Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Inductee JJ French will be joining Tom Needham for an extended conversation about his documentary We Are Twisted F***ING Sister. The film focuses on the ten grueling years leading up to Twisted Sister's commercial breakthrough as they cross-dressed their way all over Long Island bars and clubs to super-stardom.
Twisted Sister items will be featured prominently at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame’s grand opening on November 25th. For more information, visit https://www.limusichalloffame.org

The Sounds of Film is the nation's longest-running film themed radio show. For over 27 years, the program has delivered a popular mix of interviews and music to listeners all over Long Island, parts of Connecticut and streaming live on the Internet. Recent guests include Billy Joel, Reverend Jesse Jackson, director Rory Kennedy, Gasland's Josh Fox, Michael Moore, Darryl DMC McDaniels, Congressman Steve Israel and Jim Breuer.

Worldwide listeners can tune into the Sounds of Film internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm.

This week, Destinies joins in WUSB's Fall Radiothon with an exclusive preview of next weekend's Meglos 2022: The Long Island Doctor Who Convention.

Tune in Friday night, as showrunner Ken Deep returns to discuss the guests and events scheduled for the convention, which will be held on November 18th, 19th and 20th at the Holiday Inn in Holtsville.

Learn which Doctor and companions will be in attendance. Find out about the rare in-costume photo opportunity with the Doctor.

Discover which guest-stars, creature actors, and authors will provide behind-the-scenes information about the 59-year-old series.

Hear about the panel discussions and debut movie screenings that you can see. And get in on the chance to receive Doctor Who and British TV-related premiums for your pledge of support to WUSB during the show.

Our fall Radiothon kicks off on Friday, November 4 at 12:00 PM, starting with the 24-Hour Student Takeover.

Please support WUSB! There are a number of ways to make your pledge!

Pledge online 

Call TOLL FREE at 1-888-632-9872 or 631-632-6901.

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See our new WUSB Radiothon caps, t-shirts and hoodies!

Stay tuned, our DJs are planning special Radiothon-themed programming you won't want to miss. Thank you for your past and continued support of WUSB!

Captain Phil speaks with Shane Atkinson and Beau West about the release of the new Evership album The Uncrowned King Act 2, a fantastic rock opera based on the classic allegorical novel, The Uncrowned King by Harold Bell Wright.

Tune in at 3:00 PM for this in-depth discussion on The Uncrowned King, Cookies, Michael Sadler's favorite planet, and the great creative effort that is Evership!

Listen live over the air at 90.1 fm or 107.3 fm, stream anywhere at www.wusb.fm and find more information about today's program on Facebook. 

Filmmaker Prichard Smith and Original Invader John B. Smith Talk The Invaders Movie on Tom Needham’s the Sounds of Film.

The Invaders follows the rise and fall of a militant black power group based in Memphis, Tennessee in the late 1960’s, from its creation to their final negotiations with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. minutes before his assassination.

The film touches on themes of race, government surveillance and economic injustice.

Airs Thursday, November 3, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

This week, Destinies brings a local author back to the studio to talk about his latest novel.

Tune in Friday night, as Stony Brook alumnus J.H. Nadler returns to discuss The Books of Alexandrea Book 2: The Between.

How has Alexandrea Hawthorne adapted to the fact that she can now wield magic? Why does her cousin, Rosemary, seem to have a natural aptitude for the mystic arts? What is The Between?

And, what will happen to the members of The Book Club when they join Alex's quest to find The Library of magic?

Find out on Friday, October 14th, when J.H. Nadler makes his second appearance to answer these and other questions, and performs a scene from the book with host Howard Margolin.

And, stay tuned after the show for a "Destinies Archives Mini-Marathon" featuring J.H. Nadler's first interview, from earlier this year, as well as Destinies' 14th anniversary special, from 1997.

Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction

Director Rita Baghdadi & Heavy Metal Band, Slaves to Sirens and award-winning PRETTY PROBLEMS cast join Tom Needham's Sounds of Film this Thursday, October 13 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. 

This week, Destinies honors the memory of composer and performer Vangelis, who died on May 17th at the age of 79.

Tune in Friday night, as the pioneering, Oscar-winning electronic musician is remembered with songs from "The Music of Cosmos," Blade Runner, "Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey," "Juno to Jupiter," and his collaboration with Jon Anderson, "The Friends of Mr. Cairo."

Friday, October 7th, at 11:30 PM.
Hosted by Howard Margolin.

Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction

Tune into Tom Needham’s SOUNDS OF FILM’s “Wes Anderson Special” featuring music from his movies French Dispatch, Rushmore, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tennenbaums & more.

The show will feature an eclectic mix of music from Mark Mothersbaugh, Alexandre Desplat, David Bowie, Nico, Ennio Morricone, The Kinks, Rene Touzet, Francoise Hardy, Hank Williams, Faces, Joan Baez, Elliott Smith, Seu Jorge & more.

Worldwide listeners can tune into the SOUNDS OF FILM internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm EST at wusb.fm.

NOTHING COMPARES Director Kathryn Ferguson Talks Sinéad O'Connor on Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM

Directed by Kathryn Ferguson (Taking the Waters, Space to Be), NOTHING COMPARES charts Sinéad OʼConnorʼs phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and examines how she used her voice at the height of her stardom, before her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on O’Connor’s prophetic words and deeds from 1987 to 1993, the film presents an authoritative, richly cinematic portrait of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens.

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