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Hosted by Jeannie Hopper
Originally aired Monday, February 20th, 2012

Artist, author and activist Anthony Papa sits down with Jeannie Hopper to discuss the transformative power of art, when it is good to tell a lie, and how Mike Kelley (R.I.P.) saved his life. The artist also discusses creativity as a tool for change.

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Hosted by DJ Shakey
Originally aired Monday, February 20th, 2012

A set played by No Use For Humans for a Warper event at the Clocktower, January 2012. NUFH is a project of drummer Steve Honoshowsky who has experimented with a wild and creative variety of percussion and drum setups, both acoustic and electronic.

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Hosted by Ted Gordon
Originally aired Monday, February 20th, 2012

Musical freedom can mean freedom from rules, limits, structure, tonality or rhythm; but it can also mean freedom from an economic and legal system that stifles innovation. WFMU's Free Music Archive is the source for these legally free tracks.

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Hosted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Originally aired Monday, February 20th, 2012

Alec Bemis says this mixtape is probably the closest his show will ever get to attempting to start a dance party. Maybe you'd call what follows funky music, or maybe it's more appropriate to just say it has some soul.

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Hosted by Stephen Schaefer
Originally aired Monday, February 20th, 2012

Joseph Cedar’s Footnote is easily the most captivating study of Talmudic scholarship rivalry ever made. Cedar explains how he came to write this father-son story which examines celebrity, the value of prizes and the perils of research.

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Hosted by Stephen Schaefer
Originally aired Monday, February 13th, 2012

Director Agnieszka Holland discusses the difficulties of filming, casting and editing her latest, fact-based drama In Darkness which recounts a Polish thief’s transformation when he hides a group of Jews in the sewers to protect them from Nazis.

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Hosted by Will Corwin
Originally aired Monday, February 13th, 2012

Will Corwin stops by the Hackney studio of artist Peter Davies. The artist, who is known for his meticulously painted list paintings, such as The Hip One Hundred, speaks candidly about the early days of his career and the ups and downs of success.

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Hosted by Jeannie Hopper
Originally aired Monday, February 13th, 2012

In the Hopper this time around the sweet, soulful sounds of Sons and Daughters of the Light, Eddie Jefferson, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Captain Planet and many others massage your ears and make you move with the music of Love, Peace and Soul.

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Hosted by Nickodemus
Originally aired Monday, February 13th, 2012

In this segment of Turntables on the Hudson Radio, DJ Nickodemus enraptures your soul with the healing nature of music. From the Colombian rhythms of Pacifico Colombiano to the hypnotic vibes of Burial, Nickodemus brings on the musical love.

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Hosted by DB
Originally aired Monday, February 13th, 2012

This mix tape focuses on chilled out songs & beats from as far back as 30 years, right up to stuff that just dropped this week. So chill to this selection of blissed out rockers, dub versions of classics and some of the latest chillwave soundscapes.

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Hosted by DJ Shakey
Originally aired Monday, February 6th, 2012

Matt Inconiglios aka DJ ATOM was one of 24 artists who performed at the Clocktower Gallery as part of DJ Shakey's Warper Party project and marathon performance on Jan. 12, 2012. Hear his mixes of music, sounds and dialogue, steeped in dance beat.

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Hosted by Béco Dranoff
Originally aired Monday, February 6th, 2012

Béco Dranoff has returned from six weeks in Brazil with a precious cargo of CDs released in 2011 - an amazing year for the modern Brazilian MPB scene. Here he selects some favorite tracks focusing on a progressive vibe, and celebrating Carnaval.

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Hosted by Alanna Heiss
Originally aired Monday, February 6th, 2012

Guitarist/composer Elliott Sharp in a solo for guitars and electronics at the Clocktower Gallery on Jan. 24, 2012 as part of the Canyon Candy exhibition performance series. Sharp created a new soundtrack for a classic sci-fi flick by Ray Harryhausen.

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Originally aired Monday, February 6th, 2012

Recorded by the New York Public Library, two photographer/artists discuss their mutual experiences, technique and format, celebrities (and how to photograph them), face blindness, Lana Turner, Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, the Dalai Lama, and much more.

