Scary Fund Drive Show!

 

Join us for a spooky Fund Drive Halloween show on Handful of Brains (Tuesday 7 -9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got scary music from Oingo Boingo, lié, Sad13, Bambara, Turkuaz, The Wood Brothers, The Revivalists, Activity, CLT DRP, Patience & Prudence, Jehnny Beth & The Hooters.

It’s also our Fall Fund Drive, so if you can, please donate by clicking that big red Donate button up there or at https://www.wrir.org/station/donate/. I’ve got pictures of the Fund Drive premiums and levels below, but any amount is welcome. I’m not just ON the station, but I’m first and foremost a FAN of the station. We have the most eclectic lineup of music on the air in RVA. Every show is different and I hear something new and something I like almost every time I listen. If you check out our schedule at https://www.wrir.org/schedule/ and click the genres at the top you can find the shows that play what you like, but check them all out and you might just find a new genre of music you like.

The news and talk programs bring you unique and diverse points of view that you don’t get on other RVA stations. They cover politics, news, geek culture, music history & criticism, science, and more.

We are all volunteers. I don’t get paid, none of the other DJs or news show creators get paid, the President of the station doesn’t get paid. We do it because we love it and we hope you love what we do. Please donate so we can continue to bring you this wonderful, diverse, eclectic station over your airwaves and the Information Superhighway.

Thank you!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010271900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

Here's a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/27/scary-fund-drive-show/#playlist

Arc Of The Sun

 

Rock on with Handful of Brains (originally broadcast Tuesday 10/20/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Tyler Ramsey, Hüsker Dü, Yola, Stevie Wonder, Level 42, Snoop Dogg, The Beths, The Cult, Surfer Blood, Comets on Fire, and more!

Here's a link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010201900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/20/arc-of-the-sun/#playlist

(Photo credit: Getty Images)

RIP Eddie Van Halen

 

It’s a tribute to Eddie Van Halen tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 10/14/20 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got deep tracks from the first to the last VH album along with some music from people that inspired and were inspired by Eddie.

Here's the link to listen to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010131900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/13/rip-eddie-van-halen/#playlist

For more EVH tribute, check out Guitar Inferno’s 10/9/20 show here: https://www.wrir.org/show/guitar-inferno/ I think we are only overlapping on two songs, so between the two of us you’ll get all the Eddie you’ll ever need!

Nat’l Mad Hatter Day!

 

You’d have to be mad to miss Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 10/06/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Lucero, Faces, R.E.M. feat. Natalie Merchant, The Replacements, Yo La Tengo, Hurray For The Riff Raff, ELVIS PRESLEY, Rising Appalachia, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202010061900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/10/06/natl-mad-hatter-day/#playlist

(Photo: Walt Disney Productions)

Sleep is for the weak!

 

 

Sleep is for the weak! Have a cuppa joe on this Nat’l Coffee Day and stay up with Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 9/29/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including Onism E, OHMME, tune-yards, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Jim James, Jason Isbell, Joe Pug, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009291900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/29/sleep-is-for-the-weak/#playlist

(Photo: Roland Andres)

RIP Toots Hibbert

 

Tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 9/22/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio), we’ll pay tribute to the late, great Toots Hibbert. We’ve also got music from Bruce Springsteen, Teddy Geiger, Jeremy Ivey, Jeff Tweedy, Earth, Wind & Fire, JJ Grey & Mofro, Lucius, Mt. Joy, and more!

Here's the link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009221900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/22/rip-toots-hibbert/#playlist

(Photo credit: Dean Budnick)

Get Down! Get Down!

 

Get down with us tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 9/15/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including The Rutles, Cut Worms, R.E.M., Crash Test Dummies, Badge Époque Ensemble, Kool & the Gang, Blur, Los Lobos, Rostam, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009151900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3 and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/15/get-down-get-down/#playlist

(Photo: Paramount/CBS)

Just me ‘n the pygmy pony

 

Join me tonight on Handful of Brains (originally aired Tuesday, 9/10/2020 7 – 9 PM) for an eclectic mix of music featuring Phish, Hypoluxo, White Denim, Nick Cave, alt-J, Muse, LL Cool J, Aimee Mann, Jason Isbell & more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009081900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/08/just-me-n-the-pygmy-pony/#playlist

Summer’s Gone

 

Summer’s gone (well, almost) and this year I don’t know if that’s good or bad. Enjoy one of the last summer nights with Handful of Brains tonight (Tuesday 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio)! We’ll play an eclectic mix incl. Ramones, Jesse Malin, RVG, The Beach Boys, Jeremy Ivey, Petula Clark, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Leftover Salmon, Walter Trout, Arlo Parks & more.

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202009011900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

And a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/09/01/summers-gone/#playlist

(Photo: Summer’s Gone is a photograph by Steve Gass)

Whisky Sour or Banana Split?

 

It’s Nat’l Whiskey Sour Day and Nat’l Banana Split Day, but I don’t think those would go well together so you’ll have to pick one or the other to enjoy while you listen to Handful Of Brains (originally aired Tuesday 8/25/2020 7 – 9 PM on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio). We’ve got an eclectic mix of music including MINT FIELD, Brothertiger, Warren Zevon, Victoria Bailey, Caveman, Julie Byrne, Grateful Dead, Trey Anastasio, and more!

Here's a link to the show: http://files.wrir.org/shows/202008251900.HandfulOfBrains.mp3

and a link to the playlist: https://www.wrir.org/2020/08/25/whisky-sour-or-banana-split/#playlist