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Radio Free Charleston International is true free-format audio anarchy, from the mind and record coll

Realizing the goal of the original Radio Free Charleston broadcast radio program that launched in 1989, RFC International sees your host and instigator, Rudy Panucci, unshackled and given free reign to play any music or comedy or spoken word that he feels like from anywhere in the world. In this show you'll hear The Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Emerson Lake and Palmer, DEVO, Kate Bush, Frank Zappa,

YES, Wall of Voodoo, Lene Lovich, Django Reinhardt, The Stranglers, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Firesign Theater, King Crimson, Power Records Superhero Adventures, Stan Kenton, Peter Gabriel, Joe Jackson, The Rutles, Elvis Costello, Lily Allen, The Struts, Split Enz, The Buggles, Renaissance, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Ultravox, Hawkwind, The Clash, Can, Hazel O'Conner, Klaatu, The Shoes, Todd Rundgren, Marianne Faithful, Polysics and...you know, more stuff like that.

19/02/2024

PopCult's Monday Morning Art was not planned to be, but is appropriate for the day...

This one took nearly a month to draw, since I had to work in spurts when my fingers were cooperating, and as a happy coincidence, I have it ready in time for President’s Day. I assure you, th…

18/02/2024

PopCult's Sunday Evening Video is a forty-year-old concert by Genesis, live from Birmingham in the UK...

[HTML1] Yes, we’re showing our age again this week. Above you see Genesis (the Phil Collins incarnation, of course) performing live in concert almost exactly forty years ago. This was during …

17/02/2024

PopCult's RFC Flashback heads to April, 2009, for a show with music from Jeff Ellis and Marcie Bullock, plus The RFC Financial Report, cute animation and the best URL gag we ever pulled off...

[HTML1] Radio Free Charleston 68, “Axiom Starliner Shirt,” dates from April, 2009, and we bring it to you once again. This episode of your favorite local music, animation and film show featured mu…

16/02/2024

This week's PopCulteer has notes on this afternoon's Disco and New Wave programming on The AIR...

The PopCulteer February 16, 2024 We have a hot new episode of MIRRORBALL to tell you about, and a very special encore episode of Sydney’s Big Electric Cat, both being broadcast Friday afterno…

15/02/2024

PopCult drops another batch of STUFF TO DO in and around Charleston this weekend...

Valentine’s Day is in the rear-view mirror and some folks have a long weekend coming up, so how about we smack you upside the head with a new batch of STUFF TO DO in and around the Charleston…

14/02/2024

PopCult has details on today's Valentine's Day programming on The AIR (spoiler: They're all reruns)...

Wednesday we dip into The AIR archives to bring you some Valentine’s Day treats. You can tune into on our sister internet radio station The AIR, as Beatles Blast and Curtain Call fill the air…

13/02/2024

Radio Free Charleston is new today with music from Cosmic Bull, Brian Diller, Jim Lange, The Paranoid Style, The Broken Relics and more, plus two hours of local music from the archives. Details in PopCult...

Tuesday finds yet another partly-new Radio Free Charleston on The AIR. Our first hour of Radio Free Charleston is accompanied by a classic two-hour episode of Radio Free Charleston Volume Four, t…

12/02/2024

PopCult's Monday Morning Art is a big pastel crayon piece depicting railroad tracks...

This week’s art is a detailed pastel crayon drawing on a very large piece of white paper. Inspired by my recent Amtrak trip, and created using over a dozen photos from said trip for reference…

11/02/2024

PopCult's Sunday Evening Video presents a clip of some truly memorable choreography...

[HTML1] Once in a lifetime, you see a work of choreography that is simply so amazing, astounding and astonishing that you simply can’t believe what you’re seeing. Above, you see such an…

10/02/2024

PopCult's RFC Flashback takes you to April, 2009, for a show with music from A Place of Solace and Go Van Gogh, plus a movie trailer, Bradley Wilkerson Sings and an attempted interview...

[HTML1] After skipping one of our “lost” episodes, from April, 2009, comes “Earth To Eros Shirt,” a show named after John Lancaster’s old band. We never managed to get…

09/02/2024

This week's PopCulteer is a photo review of an exquistely awful action figure...

The PopCulteer February 9, 2024 To be clear here, the headline above refers to a truly remarkably awful action figure. In fact, it’s so bad that it’s entertaining. It’s sort of t…

08/02/2024

PopCult brings you a Super Bowl/pre-Valentine's Weekend batch of STUFF TO DO...

With Valentine’s Day happening next Tuesday, a lot of folks who celebrate holidays when it’s convenient for them are going to romantic events this weekend. And so we have a pre-Valenti…

07/02/2024

This afternoon Mel Larch and Curtain Call pay tribute to Chita Rivera on The AIR. Details in PopCult...

The mid-week finds us at Wednesday afternoon, and The AIR still manages to bring you a new episode of Curtain Call and a recent edition of Beatles Blast to put the hump in your hump day. You can t…

06/02/2024

Check out PopCult for the playlist for today's NEW episode of Radio Free Charleston...

