Pattern Recognition is a novel by William Gibson. Pattern Recognition is a song by Sonic Youth. Pattern Recognition was a radio show that I did at WSUM in Madison, Wisconsin, 2009-2015. Pattern Recognition is an internet-radio-show-podcast-type-thing that I do now on BFF.fm .
I don't understand how a heart is a spade
But somehow the vital connection is made.
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Email: djwikiben at gmail dot com
PR329 - Killin' This Shit Since 1994
Starting the show with Charli XCX and her friends Yung Lean, Robyn, and Caroline Polachek. Local music from Brijean & Toro Y Moi. Guitars from Jack…
10/22/2024 • 2 hours
PR328 - Industry Rule # 4080
Lots of hip-hop from 1991: Ice Cube, DJ Quik, Ice-T, Public Enemy, Heavy D & The Boyz, A Tribe Called Quest, Black Sheep, and Nice &…
10/15/2024 • 2 hours
PR327 - Check Yo Self
All Hip Hop Set Today! Kicking off the show with the old school: A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube (feat. Das EFX), Biggie Smalls, 2Pac, Missy…
10/8/2024 • 2 hours
PR326 - Crying But Still Punk
(Shout out to my friend Kelli for the awesome card/print!) Kicking off the show with some Beastie Boys, and bands they sampled in Rhymin' And Stealin'…
10/1/2024 • 2 hours
PR325 - Turntable 1 + Turntable 2 + Mic
Old School set to open the show: Digital Underground-The Humpty Dance, DJ Quik-Tonite, EPMD-The Steve Martin, ERIC B. & RAKIM-Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em. Beck set:…
9/24/2024 • 2 hours
PR324 - The 5% Nation of Casiotone
Soul Coughing set to kick off the show. Other music from: The Decemberists, The Folk Implosion, Habibi, La Luz, Shannon & The Clams, CHAI, The Bug…
9/17/2024 • 2 hours
PR232 - Hole Erth
Featured Album This Week: Hole Erth by Toro Y Moi. I will be playing some of my early favorites off of this album. We'll also do…
9/10/2024 • 2 hours
PR322 - Witching Hour
Bumbershoot highlights from this weekend including: Chastity Belt, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Freddie Gibbs, Cypress Hill, Automatic, Corridor, All Them Witches, Kim Gordon, and Ladytron.
9/3/2024 • 2 hours
PR321 - What More Can I Say?
New theme song by Marty Finkel! A demo version anyway. Mic issues have been resolved. I will be re-recording the voice breaks for last week's show.
8/27/2024 • 2 hours
PR320 - Perfect Coffee
Coffee songs by Kai Tempest, Sylvan Esso, Tricky feat. Martina Topley Bird, and Tanlines. Good old fashioned noise & melody from Broadcast, Lip Critic, Radiohead, Blushing,…
8/20/2024 • 2 hours
PR319 - We Can Be Heroes
8/13/2024 • 2 hours
PR318 - Metric Ton of Hip-Hop
Kicking off the show with: Handsome Boy Modeling School, Detron 3030, Your Old Droog, Denzel Curry, Run The Jewels, Killer Mike, Revival Season, Lupe Fiasco, Little…
8/6/2024 • 2 hours
PR317 - Save It For Later
Music this week from Eddie Vedder, Kate Nash, La Luz, Revival Season, Your Old Droog, The Avalanches, Lupe Fiasco, bar italia, Dry Cleaning, Pulp, Elastica, Arab…
7/23/2024 • 2 hours
PR316 - Work, work, work, work, work, work
You're looking at my gut, aren't you? Well, I'M WORKING ON IT Music this week from: Brijean, J Dilla, MGMG, Cibo Matto, Stereolab, Habibi, Sprints, Bodysync,…
7/16/2024 • 2 hours
PR315-Brats, chops, dogs, they're done
Starting out the show with some songs about Chicago from Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, Soul Coughing, and Serengeti. Portland set featuring Carrie Brownstein & Fred Armisen, Loretta…
7/9/2024 • 2 hours
