KHUM/CG/KPOO/etcetcetc for the week of 5/28/07

[RGMike]

Think I'm going to give KPIG a rest today. I can appreciate their need to grieve but it was starting to get depressing by mid-afternoon. At least they were starting to play songs she really liked rather than all the somber stuff (like Will the Circle Be Unbroken).

I'm 'CDX-ing, but I really recommend you give LoneStar a try:

http://kzps.com/pages/main/

[urth]

Think I'm going to give KPIG a rest today. I can appreciate their need to grieve but it was starting to get depressing by mid-afternoon. At least they were starting to play songs she really liked rather than all the somber stuff (like Will the Circle Be Unbroken).

I'm 'CDX-ing, but I really recommend you give LoneStar a try:

http://kzps.com/pages/main/

Was thinking about that, and since you suggested it, I think I will--at least until my friend Carrie's indie rock show from Chicago comes on at noon (WLUW.org).

And the second song I hear (after Buffalo Springfield) is Copperhead Road--TANC!

[RGMike]

Think I'm going to give KPIG a rest today. I can appreciate their need to grieve but it was starting to get depressing by mid-afternoon. At least they were starting to play songs she really liked rather than all the somber stuff (like Will the Circle Be Unbroken).

I'm 'CDX-ing, but I really recommend you give LoneStar a try:

http://kzps.com/pages/main/

Was thinking about that, and since you suggested it, I think I will--at least until my friend Carrie's indie rock show from Chicago comes on at noon (WLUW.org).

And the second song I hear (after Buffalo Springfield) is Copperhead Road--TANC!

LOL! Mr Earle (do they often call him Speedo?) is a core artist at LoneStar.

[urth]

Think I'm going to give KPIG a rest today. I can appreciate their need to grieve but it was starting to get depressing by mid-afternoon. At least they were starting to play songs she really liked rather than all the somber stuff (like Will the Circle Be Unbroken).

I'm 'CDX-ing, but I really recommend you give LoneStar a try:

http://kzps.com/pages/main/

Was thinking about that, and since you suggested it, I think I will--at least until my friend Carrie's indie rock show from Chicago comes on at noon (WLUW.org).

And the second song I hear (after Buffalo Springfield) is Copperhead Road--TANC!

LOL! Mr Earle (do they often call him Speedo?) is a core artist at LoneStar.

I've only heard 4-5 songs, but so far it's skewing much closer to classic rock than it is to country rock--Black Crowes (Jealous Again), Derek and the Dominos (Bell Bottom Blues) and now Bad Co. (Good Lovin' Gone Bad) Only the Earle tune would I call even close to country, but it' ain't bad.

Wait, scratch that--now we're hearing Guy Clark. Who I don't think I've heard on commercial radio EVER ('cept maybe for KPIG, who I always have trouble thinking of as commercial even tho they are).

[Gazoo]

Think I'm going to give KPIG a rest today. I can appreciate their need to grieve but it was starting to get depressing by mid-afternoon. At least they were starting to play songs she really liked rather than all the somber stuff (like Will the Circle Be Unbroken).

I'm 'CDX-ing, but I really recommend you give LoneStar a try:

http://kzps.com/pages/main/

I'm finally giving it a spin, and hearing (John Prine?) duetting with La Bonnie on a splendid live "Angel From Montgomery."

[RGMike]

Think I'm going to give KPIG a rest today. I can appreciate their need to grieve but it was starting to get depressing by mid-afternoon. At least they were starting to play songs she really liked rather than all the somber stuff (like Will the Circle Be Unbroken).

I'm 'CDX-ing, but I really recommend you give LoneStar a try:

http://kzps.com/pages/main/

I'm finally giving it a spin, and hearing (John Prine?) duetting with La Bonnie on a splendid live "Angel From Montgomery."

Yes, Mr Prine.  KCDX just treated me to "Timothy"... just as I sat down to lunch.  Tastes like chicken!

[RGMike]

Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies! Switched to WLNG in time for Neil D's "Brother Love" -- say Hallelujah!

