Fred Prellberg - No Man's Land mp3
I heard this terrific track on WEVL, the local community station the other day. (You can play the song from this link.) The CD player in my truck broke a while back, so I've been stuck with radio. The song is good, but also reminds of the value of listening to the radio once in a while, as another corridor for new music.
I'm still a member of the station (as they remind me during every pledge drive), but had fallen out of the habit of listening. Do you bastards listen to radio at all? Do you have a good local station? (Hope this isn't a painful question for Dr. Joe, having left KGSR territory recently.)
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My flaming liberal sensibilities require that I listen to NPR on one of the local stations every once in awhile. There's a local college station as well, but like most college stations, as soon as the DJs open their mouths I have to go away from it.
I miss the golden age of AM radio. My Spokane local, KJRB was a great example. Casey Kasem on the weekend, and real DJs who made their own playlists. If a song was popular, it was on the air. That way you'd get Dolly Parton followed by Kiss followed by Neil Diamond followed by Wings followed by Donna Summer. 'Format' radio didn't exist. KJRB's FM cousin, KREM played all the Pink Floyd and Steely Dan deep tracks. I think about 90% of my taste in music developed because of those two stations.
I'm an NPR regular, too. Your golden age musings remind me of WHBQ Memphis back in late '70s early '80s, with Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots every morning. Was the inevitable drift to FM coincidental with the demise of independent radio, or cause/effect? That also seemed to be when the FCA morality police fixed its gaze on radio.
It's funny how cool I thought DJs were then, and how annoying I find them now.
One of the great things about living in Louisville for a while was WFPK, which streams online at wfpk.org. Terrific eclectic music station, made possible by a why-don't-they-do-this-everywhere trifurcation of the local public radio station. One building, and one set of overhead costs, but three stations broadcasting -- classical, npr-talk, and mostly independent music. Genius.
As much as I miss KGSR, and I do miss it dearly, the PBS Station in Austin, KUT, was the tits on the tits. When it wasn't playing the NPR stuff, it had some of the best music, leaning mostly toward Americana, but really covering the gamut of tastes, of any station I've ever heard. Also, on weekend evenings, there were Soul and old rock shows (including one called 'Left of the Dial') that went to the obscure old stuff instead of the played-out hits. Here in rural NC, it's easy enough to find NPR, but the non-news time is all Classical, which I lack the refinement to appreciate.
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