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About Me

My name is TOM SCHARPLING, and this is the Official MySpace presence for THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU, which can be heard each and every Tuesday night between 8-11 PM EST on WFMU out of Jersey City, NJ.
The station is 91.1 FM in the NYC/NJ area or 90.1 FM throughout the Hudson Valley area. You can listen live on your computer at one of the many WFMU broadcast streams .
And if you can't listen live, you can hear the show 24/7 at the archives of The Best Show On WFMU over at the WFMU archives page .
The Best Show On WFMU is available as a PODCAST ! Sign up now!
For those who don't know, The Best Show On WFMU is the weekly radio home of Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster. We put out a bunch of CDs that feature highlights from the radio show - we just released our fifth and best collection in April - it's called THE ART OF THE SLAP !
You can order TAotS as well as the rest of the S&W catalog over at our product over at Stereolaffs Dot Com .
If you don't believe me, check out the reviews at Pitchfork , Rolling Stone , Spin , and New York Magazine !
And feel free to visit the official website for The Best Show On WFMU . Check out the world renowned message board!
UPDATE! We're proud to announce the newest arrival to the S&W family - Scharpling And Wurster Dot Com ! It's packed with original content - my blog, Jon's blog, blogs from a variety of call-in characters, the amazing new column The Forgotten History Of Rock and so much more! We're really proud of it, so swing by and check it out!

My Interests

Mainly, I'm interested in giving birth to smiles. That really sums me up in a nutshell. Hey, how do you delete things on this site? I'm not sure. Because if I could figure out how, I would like to delete that whole 'giving birth to smiles' thing.

I'd like to meet:

Jimi Page, Jimmy Hendrix, Agnetha Faltskog, George Harryson.

Music:

ABBA, Jay-Z, Reigning Sound, DC Snipers, John Cale, The Kinks, Volcano Suns, Black Flag, Ted Leo/Rx, Jay Reatard.

Movies:

Death Wish 3, Safety Last.

Television:

Rockford Files.

Books:

Charles Portis, Elmore Leonard, Raymond Chandler.

Heroes:

John Starks, Joe Flaherty, Jim Cramer, Martin Short, Judge Elihu Smails, John Cale.

My Blog

NEWBRIDGE IS FOR LOVERS T-Shirts Available NOW!!!

Hey all -Ever feel the need to let the world know that you know how it goes down in Newbridge? Here's your chance - the NEWBRIDGE IS FOR LOVERS T-shirt!!They're printed on really nice American Apparel...
Posted by THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:32:00 PST

Nice Article On The Best Show On WFMU!!!

The Third Coast International Audio Festival - a division of Chicago Public Radio - did a nice article on The Best Show On WFMU. Check it out!http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/audio_library_2006.asp Th...
Posted by THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:09:00 PST

The Best Show On WFMU is PODCASTING!

Hello, comedy fans! After getting cajoled and harrassed, The Best Show On WFMU is finally entering the realm of podcasting. You can check out the info at http://podcast.wfmu.org/ ! So subsc...
Posted by THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:29:00 PST

New York Times Article On THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU

Hey Everybody!I don't know if you know, but the New York Times wrote an article about The Best Show On WFMU last Sunday. It wasn't put on the NY Times website til today, and you've gotta drop some coi...
Posted by THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:26:00 PST

Long Time No Blog!

To all - I'm back at the Blogging Game. I know I've been away for awhile, but now I'm back. Why did I stop when I was in such a solid rhythm? When I had something going? Because I couldn't talk about ...
Posted by THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:30:00 PST

THE FATE OF THE SHOW

Hey everyone. I wanted to write to let you know a few things about where the future of the radio show is at and about my move to Sirius satellite radio. I've given it some thought, and I think that...
Posted by THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:33:00 PST

Update!

Well, I have some weird news about the Best Show's move to Sirius radio. It looks like my dream of Toilet Radio is in jeopardy before it even begins. I don't know how to say it, but today I got into ...
Posted by THE BEST SHOW ON WFMU on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:32:00 PST