KFOG, But Not 10@10

[RGMike]

OMG! Fogheads dissin' the Dead! Will wonders never cease?

(The audience was asked if they'd prefer the Dead's cover of "Good Lovin'" or the Rascals' original. Rascals won. Even Deadheads called to say the GD version is "abysmal". LOL!)

[Gazoo]

Just heard Neil Young's "Lookin' for a Leader" after the 10@10 broadcast.  Nice!  Is it in regular rotation, or was this a one-off?  (I would have chosen "Restless Consumer" as the single, but this'll work.)  Wonder if his target audience with Living With War is the choir or the unconverted . . .

[RGMike]

Just heard Neil Young's "Lookin' for a Leader" after the 10@10 broadcast.  Nice!  Is it in regular rotation, or was this a one-off?  (I would have chosen "Restless Consumer" as the single, but this'll work.)  Wonder if his target audience with Living With War is the choir or the unconverted . . .

It's in regular rotay.  KPIG, tho', is playing that one plus "Let's Impeach the Prez".

[ggould]

Just heard Neil Young's "Lookin' for a Leader" after the 10@10 broadcast.  Nice!  Is it in regular rotation, or was this a one-off?  (I would have chosen "Restless Consumer" as the single, but this'll work.)  Wonder if his target audience with Living With War is the choir or the unconverted . . .

It's in regular rotay.  KPIG, tho', is playing that one plus "Let's Impeach the Prez".

Plus "Flags of Freedom"

[ggould]

I was on I believe Wed and Thurday AM ranting about the idea that the lyrics to "Won't Get Fooled Again" were politically conservative, and that the jet contrails were some kind of strange conspiracy or whatever.  I guess I'm turning into a grumpy old man!

[RGMike]

I was on I believe Wed and Thurday AM ranting about the idea that the lyrics to "Won't Get Fooled Again" were politically conservative, and that the jet contrails were some kind of strange conspiracy or whatever.  I guess I'm turning into a grumpy old man!

That was you? I heard that. I also was confused by the fact that "My City City Was Gone" was on that list; to my mind it's pro-environment, anti-paving-over-open-spaces.

[ggould]

I was on I believe Wed and Thurday AM ranting about the idea that the lyrics to "Won't Get Fooled Again" were politically conservative, and that the jet contrails were some kind of strange conspiracy or whatever.  I guess I'm turning into a grumpy old man!

That was you? I heard that. I also was confused by the fact that "My City City Was Gone" was on that list; to my mind it's pro-environment, anti-paving-over-open-spaces.

Just goes to show you how twisted people get when they try to have something fit their agenda.

[darryl]

2 more KFOG "regular rotation Katrinas": Marcy Playground's "Sex & Candy" and Pearl Jam's "Daughter", both of which I've heard a LOT lately (and I only listen to KFOG for maybe 90 non-10@10 minutes a day).

I also notice that whatever song they play right before 6am gets played again right before the pm 10@10 replay. Today it was "Daughter".

I think it's just your luck.  "Daughter" has been in regular rotation for as long as I've been keeping records (late 2004).  They play it every 4-5 days or so.  Same thing for "Sex and Candy".

This one is definitely new though:  Heart's "Barracuda".  Showed up on April 26, and it's now played every 6 days or so.  Oh, and as previously mentioned, Van Halen is getting more non-10@10 play since April 28 then ever before.  The big favorite (of Benson?  a Cumulus exec?  some computer software?) is "Dance The Night Away", played this morning right around 9.

[RGMike]

2 more KFOG "regular rotation Katrinas": Marcy Playground's "Sex & Candy" and Pearl Jam's "Daughter", both of which I've heard a LOT lately (and I only listen to KFOG for maybe 90 non-10@10 minutes a day).

I also notice that whatever song they play right before 6am gets played again right before the pm 10@10 replay. Today it was "Daughter".

I think it's just your luck.  "Daughter" has been in regular rotation for as long as I've been keeping records (late 2004).  They play it every 4-5 days or so.  Same thing for "Sex and Candy".

