There are times when a certain amount of spleen must be vented, publicly
or otherwise (music is an excellent vehicle for venting a certain amount
of undifferentiated spleen, satisfying creative impulses at the same
time). In this case, the vehicle for venting said spleen tumbled more or
less at random into my hands, in the form of a Tension 12". The track in
question was crafted by Dietrich Schoenemann in 1999, in response to the
NYPD mowing down an innocent in a case of mistaken identity. The track
is "19 Bullets", and it's still an uncompromising bit of work 13 years
down the line, and one of Schoenemann's finest. If you think that I
followed _that_ track with a set of fluffy house, please send me a
sample of the s*** you've been smoking, as it must be pretty powerful.
Players in tomorrow night's game include. Tension, Generator, DJungle
Fever, Metamorphic, Temple, Subject Detroit, Planet E, Rhythm & Sound,
Djax-Up-Beats, and others.
Last week, I gathered up a bunch of 12's languishing here and there
around my bedroom (if you saw the state of my bedroom, you'd realize
that I could misplace stuff a lot more substantial than a few 12"s).
Some were various things bought here & there while I was accumulating
tracks for a couple of the radio specials I did back in May. One little
nest of 12"s was from a bunch sent me by an SF label. Despite the
diverse nature of the stuff gathered, a more or less coherent set was
gleaned therefrom (without a lot of backtracking), and can be viewed at
http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=41194 . Participants include R&
S (old and new), Jelly Jam (the first one!), Apollo, De' fchild, XXC3,
Ann Aimee, Dust Science, Fortune 8, Eevolute, and others. There's still
an assorted fraction of a crate left over for future endeavors....
"The Wild Kingdom" airs on KFJC-FM 89.7, Friday Night/Saturday Morning,
10P-2A (6A-10A GMT). Potential listeners outside the San Francisco Bay
area can find a webcast at http://www.kfjc.org/netcast/index.php .
Present and past Wild Kingdom playlists are also archived at kfjc.org.
You can also check out archived playlists from my first KFJC show "Just
Desserts" that was on Fridays 10P-2A from 1992 through 1999. Archived
playlists exist for that show starting from Fall 1995 to New Year's Eve
1999/2000, so you can see what what I'm up to these days is pretty much
consistent with what I was up to all along.
If you do tune in (especially via the web), please take a little time to
let me know your locale. I'm also interested in promo music from all
over and in promoting local (San Francisco Bay area) techno-type events.
If you want to do some promotion for an event, contact the KFJC
promotions department at pr...@kfjc.org to arrange ticket giveaways
and/or to send information for inclusion in our concert outlook. Thanks
to those who have sent promo music so far.
Regards,
Richard Hester
"Mr. Goodwrench"
"The Wild Kingdom"
FR 10P-2A
KFJC-FM 89.7
Los Altos Hills, California, USA
