KFOG, But Not 10@10

[urth]

In case anyone catches this in the next few...

I noticed that today is Tim Curry's b-day & fired off an e-quest to Annalisa for "I Do The Rock".  Then I called just to see if it had any chance & she said, "Is this Mark? I just answered your email, I am SO psyched to play that."  We chatted further about the merits of TC & the upcoming KaBOOM line-up.

So tune-in in a couple more minutes...

Damn, have been away from the board most of the day so I missed this entirely.

So safe to assume she's a Curry fan--but what'd she have to say about the KaBoom Kast this year? I can't imagine she'd diss them too much to a Foghead, at least not on company time.

[mshray]

In case anyone catches this in the next few...

I noticed that today is Tim Curry's b-day & fired off an e-quest to Annalisa for "I Do The Rock".  Then I called just to see if it had any chance & she said, "Is this Mark? I just answered your email, I am SO psyched to play that."  We chatted further about the merits of TC & the upcoming KaBOOM line-up.

So tune-in in a couple more minutes...

Damn, have been away from the board most of the day so I missed this entirely.

So safe to assume she's a Curry fan--but what'd she have to say about the KaBoom Kast this year? I can't imagine she'd diss them too much to a Foghead, at least not on company time.

I saw Los Lonely Boys at WingDing 2 years ago & was awestruck, and she was the airstaff who came onstage to wrap the show & get everyone out of the way so that the Bone crowd could get ready for (i think it was) Pantera.  Anyway she was also gushing about the performance that night & since then, on the occasion or two where I called her, we have chatted more about Los Boys.  So we both know that we are excited about seeing them next month.  We didn't discuss the other acts.

[urth]

In case anyone catches this in the next few...

I noticed that today is Tim Curry's b-day & fired off an e-quest to Annalisa for "I Do The Rock".  Then I called just to see if it had any chance & she said, "Is this Mark? I just answered your email, I am SO psyched to play that."  We chatted further about the merits of TC & the upcoming KaBOOM line-up.

So tune-in in a couple more minutes...

Damn, have been away from the board most of the day so I missed this entirely.

So safe to assume she's a Curry fan--but what'd she have to say about the KaBoom Kast this year? I can't imagine she'd diss them too much to a Foghead, at least not on company time.

I just stumbled across this, having completely forgotten this exchange until now. However, it would appear that around the time this discussion took place, Tim Curry himself was in San Francisco. My wife, who's currently working at one of the shops in the Ferry Building, saw him in their shop and sold him some cheese (no, I don't remember what kind). She saw him and thought he looked familiar, but as soon as he opened his mouth knew exactly who it was. She said he looks like a typical, middle-aged, portly British fellow. I'm guessing his presence had something to do with the film festival, but I haven't read anything about him in the papers so not sure.

She's come home with quite the litany of celebrity sightings over the year or so she's worked there--Martha Stewart, Susan Sarandon, Gyneth Paltrow and  Chris Martin, Jon Miller (who was drinking a large milkshake at the time), to name a few. Prince Charles and Camilla were in when they were visitng the US last year, too, but that was her day off.

[RGMike]

I tuned in to KFOG a tad early for 10@10 and heard -- finally -- that Matisyahu track, the first time I've come across it in regular KFOG rotation. It sounds to my ears like generic reggae/dancehall; it's only interesting because the artist is white and Jewish.

Meanwhile, I was looking at the KFOG.com New Releases page, and they're still listing "Black & White World" by the Doves, which Gaz was raving about, what, a YEAR ago? I have never actually heard the song played on the station.

[ggould]

I tuned in to KFOG a tad early for 10@10 and heard -- finally -- that Matisyahu track, the first time I've come across it in regular KFOG rotation. It sounds to my ears like generic reggae/dancehall; it's only interesting because the artist is white and Jewish.

Meanwhile, I was looking at the KFOG.com New Releases page, and they're still listing "Black & White World" by the Doves, which Gaz was raving about, what, a YEAR ago? I have never actually heard the song played on the station.

Well, each to his own. I was leaving the parking structure at the same time, and was digging the hell out of it, cranking it up as I drove home.

[RGMike]

Just switched over to KFOG, and they played Van halen, "Dance the Night Away", which I don't ever recall hearing them play in regular rotation. Sure beats hearing "Under Pressure" for the billionth time...

[darryl]

You heard Van Halen this morning?  Shoot - my script to record KFOG's playlist is definitely malfunctioning then.

Interesting though -- in 2 years of data, Van Halen only shows up once during non-10@10 airplay:  last Friday at 4:12PM.

My script is flaky, but still, if they ever played them, odds are it would've picked it up at least once.

