Tears of the Gods
+ Plastic Sushi, Strawberries and Time + Plastic Strawberries of the Gods

Tears of the Gods with Edward Beuchert on WMFO in Medford 91.5 FM

Welcome to the archives of Tears of the Gods, a radio show that now shares the Tuesday 6 pm to 8 pm timeslot on WMFO 91.5 FM in Medford, Massachusetts with Plastic Sushi, Strawberries and Time and Plastic Strawberries of the Gods, all of which are hosted by Edward Beuchert. The Tears of the Gods formula starts with the theme that all the songs needs to match, and then includes some kind of feature, like an artist or album, but instead of ruthlessly trying to play as wide a variety of different styles of music like Plastic Sushi, we might just follow one or two genres. And oh yeah, we also mix in lots of audio clips from who knows where...

Here are some of the best shows:

Feb. 2, 2010 We get political with Howard and Wendy and Barack and Some Other Presidents of the United States of America, as we honor American historian, author, activist, playwright, intellectual and Professor of Political Science at Boston University Howard Zinn, who passed away on January 27, and present almost all of Barack Obama's 2010 State of the Union address mixed against a backdrop of instrumental pieces from Wendy Carlos plus other music from The Presidents of the United States of America. Thanks to Chuck U for his recordings of Howard Zinn! MP3 Playlist
Jan. 26, 2010 Here are a whole bunch of songs by or about Tigers, Lions and Leopards (especially the deaf kind) featuring, of course, the British heavy metal band Def Leppard. MP3 Playlist
Dec. 10, 2009 RemixMania mashes and mixes up Girl Talk's Feed the Animals album and Goldfrapp's We Are Glitter plus the audio clips include Prof. Joanne Meyorwitz talking about the American male to female transexual Christine Jorgensen. MP3 Playlist
Dec. 1, 2009 It's time to start celebrating Christmas with two featured albums – that crazy Mexican arranger, composer and sonic genius Esquivel’s album Merry X-Mas From The Space-Age Bachelor Pad as well as selections from We Wish You a Metal Xmas...and a Headbanging New Year. MP3 Playlist
June 12, 2009 There was so much great New Wave music that I wasn't able to fit in the May 29 show, so here's An Even Wider New Wave with even more of the Japanese band Polysics. MP3 Playlist
June 5, 2009 I'm Having a Bad Hair Metal Day, so let's honor those heavy metal bands who wore their hair all teased and fluffy, and highlight the work of Poison... MP3 Playlist
May 29, 2009 Although the heyday of New Wave music was the late 1970s and 1980s, there are still contemporary bands producing music in that style and A Wide New Wave surveys the whole scene, featuring the heavily Devo-influenced Japanese band Polysics plus audio clips from the film Blade Runner and ambience from Devo's E-Z Listening Disc. MP3 Playlist
May 15, 2009 Do You Wanna Play With My Organ including both a featured band, Deep Purple with Jon Lord’s Hammond B3 organ plus a featured album, UltraLounge Volume 11: Organs in Orbit MP3 Playlist
Feb. 26, 2009 Tonight we're honoring Those Crazy Canucks, our Canadian neighbors to the North, with a show that features both the progressive rock band Rush and the electronic collective Bran Van 3000, as well as plenty of audio clips from Kiefer Sutherland and a few from Dan Ackroyd. MP3 Playlist
Feb. 5, 2009 Time for some banjo, mandolin, fiddle and distorted electric guitar music with A Little Bit of Country and a Little Bit of Rock 'n' Roll, featuring Hayseed Dixie plus Donny and Marie Osmond. MP3 Playlist
Nov. 14, 2008 Black Ice and Cool Jazz, featuring that kind of Cool jazz which first originated in New York City in the late 1940s plus songs from AC/DC's latest album Black Ice. MP3 Playlist
Oct. 31, 2008 It's Halloween,  featuring local Boston band Township and Wendy Carlos's Beauty and the Beast album, plus excerpts from Susan Blackmore's very scary TED talk called Memes and Temes -- Thanks to Jesse Fish for pointing me to it! MP3 Playlist
Oct. 10, 2008 Baseball: Yes, Edward Beuchert becomes a sports reporter, interviewing Baseball Hall of Famers Eddie Murray, Carlton Fisk and Wade Boggs on this show, featuring excerpts from Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour... MP3 Playlist
Oct. 3, 2008
Special Plastic Sushi / Tears Of The Gods -- Remembering Shitake
Shitake Beuchert: May 29, 1996 - September 24, 2008, RIP
MP3 Playlist
Sept. 25, 2008 “In honor” of the recent financial meltdown on Wall Street and Presidential Election Politics, our theme tonight is called Criminals & Politicians featuring The Sex Pistols plus Chuck U's Freedom Rally XIX report.... MP3 Playlist
Aug. 18, 2008 This evening's show is brought to you by the letter D and features the 1970s and 80s New Wave band Devo. MP3 Playlist
