad In This World” from I WILL NOT BE SAD IN THIS WORLD https://djivangasparyan.bandcamp.com/album/i-will-not-be-sad-in-this-world

2) Cheikh Mohamed Matahri & Cheikh Khelifa - “3raftha khada3a” from MY HEART IS DUST BEFORE HIM: 21ST CENTURY GASBA FROM ALGERIA https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/

3) Tamikrest - Aiytma” from ASSIKEL https://tamikrest.bandcamp.com/album/assikel

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “BablingMoron”

4) Mohamed Doumbia - “Nama” from ENREGISTREMENT LIVE NO LIMIT BAMAKO https://mohameddoumbia.bandcamp.com/album/enregistrement-live-no-limit-bamako

5) Koyuka 2000 - “Sabiendo Que Te Quiero” from LA CARRETA https://www.discogs.com/release/36939708-Koyuka-2000-La-Carreta https://soundcloud.com/koyuka2000/sets/la-carreta

6) Wesenyeleh Mebreku (ወሰንየለህ መብረቁ) - “Lala Ebolala (ላላ ኤቦላላ)” from RESONANCE OF TIME (የጊዜ ቃና) https://wesenyelehmebreku.bandcamp.com/album/resonance-of-time https://www.tone-poem.com/music/p/wesenyeleh-mebreku-resonance-of-time-lp

7) Mekons - “Before the Ice Age (Version)” from HORRORBLE (MEKONS VS TONY MAIMONE IN DUB CONFERENCE) https://mekons.bandcamp.com/album/horrorble-mekons-vs-tony-maimone-in-dub-conference

8) Nadalands - “One of the Points in Space that Contain All Points” from THE MAY DAY EP https://www.nadalands.com/maydayep.html

9) Golems of the Red Planet - “Ziphim” from SURF MASADA - THE COMPOSITIONS OF JOHN ZORN https://golemsoftheredplanet.bandcamp.com/album/surf-masada

10) Maalem Abdelrazak El Moustakim - “Fulani” from DAR GNAOUA https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/maalem-abdelrazak-el-moustakim-dar-gnaoua

11) 焕玥妈妈 - “白頭并非雪可替，相識已是上上簽 如果再給你一次機會，你想回到哪一年” https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EAmX9Dcpo/

12) Antoine Dougbe et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - “Ye Ko Gni Me Towe Dea” from ANTOINE DOUGBE ET L'ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/antoine-dougb-et-lorchestre-poly-rythmo-de-cotonou-1977-1982-analog-africa-no-44

13) Mógil - “Flækingur framan úr sveit” from NORÐLANDÍNUS https://mogil.bandcamp.com/album/nor-land-nus

14) Meiko Kaji - “Kasbah No Onna” from OTOKO ONNA KOKORO NO AIKA https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/meiko-kaji-otoko-onna-kokoro-no-aika-deluxe-lp-with-2p-insert-and-obi-black-vinyl

15) John Baumgartner and John Berryman - “Dream Song #1” https://speedtheplough1.bandcamp.com/track/dream-song-1

Being curious can be fun. Have the courage to try. Show responsibility. Think for yourself. Decide for yourself. Snackpoint Charlie. Music from Elsewhere and Beyond. Wednesday May 6 at 10pm on WGXC. Tune in.

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 179: It helps to be patient (2026.05.06) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/7mhs1c [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Gorillaz - “The Shadowy Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash)” from पर्वत (THE MOUNTAIN) https://www.discogs.com/master/4142620-Gorillaz-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4-The-Mountain

2) Asha Bhosle - “Dum Maro Dum” from HARÉ RAMA HARÉ KRISHNA https://www.discogs.com/release/2022671-R-D-Burman-Har%C3%A9-Rama-Har%C3%A9-Krishna

3) Asha Bhosle & Kishiore Kumar - “Dhoop Mein Nikla Na Karo Roop Ki Rani” from GERAFTAAR https://www.discogs.com/release/5804500-Bappi-Lahiri-Indivar-Geraftaar

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “Caaramel”

4) Los Orientales de Paramonga - “San Patricio” from LOS ORIENTALES DE PARAMONGA 1972-1976 (ANALOG AFRICA NO. 45) https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/los-orientales-de-paramonga-1972-1976-analog-africa-no-45

5) Super Boiro Band - “So I Si Sa” from MUSIC FOR A REVOLUTION VOL 2 : GUINEA'S SYLIPHONE RECORDING LABEL (1968-1980) https://radiomartiko.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-a-revolution-vol-2-guineas-syliphone-recording-label-1968-1980

6) Orchestre De La Paillote - “La Guinée Moussolou” from MUSIC FOR A REVOLUTION VOL 1 : GUINEA'S SYLIPHONE RECORDING LABEL (1967-1973) https://radiomartiko.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-a-revolution-vol-1-guineas-syliphone-recording-label-1967-1973

7) Assa'd Khoury - “Al Ghaba” from ELECTRONIC TOUCHES BELLY DANCE https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-touches-belly-dance

8) Siba & Monkyman - “Dounana (Without Us)” https://monkyman.bandcamp.com/track/dounana-by-siba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFlJFXPNZU

9) Roody x Atour - “Elahe” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UldEE3cemGs

10) Fadaei - “Az Samime Ghalb” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOS9sdA1Wck

11) Khun Narin - “Poet Wong Pt. 1 (เปิดวง ตอน 1)” from III https://khunnarin.bandcamp.com/album/iii

12) Bi Kidudé (Fatuma Binti Baraka) - “Beru” from ZANZIBARA 4: THE DIVA OF ZANZIBARI MUSIC = LA MÉMOIRE DE LA MUSIQUE ZANZIBARAISE https://www.discogs.com/release/3280484-Bi-Kidude-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-Zanzibara-4-The-Diva-Of-Zanzibari-Music-La-M%C3%A9moire-De-La-Musique-Zanzibarais

