The last possible show of the year - New Year's Eve Day, and a Strange Brew of a year it was. No recaps, no greatest hits or best of's...notes on the pandemic (yawn) a few things there were released this year, some birthdays & some hopes for the future. Enjoy! AM streams live from Brooklyn every Friday morning at 11:00 AM EST on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

From December 17th: no themes here, just births, deaths (Mike Nesmith, Joe Simon), new releases, old classics, reissues, local acts...all killer no filler, yada yada yada...blondes, moons & Indian summers. AM is live on Fridays at 11:00 AM EST & rebroadcast on Tuesdays @ 4:00 PM only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

From Dec. 10: Camel beauty contests, robot DJ's and all the songs they inspire. The Three Degrees cover the James Gang & the James Gang (also the Police) do instrumentals...new music from the Phenomenal Handcalp Band, Curtis Harding & the Milk. A whole set of robotic buzzing & bleeping in the middle. AM is live every Friday at 11AM EST & repeats on Tuesdays at 5PM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

From December 3rd: Welcome to December, the unofficial month of drink, a little hot jazz to go with your cold drink? A touch of bluegrass, some roots, some punk, hard rock, jazz oh who knows anymore? AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Air date: November 26th - the day after TG...songs for the season & beyond - buncha songs about birds...because I can't restrain myself. Fun stuff, music from Haiti, New Orleans, Angola, old school r&b, jazz, gospel, soul, couple-a rock tunes too. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

From Nov. 19: recap of our Changui event, a little dancing at the top, this & that in the middle, some world folk & blues at the end...not all sad, just a wee bit at the end there. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Air date: Nov. 12: Lots of fun here. power-pop, indiepop. spaced out jazz, afro-beat, new music from Curtis Harding, Joan as Police Woamn, Wolf Alice, Greg Foat...lots more. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on rfb.nyc

Air date: Nov. 5: battling a cold & barely audible but still having fun last week...blues, Brazilian, French, funk, country, boogie, jazz; + new music from Mild High Club & War on Drugs; goodbye summer now for realz...

From October 22: songs about beaches, rainbows, rivers, moonlight, picnics. sailboats....*sigh* everyone say aaawww...had a theme going & didn't even know it. Even though we didn't pay the sound-alike game - there is a song that's kind of a spoof of another song - right there in the second set, check it. AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Air date: October 15th: this show was a little more chill than usual, a good amount of soul, jazz & Brazilian here...another installment of "Homage? Accident? Or rip-off?" in the second set...also Persian Psychedelia? Yep, you bet & a smattering of gospel AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.comAir date: October 15th: this show was a little more chill than usual, a good amount of soul, jazz & Brazilian here...another installment of "Homage? Accident? Or rip-off?" in the second set...also Persian Psychedelia? Yep, you bet & a smattering of gospel AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Air date - October 8 - hey that rhymes...this show was hella fun...we had late 70's - early 80's -style funky stuff at the start, Brazilain soul, & something from Cape Verde...then - what's this? A game! Two songs that are so alike we have to try to figure out if it's: Homage? Coincidence? Or rip-off? What do YOU think? Some rock & roll in there, some harmonica bluesy things & some jazzy jazz, Yeah, babies. Come play with me on Friday mornings at 11:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From October 1st: This 200th episode let's our freak flag fly with nods of tribute to Shel Silverstein, Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs, some artists that died in October, like Janis & Tom Petty & other death themes (+RIP JPB)...well, it is the month of the Day of the Dead...also - Swedish folk, the British analogue to the Fugs, & some make-out tunes at the end. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