Aug. 4, 2008 From the Vaults with DJ Easy Ed mixes up music from the great producer Norman Petty, songs from The Ventures' In The Vaults series, and tracks from AC/DC's rather raw Volts (Bonfire) album -- plus DJ Easy Ed (who turned me on to Norman Petty and lent me the Ventures' In the Vaults) cohosts... MP3 Playlist
Jul. 21, 2008 Get ready for A Powerful and Electrifying Experience as we mix together songs from just three bands: AC/DC, Kraftwerk (whose name means "Power Station" in German) and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Brian Hoenig rides shotgun... MP3 Playlist
Mar. 3, 2008 Tonight I'm joined by special guest co-host Lou Susi in a theme called Watch What You Wear featuring songs from his band Beware the Haberdash's Sewingbox album. MP3 Playlist
Jan. 28, 2008 We're kicking off the WMFO Spring 2008 Season with a theme called Kick It! featuring songs from the album Kick by INXS. MP3 Playlist
Jan. 7, 2008 PsychoTripoDalia mixes together psychedelic songs with excerpts from a BBC story about Dr. Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, some thoughts from Timothy Leary, a few songs about Salvadore Dali and then on top of all that, our featured band Axemunkee's Catherine Capozzi joined us in the studio to talk about her music. MP3 Playlist
Nov. 19, 2007 It's Alive brings you one live song after another and features tracks from the non-conventional and somewhat controversial Talking Head's Stop Making Sense album. MP3 Playlist
Nov. 5, 2007 There are so many great songs by or about Colors that we also devoted a Plastic Sushi to this same theme on October 15. Our featured artist for this show are the wizards of sampling audio clips from who knows where, Colourbox. MP3 Playlist
Sept. 3, 2007 Tonight we feature my friend Tim Coleman as co-host for War 2.0, a followup to an earlier Plastic Sushi, Strawberries and Time called War. MP3 Playlist
June 11, 2007 It's the Super-Ultra-Mega show, with songs about super models and Superman, selections from the Ultra-Lounge series plus featured artist Megadeth. MP3 Playlist
June 4, 2007 Here's another "Sesame Street" show brought to you by the letters X, Y and Z featuring ZZ Top. MP3 Playlist
May 7, 2007 Tonight we bring you a tribute to HeLtEr SkELtEr, basically my favorite WMFO radio show, which has been hosted by Tufts University scholar, athlete and DJ Annie Ross. MP3 Playlist
Apr. 23, 2007 It was Mike Cann's Birthday Bash at the Sky Bar in Somerville on April 27th, so we had Mike Cann in to promote the bands that appeared. This was a benefit show for MassCann, and featured tracks from Chuck U's Hemp for Victory collage compilation CD. MP3 Playlist
Mar. 26, 2007 My friend and guest host Brian Hoenig came up with the idea for a show about Overlooked and Underrated artists and he managed to weave in all sorts of connections to The Black Crowes. MP3 Playlist
Mar. 12, 2007 Our St. Patrick's Day tribute to Irish musicians (with U2) didn't quite have a name until Siobhan called in to suggest Kiss Me Everywhere Because I'm All Irish. MP3 Playlist
Feb. 5, 2007 Cool Covers: Great versions of songs performed by musicians other than the original artists featuring tracks from volumes 1 and 2 of the Electronic Tribute to Pink Floyd. MP3 Playlist
Jan. 22, 2007 Electronica & Dance featuring Orbital. MP3 Playlist
Jan. 15, 2007 Jazz: As wide a variety of  jazz music as we can assemble plus selections from Queen's Jazz album. MP3 Playlist
Jan. 08, 2007 Cowboys and Indians of all sorts with a couple of tracks from Loop Guru. MP3 Playlist
Dec. 11, 2006 Bob: Music by and about Roberts, Bobs, Robs, Robbies and Bobbies with special guest artists Bob Dylan and Bob Marley. MP3 Playlist
Dec. 04, 2006 It's The Metal show featuring Led Zeppelin. MP3 Playlist
Nov. 27, 2006 Tonight's show comes courtesy of the letter C with featured artists The Cars. MP3 Playlist
Nov. 20, 2006 Surf and Turf with special guest artists The Ventures, mixing up surf music and songs about grass of all kinds... MP3 Playlist
Nov. 13, 2006 Let's Hear It From The Ladies with two, yes, TWO featured artists -- Peaches and Joan Jett -- plus a somewhat tongue-tied host... MP3 Playlist
Oct. 16, 2006 Moving on down the alphabet here's a show featuring B songs brought to us by bands beginning with the letter B and special super band Big Audio Dynamite. MP3 Playlist
Oct. 9, 2006 The Sounds of the 70s featuring the original Van Halen lineup from 1978 and 1979. MP3 Playlist
Oct. 2, 2006 All Electronic music with special guest artists the seminal German band Kraftwerk. MP3 Playlist
Sept. 25, 2006 This first official show was brought to us by the letter A and featured AC/DC. MP3 Playlist
Sept. 11, 2006 Let's Rock The prototype. MP3 Playlist

You can email any comments you may have on Tears of the Gods to edward@slidingRock.com

Here are also some links to some other projects and ventures that Edward Beuchert is associated with. And here's a web page to download any WMFO show archive through a Calendar interface.