13) Brahma Sri T. Appadurai Aiyengar – “Ma Madura Meenakshi” from INDIAN TALKING MACHINE PART TWO: INSTRUMENTAL GEMS FROM THE 78RPM ERA https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/indian-talking-machine-part-two-instrumental-gems-from-the-78rpm-era

14) Tommasini Juicers - “Lonely Wombat” Text SOUND PLEASE to +1 (360) 223-5886

15) “Teh Botol Jingle” from LAGU TERBAIK FESTIVAL LAGU & PENYANYI POPULER TINGKAT NASIONAL V/'77 https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2026/02/9-lagu-terbaik-festival-lagu-penyanyi.html

16) Allen Ravenstine - “A Short Story” https://allenravenstine1.bandcamp.com/track/a-short-story

17) Iván Pequeño - “Ahora” https://www.discogs.com/release/2235592-Ivan-Peque%C3%B1o-Ahora/image/SW1hZ2U6NTE3NjcwODU= https://alphastate.nyc/collections/vendors?q=Creel%20Pone

New patented Snackpoint Charlie compound for coughs due to colds. Good the year 'round. Palatable! Music from all the international avian zones for all you black-throated green warblers and black-capped chickadees out there. 10PM EST Wednesday April 15 on WGXC 90.7-FM and streaming all seasons at wgxc.org

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 178: Stimulant Tonic (2026.04.15) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/g9n1tj [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Bhajan Bhoy - “Stargazing” from MEDITATIONS https://bhajanbhoy.bandcamp.com/album/meditations

Turn back to the future or forward into the past or Ouroboros yourself into an endlessly recursive pretzel with another all-new Snackpoint Charlie, the latest chapter in our never-ending saga of musical excavation and discovery. New and newly discovered international obscurities and hits, ethnomusicological field recordings, abstract experiments + shortwave interjections yada yada yada. Tonight at 10PM ET on WGXC 90.7-FM in New York’s Hudson Valley, streaming and archived at wgxc.org

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 177: Time Tunnel (2026.04.01) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/g9n1tj [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Alfanaan Najib - “Saharat Allayl” from SAWT AL KHAIR https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/alfanaan-najib-sawt-al-khair

2) we didn't care - “Dere Geliyor” from LIVE AT THE LOW END https://wedidntcare.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-low-end

3) Nusantara Beat - “Kalangkang” from NUSANTARA BEAT https://nusantarabeat.bandcamp.com/album/nusantara-beat

(underbeds throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “BablingMoron” + “BuzzzGamelon”

4) Angine de Poitrine - “Fabienk” from VOL. II https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/album/vol-ii

5) Juventus – “24 Óra” from DA DA DA, DA DA DA… / 24 ÓRA https://www.discogs.com/release/6090100-Juventus-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-24-%C3%93ra

6) Rung Fah Puping - “Pu Yai Lee Santana” from THAI? DAI! THE HEAVIER SIDE OF THE LUK THUNG UNDERGROUND https://finderskeepersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/thai-dai

7) Le Millipede - “Ernst Friedrich Schumacher 1973” from ERNST FRIEDRICH SCHUMACHER 1973 https://lemillipede.bandcamp.com/track/ernst-friedrich-schumacher-1973-track

8) Higurashi - “Anata wa Doko ni Irundesuka” from TOKYO PULSE - JAPANESE FUNK, MODERN AND CITY POP FROM THE TOKYO SCENE 1974-88 https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/tokyo-pulse-japanese-funk-modern-soul-and-city-pop-from-the-tokyo-scene1974-88

9) So Savoeun - “Baek Jaan បែកចាន” from APSARA 9042 BAEK JAAN - KHOM PHKORB BONNENG HEUY https://sosavoeun.bandcamp.com/album/apsara-9042-baek-jaan-khom-phkorb-bonneng-heuy

10) TimePigeon - “Amazon” from PLEASE HOLD https://oasisltd.bandcamp.com/album/please-hold

11) Ak’chamel, The Giver of Illness - “Malignantly Useless” from SPIRITUALLY UNEMPLOYED https://akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/spiritually-unemployed

12) Doopees - “Auntie Kim Sings ‘Now That You've Gone’” from DOOPEE TIME https://www.discogs.com/master/3371020-Doopees-Doopee-Time https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/04/doopees-doopee-time/

13) William Basinski - “Hymns of Oblivion” from HYMNS OF OBLIVION https://williambasinski.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-of-oblivion

14) Matthew De Gennaro - “Enduring” from WHAT IT IS ? https://matthewdegennaro.bandcamp.com/album/what-it-is

15) David Greenberger & Tyson Rogers - “Existentialism Now” from FROM TWO HOUSES https://davidgreenberger.bandcamp.com/album/from-two-houses

16) Connie Converse - “Father Neptune” from HOW SAD, HOW LOVELY https://connieconverse.bandcamp.com/album/how-sad-how-lovely-2

17) Maryam Saleh - “El Fetra الفطرة” from SYRR سِرّ https://maryamsaleh.bandcamp.com/album/syrr

18) Josephine Foster - “Hermana” from ADORMIDERA: JOSEPHINE FOSTER SINGS THE SONGS OF VÍCTOR HERRERO https://nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://josephinefostermusic.bandcamp.com/album/domestic-sphere

19) Twilight Furniture - “A Drift” from JUST A MOMENT https://danieljamesburke.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-furniture-just-a-moment

Tonight on a Snackpoint Charlie Special Presentation: a conversation with poet, actor, performer, singer, songwriter, director, and author Adele Bertei about her new book NO NEW YORK - A MEMOIR OF NO WAVE AND THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED THE SCENE, published by Beacon Press. Feminism, gentrification, the sound of metal on marble and the elusive duende, 10PM ET Weds March 18 on WGXC 90.7-FM via the airwaves and wgxc.org streaming and archived

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 176: Adele Bertei - NO NEW YORK (2026.03.18) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/e8cjwq [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) The Bloods - “Button Up” https://www.discogs.com/release/943660-The-Bloods-Button-Up