Tuesday finds a partly-new Radio Free Charleston on The AIR. Our first hour of Radio Free Charleston is accompanied by a classic two-hour episode of RFC International, that dates back to April, 2…

05/02/2024

This week's Monday Morning Art in PopCult is a painting of a bridge...

This week’s art is small study on thin wood, using thick acrylic paint. This is based on a photo I took from the window of our roomette on The Amtrak Cardinal on the way back from New York a …

04/02/2024

PopCult's Sunday Evening Video presents a music video look at last weekend's GI Joe Winterfest in Louisville. Featuring music by Sgt. Van and the Highway Dogs, plus a dozen bonus photos...

[HTML1] Above you see the music video for last week’s Winterfest Toy Show in Louisville, put on by our friends at The Kentuckiana GI Joe Toy Expo. The music comes courtesy of Sgt. Van and th…

03/02/2024

PopCult's RFC Flashback takes you to April, 2009, for a show with music by Bare Bones, and a short film by Brian Young, starring Joe McComas...

[HTML1] Radio Free Charleston 65, “Give Peace A Chance Shirt,” was first posted April 8, 2009 (coincidentally, the day before the first installement of The PopCulteer). This episode showcased two s…

02/02/2024

This week The PopCulteer has short, random items...

The PopCulteer February 2, 2024 We have random short items and the playlist for today’s new episode of MIRRORBALL this week, so let’s dive in… Self-horn-tootery To the right you s…

01/02/2024

PopCult drops another post filled with STUFF TO DO...

Charleston’s Restaurant Week is happening for those of you with no food allergies, interactions or aversions, but aside from that, we have a new batch of STUFF TO DO in and around the Charles…

31/01/2024

PopCult presents the first batch of photos from last weekend's GI Joe Winterfest in Louisville...

Last weekend your PopCulteer made the trek to Louisville, Kentucky, for the Winterfest show, put on by the folks who bring us the Kentuckiana GI Joe Toy Expo every July. We had a lot of fun, and I&…

30/01/2024

PopCult has notes on today's new episode of Radio Free Charleson, premiering on The AIR at 10 AM 10 PM (EST), with an all-new first hour, and a dip into the archives for the second two hours...

Tuesday finds your humble blogger and radio host still weak of voice but willing to sacrifice to give you a new RFC on The AIR. We have a partly-new episodes of Radio Free Charleston this week. T…

29/01/2024

PopCult's Monday Morning Art is a still life, plus we have notes on new episodes of Psychedelic Shack and Prognosis, debuting this afternoon on The AIR...

This week’s art is a thick acrylic paint-on leftover floor tile still life, based on the view in our roomette on The Cardinal, on our way back from New York a couple of weeks ago. I took a fe…

28/01/2024

PopCult's Sunday Evening Video Reminds you that Sam Elliott played "Evel Knievel: Crimefighter: in a failed pilot once...

[HTML1] This is a encore of a Sunday Evening Video from over five years ago. It was so bizarre that I decided to run it here again, just to remind myself that it’s real. In 1974, famed darede…

27/01/2024

PopCult's RFC Flashback brings you the 2009 April fool's show, which was actually part three of the previous year's Halloween show hiding behind fake production notes...

[HTML1] For April Fool’s Day 2009 I decided that I wanted to pull a fairly elaborate, yet profoundly stupid prank. The plan was to run production notes promising a very special episode of Ra…

26/01/2024

New radio shows today on The AIR include Disco Music attempting to Swing, and a salute to Lene Lovich. Details in PopCult...

The PopCulteer January 26, 2024 Your PopCulteer is heading to Louisville for some toy fun this weekend, but we aren’t going to abdicate our bloggerly duties! This week’s PopCulteer colu…

25/01/2024

PopCult cuts loose with yet another batch of STUFF TO DO for this weekend...

Amid a break from the narsty winter weather, we have a new batch of STUFF TO DO in and around the Charleston/Huntington WV area (and beyond) this weekend. As I have been copying and pasting of late…

24/01/2024

PopCult has notes on today's new episodes of Beatles Blast and Curtain Call on The AIR...

With a lingering case of Winter Crud hanging around stately Radio Free Charleston Mannor, we have hit Wednesday afternoon, and The AIR still manages to bring you new episodes of Curtain Call and Be…

23/01/2024

PopCult has notes on today's NEW episodes of Radio Free Charleston and The Swing Shift, premiering on The AIR...

Tuesday finds your humble blogger and radio host weak of voice but strong determination on The AIR. We have new episodes of Radio Free Charleston and The Swing Shift. Both shows “cheat& #822…

22/01/2024

PopCult's Monday Morning Art is a watercolor/ink wash streetscene...

This week’s art is a sloppy watercolor/ink wash based on a blurry photo I took about ten days ago out of the window of our hotel in New York City. We were on Eighth Avenue, hence the title. A…

21/01/2024

PopCult's Sunday Evening Video is a quick preview of next weekend's GI Joe WinterFest, in Louisville, Kentucky...

[HTML1] Above you see a music video showcasing the sights of last year’s Kentuckiana’s GI Joe Winterfest. This year’s show takes place January 27 in Louisville, Kentucky (with a …

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