Flash Strap
@flashstrap.bsky.social
Artist & host of the Explorers Room on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio. Evan Crankshaw is my name. www.evancrankshaw.com
Explorers Room first show of the year starting N0W!!!!!!!! Get Roomy with me!
Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: the Explorers Room is back in action! Tune in for sounds strange & magical, funky mighty jazz power, and the inaugural dub workout of 2026. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Explorers Room first show of the year starting N0W!!!!!!!! Get Roomy with me!
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Yes dude
Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: the Explorers Room is back in action! Tune in for sounds strange & magical, funky mighty jazz power, and the inaugural dub workout of 2026. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
January 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Yes dude
Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: the Explorers Room is back in action! Tune in for sounds strange & magical, funky mighty jazz power, and the inaugural dub workout of 2026. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: the Explorers Room is back in action! Tune in for sounds strange & magical, funky mighty jazz power, and the inaugural dub workout of 2026. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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This rare record by the flamboyant vocalist Rajab Ali Khan, who greatly influenced singers like Amir Khan with his lightning-fast and fiery melodic phrases, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi...
#India #Hindustani #Khayal
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi...
#India #Hindustani #Khayal
January 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
This rare record by the flamboyant vocalist Rajab Ali Khan, who greatly influenced singers like Amir Khan with his lightning-fast and fiery melodic phrases, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi...
#India #Hindustani #Khayal
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi...
#India #Hindustani #Khayal
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"[Lemi] Ghariokwu created a visual identity as unique as Pedro Bell’s work for Funkadelic."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations
When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partners...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"[Lemi] Ghariokwu created a visual identity as unique as Pedro Bell’s work for Funkadelic."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Happy Boxing Day!
The last ever episode of my WFMU/Give The Drummer Radio stream show The Radio Is Broken airs tonight at 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern!
I'm boxing up my show and putting it up in the attic.
Playlist & chat when live:
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
The last ever episode of my WFMU/Give The Drummer Radio stream show The Radio Is Broken airs tonight at 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern!
I'm boxing up my show and putting it up in the attic.
Playlist & chat when live:
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
一つ: さようなら: The Radio Is Broken with Rich In Washington
Audio & playlist from December 26, 2025
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December 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Happy Boxing Day!
The last ever episode of my WFMU/Give The Drummer Radio stream show The Radio Is Broken airs tonight at 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern!
I'm boxing up my show and putting it up in the attic.
Playlist & chat when live:
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
The last ever episode of my WFMU/Give The Drummer Radio stream show The Radio Is Broken airs tonight at 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern!
I'm boxing up my show and putting it up in the attic.
Playlist & chat when live:
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
Last Explorers Room of 2025 about to light up and blast off, why not tune in, why not hang out??? **STARTING NOW**
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a look back on another cycle of explorations as we hear a track from each show of the year, an orgy of faves & unexpected juxtapositions. Join me for the last show of 2025, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Last Explorers Room of 2025 about to light up and blast off, why not tune in, why not hang out??? **STARTING NOW**
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a look back on another cycle of explorations as we hear a track from each show of the year, an orgy of faves & unexpected juxtapositions. Join me for the last show of 2025, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a look back on another cycle of explorations as we hear a track from each show of the year, an orgy of faves & unexpected juxtapositions. Join me for the last show of 2025, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Explorers Room Kicking off NOW with jazz torrid & tropical:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::JOIN ME
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Explorers Room Kicking off NOW with jazz torrid & tropical:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::JOIN ME
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
& Give the Drummer Radio: Afro-Cuban jazz for a dark & smoky room, transmissions from various arms of the Harmonia galaxy, and a set of a few of my favorite dub cuts we've heard in the Room this year. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Explorers Room is BACK & kicking off NOW::::::::Join me, friends and fellows
Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: Explorers Room is finally back in action - tune in for dub & nyabinghi, an amorphous serpent of psychedelic contemplations, and some really nice jazz variations. Join me, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Explorers Room is BACK & kicking off NOW::::::::Join me, friends and fellows
Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: Explorers Room is finally back in action - tune in for dub & nyabinghi, an amorphous serpent of psychedelic contemplations, and some really nice jazz variations. Join me, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Tonight, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: Explorers Room is finally back in action - tune in for dub & nyabinghi, an amorphous serpent of psychedelic contemplations, and some really nice jazz variations. Join me, 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Was honored to do the cover for Marta Forsberg's beautiful new album Archaeology of Intimacy, on @adambdonoval.bsky.social Warm Winters Ltd.: martaforsberg.bandcamp.com/album/archae...
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Was honored to do the cover for Marta Forsberg's beautiful new album Archaeology of Intimacy, on @adambdonoval.bsky.social Warm Winters Ltd.: martaforsberg.bandcamp.com/album/archae...