2) Contortions - “I Don't Want to Be Happy” from BUY https://www.discogs.com/artist/55644-The-Contortions

3) The Contortions - “I Can't Stand Myself” from NO NEW YORK https://www.discogs.com/master/149570-Various-No-New-York

4) Bush Tetras - “Funky (Instrumental)” from BOOM IN THE NIGHT (ORIGINAL STUDIO RECORDINGS 1980-1983) https://www.discogs.com/master/73261-Bush-Tetras-Boom-In-The-Night-Original-Studio-Recordings-1980-1983

5) ESG - “You Make No Sense” from COME AWAY WITH ESG https://www.discogs.com/master/54676-ESG-Come-Away-With-ESG

6) Y Pants - “Favorite Sweater” from LITTLE MUSIC https://www.discogs.com/release/376366-Y-Pants-Little-Music

7) Rosa Yemen - “Rosa Vertov” from ROSA YEMEN https://www.discogs.com/master/149571-Rosa-Yemen-Rosa-Yemen

8) UT - “Tell It” from CONFIDENTIAL https://www.discogs.com/master/1425089-UT-Confidential

9) Lydia Lunch - “Knives in the Drain” from QUEEN OF SIAM https://www.discogs.com/master/67124-Lydia-Lunch-Queen-Of-Siam

10) Snatch - “Black Market” from SNATCH https://www.discogs.com/master/695035-Snatch-Snatch

11) Jill Kroesen - “I Am Not Seeing That You Are Here” from STOP VICIOUS CYCLES https://www.discogs.com/master/3214983-Jill-Kroesen-Stop-Vicious-Cycles

12) Pulsallama - “Ungawa Pt.II (Way Out Guiana)” from THE DEVIL LIVES IN MY HUSBAND'S BODY https://www.discogs.com/master/69362-Pulsallama-The-Devil-Lives-In-My-Husbands-Body

13) Bush Tetras - “You Can't Be Funky” from RHYTHM AND PARANOIA: THE BEST OF BUSH TETRAS https://www.discogs.com/release/21028603-Bush-Tetras-Rhythm-And-Paranoia-The-Best-Of-Bush-Tetras

14) Lizzy Mercier Descloux - “Wawa” from PRESS COLOR https://www.discogs.com/master/13012-Lizzy-Mercier-Descloux-Press-Color

15) Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - “Burning Rubber” from NO NEW YORK https://www.discogs.com/master/149570-Various-No-New-York

Tonight on Snackpoint Charlie: Pre-Revolutionary Persian pop & vaguely psychedelic music (and more!) from a land and a sensibilty slowly receeding into memory which, now that I think of it, could be the general tag line for our show. 10pm ET Wednesday March 4 on WGXC 90.7-FM, streaming and archived/podcasted at wgxc.org

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 175: Persia Plus (2026.03.04) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/99r014 [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Ramesh - “[Montazer] منتظر” from [SLANDER] تهمت https://www.discogs.com/release/15326862-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B4-Ramesh-%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85%D8%AA

2) Googoosh - “Shekayat” from GOOGOOSH https://www.discogs.com/master/355593-%EF%AE%94%EF%BB%AE%EF%AE%94%EF%BB%AE%D8%B4-Googoosh

3) Zangoleah - “Wish Map” from PERSIAN UNDERGROUND - GARAGE ROCK, BEAT AND PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS FROM THE IRANIAN 60'S & 70'S SCENE https://www.discogs.com/master/400575-Various-Persian-Underground-Garage-Rock-Beat-And-Psychedelic-Sounds-From-The-Iranian-60s-70s-Scene

(underbed:) Pinetop Gherkins - “BuzzzGamelon”

4) Zia - “Helelyos” from SEDAYEH DEL: FUNK, PSYCHEDELIA AND POP FROM THE IRANIAN PRE-REVOLUTION GENERATION https://www.discogs.com/master/600713-Various-Sedayeh-Del-Funk-Psychedelia-And-Pop-From-The-Iranian-Pre-Revolution-Generation

5) Pooran - “Shahre Paiz” from RANGARANG - PRE-REVOLUTIONARY IRANIAN POP https://vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/rangarang-pre-revolutionary-iranian-pop

6) Moha Jamin - “Ashk-e Roya-e Bashkahe” from RAKS RAKS RAKS: 17 GOLDEN GARAGE PSYCH NUGGETS FROM THE IRANIAN 60S SCENE https://merlinsnoserecords.bandcamp.com/album/raks-raks-raks-17-golden-garage-psych-nuggets-from-the-iranian-60s-scene

7) Kourosh Yaghmaie - “Gol-E Yakh” from POMEGRANATES - PERSIAN POP, FUNK, FOLK AND PSYCH OF THE 60S AND 70S https://www.discogs.com/master/235056-Various-Pomegranates-Persian-Pop-Funk-Folk-And-Psych-Of-The-60s-And-70s

8) Giti - “Gostakhi” from BEST OF 70'S PERSIAN MUSIC, VOL. 8 https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-persian-music-70s-vol-8/110889884

(underbed:) Pinetop Gherkins - “BarcaLeper”

9) Ammar El Sherei - “Sooq” from AYAM EL DISCO: EGYPTIAN DISCO, BOOGIE & JEEL CASSETTES 1978-1992 - SELECTED BY DISCO ARABESQUO https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/ayam-el-disco-egyptian-disco-boogie-jeel-cassettes-1978-92-lp-with-2p-col-insert-black-vinyl

10) Mehrpouya - “Soul Raga” from PERSIAN FUNK = راک ايرانی [RARE FUNK & SOUL FROM PRE-REVOLUTION IRAN ('70-'76)] https://secretstashcomps.bandcamp.com/album/persian-funk

11) Speed The Plough - “Wednesday” from A SMALL ACCIDENT https://speedtheplough1.bandcamp.com/album/a-small-accident

