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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1710 on: July 20, 2010, 09:58:32 PM »
I've commented in the past about those awful OnStar radio spots with "real people" moaning in agony because they've just been in an accident. Thoroughly unpleasant. You tend to hear them on syndicated formats and shows (like Dick Bartley, and AT40) but I just heard one on KFOG, first time they've run one that I can recall. Sad.
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1711 on: July 21, 2010, 09:55:47 AM »
For GAWD's sake, dear: can someone please shoot Snow Patrol and put them out of their collective misery? Just say yes!
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« Reply #1712 on: July 22, 2010, 09:58:06 AM »
Gotta say I like (on first hearing) this Ray LaMontaigne song they just played, "Beg Steal or Borrow " -- very late-'60s/early '70s folk-protest vibe, a bit of early Joni in there too. Nice.
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1713 on: July 22, 2010, 10:45:02 AM »
Gotta say I like (on first hearing) this Ray LaMontaigne song they just played, "Beg Steal or Borrow " -- very late-'60s/early '70s folk-protest vibe, a bit of early Joni in there too. Nice.

Heh, as soon as I saw his name I turned the volume down for 4 minutes.  I don't get the love for him and Bon Iver.
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« Reply #1714 on: July 22, 2010, 10:54:39 AM »
Gotta say I like (on first hearing) this Ray LaMontaigne song they just played, "Beg Steal or Borrow " -- very late-'60s/early '70s folk-protest vibe, a bit of early Joni in there too. Nice.

Heh, as soon as I saw his name I turned the volume down for 4 minutes.  I don't get the love for him and Bon Iver.

I'm not a huge fan but the lyric put it over for me -- i really felt like I was listening to prog-FM circa 1970.  And it beats another Cold Patrol clone or Feist-alike on the playlist ;)
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1715 on: July 22, 2010, 11:41:58 AM »
For GAWD's sake, dear: can someone please shoot Snow Patrol and put them out of their collective misery? Just say yes!

Shoot Train while they're at it too.  Pretty please!

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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1716 on: July 22, 2010, 11:52:46 PM »
For GAWD's sake, dear: can someone please shoot Snow Patrol and put them out of their collective misery? Just say yes!

Shoot Train while they're at it too.  Pretty please!

I think we need a "like" button for stuff like this.
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1717 on: July 26, 2010, 09:55:17 AM »
For GAWD's sake, dear: can someone please shoot Snow Patrol and put them out of their collective misery? Just say yes!

Shoot Train while they're at it too.  Pretty please!

I think we need a "like" button for stuff like this.

and here's that damn Snow Patrol song again, in the same right-before-10@10 slot as last Wednesday...
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1718 on: July 27, 2010, 08:23:34 AM »
Heartbreak Warfare by John Mayer needs to go away already.  Seriously.

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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1719 on: July 27, 2010, 08:51:00 AM »
Heartbreak Warfare by John Mayer needs to go away already.  Seriously.

"Let's just fix this whole thing now". A little "red wine and ambien", perhaps?
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1720 on: July 28, 2010, 07:29:17 AM »
KFOG voted best radio station by Bay Guardian readers!  :)

http://www.sfbg.com/specials/best-bay-2010-readers-poll-city-living

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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1721 on: July 28, 2010, 09:39:50 PM »
KFOG voted best radio station by Bay Guardian readers!  :)

http://www.sfbg.com/specials/best-bay-2010-readers-poll-city-living

KFOG must be glad Energy 92.7 went off the air -- didn't they win the past couple of years?

BTW, I got home tonite (9:30-ish) and flipped on KFOG and they were playing the Raconteurs' "Steady As She Goes", which I love, but as I recall they barely played when it was current.
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1722 on: July 31, 2010, 10:31:04 AM »
Whatever happened to A-Z week on KFOG?  Is it gone forever?  Can we start a campaign to bring it back?

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« Reply #1723 on: July 31, 2010, 10:39:22 AM »
Whatever happened to A-Z week on KFOG?  Is it gone forever?  Can we start a campaign to bring it back?

It's usually an annual event; I'm trying to remember the last time they did it. Has it really been more than a year?  It tends to be better the longer it runs (10 days or more is ideal), but when they try to cram it into exactly 7 days (as they have sometimes done) you really notice how many obvious songs get left out.
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Re: KFOG, But Not 10@10
« Reply #1724 on: July 31, 2010, 10:46:50 AM »
Whatever happened to A-Z week on KFOG?  Is it gone forever?  Can we start a campaign to bring it back?

It's usually an annual event; I'm trying to remember the last time they did it. Has it really been more than a year?  It tends to be better the longer it runs (10 days or more is ideal), but when they try to cram it into exactly 7 days (as they have sometimes done) you really notice how many obvious songs get left out.

I feel like it's been a couple of years since it's been on the air.  It solidified the fact that though they have a brilliant database of songs, they choose to play Snow Patrol over and over.