Comments on: Radio crush http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78 The daily organ of the Northeast Corridor Social Club Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:54:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lane http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-47441 lane Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:55:05 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-47441 KZSU http://zookeeper.stanford.edu/ KZSU

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]]> By: The Great Whatsit » Judgmentcitos: Very short reviews http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-378 The Great Whatsit » Judgmentcitos: Very short reviews Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:40:28 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-378 [...] Cole’s Corner, Richard Hawley (Mute, 2005) Remember my bit about Sunday morning albums? This one’s been in heavy rotation since last fall. Don’t be fooled by his Pulp associations: here’s the lushest crooner LP since Nick Lowe’s Convincer. From the opening track, where Hawley heads “downtown, where there’s music” (over Rogers and Hammerstein strings), to the echoing sound sculpture that closes, the album revives and revises twentieth-century popular sounds: Presley, Orbison, Sinatra, Hazelwood. A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. On “The Ocean,” lulling bass and soaring strings wash in and out like the tide, a gradual crescendo, until you’re pulled to sea, sleeping, unawares. – Bryan Waterman [...] [...] Cole’s Corner, Richard Hawley (Mute, 2005) Remember my bit about Sunday morning albums? This one’s been in heavy rotation since last fall. Don’t be fooled by his Pulp associations: here’s the lushest crooner LP since Nick Lowe’s Convincer. From the opening track, where Hawley heads “downtown, where there’s music” (over Rogers and Hammerstein strings), to the echoing sound sculpture that closes, the album revives and revises twentieth-century popular sounds: Presley, Orbison, Sinatra, Hazelwood. A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. On “The Ocean,” lulling bass and soaring strings wash in and out like the tide, a gradual crescendo, until you’re pulled to sea, sleeping, unawares. – Bryan Waterman [...]

]]> By: Dave Barber http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-235 Dave Barber Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:19:57 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-235 I caught their "Instant Karma," which was great. Sorry I missed "Werewolves of London." I caught their “Instant Karma,” which was great. Sorry I missed “Werewolves of London.”

]]> By: Tim Wager http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-231 Tim Wager Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:57:40 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-231 Hey Bryan, By chance, I found out that Yo La Tengo's much-vaunted live appearance on FMU's fund drive was this last week. I finally had the opportunity to listen to what has become a well-loved yearly event for YLT fans. The band appears live during the fund drive. They take requests from listeners who donate $100 or more. It was great fun, though very sloppy at times. The band are given a list of requests, try to learn the songs while the dj's pitch the drive, then go live to play the songs for the first time. Somebody requested a whole lot of Bob Dylan this year, which was okay, but imho a bit of a waste. The trick is to pick something obscure-ish, sweet, and/ or unexpected. Good requests (again imho) were "Suspect Device" (Stiff Little Fingers), "Instant Karma", "What's So Funny ('Bout Peace Love and Understanding)", and "Werewolves of London". Anyway, just thought I'd put up another comment on this great post about a great radio station. Thank god for the internet and d.s.l., so that those of us who live outside the NYC area can listen to FMU whenever we want. There's nothing like it anywhere else. T Hey Bryan,

By chance, I found out that Yo La Tengo’s much-vaunted live appearance on FMU’s fund drive was this last week. I finally had the opportunity to listen to what has become a well-loved yearly event for YLT fans. The band appears live during the fund drive. They take requests from listeners who donate $100 or more. It was great fun, though very sloppy at times. The band are given a list of requests, try to learn the songs while the dj’s pitch the drive, then go live to play the songs for the first time. Somebody requested a whole lot of Bob Dylan this year, which was okay, but imho a bit of a waste. The trick is to pick something obscure-ish, sweet, and/ or unexpected. Good requests (again imho) were “Suspect Device” (Stiff Little Fingers), “Instant Karma”, “What’s So Funny (’Bout Peace Love and Understanding)”, and “Werewolves of London”.

Anyway, just thought I’d put up another comment on this great post about a great radio station. Thank god for the internet and d.s.l., so that those of us who live outside the NYC area can listen to FMU whenever we want. There’s nothing like it anywhere else.

T

]]> By: Joshua http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-111 Joshua Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:03:29 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/78#comment-111 > When you’ve been listening to FMU for several hours straight, the sound of the 6 train arriving at Union Square might even become a likely candidate for radio play. I've had this experience too. One day in the early days of web audio, I put on the audio stream on Wednesday at work, expecting to hear the end of Ken's show and the start of Irwin's. But the provider's connection was down, apparently, and all I got was an undistinguishable sound effect with half a "tune-in-later" announcement endlessly repeated and endlessly interrupted in the middle. I listened to this accidental ostinato for about three minutes straight before it dawned on me that it wasn't some avant-garde creation that either Ken or Irwin had picked up from an obscure record label. It wasn't the 6 train, exactly, but it was equally believable material, by WFMU standards. > When you’ve been listening to FMU for several hours straight, the sound of the 6 train arriving at Union Square might even become a likely candidate for radio play.

I’ve had this experience too. One day in the early days of web audio, I put on the audio stream on Wednesday at work, expecting to hear the end of Ken’s show and the start of Irwin’s. But the provider’s connection was down, apparently, and all I got was an undistinguishable sound effect with half a “tune-in-later” announcement endlessly repeated and endlessly interrupted in the middle. I listened to this accidental ostinato for about three minutes straight before it dawned on me that it wasn’t some avant-garde creation that either Ken or Irwin had picked up from an obscure record label. It wasn’t the 6 train, exactly, but it was equally believable material, by WFMU standards.

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