Number 9, Number 9, Number 9!

That's right - It's the 9th week of the 9 Weeks of Shlomo.  And what better way to cap off this celebration of Shlomo's life, which has featured interviews/sessions with those that knew Shlomo from the inside, than to have our good friend Reb Moish Geller sit in with Steve on Sunday Night Live.  That's right. Tonight, Sunday 01/08/12 - at 8:00 PM Reb Moish will tell us how it was, how it is, and how it's gonna be!!!
I guess in Lorelai's language, today/tonight is the 9 above the 8 -- it's going to be beyond, the beyond!!!!
...and until 8:00 PM you ask?
We have some strong women vocalists all morning,
1:00 pm 'ish - Shlomo teaching on Vayechi
3:00 ---> 8:00 we'll feature some great nigunim, some Later Prophets with Greg Wall, some Lazer Lloyd Unplugged, and all sorts of great music, just like we always do.

C Ya on the Radio.

"What's New With Lorelai" Debuts Today on Radio Free Nachlaot

We debuted a new show today - "What's New With Lorelai" - it's a news show, it's about what's new in the world, on Facebook, in Lorelai's head (no, it's not ABOUT Lorelai and what's new with her!). Not exactly "Garbo Speaks," but a good start to the "other half" of Radio Free Nachlaot.

Everyone knows Steve is really comfortable soloing on the radio, talking to himself (really, talking to our listeners!) but Lorelai is more comfortable in an interview environment, talking to guests and drawing forth from them all sorts of interesting pearls of wisdom. However, we've all accepted the "2012 Challenge," meaning we're trying to stretch beyond our "comfort zone" a little bit. Lorelai will be hosting "What's New With Lorelai" every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10am - 11am Israel time.

If you want to get her attention and share with her what YOU think is newsworthy, you can send her a Facebook message, write on her Facebook wall or on Radio Free Nachlaot's Facebook wall, and of course you can email her at: radiofreenachlaot@gmail.com.

We're recording these shows and they're available on-demand as free downloads from our DOWNLOADS PAGE. But meanwhile - here's the link to today's debut show: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE THURSDAY, JANUARY 5th EDITION of "What's New With Lorelai."

Tonight at 7pm we'll be playing Rabbi Chaim Richman's Parsha Shavua ("Vayechi") and at 8pm we're featuring Rav Ozer Bergman's Thursday Night Rebbe Nachman Chebura. At 10pm it's time to cook for Shabbos! Steve Levine's "Cookin' for Shabbos" takes us into the musical kitchen and gives us music to cook your Shabbos food to - and of course tomorrow, it's FRIDAY, Erev Shabbos, join us as we go down the road to Shabbos together.

And it's a special Shabbos (of course ALL Shabboses are special, but this one is REALLY special), it's the last Parsha of the Book of Bereshis ("Genesis"). We're about to finish one Book and begin another: Shemos ("Exodus"), which means - we're going down to Egypt folks, and it's time to start longing for redemption!

We'll sing our redemption songs together, as we continue though the Parshas, through the Jewish Year, through our days and weeks and months - as we keep on climbing, as Reb Shlomo says, "Higher and Higher."

The New and Improved January Schedule - Plus "Rain Music" from Maya

It's Wednesday, the "peak of the week" - tonight on Maya's show (9pm - 11pm ) she's featuring rain songs. The winter is here and so is the rain and all its beauty. There's a reason why so many songs have been written about the rain or what feelings it arouses in us. Tune in to Maya tonight at 9pm Israel time to listen!

And by the way ... we've published our New and Improved Programming Schedule - bear with us (as Steve likes to say, "Subject to Change") - LOTS of new changes, all of them good!

OUR "REGULAR" PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE - As of January, 2012

(All times are Jerusalem times!)

Saturday: 

 Havdalah on the Air - Live from the Holy Land - Saturday 7pm 

We're making Havdalah and you're invited to listen live!

