College radio is definitely where the diversity in music resides. The only problem is that college stations rarely have the kind of high power signals like the big boys have.
With everything going digital I'm curious to see how receptive satellite radio will be toward fostering underground music. It is only a matter of time before radio will be to XM what broadcast TV became to cable. I hope new and diverse music doesn't end up on the wrong side of the technology divide. For the record, I have only heard bits and snippets from XM radio broadcasts so I may be a little off target. Anyone have any thoughts on the subject? Anton www.antonbanks.com -----Original Message----- From: Stoddard, Kamal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:35 AM To: 'Tosh Cooey'; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Radio Fries I don't know what radio you listen to, but here in the atl, it's good. Dude, I heard that set and frankly, the excitement was more from knowing that jeff and garnier (techno old guard) still had the balls to play that stuff to the generally picky and elitist euro dance music crowds (yeh I still think dancing should be a learning experience). The music wasn't groundbreaking in it's programming or selection. I hear that kinda stuff on more than a few radio stations here (WCLK, WRFG, WREK, WRAS, etc). Completely deliberate eclectic programming spanning the gamut of music history. The reason this opinion of american radio persists is because of the ameriklan consolidation of media control. Clear channel dictates playlists for something like 70% of amerikkkan radio. College radio and independent (radio free) stations have always and (IMO) will continue to set the bar for wider consumption of eclectic and divergent tastes in this country. Total eclectisism may have been groundbre! aking when Mojo was rocking, but even though I wasn't in detroit back then we had More than a few cats who were doing the equivalent for our city. I remember hearing Kraftwerk, 2live crew, muddy waters, new edition, and parliament all in the same hour of "less talk, more music". Now I'll tell you what was shocking, to turn on my radio in the car sometime last week (never do, I like the wind sounds) and hear a two hour set of drone and glitch ambient...at like 8:30 pm. Strange but true. Still not sure if I liked it though. But....I'll tell you what I do like! Joakim's remix of MR. No on New religion. Mr. Keeling!!! Please keep doing the thing you're doing with this label!!!!! The original is like italo horror core getting some in the bathroom at studio54. joakims version straps the beat down to a solid 4x4 and drops some arped synths that seem to compliment it in it's own rather than updating the sound per-se. Joakim takes a noticably lighter mood and the bass is clear and simple. Really nice. My kids really like this one too. :) Kamal K. Stoddard Turner Broadcasting Systems ** I am exactly what I wanted to become since I was 5 years old. Since 5 year olds are not noted for mature judgement and sometimes aspire to piracy or gunfighting, this is not necessarily a sign of success. ** > -----Original Message----- > From: Tosh Cooey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Radio Fries > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > do you have a link for the mix? > > > Somebody else posted in to 313 in the summer, no idea where from... > > > > who cares what happens on the radio and other maninstream corpoate > > owned media - we now have the internet, cheap broadband > and mp3s. i > > use my ipod like a radio. there's a wealth of great mixes > out there. > > today i've > > > --> But it's exactly this kind of elitism that marginalizes > electronic > --> music > culture in America. I mean no matter how much somebody > dislikes Tiesto, he can still play a mainstream radio show in > Europe, but I can't imagine anywhere this would happen in > America, Canada included. The homogeny and hegemony seem too > strong. Maybe you're right about the internet, and maybe > Europe is just 15 years behind still, afterall Mills and > Hawtin were mainstream radio regulars before. I guess it > remains to be seen. > > > > downloaded matt mcqueen's latest radio show (a counter-argument to > > your claim that 'this' would never happen on american radio), a > > fabrice lig mix, an old mixmaster morris mix > > --> Matt's a great guy, but he's playing for a very very very small > --> niche in a > very very very small niche market, not exactly mainstream. > > > > ps. ' freedom fries'? so the republican party are a bunch > of parochial > > torturers. what's that got to do with the average american? > > are you as a canadian responsible repsonsible for canada's > absurd and > > disgusting censorship laws? > > > I'm not too sure which ones you're referring to, but I hear > that Canada is allowed to see a tit on TV. Wouldn't know, > haven't been around. > > Tosh >
