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WFMU Marathon to Feature Ted Leo and AC Newman
Listener-supported freeform radio station ‚WFMUs annual pledge drive is under way. Pledges will be accepted during all of the station’s programs for the next two weeks, but it should be noted that Ted Leo and the New Pornographers‘ AC Newman will be appearing on tonight’s episode of Tom Scharpling’s The Best Show on WFMU, and that show’s marathon premium will include a 7 inch record featuring artists such as Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard performing cleaned-up versions of songs by shock rocker GG Allin.
GG Allin, who died of an overdose in 1993, was a punk frontman way more famous for his disgusting onstage antics than for his music. Allin was notorious for shitting, pissing, bleeding, and attacking audience members while performing; his shows tended not to last very long. The first film from Old School/The Hangover director Todd Phillips was Hated, a documentary about Allin that captures him in all his repulsive glory. On a new benefit single, you’ll hear some of indie’s biggest names reinterpreting Allin’s songs.
The cult-beloved New Jersey freeform radio station WFMU is having its annual pledge drive this month, and Tom Scharpling, host of the comedy/music show „The Best Show„, is pitching in, as always. „The Best Show“’s two fundraising programs run from 9 to midnight eastern tonight and March 8, and Scharpling is hosting a number of famous friends. Tonight, Ted Leo and the New Pornographers frontman A.C. Newman will stop by to play music. And anyone who pledges $75 or more to WFMU during Scharpling’s show gets a prize pack that includes Rated GG, a vinyl single with GG Allin covers from a truly unlikely cast that includes Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, the Mountain Goats, Ty Segall, Fucked Up, and Leo.
Donors will also get a digital download of the single, which features bonus material by Home Blitz, Scharpling and Wurster, and others, as well as a poster, a t-shirt, and a button.
In recent months, Scharpling has directed a pair of great indie rock videos, for Ted Leo & the Pharmacists‘ „Bottled in Cork“ and the New Pornographers‘ „Moves„. He talked to Pitchfork about „Bottled in Cork“ here and „Moves“ here.
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