12) Brian Dewan - “They're Making a Movie” from CURIOUS SEALIFE https://sandyrockpoetry.bandcamp.com/album/curious-sealife-2 https://www.thespottydog.com/events/all-events/

13) Moussa Tchingou - “Toyota” https://www.instagram.com/moussa_tchingou

14) The Good Ones - “The Valley of the Turkeys (The Things I've Seen)” from RWANDA SINGS WITH STRINGS https://thegoodonesband.bandcamp.com/album/rwanda-sings-with-strings

(underbed:) Pinetop Gherkins - “BarcaLeper”

15) Carol Maia & Jeremy Gustin - “aloe” from IT'S NICE TO SEE A LAKE IN YOUR EYES https://carolmaiajeremygustin.bandcamp.com/album/its-nice-to-see-a-lake-in-your-eyes

16) Matano Juma & Orchestre Morning Star - “Wakasi” https://thewealthofthewise.blogspot.com/2018/01/1970s-taarab-from-mombasa-kenya-and.html

17) Googoosh - “Gol Bi Goldoon” from POMEGRANATES - PERSIAN POP, FUNK, FOLK AND PSYCH OF THE 60S AND 70S https://www.discogs.com/master/235056-Various-Pomegranates-Persian-Pop-Funk-Folk-And-Psych-Of-The-60s-And-70s

18) Ramesh - “Nefrin Shodeh” from BEST OF 70'S PERSIAN MUSIC, VOL. 8 https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-persian-music-70s-vol-8/110889884

Tonight we are joined in conversation by pianist Thomas Feng in anticipation of his performance of Night Prayers at PS21's Winter Festival The Dark.

On Friday February 20, Thomas Feng will perform compositions by Ethiopian composer, pianist, and nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou alongside works by Beethoven and Chopin which Guèbrou kept in her room until her passing. The program, set amongst an immersive starscape installation by Andrew Schneider, conjures the rarefied stillness and spirituality of Guèbrou’s nights. Visit https://ps21chatham.org/event/emahoy-tsegue-maryam-guebrou/ for more information.

Our conversation airs at 10pm ET tonight on WGXC 90.7-FM, wgxc.org, and the Wave Farm smartphone app, and will be downloadable from WGXC’s archive thereafter

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 174: Thomas Feng plays Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (2026.02.18) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/0n2qna [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “Homesickness” from EMAHOY TSEGE MARIAM GEBRU https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/emahoy-tsege-mariam-gebru

2) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “Essay on Mahlet, The Prayer of Saint Yared” from CHURCH OF KIDANE MEHRET https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/church-of-kidane-mehret

3) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “Song of Abayi” from EMAHOY TSEGE MARIAM GEBRU https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/emahoy-tsege-mariam-gebru

4) Thomas Feng - “Quo Vadis” from MONDAY EVENING CONCERTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVpAdKMAJGI

5) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “The Homeless Wanderer” from SPIELT EIGEN KOMPOSITIONEN https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/spielt-eigen-kompositionen

6) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “Jordan River Song” from EMAHOY TSEGE MARIAM GEBRU https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/emahoy-tsege-mariam-gebru

7) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “Clouds Moving on the Sky” from SOUVENIRS https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/souvenirs

8) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “A Young Girl's Complaint” from SPIELT EIGEN KOMPOSITIONEN https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/spielt-eigen-kompositionen

9) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “The Storm” from CHURCH OF KIDANE MEHRET https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/church-of-kidane-mehret

10) Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - “The Last Tears of the Deceased” from SPIELT EIGEN KOMPOSITIONEN https://emahoytsegemariamgebru.bandcamp.com/album/spielt-eigen-kompositionen

Snackpoint Charlie, international music, exprimental stuff, blah blah blah. I’m getting over hand surgery so bear with me tonight. Some say that a person can be judged by the enemies they make as much as who they count as friends so if you share my boredom with conventional radio and flaccid music, we’ll get along just fine. 10pm tonight on WGXC 90.7-FM, wgxc.org, and the Wave Farm smartypants phone app, and in the archive forever and ever amen

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 173: Carpal Diem (2026.02.04) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/ts5mh2 [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Nasiba Abdullaeva - “Ona (Mother)” from DIGGING CENTRAL ASIA: MUSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ALONG THE SILK ROAD https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/digging-central-asia-musical-archaeology-along-the-silk-road-2

2) Jim Becker & Colleen Burke - “verlorene Übertragungen/die Internationale” from INTERKOSMOS https://www.discogs.com/release/2784438-Jim-Becker-Colleen-Burke-Interkosmos

3) Current 93 - “This Shining Shining World” from OF RUINE OR SOME BLAZING STARRE https://www.discogs.com/master/21909-Current-93-Of-Ruine-Or-Some-Blazing-Starre

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “(Feel better, have speedy recovery, lay off the donuts)”

4) Les Papyvores - “Le Papyvore” from LES PAPYVORE https://www.discogs.com/master/4096423-Les-Papyvores-Le-Papyvore

5) Altın Gün - “Suçum Nedir” from GARIP https://altingun.bandcamp.com/album/garip

6) A Million Mercies - “Nebel” https://amillionmercies.bandcamp.com/track/nebel

7) Sabah - “أكلك منين يا بطة [Where do you get your food from, little duck?]” from أكلك منين يا بطة https://www.discogs.com/release/7436069-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A9

8) Hj. Uun Kurniasih & Cahaya Purnama Group - “Dilanda Cinta” from PACARAN https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2026/02/hj-uun-kurniasih-cahaya-purnama-group.html

9) Meas Saman, Pen Ran - “Turorsap Kos Lach” from VOY HO #2 MEAS TEK PRAMP BEI - ET NA PRUM MACHAREI (មាសទឹកប្រាំបី-ឯណាព្រហ្មចារីយ៍) https://thecvma.bandcamp.com/album/voy-ho-2-meas-tek-pramp-bei-et-na-prum-macharei

10) Alphabetical Four - “Have You Heard About the World Coming to an End?” from HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE WORLD COMING TO AN END? https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-heard-about-the-world-coming-to-an-end