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Show starts in a few minutes. Stand by!
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a set dedicated to / inspired by the late Joseph Byrd & his great United States of America. Also a groovy hot dub set and more live Miles including the longest-ever "Maiysha." 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/Kenzo/admin/...
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Show starts in a few minutes. Stand by!
Explorers Room kicking off N0W with some real top-shelf dubs and we'll only get more psychedelic from there:::::::JOIN ME
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a set dedicated to / inspired by the late Joseph Byrd & his great United States of America. Also a groovy hot dub set and more live Miles including the longest-ever "Maiysha." 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/Kenzo/admin/...
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Explorers Room kicking off N0W with some real top-shelf dubs and we'll only get more psychedelic from there:::::::JOIN ME
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a set dedicated to / inspired by the late Joseph Byrd & his great United States of America. Also a groovy hot dub set and more live Miles including the longest-ever "Maiysha." 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/Kenzo/admin/...
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a set dedicated to / inspired by the late Joseph Byrd & his great United States of America. Also a groovy hot dub set and more live Miles including the longest-ever "Maiysha." 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/Kenzo/admin/...
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Today's episode of Give the Drummer Some will feature 3 hours of under-heard marvels by the women of ska and early reggae. Rarities, obscurities and beloved cuts. Hear the show live, 9 to noon (ET) on @wfmu.bsky.social's Drummer Stream. LISTEN: wfmu.org/wfmu_drummer... CHAT: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Today's episode of Give the Drummer Some will feature 3 hours of under-heard marvels by the women of ska and early reggae. Rarities, obscurities and beloved cuts. Hear the show live, 9 to noon (ET) on @wfmu.bsky.social's Drummer Stream. LISTEN: wfmu.org/wfmu_drummer... CHAT: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Explorers Room kicking off now, come join me in the psychedelic graveyard:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a deeply haunted program of psychedelic ghosts, including a special set of J.A. Seazer stuff you have to hear to believe and a bunch of Adrian Sherwood dub productions. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Explorers Room kicking off now, come join me in the psychedelic graveyard:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a deeply haunted program of psychedelic ghosts, including a special set of J.A. Seazer stuff you have to hear to believe and a bunch of Adrian Sherwood dub productions. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a deeply haunted program of psychedelic ghosts, including a special set of J.A. Seazer stuff you have to hear to believe and a bunch of Adrian Sherwood dub productions. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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Here is a Jack DeJohnette radio special I put together a couple of years ago: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Jack DeJohnette!: destination: OUT with Jeff Golick
Audio & playlist from October 29, 2023
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October 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Here is a Jack DeJohnette radio special I put together a couple of years ago: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Explorers Room kicking off with absolutely gorgeous stuff from Electric Byrd. With Duke Pearson & Airto Moreira, cosmic, mysterious, exotic. With so much more in store::::::::JOIN ME
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Explorers Room kicking off with absolutely gorgeous stuff from Electric Byrd. With Duke Pearson & Airto Moreira, cosmic, mysterious, exotic. With so much more in store::::::::JOIN ME
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: Profoundly psychedelic, exotic jazz fusion, an extra-cool set of supernaturally deep dubs, and South American avant-garde mindbenders to send you down an electronic river of dreams. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: Profoundly psychedelic, exotic jazz fusion, an extra-cool set of supernaturally deep dubs, and South American avant-garde mindbenders to send you down an electronic river of dreams. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Kicking off NOW with the man on the Musical Chariot, Derrick Harriott – get in here, pal. Explore with me and the gang
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: rocksteady & dub, a kaleidoscope of exotic psychedelics, and a set of wonderful jazz-classical intersections. Tune in, hang out, help us raise a little dough - 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
October 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Kicking off NOW with the man on the Musical Chariot, Derrick Harriott – get in here, pal. Explore with me and the gang
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: rocksteady & dub, a kaleidoscope of exotic psychedelics, and a set of wonderful jazz-classical intersections. Tune in, hang out, help us raise a little dough - 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: rocksteady & dub, a kaleidoscope of exotic psychedelics, and a set of wonderful jazz-classical intersections. Tune in, hang out, help us raise a little dough - 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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Today's broadcast of Give the Drummer Some celebrates Yusef Lateef's 105th birthday by presenting three hours of his live performances from across the globe. Hear the show, 9am to noon (ET) on @wfmu.bsky.social's Drummer Stream. LISTEN: wfmu.org/wfmu_drummer... CHAT: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today's broadcast of Give the Drummer Some celebrates Yusef Lateef's 105th birthday by presenting three hours of his live performances from across the globe. Hear the show, 9am to noon (ET) on @wfmu.bsky.social's Drummer Stream. LISTEN: wfmu.org/wfmu_drummer... CHAT: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...