Dave Mandl
@dmandl.bsky.social
WFMU DJ, writer (The Wire, Los Angeles Review of Books, etc.), bassist, photographer, amateur linguist. Founder, Brooklyn Psychogeographical Association.
Web: dmandl.tumblr.com
Instagram: @dmandl
Playlists from my radio show: https://wfmu.org/playlists/GX
Web: dmandl.tumblr.com
Instagram: @dmandl
Playlists from my radio show: https://wfmu.org/playlists/GX
#NowPlaying Fantastic collection of '60s–'70s Polish jazz, though I could do with a little more Andrej Kurylewicz (instrumental) and a little less Novi Singers (vocal, bordering on breezy '60s family-pop that always sounds ironic today).
February 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
#NowPlaying Fantastic collection of '60s–'70s Polish jazz, though I could do with a little more Andrej Kurylewicz (instrumental) and a little less Novi Singers (vocal, bordering on breezy '60s family-pop that always sounds ironic today).
We finally have a cabinet-level official who's unafraid or even proud to admit that he's done drugs—and coke, not just pot. But coming from RFK Jr. it's not "Wow, a normal guy who's done drugs like a normal person" but "Ick, what a sleazebag."
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
We finally have a cabinet-level official who's unafraid or even proud to admit that he's done drugs—and coke, not just pot. But coming from RFK Jr. it's not "Wow, a normal guy who's done drugs like a normal person" but "Ick, what a sleazebag."
Nice piece of "land art," except it's my bathtub, which has been clogged and backing up for the last couple of days. Impossible to get someone over to snake it over a long holiday weekend. Thank goodness I'm on good enough terms with my ex-wife to use her shower.
February 15, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Nice piece of "land art," except it's my bathtub, which has been clogged and backing up for the last couple of days. Impossible to get someone over to snake it over a long holiday weekend. Thank goodness I'm on good enough terms with my ex-wife to use her shower.
Hurry, there may still be a few German "ICE" people who are still alive.
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the party supported by JD Vance and Elon Musk, are now looking to ICE in the US for inspiration and saying Germany needs an ICE of its own. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
European far-right parties push for ICE-style police
Fringe figures want to follow the Trump playbook for tackling unauthorized migration.
www.politico.eu
February 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Hurry, there may still be a few German "ICE" people who are still alive.
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
Reposted by Dave Mandl
However you feel about Valentine's Day, we think you'll ❤️ this list. WFMU's Suzy Hotrod asked her fellow DJs to pick their favorite love song (only one choice allowed!), and here are the results.
February 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
However you feel about Valentine's Day, we think you'll ❤️ this list. WFMU's Suzy Hotrod asked her fellow DJs to pick their favorite love song (only one choice allowed!), and here are the results.
WFMU is the world's greatest radio station, but somehow it's not-strictly-radio things like LCD that really drive that home for me. Props to editor @kendraplex.bsky.social.
The LCD centerfold, containing the current @wfmu.bsky.social schedule (by Don Tywoniw), is magnificent even by FMU's exalted standards. (Lame attempt to reproduce it here.)
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
WFMU is the world's greatest radio station, but somehow it's not-strictly-radio things like LCD that really drive that home for me. Props to editor @kendraplex.bsky.social.
The LCD centerfold, containing the current @wfmu.bsky.social schedule (by Don Tywoniw), is magnificent even by FMU's exalted standards. (Lame attempt to reproduce it here.)
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The LCD centerfold, containing the current @wfmu.bsky.social schedule (by Don Tywoniw), is magnificent even by FMU's exalted standards. (Lame attempt to reproduce it here.)
The new issue of WFMU's program guide/magazine, LCD, is out. It's huge, colorful, and packed with articles mostly on the theme of "the song." I contributed this TRUE STORY about a 17-year earworm that an FMU listener dislodged for me.
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The new issue of WFMU's program guide/magazine, LCD, is out. It's huge, colorful, and packed with articles mostly on the theme of "the song." I contributed this TRUE STORY about a 17-year earworm that an FMU listener dislodged for me.
Tune in to this World Radio Day panel featuring a few WFMU DJs (including me) today at 1 p.m. ET. We'll be talking about what makes independent radio great, among other things.
TODAY at 1 p.m. ET, as part of World Radio Day, WFMU DJs Bronwyn B, India Roman, Dave Mandl, and Jim the Poet will participate in a live panel discussion on WVBR! Check it out at wvbr.com! Hosted by WVBR's Carter Lee-Millstein.
