Bartlemania, Week Of October 3, 2026 (archive - SEE BELOW)

 Attention:

On October 3, 2026 at 1PM, listeners on WRFI, Ithaca/Odessa, NY and WINO, Watkins Glen, NY will hear a special LIVE edition of Bartlemania, for WRFI/WINO's semi-annual pledge drive. At the helm will be myself, and my faithful sidekick NC, who'll be presenting Bicentennial Funk.

Listeners on other stations which carry Bartlemania will hear this archive show.

Bartlemania will be back with an all-new show the week of October 10, 2026.

To donate to WRFI/WINO, and to listen online, go to WRFI.org.

The Doctor's social media links:

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bartlemania

Bluesky: https://bartlemania.bsky.social

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania. 

13:00:00  -  3:09  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'N' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Mute

13:03:07  -  3:49  -  Billie Holiday  -  Trav'lin' All Alone [Nicodemus & Zeb Remix]  -  Remixed & Reimagined  -  Columbia

13:07:16  -  3:20  -  Frank Zappa  -  Moldred (Take 8)  -  Funky Nothingness  -  zappa.com

13:10:37  -  3:47  -  Nick Lowe & Rockpile  -  Love So Fine  -  Labour of Lust  -  Yep Roc

13:14:20  -  3:32  -  Bevis Frond  -  Here For The Other One  -  Focus On Nature  -  Fire

13:18:14  -  5:30  -  Joe Jackson  -  I'm The Man  -  Jamaica World Music Festival  -  Nov 27, 1982  -  no label

13:23:41  -  3:42  -  Fanny  -  Changing Horses  -  The Reprise Years  -  Cherry Red

13:27:24  -  2:43  -  The Rolling Stones  -  She Smiled Sweetly  -  Between The Buttons  -  Abkco

13:30:42  -  4:18  -  Tom Waits  -  Shore Leave  -  Swordfishtrombones  -  Island

13:34:56  -  2:45  -  Elvis Costello  -  Night Rally  -  This Year's Model  -  Rhino

13:37:39  -  2:45  -  The Pop Group  -  Kiss The Book  -  We Are Time  -  Freaks R Us

13:40:51  -  8:12  -  Nektar  -  Desolation Valley->Waves  -  A Tab In The Ocean (1972 mix)  -  Purple Pyramid

13:49:23  -  3:16  -  Bobby & The Midnites  -  Jah Laughs  -  Jamaica World Music Festival, Nov 27, 1982  -  no label

13:55:06  -  2:54  -  Guitar Wolf  -  Rumble (excerpt)  -  Planet of the Wolves  -  Matador

14:00:07  -  13:18  -  The Tony Williams Lifetime  -  Sangria For Three  -  Emergency  -  Polydor

14:13:37  -  9:05  -  Michael Stearns & Ron Sunsinger  -  Subterranean Garden  -  Singing Stones  -  Hearts Of Space

14:14:25  -  3:52  -  Secret Agent Gel (Corey Maass)  -  Pongon  -  Roi Vvere  -  qobuz

14:26:17  -  2:58  -  Neil Young  -  Florida  -  Homegrown  -  Reprise

14:29:08  -  4:32  -  Adam Plack & Johnny Soames  -  Willi Willi  -  Winds of Warning  -  Australian Music International

14:33:24  -  9:44  -  Sunn o))) & Boris  -  Fried Eagle Mind  -  Altar  -  Southern Lord

14:43:53  -  13:23  -  Quicksilver Messenger Service  -  Calvary  -  Happy Trails  -  Capitol

(Moby  -  Time's Up (Dust Mix)  -  Rare  -  Instinct)

Bartlemania - Week Of September 26, 2026 (archive)

On Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 1PM, listeners on WRFI, Ithaca and across the Southern Finger Lakes, and WINO, Watkins Glen, NY will hear a special LIVE edition of Bartlemania, for WRFI/WINO's semi-annual pledge drive. At the controls will be myself, and my faithful sidekick NC, who'll be bringing us Bicentennial Funk!

