Hard Stuff with Frank In Queens on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio Stream

01/14/2025

Tonite’s the night! We’re celebrating our 2 year anniversary on this evening’s Hard Stuff. Hard to believe that we’ve been at it this long already. But you know what they say; time flies when you’re having fun! Much thanks to those who have listened to and supported the show since 2023. It is greatly appreciated! And if you’re new to us, don’t worry, there’s no points off for lateness. We love you just the same!

On this week’s show, we’re spinning great tunes from all the bands pictured above. As always, we kick off the Super Tuesday line-up on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio at 6PM ET.

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01/01/2025

HAPPY 2025! The archive for the last Hard Stuff of 2024 is up! You can check it out using the link in the bio. Here’s what we spun to close out the year.

Irish Coffee - The Show (Part 1)
The Flow - It Swallowed The Sun
Kaleidoscope (Mexico) - Hang Out
Split - Blowin’ Smoke
Ray Owen’s Moon - Hey Sweety
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Iron Knowledge - Show Stopper
Neil Merryweather, John Richardson, and Boers - Flat Black

Jeronimo - Shades
Yu Grupa - Drveni Most
Cameleon - Le Chemin De La Descente
Kristyl - Woman
The Shiver - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Kopperfield - Truckin’ On

Thanks to all who have tuned in during 2024! We’re off next week but will be back on 1/14 with our 2 year anniversary show.

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12/31/2024

Tonite’s the night! It’s the final Hard Stuff of 2024! Happy New Year to you all!

I can’t believe that we’re already closing out our second year on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio. I want to thank you all for tuning in week after week to the program and also for pledging your support to the show and WFMU during our fundraising marathons. On tonight’s show, I’ll be attempting to tie up a bunch of loose ends; playing stuff that’s been in the pile for months or longer as well as trying to get in as many new acquisitions as possible as well. I don’t know that I’ll be able to get to everything, but I’m sure gonna try!

It all happens tonight at 6PM ET, only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio.

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12/27/2024

I may have not been able to host Hard Stuff this past Tuesday, but I’ll be damned if they think they can keep me off WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio for an entire week!

I’ll be filling in for the one and only tonight at 6PM ET on her Hooligan program as she is taking a holiday sojourn today. While I love bringing you the heavy every week, it’s always great to be able to do something different from time to time on the WFMU streamwaves. We’ll be heading in a punkier direction this evening, keeping the song lengths to about 3 minutes and under. Less talk, more rock as they say!

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12/17/2024

SUPER TUESDAY returns to WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio tonight when the Hard Stuff program kicks off a great night of programming to delight your ears. 1 hour of heavy and hard rockin’ tunes to shake you out of the Tuesday doldrums.

All the bands you see here AND MORE! C’mon, you know the deal…. 6PM ET, only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio. 📻

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12/10/2024

Here we are in the second week of December. The temperatures are dropping and people are getting into the holiday spirit. But here on Hard Stuff, December means it’s time for another installment of Prog Stuff. From time to time over the course of the year we turn our attention to the more progressive sounds from the Hard Stuff era, and tonight is one of those. All that, plus we pay tribute to lyricist Pete Sinfield who passed away on November 20th at the age of 80.

Get in and buckle up at 6PM ET, only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio. 📻

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12/03/2024

Tonight’s the night! The Hard Stuff program rides again this evening paying tribute to guitarist Mike Pinera who passed away back on 11/20 and then spinning the finest in late 60s/early 70s heavy sounds.

Saddle up tonite at 6PM ET, only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio.

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11/26/2024

Variety is the spice of life, and as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday here in the States, we’ll be playing a little of this and a little of that on tonite’s Hard Stuff program; just like your dinner plate will look on Thursday. There’ll be some tried and true standards, as well as new offerings from and

Join us tonite at 6PM ET only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio for the feast!

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11/19/2024

Tonight’s episode of Hard Stuff is entitled “Disappear In Smoke”. That should give you some small indication as to what we’ll be spinning this evening (as if the pics weren’t enough), but there will be so much more! Tune in to hear it all unfold.

Tonite at 6PM ET only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio!

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11/12/2024

Another week (a s**t one at that), another show. The Hard Stuff program perseveres through the darkness as it gets increasingly black all around us.

Tonite at 6PM ET only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio!

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11/05/2024

The latest installment of Brown Acid series was released last week on Halloween, and that’s always a cause for celebration here on Hard Stuff. So tonight, we’ll be spotlighting tracks off the new volume as well as playing select tracks from prior installments (like we always do). And in keeping up with the theme of new releases, we’ll be playing new tracks from releases from labels such as amongst others.

Take the brown acid tonite at 6PM ET only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio!

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10/31/2024

THIS IS IT! Today is the last day of WFMU’s Hellraiser Fundraiser, and we’re looking to meet our goal of $340,000 by midnight. We’re about 86% of the way there, so we’re close, but still in danger of missing the mark.

At this point, I’m sure you’re aware of all the great things WFMU has to offer; freeform programming completely ad-free and independent, content curated by human beings and not algorithms, live and on-demand listening options, extensive show archives that go back at least 20 years…the list goes on and on.

