(sp)rinnnngg-a-lingg....break!

two week hiatus- see you in cancun!

catch a falling bell & put it in your pocket

(B)Ringing it Back, in a Big Way!

Tech problems galore have kept us out of the blogosphere and in the real deal world, but we figured stuff out (kind of)! Here are the first 80 minutes of our 2nd and 3rd most recent shows, and the whole shebang for the stuff we just laid down today! Download in the next two weeks or you'll condemn yourself to a life of streaming.

[EDIT: older shows coming very very soon!]


yours for keeps!


Bells & Whistles 16 February 2009

Time ∧	Title	Artist	Album
03:14 pm	Todo mio el ontono	Banda de Turistas
03:18 pm	Theme Music (Sad)	Kalyanji Anandji
03:19 pm	Headin' Inside	Surf City
03:21 pm	Is She There	Nodzzz
03:23 pm	What We Did	Little Girls
03:24 pm	Ghosts	The Interiors
03:28 pm	Sightseeing	Ludus
03:29 pm	Gelly Roll Gum Drop	Sic Alps
03:41 pm		PSA
03:42 pm	Peacetalks/Downer	Miami
03:43 pm	Black Rice	Women
03:44 pm	Sophia, Donna, I Was Down the River	Blackout Beach
03:45 pm	Majesty	The Music Tapes
03:46 pm	Beach Point Pleasant	Ducktails
03:51 pm	Catch The Light	Sin Fang Bous
03:56 pm		PSA
03:58 pm	Tokyo Dance School	De!nial	De!nial/Kania Tieffer 7"
04:00 pm	Fantastic Cat	Takako Minekawa
04:03 pm	Neon Jesus	Crocodiles
04:06 pm	If I Were You	Spider
04:08 pm	The Way	Zola Jesus	Poor Sons 7"
04:12 pm	Suburbia	Nite Jewel
04:15 pm	Love Go's	Silent Talk
04:20 pm	Glazin'	Black Dice
04:24 pm	The Warm Current's Pull	Blind Man's Colour
04:28 pm	Theme From Demense	Dominions
04:30 pm	Fuji Ouija	Diplo	Fuji Ouija 12"
04:32 pm	Crystal Mines	CFCF
04:36 pm	Night of the Hunter	Tussle
04:41 pm		PSA
04:42 pm	Littlest Giant	Hi Red Center
04:46 pm	Otra Suerte	Entre Rios
04:49 pm	The Camel's Back	Psapp
04:50 pm	Valentine	Festival
04:52 pm	Follow Closely	Hush Arbors
04:55 pm	Candy Hearts	The Super Vacations
04:56 pm	Crystal Roads	Fungi Girls

I'm looking for a chime who's top of line

bells are back! and just when you thought the internet was devoid of cute tinkley noise. we didn't ding dong ditch you, promise. just to prove it, here's this week's show. it will only be here for two weeks so catch it while you can.


save it forever and ever and ever

p.s. recognize the blog entry title? click it---> checck!

Title	Artist	Album
Class of 73 Bells	Prefuse 73 (Ft. School of Seven Bells)	--not specified--
Track 09	West Africa	--not specified--
The Pyramid	Love of Diagrams	Mosaic
Low Life	Scanners	Violence is Golden
Once and Never Again	The Long Blondes	Someone to Drive You Home
kill me now	The Dreadful Yawns	Take Shape
?	The Carrots	--not specified--
Hallo Belat	Kuku Sebsebe	Tinish Geze Sitegn
Je Suis Inadaptee	Various Artists	Wizzz! Psychorama Francais 1966-70
Ce N'est Pas Bon	Amadou & Mariam	Welcome to Mali
April And The Phantom	Animal Collective	Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished
--not specified--	PSA	--not specified--
No Author	Merch	Crash Boom Bash
Together Alone, We Jump We Rise	Moon & Moon	VII Acts of an IronKing
Untitled (piano)	Gang Gang Dance	God's Money
Devil's Trident	Telepathe	--not specified--
Magic	Ladyhawke	Ladyhawke
Gasmaskk	Teengirl Fantasy	--not specified--
Wolves and Libertines	Heartsrevolution	Switchblade EP
Masala	Madlib	Beat Konducta, Vol, 3-4: Beat Konducta in India
Um Like Yer Smile Is Totally Ruling me Right Now	Japanther	Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt
dating	ty segall	ty segall
Gender Changers	Yip-Yip	Tow Kings of the Same Kingdom
The Birthday Cake	Body Lotion and Bloody Hands	Screamfest
(the world according to) carp & sheep	Kiiiiii	Kiiiiii
Lost Art (Gold Panda Remix)	Stricken City	--not specified--
[cuts out for a couple seconds here]
Say Fiesta	Francois Virot	Yes or No
All In My Sleep	King Darves	The Sun Splits For...The Blind Swimmer
Tricycle	Psapp	Hallam Foe Soundtrack
Loneliest Person	Eden Express	Que Amors Que
Buried in Teeth	Mariee Sioux	Faces in the Rocks
Kokopeli	Fursaxa	Kobold Moon
They Marry	Mi & L'Au	Mi & L'Au
Basement Watch	Religious Knives	The Door
Young Folks (Peter Bjorn & John Cover)	Shugo Tokumaru	--not specified--
Last Songs	DNtel	Life is Full of Possibilities

ding-dong, the blog's not dead!