Listeners on other stations which carry Bartlemania will hear a select archive show that week.

To donate to WRFI/WINO, and to listen online, go to https://WRFI.org.

The Doctor's social media links:

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bartlemania

Bluesky: https://bartlemania.bsky.social

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania. 

13:00:00  -  3:07  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'N' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Mute

13:03:07  -  4:46  -  Negativland  -  Our National Anthem  -  Free (1993)  -  Seeland

13:08:22  -  5:10  -  Iggy & The Stooges  -  1970 (I Feel Alright)  -  Fun House  -  Elektra

13:13:35  -  3:38  -  The Routes  -  Showroom Dummies  -  The Twang Machine  -  Double Crown

13:17:40  -  2:44  -  Robert Gordon & Danny Gatton  -  Red Cadillac & A Black Mustache  -  Lone Star Cafe NYC Dec 29, 1982  -  no label.

13:20:25  -  3:01  -  Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (Lydia Lunch)  -  I Woke Up Dreaming  -  Discography  -  https://lydialunch.bandcamp.com/album/discography

13:23:53  -  5:05  -  Dennis Coffey  -  Some Like It Hot  -  Live Wire-The Westbound Years  -  Westbound

13:28:49  -  4:30  -  Funkadelic  -  Standing On The Verge of Gettin' It On  -  Standing On The Verge of Gettin' It On  -  Westbound

13:33:16  -  5:10  -  Little Sister  -  You're The One Pt 1 and 2  -  Listen To The Voices - Sly Stone In The Studio 1965-70  -  Ace

13:38:21  -  7:38  -  Tower of Power  -  Squib Cakes  -  Back To Oakland  -  WB

13:46:30  -  7:33  -  Ronnie Burrage/Michael Gregory Jackson/JaiR-Rohm Parker Wells  -  Persistence  -  Flow Sonic  -  https://ronnieburragemichaelgregoryjacksonjair-rohm.bandcamp.com/album/flowsonic

13:54:28  -  3:32  -  Frank Zappa  -  The Clap (Unedited Master - Pt. II) (excerpt)  -  Funky Nothingness  -  zappa.com

14:00:29  -  14:12  -  Jason Friedman (from The Boggs)  -  Untitled guitar Improvisation 1  -  Spool Mfg Co, Johnson City NY, Sep 29, 2007  -  no label

14:15:01  -  27:27  -  Ash Ra Tempel (Manuel Gottsching)  -  Schwerer Dino (1974)  -  The Private Tapes Vol 3  -  Manakin

14:42:56  -  15:04  -  Sun Ra  -  Continuation to Jupiter Festival  -  Continuation  -  Corbett vs Dempsey

Bartlemania, Week Of September 19th, 2026

On Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 1PM, listeners on WRFI, Ithaca and across the Southern Finger Lakes, and WINO, Watkins Glen, NY will hear a special LIVE edition of Bartlemania, for WRFI/WINO's semi-annual pledge drive. At the controls will be myself, and my faithful sidekick NC, who'll be bringing us Bicentennial Funk!

Listeners on other stations which carry Bartlemania will hear a select archive show that week.

To donate to WRFI/WINO, and to listen online, go to https://WRFI.org.

The Doctor's social media links:

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bartlemania

Bluesky: https://bartlemania.bsky.social

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania. 

