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Video from Wormtown 30th 5/2 5/3 Ralph's Diner

2008-05-05T14:38:00.002-04:00

Okay folks it's all finally uploaded.
The entire list of everything can be found here
Below are a couple highlights. One quick note you can increase the quality of the video in you tube by clicking on the "watch in high quality" link under the lower right hand corner of the video on the youtube page that the video is on. It won't show below but if you click on the video and go directly to the you tube page you should see it.

The Odds finishing their set with "Tore Up"

The Performers

Prefab Messiahs w/Bobb Trimble Angel Eyes

and Odds Redux "Anyway You Want It"
for the rest cruise over to http://youtube.com/rfgenerator

Wormtown 30th Night 1

2008-05-03T14:00:00.004-04:00

More to come, this shit takes forever to upload....
Offering #1 Commandos "I Got A Right"

Offering #2 Black Rose Garden

Happy Easter Weekend

2008-03-21T16:28:00.002-04:00

Davey and Son of Goliath

2008-03-19T08:46:00.000-04:00

Barack "The Shamrock" O'bama

2008-03-17T15:11:00.000-04:00

Fleshtones, Lyres, Prime Movers... yee yee

2008-03-10T10:02:00.007-04:00

Friday night Heidi and I left the water rising in our basement to head down the Pike to catch a great garage rock line-up. The Fleshtones, Lyres, and Prime Movers. Reminds me how much fun it is (and rare) to go to a show where all the bands on the bill rock. Usually when I go out I find myself twiddling my thumbs or making snide comments about at least one of the bands on the bill. I guess it's part of aging that I become more curmudgeonly and less tolerant of crap as time stumbles forward. Anyhow enough bitching, because there was absolutely nothing to bitch at at this show, it was as they say "all killa, no filla".... Here are a couple pictures and video. As always the audio of the recording doesn't do any of the bands justice, but maybe it gives you an idea of how much fun it was.

Electrolux

2008-02-25T13:37:00.002-05:00

Clip of "Electrolux" playing at Nick's Place in Worcester, MA.
Don't know where they play next, but if you get a chance go see 'em.

No Comment

2008-02-22T08:06:00.002-05:00

I post this without comment...

Out on a School Night

2008-02-15T15:33:00.004-05:00

Hey kids,here are a couple videos recorded in ™Crap-O-Vision of the Pathetics and Numbskulls from Weds Night at Tammany Hall here inWorcester. Enjoy! Someday I'll figure out how to edit these videos before putting them up.<

Pre Valentines Day Romanticism

2008-02-13T11:34:00.004-05:00

Well it snowed last night and torrents of rain are now falling, not exactly romantic, but certainly craptastic in the weather department. However I am hear to guide you so all hope is not lost. Mosey on down to Tammany Hall on Pleasant St. in Worcester for a great punk line up. Yeah I know for the last several years the Tammany Hall as been the exclusive haunt of the Patchouli and jam band set, but alas now songs shorter than 14 minutes are once again heard within the walls. Nothing says romantic like The Pathetics song of the longings of the heart "Porno Picnic Basket". $5 cheap, 18 plus... 8PM... Here is the full lineup

Boppin' around Kelley Square

2008-02-12T15:16:00.001-05:00

Saturday Night the Mrs. and I first headed out through the snow to The Greyhound Pub (which is only marginally larger than our living room) and caught a rare reunion of a band I used to see alot back in the early mid 90s. Sheez Late gave a great set, and hopefully they will not wait 14 odd years before doing it again.

Next it was time to take our lives in our hands and run across Kelley Square in the snow to The Vernon Hotel where Guns of Navarone were playing. I had not seen these guys before but they had for a while been on my short list of bands to see. Fret not if you missed them at The Vernon as they are coming around to Worcester again this Saturday (2/16) to Ralph's Diner.

You can see more pictures and videos (all in wonderfull ready for youtube "crap-O-vision") for
Sheez Late here and Guns of Navarone here.

die majors die!!!

2007-08-07T10:57:00.000-04:00

to quote from "Bladerunner"..... "wake up, time to die" via "The Consumerist" Warner Music going down in flames....

RIAA: It's all about the artists... Yeah, Right

2007-08-07T10:12:00.000-04:00

Think the record companies/RIAA are pushing for draconian royalty payments by internet radio for the sake of the artists???? RAIN crunched some numbers on what the RIAA's scam would mean for their artists. No surprise the scumbag record companies make out like thieves!
http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/080607/index.shtml

The Bastards Won

2007-07-20T12:06:00.001-04:00

WDOA has ceased all streaming effective immediately Unfortunately it is not financially feasible to keep going . The RIAA rigged the game in that by law the collection agent for all indie artists is ta duh.. The RIAA (or their collection arm known as SoundExchange) this holds true even if the artist does not wish them to be!!! Yeah, what a country. Their lobbyists certainly got their moneysworth out of Congress and the President (It was Bill Clinton that signed the DMCA which started the ball rolling on this). WDOA ran on a budget of about $1000 a year, give or take and everyone who did shows was a volunteer, nobody was making or even trying to make money off WDOA. We made no money and was funded by myself, my wife, various donors, and by certain clandestine government scientists. Unfortunately in the world of the RIAA the minimum royalty fee for WDOA would be about $5000 plus we probably could not provide feeds for seperate programs, etc. We also would have to be able to keep much more detailed records of what we played AND WHO LISTENED, than we currently do. If we continued to netcast as we do, maybe the RIAA would never knock on the door, but on the other hand Heidi and I can't afford to risk the RIAA taking our house or meager savings. Anyhow it was a nice ride, and maybe we will do it again sometime, but for now stick the proverbial fork in us, cuz we are done.