last week was our 2 girls, 1 bell special edition! we tried our new sleigh bells on for size, and even lent them to st. etienne to help them meet our strict and stingent qualifications. we got so many calls! and we couldn't figure out how to answer the phone! we promise we'll do better this week, dial away (845-437-7178)! also, send us lots of emoticons (except for this one :P please) via instant messenger! wvkrfm is our screenname. even the shiest belle can shoot us a virtual :) ! xtra special thanks to mike from beacon for tuning in.

also- CALLING ALL COWBELLS! we need songs with cowbells in them. please email any clinging, clanging gems you have to arieldiliberto@gmail.com. alright! thanks!

RING A BELL/素食餃子!
DJ atrium
DJ ventricle
[DJ aorta]

hark, hear the bells:
"I Can't Believe You Actually Died" (Microphones Cover) - The Very Most
"Hybrid Moments" (Misfits Cover) - Minus Story
["Lorelei" - Cocteau Twins] (background music)
"New Years" - Asobi Seksu
"Three-Way" - The Magnetic Fields
"Out At The Pictures" - Hot Chip
"Glimpse of the Hidden City" - Wizardzz
"It's For You" - Out Hud
"Like A Motorway" (Bells & Whistles Radio Edit) - Saint Etienne
"Under Pressure" (feat. Michael Gira) - Xiu Xiu
"Gopacapulco" - ariel pink's haunted graffiti
"Forgiveness" - Yeasayer
"Panis et Circenes" - Os Mutantes
"Ode to Joy" - The City of Prague Philharmonic
"Shook Up" - The Battle Royale
"Your Heart On Your Sleeve" - Colleen
["Chain Gang" - Sam Cooke] (background music)
"Bolton Hill" - Cex
"Bijoux" - Manitoba
["Crayon" - Manitoba] (background music)
"Seoul Music" - Yellow Magic Orchestra
"Pontiac" - Mah Jongg
"Sous Le Pont" - Benoit Charest
"Okie Dokie" - Dan Deacon
"We Listen Everyday" - The Go! Team
"Aerodynamic" - Daft Punk
"Kangna Re" - Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Madhushree, Bela Shende, Kalapini Komakali
"Tone Poem" - Rings
"Spring" - Resplendent/Downey
"Bedroom Bossa Band" - Lullatone
["The Dead Flag Blues" (Bells & Whistles Radio Edit) - Godspeed You! Black Emperor] (background music)

2008: the year of the potato, sanitation, and legality!

we rang in the new year last thursday morning with some good, clean tinkles and chimes. we regret to inform you late-sleepers that we are no longer posting zip files for download because, let's face it, it's illegal. you're just going to have to get up with the chickens (6am! it's not so bad!) and tune in for live, pure, unadultrated bells and whistles.

RING A BELL/APPEASE THE FCC
DJ's puppy, kitty, and parakeet pals

here's what you heard (or missed):
"Wrgggggggrkyyyyyyyyy!!!" - An Albatross
"Jom Jongvak Twit" - Pan Ron (Cambodian Rocks Compilation)
"Things" - Fannypack
"Butterscotch" - CocoRosie
"Kookies" - MF DOOM
"Malmo Beach Night Party" - Slagsmalsklubben (The Suncatchers)
"C.Y.O.A." - Heartsrevolution
"Broke" - Woods
"Sang Jeune" - Woelv
"Superstar" Sonic Youth
"Bermuda" - Ponytail
"Click Clock Woods" - Banjo/Kazooie
"Recent Bedroom" - Atlas Sound
"Sleep" - Kimya Dawson
"See You In Heaven" - Elliott Smith
"Don't stay in bed" - YACHT
"Independence Day" - K swift
"Toy Piano" - Matty Pop chart
"Kites Are Fun" - The Free Design
:Trenton Street Bus" - Lucky Dragons
"Xavier Says" - Magnetic Fields
"Slay the EGO" - Pony Pants
"Bloody Jack" - Serge Gainsbourg
"Loralee" - Whitsundays
"Wait For The Summer" - Yeasayer
"Black Mission Goggles" - Man Man
"So Glad To See You" - Hot Chip
"Tomorrow Is Already Here" - Stereolab
"Race: In" - Battles
"Cutup Piano and Xylophone" - Fridge
"Song For Kevin" - Karl Blau
"Feb." - On! Air! Library!
"White Film" - Tujiko Noriko
"Toujours Aimer" - Edith Piaf

