Sean Gillies (Posts about wfmu)https://sgillies.net/tags/wfmu.atom2023-12-31T01:26:24ZSean GilliesNikolaYLT covers NRBQ's Ridin' in My Carhttps://sgillies.net/2013/12/06/ylt-covers-nrbq-s-ridin-in-my-car.html2013-12-06T00:00:00-07:002013-12-06T00:00:00-07:00Sean Gillies<p>I know everybody else is using Pandora and Spotify and what not these days, but
here at home we're doubling down on actual 87.7 to 108.0 MHz radio. We give to
KCFR (Colorado Public Radio) and WFMU (Jersey City, New York, the Internet).
I'm wearing my WFMU donor swag T-shirt from 2012 in <a class="reference external" href="https://www.mapbox.com/about/team/#sean-gillies">this photo</a>. This past March 14,
while I was packing to go to Santa Clara for PyCon, I made a song request
during Yo La Tengo's all-request fundraising show. The band played it, I nearly
wet myself with glee... and now just a few minutes ago, after searching for the
first time in months (I'd almost given up), I've found it on SoundCloud and am
experiencing uncomfortable levels of glee all over again:
<a class="reference external" href="https://soundcloud.com/fonsessions/ridin-in-my-car-nrbq-cover-yo?in=fonsessions/sets/yo-la-tengo-wfmu-all-request">https://soundcloud.com/fonsessions/ridin-in-my-car-nrbq-cover-yo?in=fonsessions/sets/yo-la-tengo-wfmu-all-request</a>.</p>
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<p>Definitely a highlight of 2013.</p>