[RGMike]

Another 'LNG Nugget: Macca-goes-Disco with "Goodnight Tonight". Don't say it!

[urth]

Think I'm going to give KPIG a rest today. I can appreciate their need to grieve but it was starting to get depressing by mid-afternoon. At least they were starting to play songs she really liked rather than all the somber stuff (like Will the Circle Be Unbroken).

I'm 'CDX-ing, but I really recommend you give LoneStar a try:

http://kzps.com/pages/main/

I'm finally giving it a spin, and hearing (John Prine?) duetting with La Bonnie on a splendid live "Angel From Montgomery."

Lone Star is still skewing decidedly toward classic rock, but once or twice an hour they pull out something that surprises me. Like right now, when they're playing Closer to Fine.

[RGMike]

Final 'LNG Nugget to close out my afternoon: the Buckinghams, "Susan" -- the looong version -- which it occurs to me woulda made a fine 4 Seasons record. I mean, Frankie V 'n' da boyz recorded songs about every other girls' name, just about.

[RGMike]

CGSS plays DeBarge's DeLightful "Rhythm of the Night". Talk about a group (and a family) that had the world on a plate and f---ked it all up.

[RGMike]

Sweeneyon CG plays REM's little-heard "Electron Blue", which he says is his 2nd-favorite REM tune after "Orange Crush". Colorful chap, that Sweeney.

[Gazoo]

CGSS plays DeBarge's DeLightful "Rhythm of the Night". Talk about a group (and a family) that had the world on a plate and f---ked it all up.

Do elaborate!

PS: Gaz's R.E.M. top 5:
1. Losing My Religion
2. E-Bow the Letter
3. So. Central Rain
4. Nightswimming
5. Leaving New York

[RGMike]

CGSS plays DeBarge's DeLightful "Rhythm of the Night". Talk about a group (and a family) that had the world on a plate and f---ked it all up.

Do elaborate!

I'm sure I've told this story before but here goes:

In the early '80s, DeBarge were Motown's great off-white hope. At the time of the Motown 25 TV special, when alums like Diana and MJ were working for other labels,  DeBarge were blossoming with hits like "I Like It" and "All This Love". They were literally presented on that show as "the face of the future of Motown", and they continued to have hits, peaking in '85/'86 with "Rhythm" and El DeBarge's solo smash "Who's Johnny". Motown saw them as a centerpiece of its next decade...

... then a year or two later, I'm reading Billboard and there's an item about them being dropped by the label. No explanation, just -- boom! -- they're gone.  Mighty odd, I thought, considering how much they'd poured into building them up.  And then comes the kicker. Six months after they were dropped, news headline:  DeBarge family arrested for cocaine trafficking! The father and several other family members were busted.  I can only assume that Motown was aware of shady dealings going on and dropped them before something bad could happen.

[Gazoo]

CGSS plays DeBarge's DeLightful "Rhythm of the Night". Talk about a group (and a family) that had the world on a plate and f---ked it all up.

Do elaborate!

I'm sure I've told this story before but here goes:

In the early '80s, DeBarge were Motown's great off-white hope. At the time of the Motown 25 TV special, when alums like Diana and MJ were working for other labels,  DeBarge were blossoming with hits like "I Like It" and "All This Love". They were literally presented on that show as "the face of the future of Motown", and they continued to have hits, peaking in '85/'86 with "Rhythm" and El DeBarge's solo smash "Who's Johnny". Motown saw them as a centerpiece of its next decade...

... then a year or two later, I'm reading Billboard and there's an item about them being dropped by the label. No explanation, just -- boom! -- they're gone.  Mighty odd, I thought, considering how much they'd poured into building them up.  And then comes the kicker. Six months after they were dropped, news headline:  DeBarge family arrested for cocaine trafficking! The father and several other family members were busted.  I can only assume that Motown was aware of shady dealings going on and dropped them before something bad could happen.

Where's the VH1 telefilm when I need it?!  I had no idea about the stuff in the second graf here (though I faintly remember reading of one member, maybe Chico, serving a jail term?).  Thanks for posting this.