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Hosted by Joe Ahearn , Ginny Benson
Originally aired Monday, February 6th, 2012

A basic breakfast breakdown of Joe & Ginny's favorite layers of musical junk food: mix tape staples like Dan Deacon, Best Friends Forever, and Future Islands that have been cultured and aged in the cheese caves for months, but there's also sweets...

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Hosted by DJ Shakey
Originally aired Monday, January 30th, 2012

Mezzo-soprano avant-genre artist Carolyn “Honeychild" Coleman was one of 24 artists who performed at the Clocktower Gallery as part of DJ Shakey's Warper Party project and marathon performance on Jan. 12, 2012. Kate Bush meets Sarah Vaughn.

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Hosted by Me Raabenstein
Originally aired Monday, January 30th, 2012

Music with a view selected and presented by Me Raabenstein. With tracks by Marcus Fischer, Amla Courtis, Roly Porter, James Ferrano and Maria Minerva, Larry Gus, Glimpse, Patten and Matthew Dear. Enjoy the melody.

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Hosted by Jeannie Hopper
Originally aired Monday, January 30th, 2012

Jeannie Hopper sits down with Julie Covello aka DJ Shakey to talk Hobo-tech, Electro-Swing, snowboarding, living life at Rubalad, alternative audio controllers, Ableton Live, Moldover, the Warper Party, and working in the Clocktower Gallery.

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Hosted by DJ Shakey
Originally aired Monday, January 30th, 2012

DJ Shakey organized and then performed as one of 24 artists at the Clocktower Gallery as part of her Warper Party project and multi-media performance event on Jan. 12, 2012. This is her set, featuring her unique audio controllers and fabulous sounds.

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Hosted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Originally aired Monday, January 30th, 2012

This new series begins with inspiration following time spent at Denniston Hill, NY art center, during which Bemis curated a month's worth of residencies and to which this mix is dedicated. From Alan Lomax to Pablo Casals, from Antony to Erik Satie.

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Hosted by Ted Gordon
Originally aired Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Leaving aside tracing influence in composed music, which is its own can of worms, this episode is a meditation on influence in improvised music, with Cecil Taylor, John Oswald, Anthony Braxton, Naked City, Sun Ra, John Fahey, Bill Frisell,more.

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Hosted by Nickodemus
Originally aired Monday, January 23rd, 2012

After sharing thousands of songs on dance floors worldwide for the past 15 years, Nickodemus has joined the Clocktower radio team with this first offering from the eclectic dance music spectrum: Stevie Wonder, Quantic, Teebs, Flying Lotus, and more.

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Hosted by Will Corwin
Originally aired Monday, January 23rd, 2012

On a visit to Hamburg, Will Corwin sits down with videographer/photographer Jeanne Faust, asks her about the vaunted Hamburg Hochschule für Bildende Künste and about her current undertaking, a film about Vietnamese flower arrangers in Berlin.

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Hosted by Pete McCabe
Originally aired Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Actor Will Bond, of the SITI Company, discusses his performance as Bob at New York Live Arts, Jan. 19-29, 2012. They discuss the show, the background of the company, the work of the playwright and director Robert Wilson, upon whom the show is based.

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Hosted by Charles Ruas
Originally aired Monday, January 16th, 2012

Charles Ruas with Klaus Kertess who has been a major influence on the NY art scene in his capacity as a dealer, curator and critic making him an astute commentator on the subject. His writings on artists are in a collection called See, Written.

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Hosted by Jeannie Hopper
Originally aired Monday, January 16th, 2012

Jeannie Hopper interviews and plays music with Mark Kneppers of Kraak & Smaak, one of the group's three core studio members. After bonding over a slavish devotion to vinyl and a love for classic funk they created their debut album, Boogie Angst.

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Hosted by Ginny Benson , Joe Ahearn
Originally aired Monday, January 16th, 2012

The first segment of a new series in which our hosts aim to show how the practice of The Manifesto (an outdated 20th Century practice perhaps) lives on in the lyrics of contemporary music, given a voice through the lyrics of today’s front men.

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Hosted by Daniela Salvioni
Originally aired Monday, January 16th, 2012

Daniella Salvioni catches up with sculptor, photographer, painter and multimedia gallery artist Dike Blair in Rome. Blair self-describes his work as a medium for his love/obsession with "luminosity": daylight, sensation, ambience...

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