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.

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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.

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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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SHA NA NA celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2020 as well as the 50th anniversary of The WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL appearing at the original site in BETHEL N.Y.

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Airs Thursday, September 22, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Aaron Clift joins the Planet at 3:00 p.m. on September 22 to talk about the new Aaron Clift Experiment album and premiere a brand new song!

Then at 4:00 p.m., we talk with legendary singer Annie Haslam about the new Renaissance live concert CD and the upcoming tour. incuding the Patchogue theater show on October 19!

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This week, Destinies presents a return visit from an author who is making his name in the field of science fiction satire.
Tune in Friday night, as J.R.H. Lawless makes his second live appearance this year to discuss his latest novel The Rude Eye of Rebellion: Book 2 of The General Buzz.

After two seasons of hosting the world's most popular reality competition show, Liam Argyle has had enough. But can one man bring down the industrial-military-entertainment-culinary-janitorial complex that runs the corporate dystopian world of the 2070s? Can he count on anyone else for help? And, what will happen to this series now that its publisher, Uproar Books, has closed its doors?

Find out, when author J.R.H. Lawless joins host Howard Margolin, to talk about and perform a scene from The Rude Eye of Rebellion.

Friday, September 16th, at 11:30 PM.
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