Nothing Ever Kills the Radio…

Da Music Issue

Of all the mass media mediums, internet, television, news papers, magazines, books, DVD, VCDs, etc. etc I think my first love will always be the radio. It’s the place I first learnt to listen, to conversation, stories, news, music. I noticed how although I have hundreds and hundreds of movies and documentaries in my collection, I take so little time to watch any of them, always postponing, rather that hooking up my computer into the stereo and sitting down, candles lit, playing some archived show that was on air at some other time.

It reminds me of my childhood when I carried my small transistor over the house, my teens when I carried a walkman everywhere, and the college years of having it blast out in my apartment or driving down a highway or a freeway. My connection to the DJs their choices, the moment a favorite song comes on unexpectedly, reminding me of a time, a memory or just a skip of the heart because I loved that one song. And with the internet and some of my geographically disparate stations all a click away. I can be anywhere in the world really, when I am home.

So what I did was finally add a “listen” section on Glutter, these are my stations. These are my shows, the soundtrack to my work, writing and life.

Check it out on the left. Hope you enjoy them as much as me.

KCRW:Los Angeles, California
-From Santa Monica College (the sunny beach side college I attended for a while) The place to find the newest independent sounds and music of all genres from around the world with professional DJs. It includes archives acoustic acts of some major acts, interviews and specials on the jazz greats, art and culture segments, new electronic tracks, theatre broadcast and political debates. I honestly think this is the best station in the world with no exaggeration, and the most ground breaking one in California. Most of the shows are on demand, so click around and find how you would like to spend an hour or two of your life.

BBC World Service: from over 200 countries based in London
-Unfiltered news most of the time, from every corner of the world. The station I grew up with every morning of my life at home.

Sound Quality: Australia
-This show is defies genre and words, although it has a great leaning towards electronica, it’s a mix of everything and everyone from anywhere in the world. A real grown up clubber show.

Triple J: Melbourne, Australia
-Very listenable popular genre stuff of all genres (As long as there are no phone-ins then it quickly degrades into a kiddie station)

ABC Classic: Melbourne, Australia
-Interviews with Australian Cultural keepers and their choice of Classical and Jazz Favorites

Sounds Eclectic: Republic of Santa Monica, California
-Off shoot of KCRW, with a library of the bands who play live in their studio, from Beck, to Radiohead, to Mocheeba, Norah Jones and many others, we haven’t heard of but should

KZSC 88.1fm: UC Santa Cruz, California
-Another of my college radio. Always experiemental, when i was there, they had a woman with a speech impediment hosting a electronic show, a friend had one that only played women punk rock, not always good but always different and interesting

BBC – Radio 1: London
-Can’t get Rodney on the Rocks on Kroq over the net, so I found John Peel, the British equivilant who breaks new bands
John Peel Passed Away Last Night…. I am so sad…..

Rhythm DJ Simon: Hong Kong, China
-DJ Simon, the unsung worker bee of the Hong Kong Scene, with a mix of electronic music from around the world

UFM: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
-U stands for University. It’s the place where I first heard Punk, Ska and Hardcore,

95B: Auckland, New Zealand
-I used to be so excited when I got into range of this station because it means I am nearing Auckland. It’s a huge range of music, from semi-commercial to commercial, but the DJs don’t have playlists so there are it’s still got to do with knowing the music

Hip Hop Music Blog Radio
-I don’t know much about Hip Hop, Jay is my guide

Jazzradio.net: Berlin, Germany
-Old skool Jazz, it’s seriousness captured in station

Jazzanova Radio Show: Berlin, Germany
-Jazzanova is absolutely the best nu jazz collective anywhere, and the producers hosts a show over the radio of their favorite music

Jazz88 FM: New York City
-An full range of Jazz, seems only right to hear it of a New York Station

The Lion: Penn State College Radio, Philadelphia
-My friend started “State Your Face Rock Show” on his college radio and now it’s huge with different DJs every day of the week, it consists of radio rock, to more independent music, right to down to interesting jam bands. You can request songs from their huge inventory over MSN.