This one is definitely new though:  Heart's "Barracuda".  Showed up on April 26, and it's now played every 6 days or so.  Oh, and as previously mentioned, Van Halen is getting more non-10@10 play since April 28 then ever before.  The big favorite (of Benson?  a Cumulus exec?  some computer software?) is "Dance The Night Away", played this morning right around 9.

another luck-of-the-draw: I heard the Tubes' "She's a Beauty" twice this weekend -- once in the hour after the 10@10 marathon, and again late Sun nite between the Jam show and House o'Blues.

[darryl]

another luck-of-the-draw: I heard the Tubes' "She's a Beauty" twice this weekend -- once in the hour after the 10@10 marathon, and again late Sun nite between the Jam show and House o'Blues.

Huh, my script didn't pick up that Sunday night play.  Anyways, yeah, the Tubes are very rarely played during non-10@10 hours.  Heck, here's the full list of plays since Nov. 2004:

Tue Nov  9 05:33:00 2004        The Tubes       SHE%27S A BEAUTY        The Best Of The Tubes %28Capitol%29
Fri Nov 26 11:33:00 2004        The Tubes       SHE%27S A BEAUTY        The Best Of The Tubes %28Capitol%29
Sat Jan  8 20:54:01 2005        The Tubes       SHE%27S A BEAUTY        The Best Of The Tubes %28Capitol%29
Fri Jan 21 16:18:00 2005        TUBES   WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM LI
Tue Apr 12 09:21:03 2005        The Tubes       SHE%27S A BEAUTY        The Best Of The Tubes %28Capitol%29
Fri Jun 10 08:42:00 2005        The Tubes       SHE%27S A BEAUTY        The Best Of The Tubes %28Capitol%29
Fri Sep 23 16:36:00 2005        The Tubes       SHE%27S A BEAUTY        The Best Of The Tubes %28Capitol%29
Tue Nov 15 20:24:00 2005        The Tubes       SUSHI GIRL      The Completion Backward Principle
Tue Feb 21 17:54:00 2006        TUBES   TALK TO YA LATER        THE COMPLETION BACKW
Sat Jun  3 12:21:00 2006        The Tubes       SHE'S A BEAUTY  The Best Of The Tubes (Capitol)

[RGMike]

so KFOG is playing Chris Isaak's cover of "I Want You To Want Me". Will they play the new Cheap Trick? (heard it on Little Steven and it's not bad -- a throwback to the old stuff and NOT a Diane Warren ballad).

[darryl]

Oh man -- covers.  I just hacked at the data to try and find what songs were "new" since about May 2.  But since I've been too lazy to get the data into a real database, if it sees that "I Want You To Want" me has ever been played before, by anyone, it doesn't think it's new.  Oops.  Also, it thinks that danged Gnarls Barkley track is a cover of Seal's "Crazy".

Oh well, excepting covers, here's "What's New on KFOG" for the past 36 or so days (first number is the number of spins in the past 36 days).  More caveats at the bottom:

57      NEIL YOUNG      LOOKING FOR A LEADER
13      RADIOHEAD       FAKE PLASTIC TREES
12      LUSCIOUS JACKSON        NAKED EYE
11      Red Hot Chili Peppers   SNOW (HEY OH)
10      SUBLIME SANTERIA
10      PINK FLOYD      GOODBYE BLUE SKY
9       THE DOORS       TOUCH ME
9       RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS   GIVE IT AWAY
8       WIDESPREAD PANIC        SECOND SKIN
8       The Marshall Tucker Band        CAN'T YOU SEE
8       GREEN DAY       Longview
7       MATCHBOX TWENTY IF YOU'RE GONE
7       LYNYRD SKYNYRD  WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
7       HEART   BARRACUDA
7       EVANESCENCE     BRING ME TO LIFE
6       KEANE   IS IT ANY WONDER?
6       JOAN ARMATRADING        SHOW SOME EMOTION
6       FILTER  TAKE A PICTURE
5       PUDDLE OF MUDD  BLURRY
5       BRANDI CARLILE  THROW IT ALL AWAY
5       AC/DC   HIGHWAY TO HELL
4       YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING B        HOW 'BOUT YOU
4       THE SLIP        EVEN RATS
4       BLUE OYSTER CULT        Don't Fear The Reaper
3       THE REPLACMENTS MESSAGE TO THE BOYS
3       THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND        CAN'T YOU SEE
3       LYNYRD SKYNYRD  Simple Man
3       LES CLAYPOOL    PHANTOM PATRIOT
3       LED ZEPPELIN    HOUSE OF THE HOLY
3       Elton John      SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT
3       ELO     DO YA
3       DJ LOGIC        AFRO BEAT
3       BOBBY PREVITE   MINISTRY OF TRUTH
3       BEN HARPER      GATHER ROUND THE STONE