11) Maria do Carmo - “Beijos São Como as Rosas” from YOUR KISSES ARE LIKE ROSES: FADO RECORDINGS, 1914-1936 https://deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/your-kisses-are-like-roses-fado-recordings-1914-1936

12) Jesse Hackett - “Pyjamas” from NOCTURNES https://jessehackett.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnes

13) Matt De Gennaro & Stefan Neville – “While You Have Gone to Bone, I'm Still Here All Alone” from WOMEN https://www.discogs.com/release/2827634-Matt-De-Gennaro-Stefan-Neville-Women

14) Clark Gesner - “[side 2]” from FOUND ON THE ELEVATOR | 205 W. 57 | 2-11-69 https://www.discogs.com/master/2741525-Clark-Gesner-Found-On-The-Elevator-205-W-57-21169 https://alphastate.nyc/products/found-on-the-elevator

15) Sheila McCarthy / Eric Cohen / Shahzad Ismaily - “Track 07” from JEFF ECONOMY / CAROLYN FABER IMPROV, ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, APRIL 2004 https://www.carolynfaber.net/projectorperformances

16) Mary Lattimore - “Orange You Just So Shitty” from THE MILWAUKEE PROTOCOL: UNFAMILIAR AUDIO FOR RABIES AWARENESS https://terrificrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-milwaukee-protocol-unfamiliar-audio-for-rabies-awareness

17) Róise Ní Mhurchú - “Bígí Linn [Little One]” from AN GÓILÍN TRADITIONAL SINGERS https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=906774708968454 https://goilin.com/

Tonight we usher in the first Snackpoint Charlie of 2026, and the fact that it’s already January 21 should tell you all you need to know. Our New Year’s Resolution to you as always is yet another year of music from elsewhere and beyond, from the dimly lit past into the bright fuzzy future, on and on and on into the far distant horizon. Grab the signal at 10PM ET on WGXC, 90.7-FM in Greene and Columbia counties and streaming to literally almost every computer on earth via WGXC.org

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 172: Deep Inside You, Full of Hopes (2026.01.21) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/1250c5 [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Jonna Jinton - “Singing Ice” from SINGING ICE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd-CwJa1SHE

2) Cheb Khaled - “Maandi Haja Fennass” from S'HAB EL BAROUD https://www.discogs.com/master/334071-Cheb-Khaled-Shab-El-Baroud

3) Tashkezar - “Ew'aa” from EW'AA https://tashkezar.bandcamp.com/album/ewaa

4) YĪN YĪN - “Golden Lion” from YATTA! https://yinyin.bandcamp.com/album/yatta

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - BablingMoron

5) Ara Kekedjian - “Djeyrani Bess” from HABIBI FUNK 033: BOURJ HAMMOUD GROOVE https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-033-bourj-hammoud-groove

6) Mudada - “Forward Forever” from I AM BLACK / FORWARD EVER (ANALOG AFRICA 45 SERIES) https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/side-a-i-am-black-albert-nadeau-side-b-forward-ever-brother-mudada

7) Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra – “Tiqui Tiqui Tan” from LA RUMBITA TROPICAL / TIQUI TIQUI TAN https://www.discogs.com/master/1040668-Enric-Madriguera-And-His-Orchestra-La-Rumbita-Tropical-Tiqui-Tiqui-Tan

8) L'Orchestra Super Volcano Lusona (feat. Mbaraka Mwinshehe Mwaruka) - “Mashemeji Wangapi (Part 1 & 2)” https://www.discogs.com/release/2770422-Mbaraka-Mwinshehe-Orchestre-Super-Volcano-The-Last-Recording-Of-Soloist-National

9) Georges Brassens - “Mourir Pour Des Idées” from LA MAUVAISE RÉPUTATION https://www.discogs.com/master/1064323-Georges-Brassens-La-Mauvaise-R%C3%A9putation

10) Asha Bhosle - “Reshmi Ujala Hai” from SHARMILEE https://www.discogs.com/master/1153915-S-D-Burman-Sharmilee

11) SANAM - “[Habibon] حبيبٌ” from SAMETOU SAWTAN https://sanambeirut.bandcamp.com/album/sametou-sawtan

12) Sholeh Asgary - Nectarine” from آبـان (ABAN) https://sholehasgary.bandcamp.com/album/aban

13) Márta Sebestyén - “A Piac Közepén [In the Middle of the Market]” from JELES NAPOK [HIGH DAYS] (KARÁCSONYI MAGYAR NÉPDALOK [HUNGARIAN CHRISTMAS FOLK SONGS]) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohrp0wuDOIU https://www.discogs.com/release/6744769-Sebesty%C3%A9n-M%C3%A1rta-Sz%C3%B6r%C3%A9nyi-Levente-Jeles-Napok-High-Days-Kar%C3%A1csonyi-Magyar-N%C3%A9pdalok-Hungarian-Ch

14) Laurie Anderson - “Three Walking Songs (for Tape Bow Violin)” from UNITED STATES LIVE https://www.discogs.com/master/72017-Laurie-Anderson-United-States-Live

15) Richard Bégin - “Paranoia” from THE THIRD MIND - A SONIC TRIBUTE TO THE DREAMACHINE https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-mind-a-sonic-tribute-to-the-dreamachine

16) Brion Gysin - “Dreamachine Pts. 1 + 2” from DREAMACHINE https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/dreamachine

17) Lori Goldston - “Several Ballads All at Once” from CONVULSIONS https://nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lori-goldston-convolutions

Join us tonight for the last Snackpoint Charlie of 2025, where we will wonder aloud about how to recap this rapid unscheduled disassembly of a year. Expect atmospheric abstraction punctuated with occasional bits of things resembling songs, and hopefully you won’t be disappointed. 10pm New York state time Wednesday December 17 on WGXC 90.7-FM and streaming at wgxc.org…

