The Radio Shows of DJ Scummy B

Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage & Not American Top 40

Broadcasts live alternating Thursdays 8 - 10 PM Pacific Time on Freeform Portland


Upcoming Broadcasts:

  • 10 April 2025
  • 24 April 2025
  • 8 May 2025
  • 22 May 2025

Most Recent Nonsense

Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #005

Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #005
Have an adventure in Amplitude Modulation with DJ Scummy B as he digs for AM Gold. Featuring: Ramones, Chipmunks, Robbie Dupree, Gerry Rafferty, Boz Scaggs, Rubicon, CW McCall, Outlaws, Sylvia, The Silvers, The Hollies, Rose Royce, Hot Butter, The Brothers Johnson, The Babys, SOS Band, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Miguel Bose, Jonathan Richman, Steel Breeze, Raspberries, and more. Available on: Mixcloud| Internet Archive
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Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #003

Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #003
Join DJ Scummy B in attempting to break the mysterious numerical sonic codex, featuring a Flying Saucer, Renato Carosone, The Power Station, Leonard Nimoy, Brutal Truth, People Like Us, Variable Unit, Scorn, Boris Mikulic, Fudge Tunnel, Course of Empire, and the very slow Macarena. Available on: Mixcloud| Internet Archive
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Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #002

Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #002
A staple of classic rock radio comes to Freeform Portland, as DJ Scummy B enjoys a very late brkfst wt th btls, featuring no actual Fab Four Mop Tops. Actually featuring: Realm, Helloween, Not Metallica, The Residents, Shirley Bassey, The Breeders, Butthole Surfers, The Fall, Zoot, Bananarama, Nancy Sinatra, The Chipmunks, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Rockwell, Eurythmics, Cliff Richard, Whitesnake, Chet Atkins, King Missile, Melvins, Ramsey Lewis, and not the beatles.
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Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #001

Transmissions from the Failed Faraday Cage #001
Defying legal threats and warnings, DJ Scummy B returns to the airwaves with a new show… who dis? The faraday cage struggles to keep the spurious waves out, and Scummy B submits to their power. Featuring Negativland, Philip Perkins, Lesson Seven Christopher Anton, Alan Courtis and Cyrus Pireh, Sonic Youth, Bongwater, Assisted Living, Kevin Harrison, Einleitungszeit, Corporate Uncle, Ether Driver, H.N.A.S., Richard Bégin. Available on: Mixcloud | Internet Archive
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Not At40 076 - The Final Countdown

Not At40 076 - The Final Countdown
Just in time for the holidays, you may now hear the final edition of Not American Top 40. The ghost of Casey makes an unexpected visit, forcing DJ Scummy B to play real Top 40. Featuring Resonance of Harmony, Annihilator, Rose Royce, Europe, Jim Stafford, Eddie Kendricks, Gallery, Alan O’Day, Robbie Dupree, Umberto Tozzi, Leif Garrett, Sylvester, and more. Available on: Mixcloud | Internet Archive
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Not At40 075 - Rappin’ Celebs

Not At40 075 - Rappin' Celebs
Despite dire warnings, DJ Scummy B takes to the air and interwebs again, this time to share some celebrity rapping – not celebrity Christmas wrapping – and a ton of industrial music. Featuring Rodney Dangerfield, Mr. T, Mel Brooks, Foetus, Revolting Cocks, Rorschach Test, Painkiller, Art of Noise, Cop Shoot Cop, Black Pus, Killing Joke. Available on: Mixcloud | Internet Archive
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Not At40 074 - Bark at the Zune

Not At40 074 - Bark at the Zune
When the CD players aren’t working, you get Creative Zen, or Sandisk Sansa, or a mighty Zune! DJ Scummy B brings you a tribute to MP3 players, streaming out classic thrash and progressive metal, 80s King Crimson, industrial and more. Featuring Wrathchild America, Motorhead, Testament, Fishbone, Ministry, Negativland, Coil, Suicidal Tendencies, Damn the Machine, Thought Industry. Available on: Mixcloud | Internet Archive
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Not At40 072 - FUSION!

Not At40 072 - FUSION!
DJ Scummy B brings you better living through nuclear physics with this 2-hour dive into FUSION. All energy, no waste. Featuring live sets in the FM Radio Archive at the Internet Archive from Al Di Meola, Brian Auger, George Benson, John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana, Freddie Hubbard, and more. Available on: Mixcloud
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