I didn't consider a song in heavy rotation unless it had been played at least 3 times in the past 36 days but was *NEVER* played prior to April 26.  

3 spins is a totally arbitrary number, but the list is about 100+ songs if you include songs only played 1-2 times.

Anyways, some of those songs are actually "new" (like Neil), but a lot of those are interesting songs to throw in...

I also realize that Nirvana's "The Man Who Sold The World" (which previously had been mentioned as a new add) doesn't show up because of the covers issue.

Also, the recent *re*addition of Moby/Gwen Stefani track "Southside" doesn't show up because it *was* played last summer.

Hrm, so now that I've cleaned up the data some I should probably throw it into a real database so I can make better queries that take Artist into account and support date ranges...

[darryl]

Huh -- up until May 28 they were playing "Surrender" 1 or 2 times every 5 days or so.

But since then it's been dropped off of their playlist.

[darryl]

Hey all... while I'm cluttering up the boards with stats, here's some more simple ones.  Top 20 songs played in the past 36 days:

    109 GNARLS BARKLEY  CRAZY
     96 K.T. Tunstall   OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
     92 LOS LONELY BOYS DIAMONDS
     92 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE     CROOKED TEETH
     76 BEN HARPER      BETTER WAY
     68 The Red Hot Chili Peppers       DANI CALIFORNIA
     68 HOOBASTANK      IF I WERE YOU
     64 MY MORNING JACKET       WORDLESS CHORUS
     64 MARK KNOPFLER AND EMMYLO        THIS IS US
     62 Jack Johnson    UPSIDE DOWN
     60 INXS    AFTERGLOW
     59 The Subdudes    PAPA DUKIE
     59 PAUL SIMON      OUTRAGEOUS
     57 NEIL YOUNG      LOOKING FOR A LEADER
     56 JACKIE GREENE   I'M SO GONE
     54 CORINNE BAILEY RAE      PUT YOUR RECORDS ON
     51 FEIST   MUSHABOOM
     44 HARD-FI CASH MACHINE
     44 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN       PAY ME MY MONEY
     40 GOMEZ   GIRLSHAPEDLOVEDRUG

[mshray]

Oh well, excepting covers, here's "What's New on KFOG" for the past 36 or so days (first number is the number of spins in the past 36 days).  More caveats at the bottom:


10      SUBLIME SANTERIA
8       GREEN DAY       Longview
7       EVANESCENCE     BRING ME TO LIFE
6       FILTER  TAKE A PICTURE

8       The Marshall Tucker Band        CAN'T YOU SEE
3       THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND        CAN'T YOU SEE

I didn't consider a song in heavy rotation unless it had been played at least 3 times in the past 36 days but was *NEVER* played prior to April 26.  

3 spins is a totally arbitrary number, but the list is about 100+ songs if you include songs only played 1-2 times.

Anyways, some of those songs are actually "new" (like Neil), but a lot of those are interesting songs to throw in.

I hardly ever listen to KFOG these days outside 10@10 because I still haven't replaced my car stereo that got ripped off & instead have been listening to my Zen iPod clone.  I only get to listen if I'm working in the garage, but even so I had noticed both the Santeria & Longview suddenly popping up.  Throw in the Evanescsence, which was the Big Deal song 2 1/2 years ago & got their label all kinds of write-ups, and the Filter which is one of my favorite tracks of the late 90's, and they seem to want to recapture a bit of Live 105's glory years when Big Rick & Renee were still there.

But they are also adding a lot of Skynyrd & that Marshall Tucker (oddly it seems to get two entries in Darryl script), my absolute favorite breakup song I might add.