13:00:00  -  3:09  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'N' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Mute

13:03:07  -  0:54  -  Stan Freberg, Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones  -  Who Listens to Radio?  -  Tip Of The Freberg  -  Rhino

13:04:20  -  3:45  -  The Microscopic Septet  -  Pack The Ermines, Mary  -  Take The Z Train  -  Koch Jazz

13:08:12  -  4:23  -  Cassandra Wilson  -  Run The Voodoo Down  -  Traveling Miles  -  Blue Note

13:12:33  -  4:56  -  Malo  -  Street Man (1973)  -  Chicano Power  -  Soul Jazz

13:17:59  -  2:37  -  David Bowie  -  Hang Onto Yourself  -  Ziggy Stardust  -  Ryko

13:20:20  -  6:34  -  Bulbous Creation  -  Fever Machine Man  -  You Won't Remember Dying  -  Numero

13:27:00  -  3:38  -  Carl Harvey  -  World Of Confusion  -  Ecstasy Of Mankind  -  Makasound

13:31:00  -  3:24  -  John Prine & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  -  Grandpa Was A Carpenter  -  Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol 2  -  Universal

13:34:20  -  2:34  -  Roy Acuff  -  Just To Ease My Worried Mind  -  The Essential Roy Acuff  -  Legacy

13:36:52  -  5:05  -  Ned Sublette  -  Feelin' No Pain  -  Cowboy Rumba  -  Palm Pictures

13:42:25  -  4:54  -  Karlee Crow Band  -  Live the Life  -  At The Crow's Nest  -  self-released

13:47:16  -  7:55  -  The Peabody Band  -  Tammy Vermont  -  The Peabody Band Archives  -  Studio N

13:55:40  -  2:20  -  Booker T & The MGs  -  Hang 'em High (excerpt)  -  Rock Instrumental Classics Vol 4  -  Rhino

14:00:30  -  3:40  -  Jen Kutler  -  Caroline Partamian  -  Disembodied  -  https://jenkutler.bandcamp.com/album/disembodied

14:04:02  -  17:56  -  Tangerine Dream  -  Nebulous Dawn  -  Zeit  -  Castle

14:22:20  -  22:55  -  Tetsuya Nakatani  -  Arch, Curve, Span, Circumnavigate  -  Monochrome  -  Tatsuya Nakatani Music

14:45:58  -  5:36  -  Darsombra  -  Black Willow (close to the edge of some desolate s**t)  -  SYZYGY  -  https://darsombra.bandcamp.com/album/syzygy

14:51:47  -  6:13  -  Weasel Walter  -  Half Death (excerpt)  -  Half Death  -  https://weaselwalter.bandcamp.com/album/half-death

Bartlemania, Week Of September 12, 2026

The Doctor's social media links:

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bartlemania

Bluesky: https://bartlemania.bsky.social

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania. 

Hour 1

13:00:00  -  3:10  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'N' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Mute

13:03:08  -  3:22  -  Kevin Ayers  -  Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes  -  Odd Ditties  -  Harvest

13:06:43  -  3:36  -  Van Duren  -  Tennessee, I'm Trying  -  Idiot Optimism  -  Omnivore

13:10:13  -  3:30  -  Bob Mould  -  See A Little Light  -  Workbook  -  Ryko

13:13:41  -  8:45  -  Frank Zappa  -  Inca Roads  -  One Size Fits All  -  Ryko

13:22:51  -  7:38  -  The Who  -  Amazing Journey-Sparks  -  Live At Leeds  -  MCA

13:30:25  -  6:38  -  Phish  -  Bold As Love  -  Hampton Comes Alive  -  Elektra

13:37:24  -  16:06  -  David Bromberg Band  -  Bullfrog Blues  -  How Late'll You Play Till, Vol 1  -  Fantasy

13:51:45  -  2:52  -  Chrome Cranks  -  The Slider  -  Diabolical Boogie  -  Atavistic

13:56:25  -  2:35  -  They Might Be Giants  -  Get Down, Michael Wilbur remix (excerpt)  -  digital single  -  Idlewild

Hour 2

14:00:27  -  12:23  -  Sun Ra  -  Realm Of Lightning  -  The Solar Myth Approach, Vol 1 & 2  -  Fuel 2000

14:12:40  -  8:35  -  Archimedes Badkar  -  Badidoom  -  Tre  -  MNW

14:21:41  -  16:42  -  Bruce Palmer  -  Alpha - Omega - Apocalypse  -  The Cycle Is Complete  -  Verve Forecast

14:38:34  -  12:22  -  McCoy Tyner  -  Message From The Nile  -  Extensions  -  Blue Note

14:51:16  -  6:44  -  Oregon  -  Mi Chinita (excerpt)  -  Distant Hills  -  Vanguard

Bartlemania, Week Of September 5, 2026

The Doctor's social media links:

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bartlemania

Bluesky: https://bartlemania.bsky.social

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania. 

