Special// Harold and Maude @ Unknown Movie Night

As a one-off special, DJ Beatie Wolfe shares her film choice for the latest edition of Unknown Movie Night, Harold and Maude, with live scoring from Max Jaffe, Alex Kyhn, Alex Lilly, David Ralicke, Peter Walker and cassette duplication from KamranV. An experimental event where neither musicians nor audience know the selected film until it begins, Beatie Wolfe chose Hal Ashby’s cult classic as her all-time favourite film for its warmth, wit and whimsy. Mastered by Soundwell.

Photo of Unknown Movie Nights performing live to Beatie Wolfe’s pic, Harold and Maude

Special// Punk Rock book, 45th anniversary

Punk Rock: To celebrate the 45 year anniversary of Punk Rock by Virginia Boston, the first book on the scene, Beatie Wolfe put together this mix of the bands featured in her mother’s book.

As the UK punk scene exploded with raw energy and intensity, documentation was the last thought on anyone’s mind. Originally published in 1978 by Penguin, and described as “the first punk book,” Punk Rock by Virginia Boston (printed as Shockwave in the UK) is a must-have almanac, historical handbook, and visual and visceral reveal of a scene as it was bursting forth. As a London counterculture observer, writer Virginia Boston captured the Punk phenomenon from its beginnings in ’76, always through the eyes of the punks themselves.

Featuring all of the early first generation bands (The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Damned, Generation X, The Slits, X-Ray Spex, Siouxsie and the Banshees and many more) and other now iconic figures, such as Soo Catwoman and Jordan, Punk Rock offers a rare insight into the heart of the movement via its extraordinary collection of photographs, quotes, lyrics, and interviews with the leading bands and figureheads. But perhaps most striking is the space it dedicates to the fans and their zines, complete with an introduction from Sniffin’ Glue editor Danny Baker. By doing so Punk Rock captures what was really going on in the clubs, away from the usual music weeklies and academics.

A scrapbook compendium of one of the shortest-lived yet most influential moments in music history, Punk Rock is an authentic time-capsule of the emergence of a counterculture that would forever change the world, but didn’t know it.

Punk Rock Special on dublab radio from Beatie Wolfe

TRACKLIST:

• Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

• X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescence

• The Clash - Remote Control

• The Jam - Art School

• The Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat

• The Stranglers - Get A Grip On Yourself 

• X-Ray Spex - Identity

• Generation X - Your Generation

• Buzzcocks - Boredom

• The Slits - Number One Enemy

• The Adverts - Bored Teenagers

• Subway Sect - Ambition

• Eater - Outside View

• Siouxsie and the Banshees - Carcass

• The Vibrators - London Girls

• X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours! (Live at the Roxy Club, 1977)

• Sham 69 - Rip Off

• The Jam - Time For Truth

• Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK

Special// Summer Imprints

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Listen in dublab’s archive: https://www.dublab.com/archive/beatie-wolfe-orange-juice-for-the-ears-summer-imprints-08-25-23

This show is also available as a Podcast

TRACKLIST:

Brian Eno – Dead Finks Don’t Talk
Tuxedomoon – In A Manner of Speaking
Raymond Scott – Portofino 2
Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is
Hank Williams – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Brian Eno and John Cale – Spinning Away
Ted Lucas – Baby Where You Are
Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home To Me
Beatie Wolfe – Little Things
The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
Devo – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Purple Mountains – Nights That Won’t Happen
Beatie Wolfe and Linda Perry – Lose Myself
Zenmenn feat. John Moods – Homage to a Friendship
Scribble – Mother Of Pearl

photo credit: Manuela Batas

Special// Audience with V. Vale hosted by Beatie Wolfe & Aaron Rose

An audience with Counterculture Godfather & Punk Publisher V. Vale hosted by Beatie Wolfe and Aaron Rose on Sunday April 16th at The Aster, Los Angeles.

Listen to this OJ special x LA event celebrating the life and work of one of this world’s true originals: RE/Search founder V. Vale – described as the first (and last!) punk publisher! After launching San Francisco’s first punk zine Search & Destroy in 1977 with $100 each from Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Vale founded RE/Search in 1980 for his other cultural-anthropological explorations including Industrial music, the writings of J.G. Ballard and William S. Burroughs, feminism, “Incredibly Strange” filmmaking and so much more. A cornerstone of the counterculture movement, Vale’s influence remains both all-pervasive and yet hidden in plain sight.

This event includes a conversation between Vale, Aaron Rose and Beatie Wolfe; a live DJ set from Money Mark on tape cassettes; a reading of Vale’s cat haikus and “Goals for Life” and a live performance from Vale and Marian.

Mastered by Soundwell

Special// Mark Mothersbaugh x Beatie Wolfe on compositional curiosities

Presented as part of ON AIR LA ANNEX, Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh and “musical weirdo and visionary” Beatie Wolfe discuss the art of composition, building worlds, and how being a conceptual artist can further open up and inform these spaces. Straddling multidisciplines, the pair also revisit Postcards for Democracy, their 2020 collective art campaign in support of USPS, and chat about its impact and how they are still receiving cards today ahead of the next election.

