WFMU Profile for Jim McHugh

Profile for Jim McHugh

Listener:	Jim McHugh (Contact)
	Pledged support to: ♥ WFMU's Marathon 2022 ♥ WFMU's Marathon 2021 ♥ WFMU's Marathon 2020 ♥ WFMU's Marathon 2019 ♥ WFMU's Hellraiser 2018 ♥ WFMU's Marathon 2018
Personal statement:	Socially, bourgeois exploitation has brought life to the most excruciating point of boredom and vacuity. As society has been reduced to a factory and a marketplace, the very rationale of life has been reduced to production for its own sake - and consumption for its own sake. -- BOOKCHIN
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Facebook:	Facebook posts by Jim McHugh Jim McHugh: So, yeh, we recorded a new Dark Meat song a few weeks back -- the outlier that never made it to tape back in the day. Dig it via Flagpole Magazine: http://flagpole.com/blogs/homedrone/posts/flagpole-premieres-dark-meat-thems-that-die-will-be-the-lucky-ones-2 Vibrant and volatile Athens-based psych-rock supergroup Dark Meat burned brightly and toured hard for several years in the late aughts before its players scattered and the band called it quits. But recently, a majority of members found themselves back in Athens for the wedding of two of their own, a… Apr 30 @ 12:13 pm Jim McHugh: NC Friends: tune in tomorrow on UNCTV for this killer doc about the revitalization of the Cherokee Language. I'm proud and honored to have done some soundtrack work for this important film. Check it out! Apr 8 @ 10:29 am Jim McHugh: If y'all need me, I'll be at River Styx tonight. Come get what you need. a classic rendition of the song from the King of Rock And Soul, Solomon Burke. Rockin up in the beyond 10-10-10. Mar 31 @ 4:35 pm Jim McHugh: RIP. Damn. Renbourn found dead by police after failing to attend gig Mar 27 @ 10:36 am Jim McHugh: In both the sonic and the visual realms, the following video is so misguided it flips the odometer into being a positive experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnYSmQWsMKQ Mar 11 @ 11:27 am Jim McHugh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Soda OK Soda was a soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company in 1993 that aggressively courted the Generation X demographic with unusual advertising tactics, including endorsements and even outright negative publicity. It did not sell well in select test markets and was officially declared out of produ… Mar 10 @ 11:30 pm Jim McHugh: So I'll be playing some records at Happyfun Hideaway tonight. Everyone should know that it's the beautiful Colin Langenus' birthday and he'll be in attendance with some slabs to jam as well. 9ish. See you there. Link Wray's Southern Lady Mar 10 @ 10:03 am Jim McHugh: YO Come party at River Styx tonight. It's my b-day jammer. Included in my program will be "Potato Chip" by Shadows of Knight. I wish Snert Volgelpholskisan was here to join me; he had the Flexi disc, which was sold on the back of a bag of potato chips. Really good. 21 Greenpoint Avenue, 9-ish. Come get crunchy and munchy with me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4LkEHNsTmg 1966 on Auravision Flexi. This record was attached to Fairmont brand of potato chips that was distributed in the Chicago area as a promotion in 1966. This so... Mar 8 @ 10:29 am Jim McHugh: OUR LEVITATION WORKED. WE'VE GOT LEVITATION. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/demonstrators-levitate-vice-into-east-river_n_6800244.html We can't make this stuff up. On Tuesday, members from the music collective Talibam! attempted to levitate Vice Media's Brooklyn headquarters into the East River using the powers of collective psychokinesis. While the group cites the 1967 &quo... Mar 4 @ 2:59 pm Jim McHugh: These bass parts I'm rehearsing for this crazy-ass opera are all over the place! The best GIFs are on Giphy Mar 4 @ 1:58 pm Jim McHugh: This rules school. Here’s a delightful video of the Louisville Leopard Percussionists during rehearsal sessions for their cover versions of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir,” “The Ocean,” and “Immigrant Song.” Even though this video was posted to YouTube back in November 2014 (with hardly any views), it’s finally getting th… Feb 22 @ 1:50 am Jim McHugh: Brand new Drunken Foreigner Band Live EP up on Bandcamp, including a fresh new jammer, a surprise cover and an elongated classic. HAVE AT IT: https://drunkenforeignerband.bandcamp.com/album/dfb-live-tp 3 track album Feb 17 @ 1:30 pm Jim McHugh: Take note, world. The 83-year-old coaching legend died Saturday at his home in North Carolina. Feb 9 @ 7:05 pm Jim McHugh: Katie E show tonight. Union Pool. 7pm doors. Come hang. We'll talk Dean Smith blues. Feb 8 @ 4:40 pm Jim McHugh: Check out our new KATIEE music vid, directed by Joe DeNardo, featuring the inestimable talents of the great choreographer and dancer Ryan Heffington. Filmed live at The Smell for the deep history of it all. If it raises an eyebrow, come see us at Union Pool this Sunday Feb 8. I dare you to show up and try and dance like our man here. KATIEE is Katie Eastburn, Jim McHugh, Jeff Tobias, Jason Robira, guest vocalist Nicholas Kyrgovich, live at the Smell, LA CA. Thank you RYAN HEFFINGTON! KATIEE 'Could'… Feb 4 @ 10:51 am Jim McHugh: Proud to have contributed some berserk mayhem blues to Colin L's new alb. Love this stuff. https://colinlangenus.bandcamp.com/album/continuum 2 track album Feb 3 @ 6:04 pm Jim McHugh: FUCK THIS. "Torn to shreds." A life irrevocably altered by stupid redneck drones. Avert your tax overage to a worthy cause, not this Barney Fife-Idi Amin bullshit. #ashamed A 21-year-old college student and Private in the US Army is recovering after a vicious attack by a Norfolk police K-9. Jan 31 @ 1:53 am Jim McHugh: Our new live EP of variegated sound and intention. Have at it. 2 track album Jan 30 @ 5:16 pm Jim McHugh: Come see me at River Styx. It'll be about something. from seinfeld the tv series Jan 21 @ 4:57 pm Jim McHugh: Contributing all sorts of mayhemic flim-flam to both Talibam! Ensemble and Platinum Vision this Thursday. It'll be a thing. Jan 20 @ 12:06 pm