Party Like a Mantis!

 

Party like a mantis with Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, 07/11/2023, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including The String Cheese Incident, Greensky Bluegrass, Molly Tuttle, J Roddy Walston and The Business, Van Ghost, Joe Bonamassa, Kendall Street Company, WOODS, Van Morrison, Queens of the Stone Age, Tom Skinner, Blind Boys of Alabama, & more!

You can listen to the show whenever you want here https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202307111900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and here's a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/07/11/party-like-a-mantis/#playlist

You can listen to the last two months of shows any time you want at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

Independence Day!

 

On Handful of Brains (originally aired 7 – 9 PM Tuesday, 07/04/2023), we’ll celebrate Independence Day with songs that kinda sorta have to do with the holiday. We’ll also learn American history the way kids in the 70s learned it on Saturday mornings while eating a bowlful of sugary cereal.

Here's a link to listen to the show whenever you want https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202307041900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

You can listen to the last two months of shows anytime you want at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

Los Alacranes de RVA!

 

What a great show on Tuesday, 06/27/23! Los Alacranes de RVA played live in the WRIR Studio for 90 minutes! Click here to listen to the show whenever you want: https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202306271900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

Seeking

 

If you’re looking for an eclectic mix of music, we’ve got it on Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, 6/13, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ve got music from Ben Harper feat. Jack Johnson, John Coltrane, Gov’t Mule, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh Chaurasia, Lindsay Lou, H.C. McEntire, Tina Turner, Elton John, Augustines, Bruce Springsteen, McFadden & Whitehead, & more!

Here's a link to listen to the show whenever you please https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202306131900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/06/13/seeking/#playlist

You can listen to the last two months of shows anytime you want at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

(Pic: Alan Sakhavarz, The seeker, Bronze sculpture)

My friend, Al Lupo, filled in for me on Tuesday, 6/6 while I attended the Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade / Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew show. You can give that show a listen here https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202306061900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3. Here's a link to Al's playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/06/06/al-lupo-takeover-edition/#playlist. You know it's good when the show starts with a band named Truman Peyote!

Get your big hat on!

 

Get your big hat on, saddle up your rocket, and fly with us tonight on Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, 5/30/23, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Beru Revue, LCD Soundsystem, Sufjan Stevens, Sarathy Korwar, Beck. Arctic Monkeys,@bjork, The Hooters, Bruce Springsteen, Brandi Carlile, Kane Mathis, and more!

Here's a link to listen to the show whenever you want https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202305301900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/05/30/get-your-big-hat-on/#playlist

You can listen to the last two months of show any time at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

(Photo courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/ClubCranium)

Temple of Mirth! Day Off!

 

Don your straw hat and join us as we enter the Temple of Mirth on Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, 5/16/23 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). We’ll have creepy clowns and an eclectic mix of music including Quincy Jones, Deer Tick, Joni Mitchell, Bettye LaVette, Joe Strummer, Mikaela Davis, Andy Frasco, Queens of the Stone Age, Gilla Band, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Animal Collective, & more!

Here's a link to listen to the show https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202305161900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/05/16/temple-of-mirth/#playlist.

You can listen to the last two months of shows any damn time you want at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

Hope you enjoy your Memorial Day off just like Ferris! Before that, stop and look around once in a while and listen to Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, 5/23/23, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Simon & Garfunkel, Old Fire, Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin, Daft Punk, Bill Callahan, Bettye LaVette, Keeley Forsyth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vulfmon, The War On Drugs, Robert Hazard and the Heroes, & more!

Here's a link to listen to the show whenever you want https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202305231900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/05/23/day-off/#playlist.

You can listen to the last two weeks of shows whenever you want at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

Gather Your Friends!

 

Gather your friends and listen to Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, 05/09/2023, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including The Roots, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Leftover Salmon, Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson, Billy Strings, M. Ward, Bettye LaVette, John Oates, Tove Styrke, Peter Gabriel, & more!

Here's a link to listen to the show https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202305091900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/05/09/gather-your-friends/#playlist

You can listen to the last two months of shows anytime at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

Raise Your Antenna!

 

Raise your antenna to listen to Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, 05/02/2023,  7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Billy Nomates, Kate Bush, Duane Betts, Drive-By Truckers, The Quik, Bill Callahan, Susanne Sundfør, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Lorde, Otis Redding, & more!

Here's a link to listen to the show whenever you want https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202305021900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/05/02/raise-your-antenna/#playlist

You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you want at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

If you're wondering what happened to the April 25 show, due to technical difficulties it was not recorded.

Charles Wesley Godwin & Tanner Usrey!

 

Win tickets to see Charles Wesley Godwin & Tanner Usrey at The National on Thursday night on Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday. 04/19/2023, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio) We’ve also got an eclectic mix of music including King Krule, Lee Pardini & Dawes, William “Bootsy” Collins, The Hold Steady, The National, Mojo Nixon, & more.

Here's a link to listen to the show whenever you want https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202304181900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/04/18/win-tix-to-charles-wesley-godwin-tanner-usrey/#playlist

You can listen to the last two months of shows anytime at https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/

Dancing Robot! Snurds!

 

We’re tuning up the Dancing Robot to perform a merry jig while listening to Handful of Brains! (originally aired Tuesday, April 4, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). He’ll boogie to an eclectic mix of music including KEVIN MORBY, The Revivalists, The Wood Brothers, Mike Gordon, Björk, Leftover Salmon, James Casey, Lake Nakoma, The National, My Morning Jacket, Mike Miz, Balkan Beat Box. JAMBINAI 잠비나이, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Tame Impala, & more!

You can listen the show whenever you want here https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202304041900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and here's a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/04/04/dancing-robot/#playlist

Sorry! No Snurds on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday, April 11, 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), even if you request it! But we will have an eclectic mix of music including Nathaniel Rateliff, Jim Ghedi, Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Gov’t Mule, Lou Reed, Tommy Emmanuel w/ Little Feat & Sam Bush, Mikaela Davis, Gillian Welch, Future Bible Heroes, Jeff Beck, & more!

You can listen to the show whenever you want here https://vault.wrir.org/shows/202304111900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and here's a link to the playlist https://www.wrir.org/2023/04/11/snurds/#playlist

You can listen to the last two months of shows whenever you want right here https://www.wrir.org/show/handful-of-brains/