This program is part of New Music USA’s web magazine NewMusicBox “Guest Editor series”, which aims to celebrate a plurality of voices from across the nation and will feature exclusive content written, produced, or commissioned by a rotating artist or organization. 

Artistic visionaries Mark Mothersbaugh & Beatie Wolfe share a love of tangible artforms, in and amongst their futuristic explorations. In the summer of 2020, in light of the threat to our 225yr old postal service and at a time that could jeopardize the democracy of the country, Mothersbaugh and Wolfe joined forces for this collective postcard art demonstration. The aim of this campaign is to encourage as many people as possible to support USPS, our right to vote, and democracy as a whole via the power of art. The demonstration asks you to buy USPS stamps, design your postcard and then mail it to 8760 Sunset Blvd. The pair has so far received tens of thousands of postcards from all over the world which were exhibited at the Rauschenberg Gallery and have also been archived by the Smithsonian.

Special// Allee Willis safe in Wonderland

Art: Enjoy this special repeat edition where Beatie Wolfe interviews with the supreme, earth-shattering, life-altering Allee Willis who sadly left us all on December 24th 2019 and this week, with it being a favorite day for Allee – September 21st – marks the launch of the foundation Willis Wonderland dedicated to preserving and furthering her infinitely magical legacy and supporting multi-dimensional and disciplinary creativity which you can learn more about at williswonderland.org. Listen again to this show that takes you from dancing sea lions to Beverly Hills Cop via the thread of Joy.

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Allee Willis’ Orange Juice for the Ears

• First song that imprinted? “Bye Bye Baby” by Mary Wells

• First album that shaped who you are? Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes – track played “Where Did Our Love Go”

• The music you would send into Space? “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get” by The Dramatics

• The song you would have at your memorial? “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire

• The album you would pass onto your kids? New York Tendaberry by Laura Nyro – track played “Save the Country”

Special// Brian Eno x Beatie Wolfe on Art and Climate

Brian Eno x Beatie Wolfe on Art and Climate: Earthday special

Friday 22 April 2022 - 08h00 - 09h30

Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe talk Art and Climate on dublab for this Orange Juice for the Ears special that marks Earthday 2022. Their conversation was recorded live in Austin where it was SXSW’s Featured Session for the day art/climate converged.

The conversation between musical visionaries Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe covers how art can play a vital role in response to the climate emergency, with Brian sharing his music industry charity EarthPercent and Beatie sharing 'From Green to Red,' an environmental protest piece built using 800,000 years of NASA data to visualize rising CO2 levels.

This show also marks the day EarthPercent x Earth Day campaign launches where Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe join 100+ artists offering a track to support organizations doing vital work to help tackle the climate emergency. All info earthpercent.bandcamp.com

This show closes with the record Songs of the Humpback Whale by Dr Roger Payne.

Special// Postcards for Democracy: A Music Special

This episode of Orange Juice for the Ears is dedicated to the guests' music choices so far, which we don’t always get the time to fully celebrate.

During this special, Beatie Wolfe will be playing 'Orange Juice for the Ears' tracks from past guests that range from the "First Lady of Rock’n’Roll" to anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Captain for a show bookended by the greatly missed Grammy/Tony/Emmy winning songwriter and Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Allee Willis in light of this week being September 21st.

The show also is dedicated to Postcards for Democracy - a demonstration to support the 225 yr old U.S. Postal Service & the right to VOTE. This collective art project is a collaboration between Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh and dublab DJ Beatie Wolfe. The pair will be sharing more at Echo Park Rising.

Tracks played

• Grammy-Winning Songwriter Allee Willis - "September" by Earth Wind and Fire

• Producer and Director Lesley Chilcott - "Whip It" by Devo

• Screenwriter Donick Cary - "The Two of Us" by The Beatles

• Drummer Queen Cora - "Simple Pleasures" by Bobby McFerrin

• Nobel Laureate Dr. Bob Wilson - "The City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie

• Modular Founder Stephen Pav - "Seabird" by Alessi Brothers

• Music Manager Janet Billig Rich - "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King

• Tailor David Mason - "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie

• First Lady of Rock’n’Roll Suzi Quatro - "When I Fall in Love" by Nat King Cole 

• Director Ross Harris - "Please Don't Bury Me" by John Prine

• News Correspondent Sarah Sidner - "Love's In Need of Love Today" by Stevie Wonder

• Multi-instrumentalist Laraaji - "Infinite Sun" by Kulershaker 

• Punk Icon Henry Rollins - "Down on the Street" by The Stooges 

• Sea Shepherd Captain Peter Hammarstedt - "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine

• Allee Willis - "Where Did Our Love Go" by Supremes

Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across Space, Science, Art, Health, Film & Technology by talking to the leading luminaries in each field from Nobel Prize winners to multi-platinum producers and hearing the music that has most impacted them, their “Orange Juice for the Ears”. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN Women role model for innovation, and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum.

This episode of Orange Juice for the Ears first aired live on LA’s dublab radio but is also available as a podcast. This show was Mastered by Dean Hovey. For rights reasons, the music in this podcast version is shorter than in the original broadcast.