PR314 - Purple Record
Kicking off the show with a double-shot of The Clash, MIA, and Major Lazer. Samples & turntables from The Avalanches, Daft Punk, Justice, and Thundercat. Rock…
7/2/2024 • 2 hours
PR313 - We Said It Would Never Happen
Soul Coughing are reuniting! (Probably because they need the money) Don't know them? I got you covered with an all-Soul Coughing set. Other music this week…
6/25/2024 • 2 hours
PR312 - Purple Monster
Music this week from Neutrals, Lunchbox, Guppy, Les Savy Fav, Gustaf, Blushing, Film School, Ride, DIIV, Cheekface, Broadcast, Until The Ribbon Breaks, La Luz, Czarface, NxWorries,…
6/18/2024 • 2 hours
PR311 - Pirahna Plant
6/4/2024 • 2 hours
PR310 - Punk Isn't Dead
Music this week from Gustaf, Les Savy Fav, The Faint, Lip Critic, La Luz, Dehd, Thunderpussy, Wolfmother, Arab Strap, Fontaines D.C., IDLES, Sleaford Mods, Beth Gibbons,…
5/28/2024 • 2 hours
PR309 - Personal Music
5/21/2024 • 2 hours
PR308 - Night Owls
Music this week from Justice, Logic1000, Cadence Weapon, Tom Vek, English Teacher, Gustaf, Ibibio Sound Machine, Francis of Delirium, Corridor, Blushing, Mary Timony, Salt Cathedral, Dehd,…
5/14/2024 • 2 hours
PR307 - Meow Bitch
Music this week from: Ibibio Sound Machine (!!!), Nia Archives, Mary Timony, Tom Vek, Bodega, Salt Cathedral, Ducks Ltd., Corridor, Justice, Radiant Baby, English Teacher, IDLES,…
5/7/2024 • 2 hours
PR306 - Mojo
Music this week from Nia Archives, Gustaf, Salt Cathedral, Boeckner, Chastity Belt, gglum, Logic1000, Cadence Weapon, Erick the Architect, Mount Kimbie, English Teacher, Bodega, A Certain…
4/23/2024 • 2 hours
PR305 - Ms. Pac Man
Music this week from Logic1000, Mount Kimbie, Torrey, Chastity Belt, Mary Timony, Beockner, Ride, Sinkane, gglum, Gustaf, Salt Cathedral, Chicano Batman, Waxahatchee, English Teacher, Bodega, and…
4/16/2024 • 2 hours
PR304 - Keep Out
New music this week from Shabazz Palaces, Erick The Architect, gglum, Torrey, Chastity Belt, Salt Cathedral, Julia Holter, Sinkane, Logic1000, Francis of Delirium, Gustaf, Chicano Batman,…
4/9/2024 • 2 hours
PR303 - Board Shop
Music this week from gglum, Torrey, Mannequin Pussy, Chastity Belt, Real Estate, Ducks Ltd., Julia Holter, STRFKR, Boeckner, Gen and the Degenerates, Sheer Mag, Meatbodies, Shabazz…
4/2/2024 • 2 hours
PR302
3/19/2024 • 2 hours
PR301 - Burro
3/5/2024 • 2 hours
PR300 - Golden Hour
Music this week from: Omni, Bodega, Parquet Courts, Blonde Redhead, Ducks Ltd., Wishy, David Holmes & Raven Violet, DJ Shadow, Torres, Ty Segall, A Certain Ratio,…
2/20/2024 • 2 hours
PR299
2/6/2024 • 2 hours
PR298
1/30/2024 • 2 hours
PR297
1/23/2024 • 2 hours
PR296
1/16/2024 • 2 hours
PR295 - Time For A Break
1/2/2024 • 2 hours
PR294 - Pretty Good Year
Some of my favorites from 2023, including: Slowdive, Nabihah Iqbal, Dawn Richard, Debby Friday, Yves Tumor, Genesis Owusu, NNAMDI, bar italia, feeble little horse, Indigo De…
12/19/2023 • 2 hours
PR293 - Los Angeles
Songs in the first hour about the city of angels. Music from Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee (feat. James Murphy), Frank Black, X, Bad…
12/12/2023 • 2 hours
PR292 - The Architect Epoch
Lots of hip-hop this week. Starting the show with new music from Dawn Richard, Jujulipps, H31R, Aesop Rock, and Atmosphere. Even more hip hop from Kool…
12/5/2023 • 2 hours
PR291 - Midnight Maurauders at 30
We are celebrating 30 years of Midnight Maurauders by A Tribe Called Quest this week. We'll pepper some tracks throughout the show.
