Welcome to the archives of Tears of the Gods, a radio show that now shares the Friday 8 pm to 10 pm timeslot on WMFO 91.5 FM in Medford, Massachusetts with Plastic Sushi, Strawberries and Time, both of which are hosted by Edward Beuchert. The Tears of the Gods formula starts with a theme that all the songs need to match, and then includes some kind of feature, like an artist or album, but instead of ruthlessly trying to play as wide a variety of different styles of music like Plastic Sushi, we might just follow one or two genres. Plus we also mix in lots of audio clips from who knows where…
Here are some of the best shows:
| January 1, 2021 | Street Jams & Chants 1980s and 90s Electro-funk mixed up with Byzantine, Gregorian, Native American & Tibetan chants, featuring Tone-Loc and dedicated to Chace Carson, who hosted his show “The Time Tunnel” on WMFO from 2012 until 2018 | Playlist MP3 |
| January 1, 2021 | 1969: Music Hits and News Reports featuring excerpts from UPI’s “Year In Review” broadcast and the first Led Zeppelin album | Playlist MP3 |
| June 5, 2020 | 1968: Music Hits and News Reports of the MLK + RFK Assassinations & Riots featuring flash news reports & commentary by from CBS News and NPR Reporter Bill Kurtis from the CD and hardcover book package “We Interrupt This Broadcast” | Playlist MP3 |
| March 6, 2020 | Experimental Mixing with digitally reversed Wendy Carlos, vinyl manipulation of CBS News “The Incredible Year [1968]” LP (kindly lent by Chuck U), songs from the Russian band СБПЧ’s album Флэшка (thank you Dayana Chumburidze), two Rush songs that highlight Neil Peart’s outstanding percussion skills plus live guest DJ Luke Pailet… | Playlist MP3 |
| May 5, 2017 | Voices of the Hill Excerpts from student speakers at the Tufts “Voices of the Hill” event on April 25, 2017, featuring Tangerine Dream and Joan Jett — See voicesofthehill.com for more info on the event. | Playlist MP3 |
| July 17, 2015 | Space Is The Place celebrates NASA’s successful New Horizons flyby of Pluto and the anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20, 1969 — Featuring deep cuts from Jimi Hendrix, Sun Ra and Wendy Carlos. | Playlist MP3 |
| July 10, 2015 | Do You Wanna Dance featuring the Swiss singer, song writer, dancer and music producer DJ Bobo… | Playlist MP3 |
| May 30, 2014 | On the first anniversary eve of 23 year WMFO DJ and social critic Hank Faunce’s passing, here’s a sound collage memorial to him mixed up from past shows he did in 2004 and 2005, in particular May 10, 2005. | Playlist MP3 |