Back on air this week: show 75

Optical resumes live broadcasts this week, and so my delayed show 75 should be on air. It features interviews with Martha Wilson of Franklin Furnace and Helga Egetenmeier, a former organiser of Ladyfest Berlin.

Here's a film about Ladyfest Berlin from 2007.

Ladyfest (english) from Miro Mastropasqua on Vimeo.

This week's repeat: show 45

The last of the summer repeats is from November 2010, show 45, featuring interviews with Mika Bomb and Tribe 8.

Here is a rare video from Tribe 8.

This week's repeat: show 38

This week's repeat, show 38, comes from September 2010 and features a new interview with Missy magazine's Chris Köver, plus an archive chat with Bis's Manda Rin.

Here's a Bis video from 1997.

This week's repeat: show 14

While Optical is on hiatus, we will be repeating shows. This week's is from February, 2010 and is show 14.

It features interviews with Clare Grogan (ex-Altered Images) from 1996 and New Bloods from 2008. Here is one of my favourite Altered Images songs, as performed live in 1980.

Late-breaking news: summer hiatus

Sorry for the short notice, but it was news to me, as well. Tonight's show is cancelled and the station is going on a late-summer hiatus until the end of August.

Tonight's show will be a repeat of show 74, and I shall update the blog when I know what the next three weeks' repeats will be.

Coming up on show 75

Going back into the vaults for some vintage vinyl, plus interviews with Berlin cultural activist Helga Egetenmeier and New York performance artist/curator Martha Wilson. Check out one of her early filmed performances below.

Cauterization from Martha Wilson on Vimeo.