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Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 2/14/05

Before he and his collaborator Sharon Mesmer give civility a swift kick with their short play, The Swiftness of Swiftidity, our amazing sound poet Edwin Torres speaks with Rodrigo Toscano, who performs two radio plays.

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Sparkle Jug Meteor

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 1/3/05

Poet host Edwin Torres produced this radio celebration of exploration in 2005 using both feet, beginning with MMMZZZ, from an Oozebap compilation, and adding tracks from aural explorers Stephen Vitiello, Nick Cave, Bjork's keyboardist and more.

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Pop Tunes

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 11/29/04

Your gold-tiara wearing host Edwin Torres celebrates drama in music with The Who's Rael 2; Os Mutantes's Dom Quixote; Brian Wilson's Vege-Tables; Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody; Indian Soundscapes; Bjork's Selmasongs/Cvalda and more!

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Wordspeak Music, Vol.1

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 11/8/04

Edwin Torres hosts a short tribute to verbal and rhythmic fireworks with Eric Dolphy's Improvisations And Tukras from his classic album Other Aspects; The Spirit, Kamau Daa'ood's incendiary performance with Billy Higgins on drums, and more.

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What Is This WIT?

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 10/14/04

Our mindful host, Edwin Torres, makes up for cutting his and Sharon Mesmer's What Is This Shit? (where Sharon Mesmer and Edwin regularly travel the gab fantastic) from his last few shows—and we know you've missed them!

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Paul Skiff's Total Hearership

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 10/11/04

Edwin Torres strolls through the naked city with his compadre-in-ears, poet Paul Skiff, visiting the studio with his CD, Total Juju. Paul has been writing poetry since 1980, traveling within the subcurrent of spoken word and Loisaida.

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Mike Tyler's YAYLEGS

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 9/13/04

Fresh from a mud bath, your naked host Edwin Torres welcomes his equally naked guest Mike Tyler, the man who helped rebirth Spoken Word from its slumber in the early 90s with the traveling Nuyorican Poets Café Live.

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Heart Fervors

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 8/10/04

Nude MC Edwin Torres layers acres of transparent love over an aural palimpsest starting with Syd Straw and Mark Ribot's State of the Union joining hands with Marvin Gaye's unblemished plea to want you, and only you.

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Fractured Timestorms

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 8/5/04

Nude MC Edwin Torres loses control of what control there is to have.

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The Opperman Chronicles, Pt. 2 (Your Truth is Showing)

Hosted by Edwin Torres

Originally aired 8/2/04

Host Edwin Torres relaxes with a yin-yang sandwich as Paul Opperman becomes guest DJ once again, sharing his tangential kinesthesis.

RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre EXTENDED SHAMANOIA Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show Host Edwin Torres explores the liminal dark with Shelley Hirsch vocalizing into spiral architecture by way of Lydia Lunch as Thad Rutkowski's machine-like hump-a-doos rock into Mochipet's bionics while Bloody Valentine drones guitar love. Host Edwin Torres explores the liminal dark with Shelley Hirsch vocalizing into spiral architecture by way of Lydia Lunch as Thad Rutkowski's machine-like hump-a-doos rock into Mochipet's bionics while Bloody Valentine drones guitar love over... Originally aired 7/5/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre Emily XYZ Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show Third in a series of live-in-studio mixes by performance poet Edwin Torres with poet-guests Emily XYZ & Sharon Mesmer. Here, frank language, cool music, sweetness and rage all combine in a dazzling mix of contemporary spoken-word art and music. Third in a series of live-in-studio mixes by performance poet Edwin Torres with poet-guests Emily XYZ & Sharon Mesmer. Here, frank language, cool music, sweetness and rage all combine in a dazzling mix of contemporary spoken-word art and the... Originally aired 4/19/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre Danger Mix Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show Frank language, cool music, sweetness and rage all combine in Torres' mix, flaunting rock rhythms with rap, mixing Beatles White Album with Jay Z's Black to get the Danger Mouse Grey. This is a show to send public radio into paroxysms of envy. Frank language, cool music, sweetness and rage all combine in Edwin Torres' new danger-mix, flaunting rock rhythms with rap, mixing Beatles White Album with Jay Z's Black to get the Danger Mouse Grey. This is a show to send public radio into... Originally aired 10/7/06 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre The Legion of Love Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show Your nude host Edwin Torres will jump through hoops for your love, from what is pretty to what is paradise... lather up as he stumbles through Arthur Russell, Shelley Hirsch, Jeni Olin, Ray Baretto, and many others. Your nude host Edwin Torres will jump through hoops for your love, from what is pretty to what is paradise... lather up as he stumbles through: Chris McCreary, Arthur Russell, Juliana Luecking, Tom Jobim, Shelley Hirsch, Jeni Olin, Ray Baretto, and... Originally aired 6/20/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre IN THE EYE OF THE A=N=D=R=E=W=S Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show On this show, we welcome Bruce Andrews to the studio. Andrews is a professor of political science at Fordham University and has published about forty books of poetry, performance, essays and a wide range of other collaborations since the late 1960s. On this show, we welcome Bruce Andrews to the studio. Andrews is a professor of political science at Fordham University and has published about forty books of poetry, performance, essays and a wide range of other collaborations since the late 1960s... Originally aired 5/31/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre Terra Flamenco Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show Edwin takes a brief journey from the Amazon to Andalusia, looking for duende in all the wrong places. What he discovers is a short radio play with Sharon Mesmer called Bullriding With Cream In Your Sack, not quite the desired epiphany. Edwin Torres takes a brief journey from the Amazon to Andalusia, looking for duende in all the wrong places. What he discovers is a short radio play with Sharon Mesmer called Bullriding With Cream In Your Sack, not quite the desired epiphany... Originally aired 5/16/05 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre The Emphatic Entrails of the Sun Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show Edwin Torres reaches into the belly of the sun and with one hand pulls out a collage of gas, muses, blips, and noise - and with the other he discovers the band Microskier and then adds tracks from Leonard Cohen to Genesis P-Orridge. Edwin Torres reaches into the belly of the sun and with one hand pulls out a collage of gas, muses, blips, and noise - and with the other he discovers the band Microskier holding tight to his fingers (see segment on Microskier). With both hands, he... Originally aired 5/2/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre Microskier Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show The enigmatic, minimalist duo Microskier appears in-studio for a performance of two-minute gems, back to back! Microskier is Fred Stesney on digital technology and Skot Yobbagy on vocals and analog effects The enigmatic, minimalist duo Microskier appears in-studio for a performance of two-minute gems, back to back! Microskier is Fred Stesney on digital technology and Skot Yobbagy on vocals and analog effects. Skot is formerly of the East Village sound... Originally aired 4/18/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Live Nude Radio Theatre Beat Apple Jazz Hosted by Edwin Torres Radio show Your speechless host Edwin Torres provides another mix and dances in the studio while playing tunes from Christian Marclay & Elliott Sharp, Syd Barret/Opel, Missy Elliott, and more. Followed by intellectually charged banter with Sharon Mesmer. Your speechless host Edwin Torres provides another talkless mix and dances in the studio while playing Francois R. Cambuzat et les Enfants, Christian Marclay & Elliott Sharp, Syd Barret/Opel, Jayne Cortez & Firespitters, Snoop Dogg, Missy... Originally aired 4/4/05 Listen Read More »