Aural Medication

A weekly infusion of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...musical remedies both natural & synthetic, some locally sourced, some internationally imported. From Cleveland to the Congo, from Bushwick to Brazil. LIVE on Fridays 11 AM - 1PM only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

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Aural Medication #269: I May Not Be Your Kind
From March 10, 2023: some notes on Int'l Women's Day , Women's History Month blah blah blah, we know it's all hooey, like T.Rex said, "It's a Rip-Off!" We've got Chaka Khan & Kiki Dee, Garland Jeffreys & Peter Gabriel, White Reaper, the Who, Lizzy Mercier Descloux etc & so forth. Hit it! AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eatstern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #268: From the Lonely Afternoons
From March 3rd: Some reviews of the news and then -- we go from Johnny Cash & the Knitters to Roy Ayers & Cory Henry to Falco (yes, Falco) & Burning Spear + more...this one goes a few places...not too rowdy this week. AM streams live very Friday at 11:00AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #267: I'm Just Being Myself
From Feb 24 - A bit of silliness - Nonsense as a genre...Sue Records Soul sound-alikes, the usual/unusual mix of this & that, you can bet on it. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #266: Why Did You Put Me On?
From Feb 17: a little chit chat about all the disasters we've had recently - but fear not! This show wsn't one of them! A little set celebrating the lifting of mask mandate in NY healthcare facilities...& music old & new & hot & cool. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #265: It's a Pleasure
From Feb 10th: Skip the yakking...music starts at 00:17 minutes...some new pop (what's that?) post-punk, a tribute to the incomparable Burt Bacharach in the second set, then just some good songs, dammit, OK? AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #264: Give Me the Sunshine
From Feb. 3: Happy Imbolc! What's that you say? Listen & find out. Anticipating the arrival of Spring etc. chatting about the movies, a brief good-bye to Tom Verlaine, Sun Ra, Genesis, Donovan, Nick Cave, XTC, R. Stevie Moore. the ridiculous, the sublime & everything in between. Tune in to AM every Friday at 11:00 AM EST live from NYC on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #263: Invertigo
From January 27: Some stuff about the fie-zur sting...then a set to go with it. "Who's Foolin' Who?' in all this? "Something's Gone Wrong Again." Has "Science Gone Too Far"? It's just "Trouble Waiting to Happen," and it's all "For the Love of Money." Hopefully we're not "Running Out of Time" here on the "Third Stone From the Sun." Some blue & Brazilian in there too... AM is live on Fridays at 11:00 AM EST only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #262: Behind the Mask
From January 20th: A little vak-scene news update to start off with. news you may not hear elsewhere...then, early electronic, post-punk, French pop, early soul, blues, even some stand-up from Louie...all thrown in together...sometimes it makes sense... AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #261: I Got a Feelin' in My Body
Happy Friday the 13th...from Jan. 13, & it was a little wacky; some tech issues when we were live, but got it sorted out. Saying good-bye to Jeff Beck with a few tracks from his long career & my personal brush with the man; a little rock, a little soul, some stuff from abroad, and a little rant to go with it...you know how it goes. AM is live very Friday morning at 11:00 AM only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #260: Searching for a Feeling
Happy 2023 - from Jan. 6: some talk about the so-called climate "emergency" in other words, don't panic - and here are some songs to go with that...folk, post-punk, classic indie, soul etc. Fear not, the sky is not about to fall, enjoy music, enjoy life. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #259: Moods For Moderns
From Dec. 30th: It's the end of the year as we know it & I feel fine, dammit. A little chat with Colby, formerly of Young Person's Radio, on RFB. Then some tunes, old & new...mostly old...no deep thoughts, just a good time. Happy New Year! AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM EST only on RadioFreebrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #258: Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
From Dec. 23rd - the pre-holiday show, the eve of the eve, holiday songs you've never heard or heard of...seriously. Xmas, Hannukah, parties, soltice...Chuck Berry, John Lurie...the Sonics, the Dirtbombs...National Lampoon, Jack Bllack, Spinal Tap, Frank Zappa...Little Beaver, Bee Gees...it's all in there. Have a ball! AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM EST only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #257: Yesterday and Today
