LPs by Golden (Icerink Records) and Hemlocke Springs

played some willing-the-warm-weather tunes on @wmpg.org this morning: #RhizomeRadio

Missing Space Alien by Nathaniel Krenkel I’ve lost my stoned alien, but I am over my panic attack. I realize it’s later than I’d thought, virtually the middle of the night. [...]

"I move methodic, looking up every driveway, behind every shrub and fence. I return to the thought of calling friends over to help me rescue Florida from probing Feds in white lab coats, but the thing is, I don’t really have any friends."
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Episode 10 | Discombobulated Podcast Episode · No Bigger than a Nickel · April 9 · 1h 4m

This week we talked about a favorite LP of 2026:
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Episode 7 | Close to the Edge Podcast Episode · No Bigger than a Nickel · March 19 · 1h 1m

Episode 7:
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"Back downstairs, Florida has finally found the show Pigs Go Boom. It consists of a group of pranksters placing explosive miniature pigs in unassuming places and then filming the reactions when the pigs explode into clouds of glitter and, apparently, foul stink."
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Episode 1 Podcast Episode · No Bigger than a Nickel · 02/18/2026 · 55m

No Bigger Than A Nickel:
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Missing Space Alien by Nathaniel Krenkel I’ve lost my stoned alien, but I am over my panic attack. I realize it’s later than I’d thought, virtually the middle of the night. [...]

"She’s a creepy clown; me, a frozen child. Florida’s arm launches from the top of his head, hinges 180 degrees until his palm is pressed firmly on the path before the statue, he lowers himself slowly to the ground, with the grace and exhale of a yoga master."
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2025 Joy Of The Pen:
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Missing Space Alien by Nathaniel Krenkel I’ve lost my stoned alien, but I am over my panic attack. I realize it’s later than I’d thought, virtually the middle of the night. [...]

The truth is out there. Cool new story Missing Space Alien by Nathaniel Krenkel @krenkel.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/missing...

Missing Space Alien by Nathaniel Krenkel I’ve lost my stoned alien, but I am over my panic attack. I realize it’s later than I’d thought, virtually the middle of the night. [...]

MISSING SPACE ALIEN:
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"The air around him turned into a sunset, an exploding garden, a slow stiffening leak. He fed more food into his mouth, but swallowing was no longer an option. His cheeks expanded and swelled until they touched the walls and filled the room."
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LPs by CMAT and Hieroglyphic Beings

playing some of our favorite records of 2025 this morning on @wmpg.org #RhizomeRadio
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LP bag with Work Money Death LP and a Talkin’ Loud comp

playing records at @wmpg.org 06:30-08:30 this morning:
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Sports Ball | Nathaniel Krenkel Jackson caresses his freshly shaven jawline and ponders whether or not the beard has become some kind of new fascist tell. He deliberates as he stands in the sporting goods store north of Stewart, …

“Jackson loathes golf…loathes how it attracts a certain type of white male, the type who gift Niall Ferguson books, are still on Facebook, eye-fuck the babysitter. He hates golf like he hates modern country music with its lyrics about shitty beer, date rape, and…”

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Mal Waldron, Candy Girl LP (Strut reissue)

playing records at @wmpg.org this morning: wmpg.org #RhizomeRadio

Issue 35 feature Welcome to issue 35 of the literary magazine 100subtexts, with over 200 pages of the best and most diverse in contemporary writing and poe...

“….I realized the Bros were meeting at a club, one of those preppy social affairs where everyone’s in kakis, polo shirts, braided belts, and salmon-colored sportscoats. I was wearing black cutoffs covered in paint splatter and a Stereolab t-shirt.”
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Rosalia, Lux LP, and Johnny Lytle, People & Love LP

playing records at @wmpg.org this AM, 06:30-08:30…
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Watching TV With Florida | Nathaniel Krenkel “What’s this?” Florida¹ asks. “Ted Lasso? We tried it before, you didn’t like it because of the guy’s mustache.” “Really? I don’t remember. Can we try again?” “Sure.” I hit play. We watch Ted Lasso…

“I hit PLAY. Seconds later The Psychedelic Furs are blasting out of the TV speakers. I’m rocking my head up and down. Florida is doing his towel-wave dance with his arm and kicking both his legs. All three limbs, growing.”

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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

playing records at @wmpg.org this morning 06:30-08:30 @wmpg.org #RhizomeRadio

Watching TV With Florida | Nathaniel Krenkel “What’s this?” Florida¹ asks. “Ted Lasso? We tried it before, you didn’t like it because of the guy’s mustache.” “Really? I don’t remember. Can we try again?” “Sure.” I hit play. We watch Ted Lasso…

“Too bad you can’t smoke your phone,” Florida says.

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the WMPG booth with LPs by Pretty Things and the Benin comp from Analog Africa.

playing records at @wmpg.org this AM, 06:30-08:30, 90.9FM or WMPG.org #RhizomeRadio

Let me tell you a story about a Compromised Fuse A flash fiction about the frustrations of aging and tech, as a father navigates PIN numbers, phone trees and Kafkaesque obstacles to get his daughter’s phone working in Paris.

“I am told to enter my PIN. I don’t think I have a PIN, and if I do, I’ve long forgotten it, so I say, yeah no yeah fuck, and the computer says, no problem.”

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a cup, a Yazz Ahmed LP, a sweatshirt from Pony (Montreal)

playing records at @wmpg.org this AM, 06:30-08:30, 90.9 FM or WMPG.org #RhizomeRadio

“….but swallowing was no longer an option. His cheeks expanded and swelled until they touched the walls and filled the room. Someone was trying to open the door, but this was no longer a possibility.”

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Extended Play Vols. 1-3 by Napps on Apple Music Album · 2024 · 14 Songs

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Let me tell you a story about a Compromised Fuse A flash fiction about the frustrations of aging and tech, as a father navigates PIN numbers, phone trees and Kafkaesque obstacles to get his daughter’s phone working in Paris.

“I am told to enter my PIN. I don’t think I have a PIN, and if I do, I’ve long forgotten it, so I say, yeah no yeah fuck, and the computer says, no problem.”

letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...

stack of books including Balzac, Goethe,Stuart Murdoch, Elizabeth Hand, The Point Issue 35, Franz Hessel, Bebe Ashley, Edwin Frank, and Michael Pedersen

the stack:

turntables at WMPG with LPs by Harold Alexander (Sunshine Man) and the Mr Bongo Comp, With Love Volume 2.

playing records at @wmpg.org this AM, 06:30-08:30, 90.9 FM or WMPG.org #RhizomeRadio

“This time in the SPECIAL INSTRUCTION spot, he wrote things such as “allergic to rice,” “left-sided cashews only,” “extra glue,” and “no egg whites no hippies no sadness no lost boys.” He filled the cart with $85 worth of lunch specials and appetizers.”

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