Tonight on Snackpoint Charlie: a conversation with Gayle Young and Robert Wheeler, on the occasion of their album FROM GRIMSBY TO MILAN. Gayle Young is a renowned contemporary sound artist and instrument inventor, and Robert Wheeler was a member of Pere Ubu for nearly three decades. Your humble host spoke with the two recently about spontanous music, Hugh LeCaine’s Sackbut, and the wisdom of the animal world. 10pm EST tonight [September 3] on WGXC 90.7 FM in Hudson Valley NY or WGXC.org worldwide

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 165: Gayle Young & Robert Wheeler (2025.09.03)
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PLAYLIST

1) Gayle Young & Robert Wheeler - “Rabbits and Riliriks” from FROM GRIMSBY TO MILAN
https://farpointrecordings.com/

2) Gayle Young & Robert Wheeler - “Iceberg Star Chart” from FROM GRIMSBY TO MILAN
https://farpointrecordings.com/

3) Gayle Young & Robert Wheeler - “Consonant Harmony” from FROM GRIMSBY TO MILAN
https://farpointrecordings.com/

4) Hugh Le Caine - “Dripsody: An Etude for Variable Speed Recorder Stereo Version” from COMPOSITIONS DEMONSTRATIONS 1946-1974
https://www.discogs.com/release/486307-Hugh-Le-Caine-Compositions-Demonstrations-1946-1974

5) Hugh Le Caine - “Sackbut String Quartet (C.W. Gluck, Arr. Le Caine)” and “The Sackbut Blues” from COMPOSITIONS DEMONSTRATIONS 1946-1974
https://www.discogs.com/release/486307-Hugh-Le-Caine-Compositions-Demonstrations-1946-1974

6) Gayle Young & James Harley - “Sticks 8” from LITHOPHONICA
https://gayleyoung.bandcamp.com/album/lithophonica-by-gayle-young-and-james-harley

7) Robert Wheeler & Allen Ravenstine - “Sunrise In Milan” from FARM REPORT
https://www.discogs.com/release/6245608-Robert-Wheeler-Allen-Ravenstine-Farm-Report

8) Pere Ubu - “The Road Ahead” from THE LONG GOODBYE
https://www.ubuprojex.com/pere-ubu-albums/pere-ubu-the-long-goodbye.html

9) Gayle Young & James Harley - “Stones 1” from LITHOPHONICA
https://gayleyoung.bandcamp.com/album/lithophonica-by-gayle-young-and-james-harley