Hour 1

13:00:00  -  3:09  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'N' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Mute

13:03:08  -  3:18  -  Black Magic  -  Where Love Is  -  Black Magic  -  Atco

13:06:42  -  3:41  -  Butthole Surfers  -  Bong Song  -  Widowermaker EP  -  Touch and Go

13:10:14  -  2:50  -  New York Rock & Roll Ensemble  -  Dedication  -  Reflections  -  Atco

13:13:02  -  4:30  -  Paradise Cinema (Jack Wyllie)  -  Paradise Cinema  -  Paradise Cinema  -  Gondwana Records

13:17:57  -  3:30  -  Reverend Gary Davis  -  Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On  -  Harlem Street Singer (1960-61)  -  Soul Jam Records

13:21:26  -  6:31  -  Dolly Parton  -  Stairway To Heaven  -  Halos & Horns  -  Sugar Hill

13:27:49  -  3:32  -  Ed Sanders  -  Yodeling Robot  -  Beer Cans On The Moon  -  Reprise

13:31:40  -  5:19  -  Congo Ashanti Roy And Singers & Players  -  African Blood  -  On-U Sound Disco Plates Part 1 (1982-83)  -  On-U Sound

13:37:04  -  4:21  -  Patrick Andy  -  Love Of A Woman Dub  -  Living In Mount Zion (Vivian Jackson Presents) (1977/2022)  -  Pressure Sounds

13:41:24  -  6:19  -  Matumbi  -  Nothing At All (12 Inch Dub Version)  -  Empire Road - The Best Of Matumbi  -  Front Line

13:47:39  -  4:44  -  The Horse Flies  -  Hush Little Baby  -  Human Fly  -  Rounder

13:52:11  -  2:51  -  The Kleptones  -  Cherry & The Dubmaster  -  Shirts and Gurgles  -  https://kleptones.bandcamp.com/album/shirts-gurgles

13:55:53  -  2:07  -  Willi Williams  -  Unification (excerpt)  -  Unification - From Channel One To King Tubby's  -  Shanachie

Hour 2

14:00:17  -  36:38  -  Can  -  Queueing Down  -  Olympia Theatre, Paris, France 1973-05-12  -  https://canofficial.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-paris-1973

14:37:16  -  12:54  -  Acid Mothers Temple  -  La Le Lo  -  Spaceland, LA, CA, June 6, 2004  -  https://archive.org/details/AMT2004-06-06

14:50:36  -  7:05  -  The Nice  -  3rd Movement, Pathetique  -  Keith Emerson & The Nice Vol. 1  -  Curcio

Bartlemania, August 29, 2026 (archive)

The Doctor's social media links:

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bartlemania

Bluesky: https://bartlemania.bsky.social

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania. 

13:00:00  -  3:14  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'n' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Sire

13:03:14  -  3:34  -  Bob Dylan  -  Let Me Die In My Footsteps  -  The Bootleg Series Volume 1  -  Columbia

13:07:06  -  4:36  -  Nirvana  -  In Bloom  -  Live At Reading  -  DGC

13:11:36  -  3:55  -  R. STEVIE MOORE  -  Hearing Aid  -  Pow Wow  -  rsteviemoore.bandcamp.com

13:15:22  -  3:23  -  Joy Division  -  Love Will Tear Us Apart  -  The Complete BBC Recordings  -  Fuel 2000