tis the season for bells and whistles

this one was a special one, the culmination of all our monday mornings here at WVKR, the cream of the crop, a real gem, the star on the christmas tree, the Shamash of the menorah, etc. it's the LAST SHOW of 2007, and we pulled out all the stops for YOU! we've got christmas, we've got more christmas, we've got hanukkah, we've got holidays, we've got winter, snow, ice, noreasters, we've got elves, profanity, bells, whistles, mariah, more christmas, themes coming out the wazoo!!!

join DJ phantasma, DJ pizza party and DJ chicken pot pie in the most aurally fixating, wonderful-tastic, and seasonally festive show of 2007! this is no ordinary show. we're talkin sing-alongs, shout-outs, sirens and lots of other things that start with S!

please sir, you'd like some more? **download no longer available**
RING A BELL/GIVE MONEY TO SALVATION ARMY

holiday wish/play list:

"all i want for christmas is you" (DJ pizza party remix intro) - mariah carey
"this christmas song" - alvin & the chipmunks
"winter wonder land" - animal collective
"this christmas song" - ravonettes
"what's this?" from the nightmare before christmas - danny elfman
"the ice storm" - the go! team
"fuck the pain away" - peaches
"holiday" - celebration
"out cold" - brad laner
"jesus christ came to me in a dream" - ariel pink's haunted graffiti
"belgian beer and catholic girls" - siberian
"little girl blue (postal service remix)" - nina simone
"baby's bible" - hank (from david shrigley's worried noodles compilation)
"noreaster cheer" - prefuse 73
"let's boogie to the elf dance" - sufjan stevens (listener request!)

"jolly jolly jolly ego" - dirty projectors [RECORDING STARTS SOMEWHERE IN HERE!]
"sunny xmas day" mick turner/tren brothers
"snowy meadows II" - samara lubelski
"dreidl-bells" - DJ flack (listener request!)
"sub-zero" - snoozer
"brand new year" - bre loughlin
"handjobs for the holidays" - broken social scene
"cutting ice to snow" - efterklang
"snowflake music" - mark mothersbaugh
"elf" - gabby lala
"frosti" - björk
"last christmas" - parenthetical girls
"have yourself a merry little christmas" - bright eyes (feat. ariel, frances & kelly)
"exploding snowhorse" - the octopus project
"all i want for christmas is you" (reprise, radio station dance party version) - mariah carey

that's it, 2007! join us NEXT YEAR at a NEW TIME! THURSDAYS 6-8 AM! ding ding ding ding diiinnggg

5 on a Joyride!

we watched the sunrise from the breathtaking view inside the air studio again this monday morning. special thanks to dj mishmash for lending us his aux cable when we were in a tight one. we were one man down, but two thumbs up!

we had our first listener request in weeks! there are also some extra (extra cute of course) bloopers, and dj perspective needs to learn to back off the mic.

serve yourself up a 5th helpin' of bells & whistles: **download no longer available**

RING A BELL/HIT A TIN CAN WITH A MALLET
DJ aerial perspective
DJ pudding snacks/shark attack
[DJ flu shot]

master list
"window" - the album leaf
"granular bastard" - apparat

[RECORDING STARTS HERE]

"partymadchen gefoitert" - stereo total
"sad song" - psapp
"les jours tristes (instrumental) - yann tiersan
"you can have it all" - yo la tengo
"things against stuff" - danielson
"je t'aime trop" - naughty naughty nurses
"sandy" - caribou
"angels on the balcony" - jeremy jay
"oscillate wildly" - the smiths
"I" - six organs of admittance
"green room tea time" - alexis gideon
"you aren't moving to chicago" - she is so beautiful/she is so blonde
"baby comes around" - ariel pink's haunted graffiti
"the happy sea" - colleen
"holding" - persephone & her cellar babies
"when you were my baby" - the magnetic fields
"clouds through sparrow's eyes" - skygreen leopards
"cherish (madonna cover)" - prayers
"i am john" - loney, dear
"everyone's in love with you" - david byrne
"sandy feat" - high places
"someone great" - lcd soundsystem
"millie christine" - wussy

[RECORDING CUTS OUT HERE]

"fever of the beat" - the vandelles
"oh, sweet consequence" - cars & trains

[RESUME!]

"peppermint patty" - owls
"sugar pill" - ambulance ltd.
"que honda guero (gameboy/homeboy remix)" - beck
"o what a beautiful dream" - elf power
"off the rails" - the notwist
"bizarre love triangle" - new order