The Best of LCD:: The ArT And WriTing of WfMU

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Editor: Linda LeeAcquisitions Editor: Clare JacobsenDesigner: Lissi Erwin/Splendid Corp.

Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Sara Bader, Dorothy Ball, Nicola Bednarek, Janet Behning, Becca Casbon, Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Pete Fitzpatrick, Wendy Fuller, Jan Haux, John King, Nancy Eklund Later, Laurie Manfra, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson Packard, Jennifer Thompson, Arnoud Verhaeghe, Paul Wagner, Joseph Weston, and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press —Kevin C. Lippert, publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The best of LCD : the art and writing of WFMU / Dave the Spazz, editor ; preface by Jim Jarmusch ; introduction by Ken Freedman. — 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-715-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Disc jockeys—Anecdotes. 2. Musical criticism. 3. Popular music—United States—History and criticism. 4. Radio broadcasting—United States—History. 5. WFMU (Radio station : Montclair, N.J.) I. Spazz, Dave the. II . LCD (Montclair, N.J.) ML406.B47 2008 781.640973—dc22

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Acknowledgments

Many thanks to anyone and everyone who has ever been involved with WFMU and LCD. Special thanks to Alison Harvey for her patience and fortitude in entering text and copyediting this material. Thanks also to Amanda Thackary, Victoria Luther, Masayo Sato, Keith Beardon, Rex Doane, Miriam Linna, Dave Cunningham, Justina Davies, Irwin Chusid, and Hank Arakelian for their invaluable assistance.

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