KFOG, But Not 10@10

[mshray]

Turns out Dave was the missing Winter brother:

ROTFLSHIPMP!

[ggould]

Turns out Dave was the missing Winter brother:

ROTFLSHIPMP!

looks like a cross between Danny Kirwan and Todd Rundgren.

[Gazoo]

I turned KFOG on this morning, wondering if they were going to revive the "Bowie Sings Elvis/Elvis Sings Bowie" call-in competition.  Instead they're talking about the presidential candidates, and Dave just asked someone if Kucinich wears a toupee.  *sigh*

[RGMike]

I turned KFOG on this morning, wondering if they were going to revive the "Bowie Sings Elvis/Elvis Sings Bowie" call-in competition.  Instead they're talking about the presidential candidates, and Dave just asked someone if Kucinich wears a toupee.  *sigh*

Earlier they got into a discussion about Pink's "Mr President" song (which is, what, 2 years old at this point?). They played it and Fogheads were complaining about it being "whiny" and "unfair". WTF?

[RGMike]

For those who don't get the "KFOG E-mail" every week... it's that time of year again: "KFOG A-to-Z"  returns this Monday morning. They hinted that it will run nearly 2 weeks .  Last time they did it was late March/early April (?)

[RGMike]

For those who don't get the "KFOG E-mail" every week... it's that time of year again: "KFOG A-to-Z"  returns this Monday morning. They hinted that it will run nearly 2 weeks .  Last time they did it was late March/early April (?)

Is it me, or are they doing a lot more promotion on A-to-Z this time around than they have in past years?

[mshray]

For those who don't get the "KFOG E-mail" every week... it's that time of year again: "KFOG A-to-Z"  returns this Monday morning. They hinted that it will run nearly 2 weeks .  Last time they did it was late March/early April (?)

Is it me, or are they doing a lot more promotion on A-to-Z this time around than they have in past years?

Fer sher!  But not only that, the promo they are using is almost completely ILLOGICAL!!!!.  They got all the main deejays, even Rosalie, doing little clips, and everyone except Big Rick says something about 'randomness' or 'unpredictability'.  How the F*** you can call an alphabetical list 'random' is completely beyond me.  Yo, KFOG promo guy, 'random' & 'alphabetical' are polar opposites!!!  And they are clearly missing the point about unpredictability.  As a deejay they see the next song on the list and think 'wow, cool, I get to play that next.'  But we listeners have more of a love/hate relationship, because during normal programming we really never know what will come next, but because of the A-Z format this is the one time of the year that we are tempted to even try guessing: sometimes we will be right, sometimes we will be surprised that some other song alphabetically preceeds the one we were thinking of, and sometimes we will be bummed that the song we had in mind got skipped.  But the beauty of it is that with every song played the game starts over again.

[darryl]

I'm going to try to set a timer tonight, but in case of a mechanical or software failure, could I get a  backup please?

Reason why will be revealed tomorrow afternoon/evening. :-}

[ggould]

For those who don't get the "KFOG E-mail" every week... it's that time of year again: "KFOG A-to-Z"  returns this Monday morning. They hinted that it will run nearly 2 weeks .  Last time they did it was late March/early April (?)

Is it me, or are they doing a lot more promotion on A-to-Z this time around than they have in past years?

Fer sher!  But not only that, the promo they are using is almost completely ILLOGICAL!!!!.  They got all the main deejays, even Rosalie, doing little clips, and everyone except Big Rick says something about 'randomness' or 'unpredictability'.  How the F*** you can call an alphabetical list 'random' is completely beyond me.  Yo, KFOG promo guy, 'random' & 'alphabetical' are polar opposites!!!  And they are clearly missing the point about unpredictability.  As a deejay they see the next song on the list and think 'wow, cool, I get to play that next.'  But we listeners have more of a love/hate relationship, because during normal programming we really never know what will come next, but because of the A-Z format this is the one time of the year that we are tempted to even try guessing: sometimes we will be right, sometimes we will be surprised that some other song alphabetically preceeds the one we were thinking of, and sometimes we will be bummed that the song we had in mind got skipped.  But the beauty of it is that with every song played the game starts over again.

