THEREMIN WEDNESDAY. Talented and giggly thereminist Pamelia Kurstin offers a free demonstration of her instrument tomorrow at 3:30 pm at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Part of the fun and fascination of a theremin performance is watching, but whether or not you can make it to the Met you can still click here if you'd like to listen to a recording of Kurstin on Irwin Chusid's January 25, 2006 show on WFMU.

If you just click and listen, you'll hear the tail end of The Good Rats(!) playing 300 Boys, then about five minutes of Kurstin playing bass with Gerry Gibbs and The Third Trio from the Sun on Arthur Blythe's Miss Nancy, then comes an hour devoted to Kurstin and her theremin expertise and artistry. After that, it's Irwin's soca and calypso show: Muriel's Treasure.

To pick and choose what you hear (the selections are definitely not to everyone's taste), use this playlist as a guide.