The radio station where I DJ, KFJC-FM in the San Francisco Bay area, has
a tradition (since 1983) of setting aside the month of May for radio
specials of all sorts, from silly stuff ( I did a special once on songs
about meat, for example) to serious expositions on artists and labels.
Check out what's happening next month at http://kfjc.org/mayhem/ .
I've planning to host a couple of special features during my usual
radio show time slot Friday May 4 and May 11 10P-2A, PDST. The first is
a 2-part retrospective on Dan Curtin on May 4 and 11 called "Planetary
Sounds from Cleveland - The Music of Dan Curtin".. I had a nice
interview with him last Friday night, and he graciously sent me a recent
DJ set to play during the special. I've also been busy filling the
vacancies in my "Curtinpile" - it'll be interesting.
The one I'm not so sure about is a 2-part special I was planning on the
revived 100% Pure label. I can't seem to get beyond the person at the
front desk there ( I don't even know if Dylan Hermelijn knows I'm doing
this). I've forged ahead in the past and done several extensive radio
specials despite the indifference of the labels/individuals in question,
but I'm starting to get tired of spending a lot of my own money, time,
and air time to promote a label that can't be bothered. I was thinking
that if I didn't get a definitive answer soon, just to cancel that
special and instead do a 2-part "Dutch Treat" radio special on Dutch
music and labels in general, not a hard thing for me to do at all, since
I've been following (and buying) Dutch electronic music of all sorts for
the past 16 years - labels like Eevolute, Delsin., ESP, Lower East Side,
Balihu, U-Trax, DJax, Phoq U, Shiver, Dance Arena, Rush Hour, Prime,
Bunker, Hotmix, Reference, Psst!, Signum, See-Saw, and others. The Dutch
scene is large enough so that there's always something of interest, but
not so freakin' huge that you can't keep up with a good part of it .
Anyway, I'd post this on the Lowlands list if it still existed, but, but
what do you folks think? Forge ahead despite the indifference, or just
do something else?
Goodwrench,
KFJC-FM
- (313) Some Hair-Tearing Regarding Radio Specials Richard Hester
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