[Leica] Rented an SL and its lens for the WFMU Marathon (semi-review, photos)

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

> On Mar 18, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Nice. I have fond memory of public radio from our time in America, and
> incredibly, we still have mugs from WHYY in Philadelphia from the early
> 90s. They have survived several international moves.
> 
> That's cool!  WHYY in Philadelphia is one of the better public radio
> stations, producing some good shows (like Terry Gross's Fresh Air) which
> get shared around the network.
> 
> WFMU, though - WFMU isn't a public radio station in any of the accustomed
> senses of the word.  WFMU isn't part of those conventional public-radio
> networks (NPR, PRI, APM), and proudly, belligerently sometimes, has nothing
> like the style of public radio.  WFMU is a singularity (with a broad
> international listenership, by the way).  It's completely freeform (which
> is to say that each individual DJ plays or does what that DJ wants to play
> or do - within the limits of US broadcast obscenity rules, of course).
> There's so much variety that some new listeners are initially kind of
> befuddled - because depending on whose slot they tune in for, they could
> hear: 78 RPM records and Edison cylinders played on period equipment,
> facemelting Nordic death metal, sincere folk singers, Japanese pop,
> roadhouse honky-tonk, obscure 1970s pop/rock, straight-ahead rock and roll,
> free jazz, twelve-tone modern "classical" music, hard bop, garage rock,
> 1980s-sounding jangle rock... or any of a few talk shows.
> 
> http://www.wfmu.org/table
> 
> One of the secrets to happy listenership is that once you identify your
> favorite DJs - people whose taste frequently aligns with your own - you can
> listen to their shows at your convenience, because shows at WFMU are
> archives and playable on demand (via the website or via the Android or iOS
> apps).
> 
> http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/
> http://www.wfmu.org/mobile.shtml
> 
> If any people here want to tell me (off list - I've done almost enough
> plugging here) what kinds of music they like, I'll be glad to recommend a
> few shows they might enjoy listening to.


classical, classic jazz, foreign esp French please Nathan,


where is this station located? ie out of ?

thanks,

Steve


> 
> And back partly on topic - I'll continue to drop pictures taken with the SL
> in the previously-referred-to Flickr pile.   Some more added this evening:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/sets/72157665752167155
> 
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