…and now that I've got your attention, perhaps you'll consider a year-end donation to my host, WGXC 90.7-FM, Greene and Columbia County community radio. WGXC has been my radio home for nearly nine years now, and represents many milestones for me personally. It's far too much to list here, suffice to say that I'm am deeply and humbly grateful for the opportunites and experiences this ongoing experiment has afforded me. The station has been evolving over the last few months and we're preparing to grow the studio at 393 Main Steeet in Catskill into a more full-time space, in spite of recent attempts from the current administration to starve WGXC and all arts organization out of existence. If community radio means anything at all to you, please donate at wgxc.org/donate

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 171: Dream of Fields (2025.12.17) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/3a4fs4 [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

featuring selections from Bandcamp’s THE BEST FIELD RECORDINGS OF 2025 by Matthew Blackwell https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025/the-best-field-recordings-of-2025

1) The Residents - “Arctic Field Recordings” from ESKIMO DECONSTRUCTED https://www.discogs.com/release/13707008-The-Residents-Eskimo-Deconstructed

2) pablo diserens & ludwig berger - “regen ist die sonne des klangs (rain is the sun of sound)” from TRACING BASALT IN THE ONSERNONE VALLEY https://f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/tracing-basalt-in-the-onsernone-valley

3) Machine Listening (Sean Dockray, James Parker, and Joel Stern) - “Dream chord / be in” from ENVIRONMENTS 12: NEW CONCEPTS IN ACOUSTIC ENRICHMENT https://futuraresistenza.bandcamp.com/album/environments-12-new-concepts-in-acoustic-enrichment

4) Joshua Bonnetta - “Spring” from THE PINES https://joshuabonnetta.bandcamp.com/album/the-pines

5) Houston & Dorsey - “Ebb Tide” from YOU'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE https://cabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/album/youre-not-from-around-here

6) Brian House - “Night, 6pm-6am” from EVERYDAY INFRASOUND IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD https://brianhouse.bandcamp.com/album/everyday-infrasound-in-an-uncertain-world

7) Jacaszek - “Far in the Distance” from IDYLLA https://jacaszekreleases.bandcamp.com/album/idylla

8) Machine Listening (Sean Dockray, James Parker, and Joel Stern) - “Conversations we can't understand” from ENVIRONMENTS 12: NEW CONCEPTS IN ACOUSTIC ENRICHMENT https://futuraresistenza.bandcamp.com/album/environments-12-new-concepts-in-acoustic-enrichment

9) Audiocanvas - “Inside the Middle Ear” from SOME BAD WESTERN https://steverustmusic.bandcamp.com/album/some-bad-western

10) Nicky Roberts - “Spaceman (Out of Nowhere)” from YOU'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE https://cabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/album/youre-not-from-around-here

11) Brunhild Ferrari - “Errant Ear” from ERRANT EAR https://persistenceofsound.bandcamp.com/album/errant-ear

12) Alanna Medlock reads an excerpt from Richard Huelsenbeck’s “The Agony of The Artist” from MEMOIRS OF A DADA DRUMMER

13) Tommasini Juicers - “Hello from right here (Happy holidays)” text SOUND PLEASE to (360) 223-5886

14) Weston Olencki - “Omie Wise // coda (How Great Thou Art)” from BROADSIDES https://westonolencki.bandcamp.com/album/broadsides

15) Vanessa Rossetto - “the minimum” from PICTURES OF THE WARM SOUTH https://erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/pictures-of-the-warm-south

16) Scott Tuma - “Rakes” from NOT FOR NOBODY https://www.discogs.com/master/281550-Scott-Tuma-Not-For-Nobody

From our winter palace to your cozy fireplace comes another unfiltered & undecoded transmission from Snackpoint Charlie, your audiophonic attaché from locales elsewhere and beyond. 10pm Eastern Time Wednesday December 3 on WGXC 90.7-FM and streaming at wgxc.org

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 170: Reinsulating the Winter Palace (2025.12.03) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/1xjnaj [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Roy Orbison / Danergy - “Nife Life (Danergy)” https://soundcloud.com/newyorkendless/nife-life-danergy

2) Imarhan - “Derhan N’Oulhine” from ESSAM https://imarhan.bandcamp.com/album/essam

3) Diah Iskandar & Diselina - “Bila Sendja Mendatang” from BILA SENDJA MENDATANG https://www.discogs.com/release/7603768-Diah-Iskandar-Bersama-Diselina-Bila-Sendja-Mendatang

(underbed throughout) Pinetop Gherkins - “AllVILER”

4) Ata Kak - “Batakari” from BATAKARI https://atakak.bandcamp.com/album/batakari

5) Ayman Jamal Mghames (PR) and Khaled Harara (Black Unit) - “G.R.A.F.F.I.T.I.” https://lazyproduction-arabtunes.blogspot.com/2013/02/arab-tunes-mixtape-5-palestinian-rap.html

6) Albert Nadeau - “I Am Black” from I AM BLACK / FORWARD EVER (ANALOG AFRICA 45 SERIES) https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/side-a-i-am-black-albert-nadeau-side-b-forward-ever-brother-mudada

7) Paul Ngozi - “Vikwati” https://www.discogs.com/release/7969219-Paul-Ngozi-Vikwati-

8) Reginaldo Rossi - “Porque?” from À PROCURA DE VOCÊ https://www.discogs.com/release/8961804-Reginaldo-Rossi-%C3%80-Procura-De-Voc%C3%AA

9) Ititi Songa Jazz – “Moraa No.2” https://www.discogs.com/release/18430117-Ititi-Songa-Jazz-Moraa-No2

10) Soliha Wangkasem & Mohamad Yamal Yusef with K.T. Band - “ซิครอน อีลา (Sikron Ila)” from เลลา-เลลา (LELA-LELA) https://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/2013/03/soliha-wangkasem-mohamad-yamal-yusef.html

11) The Latins - “Habibi Twist” https://www.discogs.com/release/7364750-The-Latins-Habibi-Twist-