Malava Malka with Steve Levine and Friends - Saturdays 9:30pm
Join Steve Levine and special guests for Malave Malka, where Moetzi Shabbos meets Saturday Night - ushering out the Shabbos Queen in style! Torah and music, talk and celebration live with Steve from "Undisclosed Studio B" deep in the heart of Jerusalem's coolest neighborhood.

Sunday:


Sunday Night Live with Steve and Lorelai - Sundays at 8:00pm
Steve and Lorelai get together every Sunday night LIVE to showcase new music, mull over events both past and future and bring Special Guests into our various "Undisclosed locations" for music, talk and Torah to entertain and delight you!

Monday:


Morning Musical Cholent Mix - Mondays - Thursdays, 8am -10am
What's cookin' in our musical kitchen? Join us for our Morning Musical Cholent Mix Show - "singles" of every kind blended together to take you on a magical musical journey, sure to satisfy you!


What's New with Lorelai? Mondays - Thursdays, 10am - 11am

What's new? What's new in the news? What's new on Facebook? Lorelai Kude brings you "The News" with her own particular flavor - get ready to laugh, cry and cancel your subscription to the newspapers!


The Final Vinyl Show- Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am - 1pm

Vinyl! Albums! Side A! Side B! We share our favorite albums in their entirety and play your favorite full-length albums by request.

Israeli Soul Afternoon - Monday - Thursday, 1pm - 6pm
Israeli Soul Afternoons brings the best Israeli, Anglo/Israeli, Jewish and Jewish World music to you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 1pm - 6pm Israel time!

 
The Not For Drag Queens Only Show Tunes Show - Mondays 7pm

Mondays at 7pm - Join Lorelai for musicals from Broadway, Hollywood and anywhere where there's sparkly joy!

BRAINWAVES with Brian Blum - Mondays at 8pm
Indie DJ Brian Blum returns to radio after a mere 28-year hiatus! BRAINWAVES, an eclectic rock music program spanning multiple genres and decades. From modern indie pop rock to classic 70s progressive to 80s new wave and 80s jangly pop to melodic grunge, along with a healthy dose of Israeli rock, Brian's show will make your head hum!

Rabbi Avraham Aryeh Trugman's Parsha Shavua Shiur (VIDEO ONLY) - Mondays 8 - 10pm
Join Rabbi Avraham Aryeh Trugman for kabbalistic insights into the Parsha Shavua, every Monday from 8-10pm ONLY on RFN's video programming page (radio stream is playing Brian Blum's BRAINWAVES) or watch at: www.bethereisrael.com/live

Tuesday:

Morning Musical Cholent Mix - Mondays - Thursdays, 8am -10am

What's cookin' in our musical kitchen? Join us for our Morning Musical Cholent Mix Show - "singles" of every kind blended together to take you on a magical musical journey, sure to satisfy you!


What's New with Lorelai? Mondays - Thursdays, 10am - 11am

What's new? What's new in the news? What's new on Facebook? Lorelai Kude brings you "The News" with her own particular flavor - get ready to laugh, cry and cancel your subscription to the newspapers!


The Final Vinyl Show- Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am - 1pm

Vinyl! Albums! Side A! Side B! We share our favorite albums in their entirety and play your favorite full-length albums by request.

Israeli Soul Afternoon - Monday - Thursday, 1pm - 6pm
Israeli Soul Afternoons brings the best Israeli, Anglo/Israeli, Jewish and Jewish World music to you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 1pm - 6pm Israel time!

Benzion Eliyahu Lehrer's "Developing Your Neshama Through the Jewish Year" - Tuesdays at 6pm

Rabbi Benzion Eliyahu Lehrer takes us on a fascinating journey through the Jewish Year - visit www.thereturninglight.com for more about Benzion's work with the Jewish Year Diet and natural, Torah-based macrobiotic nutrition.

