4/2/22 2-9pm at Hardywood was WRIR’s FREE birthday party. Hope you came out! I’ll play you a song by one of the bands, plus music from a movie playing at the James River Film Festival that weekend, and so much more. Tune in 9-11pmEDT.

On Monday (4/4/22) I witnessed city crews planting shrubs where Confederate monuments once stood. Ah, renewal. Meanwhile tonight 9-11pmEDT I’ll bring you music from many decades. Tune in!

Didja know John Waters is coming to Richmond Sunday May 1st? That makes me think of Pink Flamingos, of course. And some old RVA punk bands. Tune in 9-11pmEDT while I play them for you (and much more).

It’s Fund Drive week (until Wednesday night 4/27/22). I’ll celebrate Iggy Pop’s 75th birthday (4/21/22) while you consider visiting wrir.org/donate to help keep WRIR on the air. Tune in 9-11pmEDT.

Tonight 9-11pmEDT I’ll play you music from Cherry Pits (RIP Kyle Trax 4 years ago today), Nina Simone (who WRIR’s newest PC is named for), Stone Roses (who I talked about with my neighbor today), and much more. Tune in!

Fontaine here today 3-5pmEDT, playing music from Mission of Burma, Gang of Four, Black Flag, etc. Lots of ’80s vinyl!

On Monday I witnessed city crews planting shrubs where Confederate monuments once stood. Ah, renewal. Meanwhile tonight 9-11pmEDT I’ll bring you music from many decades, and then tomorrow (Saturday) 3-5pm I’ll be back to play tunes from ’75-’99. Tune in to both!

Tomorrow 2-9pm at Hardywood is WRIR’s FREE birthday party, so come on out! I’ll play you a song by one of the bands, plus music from a movie playing at the James River Film Festival this weekend, and so much more. Tune in 9-11pmEDT.

Fontaine here today 5-7pmEDT to play RVA bands including Shawnis and the Shimmers, GWAR, Slow Burning Rage, Golden Sea, etc. Tune in.

Re-airing my show from 3/22/19 (as rebroadcast on 3/19/21):
“I’m remembering my friend Dave Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus of GWAR) on the 5th anniversary of his passing. My special guests tonight include several of his bandmates, including Russ Bahorsky who’ll bring a rare Death Piggy recording. I’ve also unearthed 1990s interviews I did with Dave and the gang on WDCE. Plus of course we’ll play GWAR and related music, tell stories, etc. Tune in 9-11pmEDT.”
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Tonight 9-11pmEDT I’ll play you a song or two from California band The Wind-Ups, who are playing Fuzzy Cactus on Monday. Plus I’ve got all sorts of other stuff. Tune in!

It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since everything shut down due to the coronavirus. The last show I went to was on 3/12/20. But here we are (most of us) hanging in there. Tonight 9-11pmEST I’ll play songs “Corona”, “Virus” plus bands from that March show (Brower, Piranha Rama), and much more. Tune in.

What a horrible week for Ukraine. … I’m gonna play some 1980s Cold War songs, plus many other songs from the ’80s and beyond. Tune in 9-11pmEST.

Again this week, Black History Month gives me a good reason to play a bunch of great music: Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone, Public Enemy, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Last Poets, Robert Johnson, etc. Tune in 9-11pmEST.

February is Black History Month, which gives me a good excuse to play a lot of great music from many time periods and styles: funk, punk, jazz, reggae, blues, etc. Tune in 9-11pmEST.

It’s Valentine’s Day week, time for me to bring you “Love: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly; Billie Holiday to Throbbing Gristle”. Tune in 9-11pmEST for a wide variety of music about love.

Brian Flores this week got us talking about the scarcity of Black coaches in the NFL and the biases of the team owners. Just in time for Black History Month. I’ll play you a song called “What If (Rosa Parks Had a Car)” about how true opportunity can change things. Plus many other songs, 9-11pmEST. Tune in.

It’s another snowy Friday in January. And I’m here at WRIR to play you music from 9-11pmEST, including Frank Zappa’s classic “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow”. And so much more. Tune in!

Musician/actor Meat Loaf died overnight. I’ll play you songs of his from Rocky Horror and Bat Out of Hell. Plus a bunch of other songs to help keep you warm on this cold night. Tune in 9-11pmEST.

It’s Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. I hope you find some reflection on his life this Monday, and perhaps do a good deed in his name. I’ll play a song for him plus music from ’75-’99 leftover from last Saturday’s show. Tune in 9-11pmEST.