Check out this beautiful collection of antique radio tuning dials. Can you find 103.3 MHz? (Probably not, as FM radio wasn’t invented til 1936, and most of these are from right around that time.)

[Via Boing Boing via Indiana Radios via Coudal.]

Last Sautrday, the staff and DJs made their way out of our top secret, underground headquarters for the first annual WPRBarbecue! The food, weather, and turnout were all fantastic. Enjoy these few photos courtesy of Marvin’s wife Beata.

Note: Due to the length of the opera, we will begin at 6:30 am.

WPRB was ecstatic to have renowned contemporary Israeli-American cellist Maya Beiser as a guest on Marvin Rosen’s Classical Discoveries! Stay tuned for when we upload the interview for those who have missed it!

1 ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Before Today 4AD
2 NINA NASTASIA Outlaster FatCat
3 SCREAMING FEMALES Singles Don Giovanni
4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Cloud Cuckooland: 20 Garish Quills Plucked From The Plumage Of Krautrock’s Lesser-Spotted Flock B-Music
5 TRANS AM Thing
6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla And Afro Roots In Colombia Soundway
7 SNACK TRUCK Spacial Findings 1-7
8 WOODS At Echo Lake Woodsist
9 VARIOUS ARTISTS The BYG Deal finders keepers-B-Music
10 ROKY ERICKSON WITH OKKERVIL RIVER True Love Cast Out All Evil Anti
11 CRYSTAL CASTLES Crystal Castles II Universal
12 TEENAGE FANCLUB Shadows Merge
13 PARTY PHOTOGRAPHERS Let the Red Lights Riot 7″ Ian
14 NATIONAL High Violet 4AD
15 SEU JORGE AND ALMAZ Seu Jorge And Almaz Now-Again
16 LAURIE ANDERSON Homeland Nonesuch
17 SLEEPY SUN Fever ATP
18 WOLF PARADE Expo 86 Sub Pop
19 FLYING LOTUS Cosmogramma Warp
20 HERE WE GO MAGIC Pigeons Secretly Canadian
21 GEMMA RAY It’s A Shame About Gemma Ray Bronzerat
22 JAPANDROIDS “Art Czars” [Single] Polyvinyl
23 PONTIAK Living
24 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Together Matador
25 DAMIEN JURADO Saint Bartlett Secretly Canadian
26 YOUNG RIVAL Young Rival Sonic Unyon
27 MGMT Congratulations Columbia
28 VARIOUS ARTISTS Absolute Belter: Mid-Med-Mod-Rock And Spanish Psychsploitation From The Cradle Of Spanish Pop B-Music
29 HARLEM Hippies Matador
30 SPOUSE Confidence Nine Mile

- Gabe

Just when you thought Sundays couldn’t get any cooler, the 5th summer of Jelly NYC’s Pool Parties is upon us! This year’s schedule has been posted on their website, and it’s pretty stacked.  I went to one of these in the McCarren Park Pool (drained) several years ago that rocked my flippin’ socks off. Anyway, check it out. I’m sure you won’t be able to resist at least one of these…

http://thepoolparties.com/

WPRB is happy to announce that it will soon be airing (date TBA) an exclusive interview with Ralph Farris, the violist of the string quartet ETHEL about their new record Oshtali. Formed in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL dedicates itself to the performance of contemporary and new music. For the past five years, they have been in residence at the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project, a part of the Grand Canyon Music Festival. Recently, they have worked with the Chickasaw Nation collaborating with young composers from the ages of 13 to 21. The final product of this collaboration has resulted in the fantastic new recording entitled Oshtali in which ETHEL performs many pieces by these young composers. Keep an eye out for the broadcast date of our interview!