Homegrown Hour - Tuesdays at 7:00pm

Music sent to us by Friends and Fans. So you wanna be a rock n'roll star? Send us your MP3 or .WAV files at radiofreenachlaot@gmail.com and your music may be played to our World-wide audience! This is BETTER than karaoke!

The Newgrass/Bluegrass Hour - Tuesdays at 8pm
There's nothing like Bluegrass to take away the blues! The best of Bluegrass - both classic and modern, to get you in the mood for EVERYTHING!

Steve Levine's "That's Rock 'n' Roll" Show - Tuesdays at 9pm

Steve Levine leads us through the "Roots of Rock n' Roll," and introduces us to a new "Foundation Stone" album each week. Stay up late with Steve - it's worth it!


Wednesday:

Morning Musical Cholent Mix - Mondays - Thursdays, 8am -10am

What's cookin' in our musical kitchen? Join us for our Morning Musical Cholent Mix Show - "singles" of every kind blended together to take you on a magical musical journey, sure to satisfy you!


What's New with Lorelai? Mondays - Thursdays, 10am - 11am

What's new? What's new in the news? What's new on Facebook? Lorelai Kude brings you "The News" with her own particular flavor - get ready to laugh, cry and cancel your subscription to the newspapers!


The Bluesy Blues Show - Wednesdays 11am-12Noon 
Got the mid-week blues? We'll paint them in every shade of blue, to perk you up and get you ready for the Jazzy Jazz Show - after all, the Blues always leads into "all that jazz," doesn't it?


The Jazzy Jazz Show - Wednesdays at 12 Noon
"All That Jazz," every Wednesday at High Noon! 


Israeli Soul Afternoon - Monday - Thursday, 1pm - 6pm
Israeli Soul Afternoons brings the best Israeli, Anglo/Israeli, Jewish and Jewish World music to you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 1pm - 6pm Israel time!

Temple Talk - Wednesdays 7-8pm

Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of The Temple Institute (www.templeinstitute.org) bring down the Holy Temple! Yes, it's not falling from the sky, it's being built up right here, starting with LEARNING about it. Join us every week for "Temple Talk!"

Maya's Music of the Night - Wednesdays at 9pm
Maya turns down the lights and turns up the heat -join her for "Music of the Night" every Wednesday at 9pm!

Thursday:

Morning Musical Cholent Mix - Mondays - Thursdays, 8am -10am

What's cookin' in our musical kitchen? Join us for our Morning Musical Cholent Mix Show - "singles" of every kind blended together to take you on a magical musical journey, sure to satisfy you!


What's New with Lorelai? Mondays - Thursdays, 10am - 11am

What's new? What's new in the news? What's new on Facebook? Lorelai Kude brings you "The News" with her own particular flavor - get ready to laugh, cry and cancel your subscription to the newspapers!


The Final Vinyl Show- Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am - 1pm

Vinyl! Albums! Side A! Side B! We share our favorite albums in their entirety and play your favorite full-length albums by request.

Israeli Soul Afternoon - Monday - Thursday, 1pm - 6pm
Israeli Soul Afternoons brings the best Israeli, Anglo/Israeli, Jewish and Jewish World music to you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 1pm - 6pm Israel time!

Rabbi Chaim Richman's Parsha Shavua - Thursday 7pm

Rabbi Chaim Richman, Director of the International Department of the Temple Institute (www.templeinstitute.org) brings us insights into the Parsha of the week. Learn together with us and get some great divrei Torah for your Shabbos table!

Rav Ozer Bergman's Thursday Night Rebbe Nachman Chebura - Thursday 8pm - 9pm

Join us and learn Rebbe Nachman with Rav Ozer Bergman (www.breslov.org) every Thursday at 8:00 PM

Steve's Cookin' for Shabbos Show - Thursdays 10:00 PM - 1am
Steve's Cookin' for Shabbos Show plays every Thursday night from 10:00 PM through 1AM (sometimes even later). Join Steve Levine on-air for music, philosophical observations, Torah and surprises. While you're cooking for Shabbos - let us keep you company!