February 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Tune in to this World Radio Day panel featuring a few WFMU DJs (including me) today at 1 p.m. ET. We'll be talking about what makes independent radio great, among other things.
For Bandcamp Friday: @emergencygroup.bsky.social contributed a new track to this excellent compilation to benefit the Minnesota-based Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Also includes Seawind of Battery, Jon Camp, and many others. Read more: seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...
The Perilous Fight - Vol. 2: We the People, by Seawind of Battery
24 track album
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
For Bandcamp Friday: @emergencygroup.bsky.social contributed a new track to this excellent compilation to benefit the Minnesota-based Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Also includes Seawind of Battery, Jon Camp, and many others. Read more: seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...
I know a few photographers who post exclusively B&W photos, and they're very good (so I'm not talking about them). But there is a tendency to see any B&W photo as inherently arty or profound just because it's B&W, even by the photographers themselves, and that is maddening. #photography
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I know a few photographers who post exclusively B&W photos, and they're very good (so I'm not talking about them). But there is a tendency to see any B&W photo as inherently arty or profound just because it's B&W, even by the photographers themselves, and that is maddening. #photography
Photographers rejoice!
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Photographers rejoice!
Finally got one of these (for the all-whistle band I'm going to be forming here in NYC, of course).
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Finally got one of these (for the all-whistle band I'm going to be forming here in NYC, of course).
I loved this Mommyheads coffee mug, pretty much the only piece of band swag I own, and now look at what I've done.
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I loved this Mommyheads coffee mug, pretty much the only piece of band swag I own, and now look at what I've done.
Cheap date! This is one of my favorite snacks.
February 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Cheap date! This is one of my favorite snacks.
Reposted by Dave Mandl
The Trump administration is trying to divide Jews from other marginalized communities at a time of rising antisemitism and fascism, by forcing Jews to choose between supporting ICE or rejecting federal security funding. It is an unacceptable choice,. www.jta.org/2026/02/11/i...
American synagogues are being forced into a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish federations should fund security so synagogues don't have to accept the federal government's conditions, a Philadelphia rabbi urges.
www.jta.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Trump administration is trying to divide Jews from other marginalized communities at a time of rising antisemitism and fascism, by forcing Jews to choose between supporting ICE or rejecting federal security funding. It is an unacceptable choice,. www.jta.org/2026/02/11/i...
This is wild Trumpist crap (in the Washington Post, of all places). Trump is literally starving Cuba, his reputation as a "dealmaker" is fabricated, and talk of him transforming Cuba into a "free society" while he's establishing fascism in the US is a joke. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Cuba is collapsing. That’s an opportunity for Trump — and the island.
The president’s love of a deal could drive meaningful change.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This is wild Trumpist crap (in the Washington Post, of all places). Trump is literally starving Cuba, his reputation as a "dealmaker" is fabricated, and talk of him transforming Cuba into a "free society" while he's establishing fascism in the US is a joke. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
And there I was thinking the worst thing about Bard was that Steely Dan had attended the school.
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
And there I was thinking the worst thing about Bard was that Steely Dan had attended the school.
Last night's radio show, with music known and unknown by Rascal Reporters, Egg Helmet Ensemble, Karoline Wallace, and more, is now available in the ever-expanding @wfmu.bsky.social archives. Hear it or see the playlist at the link: www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
It's Complicated with Dave Mandl
Audio & playlist from February 9, 2026
www.wfmu.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Last night's radio show, with music known and unknown by Rascal Reporters, Egg Helmet Ensemble, Karoline Wallace, and more, is now available in the ever-expanding @wfmu.bsky.social archives. Hear it or see the playlist at the link: www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
I rarely try to get promo copies of records for my radio show, though that's a routine thing. When I do—I'm talking about reissues or box sets of big-selling groups—it's always impossible to figure out who to contact. What label actually released this? There's always an impenetrable maze of names.
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I rarely try to get promo copies of records for my radio show, though that's a routine thing. When I do—I'm talking about reissues or box sets of big-selling groups—it's always impossible to figure out who to contact. What label actually released this? There's always an impenetrable maze of names.
Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, yet another live installment of my radio show, "It's Complicated" (an hour of prog and prog-adjacent music), comes your way. Listen on the web at wfmu.org or by way of the universally loved @wfmu.bsky.social app. (Pictured: Angine de Poitrine.)
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, yet another live installment of my radio show, "It's Complicated" (an hour of prog and prog-adjacent music), comes your way. Listen on the web at wfmu.org or by way of the universally loved @wfmu.bsky.social app. (Pictured: Angine de Poitrine.)