Vin Scelsa Biography

has been a vital force in New York area broadcasting since 1967, when he pioneered free form radio at WFMU. Since then his unique program - a free-flowing mix of music, monologue, live guest performances and interviewshas been heard on WBAI, WPLJ, WNEW-FM and WXRK. His current show, Idiots Delight airs every Sunday from 8PM-2AM on 102.7 WNEW-FM/New York. He has appeared at Luna Stage under the direction of James Glossman in Glossman's adaptation of Jim Lehrer's Kick The Can (1996), as Duncan in Macbeth (1996), and as Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (1997). Upon telling friends he was appearing as Lenin in this production of Travesties, he invariably had to explain, "Not Lennon, the other one!"