12) Jackey Yoshikawa and his Blue Comets - “In A Lonesome City = 北国の二人” https://www.discogs.com/release/5534630-%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%90%89%E5%B7%9D%E3%81%A8%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%83%84-Jackey-Yoshikawa-His-Blue-Comets-%E5%8C%97%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%AE%E4%BA%8C%E4%BA%BA-In-A-

13) Gene Marshall - “Insha Allah (God Willing)” from SINGIN' WITH STYLE https://bobpurse.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-big-disco-city-self-absorbed-man-and.html

14) Fred Elias & Buddy Sarkissian - “Extravaganza 1” from OUTTAKES FROM MAGIC FINGERS PLAY CLEOPATRA'S FAVORITES & HELLENIC NEAR EAST GEMS: NEAR EASTERN MUSIC IN NEW ENGLAND CA. 1957 https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/outtakes-from-magic-fingers-play-cleopatras-favorites-hellenic-near-east-gems-near-eastern-music-in-new-england-ca-1957

15) People Like Us - “Summer Music for an Almost Equinox” from DON'T THINK RIGHT, IT’S ALL TWICE https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/people-like-us-dont-think-its-right/

16) M. Kawahara & The Exotic Sounds - “タブー (禁断) [Taboo (Forbidden)]” from KOKOTSU [ECSTASY] https://www.discogs.com/master/460167-M-Kawahara-The-Exotic-Sounds-Ecstasy

17) The In Out - “The Deer, The Eyes, The Lamp” from HALF-VAXXED https://theinout.bandcamp.com/album/half-vaxxed

18) Rambutan - “Elevator Living” from UNDER THE SWAY OF PASSING HOLOGRAMS https://rambutan.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-sway-of-passing-holograms

19) Allen Ravenstine - “The Dry Bed” from A TALE OF THE NECULA https://www.rermegacorp.com/mm5/merchant.mvc

20) Radjoe Meera Naam - “Adjie Mat Kerna Toembair” from BAITHAK GANA: AN INDO-SURINAMESE MIXTAPE, CA. 1968-80 https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/baithak-gana-an-indo-surinamese-mixtape-ca-1968-80

I tried to come up with a suitable metaphor comparing snake handlers and crappy right wing politicians but it got way too convoluted, so I’ll simply say Yay Mamdani and tune in tonight for Snackpoint Charlie featuring actual snake handling ceremony recordings among our usual mix of music from elsewhere and beyond. 10pm ET tonight on WGXC 90.7-FM and streaming at wgxc.org

[ painting by Joe McCuaig ]

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 169: Taking Up Serpents (2025.11.05) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/hpzrza [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Sister Irene O'Connor - “Fire (Luke 12:49)” from FIRE OF GOD'S LOVE https://freedomtospend.bandcamp.com/album/fire-of-gods-love

2) Kikagaku Moyo / 幾何学模様 - “Dripping Sun” from MASANA TEMPLES https://kikagakumoyoggb.bandcamp.com/album/masana-temples

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “Needshiendrolloff”

3) Noura Mint Seymali - “Lehjibb” from YENBETT https://noura-mint-seymali.bandcamp.com/album/yenbett

4) Dschinn - “Let's Go Together” from DSCHINN https://www.discogs.com/master/314571-Dschinn-Dschinn

5) Afrorack - “Inspired” from THE AFRORACK https://hakunakulala.bandcamp.com/album/the-afrorack

6) The Residents - “No More!” from FREE! WEIRD! https://www.residents.com/free/

7) Lo Life Chiseler - “Daydreamer” from A YEAR A LO LIFE (RAW MIX) https://lolifechiseler.bandcamp.com https://www.discogs.com/artist/16488837-Lo-Life-Chiseler

8) R. Stevie Moore - “Debbie” from EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT R. STEVIE MOORE BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK https://www.discogs.com/master/641589-R-Stevie-Moore-Everything-You-Always-Wanted-To-Know-About-R-Stevie-Moore-But-Were-Afraid-To-Ask

9) IO - “We live for each other” from THE BEAUTY OF SIMPLE THINGS https://shadowtears.bandcamp.com/album/the-beauty-of-simple-things

10) Neou Narin - “Ber Khyom Prap Tha Sralang” from SINN SISAMOUTH - PEN RAN - NEOU NARIN https://thecvma.bandcamp.com

11) claire rousay - “somewhat burdensome” from LITTLE DEATH https://thrilljockey.com/products/a-little-death

12) f.ampism - “Worm Moon” from THE VERTICAL LUMINOUS https://fampism.bandcamp.com/album/the-vertical-luminous

13) Michiko Ogawa - “shizukana hikari” from PANCAKE MOON https://futuraresistenza.bandcamp.com/album/pancake-moon incorporating Constructive Action, Inc. - excerpt from POT, ROCK, AND REVOLUTION https://www.discogs.com/release/12694685-Unknown-Artist-Pot-Rock-And-Revolution

14) Ak’chamel, The Fireblack Breechclouts Hides and Wagonsheets - “Sheltering Inside a Camel” from A MOURNFUL KINGDOM OF SAND https://akchamel.bandcamp.com/album/a-mournful-kingdom-of-sand

15) Tony Maimone/Allen Ravenstine - “Tanpura Electronica” from HARBOR LIGHTS / RAGAS https://tonymaimoneallenravenstine.bandcamp.com

16) Pastor Chris Wolford - “He is #1” from WEST VIRGINIA SNAKE HANDLER REVIVAL: “THEY SHALL TAKE UP SERPENTS” https://sublime-frequencies.bandcamp.com/album/west-virginia-snake-handler-revival-they-shall-take-up-serpents https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/the-pastor-chris-congregation-west-virginia-snake-handler-revival-they-shall-take-up-the-serpents-review/

It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there. Ride out the fading daylight with Snackpoint Charlie, your bi-monthly dip into music from elsewhere and beyond plus a nice little children's story about a poet and a domineering king because hey, no reason. This posting of last week's WGXC radio show is a little late but it's streaming now at the link in the comments, download now! I mean it's not like anything else is happening in the world