13:19:08  -  15:09  -  Kraan  -  Nom Nom  -  Kraan Live  -  EMI Electrola

13:34:36  -  14:55  -  Faust  -  Default Mood  -  Daumenbruch (Broken Thumb)  -  https://faust-berlin.bandcamp.com/album/daumenbruch

13:49:39  -  5:18  -  Front 242  -  Welcome To Paradise  -  Headhunter EP  -  Wax Trax

13:54:53  -  3:07  -  Eugene Chadbourne  -  Drive On  -  Head Of Books  -  eugenechadbourne.com

14:00:34  -  13:00  -  Robert Fripp & Brian Eno  -  The Heavenly Music Corporation  -  No Pussyfoting  -  EG

14:13:40  -  24:50  -  Finite Element  -  Garden of Eels Pt 3 live  -  not on album  -  no label

14:46:48  -  11:12  -  Diga Rhythm Band  -  Tal Mala  -  Diga  -  Ryko

Bartlemania, Week Of August 22, 2026

The Doctor's social media links:

Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bartlemania

Bluesky: https://bartlemania.bsky.social

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania. 

Hour 1

13:00:00  -  3:10  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'N' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Mute

13:03:00  -  2:20  -  Richard Hell & The Voidoids  -  The Kid With The Replaceable Head (Radar Records single version)  -  Destiny Street Complete  -  Omnivore

13:05:54  -  4:21  -  Traffic  -  Rock & Roll Stew  -  The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys  -  Island

13:10:03  -  3:27  -  Dave Edmunds  -  Girls Talk  -  Swan Songs - The Singles 1976-1981  -  Omnivore

13:13:24  -  4:09  -  Camper Van Beethoven  -  Pictures of Matchstick Men  -  Key Lime Pie  -  Virgin

13:18:06  -  3:52  -  Elvis Costello  -  Waiting For The End of the World  -  Live At The El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada, March 4, 1978  -  Ryko

13:21:57  -  9:09  -  Gary Clail & On-U Sound System Privatise The Air, Parts 1 & 2  -  End Of The Century Party  -  On-U Sound

13:31:04  -  4:41  -  The Kleptones  -  Madonna Is A Breeder  -  Shirts & Gurgles  -  https://kleptones.bandcamp.com/album/shirts-gurgles

13:35:25  -  5:03  -  Wayfarers  -  Matty Groves  -  Before The Day Is Done (The Story Of Folk Heritage Records 1968-75)  -  Grapefruit Records

13:41:25  -  3:31  -  Proper Lovers  -  Song about New York  -  Room K, Ithaca, NY, July 23, 2026 (Electro-Zone Show)  -  no label

13:45:30  -  7:38  -  Doug Carn  -  Moon Child  -  Infant Eyes  -  Black Jazz

13:53:07  -  4:57  -  Som Nosso De Cada Dia (Our Daily Sound)  -  Massavilha (excerpt)  -  Snegs  -  Moshimoshi Produtora

Hour 2

14:01:45  -  56:18  -  Various Artists  -  Bartlemania Space Mix 2026A  -  See below for ingredients  

Space Mix Ingredients:

Ustad N Zahiruddin Dagar & F Wasifuddin Dagar  -  Raga Mian Ki Todi  -  Trance 1  -  Ellipsis Arts

Thea Surasu  -  Shambhala  -  Singing Bowls of Shangri-La  -  Halpern

Burning Star Core  -  Inside The Shadow  -  Inside The Shadow  -  Hospital Productions

Nerve Net (Greg Maslin & James Spitznagel)  -  Fire Turns Blue  -  Before Beyond  -  https://plus-ultra.bandcamp.com/album/before-beyond

Drekka  -  An Unearthly Child and a Wishful Fish  -  Europe 2012 Tour EP  -  https://drekka.bandcamp.com/album/europe-2012-tour-ep

Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura  -  Side A (Part 1)  -  Clifton Park, NY Vol. 2  -  https://desmadradossoldadosdeventura.bandcamp.com/album/clifton-park-ny-vol-2