FRIDAY:


The Children's Hour - Fridays 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (Winter hours)
Hey Parents! Plop the kiddies down in front of the computer while you get ready for Shabbos and let them enjoy RFN's "Children's Hour" - music to be a kid to - also for your Inner Child and the Young at Heart!

On The Road to Shabbos - Fridays 2pm - Start of Shabbat

Steve Levine takes us "On the Road to Shabbos" with Shlomo Carlebach, Jerry Garcia and other Special Musical and Torah Guests, every week right after the Not for Kids Only Childrens' Hour, until right before Shabbat begins!

SHABBOS! SHABBOS! WE'RE OFF THE AIR FOR SHABBOS! SHABBAT SHALOM!
We're off the air every week from Sundown Friday through "3 Stars" on Saturday night! Have a sweet and happy Shabbos Kodesh!


WHAT ABOUT ALL THE "BLANK SPACES?" UNPROGRAMMED TIMES? 
Well, that's where we get creative. Whenever you see "white space" (unprogrammed time), we're doing our spontaneous thing. Almost every night after our "regular" programming we play full-length concerts: Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, Santana, Clapton, and all Classic Rock, into the wee small hours of the morning. You'll have to tune in and see what we're doing!

One-Two-Three-Tuesday!

Tuesday, the third of January - one, we know one. Two, we knew two ... but what about three?
The truth is: there's MORE than three great things about this Tuesday.
One: It's a beautiful day in the Holy Land!
Two: We've got great music going on for "Israeli Soul Afternoon" today, including selections from David Ziv, Yehuda Polikai, Soul Farm, Y-Love, Aryeh Kunstler, Matisyahu, JudaBlue, Knesiyat HaSechel, Lazer Brody and Moshe Averic.
Three: (We're already at three?) Benzion Lehrer's "Developing Your Neshama Through the Jewish Year" returns tonight at 6pm - live from Tzfat. Join us in person at the Returning Light Healing Center, 12 Korczick St. (in the Artist Quarter, one block up from the Ruth Rimmonim hotel) from 6 -7pm for some in-depth learning.
Four: HOMEGROWN! Yes, as always, the Homegrown Hour is 7-8pm. Unless Steve gets carried away with too much great music, in which case it runs longer.
Five: The Newgrass/Bluegrass Show: After Homegrown we explore the roots and fruits of Bluegrass. A perfect musical "dessert" after Homegrown, and an perfect way to whet your musical appetite for what comes next - 
Six: Steve Levine's "That's Rock 'N' Roll" Show! Starts between 9 and 9:30pm, depending on how carried away Steve gets with Bluegrass.
So, you see - it all depends. On you. On us, On the music - it all depends on HKBH, HE is the REAL Master of the Radio, the Head Programmer (yep, He's programming our heads all right!) and of course Giver of All Good Gifts including the gift of musical appreciation. 
Thank you, HaShem!
Thanks for listening - all you friends and fans, and of course HKBH is listening, we know that! Don't you know that Radio Free Nachlaot is His favorite Internet radio station? Of course it is!
OK - one, two, three - GO!!! www.radiofreenachlaot.com !

A bunch of Firsts on the Second

That's right. You might drink a fifth, not think twice, march forth, be Henry the Eighth, a seventh son, or have a sixth sense, but all we're going to do is play Firsts, on the second.  Starting around 10:30 this morning you'll hear a bunch of first albums by some of our favorites:  James Taylor, Billy Joel and Jackson Browne to start, We'll take a break with an early Shlomo (Barchi Nafshi) album at noon 'ish, and then after Israeli Soul about 3:30 we'll play Crosby Stills and Nash and the Counting Crows' first albums, as well. There may be time for a few others, we'll just have to wait and see what the radio plays, won't we!