Original air date: September 24, 2021. 'Shake the Dust' & the 'Mothballs' off & take a musical journey with such varied genres as country - funk, prog, yacht - rock, Latin & New Orleans soul. New tunes fro the Liars, the Mommyheads, Lindsey Buckingham & more. AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From Sept 17th: The old brought back anew - re-recordings & reissues from Elvis Costello, The Violent Femmes, Roy Ayers...songs about driving - "Bitchin' Camaro," "Surfin' Hearse," "Waiting for the Bus," "Rusty, Dusty blues."....remembering Norm MacDonald...all sorts of other sttuff.. AM is live on Fridays at 11:00 AM (rebroadcast Tuesdays at 2:00AM) only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From September 10th: All around & away we go on this one - from Robert Plant & Sylvester to Israeli pop, Italian funk & punk, Venezuelan prog, new post-punk, Dub Reggae, Afrobeat, ,jazz, Haitian, Cuban & exotica. A few new releases in there as well. These are the many moods of AM... AM is live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From Sept. 3: Summer vibes, September vibes, classics from those who died, new releases, re-issues, birthdays, influencers and all that jive. "Ive Got the Hot for Charlie Watts." and so it goes. Listen to AM live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern (& rebooted on Monday at 2:00 AM) on RadioFreebrooklyn.com

The August 20th edition: some down-home, country-ish roots music here, also some classic soul, jazz, 60's, couple new releases. Skip the rambling at the beginning, geez what a bore I am sometimes. Off last week, coming back this week - join me live on Friday at 11:00 Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From August 13th: Starting with my new favorite song - "Assholes on Parade" - apply as necessary. This show was fun - with everything from Joe Tex to the Clash to Poison to Dudu Pukwana and more. Listen to AM live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

The August 6th show: It's another "August Day," "Calling You." "Do You Feel It?" Like " A Bee Without Its Sting," "It's So Different Here." Sometimes we don't mind "Being Alone" not always "Wishing" for "The Magic." And other times. "Love Get Dangerous" and " You Burn Me Up, I'm a Cigarette"...all this & mo'. Aural Medication goes out live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From July 30th: some notes on NYC's Homecoming Week concerts series, the Olympics & a set inspired by it etc. Music from the Fabulous Poodles, Fotomaker, Freak Power to Mick Jagger, Mable John & Moses Taiwa Molelekwa...lots more. Tune in to Aural Medication live every Friday at 11:00 AM Eastern only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From July 23rd: Happy birthday to the one & only Screamin' Jay Hawkins, a dude like no ther. Music last week from: The Who, Wang Chung, Vulfpeck & Van Halen, Sparks, a new one from Sons of Kemet, Santana + Buika,, Stevie...Muddy Waters, Willie Colon, LaVern Baker & naturally - Donald Fagen. SIt back & let it be. AM is live every Friday at 11:00AM & canned every Tuesday at 2:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org

From July 16th: music from Desmond Dekker, Denise LaSalle, Django Django, Deneice Williams...other letters of the alphabet also represented such as - Manchester Orchestra, My Morning Jacket, Marisa Monte, McCartney (remixed by Khruangbin...) all kindsa grooves for dancing and chilling. Join AM every Friday @11:00 AM & Tuesday @2:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

July 9th air date: the post- Independence Day edition & hopefully we are not in a post-Independence state of things...notes on cancel culture & tunes from the 60's scene, also stuff from Congo & Ghana & Brazil & France & Morocco & a drop of cool jazz & jazz/funk. Hear AM live every week on Fridays at 11:00 AM Eastern on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

From July 2nd: Almost Independence Day - how independent do you feel? Radio Free Brooklyn is independent above all. This week it's birthdays, album anniversaries, Jim Morrison's influencers & influencees (is that a word?) Latin, VooDoo, funk & the Bee Gees, gee whiz! AM is live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM & Monday morning at 2:00 AM on RadioFreeBrooklyn.com

Air date - June 25th: the great month of June concludes with lots of birthday notables, new, laid back, summer vibes, funky instrumentals and a handful of classics. Always fresh & eclectic. Hear it live every Friday morning at 11:00 AM & Monday night / Tuesday morning at 2:00 AM Eastern, only on RadioFreeBrooklyn.org