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 168: The Poet and The King (2025.10.15) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/f3jjyj [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Sonya Belaya - “Requiem” from DACHA https://sonyabelaya.bandcamp.com/album/dacha

2) TimePigeon - “Spectrum” from PLEASE HOLD https://oasisltd.bandcamp.com/album/please-hold

3) nervousdata - “Electronic Skip Protection” from EXP 221 https://nervousdata.com/

4) Brave New World - “Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon… Ford” from IMPRESSIONS ON READING ALDUS HUXLEY https://www.discogs.com/master/362370-Brave-New-World-Impressions-On-Reading-Aldous-Huxley

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “Gentrification 2,” “Sociocide”

5) Orfeón Gagarin - “Gentes de la Tierra” from ORFEÓN GAGARIN & THE SUPERMOON ORCHESTRA https://esplendorgeometrico.bandcamp.com/album/the-supermoon-orchestra

6) Woo - “Robot X” from ROBOT X https://wooipr.bandcamp.com/album/robot-x https://wooipr.bandcamp.com/album/xylophonics-robot-x-double-album

7) Penny Tohyama - “Sexy Robot” from TOKYO FUNK DIVA https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/tokyo-funk-diva

8) Tommasini Juicers - “For Kunga” from SOUND PLEASE Text "SOUND PLEASE" to +1 (360) 223-5886

9) Cardiacs - “Pet Fezant” from LSD https://alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/album/lsd

10) Karen Schoemer (w/Eric Hardiman) - “August 17” from AUGUST https://dromedaryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/august

11) Jean Smith - “Snippet from Hell” from JEAN SMITH https://meccanormal.bandcamp.com/album/jean-smith-solo-2000 https://substack.com/@jeansmith

12) Hideki Umezawa & Giuseppe Cordaro - “II movimento” from TERRARUM MURMUR https://hidekiumezawagiuseppecordaro.bandcamp.com/album/terrarum-murmur

13) Yoko Ono - “Fly” from FLY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(Yoko_Ono_album)

14) Matthew Ryals with effe effe - “Limb-Loosener” from EXALGE https://matthewryals.bandcamp.com/album/exalge incorporating “The Poet and The King” by Lawrence Senesh

15) Alberto Novello & Rob Mazurek - “Quiet Anomalies” from SUN EATERS https://albertonovellorobmazurek.bandcamp.com/album/sun-eaters

16) Adderall Canyonly - “Unto Us a Hit is Given” from FLOW MY TEARS, THE POLICEMAN SAID https://adderallcanyonly.bandcamp.com/album/flow-my-tears-the-policeman-said

…and just like that, it’s Snackpoint Charlie time again. Our erudite listeners know that those words mean two hours of beguiling and sophisticated international global music sounds for the discerning radioteur. New and old enthusiasts alike, join us tonight at 10pm ET on WGXC, 90.7-FM terrestrial and streaming at WGXC.org and the Wave Farm app

[ art: David Greenberger ]

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 167: Too Loud for the Duck (2025.10.01) https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/5rdnmb [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Nābu Pēra - “Pithkias” from SOUNDSCAPES OF NICOSIA https://nabupera.bandcamp.com/album/soundscapes-of-nicosia

2) Josephine Foster - “The Sum of Us All (Vejer)” from SUM VARIATIONS EP https://nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/

(underbed throughout:) Pinetop Gherkins - “Thrushagain”

3) Lata Mangeshkar - “Lag Ja Gale Se Phir” from WOH KAUN THI? (वो कौन थी) https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80_(1964_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE)

4) Alick Nkhata - “Shalapo” from RADIO LUSAKA https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/radio-lusaka

5) Ural Thomas - “You Cared Very Little” from NAT-URAL https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/nat-ural

6) So Savoeun & Meas Saman - “រូវនឹងថ្នាំអូនស្រី (In Need of Your Cure)” from THE GOLDEN VOICE OF PHNOM PENH, 1962-1974 https://akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/the-golden-voice-of-phnom-penh-1962-1974

7) Bembeya Jazz National - “Petit Sékou" from DISCOTHEQUE 76 https://www.discogs.com/release/1255681-Super-Lion-Bembeya-Jazz-National-Discotheque-76

8) Pattie Bersaudara - “Bala” from TJINTA PERTAMA A GO GO https://www.discogs.com/release/6543348-Pattie-Bersaudara-Tjinta-Pertama-A-Go-Go

9) Esplendor Geometrico - “Moscú Está Helado” from MOSCÚ ESTÁ HELADO https://esplendorgeometrico.bandcamp.com/album/mosc-est-helado

10) Ekambi Brillant - Africa Africa” from AFRICA OUMBA https://ekambibrillant.bandcamp.com/album/africa-oumba

11) Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda - “Gasbah Trisinti” from EL NDJOUM https://sofianesaidimazalda.bandcamp.com/album/el-ndjoum

12) David Greenberger & The Hi-Ho Barbers - “Music Information” from GINGER ALE https://davidgreenberger.bandcamp.com/album/ginger-ale https://davidgreenberger.com/

13) Wolfgang Dauner’s Et Cetera - “Yin” from KNIRSCH https://madshoesmusicology.blogspot.com/2014/07/wolfgang-dauners-et-cetera-knirsch-1972.html https://www.discogs.com/master/226386-Wolfgang-Dauners-Et-Cetera-Feat-Jon-Hiseman-Larry-Coryell-Knirsch and EVERY ANGEL'S TERRIFYING: EXPLORATIONS IN GERMAN JAZZ-ROCK, 1970-1980 https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/10/27/every-angels-terrifying-explorations-in-german-jazz-rock-1970-1980/

14) 杨一：内部参考 = Yang Yi: Internal Reference - “站在十字路口的孤单女人 = Lonely Woman Standing at the Crossroads” from 返场七十二小时实录 = ENCORE 72 HOURS https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/va-encore-72-hours/