11/28/2023 • 2 hours
PR290 - Rhymes With Pavement
11/14/2023 • 2 hours
PR289 - Spooky, Scary
10/31/2023 • 2 hours
PR288 - Speakerboxx
New music this week from Polo & Pan, Leisure, Blonde Redhead, Vanishing Twin, Mirror Tree, Night Hikes, Slow Pulp, Cherry Glazer, Chai, Jeff Rosenstock, Sufjan Stevens,…
10/24/2023 • 2 hours
PR267 - Tell Your Mom
10/17/2023 • 2 hours
PR286 - Big Beat
Kicking off the show with some late 90s big beat: Chemical Bros, Prodigy, and Fatboy Slim. Live music preview of concerts this week from Slowdive, The…
10/10/2023 • 2 hours
PR285 - The Name of This Broadcast is Talking Heads
I saw Stop Making Sense a couple of times last week. I had never seen it before and I cried tears of joy more than once.
10/3/2023 • 2 hours
PR284 - Stawp
9/26/2023 • 2 hours
PR283 - It's Like That
Starting off the show with a stone-cold classic from RUN DMC (remixed by Jason Nevins). New music this week from Mercury Prize 2023 winners Ezra Collective…
9/19/2023 • 2 hours
PR282 - True Love Will Find You In The End
Found this version of "True Love Will Find You In The End" by Daniel Johnston featuring Lucius, Ben Lee, Mike Watt, and a bunch of other…
9/12/2023 • 2 hours
PR281 - Stop Collaborate Listen
Starting the show with a series of collaborations. A friend turned me on to the Shygirl remix album Nymph_o. Woe (I See It From Your Side)…
9/5/2023 • 2 hours
PR280 - Mark It Zero, Dude
New music this week from Osees, Aphex Twin, Jessy Lanza, M.A.G.S., Jungle, Disclosure, Georgia. Britpop from The Stone Roses, Blur, and Pulp. Post-Punk/weirdness from Bar Italia,…
8/29/2023 • 2 hours
PR279 - GATS
OMG Y'ALL, BOSSANOVA BY PIXIES JUST TURNED 33. That means I'll have to play at least one song. And while we're at it, let's do a…
8/15/2023 • 2 hours
PR278 - Do Not Slay
Music this week from: Aphex Twin, Golden Features, French 79, BAMBII, Disclosure, Odesza & Yellow House, Georgia, Girl Ray, Snooper, M.A.G.S., Charm School, Palehound, Vanishing Twin,…
8/8/2023 • 2 hours
PR277 - Gentleman
Music this week from Beach House, Disclosure, Odesza & Yellow House, Name Sayers, Blondshell, Palehound, Geese, Snooper, Blues Lawyer, Mandy Indiana, Jenny Lewis, Grouplove, De Lux,…
7/25/2023 • 2 hours
PR276 - Purple Dolphin
Music this week from Palehound, Dream Wife, Girl and Girl, Feeble Little Horse, Protomartyr, Yves Tumor, Arlo Parks, Killer Mike, Little Simz, A Tribe Called Quest,…
7/18/2023 • 2 hours
PR275 - Boo
New music this week from Kelela, Blondshell, Nabihah Iqbal, Smokey Brights, Arlo Parks, Feist, Grouplove, Bully, Indigo De Souza, Feeble Little Horse, Geese, Spirit Award, Yves…
7/11/2023 • 2 hours
PR274 - Rooster
Music this week from Protomartyr, Spirit Award, Dream Wife, WITCH, Squid, Girl and Girl, Indigo De Souza, Feeble Little Horse, Temples, Bully, Alex Lahey, A Certain…
6/27/2023 • 2 hours
PR273 - Blue Dragon Mural
Music this week from Protomartyr Squid, RVG, Girl and Girl, Dream Wife, Spirit Award, Bully, WITCH, Arlo Parks, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Mega Bog, Killer Mike,…
6/20/2023 • 2 hours
PR272
6/6/2023 • 2 hours
PR271
5/30/2023 • 2 hours
PR270
5/23/2023 • 2 hours
PR269
5/16/2023 • 2 hours
PR268
4/25/2023 • 2 hours
