Manic Expressive

11/06/2024

Whatever is going on, know that finding friendship and community is far more important than embracing fearful narcissists.
I thought so yesterday, and I still do today.

12/22/2021

It's been years... but here's a chunk of rare Holiday themed stuff (some less reverent than others... some, perhaps not safe for work... but put the kids to bed (so to speak) and enjoy this stream (available thru January 4, 2021)
Featuring sounds by Sufjan Stevens, Prince, Lyle Lovett, Tom Waits, Eddie Lawrence, Reece Shipley, John Lennon (with Yoko Ono, the Plastic Ono Band and the Harlem Community Choir), Fitz of Depressioin, Lucious Jackson, Rachael Yamagata. Matthew Sweet, The Erik Seaver Corporation, Purple Geezus, Lou Monte, Crystal Antlers, Henry Rollins (2.13.61) with Joe Cole, The Beach Boys, Rats of Unusual Size, The Beatles, Monty Python, Stan Freberg, Skunk Anansie, Devo, Yello, Beck, James Brown, Stephen Colbert (with Elvis Costello), Fishbone, Ana Gasteyer, Les Paul and Woody Phillips

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12/22/2021

Another Christmas Vortex arrives tonight/ tomorrow am from 3-6am!
Stream it live here, or catch the archive link later!
Merry things!

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12/21/2021

Hmm... maybe tonight...?
Stay tuned. Ho Ho Ho...

01/04/2020

Manic Expressive for January 4, 2020 was largely focused on the sounds of the recent Watchmen HBO series, and featured music from (local Hartford artists) Shagohod, Saskia Laroo and Warren Byrd (with fellow Hartford artists Tang Sauce and PremeAlom, as well as MC Complex, Joseph Bowie and Alexander Beets), as well as sounds from King Crimson, Miles Davis Quintet, Alfred Drake with the Original Broadway Cast of Oklahoma the Musical, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Vietnamese National Song and Dance Ensemble, Beastie Boys, Devo, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Irma Thomas, Howard Jones, The Castells, Alexandr Misko, 冨田勲　Isao Tomita, Sturgill Simpson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, The Ink Spots, Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra, WITCH, Doris Day with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra, Frank Sinatra and the Bobby Tucker Singers and Spooky Tooth!
Stream it at this link:
http://wwuh.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/281039
Available thru January 17, 2020!

01/03/2020

Manic Expressive fills in for Underground Radio on WWUH tonight from midnight to 3 AM ET! Stream it live at http://energy10.egihosting.com:3480/listen.pls or look for it (in progress and after the fact thru January 17, 2020) on the Program Archive at http://wwuh.streamrewind.com/
Tonight featuring music heard on the excellent 2019 HBO series Watchmen HBO, featuring the score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross!

12/18/2019

IT HAPPENED! With holiday type sounds from jane siberry, The Afro-Semitic Experience, They Might Be Giants, Tristan Da Cunha, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Andrew Bird, Johnny Cash, Henry Rollins (2.13.61), Shellyan Orphan, Matthew Sweet, Drazy Hoops, Glam Chops, Joseph Spence, Kay Martin & Her Body Guards, Barrington LEVY & Trinity, JD McPherson, ELVIS PRESLEY, Rachael Yamagata, Victoria Spivey, Junkyard Dogs, Vic20, Brave Combo, The Beatles, The Fab Four, The Firesign Theatre, Phil Austin, Flaming Lips, Purple Geezus, Wesley Stace (as John Wesley Harding), Eels, Langhorne Slim, Mt Joy, I Don't Know How But They Found Me, PIEBALD, James Brown, Sufjan Stevens, and Stephen Colbert & Elvis Costello (from A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All)! Streamable at this link thru Monday December 30, 2019!
http://wwuh.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/279527/tuesday-synthesis-manic-expressive-moondog-s-holiday-vortex-with-moondog

12/17/2019

Updated: IT WILL HAPPEN TODAY! Get ready for a lot of Holiday all at once from 1-4PM ET on WWUH 91.3 FM or http://wwuh.org
With new stuff (for example from JD McPherson, Mt. Joy, I Don't Know How But They Found Me and PIEBALD, old favorites from Afro-Semitic Experience, They Might Be Giants, jane siberry, Andrew Bird and Rachael Yamagata) and stuff you didn't even know was your favorite... yet...
HO! HO! HO! Stay safe in the ICE AND SNOW! (Well, mostly ice around here today, but still...)

06/17/2019

Moondog's Manic Expressive jumps in with a LOAD of GREAT NEW things filling in for Turtle Man and "Boomer's Paradise" on Monday Synthesis on WWUH 91.3 FM from 1 to 4pm ET Featuring: some new Sebadoh bands coming to Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA later this month, and so much more! You can also stream it live (or on demand through the Program Archive) at http://wwuh.org

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