Now, speaking of Firsts, tonight Brainwaves with Brian Blum moves to Monday Nights. Between 8 - 10 PM Brian will bring us his eclectic mix of new wave, alternate, folk, pop, rock, and whatever else he feels like throwing in.  That's right his first show of 2012 on a new night and a new time - Monday 8-10.
...and then at 10, Steve will hang-out with you all for a few hours, so check-in and find out what he's up to.....

01/02/12 

or 

02/01/12

(depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on)

Happy 2nd everybody.

C Ya On the Radio!

010112

It's that time again. Time to remember that the year is no longer 11, but 12 - 2012, that is.

Time to remember that Shlomo once said that January 1st is gevaldt. On what other day do so many people wake up and decide "never to do that (fill in your own blank) again."  A day that the whole world is doing Teshuva!!!! GEVALDT!

Well, we have Grateful Dead New Year's Eve shows playing all night and all day long to commemorate what I like to call Grateful Dead Day.  When else (in NY) except for Shavuos Night and maybe Pesach did you actually plan on staying up all night, gathered around the RADIO listening to the Grateful Dead LIVE as they welcomed in the New Year......

But beyond that, we have a special guest coming to undisclosed studio "B" - CHAIM-DOVID and he's coming early, around 4:00 - 4:30? (dare i say 4:20?) to kick off week 8 of the 9 weeks of Shlomo, and have a good time with Lorelai and Steve, carrying on, playing music, talking about Shlomo as they are wont to do.

And you know what, we're going to re-broadcast the whole show at 8:00 when we're scheduled to bring you Sunday Night Live, as we always do.

Stay tuned and enjoy the show!

C Ya on the Radio!

Darkness At The Edge of Town

Shavua Tov ... we didn't get a chance to post about this last week, and it's not our "usual" subject matter, but it needs to be discussed and shared. The word "Nachlaot" is, unfortunately, not ONLY related to good and groovy things such as our radio station, but in fact has been in the news a lot lately because of the discovery of a Pedophile Ring that has been operating in the community here. Over 100 children (mostly in the Charedi sector) have been affected, families are traumatized, the community feels violated and vulnerable, and the police and social services have been remarkably inept. Last Thursday there was a public demonstration on Betzalel Street of some concerned citizens, demanding that the "authorities" step up and do something - become more proactive, do more to educate the community, address the particular needs of the Charedi community with cultural sensitivity, etc. We were there and recorded an interview with the protesters: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW AT THE PROTEST. 
For those who want to "do something themselves, a few different individuals have stepped up and initiated ideas that they've put into action. Chana Jenny Weisberg (www.jewishmom.com) is collecting donations to help pay for therapy for the children affected, and she's also trying to organize a field trip / tyule for these kids, all of whom are too traumatized to play outside anymore and basically stay inside all day. Rabbi Moshe Pesach Geller (rebmoish@gmail.com) is organizing a community watch and calling for volunteers to help "shadow" the 8 Pedophiles currently NOT in custody (four have been arrested and are still in jail, the other eight were arrested but released because of "tainted evidence" - mostly due to bungling by police and social services not correctly instructing the parents what to do when discovering their children had been molested). You can get in touch with either Jenny or Reb Moishe to help in those particular ways.
Most of all, we need help for the children of this community, and we need our streets to be safe from predators. The Charedi community is particularly vulnerable because of the gentle and trusting nature of the Charedi children (many/most of whom have never even seen television) and the reticence within the community to speak of things considered outside the bounds of "modesty," which would include anything sexual. Parents need to know in a practical way HOW to educate their children - without frightening them or exposing them to ideas that would upset them beyond their capacity to absorb - about the fact that there are bad people "out there," who might approach them, and what to do. This isn't easy - but it has to be done. We'll continue to report on the subject as news emerges - and now back to our regularly scheduled programming, folks!