Of course Dave plays Van Halen from time to time:
- Runnin' With the Devil
- Why Can't This Be Love?
- Dreams
- Panama

[ggould]

Just switched over to KFOG, and they played Van halen, "Dance the Night Away", which I don't ever recall hearing them play in regular rotation. Sure beats hearing "Under Pressure" for the billionth time...

They definitely used to play it, as it's one of my favorites, and I would rarely have heard it anywhere else.  I was driving to the Exploratorium this AM, and cranked it up loud!  This song is historically notable for the style of harmonic tapping Eddie does.  Tasty.

[RGMike]

You heard Van Halen this morning?  Shoot - my script to record KFOG's playlist is definitely malfunctioning then.

Interesting though -- in 2 years of data, Van Halen only shows up once during non-10@10 airplay:  last Friday at 4:12PM.

My script is flaky, but still, if they ever played them, odds are it would've picked it up at least once.

FYI, I've found that their "Just Played" feature screws up quite a bit -- usually when they're playing a new song I've never heard before that I actually need to identify!

[RGMike]

So on a rare Thursday that I'm actually listening to KFOG instead of The Drive... no Benson the PD with New Releases picks. :cry:

[urth]

Just switched over to KFOG, and they played Van halen, "Dance the Night Away", which I don't ever recall hearing them play in regular rotation. Sure beats hearing "Under Pressure" for the billionth time...

They definitely used to play it, as it's one of my favorites, and I would rarely have heard it anywhere else.  I was driving to the Exploratorium this AM, and cranked it up loud!  This song is historically notable for the style of harmonic tapping Eddie does.  Tasty.

Forgot to mention that I heard a Van Halen cut night before last--can't recall which, but it was Diamond Dave, not Sammy era.

[urth]

KFOG definitely seems to be mixing some different songs into their playlist, at least during the morning show. This AM I heard Skynyrd's What's Your Name and Nirvana doing Man Who Sold The World, neither of which I've heard in a good while and both of which seem sort of out of character with what the Fogheads seem to like. It would appear that the new ownership that Alicat alluded to over in the Radio News thread is tossing stuff up a bit.

[RGMike]

KFOG definitely seems to be mixing some different songs into their playlist, at least during the morning show. This AM I heard Skynyrd's What's Your Name and Nirvana doing Man Who Sold The World, neither of which I've heard in a good while and both of which seem sort of out of character with what the Fogheads seem to like. It would appear that the new ownership that Alicat alluded to over in the Radio News thread is tossing stuff up a bit.

Those would seem to be songs that the Bone plays, no?  I've always wondered about the competetion between the 2 "sister" stations. You'd think they'd want to differentiate them more.

[RGMike]

OK, one of the things that annoys me about KFOG: "new" artists who sound just like "old" artists. This song "Put Your Records On" by Corrine Bailey Rae is clearly a Norah Jones clone.  Pleasant, certainly, but the knee-jerk, "let's-find-sombody-who-sounds-like-______" mentality of record companies is just enough to make ya spit.

[darryl]

Well... I just watched Norah Jones as part of the Little Willies on Letterman a few nights back.  Man -- it was kind of ... boring.

The Corrine Bailey Rae knocked me out when I first heard it.  I think she's got a lot more soul going on than Norah.

But anyways, I actually think that's one thing that differentiates KFOG from say, the Bone.  They'll play more female artists than Joan Jett and Pat Benatar.  (Not that I have any idea if the Bone plays those two.)

Oh, speaking of female artists -- my wife mentions that she just realized that Emmylou/Mark's "This Is Us" is about a couple flipping through a photo album.  It'll make a nice Citibank/Chase credit card commercial, like that Five for Fighting song, "100 Years".

Lastly:  Van Halen again this morning!  "Dance the Night Away"

As I was saying, May 2 was the first time my script recorded (or I'd heard) them playing Van Halen outside of 10at10.  It was quite nice, actually.

And as always, here's the stats:

Tue May  2 23:12:00 2006        VAN HALEN       DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY  
Sat May  6 15:57:00 2006        VAN HALEN       Dance The Night Away  
Sun May  7 00:00:00 2006        VAN HALEN       YOU REALLY GOT ME
Mon May  8 00:42:00 2006        VAN HALEN       Dance The Night Away  
Wed May 10 17:36:00 2006        VAN HALEN       Dance The Night Away  
Fri May 12 21:03:00 2006        VAN HALEN       YOU REALLY GOT ME      
Sat May 13 03:18:00 2006        VAN HALEN       Dance The Night Away  
Wed May 17 02:18:00 2006        VAN HALEN       YOU REALLY GOT ME      
Thu May 18 08:57:00 2006        VAN HALEN       DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY