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Thanks to the relentless efforts of our fine Programming Committee, the Mothership Slight Return is returning live to the airwaves on AshevilleFM on Tuesday nights from 10pm to midnight! Come check me out in my new time slot! I’m chomping at the bit to get these African-rooted sounds and current events ruminations straight back into your earholes, so please do bring them and let’s restore some order to the galaxy together.
All Hail AFM Programming!!! The Cat. Is Back.
Hello Listeners,
Try as I might, I have not succeeded in pre-recording my show so that I can continue to produce new content through the lockdown. That’s why my shows have all been reruns during this wacky time we’re all living through. I finally gave up on pre-recording after many abortive attempts, and will not be broadcasting live for the time being. I hope to get back in the studio live again soon for the Mothership Slight Return’s grand return!
But in the meantime, please find my weekly commentaries on the Please Pass the Hacksaw show with Dr. Hyena, where I’ll be passing along the kinds of ruminations you’ve grown accustomed to on the Mothership Slight Return’s news hour. You can hear me and the good doctor passing the hacksaws and cutting our collective chains between 10pm-12am on Tuesday nights, on your community radio station, AshevilleFM.
Be safe, be well, and know that you are loved. I’ll see you soon!
Your DJ P 
Funk
PPtH’s DJ dr hyena is psyched to announce the addition of a regular guest commentary segment by The Mothership Slight Return’s DJ PFunk, during this time of pandemic-adjusted show scheduling. For a sample of what’s in store, listen to this week’s (5/12) PPtH archive for PFunk’s call-in Good News report on NC Mail-In Voting! (somewhere around minute 0:47) Also locally harvested Mental Health Self-Care considerations from Dr. Nick! (0:34).
As those of us in Buncombe County and the state of North Carolina are forced to stay at home, the stress and anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic have created a perfect storm for domestic violence victims.
April Burgess-Johnson Executive Director of Helpmate and Geoff Sidoli, Executive Director of Mountain Child Advocacy Center spoke with News Team correspondent KP Whaley about the significant increase in requests for services we are seeing in WNC.
Listen to the full interview below
Masks are now being recommended to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but finding masks can be a challenge. A local group of activists saw the need and responded immediately by forming the group Masks Of Love, a DIY sewing group creating homemade masks for the community. AFM News correspondent KP Whaley talked to one of their organizers about their efforts.
Asheville FM 103.3 WSFM-LP Jazz, World, Experimental, Top 30 Play Charts, March 8-14, 2020
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JAZZ top ten
1. Firecracker Jazz Band – Return To The Twenties (EUPHONIAN)
2. Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle (INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM)
3. Rent Romus’ Lords of Outland – 25 Years Under The Mountain (EDGETONE)
4. Enrico Fazio Critical Mass – Wabi Sabi (LEO)
5. Matthew Shipp – Invisible Light, Live Sao Paulo (HAT HUT)
6. Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM)
7. Vijay Iyer / Craig Taborn – The Transitory Poems (ECM)
8. Pat Metheny – From This Place (NONESUCH)
9. Whit Dickey Tao Quartets – Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM FIDELITY)
10. Frode Gjerstad / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Matthew Shipp – Season of Sadness (ILUSO)
(compiled by Jazz director Jonathan Price)
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World Music top ten
1 METAL PREYERS _ Metal Preyers (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
2 CEU _ “Coreto” [Single] (Six Degrees)
3 ONIPA _ We No Be Machine (Strut)
4 OOIOO _ Nijimusi (Thrill Jockey)
5 VULA VIEL _ What’s Not Enough About That? (Self-Released)
6 ANTIBALAS _ Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
7 BUSCABULLA _ Regresa [Advance Tracks] (Ribbon)
8 EKITI SOUND _ Abeg No Vex (The Remixes Vol 1) [EP] (Crammed)
9 HAILU MERGIA _ Yene Mircha (Awesome Tapes from Africa)
10 LIDO PIMIENTA _ Miss Colombia [Advance Tracks] (Anti-)
(compiled by World Music director Marissa)
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Experimental Music top ten
1. Mosses – T.V. Sun (ANYWAY)
2. Sun City Girls – Live at the Sky Church – September 3rd, 2004 (TWENTY ONE EIGHTY TWO RECORDING COMPANY)
3. SUSS – High Line (NORTHERN SPY)
4. Jessica Ekomane – Multivocal (IMPORTANT)
5. Negatviland – True False (SEELAND)
6. OOIOO – Nijimusi (THRILL JOCKEY)
7. Peter Zummo – Deep Drive (TIN ANGEL)
8. Emptyset – Blossoms (THRILL JOCKEY)
9. JOYFULTALK – A Separation of Being (CONSTELLATION)
10. Amulets – Between Distant and Remote (BEACON SOUND)
(compiled by Experimental Music director Dogeye)
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Top 30 Play Chart, March 8-14, 2020; WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM, Asheville FM, North Carolina
1.) Mosses _ T.V. Sun (Anyway)
2.) 16) King Krule _ Man Alive! (True Panther Sounds / Matador)
3.) Sunn Trio _ Electric Esoterica (Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company)
4.) Stephen Malkmus _ Traditional Techniques (Matador)
5.) Sun City Girls _ Live at the Sky Church – September 3rd, 2004 (Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company)
6.) 5) Soccer Mommy _ color theory (Loma Vista)
7.) 6) Baseball Gregg _ Calendar (s/r)
8.) 10) Firecracker Jazz Band _ Return to the Twenties (Euphonian) … Asheville band … album release show to be rescheduled
9.) 21) Cindy Lee _ What’s Tonight To Eternity (W.25th/Superior Viaduct)
10.) U.S. Girls _ Heavy Light (4AD) … U.S. Girls scheduled to visit May 3 @ The Grey Eagle w/Bonjay
11.) Metal Preyers _ Metal Preyers (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
12.) Slander Tongue _ Slander Tongue (Slovenly Recordings)
13.) 4) Arbor Labor Union _ New Petal Instants (Arrowhawk)
14.) 13) Guided By Voices _ Surrender Your Poppy Field (GBV Inc)
15.) 14) Best Coast _ Always Tomorrow (Concord)
16.) Caribou _ Suddenly (Merge)
17.) 9) 7) 11) Frances Quinlan _ Likewise (Saddle Creek)
18.) 30) 29) Destroyer _ Have We Met (Merge)
19.) Jessica Ekomane _ Multivocal (Important)
20.) Vundabar _ Either Light (Gawk)
21.) 25) Wednesday _ I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone (Orindal) … Asheville band … album release show to be rescheduled
22.) 15) Greg Dulli _ Random Desire (BMG)
23.) 19) Grimes _ Miss Anthropocene (4AD)
24.) Squirrel Flower _ I Was Born Swimming (Full Time Hobby)
25.) X) 15) 26) Torres _ Silver Tongue (Merge) … Torres scheduled to play May 24 @ The Mothlight
26.) Shane Parish _ Death Bell Knellin’ (Weird Cry) … Asheville artist … album release show to be rescheduled
27.) 28) 13) 15) Shopping _ All Or Nothing (Fat Cat)
28.) SUSS _ High Line (NORTHERN SPY)
29.) XX) 7) 3) 21) 2) 1) 13) 22) X) 10) Negativland _ True False (Seeland)
30.) Parker Longbough _ Green and Gold / Drink the Hemlock (Wilderhood)
weekly rank.) previous) rank) * X) = did not chart that week
(compiled by Associate Music Director DJ Airon)
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