But nothing is free and so we rely on our listeners to keep us going year after year after year. So please, consider lending your financial support to WFMU today to ensure we’ll be able to continue to offer everything mentioned above and more. No dollar amount is too small and you can choose from an array of swag that we’ll send you as a token of our appreciation for your support.

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ALSO! I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that the 2024 WFMU Record Fair starts tomorrow! That’s right, we’re back in Manhattan this year at the Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 W. 18th St. btw 6th and 7th Aves. Over 200 tables of records, CDs, music memorabilia, and more to dig through! You can visit the WFMU website for more details.

Thank you for your support, and I hope to see some of you this weekend at the Record Fair!

10/30/2024

Drop In Presents: “Happy Birthday, Uncle Bob!” With Frank In Queens

Saturday, November 2nd, 6pm - 7pm on Drop-In on WFMU’s Rock’n’Soul Radio

Tasking himself with the Herculean effort of choosing ONLY an hour’s worth of material from a man who has released over 100 (official) albums over the last 40 years, Frank In Queens returns to Drop In in order to celebrate the 67th birthday (10/31/1957) of the fearless leader of Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard. GBV newbies and mega fans are both cordially invited to attend. There will be plenty of beer to go ‘round, and at this party, it’s the attendees who will be receiving the gifts; in the form of a mere drop-in-the-bucket sampling taken from the thousands of songs that Bob has given to the world since 1983. The Club Is Open!

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10/29/2024

As hinted at last week, tonight’s show features songs about rites, rituals, and sacrifice; more specifically, human sacrifice! Seems somewhat fitting a mere couple of days before Halloween, so we’re going with it!

And speaking of sacrifice, it’s the final week of the 2024 WFMU Hellraiser Fundraiser, and e’re only about 77% of the way to our goal of $340,000 with just two days to go. Perhaps you might consider sacrificing some of your hard earned dollars to ensure that humanly-curated, independent (we’re 100% listener supported!), freeform radio remains that way for the rest of the broadcast year? You can click on the link in the bio to see some of the swag you can choose from as a token of our appreciation for your pledge, as well as checking out the various payment options you have when making a pledge. It would be truly appreciated by me, the entire staff of WFMU, and your fellow listeners who may have already done their part to keep us going. Thank you!

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And remember, if you can’t tune in live, every installment of Hard Stuff is archived in perpetuity shortly after airing, so you can listen anytime. It’s one of the best things your pledge dollars go towards!

10/26/2024

Hellraiser 2024 - ONE WEEK LEFT!

Hellraiser 2024 - ONE WEEK LEFT!

Every October, WFMU conducts its Hellraiser, a mostly off-air fundraiser. It's important for us since it gets us over the hump of the winter months – that time of year when the funds we raised in our spring marathon are beginning to dwindle. If you can, help us out with a donation and grab one of the two new T-shirts exclusive to this fall campaign. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far! We appreciate it! And thanks to the DJs for all the great guests, live band sessions and special theme shows! Donate here: https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?step=landing

10/22/2024

It’s Week 4 of the 2024 October Hellraiser Fundraiser, which means we’re still looking for your financial support to help keep WFMU going until our big fundraising marathon in early 2025. We’re just short of hitting 60% of our goal of 340,000, but there’s only a little over a week left to go. So please, if you haven’t yet made a pledge but think you’d like to, now is as good a time as any! Even as little as $10 will go a long way in keeping as afloat for the next 6 months. If you have already made a contribution, we salute you! 🫡

Now, onto tonight’s program. What can we say, we think we have a cracking episode planned for you tonight. The pics above merely hint at what’s coming up. But that’s up to you to decide. And the best way to do that is to tune in at 6PM ET tonight to WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio and judge for yourself!

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And remember, if you can’t tune in live, every installment of Hard Stuff is archived in perpetuity shortly after airing, so you can listen anytime. It’s one of the best things your pledge dollars go towards!

10/21/2024

Sat. Oct 26th, 6pm - 7pm: “Drop In Presents: Urbane Renewal with Eric Davidson”

East Village Radio DJ Eric Davidson jumps ship over to WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio for an hour of sounds-centric to his 1980s Northeast Ohio club upbringing, warbled down into his DNA before dragging it all to Columbus for schooling and punk rocking as singer in New Bomb Turks.

Drop In is a weekly, free-form program brought to you each Saturday by a guest of Rock And Soul Radio. We are pleased to have Eric join us this week.

The show can be heard at 6PM ET/Midnight CET only on WFMU’s Rock And Soul Radio!

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10/16/2024

Pledge your support to Hard Stuff and WFMU!

Hellraiser Halfway Point!

Greeting everyone! October is Hellraiser time here at WFMU! The Hellraiser is a (mostly) off-air fundraiser conducted by Internet and mail and is important for us since it gets us over the hump of the winter months – that time of year when the funds we raised in our spring marathon are beginning to dwindle. If you can, please help us out with a donation and grab one of the two new T-shirts exclusive to this fall campaign. Anglerfish design by Maddie Fisher. Thanks to everyone who has donated so far! Pledge here: https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?step=landing