Get Right Down!

To the REAL NITTY GRITTY tonight at 7pm et!
All the greasy, vinyl slop you care to eat on the Ichiban webstream
Do yourself a favor and end the weekend right!

Programming Alert!

We have a new show on the WFMU Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban webstream!  Wind down your weekend with The Real Nitty Gritty every Sunday night from 7-8 PM with your DJs Nitty Gritty Tania and Thomas Torment!  And don't forget Crayons To Perfume, Wednesday at 7 PM followed by Fringe Factory at 8, Live From The Admiral with Dr. Filth for your Saturday night dance party needs and Debbie Does WFMU to take you into the weekend on Friday afternoons at 4.  Play it loud at work and annoy the squares!!!

Wild and Way Out Sounds on the Fringe Factory at 8pm!

We've always got your wild and way out 60's sounds on the Fringe Factory, and tonight the Q65 lead the way and the Painted Ship, Zakary Thaks, and Bohemian Vendetta follow. More new Sonics sounds round it all out! Check us out either on Tune In Radio or on the pop up player at WFMU.org where you can also use the link for our playlist and comments to enter the chat room and hang out with us!

The girls sing about Mama, on Crayons to Perfume! 7pm

That's little Richard Whig and his Mom Marti in 1969!

Today on Crayons To Perfume! The girls sing about their Mamas, on our tribute to Mothers Day show (a few days early). Like any self-centered teenager, the girls mostly end up singing about themselves... but we'll let Mama get a few words in herself. Check out the video below, and listen to Crayons to Perfume!

Shot Down: The keen eye of Jini Dellaccio

Jini Dellaccio's soul-snatching photos of the Sonics and the Wailers (among others)

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Mark Your Calendar!!

DJ GirlGroupGirl is coming to town!  Come out and dance with the girls + Todd-o-Phonic Todd on Friday May 15th at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn.  See you there!

Happy Birthday, Godfather

May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006

RIP BEN E. KING

1938-2015

Let's Go Trippin'!

DJ T. Texas Tiny-Newport Harbor Buffalo Ranch

Don't miss the new book by John Blair about the surf music scene in California from 1960-66.  John tells the story of the surfing craze with great stories and photos.  Available from Arcadia Publishing.

The Fringe Factory Has Your Number! Tonight at 8 et!

Our show kicks off with some brand new Sonics plus the Fe Fi Four + 2, The Fabulous Thunderbeats, Gary Wilde and much much more! You can meet up with us live, in the chat room by following the link to WFMU.org and looking for the Ichiban Stream ... and you can also listen in by clicking the Tune In Radio button to the right of your screen.

Never miss a show! Our archive blog logs them all!

Crayons to Perfume! Francoise Hardy and the Dream Girls! Tonite at 7

Francoise Hardy leads a legion of sleepy eyed, moony dreamers tonight on Crayons to Perfume! at 7pm et on WFMU.orgon the Ichiban Stream!

Don't forget, you can catch all of the shows at the Crayons to Perfume! blog archive along with a few links to some nifty girly downloads. Here's a little taste of the irresistible Francoise, below!

A Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame BY and FOR the People

We're all sick of the self-anointed "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," right? Sick of their bad choices, sick of their egregious snubs, and sick of their self-important made-for-TV tux and tie galas that are the very antithesis of rock 'n' roll. That doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with paying tribute to the greatest rock 'n' rollers of all-time, but it's a lot more fun when US, the fans, the people who love this music, buy the records, and really, truly, passionately care about it get to pick who deserves the honor. And that is what the Rock 'n' Roll Freak Pantheon is all about. 

The Pantheon was the brainchild of the "secret" Facebook group "Rock 'n' Roll Freaks". The purpose is to honor "artists and groups who have not been recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Commercial success and/or critical acclaim are not factors in choosing candidates or inductees." Rather, it seeks "to spotlight those people who embody the true spirit of rock 'n' roll in their recordings, performances, and in the lives they've lived,... the forgotten heroes, the renegades, and the free spirits who have left a unique imprint on the history of rock 'n' roll. 

A series of elections were conducted during 2014 to come up with the inaugural class, including one for non-performing contributors, and sixteen names made the cut: The 13th Floor Elevatos, Lester Bangs, Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'n' Roll Trio, the Cramps, Dick Dale, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Love, the MC5, New York Dolls, John Peel, the Pretty Things, ? & the Mysterians, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Seeds, the Sonics, and (the top vote-getter of 'em all) Link Wray. 

The 2015 election is now underway and the polls close on Friday, May 22, 2015. It is comprised of two ballots, one for performers and one for the non-performing contributor category. Some of the names on the former include Hasil Adkins, Richard Berry, Captain Beefheart, Wayne Cochran, the Dictators, Esquerita, Flamin' Groovies, the Monks, the Fabulous Wailers, and Larry Williams. On the latter ballot, you'll find names like Kim Fowley, Joe Meek, Murray the K., and Greg Shaw. To see the full list of nominees and to find out how you can vote, visit the Rock 'n' Roll Freaks website. 

There was no induction ceremony for the 2014 class of inductees, and while you'll never see the Rock 'n' Roll Freaks put on a spectacle as pompous and over-blown as Jann Wenner's Cleveland cabal does every year, both classes of inductees will be honored at the First Annual Freak Out Weekend in Seattle from August 7-9. 

You can follow the Rock 'n' Roll Freak Pantheon on Facebook here.