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Transistor Sister
Music
With Commie Francis
Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. Featuring one MINI THEME per episode.
May 7, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
________ CITY
It's another 2 hour theme cause I am just a theme girl I guess. Songs that are called (something) city). Mostly not songs about actual towns called _____ City but songs where a noun or adjective is used to describe a city. OK!
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Next week: a special show live from London!
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Apr 30, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
THIS IS A BIRTHDAY PONY
Hi everyone it's time for my traditional birthday week show where I just play my favorite songs!
This was a bit more of a thrill when I did a purely themed show and didn't do at least an hour of whatever I want to play every week! But it's still fun to trot out old (and new!) favorites.
Next year I might start a new birthday tradition. Any ideas? Drop em in the chat!
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Apr 23, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
FAKE PUNX MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SPECIAL feat. PETHIE
young poseur commie francis and friend, halloween... 1984?
Maybe the last drive show from my home studio THE FACTORY OF HOPE because thanks we are on the brink in the power of freeform, human-curated broadcast radio to support independent music and keep exposing people to things that they never would have known they would like (and that an algorithm would never know to play for them). Being live, human, connected, and available randomly to anyone with a radio receiver makes radio special in a way that is hard to articulate. Being part of WPRB has been so important to me personally, and I am so proud to be able to contribute to it. So if you like me, the show, the station, the general concept of this kind of radio, please contribute!
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Apr 16, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
PAY YOUR RATES Membership Drive / Tax Day Special
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It's been a wild ride making this show happen but i'm HERE with Dana K playing just good ol good music and a mini theme of songs about taxes and financial instruments and a reminder to DONATE YOUR TAX REFUND TO WPRB LOVE YOU ALL
Apr 9, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Roll Away the Stone!
Apr 2, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Transistor Sister #160 featuring songs about making plans and executing them
Mar 26, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Episode #159: OH NO
Mini theme this week is songs that go oh NO!
If you're in Philly,drink and cook with bottled water until further notice! Note this link has been updated with specific areas of the city that could be affected.
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Mar 19, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Show #158 featuring obsolete forms and methods of communication
This week's mini theme is songs about forms of communication that we don't use much or at all anymore! Plus some obsolete phone tech.
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Mar 18, 2023 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
With Commie Francis
Saturday Morning Bubblepop!
Mar 12, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Show # 157 featuring spelling
the mini (midi?) theme will be the whole second hour, songs about spelling and I already did another whole show of spelling songs which you can check out here.
Mar 11, 2023 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Internation Women's Day Special!
Image: Marsha P. Johnson
Since it's women's history month and International (working) Women's Day was this week, here's my annual show of all music made by women! OF COURSE this includes trans women. With a national/international panic about trans people going on right now, I'm giving my trans sisters a little boost and making a concerted effort to include more of their music this time around. It's a small gesture but when you're seeing people like yourself being scapegoated, demonized, outlawed and attacked every damn day, small comforts can help. Of course ACTION helps more and I hope you will consider doing concrete things to combat this bigotry. More info on the issues and what you can do here (the other day there were 385 bills nationwide attacking the rights of LGBTQ people; today there are 399) and here (intro the the issues and ways you can help).
Feb 26, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Episode #155: Nerdy stuff
Today's mini theme (at 3pm) is stuff for nerds! Specifically stuff that I was into as a nerdy youth in the 80s/90s. I do not view nerdiness as derogatory in the slightest.
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Feb 19, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Show #154 featuring MAP REFS
Some new musics and some songs about maps! Moving from last week's maxi set to a medi-set, someday I will work my way to mini sets!
Feb 12, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Transistor Sister #153: Into the Unknown! feat. talking to the band
Are you ready Steve? Uh huh.
It's my first (well in a long time) 2 hour episode of Transistor Sister, a new look for spring! You will hear a bunch of nonsense from all across time including a ton of brand new jams! In the second hour I'm doing well a very long mini set (ok at least 2 sets) of songs where the band members talk to each other.
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Feb 5, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
With Commie Francis
Welcome to Sundays
Welcome to my new time and show format for spring 2023! I'm doing one more theme for old times' sake, then I'll be doing a freeform show until summer (after that... we'll see!). There will still be a mini themeevery week for you themeheads! Anyway this is songs about Sunday, and there are SO MANY!
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