From Dec. 16th: You know you're in 'the Best Disco In Town', so chill out, "Tip On In" I'm here, "It's My House" & "I'm Ready". Don't ask me what any of it means, just turn it up & let it run. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #256: Take Me As I Am
From December 9th: skip the intro if you don't want to hear me babbling...then we have some 80's stuff, some covers, a touch of hip-hop, some jazz crooning, some nice harmonica work... "It's a Laugh," "No Matter"... AM streams live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #255: Beautiful Lies
From December 2nd: A little ramble to start things off, strange days indeed. Or is it more of the same? You decide. At least we have the music and can still choose to live free, more or less.. All Around & Away We Go...songs about lies & beilef, songs from Senegal, Argentina, France and a couple of tunes about football. That's right. AM streams live every Friday at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #254: Autumn / In the City
From Nov 25th: this one's a little shorter - I was late - damn NYC subways! Cut out all the promos from the top. Otherwise, it's smashing, as usual! A little post-Thanksgving dance break, some slightly wacky stuff, some soulful ballads...always a hodge-podge. tell me what you think rina@radiofreebrooklyn.org AM streams live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #253: November Twilight
Air date: Nov. 18...happy 5th anniversary to Aural Medication on RFB - thanks for listening peeps! Here's the score - 1st set - zydeco, cuban, hip-hop, funk, soul...2nd set - atmospheric, trippy, singer-songwriter, 3rd set - post-punk, no-wave, dub, gypsy. Thanks for making AM a hit! Hit me up at rina@radiofreebrooklyn.org tell me what you tihnk. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #252: Going Down With the Ship
From November 11th: some post election nonsense, Down With the Ship, the Great Rip-Off, Promises, Promises, yeah, that's the ticket; good-bye to the Killer, Gal Costa, some slightly off-color humor from Tracy Morgan, goofy Beatles outtakes...fun, fun. Aural Medication is live every Friday at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #251: Turning the Town Red
From Nov. 4th: a few election themed tunes, some funky soul. a few new releases, blues, country , new wave, Cuban, Brazilian, a jazz tune here & there, that's how it goes. Aural Medication airs live every Friday at 11:00 Eastern on RadioFreebrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #250: Lullaby of the Doomed
From October 28: a little yakking at the top - music starts at around 17:45 if you wanna skip it...punk, new-wave,, some halloween - oriented stuff - but good tunes anyway, old new, ska, rock & roll..show announcements, let's go. Listen to AM live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #249: New Kind of Kick
Oct.21: proto-punk, post-punk, no-wave, pop, prog? Brazilian fusion - all this and Toto, too? And Toto, too! That's all I got this week. AM streams live from Brooklyn on Fridays at 11:00 AM Eastern, on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #248: Cocktail Music
From October 14th: a little politics, a little comedy, a little vinyl, a little retro, no-wave, Italo-disco, hi-life, bugalu...does it get more ecelctic than THIS? I ask you! From Giorgio Moroder to J. Geils to Joey Pastrana to Gil Scott-Heron + one whole set of vinyl. Who could ask for anything more? AM streams to you live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #247: Show Biz Kids
From October 7th: lots of familar things here, big hits & deep cuts, old & new plus a whole set of VINYL ONLY. Can you tell the diference in sound? Test your ears & get back to me! Gonna do it again this week. Aural Medication is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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Aural Medication #246: 'Tis Autumn
From Sept. 23rd: Happy fall, y'all...a bit of a rant and then some songs to usher in the season, h/t to some classics, birthdays, show previews & that's all she wrote. AM streams live outta Brooklyn on Fridays at 11:00 AM, on RadioFreeBrooklyn org - also available on MyTuner & TuneIn apps
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Aural Medication #245: Look Sharp!
Air date: Sept 16th: I apologize for all the throat clearing! Ugh. Something got me. Put on your Big Boy Pants, Tight Pants, Fancy Clothes, Adidas, etc & so forth, yeah, notes on fashion week, such as it is. So long Ramsey Lewis...music from Israel, Cameroon, Ethiopia, France all varieties of fun. AM goes out live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org
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