PR267
4/4/2023 • 2 hours
PR266
3/28/2023 • 0
PR265
3/21/2023 • 2 hours
PR264
Music this week from Death Valley Girls, Shame, Quasi, Miss Grit, Django Django, Steve Mason, Clinic, Superorganism, Automatic, Ruth Radelet, Odesza, Tanukichan, Blues Lawyer, Bodega, Stars,…
3/7/2023 • 2 hours
PR263
Music this week from Little Simz, Sampa the Great, Danger Mouse & Black Thought, Daniel Avery, The Range, Kelela, Young Fathers, Pink Mountaintops, The Go! Team,…
2/28/2023 • 2 hours
PR262
Music this week from Th Mountain Goats, Porridge Radio, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Confidence Man, Hot Chip, Bass Drum of Death, Blues Lawyer, Quasi, Django Django, Sonic…
2/21/2023 • 0
PR261
Music this week from Working Men's Club, Editors, Bass Drom of Death, Hot chip, Young Fathers, Sudan Archives, Little Simz, Film School, Preoccupations, Ladytron, Sofi Tukker,…
2/7/2023 • 0
PR260
Music this week from STR4TA, TSHA, De Lux, Bass Drum of Death, White Reaper, Momma, Blood Orange, Warpaint, Sampa the Great, Little Simz, TVAM, Weyes Blood,…
1/31/2023 • 0
PR259 - White and Black Keys
Music this week from Sampa The Great, Little Simz, SAULT, Bibio, TSHA, STR4TA, Sunflower Bean, Sleigh Bells, Tobacco, TVAM, Billy Nomates, Sorry, Fontaines DC. Also, a…
1/24/2023 • 0
PR258 - Three Reefs Deep
Music this week from TVAM, TSHA, STR4TA, Actress, Sofi Tukker, Warpaint, Weyes Blood, Vigara Boys, Billy Nomates, Sorry, Kiwi Jr, Sampa The Great, Little Simz, SAULT,…
1/17/2023 • 0
PR257 - Found Art
More favorites from 2022 including Wild Pink, Working Men's Club, Hatchie, Alvvays, The Beths, Destroyer, Gold Panda, Wolfram ft. Desire, Yard Act, Teenage Sequence, TVAM, NNAMDI,…
1/10/2023 • 0
PR256 - Super Employees Only
Some of my favorites of 2022: Little Sims, Dangermouse & Black Thought, Bob Moses, Deserta, Bonobo, Daniel Avery, Aidan Noell (and Nancy Whang), Santigold, Shygirl, Sudan…
1/3/2023 • 2 hours
PR255 - Holiday Bear
New music this week from Little Sims (sooo good), SAULT, Metric, Viagra Boys, Cheekface, Gold Panda, Daniel Avery, Mount Kimbie, NNAMDI, Shygirl, Sudan Archives, The Black…
12/27/2022 • 2 hours
PR254 - Just Like Christmas
I haven't done a Christmas/Holiday show in a few years, so here we go. Lots of Indie Rock from Sufjan Stevens, The Magnetic Fields, Eux Autres,…
12/20/2022 • 0
PR253 - RIP
Shout out to some friends who supported BFF.fm during our off-air fundraiser in November. Max gets Denegey by Serengeti, Nate gets Satori in Denver by The…
12/13/2022 • 2 hours
PR252 - Tom VVerlaine
Molly Rankin from Alvvays said they wrote a song called "Tom Verlaine" because Tom Verlaine wrote a song called "Always" I figured the two would sound…
11/29/2022 • 0
PR251 - Same As It Ever Was
11/22/2022 • 0
PR250 - Red Leaf
New music from Blessed, Editors, Automatic, Daniel Avery & Kelly Lee Owens, Dry Cleaning, Wombo, Drugdealer, MorMor, SAULT, Mount Kimbe (feat. Slowthai & Danny Brown), a…
11/8/2022 • 2 hours
PR249 - I Need A New Body
11/1/2022 • 2 hours
PR248 - No One Sings Like You Anymore
Covers and Originals this week. Call and Response. Shad and Prince. Shad and The Breeders. Lou Reed and A Tribe Called Quest. Curtis Mayfield and The…