We will have one last streaming feed on August 18th, 2007 where we hope to be able to play some highlights from our past, including some airchecks from the years of 1996 - 1997 when we started as a pirate/LPFM radio station in Worcester, MA. More details on the times of those streamings to come. Thanks to all the staff who have been a part of wdoa.com in the past including, Heidi, LB & Jeff Worm, Brian Commando, John Q. Public, Matt Griffin, Mike Marley, PA & Andy, Dave & Michelle Kowalchek, Brian Goslow, Reverend Joe, and others. --best of luck, Mike Malone 7/20/2007

Rev it up and go!

2007-07-16T20:18:00.000-04:00

Another edition of "Party Time" with The Worm Bros is here.
I really don't know if that's the name of the show , but it's the theme song.
More songs about summer and cars with songs by girls.
From Finland, The Micragirls are burning up the speakers here, and also new Gore Gore Girls. Also, new Roadsteamer, Len Price 3, and more.
Were off to The Road Agents Hot Rod Rumble next week and want to be stoked.
We'll be back from the show with new stuff to play and new stories to tell.
Check out the site while you listen.
Road Agents
The Show

1 hour 19 minutes of Rock n Roll Fun

2007-07-06T22:19:00.000-04:00

Hey kids, it's another edition of Life In The Foodchain, on tap we have tracks from The Dwarves, Pathetics, Shangrilas, The Odds, The Bags, Mary Weiss, and a cast of 1000's.
Enjoy

America, Fuck Yeah!

2007-07-04T10:05:00.000-04:00

As you celebrate our independence over those lousy, stinking British rulers
why not listen to the Worm Bros. True Americans. We believe in life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness every day! Freedom of the press, freedom of the net.
Listen to songs about hod rods, girls, and America, Fuck Yeah!
Captain AmericaNSFW
USA! USA! Worm Bros.

Summertime, and the Listening is easy

2007-06-26T19:55:00.000-04:00

Yes, it's summer. The time to kick back, relax, enjoy an ice cold 'Gansett, and forget all your worries. And, once again forget to post the new show on the old blog. Someday I'm going to get organized.
This time around we celebrate summer with a lot of old stuff from beaches past, and feature The Actions, one of Wormtowns' finest bands from the 80's led by Artie Sneiderman, and featuring the Aquino Bros.
Recorded live at Ralphs', it was their 25th anniversary gig pt1.
So take us along "When You Go to the Beach"
Surf'sUp!

Public Service Announcement

2007-06-18T10:47:00.000-04:00

My favorite rant of the moment (warning: nasty language, but truthful speaking)

Pictures From The Actions Reunion

2007-06-10T09:36:00.000-04:00

Pictures from The Actions Reunion June 8, 2007 can be found right over here.

BREAKING NEWS

2007-06-09T17:41:00.000-04:00

The Worm Bros do a new show.
Well, it was like a week ago now, and just getting around to posting .
You think it's easy being international radio sensations?
Oh no. We had to drive all the way to wdoa headquarters, and then half way through go get more beer.
That worked out great. The store right down the street stocks 'Gansett.
So we drank, had burgerettes, and played a bunch of real cool shit.
Check it out
RIGHT HERE

The Real Day The Music Died

2007-06-01T10:17:00.000-04:00

"June 1st, 67 something died and went to heaven
I wish Sgt Pepper
never taught the band to play" -The Dictators from "Who Will Save Rock and Roll"

Yup today is the 20th Anniversary of that much over-rated pile of drug addled dung known as "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". It's release let loose a tidal wave of humorless art rock that has yet to be vanquished from the face of the earth.

Wormtown 29th Sounds

2007-05-30T19:57:00.000-04:00

Gee almost forgot to post ,better late then....
The Time Beings recorded live at Ralph's May 5th
Also their cd release party!
Wild!
Also a get well wish for Bo,
And a tribute to Al Arsenault.
Enjoy
Worm Bros

Wormtown 29th Pix

2007-05-19T19:29:00.000-04:00

Took me a while to get off my lazy ass and post them, but here are some pix from the Wormtown 29th Anniversary show with Lyres, Time Beings, Classic Ruins and others.

Pictures here

Marconi Beach

2007-05-18T23:05:00.000-04:00

Attention Radio Geeks....
Every year the wife and I must vacate the Wormstead in search of adventures. So this year we head to the Cape of Cod and we must make a stop at the site of the first wireless transmission across the Atlantic in Wellfleet. Sacred Radio Ground. In the early 1900's this was Pirate Radio, over the seas where Pirates once sailed.

So enjoy the view, The Worm Bros will be back soon to blow your mind with more rock n roll, inspired by the radio waves burning through our brains.
Until then...

Marconi Calling