Short of true randomness, alphabetical is very random.  Songs have no reason to be played next to each other, save for the title of the song, but I guess you know that, so I guess I'm not getting it.

[Lightnin' Rod]

For those who don't get the "KFOG E-mail" every week... it's that time of year again: "KFOG A-to-Z"  returns this Monday morning. They hinted that it will run nearly 2 weeks .  Last time they did it was late March/early April (?)

Is it me, or are they doing a lot more promotion on A-to-Z this time around than they have in past years?

Fer sher!  But not only that, the promo they are using is almost completely ILLOGICAL!!!!.  They got all the main deejays, even Rosalie, doing little clips, and everyone except Big Rick says something about 'randomness' or 'unpredictability'.  How the F*** you can call an alphabetical list 'random' is completely beyond me.  Yo, KFOG promo guy, 'random' & 'alphabetical' are polar opposites!!!  And they are clearly missing the point about unpredictability.  As a deejay they see the next song on the list and think 'wow, cool, I get to play that next.'  But we listeners have more of a love/hate relationship, because during normal programming we really never know what will come next, but because of the A-Z format this is the one time of the year that we are tempted to even try guessing: sometimes we will be right, sometimes we will be surprised that some other song alphabetically preceeds the one we were thinking of, and sometimes we will be bummed that the song we had in mind got skipped.  But the beauty of it is that with every song played the game starts over again.

Short of true randomness, alphabetical is very random.  Songs have no reason to be played next to each other, save for the title of the song, but I guess you know that, so I guess I'm not getting it.

Well, I have to agree with mshray that an alphabetical ordering is absolutely not a random ordering.  It is entirely predictable -- if you know the contents of the list they are going to play, and the rules by which they are going to alphabetise (and, if they don't screw up and break the said rules).  So, for the listener and probably the jocks too, there is unpredictability in that we don't know the exact contents of the list, and might be pleasantly surprised by a track they only play once or twice a year. 

I agree with Geoff though that an alphabetical ordering has much the same effect on the listener as a true random ordering -- as long as the listener doesn't get caught up in the titles of the songs.   I get much the same experience listening to my ipod starting on some letter of the songs list and listening in alphabetical order as I do when I listen to the shuffle.  The musical experience can be filled with surprises in either case, as songs compliment (or clash) with each other in unexpected ways. 

I love my iPod.  I don't know how I lived so long without one.

[ggould]

I love my iPod.  I don't know how I lived so long without one.

well, I wondered how it went for you.  As I recall you got a new Nano; have you filled it up yet?

[ggould]

I'm going to try to set a timer tonight, but in case of a mechanical or software failure, could I get a  backup please?

Reason why will be revealed tomorrow afternoon/evening. :-}

I certainly missed i as I just noticed this post, but I did hear a few cool tunes.  They played a live version of "Before The Deluge" I really dug, and the new Mindy Smith version of Jolene, which our band is going to play at the hospital on Groundhog's Day.

[urth]

I'm going to try to set a timer tonight, but in case of a mechanical or software failure, could I get a  backup please?

Reason why will be revealed tomorrow afternoon/evening. :-}

I certainly missed i as I just noticed this post, but I did hear a few cool tunes.  They played a live version of "Before The Deluge" I really dug, and the new Mindy Smith version of Jolene, which our band is going to play at the hospital on Groundhog's Day.

Sorry Darryl, I just saw your post as well, and so missed recording AS altogether. Hope your setup ran correctly and the backup wasn't needed.

[darryl]

Hi everyone -- no worries.  My taping worked.  Yeah, I dig that version of Jolene by Mindy Smith.

[darryl]

So yeah, here's what I was trying to record:

http://www.darryl.com/acousticluke.mp3



:-}