Author Archives: joshuafried

Portrait of Yaddo, the famous art colony, with a special focus on Joshua Fried Spirit of the woods: Simon Akam experiences the calm of an artists’ retreat in upstate New York

No Soap Radio Wonderland IS live brain processing. That is, RADIO WONDERLAND + Jed Distler, acoustic piano. 2009 Cornelia Street Cafe Piano Festival Presented by the Cornelia Street Cafe curated by CCi artistic director, composer, pianist, Jed Distler 8.30pm Tuesday … Continue reading →

Thanks everyone for coming to see RADIO WONDERLAND outdoors in the garden Le Petit Versailles, on Islands Coney and Governors, and elsewhere.   Indoor concerts resume next week: Joshua Fried’s RADIO WONDERLAND DAFNA NAPHTALI:  Virtuosic Voice and Digital Processing Solo, … Continue reading →

Nice bit about yours truly and RADIO WONDERLAND in the statesman-like New Statesman. Thank you, Mr. Akam. Radio Wonderland, Yaddo artist, in the Press

Three gigs in one day! Nuts! It was fun. All praises to roadies extraordinaire, Kristin W. and Sarah R.

Smartly Blotto Blogger @artthreat raves “Acoustic ecstasy” Re: RW Friday night at #Megapolis Boston. ArtThreat blog post about RADIO WONDERLAND Thank you, Michael Lithgow. Actually, he got about half the details wrong but that’s part of the charm and a … Continue reading →

See the lot here. Jon Uleis’s fab pics of RW and TMBG Live at Le Poisson Rouge by Jon Uleis

Thanks folks! Opening for They Might Be Giants, fan video Pt1 Opening for They Might Be Giants, fan video Pt 2 Opening for They Might Be Giants, low-quality fan video (but high quality fan)

Thanks, Tina Benitez, for covering my show for NY Examiner: RW and They Might Be Giants review

Saturday 28 March 2009 Doors open 7pm RADIO WONDERLAND 8pm They Might Be Giants 9pm Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 212-505-FISH Sharing the stage for the first time since the golden ’80s! Way back when, … Continue reading →

There are some pictures up of the project I’ve been talking about here and there: I’m writing interactive music for a family-friendly science center being built in CT. Photo set of interactive instruments Ann’s blog about it is here: geeky … Continue reading →

Are you here because you just saw me perform in Minnsapolis for Spark? The winner of the poll for most-favored-performer will get a commission for next years Spark. Vote HERE. We endorse Joshua Fried’s RADIO WONDERLAND.

piece on Transmission Arts with quotes from JF

Yes, the world is insane. But within the confines of the media-mangling new music cult that is RADIO WONDERLAND, excitement reigns. And the “economy” –in the form of gigs, and ever-more juicy live FM radio bits to feed them– is … Continue reading →

Sat 27 Sep 2008: Le Petit Versailles, East Village Sunset outdoor show with the towering writer, artist and consummate authority on things avant, *Richard Kostelanetz*. 6pm Saturday 27 September 2008 Le Petit Versailles 346 E. Houston Street between Aves. B … Continue reading →

Radio Wonderland welcomes the fall and the election media season with Freaks and Geeks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thu 04 Sep 2008: Freaks and Geeks, East Village Freaks and Geeks “Eclectric” Cabaret Show Erotica + Electronica Sideshows + Go Gos Performance + Magic … Continue reading →

New Museum Thursday 7 August Thursday 7 August 2008, I perform in a duo with Todd Merrell for a CD release party. I’m calling it very fun, arty, and indeed way cool: varied groupings of free103point9 transmission artists performing at … Continue reading →

Yikes: 5 shows and 2 talks in 3 days. Heat, sunshine, and some really fun crowds and great tech crews. Pics should be up soon; and today Cleveland Ingenuity kicked off their final IngenuityFest News E-Flash with a Q&A by … Continue reading →

Ben Neill, the mutantrumpeter and new music demi-god, will sit in for part of my set at The Stone on Saturday! THE STONE Avenue C at 2nd street New York, NY 10009 ADMISSION $10 per set children 12 and under … Continue reading →

“Fried is a brilliant improvisor”! — Peter Mathews, Feast of Music Read Feast of Music Not sure who the author is (that’s good, right?) but it’s a nice mention. Meanwhile, I hope to see people Tuesday at the Toxic Pop … Continue reading →

Live at SPARK, 28 February 2008, Minneapolis Minnesota, PHOTO BY Shari Hagen Last month’s SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art was complete fun and made me feel like a star! Folks were shouting and shimmying like they don’t often … Continue reading →

A trio! … with Hans Tammen, on Endangered Guitar Tom Shad, on Electric Bass with digital whammy and yours truly RADIO WONDERLAND, on Radio Wonderland ===MIDNIGHT SET=== Here’s the hype folks, courtesy of Rebus PR: The newest entry into the … Continue reading →

St. Patrick’s Day night! 10pm Tom Swirly’s Psych-o-delic Circus at Cave Canem, Under Lucky Cheng’s 24 First Avenue (at 2nd St) New York, NY 10009 $5 The dizziest, maybe the messiest (messy can be good!), definitely the series most likely … Continue reading →

I first performed at Dixon Place in the mid-late ’80s. I go on, it goes on, good to be back. The Gothamist says, “The long-running, always-surprising Little Theater is happening tonight at Dixon Place. Curated by Mike Taylor and playwright … Continue reading →

You wanna see laptops get funky (along with your good friends the SHOES and WHEEL aka RADIO WONDERLAND aka me)?? Shakey and Moldover consistently present the New Music-est laptop-ers. Or the most laptop-y New Music. Oh, forget it, you know … Continue reading →

RADIO WONDERLAND on MySpace Radio Wonderland performance details, community, audio and video.

Soon to be replaced by an even better edited video from more recent show(s). But we have to start somewhere. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=165912636 width 720

It just occurred to me, regarding my big heroes: As a performer, I identify with Bob Dylan (the risk taking, spontaneity). As a producer/composer/maker of recorded works, I identify with Kubrick (unprolific, perfectionist). kubris Slang for an extreme form of … Continue reading →

RADIO WONDERLAND will appear live at that monthly music-for-people-who-like-robots series, TRANZDUCER. -(TRANZDUCER is LEMURplex’s music, art and performance series hosted by Eric Singer and Jamie Allen.) –(LEMURplex is the home of LEMUR.) —(And LEMUR = the League of Electronic Musical … Continue reading →

Yep, finally had to. Here is the place to find edited RADIO WONDERLAND shows, suitable for home listening or for dancing.

{{{{{{{ (NO SOAP) RADIO WONDERLAND = Radio Wonderland & Jed Distler plus video by Adam Kendall and Brock Monroe (Mighty Robot) Epic, groove-based, technologically enhanced A/V improvisation }}}}}}} Wednesday, October 17 Showtime: 8pm MONKEY TOWN 58 N 3rd St (btw. … Continue reading →

9/29/07 at 3LD Art and Technology Center, 6pm-2am… 80 Greenwich Street (near Rector St., lots of subways nearby) New York, NY 10006 tel. 212.645.0374 Installations by LEMUR robots, Troika Ranch, 3LD, more. Live DJ. Live Radio Wonderland of course. FREE! … Continue reading →