Chunklet

This is how bad it is in 2009.

The radio in my hometown of Atlanta is so horrible, my wife bought me Sirius radio last year for Christmas. Gone are the hours of listening to horrible DJs who play equally horrible music. The choked-with-shit NPR station in town is a thing of the past. Of course, I'm sure part of the reason my wife bought me Sirius is so I'd stop complaining, and for the most part, I have.

But with that said, almost 20 years after first hearing them, WFMU is still the only radio station I listen to religiously. And unlike then, I listen on their streaming audio channel instead of when I'm in the area. The station has served as an invaluable link to what's going on up in the New York area, and more importantly, it has a more accurate reflection of what's going on in the underground.

WFMU is entirely listener supported, and that's become more important for me to understand the older I get. I put my money where my mouth is and I give freely to those things that I love. And WFMU is one of those things.

Chunklet has many, many good friends that staff the radio station, but Tom Scharpling's in particular has got a pledge drive incentive that's nothing short of jaw-dropping. Read about the whole thing here.

Along with a special Scharpling & Wurster CD recorded just for the pledge drive, and a Dogmo tote bag, there's a slew of FOTs (including Death Cab for Cutie, Teddy Leo, Danielson and more, more, more!) that have recorded a tribute album to Paul McCartney's album "Ram".

I really don't like telling you to donate your time or your money to anybody or anything, but WFMU is an unbelievably important resource to (what I'm guessing is) 99.9% of the Chunklet readership.

Chunklet hearts WFMU and so should you. Show it by donating money all this week and especially on Tom's show on Tuesday night. It's absolutely worth it. Seriously.

(And as a special treat, I'm including Paul McCartney's radio spots he recorded to promote "RAM")

XM is totally worth the price tag, if only for the Opie and Anthony show, which is constantly chock full of great comics (Jim Norton, Bobby Kelly, Colin Quinn, Rich Vos) ripping the shit out of each other just for larfs.

Posted by Eric @ 03/12/2009 04:35 PM

Awesome site!

Posted by Oliver @ 03/10/2009 05:12 AM

No, I totally get it. However, during the holidays they ran a special that was $300 for a lifetime subscription. Seeing as how I listen to it daily, it's already paid for itself. And with the merger of XM and Sirius, I can see them reconsolidating, but shutting down? I doubt it. Then again, I've been wrong many, many times.

Posted by henry @ 03/09/2009 10:36 PM

to these guys too.

Posted by ash966 @ 03/09/2009 10:29 PM

If someone bought me satellite radio that'd be cool, but there is no way in hell I'm going to pay a monthly fee for radio where the good stations could suddenly suck at any time and I'd get no refund, not to mention having a useless piece of junk if they go out of business. Frankly, I want Internet radio (including stations that also have an airwave presence) to win and satellite radio to lose as a business model. So, everybody donate to stations you listen to over the Internet (which is everything for me, I only get the "classic rock" station clearly) and to th

Posted by ash966 @ 03/09/2009 10:28 PM

I heart WFMU as much as Chunklet. support them. My favorite dj's are Dave the Spazz, and Terri T. check em out.

Posted by Heather @ 03/09/2009 11:39 AM

Also, for those Chunklet readers with iPhones, you can download the Public Radio Tuner - free! - and listen to WFMU (or any number of public and independent stations across the country) on the go.

Posted by Cari @ 03/08/2009 11:41 PM